As time passed by, the Ouchi guards sent out were still hunting assassins all over the mountains and plains. Shen Chenghui had already been helped into the tent by Shen Chengjing and Shen Laoer. The courtiers outside the tent were anxious like ants on a hot pot.

The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry cannot escape the blame for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to become what it is today. If the assassin cannot be caught again, I believe that my black hat will soon be lost.

Shen Yinbei has been standing coldly outside the crowd, but his heart is far from as calm as it looks on the surface. The moment he saw Shen Chengqi bleeding just now, he wanted to rush over, but the emperor and his father were both present, and he had no reason Going forward, even if you are burning with anxiety at the moment, it won't help.

At this moment, he really hated himself for being useless, repeatedly putting Shen Chengqi into danger, and he didn't even have the qualifications to stand by his side!

Shen Yinbei narrowed his eyes when the special contact signal from the dark guard came from his ear, was he caught?

The voice of the hidden guard came from next to his ears, his tone seemed a bit hesitant: Although the assassin was caught, but...Your Highness, you'd better come and see for yourself, we are behind the ruined temple in the back mountain.

Shen Yinbei's complexion changed, knowing that these extremely skilled hidden guards would not say such things for no reason, they must have encountered something when they were catching the assassin.

Thinking of this, he didn't delay any longer, looked around for a while, and took advantage of no one's attention and quietly escaped to the back mountain.

Walking in front of the ruined temple, a group of hidden guards immediately knelt down to pay their respects, and beside them lay a masked man in black who was struggling.

"This is the assassin?"

"Slave... I don't know."

"What do you mean I don't know? You dare to come to me and return to my life without even knowing whether the arrest is right or not. You are so courageous!" Shen Yinbei's face was extremely gloomy.

"No, Your Highness, we are sure that this person is the suspect who stabbed the emperor, because when he was caught, he just drew his bow and was about to shoot arrows on the sacrificial altar again, but... the real person's identity..."

Seeing the rare hesitant look on the dark guard's face, Shen Yinbei stepped forward and pulled the black cloth off the man's face, but was shocked.

"Shen Yinhao!?" How could he be here!

Shen Yinhao's hands and feet were tightly bound and he could not move, but his eyes stared sharply at Shen Yinbei, his face was still the familiar face, but because the expression was too ferocious, it made people feel the strong murderous aura on his body , if it wasn't for knowing him for more than 20 years, Shen Yinbei really couldn't believe that Shen Yinhao would show such an expression.

New and old grudges combined, Shen Yinbei no longer had the time to put on that hypocritical mask, raised his foot and kicked him fiercely: "Shen Yinhao, you are really capable, it is not enough to kill elder brother, today Even the emperor dared to move, say! What is your purpose?"

Shen Yinhao snorted, still staring at him without saying a word, struggling violently, looking at the bow and arrow not far away with both hands, as if he still wanted to stand up and attack.

Shen Yinbei stared at him for a long time, and felt more and more that something was wrong. He understood that Shen Yinhao was a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he would never have the guts to assassinate the emperor, and he had no reason to hurt the emperor, so what exactly did he want to do?

Why is the expression on his face so dull and decisive, as if... possessed by an evil spirit!

Yes, bewitched.

The moment this word flashed across his mind, Shen Yinbei felt the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't speak for a long time.

The hidden guards next to them are also shrewd people. They didn't dare to act without authorization when they found out that the assassin was Shen Yinhao. If the emperor knew that the assassin was him, then the crime of punishing the nine clans would definitely fall on Duankang Wangfu's head. , when the time comes, everyone will be unlucky with him.

"Your Highness, what shall we do now?"

Shen Yinbei didn't speak for a while, his gray eyes filled with a layer of black frenzy, and the turbulent waves made it hard to figure out what he was thinking.

"Untie him."

All the hidden guards were taken aback, "Your Highness!?"

"Do as I say, untie him, get rid of all traces of us being here, and pretend we never knew about it."

"But..." A hidden guard next to him became anxious, "The slave also tried to untie the Second Highness, but he tried his best to find a bow and arrow as soon as he stood up, and continued to attack the Holy One. If we loosen him rashly, I'm afraid..."

"I understand what you mean, don't worry, I have my own plan. The Ouchi guards will search here soon, and His Majesty has already entered the tent for a while and everything will be fine. We can't risk the entire palace, hurry up action."

All the hidden guards were silent for a moment, and quickly stood up to carry out the task. At this moment, they all knew in their hearts that His Highness was going to abandon the car to save the commander.

Originally thought that His Highness would help Second Highness hide this scene when he saw this scene, and even took him back to the mountain to pretend that this hadn't happened, but now he left him with the Ouchi guards, the meaning is already obvious.

