In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Situ Yue took his guards to Zhili, and returned to the capital after watching the summer grain enter the warehouse. That night, he walked to a forest, and a guard came forward to report that there was a post station five miles away after passing the forest. One night rest is possible.Situ Yue went back and forth between the capital and Zhili more than once, so he naturally knew what the guards said was true, so he ordered everyone to go through the forest on horseback, go to the post station for repairs, and enter the city tomorrow.

Situ Yue was in the middle of the team. Under the darkness, his mount suddenly stood up, and he jumped more than ten feet high.The surrounding horses fell down one after another, and the guards rolled into a ball. The horses behind could not be restrained, and even stepped on the fallen people and horses in front.Situ Yue's mount neighed, and he was about to run forward with Situ Yue on his back. In addition to the guard's cry of pain, there was a sharp sound of piercing through the air. The guard in front turned back and shouted, "Protect the prince."

Situ Yue leaned on the horse's back, letting the mount lead her to rush left and right. This horse is a purebred Dawan Liang colt. Although its leg was injured, it is also a good horse in the imperial palace.Situ Yue used to have two horses in total. One was healthy and was given to Mi Xing before he set off on the expedition. The second is the current horse. Its ancestor was the emperor's royal horse. Being removed from the seat of the royal horse, Situ Yue saw that it was quite spiritual, so he took it away, and he will accompany Situ Yue to travel in the future, counting for ten years.

The sounds of piercing the air around became more and more intense, and there were screams from guards who fell to the ground after being shot by an arrow.Situ Yue just lay on the horse's back, and the mount ran four or five miles away. There were many wooden stakes tied to the trees in front of it, swinging back and forth like a swing, the mount moved left and right, and passed quickly, Situ Yue heard There was no sound around him, he straightened up a little while running and glanced back, and suddenly he was shot by an arrow in his left arm.His left arm started to go numb, which was a sign of poisoning. Situ Yue had no choice but to bend down again, took out the dagger from his arms, and cut off a piece of flesh in his left arm where the arrow was hit. The pain was so bad that he almost fell off the horse, and he gritted his teeth Endured it, suddenly the mount fell to the ground, Situ Yue was thrown out and rolled a few times, then raised his head, because it was night, he couldn't see clearly, only saw a bald man wearing night clothes with what seemed to be a a crossbow.

Situ struggled to stand up, his left arm was almost numb, and he was holding a dagger in his right hand. The people on the opposite side got closer and closer. Situ realized that there were figures under several big trees around him, thinking about my little life. The explanation is here.

There were four raptors parked on the tree. They spread their wings in the darkness and flew down from the tree. Their sharp claws grabbed the face of the man in black. The man in black screamed. It was almost unbearable, and the surroundings became chaotic for a while, the sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance, and the family general shouted "My lord, my lord, please answer."

Situ Yue took advantage of the trend and rolled on the ground to avoid the fight between the raptor and the men in black, and hid behind a tree. "This king is here." After speaking, he quickly changed to another place.

When the family arrived, the man in black and the bird of prey disappeared completely, and only Situ Yue's mount was lying on the roadside.A torch was lit, and a guard tied the upper part of Situ Yue's left arm tightly with cloth to prevent excessive blood loss and to prevent toxins from being transmitted through the blood.

A family general took an arrow from his mount, looked at it under the torch, held it up with a white cloth and showed it to Situ Yue, "My lord, it is a standard arrow in the army. This kind of arrow is for shooting Hun cavalry. "

"Put it away and see if there are any doubts around you. Put it away together and let me bring it to you tomorrow. Is there any brother who has broken it?"

"Sixteen brothers were killed, eight of them were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured. The assassin left behind six corpses. Shall we bring them into the capital together?"

Situ Yue nodded, "Tell Chang Shi the names of the broken brothers. From now on, they will have their own family to support them. Those who are seriously injured should also be appeased. Don't be stingy with money and medicine. If you can no longer travel with the king, let them stay at home." Let’s do something in the palace or go to this king’s Zhuangzi, and each person who is slightly injured will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and it is my king’s wish that the silver is not much.”

The surrounding guards bowed down one after another, and Situ Yue waved his hands to get them up, "Be alert tonight to prevent the assassins from coming again."

The next day, Situ Yue went to Chongzheng Hall with his upper arms wrapped. He was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.The emperor entrusted the country to Jinshang, and even the secret guards gave half of it to his son, but he firmly controlled the 24 yamen.Today, I don't care much about it. In his opinion, the 24th Yamen is just a bunch of eunuchs. The emperor has already given up the country very readily. It makes no sense for the 24th Yamen in the harem to reprimand the eunuchs and maids for rules. to come back.

The emperor took the eunuch Feng Hai to the Chongzheng Palace. Feng Hai looked at the arrows and several corpses, questioned the guards who followed him, and went back with the emperor.

When they arrived at Xiyuan, Feng Hai said with certainty, "It's the person who assassinated the prince on the canal that day."

