I feel at ease

Wei Qi went back to the mansion to be on duty. Although he won glory for the secret guards of King Jing's mansion this time, he was probably lame and only got some rewards from the palace and the palace. After drinking, he was still unknown.

He was calm and calm, but there were people on King Jing's side who were worried, and they were King Jing's two guards.

Xu Cheng and Wei Congzhi sat at the same table, holding a wine cup and said: "Then what does the prince mean?"

Wei Congzhi sighed: "My lord originally thought this man was a cripple. He was killing a tiger when the emperor was assassinated. In fact, he was very dangerous. Wei Qi was clearly the secret guard of Prince Jing's mansion, but he saved the emperor's driver at that moment. If you are scheming, the prince will definitely not respond."

Xu Chengqi said: "That day we rescued the lord from the Red Pavilion. If there were not more than [-] assassins, if Wei Qi hadn't rescued him with all his might, the lord would have been hard to escape. I don't see what kind of scheming this person has. No matter how powerful a cripple is, it is difficult to excel, on the day of saving the emperor, it will be a natural act when encountering a crisis."

Wei Congzhi said: "I think so too... Wei Qi is usually reticent, but he is extremely alert in his actions, but he also gives people an attitude that is too decisive and indifferent. Although the dark guard has signed a life-and-death contract, It should be thoughtful to protect the Lord regardless of his life, but after all, it is human nature... This person's behavior is indeed a little different, and there is a reason for the prince not to like it."

Xu Cheng nodded and said, "Since the lord never made it clear, you should pretend that you don't understand."

Wei Congzhi smiled and said: "I can only pretend that I don't understand, but a secret guard in King Jing's mansion has made great contributions several times, but he only got such a little reward. I am in charge of the guards in this mansion, and everyone is watching. It's unfair. I want to say something nice for him in front of the prince, but the prince is not happy."

Xu Cheng laughed and shook his head again: "You are eating the food of the head of the guards and messing with mother-in-law and mother's heart. Zhu Cang will take care of this matter, why should you be such a good person."

Wei Congzhi said: "Wei Qi is the nephew of Yuan Shantong in the Ministry of War. Yuan Shantong and my brother have known each other for more than ten years, and they have arranged such a person under my command... I always have to take care of one or two, What's more, it's too old to make people suffer."

Xu Cheng said with a smile: "You, a relative of the emperor, are nothing more than that."

Wei Congzhi also just smiled and shook his head.

On this day, when King Jing came back from the palace, he was punished by Emperor Wushun.He is a rebellious general, performing civil and military duties, and can indulge in pleasure all day long, so that he does not care about state affairs.Emperor Wushun wanted to reprimand him a few words, but because King Jing refused to accept it, he added fuel to the fire, and in a rage he beat him twenty times.

When King Jing was sent back to the palace, the imperial doctor followed, and there was a lot of chaos in the palace. When Wei Qi was on duty, King Jing had already applied medicine and was lying on the bed.

Wei Qi guarded the Futang Pavilion from afar, thinking that King Jing was bedridden by Xiao Yue's beating, he couldn't help being amused.He was also beaten by Xiao Yue back then, he and Xiao Jing made a mistake, Xiao Yue wanted to cover them up and punish them, so he asked him to stretch out his hand to hit the palm of his hand, Xiao Yue was hit by the board, his hair turned red and hot Turning his head and winking with his hand, he whispered, "It doesn't hurt."

So he also stretched out his hand to hit the board, just after hitting him a few times, his eye circles were already red with pain, he looked pitifully at Xiao Yue, but he didn't dare to withdraw his hand.

Xiao Jing looked anxiously, and hurriedly said: "Third Brother, please spare him, please forgive him."

Xiao Yue couldn't make a move, so he had to put down the ruler to wipe his eyes, and asked him: "Do you know you made a mistake?"

He lowered his head holding back his tears and said, "Cheng An knew he was wrong."

At this time, I saw two people walking from a distance, the one in front was dressed as a servant of the palace, and the one in the back was wearing a cloak, covering it tightly from head to toe.Those two people spoke to the guards at the gate of Futang Pavilion, and one of them came in to make an announcement, and was invited in after a while.

Wei Qi guessed that this was the male favorite from Shanli's yard. Originally, Futang Pavilion, a place where princes lived, was not allowed to come in and out at will, but looking at this male favorite, he wanted to see the injured prince. And for example, the prince also followed his wishes, which is really kind of kind.

