bastard returns

There are many acquaintances in the hall, Ning Yuan just glanced casually and saw a few of them, Xie Changqing also came with Tian Buwei, and there were many noble sons who came with their elders a little further, Meng Zhifan also stood by Meng Guogong Beside him, a pair of eyes were falling on Huyan Yuanchen with a slight smile, as if he could see his identity.

Although Huyan Yuanchen's mask is well blocked, he has stayed in Dazhou for so many years anyway, and those who are familiar with him can tell from his movements and voice, but whether it is the emperor or officials, usually He doesn't care about a foreign proton with little power at all, and he is quite ignored, which makes it seem that no one can see through who this Prince Yongyi is.

Today is the reception banquet, the emperor obviously didn't have the intention to discuss too many things with the embassy, ​​the eunuch announced the opening of the banquet as soon as he finished reading the list of gifts, almost everyone came hungry and didn't have breakfast, the emperor's After giving the order, they immediately sat down according to their positions as if they were granted an amnesty. Gao Yu and Tian Buwei are both academicians of the Hanlin Academy, so they naturally had to sit at the same table, so Ning Yuan and Xie Changqing also sat together behind them smoothly. table.

As soon as everyone was seated, there was a sudden burst of laughter like silver bells from the side of the hall, and then a row of court ladies and eunuchs surrounded by a beautiful woman in palace costume came in Shi Shiran.

The beautiful woman looked very young, in her early twenties at most, with a very beautiful appearance and very luxurious clothes. After entering the palace, she went up the golden stairs below Long Yi without any hesitation. There were already eunuchs there Another soft stool was placed beside the dragon chair. As soon as the beautiful woman sat down, she leaned most of her body on the emperor's lap, and said in a coquettish tone: "Your majesty, I heard that the hall is so lively outside. I really can't help but want to come in and have a look, the emperor must not blame the concubine."

The voice was full of charm and tactful like silk, which probably could make most of the men lose their bones, but Ning Yuan had goose bumps all over his body, and Xie Changqing beside him also had a very ugly expression.

"A beauty is a disaster." He even scolded in a low voice.

While surprised by Xie Zhangqing's boldness, Ning Yuan couldn't help asking: "Brother Xie, pay attention, do you know who that empress is?"

"You don't need to guess, I already know the reputation of the concubine Yue outside the palace." Xie Changqing said as he poured down a glass of wine, "Apart from the most beloved concubine Yue, who else is there?" A harem can be so unrestrained in the hall in front of civil and military officials."

Indeed, Xie Zhangqing was right, there was a reason why Concubine Yue was favored, besides her beauty, the biggest point was that she could put down her airs better than any concubine.The scene of welcoming foreign guests like today, any other empress would not show up for the sake of avoiding suspicion and for the sake of her own reputation, but the concubine Yue not only showed up, but also teased the emperor without seeing it, making the emperor happy. Kung fu, the other concubines with "dignified" airs probably won't be able to learn it in their next life.

Outsiders all know that Yuepin is a shameless woman who seduces the Lord, but Yuepin is very smart, knows how to judge the situation, and advances and retreats appropriately. Of course, he understands that some coquettish gestures are too much, and sometimes it will backfire. It will attract the emperor's disgust, so she She has always been careful, and can judge his current mood from the emperor's expression. When the emperor is in a good mood, she can let go of it unscrupulously, and let the emperor's mood go to a higher level. When the emperor is in a bad mood, he She will become as gentle and watery as a Xiaojiabiyu. With such abilities, it's no wonder that she doesn't favor the sixth palace.

The emperor received the tribute from Da Xia and was in high spirits. The concubine Yue appeared just right at this time. The emperor naturally let her stay in the hall to drink with him. , only the empress has this qualification. Today, the empress did not show up because she was ill, so concubine Yue took advantage of this loophole.

