Your Highness asked me to pay him back his honor

The arrows of the strong crossbow camp are on the string, and under the chaos, there are frequent arrows frightening the bow.

In the inner hall of Wende Hall, the emperor was seated with the support of his servants. Hearing the noise and chaos outside the hall, his expression was particularly gloomy.

A moment ago, the secret guard of the bodyguard department reported that King Yan had a close relationship with people in the street, and he almost personally admitted the identity of that person.

The emperor already had doubts these days, after hearing the report, he almost confirmed in his heart that Xiao Shuo was secretly hiding fugitives, colluding with the remnants of the Yun family, and most likely knew about the past.

If Xiao Shuo had known the truth of the year and was in a life-and-death game with King Xiang, it is hard to guarantee that he would not betray King Xiang and turn against the court.

The purpose of calling Xiao Shuo into the palace was to put him under house arrest.If there is no room for recovery, even if there are some future troubles to be left, they must be killed immediately.

But at this time, the situation was just like the Yuying Pavilion in Dali Temple in the past, and it was suddenly complicated and confusing.

"Is it possible... King Yan actually knew the truth back then?"

Grand Master Pang Gan asked his servant to help him sit down, bowed his body, and said in a low voice hesitantly: "Or from the beginning, King Yan snatched the remnants of the Yun family back to the mansion. Torturing and humiliating, but secretly saving each other..."

The emperor frowned: "No."

"I watched him grow up, if he has such a city, how can I rest assured that Yunlang will be handed over to him."

The emperor closed his eyes and pressed his brows hard: "Over the years, I have repeatedly tested him, and I can't pretend that kind of hatred and hostility."

"Even so." Pang Gan said cautiously, "What King Yan said is too clean."

The Grand Master's Mansion has long been incompatible with King Yan, and there have been countless assassinations by assassins in these years alone.

If Xiao Shuo gains power one day, he will never give up easily.

Pang Gan couldn't just sit and watch Xiao Shuo bewitch the Sacred Heart like this, lowered his eyelids, and persuaded in a low voice: "After all, raising tigers is a danger, knowing people and faces but not heart, who knows what he is hiding? Yichen said that the emperor should have Be ruthless, cut the weeds and roots..."

"Is it because I can't be ruthless?" The emperor said in a deep voice, "Is there any other way for the situation at that time?"

In the past, most of the people who were able to bring down Duan Wang's mansion were borrowed from King Xiang's dark power. After the game, all parties were exhausted and were unable to pursue another half step.

After destroying a Prince Duan's mansion, he could kill him and deny it, and all of them fell into the King Xiang's faction.If even Xiao Shuo was not staying, no matter how seriously ill the late emperor was, and no matter how much he cared about the stability of the country, he would not be able to bear him anymore.

"And that remnant of the Yun family, who protects him to the death, dares to threaten me—"

The emperor suppressed his irritability, suppressed the coldness in his eyes, and pressed his forehead heavily: "Forget it, what are you talking about about the past? Could it be that you regret it now, and you can go back and kill everyone?"

The emperor settled down and frowned: "It's just that Yunlang..."

He really never thought that Yun Lang would lie to Xiao Shuo, saying that the bloody case in the past was secretly plotted by King Xiang's lineage.

If Xiao Shuo didn't know the truth about the past, maybe he could still drive...

"Your Majesty can't do it!" Pang Gan said urgently, "That's all for King Yan, could it be that the Emperor even trusts Yun Lang?!"

Pang Gan vaguely saw that the emperor was wavering, and couldn't sit still: "The little thief of the Yun family is so cunning, and he knows the truth of the year, if he stays for one more day, he will be in trouble for one more day! , should not have handed it over to Prince Yan’s mansion at the beginning, but now he was told to find an empty space to escape, so it’s not like letting the tiger go back to the mountain..."

"Every sentence was in the past, everything was in the beginning!"

The emperor finally told him to exhaust all his patience, and sternly reprimanded him: "Back then, your grand master's mansion swore that all the assassins you sent would be able to burn down Prince Yan's mansion. To heaven!"

The emperor said coldly: "Yun Lang asked Yan Wang's mansion to be robbed on the execution ground, which one dared to stop you or Gao Jixun? He watched Yan Wang's mansion snatch him back, and now he is making noise here again!"

Pang Gan's face was ashen, trembling and silent, he didn't dare to say more.

The emperor was upset, and he flicked his sleeves vigorously: "Now the bodyguard is loyal and traitor, and I can't tell the difference! Originally, I was counting on Gao Jixun, thinking that he could fight at any rate, but now even he is in the King Xiang's faction ...How many people can I trust by my side?!"

Pang Gan already had doubts about this matter, but Gao Jixun died too fast, and there was no evidence for it before he could refute it. No matter how much he said, it would be useless.