It turned out to be King Jing's old acquaintance, and Wei Qiyi became curious for a while. He changed to a corner closer to Futang Pavilion to guard, and he couldn't see clearly through the window. It's an eyesore when it comes to something harsh.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a soft sound by the window. Someone pushed the window open and said, "You are injured, but you can't be exposed to the wind any longer. It's better to close it after the medicine gas has dissipated!"

The man was wearing a light white gown, standing tall and graceful by the window, when Wei Qi saw it, his feet felt as if they had been nailed and couldn't move.

King Jing said coldly: "It's a little bit of a flesh injury, don't make a fuss, the concubine will come over to cry in a while, you should go back to rest earlier!"

The man smiled, his eyebrows opened, and he was a little like Fang Cheng'an back then. It turned out to be such an old acquaintance, an old acquaintance from Yijun Wangfu.

Wei Qi gritted his teeth, two words rolled down his throat: Fang Heng.

Fang Heng walked back to the bed and whispered something in King Jing's ear, but King Jing was speechless, couldn't help smiling for a while, and poked his forehead with his hand.

Fang Heng's appearance has changed a little from that time, but it has not changed much.At that time, he didn't know that this person was also surnamed Fang, but he only knew that one moment he was serving people in the Prince Yi County's mansion, and the next he was the lackey of Prince Gong, and today, he actually entered King Jing's mansion.

Wei Qi's qi and blood surged slightly, and he suddenly raised his breath and entered through the window. The sword was out of the sheath, and he stabbed at Fang Heng. Fang Heng was shocked when he heard the sound of guarding the window. Seeing this sharp sword, Taking advantage of the situation, he grabbed the medicine bowl beside the bed and threw it away. Wei Qi was hit by the medicine bowl and instead of retreating, Fang Heng took advantage of the small bedroom and stabbed him in the waist and abdomen with a sword.

King Jing had already bounced off the bed, and heard the screams of the eunuchs and maidservants at the door, seeing that the masked and black-clothed man was obviously the hidden guard of the mansion, and he had the audacity to enter the room to assassinate.

King Jing yelled: "Stop!" He stretched out his hand to grab Wei Qi's long sword, and he grabbed the blade with his bare hands. Afraid of hurting him, Wei Qi hurriedly let go, but the sword in his sleeve had already popped out. Fang Heng looked at King Jing He took off the long sword and shouted urgently: "Help, my lord!" He was caught off guard by Wei Qi for a while, but at this moment he realized that he could block it with anything, but Wei Qi was very skilled in martial arts, and he didn't have a sword in his sleeve. Unforgiving to assassinate at close quarters, Fang Heng only dodged a few times before the sword slashed across his neck.

Fang Heng opened his mouth, and seeing King Jing roared, he slashed his back with a sword and the mask was shaken off.

Fang Heng felt his neck was cold, looked back at Wei Qi's face, pointed at the long scar on Wei Qi's face and trembled, his throat contracted, but he couldn't say a word.

Guards and secret guards rushed through the door.Wei Qi was slashed by King Jing's sword, and he was lying on the ground. King Jing held a long sword with blood on his body, like a jade-faced Shura, and looked at Wei Qi coldly.Not far away, Fang Heng was also lying in a pool of blood, struggling a few times, his eyes wide open, and he died.The scene looked really thrilling.

King Jing said coldly, "Drag him out and beat him to death."

Wei Qiben half-closed his eyes, at this moment he couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Xiao Jing, that look was like a lot of pain and unwillingness, and it was like knowing the world's constant sorrow and suffering.After the guards dragged him out, he picked up his eyelids and pursed his lips tightly.

King Jing threw his sword, and soon eunuchs and maidservants rushed up to serve him.He closed his eyes, and in front of his eyes was the eyes of the dark guard when he met Wei Qi's four eyes just now.This was the first time he saw Wei Qi's face clearly, a long scar ran across the corner of the man's left eye and mouth, stained with blood, it looked terrible.

Wei Congzhi waited for him to change his clothes into the room, then hurried inside, knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is frightened, your subordinates are not able to protect you!"

King Jing's butt was really hurting, and he leaned on the couch and said coldly, "Did the secret guard kill him?"

