The gates of the western city were opened, and the guards on the walls were nowhere to be found, and there was no light on the whole high wall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The only thing that shone brightly was the signal spark that guided the direction of the Jin Guoren.

Yuan Xiangjie and his subordinates moved quickly, because of their well-trained relationship, even if the city gate in front of them was wide open, they were cautious.

Yuan Xiangjie smelled a trace of blood vigorously in the dark, and it drifted into the air as if it were nothing.

"Wait." Yuan Xiangjie stopped in a low voice and stopped. At this time, they were only a hundred steps away from the city gate, and seeing that they were about to leave the besieged capital, Yuan Xiangjie was silent.

He looked at the city gate, where the flares were still burning, conspicuous in the murky night sky, and it was hard to see who had set them off because it was so dark.

"Your Highness?" Yuan Hao came up, a little puzzled.

"Something is wrong!" Yuan Xiangjie whispered and slowly took a few steps back. He has always been cautious in his work, and he must be careful in everything. Otherwise, he would not have won the support of the ministers of the court and the central government, and fought against several princes.

The group hid in the darkness again and disappeared in the moonlight.

"Who's the guy up there?" At Yuan Xiangjie's signal, Yuan Hao shouted.

In order to prevent being discovered and find out their location, Yuan Hao deliberately lowered his voice, and there was no echo in the silent night, only a few shrill rooster crows.

"Not good! Remove! Yuan Xiangjie shouted in his heart that something was wrong, and hurriedly commanded everyone to retreat.

In an instant, the entire west gate was lit up, and the candle flame reflected the cold armor, bright in the cold night.

There was a person in the center of the forbidden army, he was wearing a dragon robe, he was not angry and arrogant, and his sharp gaze could be felt from a long distance, it was Zhao Qi, the emperor of the Great Zhou.

Yuan Xiangjie led people to retreat, but he never expected that he had fallen into the encirclement of the Great Zhou, and at this time, more than ten of them surrounded together, drew their weapons and waited for them.

The Praetorian Army kept coming closer to them, their sharp spears shining with silver light, stabbing people's eyes.

There were hundreds!

"Bastard, Andeshun betrayed us?" Yuan Hao shouted and scolded loudly at this time, and he had already lost the demeanor of the little prince of the Jin Kingdom.

It was the second prince Yuan Xiangjie, who didn't see any coldness on his face, and his handsome face was silent, making it difficult to guess his thoughts.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." The Emperor looked at them as if he were looking at the cold corpses, and he said ruthlessly.

Yuan Xiangjie frowned, he took a deep look at the Great Zhou Emperor who was surrounded by the forbidden army in the center, and his mind was full of thoughts, "Your Majesty is really a generation of heroes, it is really admirable." ”

The emperor glanced at Yuan Hao, put his eyes on Yuan Xiangjie, looked at him carefully, and after a while, he exclaimed, "You are Yuan Xiangjie, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom?" Sure enough, the hero is a young man, and the little prince is far worse than you. ”

Yuan Xiangjie nodded and replied seriously, "I think so too." ”

"Oh?" The Emperor smiled with interest, a little surprised at his indiscretion.

However, his next words made the emperor think about it seriously.

"In that case, can Your Majesty let me live?"

The Emperor looked at him and shook his head, "No. ”

He is the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, not the second prince of the Great Zhou. Naturally, the emperor couldn't let him go, even if the emperor admired him very much, so he had to die here and couldn't return to the Jin Kingdom.

"That's a shame." Yuan Xiangjie shook his head regretfully, a little frustrated.

"Your Majesty, can you answer me a few questions before I die?"

"What questions, you ask." The emperor replied loudly, for him, these people in the Jin Kingdom were already turtles in the urn, and they couldn't escape even if they put on their wings.

He didn't mind wasting some time, he had time anyway.

"How did Your Majesty know?" Yuan Xiangjie asked the first question in his heart, he was not at ease with An Deshun, but he was still at ease with Yuan Hao. Since it was Yuan Hao's arrangement, how could he easily rebel?

The emperor glanced at Yuan Xiangjie, asked someone to bring a chair, sat on it and answered Yuan Xiangjie's question, "I am not a fool, I have vaguely guessed your identity since the first day you entered Beijing, but I am not sure." I thought that you probably just came to me to spy on some information, so I didn't control you, but I didn't expect you to dare to assassinate the prince at the poetry meeting. As for Andeshun, huh. Did he think I didn't know about his cats? There are countless pairs of eyes staring at him around him, and his every move will be told to me. ”

"It turns out that Your Majesty has long been suspicious of my identity." Yuan Xiangjie suddenly realized to himself, he admired the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty a little, so he lowered his head and thought for a while, and then asked, "The second question is whether Your Majesty must let me die?" ”

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Then you answer me a question first." ”

"Please."

"Why did you assassinate the prince?"

"It's just a temporary idea." A glimmer of brilliance flashed in Yuan Xiangjie's eyes, for him, the assassination of Zhao Mu could really only be regarded as a temporary idea. He is not a god, and he can't count that the emperor will let Zhao Mulai preside over this year's Beijing Poetry Conference, let alone that he happens to be in the capital. He really just wanted to spy on some intelligence of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and assassinating Zhao Mu was just a casual act.

"Improvised?" The Emperor nodded, satisfied with this answer, "As for wanting you to die, I am only temporary. ”

The same answer was applied to Yuan Xiangjie, which made people smile bitterly.

The bright moon hangs, and the spring breeze is cool.

Yuan Xiangjie lowered his head, and the guards around him were also ready to fight hard, they were all dead soldiers cultivated by the royal family, and they would definitely not show a look of fear.

Suddenly, Yuan Xiangjie looked up at the night sky.

He smiled, and smiled happily.

It's like finding something fun.

He looked at the emperor slowly and said softly, "Your Majesty, do you know? If it weren't for that woman, your son might already be a cold corpse. And I will be the hero of the Golden Country. Yuan Xiangjie paused, he pulled out his long sword, the edge reflected on his face cold, his gaze was sharp and murderous, "Although that sword was blocked, it doesn't mean that I can't become a hero of the Jin Kingdom." Because at the moment I am an Assassin, you are the Emperor, and we are twenty steps apart! ”

"You want to kill me?" The emperor raised an eyebrow, and he was extremely serious.

He didn't believe that Yuan Xiangjie could kill him under the siege of the forbidden army, Yuan Xiangjie was not a fierce general, he was just an assassin!

Ten steps to kill one.

But they were twenty paces apart!