"I am confident that the emperor is a wise king, but he is too arrogant to indulge the concubine. If this goes on, I'm afraid it will lead to a catastrophe." Xie Zhangqing's expression of worrying about the country and the people made Ning Yuan wonder what to say for a while. What's so good, he had vaguely felt that Xie Zhangqing liked to talk about the affairs of his family and country, and he used to think that he was putting on a show, but now it seems that he really has such a rigid sense of serving the country.

In the middle of the banquet, everyone present was a little bit drunk. Hu Yanyuanchen sat in the most honored lower left seat, toasted frequently with Sikong Yue who was opposite, and they drank happily. Ning Yuan saw that he was smiling very much. Looking happy, his heart is getting more and more uncomfortable. It's fine if he doesn't contact himself, but he still has such a good time. I'm afraid that Si Kongyue will arrange two more beautiful girls to enter the hotel where Huyan Yuanchen is staying. In the post house, he would probably accept all the orders.

This Prince Yongyi is indeed very eternal.

Thinking of this, Ning Yuan suddenly felt inexplicably tense, and realized that he had been thinking about it since just now. After thinking about it, could he be resentful and jealous?

Ning Yuan took a deep breath, patted his face unconsciously, and forced himself not to look in the direction of Huyan Yuanchen. He didn't intend to have too much emotional involvement with others. Isn't this just in line with his intentions? With my single-plank bridge, he has his Yangguan way, which can save many side issues and unnecessary troubles.

"Brother Ning, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you can't drink enough, why is your face so red?" Xie Changqing looked back with dim eyes. Some unstoppable alcohol.

"It's nothing." Ning Yuan slightly pushed him away, turned around in the meridians, and calmed down his face, thinking that since Xie Changqing was drunk, he had to ask Tian Buwei to take him away first, but just At this moment, he moved his ears and heard a very slight sound.

The sound was extremely soft, like the vibration of metal friction, and it only lasted for a moment, so it could easily be ignored.

Ning Yuan's mind immediately calmed down, his brows were slightly frowned, and his eyes scanned the hall. The musicians who played music in the hall had retreated, and now a group of dancers were replaced by a group of dancers, wearing the unique moon white cage skirt of Daxia. Wearing silk, they are dancing a kind of folk dance of the Xia Kingdom. The cage skirt is wide and the silk is flying, making the dancing postures of those dancers faintly visible. In addition, many people have drunk alcohol, and it is almost impossible to see how many dancers there are. Ji is dancing.

It was at this time that the sudden change occurred.

A dancer who was waving silk at the front suddenly raised her skirt completely, and when the drunken courtiers around her screamed in surprise, wanting to take a look at the scenery under the skirt, that The woman suddenly performed lightness kungfu and jumped into the air, her legs flew, and she even shot several darts around with her feet!

The intruding dart turned the original exclamation in the hall into a scream instantly. Several officials who got close were hit by the dart straight to the forehead and died on the spot accompanied by blood. The pain screamed again and again on the ground, unable to move.

"Escort! Escort!" The chief eunuch beside the dragon chair was the first to react, and immediately screamed and threw himself in front of the emperor, blocking him behind him.But today's love is to entertain the envoys, and to show sincerity, all the imperial guards who were supposed to be on duty in the hall retreated. Therefore, although the hall is full of people at this time, it is full of officials who are powerless , apart from panic, there is no sense of "escort".

The moment Ning Yuan jumped into the air from the dancer girl, he quickly grabbed Xie Changqing's shoulders and pushed him down, then kicked the low table in front of him flying, and the low table fell in mid-air. It placed it on the table in front of Gao Yu and Tian Buyi impartially, barely blocking those darts that were shot at them.Although Gao Yu was frightened by the sudden battle for a moment, he still has an unruffled character in the face of danger, and immediately dragged Tian Buwei to crawl back, and hid behind a big red pillar on the edge of the hall together with Ning Yuan .

