Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

The crowd of onlookers saw a man in black descending from the sky. His whole body was wrapped in a black cloth, only his eyes were exposed. A sharp dagger gleamed coldly in the sun, and the point of the knife pointed directly at His Royal Highness Shun Wang. Exhaled and shouted: "Be careful!"

Li Xu had just come out of the shop at this time, and was about to board the carriage to go back to the palace. At the moment when he bent down to get on the carriage, the assassin attacked suddenly, and there was only one Liu Shu next to him, who was helping him into the carriage, His guards lined up on both sides of the carriage. Because there were too many people watching, they held guns to stop the excited people from getting close to the carriage, so they could not spare their hands to protect King Shun.

There was also a tall, sunny young man standing at the door of the store, talking to Shopkeeper Lei. The two should be old acquaintances, one was talking, and the other was shaking his head desperately.

Liu Shu was so frightened that his legs went weak, he pushed Li Xu hard, and screamed: "Hurry up and protect the prince!"

Li Xu was pushed into the carriage by him, but also because of this, he lay on the carriage and couldn't get up for a moment. The sharp dagger was about to be inserted into King Shun's back, but the guards who reacted rushed back to defend, But still one step too late.

Many timid people hurriedly covered their eyes, unable to bear to see the scene of blood splattered on the spot. At this moment, the young man who was talking to Shopkeeper Lei turned around and threw a piece of silver on his body towards the assassin. The speed was extremely fast. The head was so accurate that it hit the assassin's wrist.

The assassin tilted his wrist, and the dagger brushed against Li Xu's shoulder and cut off a strand of his hair. Li Xu immediately rolled over and changed from prone to lying on his back. Seeing that the assassin missed a hit, he raised the dagger high again, Li Xu Stretching out his hand to resist, the dagger cut his sleeve, leaving a wound on his arm, and blood gushed out immediately.

He was wearing a moon-white brocade robe today, with a snow-white fox fur covering his head, the snow-white color stained with blood was particularly glaring.

When Kou Xiao saw the crimson color, his eyes turned red, he jumped up and rushed over, kicking the assassin away, the guards on the side immediately attacked him, seeing that the spearhead was about to pierce the assassin , but the man suddenly rolled out of the gap, grabbed a woman with one hand, put the dagger on her neck, and shouted: "Don't come here! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

The woman screamed, and a thin wound appeared on her neck. The guards didn't care about the life and death of a little woman, so they were about to rush up, and then King Shun yelled: "Stop! Don't hurt the hostages!"

At this time, the surrounding people rushed to flee, and no one dared to watch the excitement anymore, especially the people who were close to the carriage, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions, and hurried into places where there were bunkers.

The street was in chaos, the guards didn't dare to make a move, some of them surrounded the carriage to protect Li Xu, and some of them stared at the assassin covetously.

"Put down your weapon! This general will spare you!" Kou Xiao stepped forward and said, he stared at the assassin, he couldn't believe that this was arranged by Lei Luo, because he saw the murderous aura from the assassin, if just now He took a step too late, the dagger was definitely going to pierce Li Xu's body.

He knew that he shouldn't believe Li Xu's nonsense, and he shouldn't agree to the assassination arrangement. If someone took advantage of this, he regretted that he didn't have any medicine.

"Back back, or I'll kill her! There are so many people on this street, even if I die, I'll drag dozens of people behind me!"

"There's so much nonsense! Let her go, I promise to let you go." Li Xu said while sitting in the carriage.

The assassin looked around, and retreated with the hostages in the direction where there were fewer people, "What you said is true?"

"Of course, this king keeps his word, but if you dare to kill someone, this king promises to kill you without a whole body!"

"Then please ask the prince to let the guards put down their weapons, and that..." He pointed at Kou Xiao and said, "It's better to stay ten feet away from me!"

"Okay, but you have to let him go!"

The two sides slowly coordinated. In the end, the assassin was twenty feet away from the carriage, and then threw the woman forcefully. He jumped a few times and climbed onto the roof beside him, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye!

"Separate out ten people to chase after him, regardless of life or death, they must be brought back!" Kou Xiao ordered, and then ran back to the carriage to check Li Xu's injuries.

Li Xu knew it well, "It's just a flesh wound, and the wound is not deep, don't worry!"

Kou Xiao's eyes darkened, he held Li Xu's wrist tightly, and while he was stopping the bleeding, he asked in a low voice, "Is this someone we arranged?"

Li Xu didn't know the person Lei Luo arranged, so he shook his head and replied in a low voice: "I don't know, but it doesn't look like it. At that moment just now, I felt like I was going to die!"

Kou Xiao's subordinates forcefully said viciously, "It's what you deserve! How dare you come up with such a ruthless move!"