He just provoked the wrath of Thunder, so he didn't dare to say much at this time, he just whispered: "Your Majesty calm down, take care of the dragon body..."

The emperor was too lazy to talk much, so he glanced at him, and when he heard the commotion outside the hall gradually subsided, he raised his hand and pushed open the hall door.Without asking the servants to help him, he went out of the inner hall.

Chang Ji had put the chaos to rest, and at this time he was leading the Jinwu Guards to clean up Liu Shi who had entered through the broken window of the outer hall.Seeing the emperor coming out, he was startled, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the outer hall has not been straightened out..."

"It's okay."

The emperor frowned, and glanced at the scattered feather arrows on the beams and pillars: "Where is King Yan?"

"It happened suddenly, and the guards were in a panic. His Highness King Yan went down to stabilize the situation outside the palace."

Chang Ji said: "The last general tried it, but Qiangnuying didn't know about it, and just obeyed the order to come to Wende Hall to arrest the traitor."

According to Xiao Shuo's instructions, Chang Ji bowed his head and said, "These flow arrows collided with each other in an unknown situation. They accidentally startled the bow and injured some people. It was not intentional. It just disturbed His Majesty's holy body. Doom."

The emperor was quite angry in the inner palace for no reason, and seeing Chang Ji Gongshun at this time, he said the most worrying thing in his heart, and his face softened a lot: "Very good, capable and neat, more than a good person Talking is a hundred times stronger."

Chang Ji hurriedly kowtowed, saying that he didn't dare, and said: "Master Gao actually ordered Liu Ya to be killed, it's too coincidental, do you want to investigate in detail?"

"Investigate what?"

The emperor looked tired, and slowly pressed his forehead, and sat on the warm couch: "I am a witness myself, and I saw the situation with my own eyes. Could it be possible that there are people who are so powerful that they can listen to the voice outside the window and guess in advance that he will pounce?" Come here and shoot him with an arrow through the window?"

The emperor felt upset when he thought of this matter, he didn't want to say more, he sighed heavily: "Forget it, fortunately this happened tonight... everything is still undecided, and there is still time to remedy it."

In recent years, the bodyguard division's family has grown bigger, although the dark battalion has been dispatched by the emperor, but the strong bows and crossbows, horses and good soldiers are all allocated to the bodyguard department.

If Gao Jixun really had a different intention, he would lie dormant until tomorrow, and join forces with King Xiang, and it would not be difficult to capture Miyagi in one fell swoop.

The situation at that time will undoubtedly be far more serious than Xiao Shuo with a small conspiracy in front of the palace.

"At this critical time, I would rather kill him by mistake than let him go. Even if he survives, I dare not use him again."

The emperor pressed his brows together: "Besides... even if it doesn't matter this, a general who can't dodge a stray arrow, what use do I need him?"

Chang Ji said according to Xiao Shuo's instructions, he was still uneasy at first, but seeing the emperor's coldness, he didn't know what it was like, so he kowtowed and said in a low voice: "Yes."

"Let's discuss this matter again." The emperor said, "The body has been collected, and it can be buried after tomorrow."

Chang Ji whispered: "Obey."

The emperor still had a severe headache, closed his eyes, and asked his servant to rub his forehead slowly: "Today's situation is all sealed off, half a sentence is not allowed to be spread outside, and the secret order is for the political affairs, the privy envoy, Kaifeng Yin..."

The emperor opened his eyes: "Did Kaifeng Yin have a close relationship with Prince Yan's mansion in the past few days?"

Chang Ji was stunned: "I didn't notice it... It's just that Kaifeng Yin went to Yan Wang's residence a few times a while ago. Isn't it also the emperor's order to ask Kaifeng Yin Shi'en to comfort him, so that King Yan won't feel resentful?"

Chang Ji was a little hesitant, and said in a low voice: "Besides, with Lord Wei's temper, after the death of Shang Shilang, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make friends with anyone..."

"I remember this."

The emperor frowned: "Forget it... call me, let's take a look together."

Although old Pang Gan was annoying, what he said might not be all wrong, Xiao Shuo really left it too clean this time.

Whenever Xiao Shuo couldn't explain something, he could take advantage of the opportunity to interrogate Yun Lang and use some means to force him to find out the real situation.

But Xiao Shuo was able to justify himself everywhere, and he couldn't find any flaws, so the palace didn't even have a chance to attack.

"I don't understand." Chang Ji said, "Thunder, rain and dew are all God's grace. If the emperor has something to say, just ask King Yan to ask. Why do you have to find a flaw?"

The emperor glanced at him: "Now the bodyguards are commanding envoy Kong Xuan, and tomorrow they will meet King Xiang's party of swordsmen. I have annoyed him. Are you here to lead the army?"

Chang Ji was taken aback, and quickly shook his head vigorously: "I can only protect His Majesty, not lead troops."

"Then why ask?"

