Chapter Ninety-Six: The Infatuated Assassin
As soon as the words fell, Mu Yunting had already jumped to the door and said in a deep voice: "Protect the young lady and the fourth young master, no one is allowed to go out." ”
Before everyone could react, Mu Yunting had already disappeared.
"I'll go out and have a look." Mu Yunqi's expression was grim, and he also ran out in stride, does he still need protection as a big man?
Anyway, I've been practicing for a few years, right?
The second brother also underestimated him, right?
"Young lady!" Bi Tao and Tao Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, looked at her with uneasy faces, and whispered, "How can there be assassins!" ”
Instead, Shen Qingli calmly beckoned to Ah Hua and asked, "Ah Hua, is it what Ah Qi asked you to pass on?" "If there are assassins on the side of Shumei Garden, there is no need to panic.
She knew that Mu Yunting had already sent someone to ambush there, and the reason why she sent Ah Qi over was just that she felt that the people sent by Mu Yunting were all men, and it was not very convenient to protect, so it was not as stable as Ah Qi's close protection.
Last time, my grandmother actually wrote the word "kill" in the palm of her hand, she said that if the eighth prince didn't want to marry Mu Yao and didn't want to regret the marriage, then the most direct way was to let Mu Yao die.
When she heard this, she really felt a chill to the bone.
It's just that what she didn't expect was that the Eighth Prince couldn't wait.
Because Mu Yunting guessed that the time when he did it should be after Mu Lin came out of the pavilion, not before that.
"Yes." Ah Hua nodded again and again, and said breathlessly, "I heard that something happened to the Xifeng Pavilion, Fourth Uncle Gong and Sixth Uncle Feng had already rushed over with someone, young lady rest assured, now Ah Qi and Aunt Qin Ah Shu are guarding outside the flower hall, and the assassins can't break in." ”
Shikaze Pavilion?
Shen Qingli wondered even more, could it be that the Eighth Prince was not going to kill Mu Yao, but Mu Lin?
Impossible!
Grandmother said that according to Mu Yunting's inference, the plan of the eighth prince should be to marry Mu Lin first to achieve the purpose of marrying the Marquis of Yongding, and then quietly harm Mu Yao, vacate the position of the main concubine, and then marry the daughter of a powerful minister as the main concubine, so as to increase his own power.
Therefore, the safest person in the house is Mu Lin.
The most dangerous is Mu Yao, who has been kept in the dark so far.
But how is it the other way around?
"Ah Hua, you go and call Ah Qi in." The more Shen Qingli thought about it, the more he didn't understand.
Ah Qi walked in in response, looked around vigilantly, lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The slave and maid know that Shumei Yuan is heavily defended and Erniang is very safe, so according to the young lady's instructions, she went to the Xifeng Pavilion to keep vigil, there was no movement last night, who knew that tonight, before the slave and maid entered the Xifeng Pavilion, she saw three black-clothed people jumping in, and when the slave and maid rushed over, she saw the gatekeeper fall in a pool of blood, and the slave and maid rushed over to entangle them for a few rounds, so they did not rush into the house, Then Gong Si and Feng Liu arrived with people, and the slave and maid escaped and came back to report to the prince and the young lady. ”
Hearing this, Shen Qingli couldn't help but gasp, because Shumei Yuan and Xifeng Pavilion were close, she casually ordered, saying that there were many people in Shumei Garden, just keep a snack, but Xifeng Pavilion should also go over and have a look, just in case, who knows, it was just this casual sentence that saved Mu Lin, who would have thought that the more people felt that the safer the place, the more problems would arise.
There was silence outside.
It's scary-quiet.
Aunt Qin and Ah Shu walked in one after another, and stepped forward to bless their bodies: "Young lady, the prince sent someone to say that it was all right, let the young lady go back to the room to rest." ”
"What about the son?" Shen Qingli asked with some concern.
"The prince is still in the Tide Wind Pavilion." Aunt Qin said expressionlessly, her waist seemed to be more hunched, but her gaze was more fierce than usual.
The women in the self-combing pavilion are all competent and reliable helpers.
I don't know why, when she heard the three words of Xifeng Pavilion, Shen Qingli's eyelids jumped violently again, and her heart suddenly went up and down, that feeling was just like the last time she went out to Zhuangzi, just because she didn't care about it last time, so she almost let King Jin bully, but this time, what does this feeling mean?
Thinking of this, she raised her leg and walked out: "I'm going to Xifeng Pavilion to have a look." ”
When the four of them heard this, they immediately dispersed to protect her in the middle, and followed her out without saying a word.
Instead, Bi Tao and Tao Zhi came over and persuaded: "Young lady, it's so dangerous outside, you better not go out." ”
"No, I'm worried that the son of the world is in danger, I have to go and see." As he spoke, his eyelids jumped violently again.
Peach Branch and Bi Tao glanced at each other, and had to follow out.
Even if the prince is in danger, if you go, young lady, it will only add to the chaos......
The courtyard of the Tide Wind Pavilion was full of people.
The guards held torches and gathered in a circle with solemn expressions.
Three bodies lay in the middle in shock.
One of them was an assassin dressed in black, and the other two were the mother-in-law of the gatekeeper of the Tidewind Pavilion.
