[Rat and Cat] Han Palace Autumn

It was late at night, but the supposedly quiet imperial palace was brightly lit, and the sounds of swords and swords intersected fiercely. The most lively place was the current Holy Majesty's bedroom.

With the influx of a large number of forbidden troops, the black-clothed assassins were at the end of their strength, and their resistance gradually weakened. However, after various bloody battles, no one surrendered their swords.

Zhan Zhao was a little sluggish in his movements - just now, in order to protect the emperor's safety, he took a dart forcibly, and at this moment the dart was still stuck in his shoulder and it was too late to pull it out, and he could feel the bleeding from the wound.Fortunately, no poison was applied to the dart—there was no pain caused by the toxin flowing through the internal force, and there was no strange pain from the wound.

I don't know where this group of men in black came from, but all of them are at least first-class martial arts masters in the world.It is unknown who in the world can gather such a force... It is a huge threat to Sheji and the court.

Zhan Zhao collected his thoughts, and thousands of silver and white horses suddenly flashed on the Juque, forcing the leader of the assassins in front of him to retreat, and he flipped the hilt of his sword neatly to touch the big acupoints all over his body, and he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling dizzy for a while On the ground, he staggered and couldn't stand still.

"Zhan Zhao..." A pair of hands came from behind, the cuffs were bright yellow, it was Renzong who did it himself.Zhan Zhao was startled, forced himself to stand firm, turned around and saluted: "Your Majesty was surprised by the lack of protection."

The body was about to leave at the touch of his arms, and Zhao Zhen withdrew his hands, only to feel his heart emptied, feeling a little resentful, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a dark spot on the shoulder of Zhan Zhao's red official uniform, and the fear and anger that had just been suppressed immediately All came up.

"You are doing very well," he waved his hand, signaling to the trembling servants to come forward to bandage and heal Zhan Zhao's wounds, and turned to face the guards with a low expression, "You are also doing very well, unexpectedly letting an assassin break in I didn't feel anything in my bedroom, if it wasn't for the guards who died to protect each other..." As he said that, there was a stabbing pain in his heart that he didn't even expect. The heavy blow he received was beyond his expectation—it turned out that it was no longer a momentary interest and curiosity. During this period of getting along, the guard in red really touched his mind.

"Hong Jin, what should you do!"

The commander of the imperial army buried his head deeply in the ground without saying a word. No matter what the reasons were, he could not explain his serious dereliction of duty tonight. The best result he could hope for now was to be alone and not to affect his family.

The suffocating silence of the whole hall made Zhao Zhen's anger even more intense: "Come here, put Hong Jin into the sky prison, and choose a day..."

"Your Majesty." A clear voice interrupted the emperor's anger. Behind him, Zhan Zhao struggled to get up from the chair and then knelt down again, "Your Majesty, the assassins this time are all masters in the world, and their martial arts are really excellent. Commander Hong and the others didn't realize it." It's also justifiable... Besides, all the forbidden soldiers fought bravely against the enemy regardless of life and death, please Your Majesty, for the sake of their crimes and meritorious deeds... let them be punished lightly."

The young man's sincere and clear eyes made Zhao Zhen feel dazed for a while. The clothes on the shoulders were cut off to cover the wound, revealing a small piece of fair and shiny skin, which was in great contrast with the scarlet color, and there was a breathtaking beauty. The emperor swallowed, For a moment, I felt that most of the anger disappeared.

"Okay," he turned his head and forced himself not to look at him, and said in a calm tone, "Hong Jin, are you convicted?"

"All criminals will die." The tall commander of the forbidden army kowtowed again, blood was oozing from his forehead, and he didn't dare to say anything, just prostrated on the ground and shivered.

"What Zhan Huwei said is also reasonable. You are guilty of surprise, but you are also worthy of escort - but the death penalty is inevitable, but the living crime is inevitable. I will punish you with eighty army sticks and remove you from the post of commander of the imperial army. Are you convinced?"

"The sinner is convinced, thank you...thank you for the emperor's grace." Compared with the original punishment, Hong Jin was taken aback, and kowtowed to thank him. The excitement of the rest of his life made his head sweat As soon as it gushes out, the whole face looks like it has been steamed, which is quite funny.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand to let the guards back out, and then said softly to Zhan Zhao, "Guard Zhan has worked hard tonight, you have done a good job in escorting, what reward do you want?"

"Zhan Zhao dare not," Zhan Zhao wanted to stand up again, but was held down by the emperor's hand on his shoulder. He could only sit uncomfortably on the chair and replied to the standing emperor, "Your Majesty, when you were fighting with the assassin just now, , I noticed that they all had tiny tattoos behind their ears, this group of assassins must be controlled by someone with a heart, and I suspect that the people behind them are related to the theft of Ku Yin."

"Hehe," Zhao Zhen rubbed his forehead and smiled lowly, "You cat is really born to work hard. Don't worry, I have handed over the life you just left behind to the prison. two."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback by his address, but he didn't care. He still frowned and thought: "Maybe the emperor doesn't have to expect too much. This group of people regard death as their own, and I'm afraid it's hard to ask anything."