At this time, all the dancers also took out weapons from under the lantern-shaped skirts as if conjuring, and the leader shouted coquettishly: "Da Zhou's dog emperor, take your life!" Jianhua flicked, and went straight to the dragon chair.

Although the emperor was also frightened for a moment, he was not a soft persimmon when he was able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Seeing the female assassin kick away the chief eunuch who was guarding him, she stabbed straight with her sword To his own throat, he took the brass candlestick beside the dragon chair, waved it and fought the assassin.

It's a pity that the emperor is old now, and after being pampered and pampered for several years, both physical strength and kung fu are far from comparable to when he was young, and that female assassin has obviously been rigorously trained, her moves are vicious and vicious, and she doesn't leave any dead ends. After taking the emperor's life, the emperor quickly became exhausted. He wanted to let the courtiers below save him, but facing so many assassins, those people were too busy to take care of themselves. How could they spare time to manage the emperor's life and death.

"No, the Holy Majesty is in danger!" Gao Yu, who was hiding behind the pillar, saw the emperor's situation, and was about to rush out anxiously, but was grabbed by Ning Yuan desperately, "Teacher, you don't know kung fu, what's the use of going out! "

"Bastard, you want me to watch the Holy One in danger!" Gao Yu turned around and shouted at Ning Yuan angrily, "Don't let me go!"

"Teacher, don't worry, the emperor will be safe and sound." Ning Yuan didn't show any surprise on his face, and even had a mocking smile, "You just have to wait and see."

"What nasty words are you talking about..." Gao Yu thought Ning Yuan was crazy, and turned his head to look in the direction of the dragon chair, just in time to see the female assassin flying the candlestick in the emperor's hand with a sword, and wanted to mend it The last sword sent him to see the King of Hades.

At this very moment, when the emperor was so frightened, the Concubine Yue, who had fallen to the side at a loss before, burst into a burst of courage from nowhere and shouted "The emperor is in danger!" Usually, it blocked the female assassin's sword.

But the sword was speechless, the sword sank into Yuebi's fragrant shoulders like cutting tofu, the cracking sound of flesh and flesh accompanied by Yuebi's screams seemed to make the whole hall quiet for a moment, and then, when the assassin pulled out When the sword was drawn, Yue Concubine's magnificent palace attire had been completely discolored by the blood, and she fell into the emperor's arms without knowing what happened.

"Yue'er!" The emperor shook Yue Concubine's body vigorously, and couldn't believe his eyes.

134 Framed and blamed

"Emperor Dog, you are lucky, take my sword again!" The female assassin saw that the blow would not succeed, she drew her sword and prepared to stab again. He was about to close his eyes and resign himself to fate, but he heard a "clang" from the two sides, which was the sound of weapons being handed over. He opened his eyes a little, and saw a handsome young man in a plain robe holding a short knife , blocked the female assassin's sword.

The emperor turned around from the edge of the ghost gate and came back. He was already in shock, his whole body was weak, and he could only collapse on the ground. He saw that the young man who saved his life had already fought with the female assassin.

"Your Highness the Fourth!" Gao Yu stared at this scene dumbfounded. Because of Ning Yuan's obstruction, he couldn't step out from behind the pillar. Suddenly appearing to save the emperor's life, Gao Yu's high-suspended heart finally relaxed, patting his chest and panting continuously.

Ning Yuan, on the other hand, saw Sikong Xu and the female assassin fighting together, with swords shining and sword shadows, but the mocking expression on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious.

This Sikong Xu must have appeared too timely.

The domineering female assassin just now, after fighting with Sikong Xu for three or four rounds, seemed to be losing her martial arts, showing signs of defeat. At this time, the palace guards finally rushed in from the outside of the hall like a tide, and quickly surrounded her. This group of assassins disguised as dancers subdued them, but it was a pity that these assassins seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and they had poison in their mouths. It was even more tragic. She didn't die by swallowing poison, but after being surrounded heavily, she yelled loudly in the direction of Huyan Yuanchen, "My lord, it's useless to make Daxia shame!" Immediately raised the sword, he cut his throat and killed himself, the blood spattered three feet.

