The woman in green turned her head and stabbed straight at the back of Jingyu's neck. The red-hot red sword was unstoppable, and seeing that he was about to die under the sword, Jingyu relied on a brute strength, holding her ankle and desperately rolling to the left, the sword was just a few points off, and pierced his left shoulder from the chest.

"Four Princes!"

Ah Yuan didn't know where he got the courage, he rushed over and hugged Jingyu, seeing a large amount of Yin Hong's blood stains on the stone blue satin on his chest, but his ten fingers were still holding the ankle of the woman in green and refused to let go.

At the moment when the woman in green hesitated to stab her sword with her backhand, Jing Yi and Xing Shiyuan on the high platform both reacted immediately. I saw Jing Yi fly over and slash at the woman's wrist with a palm, and the long sword was shaken down. In an instant, Xing Shiyuan jumped down and pierced her chest with a sword, splashing blood on the spot.

"Escort!" "Protect the emperor's evacuation!"

The doctors quickly arrived and examined their injuries separately. Mei Xue sank into the venom of the round spotted viper, although the snake teeth only left two tiny wounds on the tiger's mouth on her right hand, but the blood flowed nonstop, and a large number of purple-red ecchymoses formed on her arms. Fortunately, Jing Zhen pressed the meridians of her upper arm in time, so that the toxin did not spread to her internal organs quickly.

The chief officer of the army is the Han Yuan Envoy, the highest medical officer of the Tai Hospital, and he said respectfully: "Wechen has tried his best to restrain the spread of snake venom, but this round spotted viper is extremely poisonous, and Wechen is not completely sure. Whether the little master Jieyu can survive tonight safely depends on her creation. ”

"Creation?" Jing Zhen's forehead was throbbing, and he was angry, "What's the use of raising you waste, it's better to offer a few more Bodhisattvas!" ”

"The emperor is angry, Mei Jieyu saved the snake venom in the emperor's body, God will definitely thank her for bless her." It was Yiqiu who spoke, and after the assassination of Saiyan, only two reliable people, she and Zu Cheng, were left in the emperor's main tent to serve.

Mei Xueshen's face was pale, lying on the bed and not knowing what to do, the envoy of the Han Academy looked at her again through the gauze tent, and said worriedly: "If the little master Jieyu can survive tonight, it should be fine." However, Weichen still built yì to send the little master back to the palace as soon as possible, first, there are many kinds of medicines in the palace, and the palace people are also thoughtful; After returning to the palace, you can also ask Xing Yuan to judge and treat the little master, he has always been good at detoxification and conditioning, and may be able to better alleviate the residual poison. ”

On the other side of the screen, Jingyu's injuries are not optimistic. The woman in green's sword was only a point away from his heart, and almost a millimeter would kill him. In addition, the sword was taken out of the charcoal, and after the imperial doctor cleaned the wound for Jingyu, he found that the edge of the upturned skin and flesh on his chest was actually scorched.

Ah Yuan squatted on the edge of the bed, and from the time Jingyu returned to the camp, he refused to let go of her hand, muttering her name in a coma. At this time, with the emperor and the imperial doctor by her side, she didn't feel embarrassed, but couldn't stop crying.

The doctors surrounded Jingyu and it took more than an hour to stop the bleeding. Ah Yuan smeared the medicine powder on him with trembling hands, and every once in a while he re-wet the hand towel and covered his hot forehead for him, and before he knew it, he gradually fell asleep beside him.

I don't know how long it took, Ah Yuan felt a sinking on her shoulders, and something seemed to cover her in a haze. She had been sleeping very lightly this year, and she woke up immediately, and when she looked up, she saw Jingzhen standing silently behind her, her brows furrowed slightly.

Ah Yuan turned to her side, and the thin blanket of duck green feather satin that had just been draped over her shoulders slipped down. She hurriedly picked up the blanket and saluted: "Your Majesty." ”

Jing Zhen's face was cold and indifferent, and his voice was as gentle as ever: "If you are tired, go back to rest, the fourth brother will naturally be taken care of here." ”

Ah Yuan said in a low voice: "The slave maid still stays here to accompany the fourth prince, and it will be more reassuring." ”

Jing Zhen was noncommittal, stared at her incommittally for a long time, and said: "Although the fourth brother has been mentally disturbed due to illness, he has always treated you very well, if you are intentional about committing to him, I can fulfill you." ”

This was the third time that someone had mentioned it to her, and Ah Yuan had to calm down and ask her heart. As the emperor said, although Jingyu seems to be incomprehensible to the world, it is rare to retain a pure heart, especially for her. She is grateful and loves Jingyu. But is there really a love between them? Ah Yuan had a hard time answering this question because she had never been emotionally attached to a man, and she would not know the feeling of heartbeat. Therefore, that day, the Queen Mother said that she would give her to Jingyu as a concubine, but she hesitated. She didn't care about the low status of her concubine, on the contrary, if she could leave the palace in the name of marrying Prince Ke, it would be a blessing for her. But if she takes advantage of Jingyu's feelings for her own selfishness and ignores her sincerity, it is really not what she wants.

