The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The courtyard suddenly became crowded, the people who lived here were all dignitaries, and they brought a lot of servants and guards, and they almost fought to get out before and after.

The two people guarding outside Shen Jia's door were startled when they heard the fire, the guard said to the boy: "Go in and ask the old man and the old man to come out, first escort them out of here before we talk."

"Okay." The young man pushed the door open and went in. Seeing the two masters still lying on the bed unconscious, he felt a little strange. There was such a big commotion outside, no matter how deeply he slept, it should be fine.

He went to call Shen Jia first, and when he saw him lying on the bed with his boots on, the weird feeling became even stronger, and he shouted out in fright: "Brother Yu, come in and have a look."

Yu Shun was one of Shen Jia's guards. As soon as he entered the door, he could smell the fragrance left in the house. He immediately held his breath and drew his knife, and shouted: "There is fragrance in the room, go open the window first!"

The boy had been in the house for too long, and he was an ordinary person, he staggered and fell down after taking two steps.

Yu Shun ignored him, and went to carry Shen Jia on his shoulders, with the other hand clamping old Mrs. Shen, just as he stepped out of the door of the wing room, he was stopped by two masked men in gray.

"Who's here?" He couldn't spare his hands and couldn't protect anyone, so he could only apologize and put Shen Jia and his son at the door of the wing.

Those two didn't move immediately, but pointed to Shen Jia and said, "Leave him, you can take the others away."

"Joke! Why should I listen to you?" Yu Shun was so angry that this person was too rampant to intercept people in the Xiangguo Temple. This Xiangguo Temple is inhabited by monks. People can come to the rescue.

On the other side, Pan Mo went to see what was going on, and it turned out that two hooligans were bullying a woman from a good family. The woman was disheveled, her clothes were messy, and she was screaming while running. Pan Mo was the first to come over, punching her away one by one. Overwhelmed by the helplessness of those two, he said to the girl, "Girl, it's all right, where is your family, I'll tell them to come pick you up."

At this moment, the rest of the people also came over, all of them were attracted by the screams. The woman probably saw many men, and was so frightened that she threw herself into Pan Mo's arms. Pan Mo didn't know what to do for a while. Her shoulders were exposed, so she untied her coat and tried to take it off and put it on for her.

At this moment, the woman pushed Pan Mo hard, clutched her chest and ran towards the person, shouting as she ran, "Help...help, these two hooligans want to molest me... woo woo... ..."

Pan Mo was stunned. He was the one who saved people, but he was framed as a murderer, and he couldn't explain it. There were only three of them at the scene, and his clothes were disheveled. Everyone from afar just now saw him hugging the The woman, seeing the woman running away crying, naturally regarded Pan Mo as a prisoner.

Immediately, warm-hearted people surrounded Pan Mo and cursed angrily: "It's too much, this is Xiangguo Temple, a place of Buddhism, how can you do such a beast in front of the Buddha?"

The guard who followed Pan Mo explained: "We are not, we also heard the movement, we just beat two local hooligans away, we Pan brother just want to approve some clothes for that girl."

The woman hid behind the crowd and cried, "No, they just got their act out of lust. If you hadn't come quickly, they would have succeeded."

A woman's confession is always easier to win people's trust, not to mention which girl would use her own reputation to frame someone?

"Hey, dare to do it or not. I think you look like dogs. I didn't expect you to be a coward who has the ability to harm good women. You don't dare to admit it. What can you say if you are caught?"

"That is, stop them, report to the officials, and hand them over to the officials!"

When Pan Mo saw this, he couldn't understand that they had been tricked, "No, it's dangerous to divert the tiger away from the mountain." Pan Mo pushed away the crowd blocking him and wanted to go back, but everyone thought he wanted to escape, and there were so many people at the scene , How could he let him run away, and beat Pan Mo one by one with sticks or other weapons.

Pan Mo was born as a secret guard. Since elementary school, he was loyal to the emperor and patriotic. How could he attack these innocent people, but he would not stand up and be beaten, and retreat while resisting.

He yelled to his companion: "Go and see your lord, I'll take it here." After all, he was the person involved, and everyone's targets were focused on him. Seeing that his accomplice ran away, the rest did not chase him.