Their highness has already moved to kill Shen Yinhao!

When Shen Yinbei returned to the sacrificial ceremony again, Ouchi guards grabbed Shen Yinhao and came to face the saint.

The moment the mask was lifted, everyone couldn't help exclaiming: How could it be him! ?

Shen Chengjing saw that his most beloved son turned out to be a regicide assassin, and he was about to faint immediately. If it wasn't for the support of Shen Yinbei next to him, he would definitely fall to the ground.

"How... how could this happen!? This must be a mistake! Your Majesty, Haoer has been kind-hearted since he was a child, and he is not willing to kill even a chicken. How could he do such a rebellious thing? I beg Your Majesty to see clearly! "

Shen Chenghui, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but turn dark at this moment, no matter how calm he was.It is a joke that someone who dare not even kill a chicken should come to kill the king.

He glanced at Shen Chengjing and said nothing, then turned his head and asked the Ouchi guard next to him, "I've found out everything, are you sure it was him at the moment just now?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, when we caught him, he was drawing his bow to prepare for the third attack, and he was holding a cold arrow in his hand. It was exactly the same as the one found at the scene in terms of shape and cancellation."

Shen Chenghui's face darkened, and he said gloomyly: "Shen Yinhao, what else do you have to say?"

Shen Yinhao, who was forcibly pressed to the ground, was still struggling violently at this moment, his eyes staring fixedly without saying a word, as if he would continue to attack once he escaped.

"Why don't you want to say it? If you don't say it at this time, then you will never be able to get rid of the suspicion, and then I will definitely not tolerate you."

"..." Shen Yinhao remained silent, as if he had infinite power in his body, and he insisted on putting the emperor to death.

"Nie Zi, you are talking! Did you do it?!" Shen Chengjing, who was standing aside, became anxious when he saw this. He yelled at him a few times, then turned his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, my brother knows Killing a king is a capital crime, but Hao'er doesn't have any motive for doing so, please give me a few words of advice from Rong Chen, this scoundrel might be enlightened."

Shen Chengqi raised his brows in displeasure, and said with a half-smile: "Second brother, I don't want to wrong a good person, let alone this person is my own nephew, but except for the identical cold arrow on his body, the sacrificial ceremony Why didn't he show up, where was he at that time, did anyone testify for him? If there is no alibi, even I can't say he is innocent."

Shen Chengjing was in tears, and he didn't know what the emperor said, but he really didn't believe that Shen Yinhao would do this.

Shen Chenghui lost the patience to talk to him, if he saw a crowd of courtiers watching him, and he almost died, now he had to let Shen Yinhao speak no matter what.

"Come on, bring me some buckets of ice water to wake him up."

A few guards walked over carrying several large buckets of ice water in a short while, and the moment they splashed on Shen Yinhao, no one saw any white thing flashing past Shen Chengqi's cuff, and then disappeared.

When the ice water was poured down, Shen Yinhao woke up instantly. He was dazed for a while, then raised his head and looked around, as if he was still wondering why he was here.

"Shen Yinhao, since you are awake, then honestly explain why you appeared in the back mountain just now. If you can't tell me, I will definitely not let you off lightly!"

Shen Yinhao was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned pale, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Chenchen... What mistake did you make?"

Shen Chenghui sneered, "The crime of killing the king is forgotten when you turn around. It's really a great forgetfulness."

"I... no, no, I didn't! I didn't dare to kill the king even if I had the guts to be ambitious! Your Majesty, I don't even know why I'm here, so why did I become a murderer?"

Shen Yinhao was completely panicked, and looked around, only to find that everyone was looking at him coldly, even his father, who always loved him, didn't even look at him.

"Still sophistry!" Shen Chenghui slapped the armrest fiercely and scolded angrily: "You have legs growing on your body, and now I ask why I came here, and I want to ask why you didn't show up during the sacrificial ceremony, but ran to Houshan is going to kill me with a cold arrow!"

"Chen... I don't have any!" Shen Yinhao was so frightened that he couldn't choose what to say, "Even if I wanted to kill someone, I would only attack that bitch Shen Chengqi, how could I hurt the Holy One! "

As soon as the words fell, everyone was in an uproar.

What a vicious villain, he actually has the idea of ​​killing his brother-in-law, so vicious!

Shen Chengqi narrowed his eyes, his expression had never been so cold.As early as Shen Chengjing's birthday banquet, he had realized that Shen Yinhao was a person who killed innocent people indiscriminately, and now hearing his sophistry, he was even more disappointed in him.

