It was too far to go back to the palace, so I had no choice but to take my nephew to the Chengfang Ti riding camp nearby.The military doctors in the camp didn't know how to strike, one arrow pulled out two bowls of blood.

The emperor's nephew fainted several times and was silent.Just like my tiger cub who died tragically in the snow in the cold weather of Lajiu.

I was sweating profusely, and kicked the military doctor out: "Get lost! The imperial physician! Find the imperial physician!"

Zhao Shuo stopped me: "This kind of injury, the imperial doctor is not as good as the military doctor!"

With the buzzing roar in my head, I thought about it with a splitting headache: "Where is Habayashi Wei? Who is on duty here? Where is Xue Shang? Go find Xue Shang for me!"

Zhao Shuo was a little stunned by my yelling, he was still young and inexperienced, and he was walking around with his soldiers.

I yelled for a long time, to no avail.I retreated to the side of my nephew, pretending to grasp his pulse.I looked at the disaster that I should have suffered on him, and felt ashamed.

The night was engulfing the sky, the lights in the simple barracks were dim, and the golden watchtowers on the corners of the city knocked into my ears, and I gradually realized that something was wrong.Around me is only a small group of people from the Tiqi sub-battalion at the foot of the city wall. To be precise, it is only Zhao Shuo and his four followers, plus those brought out from the palace. Excluding casualties, there are no more than 30 people.It has been an hour since the incident happened, and there is no rescuer in the capital city.

Zhao Shuo stared at me intently, as if he could see something was wrong: "Your Majesty, how did you come out? Does anyone know?"

I looked at the guard beside me, and the guard immediately said: "Your Majesty, Master Mustard Seed has not been found. The carriage and driver are outside Xumi Temple."

I stood up: "Catch the coachman! It is said that Xu Chang'an came to see me, has anyone gone to find Xue Shang?"

Suddenly there was a sound of running outside the door, and a person rushed in, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The servant is here!"

I was shocked: "Xu Changan?" I haven't reached him yet.

"Young Master Wei, let the servants come! Come and tell Your Majesty not to go back to the palace!" Xu Changan gasped, "There are... changes in the palace!"

What can change in the palace?My grandmother is still in the palace, Concubine Shu and Concubine De have already moved out, what else can change?Is it King Yan?Is it King Jin?Who did it this time?I was in a dilemma, looking at the imperial nephew with one eye, and the palace with the other. Before I could step over the threshold with one foot, Xu Changan jumped up and hugged my leg: "Your Majesty, please don't! Don't go back to the palace!"

I kicked him away vigorously: "My emperor's mother and grandmother are still inside, so why don't you talk about the reform!"

Xu Chang'an trembled and said: "People...the people on patrol, guarding the gate, and guarding the hall are all face-to-face. Your Majesty, you know the sharp eyesight of a servant..."

I bristled all over.These are all things that I have never experienced in my previous life, and 50 years of experience are useless.I took a deep breath, paced back and forth, and asked myself, one, am I afraid of death?Don't be afraid, I'm going to die right now.Second, am I afraid that the emperor's mother, grandmother, and nephew will die?I'm not afraid, they have almost died, or they are fake at all, I will take it as a dream.Three, who the hell wants me to die in a dream, over and over again, am I useless in the past and present?useless.I am not afraid of life and death, but I have anger in my heart.

The throne was not snatched by me, it was forced on me by others.I wanted to be the pick, but a bunch of old officials accused me of not being brave enough to stand up for the world.I continued to work, and the king brothers scolded me for being weak and useless.Do I want to subjugate the country and exterminate the species?Don't I want Long live the mountains and rivers?Apart from killing the good king by mistake, which other thing did I intentionally commit evil?I have done disaster relief, chaos suppression, water conservancy, and farmland.

I looked down at the drowsy nephew, maybe I should give him the Zen seat in my last life.As long as he survives this test, when the time is right in this life, I am willing to give him the seat of Zen.

I turned to Zhao Shuo: "Yuan Hui, who is in charge of Tiqiying in the capital? Send someone to summon them, saying that it is the order of the queen mother and me."