The accomplice glanced at him, didn't see the woman who designed them just now, he probably fled while taking advantage of the chaos, and cursed secretly: "Son of a son of a bitch!"Then he hurried to look for Shen Jia.

Over there, Yu Shun had already started a fight with two masked men. The other party probably didn't know what level the guards around Shen Jia were, so they sent two of them thinking it would be enough. Unexpectedly, Yu Shun got into a fight with them all by himself. a tie.

After all, this is Xiangguo Temple, monks from the temple will come soon, the two dare not delay, one of them runs towards Shen Jia, and the other wants to hold Yu Shun even if he is desperately injured.

Yu Shun was furious, "I advise you to leave, otherwise no one will think of leaving in a while!"

Half of his attention was on Shen Jia, and his beating was a bit chaotic, but he managed to get caught by the other party. He saw another masked man rushing in front of Shen Jia, grabbing Shen Jia's shoulder with one hand, and throwing him on the shoulder. resist walking.

Just two steps away, a dull pain came from his lower back, followed by his chest, he staggered, the person on his shoulders rolled to the ground, rolled a few times, and then climbed to sit behind a stone Buddha, his right hand was covered with blood. blood.

Shen Jia had woken up just now, but her body was limp and she had no strength. Yu Shun smelled some medicine for him. After he regained consciousness, he kept pretending to faint and sat on the ground.

Being able to stab these two knives has exhausted his whole body's strength, because the strength is not enough, and the wound is not too deep, it will definitely not kill the other party.

Shen Jia wasn't sure if the other party would spare his life if he tried again, and he didn't know who wanted to catch him and what his purpose was.

He has seen those two masked men before, they are the woodcutters he met in the grove before, their height and clothes have not changed, and he doesn't know if it was arranged in advance or he just became malicious when he saw him, if it was the former , then there might be spies in the Shen residence.

Shen Jia had just stabbed someone, his hands were trembling a little, especially when he saw someone else's blood dripping on his palm, he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, he pinched his thigh hard, let the tingling pain activate his nerves, and then supported the stone statue to stand up.

Yu Shun finally got rid of the masked man and ran towards Shen Jia quickly, while the assassin who was stabbed by Shen Jia pulled out the dagger from his back and walked slowly towards Shen Jia.

As soon as Shen Jia stood up straight, he saw a familiar dagger stabbing towards him, and Yu Shun's terrified cry came from next to his ear: "My lord..."

In the end, the dagger did not stab but fell directly to the ground, and the masked assassin on the opposite side also fell to the ground. A monk holding a stick stood behind him and bowed to Shen Jia, "Amitabha, the almsgiver is fine." Bar?"

The strength in Shen Jia's body was drained all of a sudden, and she slipped and fell to the ground. He opened his eyes and saw more people running towards him. Yu Shun quickly picked him up and sent him to the wing room, and then gave Shen Jia the antidote. Father and son detoxification.

The news that an assassin attacked the court official in Xiangguo Temple soon spread to Chang'an City. Everyone didn't know who was attacked. Anyway, this kind of thing happens every year. There was a moment of silence.

When the news reached the palace, the first thing Zhao Zhang thought of was that Shen Jia was going to Xiangguo Temple today, wasn't it?He hurriedly sent Jin Yiwei to Xiangguo Temple to pick up the people, and tracked down the assassins along the way. He was sure that the assassins this time must be the same group as last time, but he didn't expect them to make a fool of him.

"Show me, I'm going to Xiangguo Temple!" Zhao Zhang ordered.

Du Fucheng hurriedly dissuaded him, "Your Majesty, no, the assassins there have not been captured yet, and I don't know how many hidden killers there are. You dare not take risks with your precious body."

"You go with me, and let Yao Zhan lead five hundred imperial guards to accompany you. With so many people escorting you, can you still not protect me? If so, the city of Chang'an will be in danger long ago."

Du Fucheng knew that the emperor was concerned about Lord Shen's safety, and it was useless to dissuade him, so he immediately arranged for escorts.

The imperial guards cleared the way for the holy driver, and Jinyiwei guarded the left and right sides. Such a large formation attracted the people to watch. Wherever Zhao Zhang passed, the people all knelt down to greet Zhao Zhang. Xiangguo Temple was occupied by the enemy.

