Hey!How dare you take me as a substitute

As soon as Heng Mingshi climbed into the low wall of the cold palace, he saw Concubine Shu wearing a coarse cloth skirt and jacket, sitting on a stone table and chair in the yard, beating something intently.

Those eyes almost narrowed into a slit, and then stuck to the little hammer.

Heng Mingshi is extremely skeptical. In the eyes of Que Qiushu, he is just a mass of yellow patches. If he is farther away, he may not be much different from a dog with a yellowish coat =_=

Que Qiushu's great-grandparents were from the great sect of Jianghu, who were proficient in organ and haemangi. Later, they surrendered to the imperial court and began to serve the court. The Que family had served as the governor of Yuanguo Weapons Factory for several generations, but it was only when it came to Qin Qiushu's father. In the first generation, there were not many new ideas in weapon manufacturing, and the up-and-comers gradually took the limelight. In addition, they made some mistakes, which annoyed the Empress Dowager An. Qin Qiushu's father was dismissed and sent to the frontier to do hard labor. And Que Qiushu was also implicated because of this, and was arbitrarily arranged by the Empress Dowager An for a crime. The palace servants beat dozens of boards with wooden nails, and then threw Qin Qiushu into the cold palace, leaving her to fend for herself. .

Speaking of which, Que Qiushu's father was from the Ruzuo Que family, and only after being promoted by his grandfather, Que Qiushu took over the position of Governor of the Weapons Factory.

Unexpectedly, not long after Qin Qiushu's father succeeded, his grandfather died of an old illness.

After the father-in-law's death, Qin Qiushu's father took the initiative to take on the burden of the Qin family, arranged for the father-in-law's funeral, and comforted his wife, which dispelled many people's suspicions about him. The one who benefited the most was Qin Qiushu's father.

In the spring of the fourth year, Quin Qiushu's mother became pregnant with Quin Qiushu, and Quin Qiushu's father also did well in the position of governor of the weapons factory, which can be said to be a double blessing.

However, at this moment, Qin Qiushu's father suddenly confessed to Qin Qiushu's mother that one of his lovers outside was about to give birth, and begged his wife to allow him to marry him in.

Qin Qiushu's mother had just conceived at that time, and the fetus was not yet stable, and because of the anger of Qin Qiushu's father, she almost had a miscarriage. Fortunately, Qin Qiushu survived.

Qin Qiushu's mother was soft-tempered, she had never cursed a word since she was a child, and she had no way to deal with such a rascal request from her husband.

In the end, Qin Qiushu's father brought his friend who was about to give birth into the house, and the friend soon gave birth to a son.

Because of being irritated by Qin Qiushu's father, the root cause of the disease was that Qin Qiushu's mother's body fell. Three or four years after giving birth to Qin Qiushu, she couldn't survive the extremely cold winter.

Qin Qiushu's father also gradually revealed his true colors. Not long after his wife died, he promoted the concubine as his first wife, and the woman's son also became the eldest son.

More than ten years later, Qin Qiushu's father sent him to the palace in order to cling to the Empress Dowager An. It seemed that he wanted to find a way for his daughter to be rich and powerful, but in fact he sent his daughter to the palace of tigers and wolves himself. point, life and death.

Quin Qiushu's father is not a thing, but Quin Qiushu is a genius with a pair of skillful hands. He can make many gadgets just by listening to some descriptions from Heng Mingshi and taking materials.

Therefore, there is some truth to saying something like blood inheritance.

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Heng Mingshi threw the small bamboo hidden weapon in front of Que Qiushu, startled the Que Qiushu who was concentrating on making something, looked up and saw that it was Heng Mingshi, and was even more startled, directly Slipped off the stone bench and fell to the ground.

"Emperor...Emperor?"

Heng Ming's affairs are rather urgent, so he stopped greeting her, and cut straight to the point: "There was an assassination yesterday."

Qin Qiushu's expression was still a little confused: "Who is the assassin?"

Heng Mingshi: "I."

Qin Qiushu slightly opened his mouth wide: "Who is so risking his life?"

Heng Mingshi clicked on the bamboo tube of the hidden weapon thrown on the table: "It's because it hasn't been found out yet, so I want Sister Shu to see which company made the hidden weapon."

Que Qiushu just got up from the ground, patted his clothes, picked up the small bamboo tube, put it in front of his eyes and looked it over carefully, finally poured out the needle inside, and then confirmed: "It should be a hidden weapon of Xuanwu Hall."

Que Qiushu pointed to some small lines on the poisonous needles, and said: "The molds for making hidden weapons in Xuanwu Hall will have this small groove, which is convenient for binding with thin threads. Other workshops cannot make such fine things. , because the needle is already thin, and if you grind a small groove, it will break easily."

After a pause, Que Qiushu couldn't help but said again: "Of course, if I were to polish it, it would definitely be finer than Xuanwutang. I can also drill a hollow in this solid needle to hide poison, while Not like this needle, which just coats the outside with venom."

Heng Mingshi: "..." You don't have to boast about yourself by the way, do you?Is this the competitive spirit among peers?