Although the female assassin was dead, the last sentence he yelled almost made everyone focus on Huyan Yuanchen. It is strange to say that from the moment those assassins violently attacked, all the officials present, whether civil servants or military generals It was all in a mess, but Hu Yanyuanchen was sitting still, even now he was still sipping a drink, his guard Yan Fei was also sitting behind him motionless, as if he didn't take the chaos in the hall as a thing at all thing.

The calmness and fearlessness of the two of them seemed to prove that they were the leader of this group of assassins, which was fine. Seeing that the assassins were dead, the palace guards absolutely could not let the leader go, and immediately surrounded the two of them again. Just wait for the emperor's order to take it down.

But the emperor has no time to deal with this matter now, because his delicate concubine has already fallen into his arms covered in blood, exhaling more and breathing less, and it is too late for the imperial doctor. With the palace full of guards, who can Also care about assassins.

Without the emperor's order, naturally no one dared to move in the hall, as if they were frozen for a moment, and even the corpses of the officials who were assassinated were not cleaned up, and they looked at the living people with the terrified expressions of their lives.I don't know how long it took before I saw the most famous Imperial Physician Liu in the imperial hospital, dragged into the palace by two palace servants, and rushed straight to the dragon chair to treat the concubine Yue.Imperial Physician Liu was also taken aback by the current state of the hall. Seeing Concubine Yue's bloody battle, her heart tightened even more, but after she took Concubine Yue's hand and felt her pulse, she showed a suspicious expression. Immediately after, she opened Yue Concubine's eyelids for a look, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, what your lady suffered should only be a skin trauma, as long as you apply medicine to bandage it, you'll be fine. Right now, my lady is probably fainted because of being overly frightened." In the past, it was better to move back to the harem and rest carefully."

"Is it really just a skin injury?" The emperor was obviously relieved, and his face looked better, "Then why don't you hurry up and prepare the wound medicine, and then summon two medical girls to bandage the empress, come here, help the empress back quickly Rest in the palace!"

Concubine Yue rushed out to block the knife for herself just now, and she really suppressed the emperor. In fact, a few days ago, there were gradually voices in the court saying that he loved Concubine Yue too much, which was of no benefit to the country, and the Queen Mother also more or less After reminding him a bit, he also understood that he really doted on Concubine Yue too much, so he deliberately neglected her for a while, not as doting on her as before, and began to favor other concubines, how could Concubine Yue treat him like this Wholeheartedly, even disregarding his own life, he must protect himself comprehensively.

Thinking of Yue Concubine's tender and tender appearance on weekdays, the emperor felt even more heartbroken. He ordered the imperial physician to use the best wound medicine, and also ordered the eunuch in charge around him to arrange more people to serve in Yue Concubine's palace. His eyes fell on Sikong Xu who had been standing beside him since he placed him, he frowned and said, "Why are you here?"

"Father, forgive me." Sikong Xu showed embarrassment, and knelt down on one knee, "Father did tell my son not to walk around casually, but I haven't seen father for a long time, I really miss father, and I heard Today, the royal father wanted to entertain the envoys, so he thought it would be good to come over and have a look at it from a distance, but unexpectedly, he heard the sound of fighting in the hall outside the hall, and rushed in in a panic..."

Sikong Xu spoke sincerely, with a look of remorse on his face. Although the emperor didn't like him, but thinking that he had saved him at a critical moment just now, his face couldn't help softening. At this time, Sikong Xu said anxiously: "Father Your Majesty, my son is certainly at fault, but the most important thing now is to track down the origins of these assassins, it is really audacious for someone to dare to endanger the safety of my father!"

Following his words, everyone immediately turned their attention to Huyan Yuanchen who was still sitting there motionless.