She calmed her breath and said eloquently: "The slave doesn't want to climb the dragon and the phoenix, but just wants to serve by the side of the fourth prince." When he was sick, I took care of him for a day, and I was satisfied. ”

Jing Zhen said: "I thought you were a cheerful person, it seems that you are no different from your sister." It's always hard to see what you're thinking and what you want. He was silent for a long time, and then said, "I have been married to Concubine Lan for almost three years, and I have never really understood her, and she does not want to communicate with me. Did I care too much about her that I deliberately kept her away from me? Isn't it the same as your sisters, the better others treat you, the more you have to pretend to be high? ”

His tone became heavier and heavier, and at the end of his speech, Ah Yuan shivered all over his body and broke out in a cold sweat. She was still calm, and said after a moment of silence: "Since the emperor said that the slave and maid are straightforward, today the slave and maid have the courage to say what is heartfelt, and please don't blame the emperor." She raised her eyes to see Jingzhen's head, and Fang said: "It is said that love is naturally strong in the depths, the slave and maid don't understand love, and my sister cares too much about love." But in the royal family, how dare you talk about love? If the slave doesn't say it, the emperor will definitely understand it. ”

The autumn night is cool, and the coolness gradually penetrates into the hearts of the people, and the tent is silent. Jingzhen's deerskin boots stepped on the thick velvet blanket, and there was no movement, and the air seemed to freeze. Ah Yuan knew that her specious remarks were just an excuse to block the emperor's questioning for the time being. When he understood, he was afraid of ......

At this time, the curtain was suddenly raised, and Zu Cheng's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Prince Xun is back." ”

"Biography!"

Prince Xun Jing Yi came in in a hurry, said hello succinctly, and said: "I found out, the female assassin's original name was Du Yin, who used to be a famous singer in the capital, and was later ransomed by the criminal minister Mu Shikang and accepted as a dancing concubine in the mansion. When the Mu family raided and wiped out the family, she escaped arrest because she was not recorded in the family tree. This time, I don't know what kind of channel she used to infiltrate Yuefu, and privately raised poisonous snakes, trying to use the flute to control the snake and stab the emperor's brother. ”

Jingzhen listened, his face gradually became solemn, and asked, "She doesn't have a party?" ”

Jing Yi said: "As far as my brother knows, after Prince Zhuang and Mu lost power, most of the criminal parties have been arrested. Among the remaining people, some of the old and young women and children fled south with Lao Jiu, and the other part was the old general Mu and Mu Shikang's old troops, who were still lurking in Beijing with the intention of rebelling and causing chaos. This Du Yin should be one of the remaining members of the party who remained in Beijing, but she is dead, and I am afraid it will be difficult to trace her comrades. ”

Jing Zhen pondered for a moment, and then asked, "So what you mean by this is that this matter has nothing to do with the ninth brother?" ”

Ruijun Wang Jingye ranked ninth, counting seventeen this year. Although he was born to Mu Guifei at that time, he had a discordant relationship with his brother Prince Zhuang, who was a fellow mother. He has a cowardly personality, and he has never been loved by Muhammad. Among the princes back then, only Jing Zhen and Jing Yi were of the same age as him, and they were also closer. Therefore, when the Mu Party was exterminated, Jingzhen did not want to kill this younger brother.

Jing Yi smiled: "There is a person who has been waiting outside for a long time, and the imperial brother will know when he sees it." ”

The curtain was raised high again, and Ah Yuan secretly glanced out through the screen, and the person who came was sassy and the jade tree was in the wind, it was Wei Han, who was known as the "first son of Jiangnan".

Wei Han stepped forward, knelt down and said, "Weichen knocks on the emperor." ”

The emperor said: "Excuse me, and tell me what you have found?" ”

For more than two months, Wei Han, the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi battalion, was ordered by the emperor to search for the traces of Jingye and his party along the southwest area, so he did not participate in the siege and escort. At this time, seeing him return to Beijing quickly, his eyes were full of wind and dust, and he only heard him say: "After several days of investigation, Weichen has determined the whereabouts of King Ruijun, and they have arrived at the border between the Great Zhou and Nanyuan Kingdom. However, some of them seemed to be injured and sick, so they stayed in the border Jiuhe County during this time and did not continue to move forward. Weichen didn't know what to do, so he came back and asked the emperor to decide. ”

The current queen of Nanyuan Kingdom is the eldest princess of Yining of the Great Zhou, as the fourth daughter of Emperor Jianzhao, and her biological mother is the sin woman Mu. King Ruijun and his party defected to his sister, perhaps to survive, or to use the power of other countries to plan a one-day counterattack. No one can say that this kind of major matter related to the security of the country is nine out of ten. However, Jing Zhen thought about the friendship of the brothers in the past, and he was very hesitant in his heart.

"They're already at the border?"

"Yes, it was there a month ago."

Jing Yi said: "Therefore, the younger brother thinks that this assassination incident in the Qishan enclosure should have nothing to do with Lao Jiu. ”

After a long while, the emperor nodded and instructed Wei Han: "You continue to follow them, don't startle the snake." If there is any change, I will report it to me. ”

Wei Han clenched his fists loudly: "Yes!" ”

After he left, only Jing Yi was left in the tent. The emperor paced for a moment before he said slowly: "Most of the people in the court today are Zhang Xiang and the queen mother, and I can only trust a few of you." Mu and the same party conspired against him, although he should be killed, but I thought that the crime was not as good as the ninth brother. I don't have many brothers, and if I can, I'm willing to let him live. ”