The emperor's expression was gloomy, and he was upset for a while: "Why do I want to count on him? No one can use it."

Those generals who were good at fighting back then, half of them were killed by King Baoduan, some of them were demoted, some were exiled, and they were all far away from the central court.

The remaining half was counted by Yunlang one by one, and they were dragged into the Shuofang army during the year when the two forces saw each other.

The northern border is far away, and the Privy Council is out of reach, and it is too late to be organized, and now it is even more hopeless.

The emperor suppressed his thoughts, stopped thinking about useless thoughts, and finished speaking: "The secret order is to attend the political affairs, the privy envoy, and Kaifeng Yin to enter the palace, and send a warm sedan chair to pick them up. Don't disturb the neighbors. Time, do not deal with it for the time being, return to the camp and wait for orders."

Chang Ji kowtowed, remembered as he said, and was about to go out to deliver a letter, when the emperor said from behind: "That's right."

Chang Ji hurriedly turned around and knelt down.

"Back then...how was the friendship between King Yan and Yun Lang?"

The emperor was thoughtful: "Do you know?"

Chang Ji wanted to find a craftsman to repair the roof for King Yan, so he felt a little guilty, and bowed his head on the ground: "The end is not very clear."

The emperor also had such an idea suddenly.When he received the performance from the guard Simi, the hidden guard once said that the two had a "very tacit understanding", and said that recently King Yan often went in and out with a man in white. According to rumors, he once stayed in the elegant room of the restaurant for two full days. an hour.

Although the rumors are distorted and exaggerated, they are not groundless.If this person is Yun Lang, all the strange things will be verified.

The emperor got up and took two steps, then pondered and said: "When I was the prince, I accompanied the late emperor, and I heard King Duan mention it in a joke... His son wanted to ask Yunlang to be his concubine, so he told the late emperor to laugh and scold him, It's gone."

"At that time, I only felt that it was extremely absurd, and I didn't take it to heart."

The emperor said: "Looking back today, I'm afraid that he really has some affection for Yun Lang, but the blood and hatred of his family has been overshadowed, and he didn't realize it."

Chang Ji's heart sank, and he looked carefully at the emperor's expression: "How can your majesty... think like this?"

"If it wasn't so, he chased after Yuying Pavilion, heard Yunlang tell the so-called truth of the year, and asked Yunlang to save him again, so he believed it so suspiciously?"

There was a slight sneer in the emperor's eyes: "I thought he cared too much about blood feud... When his brain got hot, he turned out to be so credulous and abandon him."

"The emperor said that His Royal Highness King Yan was against Yun—"

Chang Ji paused, and said hesitantly: "I have fallen in love with the orphan of the Yun family... for a long time, but I was forced back by the blood feud. So I finally heard an explanation, no matter whether it is true or not, I completely believed that he is not an enemy?"

Chang Ji hesitated: "But this is strange, it's fine if King Yan didn't know about it, and it's not the first day that Yun's orphan knew about it, why did he wait until now to explain?"

"I made an oath." The emperor said in a low voice, "If he sticks to the past and doesn't mention it, I will save Xiao Shuo's life for a day."

The emperor is far more aware of this matter than others, and when he thinks back to the past, he feels that it can be confirmed everywhere: "No wonder the remnants of the Yun family are protecting Xiao Shuo to the death, and would rather burn the Ming Dynasty of Exoneration with their own hands than change my wrong Yan's mansion." Do it..."

Chang Ji never knew about this, his mind trembled slightly, and he looked up in astonishment.

"If he takes that edict, I really don't know how to deal with him."

The emperor sneered: "If it weren't for Gao Jixun's trash, who missed again and again, I would have killed him long ago, and never had future troubles."

Chang Ji's heart was cold, and he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Yun... Yunlang leads troops, and he has always been loyal to Yuntian, and the last general has heard of it."

Chang Ji hung his heart, fearing that what he said would reveal the truth, he carefully said his words: "His Royal Highness Yan Wang has a cold and mean temperament, and he doesn't seem to be a person who values ​​affection. I really can't see it..."

"You don't know his temperament back then. If it wasn't for family changes, he wouldn't be so unbearable."

The emperor waved his hand, and suddenly remembered something: "That day at the Xiaochao meeting, when King Yan returned to Yang Xianyou, did he mention the person who slept with him?"

Chang Ji's spine trembled, and he was faintly anxious, holding on: "I don't remember."

The emperor didn't expect much from these Jinwu guards, so he frowned impatiently, and didn't reprimand him, he just taught him a lesson in a deep voice: "Be more careful in the future, let you be a guard, you only know how to be a guard?"

Chang Ji hurriedly said respectfully: "Yes."

"In the Yuying Pavilion, he met Yun Lang."

The emperor said slowly: "In just three days, at the Xiaochao meeting, he has already become a co-bed person... It's too fast."

