The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The two of them sat by the river for a long time, and saw a painted boat swimming by on the river, the rich young master and the graceful prostitute chatted and laughed wantonly, and there was an opera troupe performing on the bridge in the distance, performing an annual Cowherd and Weaver Girl A touching story of meeting.

In the distance, Shen Jia could only hear the woman's mournful cry and the mournful cry of the suona, and the surrounding audience burst into applause. Light and shadow separated the riverside and the downtown area into two worlds.

Seeing him staring there, Zhao Zhang thought he was interested, and asked, "Didn't you come here to see it last year? This is a regular event on Qixi Festival every year. The people select the most famous opera troupe in Chang'an to perform on the bridge." It’s not that famous actors haven’t had a chance to play when they meet on the Magpie Bridge.”

Shen Jia shook her head, "You know I'm not interested in opera, I don't understand these things, and I have no one to accompany me, who would go out alone during Qixi Festival?"

Zhao Zhang took his hand and looked into his eyes and said, "We will live together every year from now on."

Shen Jia couldn't help leaning over, and as soon as her lips touched Zhao Zhang's cheek, she heard someone shouting: "Master..."

He hurriedly distanced himself from Zhao Zhang, and looked up to see Zhao Zhang's bodyguard standing there awkwardly, with an expression of wishing he could poke his eyes.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"Master, it's getting late, it's time to go back." The guard reminded.

Shen Jia still had something to talk to Zhao Zhang tonight, and it was inconvenient here, so she pulled him to stand up, "Let's go, I'll show you something when I go back."

Zhao Zhang led him ashore, saw Shen Jiaduo glanced at the young guard, and introduced him, "Captain Song, you should have seen him."

Shen Jia nodded, not only met, she almost became interested in this guy at the beginning, he was very handsome, with a bit shy personality, later on he saw him more times, although he didn't communicate much, but he was familiar with him, Probably one of the few people who knew about his relationship with Zhao Zhang.

"Yes, how old is Captain Song? Are you married?"

Song Bingyang lowered his head in embarrassment, and replied: "This subordinate is eighteen, and he has already engaged in marriage but has not yet married."

Zhao Zhang squeezed Shen Jia's palm hard, and said flatly: "Captain Song's fiancée is Xu Shoufu's concubine's granddaughter, you should know her?"

"Hey, this is really a coincidence, but what about the two of them...?"

Sometimes Zhao Zhang felt that Shen Jia was clever, and sometimes he felt that his mind was very simple, and he spent all his time studying official affairs. He had been in Chang'an for so long, but he didn't know that Song Bingyang was the youngest son of General Song.

Xu Shoufu is completely different from him. No one can compare to him in terms of forming cliques. At first, he probably took a fancy to Shen Jia's qualifications and simple family background, and wanted to use his in-laws to tie him to the boat. Later, he started looking for a new son-in-law , but there are very few young Jinshi who can go to high school who are unmarried, so he simply chose Song Bingyang.

General Song is also a general who holds the military power. He even sent his daughter into the palace at the beginning. Song Zhaoyi hadn't left the palace when the two families got engaged. I don't know if Master Shoufu has regretted it now.

"Let's talk about it when we go back." Zhao Zhang pulled him back. There were a lot fewer pedestrians on the street, and many stalls began to close down. Shen Jia saw a few gadgets bought for the nephews at home, and then sat down. Carriage back home.

After getting in the car, Zhao Zhang told him Song Bingyang's identity, and asked, "You have been an official for a long time, have you cleared up the relationship between the people in the court?"

Shen Jia said proudly: "The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty have recognized it clearly. Thanks to you, everyone pays special attention to me, the emperor's favorite. As for their family members and complicated in-law relationships, I don't know. How smart is a person to remember these relationships that are constantly cut and messed up?"

Zhao Zhang looked at him with hatred: "Isn't the most important thing in the officialdom is to have both sides? You don't know how to deal with personnel relations in these relationships? Let Ling Jingyun give you a class another day."

Shen Jia leaned on him, and said confidently: "With a good wife, I don't need to know these things, you just need to remind me more."

Zhao Zhang pampered his head, laughed and cursed: "Lazy!"

The car drove out of the west of the city smoothly, and when passing a dark alley, the car suddenly shook, and Shen Jia didn't take it seriously, but then, Song Bingyang's loud voice came from outside: "Who is it?"

