The leaves of the trees beside the road had already fallen, and the branches were swaying in the cold wind. It was already dark, clouds were overhead, and a heavy snowfall was coming.

There were not many passers-by on the long street in front of the Taishou Mansion, and they were all in a hurry.

In the distance, several people galloped on horses, and the pedestrians dodged one after another, and soon they arrived at the gate of the Taishou Mansion, and immediately turned over and dismounted, threw the reins into the hands of the manu, and walked straight inside.

The mansion seems to be no different from usual, in fact, there are secret guards placed everywhere. Hua Yue passed through the garden, and she had a keen insight into the hiding place of these guards. Ling Yi is worthy of being a person who has both the prestige of a general and the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and he has arranged it very carefully.

Several people did know that Emperor Qi was coming to Changzhou before they set off, so they came to recognize their relatives with Xiao Yu by the way.

The three of them had already heard Vice General Lu tell him what had just happened.

Li Jiande, the son of the Great Qi Emperor, went south this time, mainly for Ling Yi's Heavenly Book and the Martial King's Treasury, and secondly, to confirm some things about his own safety. Therefore, Hua Yue, Ling Yi and a few others must come over early to make arrangements, so as not to have any accidents at that time.

This is a matter related to the safety of the saint, that is, Hua Yue speculated that the dragon qi of the Great Qi Emperor was different, and she was afraid that someone on this trip would be unfavorable to the Son of Heaven, and hoped that Emperor Qi would cancel this southward trip.

Qi Emperor Li Jiande heard the news, but

Previously, Xiao Fu had already arranged for the Xiao Mansion to take over, but when he entered the city, Li Jiande suddenly changed his mind, and it stands to reason that no one would expect it.

But just half an hour ago, Li Jiande was about to use the refreshments of Taishou Mansion, but when he saw a flower cat running from nowhere, he threw a piece of crispy meat over. As a result, the cat frothed at the mouth and fell to the ground and died!

Li Jiande was furious.

The servants were so frightened that their souls were gone, and they immediately fell to their knees. Yang Taishou next to him immediately pleaded guilty, ordered someone to investigate carefully, and took care of all the people who touched the refreshments.

After Ling Yi and Hua Yue arrived, they first met with Li Jiande, and then immediately asked the imperial doctor what the conclusion of the examination was.

The two imperial doctors knelt down and said, "Back to the saint, Wei Chen has checked the tea and all the snacks, and no poison has been found. ”

Although Emperor Qi Li Jiande was nearly sixty years old, he looked like he was only about forty, and he snorted coldly.

"And how did this cat die?"

"Back to the saint, according to Weichen's examination, this cat was poisoned by arsenic." The imperial doctor surnamed Song said boldly, "But Weichen and the others checked that piece of crispy meat, and they didn't find any kind of poison on it. ”

Li Jiande raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What do the two imperial doctors mean is that this cat was not poisoned by the dim sum I threw at it?" ”

Imperial Doctor Song nodded: "Wei Chen suspects that this cat was poisoned after eating something else." Wechen found some crumbs of other pastries in the cat's stomach, and after inspection, there was arsenic on them. ”

Ling Yi immediately asked people to find out the source of this poisonous pastry and how the cat ran in.

Yang Taishou next to him wiped a cold sweat, if something happened to the saint in his mansion, the life of the family would not be saved.

Ling Yi's subordinates searched and interrogated in the mansion and soon found clues. They found poisonous chestnut cakes in the courtyard of Yang Taishou's concubine.

After that Aunt Qiao heard what happened, her face turned pale with fright and almost fainted, and she said in a trembling voice: "How dare the concubine, how dare you harm the Holy ......?"

Aunt Qiao trembled like a sifting chaff, and said in fear: "The concubine is just that the rats in the yard are too rampant, and the noise is so noisy that she can't sleep peacefully at night, so she asked the little girl to get some arsenic to mix it on the chestnut cake, and throw it in the corner to medicine the mice, there is absolutely no intention to poison that cat, let alone give birth to such a rebellious idea as killing the king, Your Majesty Mingjian!" ”

Seeing that this young woman, who was originally like a flower, was so frightened that she was paralyzed on the ground and trembled, with no sense of beauty at all, Li Jiande waved her hand, and someone came over and dragged her down.

It's just a humble concubine who disturbed the holy car and still wanted to live? How can it be.

The snow fell like goose feathers. Soon, the earth was covered with a layer of pure white, as noble as a fairyland.

Mrs. Yang knelt down and asked for the crime of lax governance.

Li Jiande didn't embarrass him much, but just asked him, Ling Yi, Hua Yue and a few people to strictly investigate the matter and whether there was any inside information. It was very strange that so many guards were guarding outside just now and didn't know how the cat got in.

However, after Ling Yi investigated, he found that Aunt Qiao was not lying, and there was no clue as to how the wild cat entered the inner hall.

After this incident, Yang Taishou and Ling Yi did not dare to take it lightly in terms of guards, but fortunately, the next few days were calm, which made Yang Taishou, who had always been frightened, secretly relieved, and began to believe that it was really just a coincidence that the cat was poisoned before.

Ling Yi presented the silk book to Li Jiande.

In the past few days, Li Jiande has summoned several people over to study the secrets on the silk book. Unfortunately, no one understood the symbols written on it.

Hua Yue didn't want to get involved in this matter, he felt that it was not a good thing for a few people to know the secret of this silk book. The emperor has always been suspicious, and this silk book is said to contain some clues about the treasure trove and even the ancient saints, which is related to the national ancestor.

Maybe one day, in order to prevent a few people from hunting for treasure and rebelling on their own, or leaking the matter, the emperor will ruthlessly kill people.

But she had already learned a lesson before, and Hua Yue, who wanted to avoid it, still bumped into it in this life.

Now that Li Jiande and Ling Yi are full of devotion to deciphering the silk book, there must be no mistakes in the matter of guarding.

But Hua Yue didn't remind Ling Yi again.

After studying the silk book, Li Jiande knew that Hua Yue's poison had been cured, and asked him how his eyes were recovering and how he had lived in Yuedi in the past two years.

Hua Yue has all questions and a respectful attitude.

Li Jiande felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he could feel Hua Yue's alienation and indifference to him.

In the evening of that day, the maids and servants who took care of the garden saw the emperor who came out to relax after dinner, and they were busy kneeling on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

Ling Yi, Hua Yue, and Yang Taishou accompanied them.

The monarch was laughing and talking, and suddenly a cold light flashed, and the subordinate who was kneeling on the side of the road to trim the flowers and trees waved his scissors and stabbed at Emperor Qi!

The maid who quietly looked up not far away exclaimed in surprise when she saw this, but saw Ling Yi next to her holding hands, pushing the emperor back a few steps, and she greeted her, turning her palm into a grasp of the man's wrist, and clapping the man's chest with her other hand without hesitation.

The assassin spat blood from his mouth and flew out.

At the same time, several people next to him burst out together, took short knives and sharp swords, and pounced on Li Jiande! A chilling murderous aura suddenly filled the audience. (To be continued.) )