After two days of expedition, the central government has accumulated a bunch of twists and turns.

Although a little tired,

But Zhou Xiao insisted on reviewing it late at night.

Now that he has crossed over and become an emperor, he must play this role well.

The moon is in the middle of the sky.

Zhou Xiao got up and stretched, but at this moment, a strong wind came out of nowhere.

Whirring by.

The lights in the Taihe Palace flickered for a while, and then the poofs went out.

Zhou Xiao only felt a black shadow pass by in front of him, and then the sharp sound of breaking the air quickly approached Zhou Xiao's throat.

In an instant.

Assassin!

These two words quickly flashed in Zhou Xiao's mind.

said that it was too late, and then it was too fast, Zhou Xiao leaned back with his instinctive body, and narrowly avoided the sword assassination.

But the other party was obviously experienced in assassination, so he pasted it up in an instant, and once again stabbed his sword at Zhou Xiao's heart.

This time Zhou Xiao's reaction was a little slower,

The sharp tip of the sword stabbed into his chest.

Zhou Xiao was shocked.

After only a few days as an emperor, he was about to be assassinated?

When Zhou Xiao felt that he was going to die, at this time, the ancient dragon robe on his body suddenly bloomed.

Bright golden light illuminates the room,

A low dragon roar rippled.

On the robe of the ancient dragon, the five-clawed golden dragon engraved with the inscription suddenly came to life and manifested.

The dragon's claw, the size of an adult's palm, slammed into the stabbing sword.

Just listen to the crisp sound of rubbing,

Then the sword was smashed to pieces.

"Inscription?" the assassin was amazed.

Two consecutive misses made him a little impatient, his left hand was thrown out, and the three sleeves flew out in an instant, directly towards Zhou Xiao's head, wanting to take Zhou Xiao's life.

After experiencing the previous danger, Zhou Xiao's back was soaked with cold sweat at this moment.

After the panic, he suddenly calmed down at this moment.

"Taijitu!"

Zhou Xiao's exercises were running, and the Taiji diagram was sacrificed, and suddenly a Taiji pattern with a diameter of one meter appeared in front of him.

The Taiji diagram rotated.

The eyes of the two yin-yang fish were like black holes, and suddenly a great suction force swept out, sucking in the three sleeve arrows that flew in, and swallowed them into the Taiji diagram.

"Someone!!, there's an assassin!" Zhou Xiao exclaimed.

Although he didn't know how the assassin in front of him was cultivating, Zhou Xiao knew that he would definitely not be able to cope with it with his own strength.

This person was able to appear here quietly beyond the guards,

It shows his ability.

Zhou Xiao shouted like this, and suddenly the guards rushed over.

The killer did not run away, but came to assassinate Zhou Xiao again, wanting to fight for the last chance to assassinate Zhou Xiao.

Finally I heard the footsteps near,

The killer knew that he couldn't succeed this time, so he grabbed the window and flew up to the eaves as light as a swallow, and left quickly.

Several forbidden army masters chased after him and quickly disappeared from sight.

At this time, someone hurried to Zhou Xiao's dormitory.

The extinguished candle was lit.

"Your Majesty'......" Eunuch Wei Zhong hurriedly came up, "Your Majesty's dragon body is fine, right?"

Zhou Xiao's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

I still have palpitations.

As a young man who has crossed over from civilized society, where has he experienced such a thrilling scene?

"No problem. Zhou Xiao looked down at his chest.

Thanks to the Ancient Dragon Robe.

Otherwise, this time he would have really died.

At the same time, Zhou Xiao also saw the five-clawed golden dragon that had manifested, and found that his exploration of the ancient dragon robe was far from enough......

On this night, the guards surrounded the entire Taihe Palace almost 360 degrees without dead ends.

Zhou Xiao also ordered the reinforcement of the guard.

"Who is going to kill me?" Zhou Xiao's eyes flashed with a cold light.

He thought about it for a while, but he didn't have a clue.

Wei Zhong waited quietly on the side and said, "The old slave is foolish, I don't know if the emperor wants to hear it?"

Say. Zhou smiled.

"When the criminal general Qin Qiang was in charge of the court, he set up a secret agency called the 'Dark Pavilion'. Wei Zhong said.

"Dark Pavilion?" Zhou Xiao frowned slightly.

"The dark pavilion is not known to too many people in the court, and its whereabouts are secretive, and it is mainly responsible for carrying out espionage and assassination missions in the court. When the emperor uprooted Qin Qiang's henchmen, he ignored the secret cabinet. The members of the Dark Pavilion are absolutely loyal to Qin Qiang, so it is possible that they assassinated the emperor in order to avenge Qin Qiang......"

Zhou Xiao's expression became more solemn.

In all Chinese dynasties, there were institutions similar to the dark pavilion.

The most well-known are probably the East Factory, West Factory, Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, and the 'Blood Drops' founded by Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Qin Qiang actually founded such an institution.

"That makes sense. Zhou Xiao fell into deep thought, and said for a long time, "How big is the Dark Pavilion?"

"I don't know how many old slaves there are in the dark pavilion. Wei Zhong said, "But I heard that the Dark Pavilion involves many sects and families in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the scale should be not small. ”

Zhou Xiao's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

Da Zhou's situation was even more complicated than he had imagined.

If the Dark Pavilion really involves the clan family, then the status of the royal family is not as stable as it seems.

This time it's an assassination,

Next time, it may be unveiled.

After all, this is a martial arts world, and in any national dynasty, the royal family is a little in awe and jealous of the sect family.

Zhou Xiao felt that the dark tide was surging under the Great Zhou, and a force like the Dark Pavilion must be eradicated as soon as possible.

Before Zhou Xiao could speak, Wei Zhong said again: "Qin Zhan, the son of Qin Qiang, is now missing. And before that, Qin Qiang had plans to let him inherit the throne, and he also mastered part of the power of the Dark Pavilion. ”

The old slave suspected that this assassination was probably instigated by Qin Zhan. ”

"Qin Zhan?" Zhou Xiao was very curious about who this 'prince' who had never met was.

If he didn't get rid of Qin Zhan, Zhou Xiao would really have trouble sleeping.

It's just a pity that there is no one he fully trusts except for Zhao Zilong in the DPRK now.

Although Guo Nu is worth believing,

But he has only just entered the Great Zhou, and he probably won't know more about the Great Zhou Dynasty than Zhou Xiao.

If he is asked to investigate the Dark Pavilion and Qin Zhan's whereabouts, I'm afraid it won't go too smoothly.

As for Wei Zhong, Zhou Xiao never believed him from the beginning.

Once he was also the person Qin Qiang placed beside him after all.

Therefore, this matter cannot be handed over to Wei Zhong with confidence.

"Looks like I'm going to have to cultivate a few cronies around me. Zhou said with a smile.

There is no one around, and it is not easy to do things.

......

After the assassination turmoil, the atmosphere of the entire Taihe Palace was a little dignified.

Zhou Xiao tossed and turned on the dragon couch and fell asleep for a long time.

When I woke up the next day, it was raining lightly.

The sky was overcast and a little oppressive.

Washing and changing clothes under the service of the eunuchs, Zhou Xiao routinely checked in every day.

"The sign-in was successful, congratulations on getting the 'Wei Zhongxian Character Template'. ”

After the system prompt, an extra silver card appears in the system.

The card has a portrait of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

It's a bit like Yu-Gi-Oh cards that I played as a kid.

View Properties:

Item Name: Random Character Template.

Item Grade: Divine Grade.

Item Description: Applying a character template to a real character will allow the real character to gain all the abilities of the template character and be 100% loyal to the host.