Zhao Zhang pulled Shen Jia to the back, opened the corner of the curtain and looked out. On the deserted road, a row of men in black stood at the intersection, carrying knives in their hands, with a cold light, rushing towards the carriage at an extremely fast speed. .

Shen Jia heard the sound of a knife being drawn outside the car, grabbed Zhao Zhang's sleeve and asked, "Is there an assassin?"

"Ah."

Shen Jia became nervous, took out a small crossbow from the hidden compartment of the carriage, pushed Zhao Zhang and said, "Leave me alone, let someone protect you and run first, this street deviates from the center of the city, and there are Minju, their target must be you, and when they chase you away, I'll just find a place to hide."

Zhao Zhang turned his head and glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about!" He snatched the crossbow from Shen Jia's hand, closed and locked the door, and the carriage immediately became a closed space. He opened the small hole in the door, stretched the bow and arrow out.

The first arrow was unexpected and stably inserted between the eyebrows of the man in black, but it also exposed his position.

Shen Jia was blocked from seeing outside, and did not dare to open the window, so she could only tell him to be careful.

"Send the signal!" Zhao Zhang roared out, and soon Shen Jia heard the sound of the gun salute, and through the window, he could see the red fireworks exploding in mid-air.

Hands have already been handed over outside, and the sound of weapons colliding is particularly harsh in the silent night. Shen Jia stabilized his mind, went to the dark compartment again, and found a round iron box, which was left over from a pastry. The cover was stuffed into Zhao Zhang's chest, barely able to serve as a breastplate, and he took the rest of the box and put it on his head.

Zhao Zhang glanced at him and smiled, "You're funny!" After speaking, he threw his own saber to him, "Take it, although I don't expect you to kill the enemy, at least don't let anyone get close."

"I don't want it, it's useless for me to hold it, just hide in the car." Shen Jia was glad to accept the carriage that Zhao Zhang gave him at the beginning. There was a layer of iron between the four walls. Uncle also wondered why the car was so heavy, and it was difficult for a horse to pull it. It was only later that Shen Jia found out that the car was remodeled, and its safety performance was extremely high. Ordinary bows and arrows couldn't penetrate it at all.

"Why did you think of sending me such a carriage in the first place?"

"I'm afraid that one day you will offend someone and be assassinated. You don't know how many courtiers die in assassinations every year." Zhao Zhang stared outside intently, and shot an arrow from time to time, hitting the target every time.

They brought too few guards. Fortunately, the dark guards followed, and it was not so easy for these assassins to get close to the carriage. As long as someone saw the signal to rescue them, they were truly safe.

"No, they still have an ambush, take the emperor away quickly!" A secret guard yelled, Shen Jia heard the horse neighing, and then the carriage moved quickly, and it was not known which direction it was going.

Zhao Zhang and Shen Jia bumped into each other, they hugged and leaned against the back wall of the car, holding on to the window lattice, and the footsteps of the pursuers behind them were also very frightening.

"A lot of them?" Shen Jia asked.

"It's quite a lot, don't worry, at the feet of the dignified son of heaven, it's not so easy for them to kill people."

Shen Jia was held in Zhao Zhang's arms, thinking about it, and suddenly stretched out his hand to untie Zhao Zhang's belt, but Zhao Zhang couldn't stop him, and scolded, "What are you doing?"

"Change clothes."

"You..." How could Zhao Zhang not understand his intentions, he bit his ear and rubbed it hard, "Stop it, I won't allow you to mess around, in the current situation, you think they will just change their clothes?" Don't you know me?"

"It's so dark, they can't see their faces clearly. If they catch up, I can block you for a while."

Zhao Zhang couldn't tell what his mood was. He seemed more angry than moved, so he resolutely stopped him: "No, you are a frail scholar, and you are not enough to make everyone fit. What can stop you? Sit down obediently for me! Hold me up! "

Shen Jia let go, hugged his waist instead, and then supported the carriage with the other hand, Zhao Zhang freed his hand to open the window, stretched out with the bow and crossbow, and shot an arrow backwards.

He couldn't hear if he hit the target even though he was far away, but Shen Jia felt that he didn't. Anyone who dared to assassinate the emperor must be a master. How could he hit the target with just a random shot like this?

