Tanhualang

There was chaos at the entrance of Qin Lou. At first, one of the group of drinkers picked up the wine jar and threw it at the man in black, and then six or seven people followed suit and started to attack the man in black.

It was the first time for Shen Jing to experience such a thing, even though she tried her best to calm herself down, she still felt her hands were shaking all the time.Zhao Heng was exceptionally calm at this moment, holding a dagger in his hand, he turned around and ordered Wei Zheng: "Go and call someone from the back door."

Wei Zheng refused: "Your Highness—"

Zhao Heng kicked the table at his feet apart, picked up two table legs and handed them to Xiao You and Shen Jing, and picked up the longest one and held it in his hand: "Go!"

Only then did Wei Zheng take the order and run away.

Although some of the previous dozen or so drinkers were obviously skilled, the tables, chairs and benches were no match for the man in black's long knife, and the sound of ping-pong-pong fighting in front of the door gradually poured into the restaurant.Two men in black got rid of the entanglement and came straight inside. The other party had a clear purpose, and ignored the drinker and Shen Jing who were huddled together at the stairway, and went straight at Zhao Heng.Zhao Heng used his left hand to block the opponent's long knife, and held the dagger in his right hand to kill the first one. After grabbing the long knife, he fought with the two close assassins behind him.

Xiao You actually had some kung fu, he held up a stick to cooperate with Zhao Heng, and danced vigorously.Shen Jing knew that he was not strong enough, so he carefully hid to the side, and saw the man in black from a distance go straight for Zhao Heng's vest with a knife. He didn't know where the strength came from, so he shouted "Your Highness" to remind Zhao Heng, and he was quick to use his wits. He lifted the table on the ground and smashed it at the opponent's back.Zhao Heng then turned around and stabbed the man in black in the chest, kicking him away.

At this time, there was the sound of swords and guns clashing outside, and the men in black surrounding Zhao Heng gradually disappeared.The sound of fighting gradually subsided, Wei Zheng raised his knife and rushed all the way to Zhao Heng from the door: "Your Highness!"

Zhao Heng was holding a long stick, his eyes were red, and his whole body was full of murderous aura. He looked over him and asked, "Is there anyone alive?"

"It's gone." Wei Zheng whispered, "Six died and two escaped."

"Seal the city gate and search for me!" Zhao Heng dropped his stick and walked towards the door, followed by Wei Zheng, Xiao You, and Shen Jing.

The outside of the restaurant was in a mess, wine jars, benches, and even dishes fell to the ground, interspersed with the corpses of a few men in black, and the guards were cleaning them up; Knowing Zhao Heng's identity, they were blocking the entrance of the restaurant, but when they saw Zhao Heng coming out, they all knelt down and saluted.

At this moment, Ding Bao led a large group of people on horseback to rush over, got off his horse at the entrance of the restaurant, and then prostrated himself in front of Zhao Heng: "Your Highness!"

Zhao Heng stepped forward to help him up: "I'm fine."

Ding Bao said: "I have ordered people to close the city gate."

Zhao Heng squinted his eyes: "Search for me overnight. If you want to see people, you need to see corpses."

Ding Bao turned to a group of drinkers at the door: "These people—huh?"

Before the words fell, someone in the crowd yelled weakly: "Grandpa Ding..."

Ding Bao followed the sound and said in surprise, "Isn't this the second son of the waiter's family?"

Taking a closer look, I actually recognized half of them: "Why are you here?"

Just now the man named Grandpa Ding Baoding stood up, first saluted Zhao Heng, and then explained to Ding Bao: "We made an appointment to have a drink here today, and just after we finished drinking, we went downstairs, and when we got to the door, we saw some The men in black chased and hacked people with knives. I don’t know who it was, and they all threw wine jars at them—”

"It's me," a young man in a green shirt stood up hesitantly, but he didn't dare to look up, "...it was the wine jar I threw first."

He looked up at Zhao Heng, then at Shen Jing, hesitantly said: "I recognized His Highness... and Mr. Shen before. That's why I acted... to protect His Highness."

Zhao Heng glanced at him: "Do you recognize me?"

The young man looked dodgingly at Shen Jing.Shen Jing recognized at a glance that this was the person he met at the corner of the stairs on the third floor.Ding Bao on the side squinted his eyes at the young man and smiled: "Mr. Xu, do you mean to redeem your merits?"

May?

There was a flash in Shen Jing's heart, and she looked towards the other party, and she really met the other party's gaze.This Mr. Xu immediately took a step forward and knelt down in front of Zhao Heng: "My Majesty Xu Wei, I have met Your Highness. I have offended you a lot before, and I deserve death. I hope His Highness will forgive you!"

Zhao Heng put his hands behind his back and looked down at him: "Are you Xu Peng's son?"

"It's right here." Xu Weilian didn't dare to look up, "When I came here before, I met Mr. Shen on the stairs, and I recognized him. I wanted to go up and apologize, but I was worried that I was too abrupt, so I didn't dare to recognize him. I didn't expect that just now Seeing someone stabbing someone with a knife, thinking of His Royal Highness's status, he raised the wine jar and fought them with his life. Fortunately, His Highness was not injured!"

"Thanks for your heroic act." Zhao Heng smiled, "Get up, Mr. Xu."

Xu Wei is also shrewd, got up from the ground, and immediately bowed deeply to Shen Jing: "I admitted the wrong person the day before yesterday, and I was rude to Mr. Shen, and I was extremely rude. Xu apologized to Mr. Shen here."