"Jiang Bi is on duty, and he has already gone to call." Zhao Shuo probed to see the sky outside, "It's almost the second watch, why hasn't anyone come from Habayashi Guard?"

I trusted Zhao Shuo, I waved everyone away, leaving only him and Xu Changan to accompany me by my nephew's side.He has been my reading companion for nine years, and he also knows that I usually take care of the emperor's nephew quietly, and sometimes he sends things like fried shortbread, so he is not surprised to see the emperor's nephew, but he seems to be interested in the emperor's nephew. Quite surprised by the injury: "Fourteen, he blocked it for you?"

I wish he didn't block for me: "Where's the assassin?"

"Someone is interrogating and hasn't spoken yet."

I looked at Xu Changan again: "Whose carriage is it?"

Then Xu Chang'an plopped down on his knees, pleading guilty: "It was compiled by Hanlin Ji Wang. Because he recently compiled the history of the previous dynasty, Ji Wang stayed at the mansion to go on official business. He didn't go home these days, and the carriage was idle... slave ...The slave should be damned, it is the slave's negligence..."

"Stupid idiot!" I angrily pointed at his forehead.I can't say anything about the rest. I should have known about his half-brained mind, and I should have known that someone was always watching my movements. In the end, I was not cautious enough.

Zhao Shuo stopped me from poking Xu Changan: "Who is Mr. Wei?"

Right now, I can't wait to lift Wei Qing from the palace to my eyes: "Wei Pei, you don't know the plaintiff in the Qingzhou fraud case. Chang'an, how does Mr. Wei know that there is a change in the palace?"

"The servant accompanied Mr. Wei around the garden. The young master said that someone was following us and passed the Cangwu Gate. The young master said he saw a monk pretending to be a eunuch with strange looks, so he asked the servant to report..."

I looked at Xu Changan, he was wearing the clothes of a young eunuch, he must have been ordered by Wei Qing.Wei Qing has always been sharp-eyed and never makes mistakes. He said that something is wrong in the palace, and it must be wrong.What is a monk who just pretends to be a eunuch?Just wondering, suddenly saw two people coming to the door.

"Jiang Bi came late to rescue him, he deserves death!"

"Jiang Jing, commander of Habayashi guards, pays homage to His Majesty!"

These two... yes, they are both from my grandmother's family.I pointed to the man in the Ti-cloth, he was a distant relative of my uncle's generation: "General Jiang set up the city defense quickly, and ordered the Ti-riders in the eight hundred miles of Gyeonggi to stand by, staring in the direction of Cangzhou and Yunzhou, and then inspecting the movements of the kings' armies! "

"Yes!" Jiang Bi took the order and left, but gave me a slightly surprised look.

I stared at Jiang Jing, who was wearing blue clothes, he was my nephew: "Good job, Jiang Ba! You want to kill me! Who is on duty in the north of the city today! I'll kill them all!"

Jiang Jing was also very surprised, and said in a daze: "Xue Meng is on duty. I just received a report that the son of the former Minister of Rites, Guo Ling, and the nephew of Song Lang, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, had a fight in the street in Beishi. Xue Meng took everyone there... ..."

Well, Xue Meng is a relative of the Xue family.

At this time, a guard came back suddenly: "Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Xue just tried the Qingzhou case in Dali Temple, and he is already on his way."

Xue Meng took all the Habayashi guards here to enforce the law on the street, and Xue Shang went into Dali Temple to interrogate Guo Ling.Public security in the capital was originally the responsibility of the Habayashi Guards. Ti Qi was mainly in charge of the defense of the outer city and the military defense of the eight hundred miles of Gyeonggi, and it was not their responsibility.So blame me?

Who made these people look like they were completely wiped out? Who pinpointed my whereabouts when I left the palace today. I also walked out of the palace at this time in my previous life, and I have never encountered such an assassination. What made the other party Decided to strike at this time, and even dared to act in the palace?

Before my grandmother died in the previous life, no one dared to make trouble like this.What is the difference between this life and the previous life?The only difference is King Liang, I left King Liang in Kyoto.After thinking hard to no avail, Xue rewarded it.