Chang Ji clenched his fists: "Great, life and death are at stake, and it's easiest for people to find out about love, and they are no longer bound by the world..."

The emperor was inexplicable, and frowned: "What mess?"

Chang Ji is clumsy, and he is the least able to point out gangsters and make excuses.He became more and more anxious, hoping that His Royal Highness King Yan would come back soon to deal with it, so he lowered his head.

The emperor asked him to stir his thoughts, and pressed his forehead: "I mean, since we have been sharing the same bed for a few days, and wanting to come to the charter prison of Dali Temple, he couldn't help but do it."

Chang Ji: "..."

Chang Ji: "?"

The emperor slowly tapped on the table: "I also heard that he... is looking for some erotic pictures these days?"

Chang Ji was tongue-tied, thinking of His Royal Highness King Yan who was really looking for erotic pictures, he didn't know where to start.

"I also know that he has always been lonely and unruly, how can he be so obedient these few days, most of his previous temper has dissipated."

The emperor sneered: "It turns out that she is also a pervert... It's not that she can't handle it."

Chang Ji had a complicated mood: "Yes..."

The emperor was restless because he could not find a flaw today, he didn't know where to start and how to deal with Xiao Shuo.At this moment, he finally figured out Xiao Shuo's weakness, and he felt a little relieved: "Today King Yan is frightened, but he is not chaotic in the face of danger. He is loyal and upright, so he should be comforted and rewarded."

The emperor said: "Since he likes this, he asked the palace to pay attention to it, and secretly added a box to the reward."

Chang Ji hesitated: "Your Majesty—"

"Remember, I am a favor, not a humiliation to him."

The emperor knew that the palace had always been obedient to King Yan, but at this time he had to rely on Xiao Shuo, and he did not want to fight against him for nothing: "Don't say anything, just let him know that I care about you, and don't let others chew your tongue."

Chang Ji didn't dare to say more, kowtowed hurriedly, and went down to give orders.

Today, the bodyguard department almost conspired against him, and there was no one to preside over the rebellion. He was in a state of panic from top to bottom, and the chaos continued until it was completely dark.

Xiao Shuo was not in a hurry to go back to the palace, he took people to appease the camps, everything went back to the palace safely, it was past the third watch.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the Wende Hall is still brightly lit.

Chang Ji stood guard at the door, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Highness, the Emperor is meeting with the officials. He specifically said that His Highness has worked hard today, so there is no need to return to his life, and he just needs to rest in the side hall."

Xiao Shuo was in danger today, so he guessed that the emperor would not let him out of the palace, so he nodded, "Thank you."

Chang Ji hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and led Xiao Shuo towards the side hall: "The emperor said that he has wronged His Highness today, and rewarded him with something...Send it to the side hall?"

Xiao Shuo said lightly, "No need."

"The emperor's kindness." Chang Ji whispered, "Your Highness has resigned, but it seems rusty and indifferent."

Xiao Shuo was very tired of staying in the palace, and he didn't want to see any rewards, so he said in a deep voice: "Take it to the mansion, and thank Your Majesty for me."

Chang Ji was stunned for a moment, looked around and said in a low voice, "Young Master... is he in the mansion?"

Xiao Shuo didn't know why he suddenly asked this, and frowned: "So what?"

"If the young master is here."

Chang Ji clenched his fists, thinking about the box of erotic pictures carefully prepared by the inner court inspector: "I'm afraid it's not suitable..."

"I entrust each other with him, there is nothing inappropriate."

Xiao Shuo said impatiently: "He knows my heart, just ask him to burn it for me."

Chang Ji: "..."

Xiao Shuo watched him hesitate to speak: "Isn't it right?"

Chang Ji swallowed: "No—"

"If it's not right, then it's not right." Xiao Shuo said, "He's angry with me today... After all, he has to destroy some things. If he can't lift the roof or tear down the couch, send them to him to vent. That's fine too."

Xiao Shuo twisted the locust rock in his sleeve, suppressed his thoughts, and said: "If he is too lazy to do it, you can burn everything for him, and tell him to relieve his anger."

Chang Ji: "..."

Chang Ji tried his best: "Your Highness, listen to the reward—"

Xiao Shuo had run out of patience today, he didn't want to hear a word about the palace anymore, so he entered the side hall and closed the door heavily.

Chang Ji chased after half a step, but was slapped on the face by the palace gate: "..."

The side hall is clean and quiet at night.

Xiao Shuo entered the hall, asked for hot water once, but there was no more movement.

Chang Ji was in a dilemma, he stood at the door for a while, and became determined, and ordered his servant, Wang Yan, to rest quietly and not be disturbed.

He brought the Jinwu guards and carried all kinds of rewards, and went to burn erotic pictures in front of Xiaohou Yun, who was said to be annoyed for some reason.