Tang Tiantian, the Zhu of crossing

009 Assassin

When it was time to meet again, Zhang Xi excitedly came to the Banyue Pavilion with his guqin.

But the middle-aged man had already arrived, with a pot of tea and two plates of snacks on the table.

"You are here!" Zhang Xi strode into the pavilion and put down his guqin, ""A Fantastic Dream" has been completed."

"Really?!" The man was very excited and hurriedly asked Zhang Xi to play.

After taking a sip of the tea the man handed over, Zhang Xi began to pluck the strings, humming while watching the lyrics.

"Wandering on the road, boiling in youth..." The peaceful singing, the melodious sound of the piano, everything sounds so touching.

The song seems to be stable, but it hides waves of climaxes/climaxes.

The middle-aged man listened intoxicated, and then cast a curious look at Zhang Xi.Only those who have experienced this kind of deep music and such truth-like lyrics can have such a state of mind and resonance, and why does this young man who is only 18 years old in front of him feel so deeply?The middle-aged man was very surprised.

And when the song was about to end, the middle-aged man suddenly felt a murderous look, and with a sharp look in his eyes, he actually saw a long arrow flying towards Zhang Xi behind Zhang Xi.

"Be careful!" The man roared, and immediately pushed Zhang Xi away.

Zhang Xi was also frightened by this sudden situation, before he could fully react, a black shadow flew by in front of his eyes, and when he looked at the black shadow again, there was actually a sharp arrow lying on the ground!

However, this was not over yet. Immediately after, several men in black with sharp knives came galloping towards the deadly part of Zhang Xi's body.

"Come here!" The middle-aged man pushed Zhang Xi away, took out his sword to deal with the man in black, and shouted loudly.

Zhang Xi was frightened, and was protected by the man and retreated to the corner of the Banyue Pavilion, a little at a loss.

Immediately afterwards, many guards rushed out of the dark, and a fight started in an instant.

The men in black were obviously Lianjiazi, and they could almost kill two or three guards with a single strike.However, no matter how powerful the killer was, he could not stand up to the numerous attacks of the palace guards. In the end, the men in black were dealt with one by one.

The two guards walked up to the middle-aged man with the only one alive and reported: "The emperor forgives the crime, the slave came late to save you, the assassin has already surrendered!"

emperor? !Zhang Xi was shocked. He had guessed many identities of the man, but he didn't dare to guess to Emperor Zhutang. After all, how could the emperor of a country go out without bringing anyone with him and dress so elegantly?

As the guard said, he pointed his knife at the neck of the man in black and asked, "Say! Who sent you here?"

However, the assassin came prepared, perhaps with poison/medicine hidden in his mouth, and when he saw the mission failed, he swallowed it and died.

The guard was shocked, and quickly checked the assassin's body. After seeing the word "ghost" on the back of the assassin's neck, he hurriedly reported: "Report to the emperor, these assassins are the killers of the ghost army village."

After concentrating for a while, the emperor waved his hand, and the guards all retreated, leaving only one attendant by his side.

At this time, Zhang Xi was still standing blankly in the corner. He had too many things to digest in his head, and he couldn't react at all.

Until the emperor walked up to Zhang Xi and asked, "Are you okay?"

Only then did Zhang Xi kneel down on the ground with his legs limp, and reflexively said: "See Your Majesty!"

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly ordered: "Get up quickly."

Zhang Xi got up cautiously, and sat down on the stone bench again under the emperor's signal.

"Do you know who is going to kill you?" The emperor sat next to Zhang Xi and asked.

Zhang Xi raised his head in surprise: "Didn't the guard just say something about the killer in the ghost soldier village?"

"Guibingzhai is just an organization of killers. If other people pay, they will take action." The emperor said seriously.

After understanding, Zhang Xi shook his head helplessly: "I don't know who wants to kill me either."

To be precise, who wanted to kill Lu Qingyu.

At this moment, Qiao Shimin, who received the notification, rushed over, came to the Banyue Pavilion anxiously, knelt down and saluted: "Father."

"Get up." The emperor looked at Qiao Shimin.

As soon as Qiao Shimin got up, he rushed to Zhang Xi's side, looked him up and down, and worried: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Zhang Xi shook his head.

But the emperor on the side became serious: "My lord, you are too careless. You don't send anyone to follow your concubine when she goes out. This palace is not fortified with iron walls. Anyone who is interested can enter no matter what!"

"I know I was wrong." Qiao Shimin quickly apologized.

The emperor got up, and the attendants beside him hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and then the emperor said coldly to Qiao Shimin: "Okay, hurry up and take him back to the palace to drink a bowl of soothing soup."

"Yes." Qiao Shimin pulled Zhang Xi up, and quickly answered and saluted.

The emperor just took two steps but turned back and said: "By the way, this year's Spring Festival banquet will be organized by Shimin. If you do well, you will definitely be rewarded."

"Yes." Qiao Shimin lowered his head and answered, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

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After finally returning to the Yuhua Palace, Zhang Xi's heart sank.Sitting down on the stool, Zhang Xi sighed: "Who did this Lu Qingyu offend? Some people dare to kill him in a place like the imperial palace!"

"I've already asked someone to investigate, and you will be sent extra guards to protect you when you go out in the future," Qiao Shimin said, his eyes full of distress, "It stands to reason that a subjugated prince is worthless, who will your existence be? Threat? I really can't figure it out."