Wei Congzhi said: "Wei Qi was stabbed in the back, and passed out after less than [-] blows. He was just woken up by the splash of water. This subordinate thinks...that Wei Qi did it. The secret guard has been guarding himself for more than two years, and everyone knows his heart to protect the Lord... Today's abnormality, there may be something hidden in it, it's better to question him before killing him..."

King Jing still remembered how the guard let go of his long sword just now for fear of hurting his hand, but Fang Heng was killed. He was really angry, and he gritted his teeth and said, "As he was beating and asking, if he didn't have the strength to answer, he deserved to die." .”

Wei Congzhi retreated under the command, wiped off his sweat and gave the order, and after a while, a guard reported back, that Wei Qi passed out after being hit a few times, and only said four words: Prince Gong's minions.

Wei Congzhi's heart skipped a beat. What Wei Qi meant must be Fang Heng, but Fang Heng was presented by the King of Yi County. If Fang Heng belonged to King Gong, the King of Yi County could not escape the responsibility.

Wei Congzhi reported to King Jing of Ming Dynasty, and King Jing just threw one word at him: "Check!"

In the winter of the fourth year of Wushun in the Zheng Dynasty, King Yijun was implicated in the case of Prince Gong because of his male servant Fang Heng. Emperor Wushun learned that he did not know the truth and fined him a year's salary. Wei Qi was imprisoned in King Jing's mansion for more than two months and was released. out.

It was early spring, and the weather was still gloomy and cold. He was still wrapped in cotton wool and hay to endure the cold in the prison.In a blink of an eye someone put a cotton robe on him, Wei Qi looked up and saw that it was Wei Shiwu.

Wei Shiwu said: "Brother Zhu Cang asked me to take you back."

Wei Qi nodded, he was severely tortured with a stick, he was not well-raised, he was involved in helping patients for many years, he couldn't stand the cold weather, and coughed intermittently.Although he was not sentenced to death in Fang Heng's case, but because he killed people in disregard of King Jing's order and was not liked by the prince, all the credit was also wiped out.

Seeing him coughing, Wei Shiwu sighed: "Usually you are cautious in your words, why did you go on a rampage this time? Then Fang Heng is a traitor. You just need to report to Brother Zhu. If you find out, you will be rewarded. Then Fang Heng is so hard to be your vengeance, you are red-eyed when you see him?"

Wei Qi was silent, Wei Shiwu murmured a few more words, led him back to the residence, brought him hot water, Wei Qi took a bath and drank hot tea, and then returned to his soul.

After Wei Shiwu left, Wei Qi closed the door and washed his face. The fake makeup was on his face for two to three months, and he rubbed it slowly for a long time before it was clean.He looked at his face, feeling sad in his heart, closed his eyes and endured it for a while, and then daubed the corners of his eyes and eyebrows little by little.

At night, Zhu Cang came to visit him, and said: "With Mr. Yuan's relationship, why do you have to suffer here? Why don't you ask Wei Congzhi to help you get out of the house, there is no place for you."

Wei Qiyan said yes, and asked someone to talk to Wei Congzhi the next day.He had been in the palace for nearly three years, and wanted to find out the whereabouts of his nephew Fang Zhengxing, but the Fang family was banned by the palace, it seemed that this way would never work again.During the three months in prison, he thought about it for a long time, but he really didn't know what was the benefit of staying here.

There are 24 secret guards, one leader, one deputy head, and the remaining 22 self-defense ones rank up to the 22nd guard. If there is a death, injury or disability, they will be resigned and replaced. After deliberation by the leader, they will be reconsidered by the chief guard and approved by King Jing.

King Jing has always let Wei Congzhi and the chief historian take care of the defense of the palace, but today he saw the newly added list of hidden guards, pointed at Wei Qi's name and said: "Isn't this person released? Why do you need to add it!"

Wei Congzhi said: "That Wei Qi was seriously injured and had old injuries for many years. Now it is not suitable for him to take up the post of secret guard, so he resigned."

King Jing paused for a while, then said slowly, "Is that so... Where are the others?"

Wei Congzhi said silently: "Still in the dark guard's residence..."

King Jing said: "You said before... how did he know Fang Heng?"

Wei Congzhi said: "He escaped with his family, and Fang Heng led Prince Gong's men to hunt him down, ruining his family and killing him. That's why he killed Fang Heng as soon as he saw him."

After a while, King Jing said: "Call him over, I have something to ask him."