In the temple, Shen Jia and Father Shen have already woken up. There are also Shen's mother and Liu Yanwan in the box. Pan Mo learned that he was attacked and ran back regardless of those people's obstruction. Now he is kneeling at the door with several other guards.

"Jiajia, how do you feel?" Mother Shen asked with concern.

"It's okay, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed." Shen Jia joked.

Mother Shen glared at him, "You survived a catastrophe last time, how could the Buddha bless you this time? And this time it happened in Xiangguo Temple, I won't come to this place in the future, let's change enshrined in the temple."

Shen Jia definitely wouldn't argue with her about such a trivial matter, but said: "It's impossible to prevent bad people from doing evil, no matter where they are." Speaking of it, Xiangguo Temple was still implicated by him this time, and it is estimated that the door will not be opened in the short term. guest.

He asked He Yan to help him up, went out, saw the guards kneeling in a row, and quickly shouted, "What are you doing? Fortunately, Yu Shun is here this time, otherwise you will not see me Come on, get up quickly, have all the assassins been caught?"

Pan Mo bowed his head and said, "My lord, it's because we didn't protect well. After this incident is over, I'll go back and receive the punishment." The punishment he mentioned definitely didn't refer to the kind of punishment that the Shen family punished. Shen Jia felt that it was true. no need.

"One, you didn't fail to protect me. I'm doing well. Two, after all, there are only a few of you, so it's not easy for you to do this. If you have time to kneel here and repent, why don't you hurry up and find your accomplices? See if it is the same group of people who assassinated the emperor last time."

Pan Mo and the others stood up, but did not leave. He explained: "Now the whole temple is looking for assassins. We are not short of a few coolies. Our duty is to protect you, my lord." She will leave Shen Jia easily again.

Shen Jia felt the same way, as Xiangguo Temple was a great temple to protect the country, there were many monks, and all monks were masters, so it was easy to catch a few assassins, provided they were still in the temple.

"Amitabha, Lord Shen has woken up?" An old monk in cassock led a group of monks into the courtyard and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Shen Jia standing by the door. But the celebrities in front of the emperor, if something happened in Xiangguo Temple, they might not be able to bear the emperor's anger.

"Master Yien, have you caught the assassin's party?" The kind-hearted old monk in front of him is the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, and also the national teacher favored by the late emperor. After Zhao Zhang ascended the throne, although he did not abolish his title of national teacher, he did They didn't summon him once, and everyone naturally understood what the emperor meant. Since then, the incense in Xiangguo Temple has not been as strong as before.

"No, we went to find the woman who framed him based on the clues provided by Guard Pan. Someone saw the woman running down the mountain, crying all the way, and was picked up by a carriage after going down the mountain. The little bastard who was beaten away by the guards, although he was found, was already dead, his throat was cut with a sword."

Shen Jia didn't expect the opponent to strike so neatly, it didn't look like it was a temporary idea, otherwise where would they find a gangster to cooperate with them in acting?

"Is there a report to the government?"

"It's already been reported. Mr. Cao, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, has come in person and is inspecting the scene of the crime."

Shen Jia thought that there should be nothing to see in that yard, and he wondered if the corpses of the two men in gray could be seen. He wanted to go and have a look, but he was worried that his family would stay here.

He glanced at Master Yi'en, and made a Buddhist salute to him, "Master, could you trouble the temple to send some monks to send Shen's family back home? I only took five guards with me today, and I am afraid that I will encounter bad people again. "

"Master Shen has an accident in the temple, and our temple is also responsible. It is also necessary to escort Master Shen's family members back. Let's count the [-] monks to escort them."

"Thank you, master." Shen Jia turned back to let the family tidy up, and then followed them down the mountain. Looking at his parents' worried eyes, he comforted him: "Father and mother, don't worry, it will be safe with the escort of the masters. After returning, close the house The door, I will ask Brother Shi to send someone to take care of it for a while."

"how about you?"

"I'll stay in the temple and take a look. After all, it's about my own life and safety, so I have to figure out the ins and outs."