"Didn't you say it belonged to a dead man raised by an official in the south of the Yangtze River? Why are there still remnants of crimes now?"

"The old slave thinks that it is not a group of people but a group of people. They should be trained by the same group of people. They are of the same origin as the ones on the canal but they don't know each other. It seems that their methods are not very similar, but somehow But there are eight points similar. Yesterday there were more people in the rivers and lakes. Master Rong said that he saw a bald head. The old slave thought, it should be a monk from that temple, or an abandoned disciple. And there is... "

"What is it?"

"Some people say that it was four birds that saved Master Rong. This has a bit of the character of the previous prince. Before the prince had a guard, he was good at raising birds of prey. After the prince left, the guard disappeared. The old slave guessed. …”

"Is there any connection between these assassins and my son's death?"

Feng Hai nodded.

"Check it out."

Feng Hai knelt down.

The emperor stood up, the former prince Situ Gao was the eldest son of the emperor, now the emperor naturally cherishes him, and sent many hidden guards to act as bodyguards to protect him.The guard who is good at raising raptors is a hidden guard, who has been with the prince since he was a child. This guard died there when he went to the East Palace to fight the fire. Now the raptor is hiding in the dark, and he can rescue Jun Ming in time. What is the purpose?However, the emperor squinted who made the move, he naturally knew.I just hope that this person will not have anything to do with the death of the first prince.

In the palace, Situ Yue drank two bowls of medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, added a lot of Coptis chinensis, and his crying face was Zou Baba's.

"Father, is it suffering?" Qiao Qiao asked her with a weeping face.

"It's so bitter that my father doubts life. Is Coptidis detoxification?" Situ Yue asked the white-bearded imperial doctor standing beside him, who knew that the imperial doctor watched her drink the medicine and put away the medicine bowl, turned and left.

This person was served by the emperor's side, and his temper was a little weird.Situ Yue naturally knew about it, and he didn't keep him when he saw him go.

Qiao Qiao didn't know what it meant to doubt life, and looked at her with wide eyes sadly.

Mrs. Zhao came out from behind the screen weeping, didn't speak, just wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and the teardrops fell down one by one, reminding Situ Yue of the phrase "Women are made of water" for no reason.

Yun Xiao came over with a glass of boiled water, Situ Yue rinsed his mouth, and drank the remaining half of the glass.I really didn't want to see Mrs. Zhao sitting here crying anymore, so I said, "My lord, go and have a look." Stand up and leave.

The staff waited for half the room in the front yard, Situ Yue comforted them, Cheng Yue came, the staff retreated, Cheng Yue followed many cousins, sent them away at night, Cheng Yue deliberately delayed the meeting until the end. Walk.

"The crossbow was found, and it was brought out by Prince Teng of the Wang family. The ins and outs of this matter have been found out. Because the elder brother dismissed the former member of the Ministry of Industry, Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng, his daughter's palace The imperial concubine held a grudge, and sent a letter to her uncle Wang Ziteng, and Wang Ziteng's men took a crossbow from the army, found a few strong men from the people, and did this kind of thing that cut the road halfway."

Situ Yue blew on the pastry crumbs, "Do you believe that?"

"Of course my younger brother doesn't believe it, but I can't find out what's behind it. Eldest brother recuperates at home first, and younger brother will find the person behind the scenes."

"No, let me handle this matter. There are monks and Taoist priests among the assassins, so I will start from both sides."

Cheng Yue looked puzzled, he didn't believe at all that he could find the mastermind behind this. "The Taoist priest and the monk are just pawns. They are tiny shrimps. Brother..."

"I found out a while ago that a sect called Tongtian Sect had something to do with my father's death that year. I will not let it go. Brother, the root cause of yesterday's disaster is that I was too domineering in normal times. I dismissed you." There are so many officials, there are always one or two who want to take revenge on me. These people include royal family members and local heroes. Their children let me get an official position, who would be willing? It is not difficult for these people to find some bandits Yes. Only the matter of my father makes me restless. Brother, a son should know the cause of my father's death. The death of a prince of a country is so bizarre, I...I am a little emotional. But I will Check it out."

Cheng Yue felt that something was wrong, the matter of the father and king was taken into consideration by their brothers, but yesterday's assassination was by no means a simple venting of anger, this matter involved high-ranking concubines in the harem and generals in the army.If it is not handled well, it will be a storm.This is different from Situ Yue's style of investigating to the end all the time.

"Wang Ziteng should not be easily provoked. But elder brother, younger brother will always make this angry for elder brother."

Cheng Yue stood up and said goodbye and went out. Situ Yue watched Cheng Yue walk out of the study, and after a while, he called Cheng Ju, "Quick, bring the prince back."

Cheng Yu hurriedly ran out.

After about a quarter of an hour, Cheng Yue came back again, "Brother?"

"Chengyue, go to your grandfather and take the 24 Yamen into your hands."

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