The speed of the carriage was so fast that Shen Jia didn't know where they were until he heard Jia Yi's voice from the roof of the carriage: "Your Majesty, Your Excellency, we are almost in the downtown area."

Shen Jia called out happily: "Jia Yi, are you there?"

Zhao Zhang asked calmly, "Is it far from Jinwu Guard or Shuntian Mansion?"

"It's not too close. The location where the other party chose to attack has deviated from the downtown area. The other party has more than a dozen people chasing after them. It is estimated that the carriage can't run them."

Zhao Zhang made a decisive decision and handed the iron box that Shen Jia put on his head to Jiayi, "Knock, tell the people that there are bandits outside, so they are not allowed to go out, and then look along the way to see if there are any rich and powerful people, and break in!"

Jia Yi knocked on the iron box with the back of his knife, and shouted: "Jin Yiwei handles the case, everyone is closed and not allowed to go out!"

Shen Jia almost laughed when he heard this, it turned out that in the minds of the common people, the Jinyiwei was more terrifying than the bandits, but unfortunately the environment was not right, otherwise he really wanted to discuss the Jinyiwei issue with Zhao Zhang.

"Here we come!" Zhao Zhang held Shen Jia's head in his arms and looked around vigilantly.

The beating of the gong also stopped, and A jumped out of the carriage and rushed towards the oncoming person, buying time for the carriage to escape.

On the side of the road, some courageous people probably opened the windows or opened the door to peek. Seeing this scene, they screamed out in fright, and then quickly closed the door and closed the door, not daring to make any more noise.

Shen Jia hurried to the carriage and ran for a long time, but Song Bingyang who was driving said at this moment: "Your Majesty, you and Mr. Shen should jump out of the carriage, and your subordinates will lead them away with the carriage."

This time, Zhao Zhang didn't object. He put his arm around Shen Jia's waist, pushed open the car door and jumped down immediately. The two rolled on the ground a few times, and rolled to the side of the road. later.

Shen Jia pointed to a pile of baskets at the entrance of the alley on the opposite side, Zhao Zhang understood, took him to rush over, and found one at random to stuff Shen Jia in.

Shen Jia grabbed his sleeve, he was afraid that Zhao Zhang would leave him to take risks alone, so he begged, "You come in too!"

Zhao Zhang didn't have time to think about it, he jumped in and huddled with him, with an empty basket on top of his head. It was definitely uncomfortable for two grown men to huddle together, but he felt very relaxed all over his body.

"This is probably the most embarrassing moment in my life." Zhao Zhang whispered in Shen Jia's ear.

Shen Jia also asked in a low voice: "Who will hire a murderer to kill?"

"I know it in my heart, and I will find out when I check it afterwards."

Shen Jia still wanted to ask a question, but when he heard footsteps approaching, although it was very slight, the slightest sound would be amplified infinitely at night, so he immediately covered his mouth, fearing that these experts could hear his breathing.

The person who came was getting closer and closer to the entrance of the alley. It seemed that there was only one person walking slowly. Soon a shadow was cast on their position. Shen Jia saw Zhao Zhang raising his hand and aiming the crossbow outside. Jumped out of the chest.

Just at the very moment, there was the sound of horseshoes suddenly, and a group of Jinwu Guards with torches and riding horses rushed over. Shen Jia even heard Shi Ye's voice, "Groups of 20 people, search separately, don't let the The thief is gone!"

"Yes!"

The black figure near the basket stopped for a while, and then ran towards the depths of the alley. Shen Jia secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and asked Zhao Zhang with his eyes if he wanted to go out.

Zhao Zhang shook his head. At this moment, he only trusts his confidants. Who knows if there are any traitors in the Jinwu Guard?

They hid in the basket for half an hour, when they heard the sound of horseshoes passing by, obviously, all parties sent people out after seeing the signal.

Soon, the people who slept at night were awakened, and they didn't know what happened in a daze. Those who saw the scene didn't dare to show their heads, and hid at home to wait for dawn.

Zhao Zhang saw that it was almost time, so he took Shen Jia out and stayed in the basket for too long. When Shen Jia came out, his whole body was numb. It wasn't until Jin Yiwei appeared in sight that he led Shen Jia out.

Shen Jia suddenly understood the reason for Jin Yiwei's arrogance, this is the emperor's confidant!