Mother Shen and the others also knew that being here would only hinder Shen Jia, so they tidied up and left first. On the way down the mountain, they met Sheng Jia, who was halfway up the mountain, and there were people up and down. The guards of honor belonged to the palace, and they all avoided, but they murmured in their hearts: I didn't expect that Emperor Qingjia's first visit to Xiangguo Temple was because of a case. If it hadn't happened today, the emperor might not have visited Xiangguo Temple in person.

Manager Du trotted over, saw three small sedan chairs walking side by side, and asked loudly, "Is Mr. Shen here?"

Father Shen got out of the sedan chair, and it was difficult for the two female family members behind to show up, so he walked over to answer: "My lord, my son is still in the temple, and this old man is Shen Jia's father."

Manager Du avoided his salute, and his smile became more sincere, "So it's the old man, our emperor came here as soon as he heard that Mr. Shen was in danger, are you going back?"

"Yes, it's time to go back home."

Director Du ran back to report, but Zhao Zhang didn't show up, so he ordered fifty imperial guards to escort Shen's family members down the mountain. Both sides bid farewell politely. They are all so polite and respectful, we Jiajia should do our best to die."

Shen's mother and Liu Yanwan showed awkward smiles at the same time, both of them knew what was going on, and only Shen's father was kept from it.

The emperor came to Xiangguo Temple in person, and such a big event soon spread to the temple. All the monks in the temple were dressed neatly, and went to the door to greet them. Shen Jia and Cao Ruiwen also came out. Seeing the procession stretching on the mountain road, the two were in very different moods. different.

What Shen Jia thought was: the news spread too fast, and Zhao Zhang came too fast, what excuse did he use to leave the palace?Making exceptions for him time and time again, can their relationship really be kept secret?

Cao Ruiwen glanced at Shen Jia, his lips were pursed into a line, and his eyes darkened. The emperor went out of the palace himself to mobilize the crowd for Shen Jia's sake. It seemed that Shen Jia's position in the emperor's heart was irreplaceable.

"Master Shen, can you tell us about the situation at that time? Why did the assassin assassinate you?" Cao Ruiwen asked a question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.

As an official of the imperial court, Shen Jia's position would not offend people very much. Although the previous reforms made many businessmen dissatisfied, it was not to the point of killing him. As for other things, there was no reason to kill him.

Moreover, this assassination was not long after the assassination of the emperor. It is likely to be the same group of assassins, but why did they try to kill a fifth-rank official?

Shen Jia still felt tired after standing for a long time, but everyone was welcoming the emperor, so it was hard for him to sit down, so he could only lean on the stone pillar in front of the door, and said softly: "Master Cao, let me talk together when the emperor arrives, Your Majesty Definitely want to know too."

Cao Ruiwen raised his eyebrows, nodded his head lightly, "That's right, Lord Shen should thank the emperor for being able to leave the palace and come to this dangerous place for you."

"It's natural."

"Master Shen, although you and I share the same subject, we haven't had much heart-to-heart communication. I don't know much about Master Shen. Please forgive me if something is inappropriate."

Shen Jia looked at him sideways and didn't understand what he was going to say, but he probably wouldn't say anything good, so he smiled and asked, "Does Master Cao have any instructions?"

"I dare not take instructions, but I would like to remind Mr. Shen that the emperor's status is precious, and it is a blessing that we have had friendship with him, but there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, which must not be surpassed."

Shen Jia suspected that he had guessed something, but since the other party didn't say it clearly, he wouldn't be foolish enough to admit it, so he bowed his hand, "Thank you for reminding me, my lord, I will pay attention."

The team soon arrived at the gate of the temple, and the imperial guards quickly surrounded the whole temple. Yao Zhan led the people to count the number of people one by one, not daring to relax in the slightest.

After the investigation was completed, the emperor stepped down from the imperial court, held the hand of Director Du, and walked to the majestic gate of Xiangguo Temple.

He looked up at this majestic building. The Xiangguo Temple was expanded and renovated during the reign of the first emperor. The imperial court allocated a large sum of money to repair it. Just looking at the facade, it really deserves the title of Huguo Temple.

"Master Yien is free from courtesy, you are always an outsider, so you don't need to be more polite." Zhao Zhang walked up to the host and helped him up. If it was the first emperor, as an eminent monk, he didn't need to kneel down, but Zhao Zhang Unlike Zhang, he has no preference for Buddhism. In his eyes, the so-called eminent monks are no different from ordinary people. Naturally, everyone dare not make mistakes.