Sikong Xu opened his eyes angrily, and shouted at Huyan Yuanchen: "Prince Yongyi, I didn't expect that you would dare to plot to assassinate me on the pilgrimage, come here, and I won't take him down!"

Two of the palace guards surrounding Huyan Yuanchen immediately stepped forward, trying to catch him, but they took a step forward, only to hear a clang, and the short sword in Yan Fei's hand came out of its sheath clangingly. He didn't even see a shadow, and the ground in front of his toes had already been scratched with a sword mark.

"One more step forward, kill." Yan Fei's tone was concise and sharp, but there was a chill in it, the two of them trembled and couldn't help but start to back away.

"Presumptuous!" The person who yelled this was Sikong Yue. When the assassins rioted just now, a minister who had always been close to him died at his feet on the spot. There was a dart stuck in his forehead, which really scared Sikong Yue. I lost my soul.Although Sikong Yue is tall and burly, he has never seen such a bloody thing. At that time, all he could think about was to escape and save his life. When he realized it, Sikong Xu had already descended from the sky and staged a "rescue in danger" This made him very annoyed. He was the closest person to the emperor, yet he asked Sikong Xu to take advantage of it. How could he be willing to let Sikong Xu steal the limelight now? "First kill these two assassins If you take it, this hall will reward you with 1000 taels of silver!"

Money can turn ghosts around, and this is a meritorious service in front of the emperor. If it catches the emperor's eyes, perhaps the achievements in the future will be limitless. For a while, even though these guards are afraid of Yan Fei's martial arts, they still move towards Huyan in a circle. Yuan Chen approached step by step.

Xie Changqing seemed to have woken up a bit from the wine, he held his breath and whispered to Ning Yuan: "Brother Ning, do you also think this is an assassination arranged by the Xia people? No, he thinks he can escape."

But before Ning Yuan could answer, Huyan Yuanchen over there had already spoken first.

He stood up abruptly, and said to the frowning emperor, "If you, Your Majesty, think that this assassination was arranged by us and you want to take me down and punish me, I have nothing to say, but if the matter spreads, we can only do it." I'm afraid that people all over the world will discuss that His Majesty is arbitrary in dealing with things and punishing people without any evidence, not to mention that even if I am willing to take the blame, my 80 cavalry in Great Xia might not be willing, so please think about it more, Your Majesty."

"Hmph, you don't know what to do, you can't kill us, and you want to threaten us with your troops!" Si Kongyue became angry when he heard it, "Because I saw that your mission was visiting with good intentions, I greeted you with a smile all the way, and I didn't want to It was jackals, tigers and leopards who brought in the door. So what if you have 80 iron doses in Daxia? My sons and daughters of the Zhou Dynasty have never been afraid! And the leader of the assassins just now clearly testified that you are their leader, and it was obvious to testify in court , what more evidence do you want!"

"Hmph, if these assassins were my subordinates, I'm afraid they would have been executed before they even performed their mission." Hu Yanyuanchen chuckled lightly: "A group of assassins who already had poison in their mouths in order to keep their secrets would actually kill them before they were about to die." You pointed out your leader in public before, and such a show of framing can also be used as so-called evidence by your highness. If the prince of Dazhou has the brains like your highness, I am afraid that in a few decades, the big brother In a land as rich as Zhou, the surname will be changed to Xia."

"You..." Being scolded so stupidly by Huyan Yuanchen, Sikong Yue was so angry that his lungs exploded, and immediately he was violent and wanted to point at Huyan Yuanchen and curse, but suddenly he heard the emperor drink from the dragon chair: "Enough, don't you feel ashamed!"

Sikong Yue shuddered, he had always been afraid of his father, but he couldn't swallow his breath, so he immediately turned to the emperor and said, "Father, this person dares to do this in front of you!" Speaking lies, even if the assassins were not arranged by them, it is too presumptuous!"

