The king is dead?

I just woke up, and I couldn't figure out what was going on in my head.

The king is dead? Wouldn't that make up the king and blow up?

And then awe-inspiring, the king? Is he talking about King Qin?

Turned over and said sharply, "What's the matter?" ”

Lao Liao stammered and told me, there was a sound of fighting in King Qin's bedroom just now, and when the patrolling Inner Court Guard rushed over, he found that the shadow guard died tragically on the spot, and King Qin was also cut in two.

Hearing this, I flew out of bed, and the two of them rushed to King Qin's bedroom, and along the way, I could see that the guards everywhere were panicked.

When I arrived at King Qin's bedroom, I saw King Zhuang Xiang lying on the bed, already in a different place, and there was a shadow guard lying in the pool of blood next to him, who was also cut in two with a sharp weapon, and then took a closer look, this guard turned out to be Qiao Wen. I was shocked, and a thought crossed my mind, the two people who died were both suspects of the Netherworld clone, it shouldn't be Ding Buqun who shot it, right?

Immediately denied this idea, Ding Buqun is just a wisp of consciousness living in my body, and he can't come out to hurt people at all. Besides, if Ding Buqun could make a move, he would have done so long ago when the Futu Ring discovered the Netherworld clone, so why wait until now.

If it's not Ding Buqun, who is it?

There was a mess in his head, but it was another thing that was affirmed, these two people were not netherworld clones, according to what Ding Buqun said, if the netherworld clone was killed, the whole person would disappear, not to mention, there would be a part of a floating butcher treasure knife.

Guan Badao saw me and pulled me aside: "Vincy, I don't need to say much about how important the matter is, if we can't find the murderer to atone for our crimes, we will all be beheaded." ”

I took a deep breath: "Now the brothers who don't have a shift are all here, right?" ”

"In addition to the additional manpower sent from all over the palace, all the brothers are on standby around the dormitory, even Long Kai's house, except for the personnel on duty, all the outer court guards are also gathered outside the dormitory." Guan Badao raised his chin and looked up, but it was Long Kai with a gloomy face, thinking that he also knew that if he couldn't catch the murderer, his life would be at risk.

After a pause, Guan Badao continued: "Hearing the sound of fighting, the old man patrolling outside the dormitory rushed over as soon as possible, just in time to see the murderer flashing, and immediately blew the police whistle. As soon as the police whistle sounded, special personnel would rush to the flagpoles everywhere to observe the enemy's traces, but they did not find any trace of the murderer, so I can be sure that the murderer is still hiding in the inner court of the palace. ”

Looking around, I felt a little chilled, as if the murderer was hiding next to me, looking at me coldly, and if I was not careful, he would pounce on me and cut me in two.

His eyes inadvertently swept over Long Kai and found that there was an old man with a black face next to him. Guan Badao told me that this person is the leader of the shadow guards, Wan Yan, and he is also one of the three masters of Xianyang City, and his ranking is even higher than Chang Yu.

walked over to say hello to Wan Yan and asked him what he found, Wan Yan shook his head: "From the sound of fighting to the intrusion of the patrolling guards, the time between is extremely short, and the murderer can still kill the king and Qiao Wen in such a short period of time and then escape calmly, it can be seen that his martial arts skills are far above Qiao Wen, and in Xianyang City, there are very few people with this kind of skill, I doubt ......"

Before he finished speaking, he stopped talking, shouted to see the prince, turned around to look, but Yingzheng walked up to us with a sinking face, and said unceremoniously: "Don't see it, if you can't find the murderer, you just wait for the head to hit the ground." ”

After a pause, Ying Zheng took a deep breath, and then asked, "Is there any news of the blockade?" ”

Guan Badao hurriedly said that he had communicated with the city guards, so far, no one has been able to get out of the palace, Long Kai is also adding, the outer court has sent additional personnel, and no suspicious characters have been found at present.

Ying Zheng nodded, his gaze swept over Wan Yan, and his gaze was a little polite: "Captain Wan, are your shadow guards all nearby?" ”

Wan Yan nodded in a deep voice: "There are a total of seven shadow guards, except for Qiao Wen, the remaining six are all outside the palace, waiting for the dispatch of Prince Zheng. ”

Ying Zheng frowned and thought for a while, pulled me aside, and whispered: "Vincy, you are my savior, and I have always regarded you as a confidant, and now that this has happened, it is superfluous to say that everything else, I only ask you, are you loyal to me?" ”

I nodded vigorously, but there was a wry smile in my heart, if I didn't nod, I would probably be beheaded.

"My father died mysteriously, and I haven't even designated an heir to the throne, and I have a half-brother Cheng Chan." Ying Zheng suddenly showed a strange expression, and looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes.

In an instant, my thoughts flew in my head, and various plots of palace fights involuntarily emerged, the meaning of Ying Zheng's words was very obvious, what he wanted most at present was not to investigate the murderer, but how to inherit the throne in accordance with Lì, compared with the throne, the death of King Zhuang Xiang was secondary.

In this way, my good impression of Ying Zheng suddenly disappeared, and it turned out that what the book said was true, and in the court, the so-called human ethics and morality no longer existed.

Coughing lightly, I gritted my teeth and made a hideous look: "Don't worry, I'll take someone to catch the adult cockroach." ”

Ying Zheng didn't say anything, just looked at me coldly.