Shen Jing quickly evaded to the side: "Thank you Mr. Xu for your heroic act just now."

Ding Bao suddenly interrupted with a smile, "Young Master Xu, didn't you say that you broke two ribs before, how could you still come out to drink? Could it be that he was pretending to be sick?"

Xu Wei's face froze, and then he said vaguely: "At that time, I felt the pain so badly, I thought it was a broken rib... I didn't expect it to be a skin scratch..."

"Fortunately it didn't break, otherwise I wouldn't be able to make such a great achievement today." Ding Bao smiled at him, "You kid, you're full of evil ideas."

Xu Wei smiled and hurried back into the crowd.

Just as he was talking, Feng Hong rushed over from the street with a group of people, got off his horse and saluted Zhao Heng: "Your Highness is frightened!"

"What's the matter?"

"All the city gates and the intersections out of the city have been guarded. People have been sent to the capital camp to deploy people and prepare to search the city."

"Yeah." Zhao Heng nodded, pointed at Xu Wei and the others, and told Feng Hong in a warm voice, "Mr. Xu and the others have just acted bravely, and they should be rewarded. Please take care of Mr. Feng. If there are any injuries, please come and treat them with a doctor. Eunuch Ding will send Gu back first."

"Yes." Ding Bao took the order, and saw that Prince Yu's sedan chair had been carried over, he hurriedly stepped forward to raise the curtain of the sedan chair, "It's getting late, I'll escort His Highness back to the residence first."

The guards shouted and hugged Zhao Heng and the others back, and Shen Jing and the others followed behind on horseback.Back in the mansion, Xiaoyou waited for Zhao Heng to change clothes and wash before returning to the small courtyard in the West Wing, but he heard Shen Jing calling him from the window: "Young housekeeper, please come here."

Xiaoyou was tired and tired, yawning and pushing open the door of Shen Jing's room: "Are you still not sleeping? Today's torment is too tiring."

"Can't sleep."

"Isn't it because I was scared today?" Xiao You smiled, "Don't be afraid. Wei Zheng has a prince guarding more than a thousand people, Xi, regiment, team, Du, and family. None of them are vegetarians. Take strict precautions outside the government office. Those people only have the guts to sneak up a few times, and if you give them a hundred guts, they won't be able to get in here."

Shen Jing didn't answer the words, she leaned on the table and said in a low voice, "Help me look at my back."

Xiao You trembled, and then realized that something was wrong with Shen Jing's face, and hurriedly raised the candlestick and walked behind him.Shen Jing wore a dark cloth robe today, and the candlelight was dim, but even though she couldn't see the color clearly, Xiao You still smelled blood: "This is?!"

"I was rowed in the restaurant." Shen Jing's face was pale, "I didn't pay attention then, but now I feel the pain."

Xiao You put down the candlestick, raised his feet and ran out: "Little boy! Little boy! Mr. Shen has a knife wound on his back! Tell Wei Zheng to call for a doctor!"

Hearing Xiao Tong's reply, he hurried back to help Shen Jing: "Sit down first."

"I can't sit down." Shen Jing gritted her teeth, "My waist hurts too much, like a cramp when I move."

Xiao Youman held up the candlestick to look at his waist again, and touched it with his hand: "There is no wound on the waist—couldn't it be poisoned? How good is this! How good is this!"

Shen Jing listened, her face became paler, she stood up again and said, "Pour me a cup of tea."

Xiao You hurriedly poured tea and handed it to his mouth, Shen Jing took two sips slowly, then gradually calmed down, wiped off the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said: "If it is really poisonous, when I die, I will trouble you I took it back to my hometown and buried it next to my parents' tomb."

Xiao You was also a little anxious: "No, don't talk nonsense!"

Shen Jing suppressed the pain and smiled: "Although my past few years have not been smooth, I haven't done anything wrong. I'm not afraid to meet my ancestors. It's just that I didn't keep the little bit of family business left by my father. Nian Ye lived in a muddle, drifting with the tide, not thinking about making progress, and ashamed of the years of cultivation and upbringing of his parents. I really don’t know how to explain to my father when I go underground.”

"Stop talking," Xiaoyou felt sad when he heard what he said, and poured tea to him again, "The doctor is here, it may not be what it is."

"In my life, there is only one thing that I feel unjust about. I thought it was over like that, but now that I think about it, I'm still a little bit unwilling. Why don't I tell you about it now." Shen Jing took another sip of hot tea and said slowly "When I participated in the provincial examination in Suzhou, I had to understand Yuan. The Suzhou governor Huang Dongsheng said that I was a low-ranking actor, and that was all. Although I was not naturalized, I also confirmed that Qiao Banzhu was a foster father. But he also slandered me for cheating. , Even if I got tortured later, I have never done this."

While talking, the blood on his back formed a line, gurgling and dripping onto the ground.Xiao You ran around in a hurry, and was afraid that the knife was really poisonous, so he didn't dare to bandage him casually, let alone tell him to move at will.

Shen Jing was probably in severe pain, and her voice trembled a little: "If someone brings up this matter in the future, Brother Xiaoyou, please tell me a few words for me. There is a reason for what happened back then. My innocence, Mu Junhuai, the son of Mu Ping, the prefect of Hangzhou, can testify for me."

Xiao You took the teacup from Shen Jing's hand: "What witnesses? I have been in the palace for so many years, can I still be suspicious of people? Your Highness is so easy to say, and you have praised me behind your back several times for your smartness. Talent, is there still a need to cheat in the Jieyuan test?"