"I think you are the one who is presumptuous!" As a result, the emperor not only didn't mean to blame Huyan Yuanchen at all, but glared at Sikong Yue: "I see that you are prudent, so I have appointed you a lot of capable things recently, but you have never It really disappoints me to find that you are so stupid, and you still randomly suspect the envoys of other countries. From tomorrow onwards, you don't need to go to the study, go back and think about the past behind closed doors!"

"Father..." Sikong Yue was stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He didn't make any mistakes, and he was only thinking about his father's safety. Why is this inexplicable? The emperor deprived him of the right to go to the study Woolen cloth!

135 Meeting at Night

"Dogs don't know how to flatter you, so you lose face in front of the envoys." After scolding Sikong Yue, the emperor turned to look at Huyan Yuanchen with a smile on his face: "The sudden situation today is beyond my expectation. , so I asked the envoy to go back to the post to rest first, and I will hold a new banquet in the future."

"Tell the Criminal Ministry that today's matter must be thoroughly investigated, and I must find out the origins of these assassins!" After drinking this sentence to the eunuch leader beside him, the emperor seemed to have no intention of staying in the hall, and hurried down the dragon. According to the situation, he wanted to go back to the harem to see the situation of Yue Concubine, but before leaving the hall, his body paused in front of Sikong Xu.

Sikong Xu had been standing on the side with lowered eyebrows since just now, the emperor glanced at him twice, and suddenly said: "Don't stand here anymore, go to the study and wait, I will ask you something later .”

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly left the hall with a few eunuchs.

Sikong Xu raised his face, with an expression on his face as if he had passed away. He went to the study room, thinking that he, who was hated by the emperor, would one day be able to enter the study room.

He checked his face again and looked at Sikong Yue who was not far away. Sikong Yue still looked dazed, as if he couldn't figure out that he was clearly thinking about the emperor's safety, and that the emperor didn't reward him, but he even berated him. Fan, what is this for!

Sikong Xu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and did not immediately go to the study room to wait as the emperor said, but glanced around the hall for a while. The guards of the hall were carrying out the corpses of officials who died one by one. The hacking really killed a lot of people. I'm afraid that when the court goes up tomorrow, many officials below will be absent.

But Sikong Xu didn't pay attention to those corpses. Even though the hall is huge, there are not many people still standing there. Gradually, he showed a suspicious expression. Before entering the hall, he clearly saw that person. Did he leave so soon?

It's been three years, and they haven't seen each other for three years. He just glimpsed outside the hall, and found that he has completely changed. Sikong Ao told him that that person has come to Huajing now, but it turned out to be true.

He used to think that his feeling for that person was just an impromptu desire, and as long as he got it once, he could cut off the thought in his heart, so he used some tricks to finally get him once.

But after that time, it was clear that he had already possessed that body, but not only did his previous thoughts not disappear, but it became more and more intense day by day, so that he lost interest in all the stunning concubines and men around him, but he Because of the matter in Yanzhou, he was left in the cold by the emperor. Although he returned to Beijing recently, he has been under house arrest. It is difficult to protect himself, so how can he have the ability to see that person again.

But, it's different from now on.

Thinking of this, Sikong Xu clenched his fists, as long as he can regain the emperor's attention and favor with today's rescue work, everything will be very different, and Ning Yuan, since you have come to Beijing now, you are also Saved him the trouble of going to Jiangzhou, he really couldn't wait for the day when he reunited with Ning Yuan in a grand manner.

"What! You said that today's assassins were arranged by the ghost!" Tian Buwei slapped the table and yelled, then consciously neglected, and hastily covered his mouth.

This is Tian Buyi's house, because it is very close to the imperial palace, and Xie Changqing got drunk and was surprised, after leaving the palace, he has been in a coma, so several people came here directly.