"Okay, don't think about it," Zhao Zhen controlled his strength and patted him on the shoulder. "What you have to do now is to take a good rest. I'll ask someone to clean up a yard for you, and you can go and raise the house yourself." , let’s go back to Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow.”

"This... how dare you do this."

"There's nothing you dare not to be. Guard Zhan needs to recover as soon as possible. I really need your protection." The emperor's mood improved inexplicably, and he burst out laughing. He watched Zhan Zhao salute and retreat with his hands behind his back, feeling at peace in his heart.

"Zhan... Zhao..." The young emperor chewed the name in his mouth carefully, provoking a vague smile in the darkness.

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The solemn tidbits are late, but Feifei is light.The day is long and the male bird is long, and the spring is far away from Chai Jing.

Outside Bianliang City, willow catkins are flying on a barren hill with few people, and a dilapidated earth temple stands quietly among the layers of fresh greenery.In such a beautiful place, who would notice such a dilapidated temple?

But today was different. Three strange-looking people gathered at the gate of the temple, a beautiful girl, a gloomy man, and a big man like an iron tower.If there is a person who is familiar with Jianghu affairs here, he will be able to call out their names in one breath.Because these three people are notorious in the Jianghu, they have committed many horrific crimes, and they have very different appearances, so they have become representative characters in the Jianghu who can stop children from crying at night.

At this time, the glamorous girl was quite angry: "It's fine that those idiots failed in their assassinations a few days ago, but they left such a big opening for Zhan Zhao, how can Bao Heizi take it easy? It's about to find out here, Ku Yin has not yet been shipped out, if the Lord's important event is ruined, how can we account for it?"

The gloomy man cut him off: "Okay, Mei Niang, if you have time to complain, you might as well think about what you can do. No matter what, you'll lose our lives, and you must not let this mission fail."

"Don't you know I don't know! The Lord has been planning this operation for a long time, and we have lost many powerful generals... But the Kaifeng Mansion is about to find this place, so what can we do! Even if Nan Xia is injured, Are you sure you can stop him for one night?"

"Damn it... just this night, tomorrow the caravan arrives and breaks up the silver taels, even if he has great abilities in Kaifeng Mansion, there is nowhere to track him down."

"Tch, what's the use of talking about it, how can you keep it this crucial night?"

The middle-aged man ignored the girl's sarcasm, and paced back and forth in front of the temple with frowning eyebrows: "For us now, the most difficult thing to deal with in Kaifeng Mansion is that Zhan Zhao. He was captured alive, but Bao Heizi and that Gongsun Ce, two literati who have no strength to restrain a chicken, seem to be easier to start from there."

"You are not talking nonsense, when will Zhan Zhao and those yamen servants not protect Bao Zheng..."

"It's by Bao Zheng's side," the middle-aged man suddenly smiled sinisterly, "It's not that he is always by Gongsun Ce's side..."

The girl's eyes lit up: "A great plan, a great plan! Although Bao Heizi will definitely not let us go because of a Gongsun Ce, he will definitely send Zhan Zhao to rescue... When the time comes, the hostages will be in hand, with the power of the three of us, and we are afraid of him." What!"

"That's right," the middle-aged man continued sadly, "Without the civil and military skills, Bao Zheng is like a toothless tiger. Are you afraid that he will hinder us from completing the mission? Haha, hahahaha... ..."

On the one hand, the big man was also infected by the two of them. He roared and slapped his chest again and again. For a moment, the birds flew in fright and brought the leaves to fall.

At the same time, Kaifeng government office.

"Guard Zhan, Mr. Gongsun," Bao Zheng rubbed his tired brows, "the matter is quite clear now, everyone has worked hard these past few days, as long as we persist for one more day, the location will be confirmed at night, when the time comes, I'm afraid it will happen again There will be a hard fight!" He looked at Zhan Zhao with a loving expression, "Guard Zhan, how is your recovery from the injury you suffered a few days ago?"

"Master Lao is concerned," Zhan Zhao clasped his fists, "Mr. Gongsun has been recuperating for his subordinates every day these few days, and he is already fine."

"That's good——" Bao Zheng stroked his beard with one hand, and before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Gongsun: "My lord, don't listen to his nonsense. Although the students try their best to diagnose and treat such deep wounds, how can they be healed in a few days?" Healed well?" While speaking, he turned to Zhan Zhao, "You child, you will never learn to take care of yourself, and you always avoid taking medicine properly..."

"Mr. Gongsun—" Zhan Zhao begged for mercy with a bitter face, "How many catties of Coptis chinensis was put in your medicine? Zhan's tongue can hardly taste the taste these two days."

"Hmph, if you're afraid of taking medicine, just protect yourself obediently. Next time you dare to get hurt quietly, it's not something Huanglian can deal with so easily."

Zhan Zhao became more and more frustrated, and now even Master Bao couldn't hold back anymore, he chuckled, patted Zhan Zhao on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Gongsun is right, you really don't take yourself seriously. This time Now, the government will let you take a long vacation, young people, you should also go out and relax."

"Yes, Zhan Zhao knows—my lord, this subordinate still needs to practice, so I'll take a step ahead."

Bao Zheng nodded, watched the handsome young man flee, and sighed to Gongsun who was beside him: "It was out of love for talent to lead him into the officialdom, but looking at it now, I really don't know if it was right or wrong."