Chapter Eighty-Four: The Assassins

As soon as the morning court was over, Emperor Li Pei hurriedly returned to the Yinghua Palace, because he thought that the first batch of people sent to Minzhou to secretly investigate the situation of Liu Qingsong's family might come back today. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

As soon as he entered the Yinghua Palace, he asked, "Has the person sent to Minzhou to do an investigation come back?"

Father-in-law Zhou, who was guarding the Yinghua Palace, hurriedly said, "Not yet." ”

Gonggong Liu, who came back with Li Pei, knew that Li Pei was very nervous about this matter, so he hurriedly relieved: "Going to a far away place to do an investigation, the unknowable factors in the journey alone are enough to lead to a difficult grasp of the time, not to mention the unknowable factors that may occur in the local and investigation process, so it is not surprising that there is a deviation of a few days in time. ”

Of course, the emperor also understood this, so he did not say anything, but he was still unconsciously nervous, so he sent people to wait at the gate of the city.

Then, he sat down on the dragon chair and thought about his thoughts with his eyes closed.

He had been living in a state of constant despair and hope for the past few days, but now, it seemed that the feeling of despair had gradually prevailed.

Before the truth is known, this despair is like a black hole, devouring and dominating all of him.

Liu Gonggong was both sympathetic and puzzled by this.

The other party only had a one-sided relationship with the monarch, and it was many years ago, and Gonggong Liu really couldn't understand the monarch's infatuation with her.

In Gonggong Liu's view, the monarch has a noble status, outstanding talent, and dignified appearance, as long as he wants, everyone from a famous family in Zhaoguo can choose from him, why worry about not finding a good one?

And that girl, maybe the longer she grows, the uglier she gets, the longer she grows, the more vulgar she becomes?

Such an ethereal thing can make the monarch so attentive, and Gonggong Liu is very emotional when he thinks about it.

After a moment, the Emperor opened his eyes, and his gaze swept over the pile of music on the table.

There was still a lot of business waiting for him, so he had to put away his anxiety for the time being and look at these twists and turns.

Shangguan Che came to the Yinghua Hall after the early dynasty, and was waiting for Gonggong Liu's reply outside the door of the Yinghua Hall at the moment.

As soon as the emperor heard that it was Shangguan Che who asked to see him, he hurriedly asked Gonggong Liu to announce it.

Shangguan Che didn't come to the Yinghua Palace often, and he didn't often see the emperor in private, but now that he suddenly came to see him, the emperor knew that something was important.

After saluting the emperor, Shangguan Che told the emperor about Jiang Yuetang's decision, and then put forward a suggestion to the emperor that Jiang Yuetang would also be present on the day of the autopsy.

Judging from Shangguan Che's expression and tone, it was obvious that he sincerely praised and appreciated the little baby of the Jiang family.

The little baby emperor of the Jiang family has also seen it, such a delicate and lovely child with pink makeup and jade makeup should be well cared for at this age, let him see such a shocking scene, will it leave a shadow in his heart? Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but take it seriously.

"Isn't it appropriate for a five-year-old to go to that kind of occasion?" said the Emperor, hesitantly.

Shangguan Che said: "Through Wechen's observation and understanding of him these days, Wechen believes that there will be no problem. After participating, Wechen will help him do psychological dredging work. He also said: "Weichen has obtained the consent of Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Zhen. ”

"Is that so?" the Emperor's fingers twitched as he rested on the dragon chair.

"Is he willing?" the Emperor asked.

"Yes. ”

The Emperor said, "Well, then you will go with him." ”

Shangguan Che hurriedly got up and thanked him.

Soon after Shangguan Che left, the second prince Li Ji asked to see him.

The emperor's mood suddenly became inexplicably irritable, but he was finally allowed to enter the meeting.

The second prince, Li Ji, came in with a smiling face, but as soon as he came in, he met the emperor's cold face, so he hurriedly put away his smile and stepped forward to salute respectfully.

After the ceremony, Li Ji said: "Your Majesty, you haven't been to the training ground for several days to practice shooting, do you want to go with you today?"

He knew that the Emperor liked archery, and he did, and it was the only hobby that the two brothers kept.

The depressed Emperor thought it was a good idea and agreed.

Seeing that the emperor was willing to go out for a walk, Gonggong Liu also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately followed them quickly.

There were three training grounds for the royal family, and the archery practice was set up in the suburbs at the northern end of the capital, and it took about three quarters of an hour to get there by horse-drawn carriage from the palace.

The emperor brought twenty brocade guards, and the second prince brought five retinues.

When we arrived at the training grounds, the sun was already rising, but since the training ground was built in a large woods, it was full of greenery, and I didn't feel hot.

Xi is speechless, and he is honest and honest.

The emperor and the second prince each practiced.

For a while, only the sound of the arrow when it was shot at the target and the sound of the arrow hitting the target were heard on the training ground.

Just as the emperor was intently aiming at the target, the second prince nodded slightly at a brocade-clothed guard standing farther away behind the emperor.

The brocade guard immediately burrowed into the woods behind him.

The sun was getting more and more intense, and Gonggong Liu couldn't help but raise his head to wipe his sweat, and subconsciously looked around.

Soon, his eyes were fixed on the woods.

It's a half-mile forest, and now it's the foliage period, so you can only see a patch of green.

The brocade guard who had just crept into the depths of the woods immediately performed a light skill as soon as he entered the hinterland of the woods, and soon climbed out of a high wall in the northwest corner of the training ground.

In less than half a pillar of incense, he climbed over the wall again, followed by a masked man dressed in green.

The masked man followed the brocade guard for a short distance before parting ways with him.

The brocade guard quickly returned to the group, and the masked man hid in a large tree with dense foliage.

"Your Majesty, do you want to take a break?" asked Gonggong Liu while wiping his sweat.

"Shoot two more arrows. The emperor said.

Gonggong Liu nodded, still standing not far from the emperor and watching.

Maybe it's people's natural intuition, Liu Gonggong always feels that there seems to be something wrong around here, so he looks at the woods next to him from time to time.

The second prince was tired of practicing, so he stopped and sat on a wooden bench under the big tree.

His attendants immediately handed him water.

The second prince raised his left hand slightly towards the woods and made a gesture when he raised his head to drink water, and then beckoned to Gonggong Liu: "Gonggong Liu, come and sit here, the sun is not so hot here." ”

Gonggong Liu shook his head.

The second prince was not reluctant, smiled and took the fan handed by the entourage, and fanned it gracefully.

Seeing that the sun was too fierce, Gonggong Liu got up and walked towards the shade of the tree on one side. He had only walked a few steps when he suddenly realized something and immediately flew in the direction of the emperor.

The emperor, who had no idea what was happening, was thrown to the ground by him.

Less than two feet above them, three poisonous needles, so small that they were barely visible to the naked eye, quickly sank into the ground.

It's as if nothing happened.

Gonggong Liu shouted loudly, "There are assassins in the forest".

Only then did everyone realize what had happened, and hurriedly raised their swords and rushed towards the woods.

Ran to the wilderness and said

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