"Indeed, I was a little panicked in the hall before, but when I think about it carefully, there is indeed such a possibility." Gao Yu stroked the beard on his chin, and his brows frowned, "In retrospect, those who suffered The officials who were killed by the assassins seemed to be..."

"They are all officials who once spoke to the emperor in the palace, saying that the emperor spoiled his highness too much..." Tian Buwei calmed down and took the words, but quickly shook his head and said: "No, let the emperor not You and I have also said that the appointment of His Majesty is too much, which will lead to disagreements, and you and I have also said, why the two of us are safe and sound."

"That's because Ning Yuan saved us, so you and I are safe and sound." Gao Yu looked at Ning Yuan, recalling the scene just now, he was a little startled until now, if Ning Yuan hadn't suddenly moved the short man in front of him The table was kicked away and blocked the darts for them. I am afraid that the two of them will die like other ministers who got the darts in their heads.

"That's true." Tian Buwei nodded, and then followed Ning Yuan for a few glances, "I thought you were just a scholar, but I don't think you still have kung fu in your body, you've hidden deep enough."

"Your Majesty Tian said it." Ning Yuan said in a nonchalant manner, "My father was a Jiangzhou garrison officer, and I also learned some rough kung fu from him when I was young, and I don't think it will come in handy. "

"That's right, I forgot that your father was a military officer." Tian Buwei seemed to understand, and then changed the topic back, and said to Gao Yu: "So, you suspect that the assassination was arranged by His Royal Highness? If They succeeded in assassinating His Majesty, and then they just need to follow the trend and plant it on the Xia Kingdom mission that entered the city today, and most of the courtiers who opposed His Majesty will die, and His Majesty will really be able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor." Speaking of this, Tian Buyi smacked his lips, "But I really admire Concubine Yue. In such a situation, an ordinary female would have already turned pale with fright, but she was able to jump out and save His Majesty's life. I used to I always thought that her beauty would bring disaster to the country, but could it be that she was mistaken?"

"It would be great if things were really that simple. What I suspect is that the Fourth Highness seems to have appeared too coincidentally." Gao Yu still frowned.

"You suspect the Fourth Highness? How is this possible!" Tian Buwei waved his hand, "Have you forgotten that the Fourth Highness has been out of favor for a long time, and has been neglected by His Majesty? I heard that his life is miserable, so how can he be so entangled?" A bunch of assassins."

"That's right, that's why I can't figure it out, but based on what I know about His Highness, he has always been stern and introverted, so he shouldn't have the guts to arrange for an assassin to assassinate the Holy One." Gao Yu shook his head.

"In any case, it doesn't matter what you and I think about this matter, what matters is what the emperor thinks." Tian Buwei chuckled twice, "The emperor no longer allows His Royal Highness to enter and leave the upper study room, it seems suspicious Now, if His Majesty doesn't take it easy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass this level, and the wind direction of the ministers in the court may also change accordingly."

"Who knows, I have been in the court for decades, and I was often recruited into the palace to give lectures and play chess with the emperor, but I never dared to say that I had figured out the emperor's temper." Gao Yu sighed lightly, "I just But there is one thing I know, our emperor may seem a little loose, but in fact the city is deep."

The conversation between the two fell into Ning Yuan's ears, but he remained silent from the beginning to the end. Even though he had already guessed most of the whole thing, it was not only useless to say some things, but it would also make the two people in front of them feel uncomfortable. It is not good for an elder whom one respects to worry too much.

At dusk, the conversation between Gao Yu and Tian Buwei finally came to an end, because there was a decree from the palace, and assassins appeared in the palace. Tonight, Huajing will impose a curfew on the whole city, and anyone who goes out without permission will be punished. Home, you can only uninstall Tian Buwei here.

Bachelors all have a temperament, they only like to study knowledge, not gold and silver vulgar things, Gao Yu is like this, Tian Buwei is also like this, the house is not to mention small, and there are no servants, after a simple dinner, a few people will share it among themselves. The room was rested.