Seeing this, I didn't understand anything, I was helpless, but I said: "If necessary, I will kill him!" ”

Ying Zheng patted me on the shoulder, and after half a sound, he nodded: "Do a good job." ”

Returning to Guan Badao and the others, Ying Zheng announced on the spot that the position of the head of the palace guards would be temporarily added, and the inner court guards, outer court guards, and shadow guards would be uniformly dispatched and managed, and I would take the main position, and Wan Yan, Guan Badao, and Long Kai would serve as deputy positions respectively.

After saying this, Ying Zheng took a deep look at me again and turned to leave.

"See Steward." The three of them greeted me with a smile, and their smiles were a little unnatural, no matter who it was, it would be a little uncomfortable to suddenly have a boss.

I smiled and immediately entered the state: "Old man, you first change the three-shift rotation to two shifts, and use the freed manpower as a mobile force." Also, Lao Guan, you first take someone to the Empress Dowager Zhu's dormitory and control Chang Yuzhì, this guy is one of the three masters in Xianyang, and he is located in the palace, so he can't escape suspicion. Bring more people, it's better to go to the city guard and call two teams of crossbowmen first, eh...... Lao Wan, it's better for you to take two shadow guards to assist Lao Guan, if Chang Yu resists, he will be killed on the spot. ”

All three of them agreed with a bang.

After a pause, I said to Wan Yan: "The object of suspicion you said earlier must also be Chang Yu, right?" ”

Wan Yan nodded, and even claimed yes.

In his heart, he was also slightly proud of his reasoning, his eyes swept over Long Kai, and then said: "Old Long, let's not talk about our previous grievances, you will place your mobile troops around the city guards. No one is allowed to leave the city without a warrant from the prince and me. ”

Immediately, I emphasized in a deep voice: "Remember, it's anyone! ”

Long Kai's face changed, as if he had guessed something, and bowed his head in agreement.

"In addition, each of you will give me ten masters to spare, well, Lao Wan, you also give me two masters. Okay, split up. I snapped.

The three of them agreed, and each of them left quickly.

After a while, twenty-three masters came to report, including ten inner court guards and ten outer court guards, and Captain Wan gave me three shadow guards.

I took this group of people, and quickly rushed to the palace of the prince Cheng Chan, after a burst of chickens and dogs, but I couldn't find Cheng Chan's figure, and asked the maid or something to shake his head and didn't know, he was depressed, the guard Lao Liao winked at me, I don't know what he meant, I guess there is something new, so I nodded.

Lao Liao was very fierce and brought a maid into the side room, and after a while, the screams of the palace maid came from inside, and after a while, Lao Liao scolded and walked out, suing me that Cheng Cheng was taken away by a guard just now, judging from the dress, the guard seemed to be the inner court guard.

I glanced at Lao Liao's neck and found that there was a faint red mark on his neck, Lao Liao saw this, couldn't help but tighten his collar, and laughed in a low voice: "That Xiaohong is my former friend, and she told me the whereabouts of the prince toad, but I am afraid that the prince will blame me after knowing it, so I performed such a scene with me." ”

smiled, but there was a trace of emotion in his heart, in this era, a person's fate often depends on the thoughts of the superiors, so he is so cautious in his words and deeds.

The emotion was just a flash, but the next thing was a headache, who was that inner court guard? Where did he take the prince to? The palace is so big, it really has to be deliberately hidden, and it is not easy to find it.

As for going out of the city, I'm not worried, no one can get out of the city without a warrant from me and Yingzheng.

When I was in a hurry, a guard came to tell me that there was something wrong with Chang Yu.

I was furious, with so many guards plus the crossbowmen of the city guards, and the top masters like Wan Yan sweeping the formation on the side, no matter how powerful Chang Yu was, he would definitely be able to take it. I asked the guard who reported the news what was going on, but the guard was flickering, and said that you would know it after reading it.

Rushed to Queen Zhu's bedroom with a group of masters, and when I saw the scene, I was also a big head.

I saw Queen Zhu holding Chang Yu's hand, fearlessly facing the bow and crossbow of the city guard, and posing as a posture of living and dying together. Under the rat trap, Guan and Wan Yan had to stand awkwardly awkwardly.

Seeing us coming, the two of them were obviously relieved, and said to the Empress Dowager Zhu that this was our manager, and then stood behind me and threw this hot potato to me.

I smiled bitterly, grass, the power of this donkey whip is really amazing, in just a few days, Queen Zhu for this little white face, even despite the fact that her husband had just been cut in two, confronted the guards.

took a step forward, didn't bother to kowtow, and arched his hand with a big grin: "Vincy see the queen." ”

Queen Zhu snorted coldly: "You are the newly appointed head of the palace guards?" ”

"Yes!" I said with a smile.

Although she is Yingzheng's mother, I don't have a good impression of her, and naturally she is not very respectful.

Queen Zhu frowned: "These people are all sent by you?" ”

"That's right." I pointed at Chang Yu and said, "The king was assassinated, and Chang Yu is the most suspicious. ”

"I didn't!" Chang Yu said loudly, his handsome face surging with anger.

"You say no, no, no? Who can testify? I snorted.

"I can testify that he was serving me in my room at the time." Queen Zhu said sharply.

Damn, I served you in your room in the middle of the night, what did I serve you? Full body massage?