Xuanwutang is a Jianghu sect, and also belongs to the kind of underground gang that does not see the light.

Because these people are simply a group of assassins who take money to do things. As long as the money is in place, anyone can be killed by the employer.

Such a sect is undoubtedly very hated.

But now, these people are eyeing Heng Mingshi.

I don't know how much money the employer gave to buy Heng Mingshi's life.

"If I hire them instead to kill the person who wants to kill me, do you think they will accept the order?" Heng Mingshi asked.

"Yes, they only recognize money, but... to kill the employer, they need to pay ten times more money than the employer's goal, so that they can kill the employer." Qin Qiushu understands this quite well: "In other words, as long as money If it is not in place, not only will they not kill the employer, but they will also protect the employer."

Heng Mingshi nodded clearly: "I understand."

Que Qiushu asked curiously: "The emperor wants to spend ten times the money to make the assassins of Xuanwu Hall betray their employer?"

"How is it possible?" Heng Mingshi looked at Qin Qiushu as if he was looking at a fool: "If I have this spare money, I can hire assassins from other gangs to assassinate the person who wants to kill me, so why bother?" Is the Xuanwu Hall hanging here?"

Que Qiushu: "..." Yes!

Heng Mingshi waved his hand: "Besides, if the methods of the assassins in Xuanwu Hall are just like that of the dancer last night... then there is nothing terrible."

Que Qiushu: "..." Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you are just a fool in the eyes of others?

What means would the assassin sent to assassinate the fool need?

Of course, Qin Qiushu only thought about these words in his heart, and didn't dare to say them out.

Que Qiushu suddenly remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty, if Xuanwutang takes over this matter, if one assassination fails, there will definitely be another one until the employer's task is completed, so... Your Majesty must be careful."

Heng Mingshi sneered: "I can't wait for them to come. Someone was too aggressive last night and directly screwed the assassin to death. If there are assassins coming, just catch one alive and have a good trial." After all, Heng Mingshi sneered. Ming Shi crushed the bamboo tube with one hand.

Seeing that Heng Mingshi was about to leave after asking questions, Qin Qiushu couldn't help but stop Heng Mingshi: "Your Majesty... this concubine dares to ask..."

Heng Mingshi saw what she wanted to ask at a glance, and said: "Don't worry, within three years, I will definitely be able to take you away from the palace."

"Really!?" Qin Qiushu's eyes burst out with a scorching light.

"Seriously." Heng Mingshi solemnly promised.

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At the palace banquet last night, the news of Heng Mingshi's assassination quickly spread in the palace, and it is not known whether someone deliberately did it. In these rumors, it is speculated that it was Dongyang Wang Hengyu's handwriting.

He said it as if he saw with his own eyes that Heng Yu bribed an assassin to kill someone.

Heng Mingshi walked around the palace and heard the rumors among the palace people before returning to the Zichen Palace (bedroom).

According to the trend of this rumor, it is estimated that in the near future, Empress Dowager An will be able to "naturally" call those princes into the palace to "exchange feelings".

Therefore, there is no need to guess who invited the assassin at all. You only need to start with the question of "who is the ultimate beneficiary" to get the result.

However, Heng Mingshi really couldn't figure out what her purpose was. What is the Queen Mother An not satisfied with now? Is it because her current power status is not high enough?If Heng Mingshi died, what benefit would she get?

If the assassination this time was really done by Empress Dowager An, did she intend to fake the assassination and then slander Dongyang Wang Hengyu, or did she really assassinate and blame Hengyu?

If the assassination this time was not planned by Empress Dowager An, but Heng Yu was really doing it, then what was Heng Yu doing?

Heng Yu is the third brother of the foolish emperor. He was in a neutral faction when he was fighting for power, and he didn't stick to either side.

Everyone knows that the prince of Dongyang has three hobbies, food, wine, and beauties.

The last item is not taboo for men and women.

However, there are a lot of food and wine that can get into the mouth of Lord Dongyang, but there are not many beauties who can get into his eyes, so until now, there are still no princesses or concubines in the Dongyang Palace, and the backyard of Dongyang Palace is so empty. Many people suspected that Heng Yu's health was not good enough.

Heng Yu has been very obedient these years, but now suddenly rumors spread that he was the one who bribed the assassins to assassinate the emperor, which made Heng Mingshi more or less skeptical.

So Heng Mingshi placed the possibility on the third possibility - there were other princes who wanted to rebel, so they first pushed Heng Yu out to test the water.

When Heng Mingshi was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a strange wind coming from his ear, so he turned his head slightly.

"Dang!" The cold light of the sharp blade brushed across Heng Mingshi's face!

It was inserted straight into the bronze mirror in front of Heng Mingshi, and the bronze mirror was smashed to pieces, and Heng Mingshi's face reflected on the bronze mirror also became torn to pieces.

Heng Mingshi stared at the flying hidden weapon for a few seconds before shouting casually: "Ahh! Help! Escort! Escort!"

Then he pulled out the hidden weapon inserted deeply into the mirror, hugged his head, and flung himself onto the bed not far away.