"You said just now that you didn't know why you appeared here, and now you said you wanted to kill Brother Yi. Thank you, Shen Yinhao, for being a son of the king's family, you didn't say a word of truth. How can I believe you are innocent!"

"No! I just thought so, but I didn't hurt him. Otherwise, how could he stand here intact! I admit that I am narrow-minded, but I will definitely not kill indiscriminately, let alone hurt you, Your Majesty! "Shen Yinhao seemed to grasp at the last straw, desperately trying to make Shen Chenghui believe him.

But it was already too late when things happened, only to hear Shen Yinbei who was standing aside suddenly snorted coldly, and stood up like this, "Your Majesty, I know that I am not qualified to make irresponsible remarks again, seeing my brother do it Such an absurd thing is even more painful, but I really can't bear it anymore after hearing what my brother said."

"Oh? What's the matter with Yin Bei? You just say it's okay."

Shen Yinbei didn't speak, and stretched out his hand to tear off his clothes, revealing a large part of his chest, and of course the glaring white bandage on his chest.

"A few days before the spring festival, I and my elder brother went to the market to play, but at that time, the second elder brother and a group of guards on horseback were making trouble on horseback. They beat and scolded the people when they saw the people, and almost trampled a mother and child to death. Fortunately, Yi Brother, he shot in time to save the lives of the mother and child. Who would have thought that at this moment, second brother...second brother would take advantage of our distraction to raise an arrow to kill eldest brother, who was unarmed at the time, so he rushed to block One arrow, and it landed on this wound."

Everyone, including Shen Chengjing, was shocked when they heard this, and even the emperor's face turned dark.

Shen Yinbei tore off the bandages on his body, revealing the ugly scabbed wounds and continued, "I have been holding back my words all the time because I think peace should be the most important thing between brothers, but the second brother has threatened us more than once before. At that time, while his father was sick and lying in bed, he saw me and my elder brother threatening to kill us, and all the servants in the palace can attest to this, the minister is not lying."

"Brother Zhai is kind-hearted and unwilling to pursue it, but now he has harmed your majesty, how can I be worthy of your majesty if I continue to hide it, and how can I be worthy of my ancestors?"

The emperor did not speak for a long time, and the courtiers even lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound. Although Shen Chengjing wanted to protect Shen Yinhao, but now he knew that he was helpless, and old tears flowed down his cheeks.

After a while, Shen Chenghui walked up to Shen Chengqi step by step, took his hand and patted it, and sighed: "My child...you have suffered, today you saved my life, and I should seek justice for you. "

Shen Chengqi bit his lip and didn't dare to say anything, but his eyes were red.

This kind of him makes the emperor feel even more distressed, looking at him is like looking at his own child, and he is not willing to let him suffer the slightest grievance.

Abuse of the common people, murder of brothers, murder of the king... Shen Yinhao's actions have completely aroused Shen Chenghui's anger. If he is not punished, it will be impossible to appease the anger of the public.

Looking at Shen Chengjing who was kneeling on the ground and instantly aged a lot, the emperor sighed in his heart, looked at Shen Yinhao and said, "What else do you have to say now?"

Shen Yinhao was in a daze at this time, he still didn't understand how he got all the stolen goods and was caught in the back mountain, how he got there, who put the bow and arrow in his hand... …These questions came one after the other, and he almost thought he was crazy to have this hallucination.

But at this moment, in front of all the evidence, he has nothing to say, as if he has fallen into an invisible and intangible cruel trap, bit by bit eating him into it, and finally there is no dregs left... …

He suddenly raised his head to the sky and laughed loudly, pointing at Shen Chenghui's nose and yelling: "Hahahahahaha...you stupid king! You don't know right from wrong and turn black and white! Even if I'm dreaming, I don't regret killing you! You stupid king! You stupid king!"

Crazy laughter reverberated in the open space, Shen Chengjing had been crying for a long time, he closed his eyes and turned his head to let his servants help him to walk away slowly, he didn't have the courage to watch Shen Yinhao's ending...

"Criminal Shen Yinhao has mischievous intentions. He killed the king and committed treason. He will be sent to death row from now on. He will be interrogated in Dali Temple. I respect you!"

After the little eunuch announced the imperial edict, Shen Yinhao was dragged away by a group of inner guards, cursing as he walked, his voice gradually faded away until it disappeared.

Shen Chenghui sighed for a long time, stroked his sore forehead and sighed, "Everyone should leave, I'm tired..."

The little eunuch supported the emperor on the throne, and all the maids and eunuchs followed back to the palace from a distance, and all the courtiers left with a long sigh, and only Shen Chengqi and Shen Yinbei were left on the empty sacrificial altar for a while.

The two looked at each other, but were speechless for a moment.

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