Zhao Zhang turned to Shen Jia, walked over to pull him up, frowned and asked, "Your face is so pale, is your body alright?"

"Thank you, the emperor, for your concern. I'm fine. It's just that the residual poison in my body has just been cleared, and my physical strength has not yet recovered."

"Then let someone help you go, and come in with me to have a look."

"My minister obeys."

Zhao Zhang walked in the front, followed by the host master on the left, and Shen Jia on the right. Cao Ruiwen walked beside Shen Jia, with a dignified expression.

His subordinates only thought Mr. Cao was worrying about the case. Only he himself knew that what he was worrying about was not the case, but the relationship between the emperor and Shen Jia. Together, it was an action that only very close people would do. He was not surprised that his previous guess was confirmed.

After entering the main hall, Zhao Zhang personally put incense sticks on the Buddha, and went to the backyard after the ceremony was complete. The two corpses were still placed in the yard. Shuntian Mansion's foremen had already experienced corpses, and there was nothing strange about them.

Zhao Zhang wanted to leave the palace under the pretext of adjudicating the case, so of course he had to interrogate him. He asked Master Yien to lead people to retreat. The Xiangguo Temple was temporarily taken over by the imperial guards, and monks in the temple were not allowed to come in and out at will.

After they left, Shen Jia told Zhao Zhang everything that happened today, especially when it came to the two men in gray clothes. Temple, he thought it was a woodcutter.

"Actually, Pan Mo saw at the time that these two people possessed martial arts skills. I was careless and didn't take it to heart, which led to this disaster."

Pan Mo and the others were not qualified to appear in front of the emperor, and they stood outside the door together with Director Du. Hearing Shen Jia's talk about this incident, he felt very regretful. If he had been more careful, he would not have allowed the thieves to succeed.

When Zhao Zhang heard that Pan Mo was slandered and molested by a woman, his eyes turned cold. People know it like the back of their hands.”

Shen Jia paused, then asked suspiciously: "Are you suspecting that there are spies around me?"

"Although there are not many servants in Shen's residence, it's not a problem to buy one or two. When you go back, check it out carefully, so as not to be tricked by evil people again."

Shen Jia nodded, most of the servants in his mansion were brought from their hometown, those who came later were arranged by Zhao Zhang, the people in the palace must be more loyal, the problem probably lies with the servants of Shen's mansion body.

Fortunately, they were planning on themselves this time. If they found out that Zhao Zhang often appeared in Shen's residence, and tried their best to carry out an assassination, I'm afraid it would be impossible to guard against.

"Are these two the same group of assassins as before?" Zhao Zhang asked Jin Yiwei who had gone to see the corpse.

Ling Jingyun went down to handle the case, followed by a Qianhu, surnamed Wei, with slightly raised eyes, looking like a treacherous villain, he replied: "Back to the emperor, these two people should be accomplices of the previous assassins." , although they are dressed differently, the texture of the palms of these two assassins is similar to that of the previous assassins, and they are both good at using knives. Listening to Mr. Shen's guards recounting their skills, they are also very similar to the assassins who attacked the emperor that night."

"In this way, I searched for assassins in Chang'an City, but they have already fled to the suburbs? And not only did they not escape, but they also planned a big assassination of the imperial court officials. Are they confident or ignore the imperial power? "

Everyone knelt down one after another, begging the emperor to appease his anger.

"I can't rest! These assassins are like mice in the gutter hiding in the dark and hurting people. One day it could be Shen Langzhong, tomorrow it might be Zhou Shangshu, or it might be Xu Shoufu. Do my humerus ministers still face each other every day?" Is it okay for such a danger?"

"The emperor calms down. The thieves are insidious and cunning. It's too easy to hide among the people. It's not easy to find out. The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. There is no other way but to be careful, but their number is limited. Yes, after consuming it twice, there won’t be a lot left, and a few fish that slip through the net will not be able to accomplish anything big.” Shen Jia thought to himself, there were only two assassins who came to arrest him today, and I’m afraid it wasn’t because he underestimated the strength of the guards around him. It was because the opponent was short of manpower.

But what are they arresting themselves for?