Lei Luo was frightened out of his wits, walked over with limp legs, and knelt on the ground with a plop, "My lord, are you alright?"

Kou Xiao glanced back at him, the look in his eyes almost killed Lei Luo, "Take him back together, the general has something to ask."

The street, which was bustling just now, is now in chaos. There are lost shoes and belongings everywhere. The places with bunkers are full of people, trembling and afraid to come out. The bustling street is extremely quiet at this time.

Soon, there was the sound of horseshoes from far to near, and the city guard camp and Jing Zhaoyin's yamen arrived at the same time, seeing the chaotic streets and the guards around the carriage all breaking out in cold sweat.

If something happened to King Shun on the streets of the capital, they would definitely die.

"My lord, the humble escort came late, please forgive me!"

Li Xu stretched out his head and glanced at him. The people from the city guard battalion should be part of the Habayashi Army, and probably An Qingping's subordinates, "Let's go after the assassin first. If you can catch him, the merits and demerits will be equal, otherwise..."

"That's right, I'll deal with the humble job now!" The captain of the city guard camp thought unluckily, why did this kind of thing happen to him, the capital is so big, the assassin ran away long ago and disappeared, who knows where he hid?

"My lord, I don't know what the assassin looks like? I'll have a reference when I wait for the search."

Li Xu sighed, "The other party came prepared, dressed in black, only known to be about six feet tall, not fat, with single eyelids, and a scar on the back of his upper right hand, he didn't know anything about the rest."

"Thank you, my lord, for your guidance. I'll do my best to search for it later!" The school lieutenant ran away with his men, leaving Jing Zhaoyin's yamen servants kneeling tremblingly on the street. Their responsibilities were slightly different from those of the city guard camp. They are responsible for major and important cases. King Shun was assassinated on Beijie Street, and the higher-ups will definitely charge them with lax supervision!

Li Xu didn't have time to take care of them, Kou Xiao pulled him into the carriage to finish, and then went straight back to the palace, Li Xu was glad that he didn't bring the little princess with him, otherwise it would be bad if he hurt her in the chaos.

Lei Luo sat across from the two of them, "My lord, the person I arranged for is a ranger. This subordinate once saved his life. He usually works as a long-term worker in a small village on the outskirts of the city. The assassin just now was indeed one of his subordinates." The person who arranged it is undoubtedly, but..."

For a while, Lei Luo didn't know whether the other party's assassination was real or fake. He desperately wanted to find someone to ask. No matter who was present at the scene today, the assassination could be seen as real, and there was absolutely no possibility of acting. , if Kou Xiao hadn't been in time, Li Xu would definitely be seriously injured now.

"What's his name? When did he meet you? And why did you save him?" Kou Xiao asked him three questions in a row.

Lei Luo told him in detail that this matter is a long story, but it can be summed up in a few words. When they met, the other party didn't know his identity, and Lei Luo didn't ask him to return it. , If he can do one thing for him in this life, no matter what, he will think of this person.

"Then how did you explain it to him? Have you ever said that it was just a show?"

Lei Luo took a look at Li Xu, lowered his head and said "hmm", "I didn't tell him who the person who was going to assassinate was, but only told him the clothes and appearance of the prince today. Besides, I told him that he was just pretending to assassinate, but he couldn't be seen by others." There are clues, maybe, he thinks this is more realistic."

"Huh!" Kou Xiao snorted coldly, of course it was true, he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

After hearing this, Li Xu glanced at his arm, and said, "That was really difficult for him. Looking back now, he should have controlled his speed when he fell from the sky just now, otherwise I would have been unable to avoid it the first time."

Lei Luo secretly heaved a sigh of relief. After all, he was extremely guilty of hurting Li Xu, and asked: "My lord, do you want to send someone to arrest him? I don't know if he will go back."

Kou Xiao waved his hand and said angrily: "No need, just let the government find someone. The prince should not care about this at this time, put pressure on the government to make this matter a big deal, and the prince cannot be hurt in vain!"

Li Xu patted his hand, told him to be calm, and told Lei Luo, "If you can contact him, give him a sum of gold and silver, let him leave as soon as possible, the farther the better."

Lei Luo rubbed his hands, a little at a loss, and said in a low voice: "Originally, I agreed with him that I would bring him with me when I returned to South Vietnam this year, and I also said that I would introduce him to the prince, who knows..."

"Okay, then let him go to South Vietnam. As for this king, he will disappear. Give him to Ye Changqing. It's a pity not to keep such a good talent."

Kou Xiao was angry and wished he could tear that person into pieces, but he wouldn't refute Li Xu's words. Anyway, if he stayed in South Vietnam, he would always have a chance to take revenge.