"Who?" Seeing two figures appearing suddenly, Jin Yiwei quickly surrounded them, then dismounted after recognizing their identities, and knelt down in front of Zhao Zhang, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being late to rescue you. "

"Pingshen, send me back to the palace."

A Jin Yiwei brought his horse over and got closer. Shen Jia recognized that it was Lu Baihu who had met once before. He didn't bring many people with him, just a dozen people.

"Please get on the emperor's horse. The Jinyiwei are all dispatched. The subordinate team is lucky enough to meet you. This subordinate will send a signal to Commander Ling." Lu Baihu helped the emperor onto the horse, glanced at Shen Jia, and told his subordinates Bring another horse over here.

Zhao Zhang waved his hand, "No need, Mr. Shen will ride with me." He knew that Shen Jia was not good at riding, and his legs were probably still shaking, so he couldn't get on the horse at all.

He pulled Shen Jia onto the horse and ordered: "Don't send a signal, send me back to the palace first, and inform Ling Jingyun directly, the whole city will search for assassins!"

Lu Baihu glanced at Shen Jia who was sitting in front of the emperor, and had a better understanding of this frail civil servant. To let the emperor protect him all the way, and even ride with him, this kind of favor is really unmatched by anyone.

Sending the two to the palace, they encountered many soldiers and horses on the way. Seeing Zhao Zhang dismounted and knelt down one after another, Zhao Zhang was not in the mood to talk nonsense with them, and was escorted back to the palace by the crowd.

At this time, the palace had also received the news. The moment he saw the signal, Yao Zhan, the commander of the imperial guards, immediately summoned troops to guard the entrances of the palace, guarding the entire imperial city.

He didn't go out to look for anyone. His duty was to protect the base camp at any time and prevent the enemy from taking advantage of it.

Empress Wei didn't send anyone out to inquire when she heard the news, and ordered the maids and eunuchs in charge around her to spread the word: "Everyone returns to their residences and is not allowed to stay outside. Those who dare to disobey will be treated as traitors!"

After the order was issued, the queen ordered people to close the gate of the palace, and sent a strong woman and eunuchs to guard the gate of the palace. Unless it was someone close to the emperor, no one would open the door.

"Your Majesty, don't we really want to go out and have a look? If the Emperor is in danger, why don't we hide in the palace and not show up?" the maid asked Wei Jinrong anxiously.

Wei Jinrong was not worried at all, "The emperor is surrounded by guards. If even the emperor is in danger, how can we helpless people go out? What's more, there is chaos outside. The people in the palace go out to add to the chaos. There are guards The army patrols and will not let the gangsters come in and out at will."

As for the emperor's safety, to be honest, she didn't really care about it. If that person's ability can't even avoid such a crisis, then the throne will not be secure.

In the middle of the night, the emperor returned to the palace safe and sound. Wei Jinrong ordered people to open the palace gate, and still prohibited the servants from walking around at will. He took the servants to visit the emperor himself, at least superficial work still had to be done.

When she arrived at the emperor's bedroom, Empress Wei sent someone to tell her, and she quickly got permission. She walked into this strange palace alone, and walked smoothly all the way, without even the ups and downs of her mood.

Entering the inner hall, she saw the emperor sitting on a chair, Director Du and several father-in-laws kneeling on the ground, and a white-faced scholar was sitting beside the emperor. Zhuo Zhuo, she immediately knew the identity of the other party, this is the emperor's apex Mr. Shen.

"The courtiers and concubines pay homage to the emperor, and the emperor is blessed."

Zhao Zhang was administering medicine to Shen Jia. When he jumped off the carriage just now, Shen Jia's arm was scratched. He didn't see it until it was dark, and he said without raising his head, "Excuse me, if the queen is fine, go back." , just restrain the harem."

Empress Wei glanced at it just now, but now she lowered her head and felt reluctant to leave, and said: "The concubine has ordered everyone not to move around at will. If the imperial guards need to investigate, they can do it at any time. Is the emperor injured? Do you want to send the imperial physician?"

She looked up and saw the young man frowned because of the pain, biting his lip, it was really pitiful.

"No, it's all skin trauma, I can handle it."

Wei Jinrong couldn't find a reason to stay, so he had to salute and leave. When he walked out, he was still thinking: No wonder Sister Liu cares so much about Mr. Shen. She would be happy even as a couple in name only. It's really nice to live under the same roof.