When he saw King Liang, his face became ugly.I told him about the circumstances of the assassination and asked him what he thought.He didn't knelt down to plead guilty like the others, but told me another horrible thing: "Your Majesty, half an hour ago, Guo Ling was poisoned in prison."

I was very angry and laughed back: "Who poisoned you? Dali Temple Prison can also enter assassins? Xue Aiqing, I think you should stop doing it!"

Xue Shang stood upright like a pine, frowning: "Your Majesty, I believe that Guo Ling's death happened in the same place as the assassin. Your Majesty should immediately order the Tiqi Battalion to guard the capital and investigate the movements of the king's army."

Seeing that I didn't speak, Zhao Shuo said from the side: "Lord Xue, Your Majesty has already issued an order."

Xue Shang gave me the same surprised look as Jiang Bi.I don't want to say anything anymore, I asked Jiang Jing to transfer Habayashi Weidu, I will rest here tonight.

Xue Shang stood beside him for a while, and finally stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask Your Majesty."

I sent everyone else out, and faced him alone: ​​"Say."

"Your Majesty bestowed His Royal Highness Changsun the title of King Liang, and kept King Liang in the capital. Is it out of compassion, for flattery, or for the sake of the princes' army?"

I stared at his expression carefully: "I want to praise him, but I don't want to kill him."

He probably wanted to be frank with me: "Your Majesty is wrong. If Your Majesty praises the good king, it is to push him to the edge of the sword. Your majesty will not kill the good king, but the kings want to kill the good king!"

"You mean that the assassination was aimed at King Liang?" I didn't believe it.

"King Liang is the eldest grandson of the first emperor. If there is no case of the old prince, he should be the crown prince. Your Majesty has granted him a land, granted him a title, and left him in the palace. In this case, King Jin once contributed to the flames, and King Yan once watched with cold eyes. How can His Majesty's attitude towards King Liang not make them panic? The reason why the kings retreated this time was because the Empress Dowager enlisted the troops of the eight states in time, and they were unable to conquer it for a while. Taking the expedient path, not convinced, just waiting for the opportunity to turn back, is His Majesty going to give them this opportunity so soon?"

I was covered in cold sweat, I didn't want to give them this chance, but what can I do, I asked: "Then what should I do?" Although it is noisy to quarrel with him, I still have to listen to him when things happen, not to mention that I have made up my mind not to quarrel with King Liang in this life.

But Xue Shang disappointed me too much this time, he said: "I don't know either."

Yes, he doesn't know.I suddenly realized something. In my previous life, King Liang must have experienced a lot of blood and rain on his way to Liangzhou.The grandmother wanted to kill someone with a knife, and the army of the kings wanted to take advantage of the situation to eliminate the trouble.This has been the case in this life, if I send King Liang to Liangzhou at this time, I am afraid that he will not have the luck to live in Liangzhou in his previous life, but if I continue to keep him by my side, it will only make him more conspicuous and stimulate King Yan and King Jin even more .

Then I can't kill him, can I?I killed him and retreated the king's army for a while, what next?

I killed him out of jealousy in my previous life, am I going to kill him to protect myself in this life?Then what have I become, I don't have the face to continue living, I might as well be gone, not even a little scum left in this world.

Xue Shang stood aside silently, sneaking to look at the good king lying on the couch many times.Xue Qing's skin is too thick, I have never been able to see the sorrow and anger under his skin.It's just that if he feels distressed, I'm no less distressed than he is.I sat on the side of the couch, grabbed my nephew's cold hand, and drove him out: "I'm going back to the palace tomorrow morning, so don't disturb others, you can do it according to your discretion."

Xue Shang retired with a pale face.

The bright moon hangs high, shining white light through the window.I calmed down and looked at the still childish face of Liang Wang. The memories of life and death were like two torrents rushing and converging, stirring up big waves of mud and sand, smashing the shore and crushing rocks.What did he say to me when I stabbed the sword into his heart in front of all civil and military officials in my hall?

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