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Back in the palace, the emperor got the news first, waited outside the door of the imperial study, saw the blood on his white clothes, and asked angrily: "Why is the good guy assassinated? Who did it? Has the murderer been caught?" "

Li Xu put on a little makeup on the road to make himself look weaker. His pure color was lighter, and he was a little pale at this time, "Father is worried. My son just returned to the capital, and this is the first time he has left the palace. Really I don't know who he is against, but the assassin is very skilled in martial arts, he took hostages and threatened him after he tried to kill him, and he had too few people around him, so he escaped, but the soldiers of the city guard camp have already gone to hunt him down."

But the two of them knew very well that they didn't know what a person's face looked like. Once he ran away, he would be like a fish in the sea, and he couldn't catch it at all.

"Let the imperial doctor take a look at the injury first." The emperor was angry and told Eunuch Zhao loudly: "Let the commander of the Jingji battalion, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the people from the Chengwei battalion come to see me!"

"Here."

Li Xu was waiting for the imperial doctor in the imperial study room. His injury was not serious, but a layer of skin was cut by the tip of the knife. At this time, the bleeding had stopped, and it was as if he was not injured when he was placed on Kou Xiao.

But after all, he is not a rough guy like Kou Xiao, he didn't feel anything about the sudden wound on Bai Yu's flawless skin, Kou Xiao frowned every time he saw it, wishing he could suffer it for him.

After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, he just said some official words about excessive blood loss and physical weakness, and finally prescribed a few medicines to recuperate the body and left.

Li Xu got up and said to the emperor: "Father, my son will go back to take a bath and change clothes first, you don't have to worry, it's just a minor injury."

Of course the emperor knew that it was a minor injury, but the injury was minor, but the severity of the incident was very serious. Dare to assassinate the prince in the street at the foot of the emperor in the capital, not only did he eat the heart of a bear, but he did not take him seriously as the emperor. .

He glanced at Li Xu, his eyes softened, "You go back and have a good rest first, don't worry about the outside affairs, I will find the murderer for you."

"Thank you, Father!" Li Xu was supported by Liu Shu to leave.

As soon as he returned to Suyu Palace, he saw the little princess running out anxiously, pulled him and asked: "Father, Shu'er heard that you were assassinated, are you injured?"

Li Xu raised his arm to show her, and comforted him, "It's nothing serious, it's just a small injury."

The little princess didn't let her tears fall because she confirmed that he was fine. God knows that when she just heard the news of Li Xu's assassination, she felt like the sky was about to fall.

She hugged Li Xu and cried, "Father, you must have nothing to do, Shu'er can't live without Father."

"Okay, don't worry, for Shu'er, the father will live a long life."

The little princess smiled through tears, seeing Kou Xiao standing aside with a cold face, thinking that he was blaming himself for not protecting the king, she walked over and took his arm and said, "Mother, don't be sad, the king is fine. good."

Kou Xiao twitched the corner of his mouth and reminded: "Your Highness, in this palace, you can't call me concubine mother. How would you explain it if someone heard you?"

The little princess sticks out her tongue and nods to show that she understands, she doesn't actually call mother concubine every time, but she thinks that Kou Xiao likes to hear this title, so she calls out to comfort him.

As it turns out, adults and kids are never on the same channel.

Li Xu was indeed a little tired after going out this trip. He took a bath and changed into clean clothes before lying on the bed to rest. In order to create a weak image, he planned to lie on the bed for three days.

The emperor was a very efficient person. On that day, he asked all the yamen to investigate the assassin and the murderer behind the scenes, and asked to solve the case within five days, otherwise Wu Sha, the leader of each yamen, would not be safe.

Everyone is complaining, the assassin can't find a scapegoat, but how to find the murderer behind the scenes?In case a certain prince is found, will they confess or not?

In this capital, how many people dare to assassinate King Shun?

But no matter how reluctant they were, they had to do it, otherwise it wouldn't just be the loss of their love.

Apart from these people, after the news of Li Xu's assassination was publicized, many courtiers secretly speculated who did it. King Shun had just arrived in the capital for a few days, and apart from being involved in the ink corruption case, he would not offend anyone.

"It can be seen that King Shun was indeed planted in the corruption case. The people behind the scenes saw that he missed a single blow and had to take a slanted sword. This must put King Shun to death. In the whole Great Yan, who has anything to do with King Shun?" How about such deep hatred?"

"It goes without saying that whoever is in the way of King Shun will be the one who is in the way, and whoever is most proud of King Shun's death will be the one."

For a while, there were gossip in the official circles, and the spearhead was pointed at the third prince, but at this time, there was a rumor that the third prince hadn't guarded the mausoleum in Tongzhou for the past two years, but went elsewhere to recruit troops.

Whether it's true or not, the third prince's reputation has gradually become rotten.