"Okay, don't touch the water for the next few days. I will stay in the palace tonight and have someone serve you to take a bath. I will go out to deal with some things."

Shen Jia pulled him and asked, "Are you really not injured? You were the one who protected me when I jumped out of the car just now. If there is any injury, deal with it first."

Zhao Zhang squinted at him, and said proudly: "I'm not you, a frail scholar, so what's the danger?"

Shen Jia wanted to beat him up, saying that he was a master of martial arts, but it was just that he had learned boxing and kicking a few days more than him.

"Then go and come back quickly."

Zhao Zhang got up, and the eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground also moved away one after another. He left Du Xin to wait on Shen Jia, and took the rest out.

Du Xin came over with a dejected face, bent down to support Shen Jia and said, "Master Shen is here with the servant, and the servant will take you to take a bath."

Shen Jia was in a state of shock that night, and was covered in dust again. He really needed to be washed. He couldn't help Zhao Zhang, so he went to clean himself up, but when he lay down on the dragon bed, Zhao Zhang didn't come back.

He yawned and told Du Xin: "Wake me up when the emperor comes back."

Du Xin put down the bed curtain, and replied: "Yes, the servant is guarding the door. If you have something to do, call the servant to come in."

Shen Jia soon fell asleep, and when it was dawn, she opened her eyes in a daze, looking at the exquisite embroidery on the top of the tent, she couldn't remember where she was.

When the memory came back, he sat up abruptly, lifted the bed curtain, glanced at the huge dormitory, and shouted: "Come on!"

A young eunuch rushed in, knelt by the bed and asked, "What orders does Master Shen have?"

"What about the emperor?"

"Return to my lord, the emperor has gone to court, and I have visited you before, and tell the servants not to wake you up."

"What time is it?"

"It's been a quarter of an hour."

Shen Jia got out of bed and took a look at his clothes. He would occasionally stay in the palace and his clothes would be kept in the palace. He ordered: "Go and get a set of official uniforms for me. Go to court."

He wanted to hear if there would be the result of what happened last night in court today. He had to know who wanted to kill Zhao Zhang. After this happened, Shen Jia finally remembered that his target was one person under ten thousand people. The emperor on the throne, how many people are staring at his dragon chair, how many people want to replace it, every step he takes is full of dangers, and he can no longer go out and hang out so recklessly in the future.

The little eunuch found his official uniform and came out, and several court ladies came in to help him dress and wash. They were all court ladies who served the emperor closely. His heart is dead, but every time he sees Mr. Shen's jade-like face, he still can't help but feel his heart throbbing.

"My lord, the slave went to the imperial dining room to get some food, can you use some?"

Shen Jia stuffed a small steamed bun into her mouth with her hand, drank another bowl of soup made from something unknown, then wiped her mouth and walked out.

His position in the Golden Luan Hall was at the back, and not many people noticed him when he slipped in from the door, but Zhao Zhang still saw him, and his livid face softened a little.

"It's limited to three days. The chief will arrange to check it out. Those who can't produce their household registration and road guides will be imprisoned first. It's best if the assassin can catch them. If they can't catch them, let it be. Those people are not so easy to catch."

Shi Ye stood up and said: "The emperor forgives the crime. It is my negligence that allowed a large number of assassins to enter Chang'an City. As soon as I got the news last night, I ordered people to seal the city gate. Presumably the remaining assassins are still in the city. I asked Jin Yiwei to jointly search , Digging three feet will definitely find them!"

It's terrible, the emperor was assassinated on the streets of the imperial capital, and before that, none of them knew about the emperor's leaving the palace, but the assassin not only knew, but also arranged for dozens of people to intercept and kill him, if it wasn't for last night The emperor is vigilant, looking for a place to hide, I am afraid that the real danger is more than good luck.

Ling Jingyun agreed, "I would also like to ask the emperor to hand over this matter to the minister. Last night, some of the assassins were beheaded on the spot, and a few others were injured and captured, but they committed suicide soon. The minister can, according to their temperament and characteristics, Find people who are similar to them, people's faces can change, but people from the same place will always have some common characteristics."

"Okay, with Commander Ling at the head, Jinyiwei and Jinwuwei will investigate the case together, and Shuntian Mansion is responsible for appeasing the hearts of the people. Although the investigation is necessary, it should not disturb the people too much, let alone blackmail and humiliate the people!"

"I will obey your orders!"