"Master Hou, the prince, this person is Li Yinghe, the guard of the Eighth Prince's Mansion, it seems that he was trained as a dead soldier, and he committed suicide by biting the poison pill." After Feng Liu stepped forward to check the man in black carefully, he reported, "This Li Yinghe has a relationship with his subordinates, so his subordinates know him." ”
"I didn't expect the Eighth Prince to be so ruthless, and he swore to come to the door two days ago to ask for marriage, but in the blink of an eye, he had murderous intentions." Mu Changyuan said angrily, "Tomorrow, I will personally enter the palace to sue the emperor." ”
Mu Yunche stood aside, and also said indignantly: "If I go with my father, can the prince be blind to the king's law and ignore people's lives?" ”
"Father, why do you have to wait until tomorrow if you want to go, in my opinion, now carry someone to the Eighth Prince's Mansion, go to the Eighth Prince to seek justice, and ask him, what does he want to do? Is our dignified mansion so bullied? Mu Yunqi stepped forward and kicked the dead man.
"That's enough, you shut up and stand down." Mu Changyuan scolded, "I sue you, you stay honest with me, don't make trouble for me again." ”
"What am I messing with? I just can't swallow this breath, is there no man in the Yongding Marquis Mansion? Let people ride to the head and, and you have to wait until tomorrow to wipe it. "Mu Yunqi is the age of blood and strength, how can he calm down, and strode out of the Xifeng Pavilion with a flick of his sleeves.
"Erlang, chase him back for me." Mu Changyuan hurriedly shouted.
"Father, what the fifth brother said is not unreasonable." Mu Yunting glanced at Mu Yunqi, and did not step forward to stop him, but slowly paced back and forth around the corpse twice, pondered for a moment, and said, "Instead of making the whole dynasty know tomorrow, why don't you go and ask the Eighth Prince for an explanation tonight." ”
"Erlang, you, you mean we're going tonight?" Mu Changyuan looked at Mu Yunting with some incredulity, how could Erlang, who had always been calm, follow Wulang's stubborn donkey to coax?
"Yes, go now." Mu Yunting said in a deep voice, "Please go and prepare the carriage first, I'll go to Muying Hall to talk to my grandmother, and then I'll arrive." With that, he hurried out of the Tide Wind Pavilion.
As soon as he walked to the bamboo forest, he happened to meet Shen Qingli, who rushed to hear the news, and said as he walked forward: "It's so messy outside, why are you coming out?" Hurry back to the house. ”
"I'm not worried about you, come and have a look." Shen Qingli hurriedly walked a few steps, walked to his side, and said in a low voice, "I'll go to my grandmother's place with me, and accompany her by the way, she must be very worried about such a big thing in the house." ”
"Let's go, then!" Mu Yunting smiled reluctantly and slowed down.
The two walked side by side in front.
Qinqi, calligraphy and painting followed closely behind, looking around vigilantly.
On the wall not far away, a cold arrow was ready to be aimed at the tall figure not far away, and said in a low voice: "Brother Situ, the prince of Yongding Hou doesn't seem to believe that this matter was done by the eighth prince, do you want to get rid of him together?" ”
"The evidence is conclusive, what is the use of him not believing it? Besides, you didn't see that Mufu Erniang was already heavily guarded, which shows that he has long been on guard against the Eighth Prince, he is a smart person, and he should know that this matter will be wrong, and it is the best choice. Situ Kong pushed away the arrow feather in his hand, looked at the familiar figure under the moonlight, and said quietly, "Brother Longtian, the prince of the Yongding Hou Mansion has a friendship with me as a master and apprentice, no matter what the circumstances, you are not allowed to hurt her, besides, the prince of Yongding Hou has no grievances with us, don't touch him first." ”
If she hurts her husband, where will she go......
"Friendship between master and apprentice?" Long Tian put away the cold arrow that was almost shot out, and smiled slyly, "I can't imagine that Brother Situ, who doesn't eat the fireworks of the world, will also move the mind of mortals, but the younger brother doesn't understand, how could Brother Situ watch his sweetheart marry another woman, and when did Brother Situ become chivalrous?" ”
"You and I are both people who live with their heads on their waists, what qualifications do you have to talk about marriage with a woman, I would rather watch her from afar and be stable next to other men for a lifetime, rather than take her with me and let her live this kind of life licking blood on the tip of the knife, this kind of mood, you will never understand." After Situ Kong finished speaking in one breath, he saw that the figure gradually faded away, until he disappeared from sight, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said coldly, "In the future, don't mention her in front of me again." With that, he climbed down the wall and walked away on his own.
Muyingtang.
Huangfu leaned on the soft couch, looked at the two people who walked in together, and said with a solemn face: "Hongyuan, whether this matter is done by the Eighth Emperor or not, we must push it on the Eighth Prince, only in this way can we save Erniang's life." ”
"Grandmother said yes." Mu Yunting nodded, and said, "At present, although we don't know who is behind the scenes, but this person's motive is to prevent us from marrying the Eighth Prince, to get rid of the third sister, and then to blame the Eighth Prince. ”
"Do what you want to do, I'm old, so I won't follow in the fun." Huangfu sighed lightly. R1152