"Hey? That's right!" Zhang Xi suddenly changed his tone, "You said, if I really die, can I wear it back?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Qiao Shimin quickly grabbed Zhang Xi's hand and said seriously, "As long as I am in this world, I will not allow you to die. If you die, you must die first!"

Zhang Xi stared at Qiao Shimin in a daze, with a lot of feelings in his heart.

"I used to want to die because I didn't have you here, but now that you're here, I don't want to die anymore! I don't care if I can wear it back after I die, because I can't take the risk of being separated from you again. No matter how difficult it is here, you must live well!" Qiao Shimin continued, "And don't worry, as long as I'm here, your future life will be smooth and carefree."

Hearing Qiao Shimin's words, Zhang Xi didn't react for a while, until the hand tightly held by Qiao Shimin became a little numb, Zhang Xi gently withdrew his palm, looked away with a little embarrassment, and whispered: "You are a prince! After that, your eloquence is much better!"

Qiao Shimin knew that Zhang Xi was fine, so he retracted his arm resentfully, scratched his head, and giggled twice.

Traveling to this point, although he has been assassinated twice, Zhang Xi is not worried about his future at all because of Qiao Shimin.

"It's good to have you." Zhang Xi said silently in his heart.

"By the way, what is the Spring Festival Banquet?" Suddenly recalling the emperor's words, Zhang Xi asked.

"Hmm..." After thinking for a while, Qiao Shimin found a suitable explanation, "To put it bluntly, it's the Spring Festival Gala!"

"Oh my god! Such an important task was entrusted to you?! Can you do it?" Zhang Xi thought of the behind-the-scenes stories of the annual Spring Festival Gala, and was a little surprised.

Qiao Shimin smiled: "The ancient Spring Festival Gala is alright. Haven't you noticed that the emperor entrusted me with the Spring Festival banquet because he actually wanted you to come and advise me?"

"Me?" Zhang Xi was surprised.

"That's right!" Qiao Shimin explained, "In the past, the Spring Festival banquet was hosted by the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the emperor never personally asked about it. Now that he is so fancy about the Spring Festival banquet, he must be interested in you, thinking that he can see you Let’s make a new piece of music! Therefore, this Spring Festival Banquet will depend on you!”

"The emperor is interested in me?" Zhang Xi still couldn't believe it.

"Father always likes to study music, I can still guess his thoughts, whether I guess right or not, this time I have to rely on your help!" Qiao Shimin affirmed, with eyes full of concern for Zhang Xi please.

"You..." Zhang Xi looked at Qiao Shimin with some doubts, thinking that Qiao Shimin must have bumped into Emperor Zhu Tang on purpose, right?

However, after being dazed for a few seconds, Zhang Xi gave up asking the guesses in his heart, and resigned to his fate: "Well, I'm idle and bored anyway, isn't it just a Spring Festival feast, you can rest assured and leave it to me!"

After hearing Zhang Xi's words, Qiao Shimin smiled happily, and hugged Zhang Xi tightly again: "It's just as long as you are happy."

That's right, I really shouldn't complicate Qiao Shimin's thinking, Zhang Peng is in his body!Zhang Xi knew very well that the Zhang Peng in his memory was a sunny boy with pure passion.

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half an hour.

After leaving the Yuhua Palace, Qiao Shimin's face turned cold.

"How's the assassin's investigation going?" Qiao Shimin asked the people around him coldly.

Yunquan on the side quickly replied: "The ones who robbed and killed the Lucheng send-off team outside the capital were also the killers of the ghost army village, but their ghost army village is mysterious and haunted, and there are iron and blood village rules, so it is impossible to find out who hired them! The people sent to Lucheng also scouted the city for several days, but they couldn't find anyone who had any grudge against Lu Qingyu!"

"Then what if they didn't go after Lu Qingyu?!" Qiao Shimin said casually.

It was only then that Yunquan suddenly realized: "Could it be that someone wants to kill Your Highness...but if you want to kill His Highness, why not just assassinate you?"

Yunquan's analysis is indeed reasonable. Even if Lu Qingyu is killed, he is just a fallen prince, and he is actually a hostage when he comes here. What effect will killing him have on Qiao Shimin?

Qiao Shimin frowned deeply. The assassin's motive was really hard to figure out.

"However, Your Highness has won the right to organize the Spring Festival banquet this time. Congratulations!" Yunquan wanted to say something happy to divert his master's worries.

After Qiao Shimin heard this, his complexion improved a lot.

Yunquan then continued: "If Lu Qingyu can win the emperor's heart, and then be used by us completely, then your Highness..."

Yunquan didn't know that the words behind him had completely angered Qiao Shimin.

Stopping suddenly, Qiao Shimin turned around, and immediately punched Yunquan, hitting Yunquan heavily on the cheek, interrupting Yunquan's words.

Yunquan staggered and almost fell, the corner of his mouth was already bright red, he knelt down in horror, not knowing what to do.

Immediately afterwards, Qiao Shimin's furious roar sounded above his head: "Remember, Lu Qingyu is my concubine, not the emperor's! If you hear people talking about this kind of thing in the future, don't you leave his whole body behind?" !"

"Yes... you are a slave, damn it! Your Highness, forgive me!" Yunquan hadn't seen Qiao Shimin so angry for a long time, and his body was shaking with fright.

"Send more people to protect Lu Qingyu! If he dies, you all have to be buried with him!" Qiao Shimin said harshly again.

"Yes." Yunquan didn't dare to talk anymore at this moment.

Only then did Qiao Shimin's rage subside slowly.