The two juniors, Ning Yuan and Xie Changqing, were naturally assigned to the same room. Perhaps Xie Changqing was really overwhelmed with alcohol, but he hadn't woken up from a coma all the way from the afternoon until now, and he was still sleeping deeply. Compared with him, Ning Yuan was He slept very lightly, and before midnight, he had already woken up several times.

He always inadvertently thinks of Huyan Yuanchen's appearance during the day, thinking that he has clearly returned, but there is no news for him, and there are bursts of resentment and resentment in his mind. Finally, after waking up for the third time, no matter how hard he Closing his eyes, he got up from the bedding and prepared to find some water to drink.

The room where he and Xie Changqing slept was Tian Buwei's reception room on weekdays, and the tea room was next door. Ning Yuan had no electric lights, so they pushed away from the tea room in the dark, and suddenly there was a gust of wind in their ears, and then a group of fluffy things fell It crashed into his arms like this.

Ning Yuan was startled, and wanted to throw the thing out like a conditioned reflex, but then he heard a very familiar low cry, and the thing stretched out a furry head, and gently pecked at Ning Yuan's chin with its mouth. twice.

"Xue Lihong?" With the poor moonlight, Ning Yuan finally saw what was in his arms. It was Xue Lihong, but he clearly left it at home and gave it to Nuxuan to take care of it. And why is it here?

In an instant, an absurd thought flashed through Ning Yuan's mind. He stepped forward two steps to the window, stretched out his hand and pushed the window that was only half-closed to the maximum.

The moonlight was very good tonight, and on a crooked willow tree in the yard, there was a figure of a man hanging upside down from one of the branches with his hands folded.

Perhaps hearing the sound of the window being pushed open, he exerted force on his waist, turned his body around, changed from a hanging posture to a sitting posture, and said in a raised tone: "Are you finally willing to get up?"

Ning Yuan stared at his face for a while, and after a while, hugged Xue Lihong and closed the window without saying a word.

As if he was completely uninterested in the person who greeted him outside, Ning Yuan drank enough water, put Xuelihong on the cushion and settled down, then lay back on the bedding to continue sleeping.

Until then, the window was knocked a few times angrily.

136 Undercurrent Raging

At first, the sound of knocking on the window was relatively quiet, but after a while, probably because Ning Yuan didn't respond at all, the person outside the window became anxious, and the sound became louder and louder. At last, the accompanying person directly slapped and bangs the window forcibly, and the whole The man jumped into the room.

It's a pity that before his feet touched the ground, he immediately sensed that something icy and cold was coming straight towards his door with the sound of wind. His pupils narrowed, and seeing that it was a dagger, he immediately leaned back and let out The cold blade slid past his nose, but the man who was holding on to the dagger seemed to be unwilling, so he turned his wrist temporarily, and the tip of the knife quickly changed from flat to downward, and continued to slash at his forehead. Tie it down.

"Damn it! Is this guy Ning Yuan really planning to kill him?" Huyan Yuanchen didn't care about hiding his clumsiness at this time, and at the moment he fell to the ground, he used his strength to slap the ground hard, and his body quickly moved sideways, and then Narrowly avoiding the stab, he reached out and grabbed Ning Yuan's right wrist holding the dagger without hesitation.

It's a pity that he was very sure at first, as long as he restrained Ning Yuan's wrist, he could make him surrender obediently, but the moment his palm touched Ning Yuan's wrist, a needle-like feeling came from his palm immediately, and he Taking a breath, he quickly withdrew his hand, and taking advantage of this gap, Ning Yuan once again bullied him, moving behind Huyan Yuanchen dexterously like a ghost, with the blade touching the veins in his neck. The door stopped.

"I thought Prince Yongyi from Great Xia was very capable, but I didn't want to be a reckless man who only used old-fashioned tricks." Ning Yuan said in Huyan Yuanchen's ear with a suppressed voice.