However, this night was destined to be a sleepless night, and in the second half of the night, at the end of the night, a sudden and shrill scream broke the silence of the night.

Li Hanyan was the first to wake up, opened his eyes violently, and then the glowing skylight, those black and white deep eyes were obviously a little dry.

The scream came from outside, followed by a loud and noisy footstep in the corridor and the shouts of the guards: "Alert! There are assassins! ”

Just as Li Hanyan wanted to get up, his brows furrowed very dissatisfied, first removing my thighs that were pressing on him at some point, and then breaking my hands locked around his neck, and then putting on his boots and rushing out.

Out of the room, I looked in the direction that the guards were chasing, and sure enough, there was a purple rainbow speeding at a high speed, and in the blink of an eye, it had already disappeared into a low forest in the distance.

Li Hanyan didn't stop, he rose into the air in an instant, stepped on the light wind, turned into a long shadow and chased down, the speed was so fast that the naked eye could no longer capture his figure, only the vague phantom could be seen.

"Go back and escort!" When passing over the heads of the guards, Li Hanyan left such an order, and everyone was also worried that they might fall for the gangster's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but now that they got the order, they did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and returned to the villa to strengthen their vigilance.

There were many trees here, which greatly limited the speed of the purple rainbow in front of him, and he was caught up by Li Hanyan after a while.

It was a man in black, covered with purple light, as if there was a layer of purple flames burning, Li Hanyan didn't say a word, and slapped the man's back directly.

The man in black was in pain, and suddenly pulled out the long knife on his waist, the cold light flashed, and a long light like a crescent moon swept across the circle, Li Hanyan quickly moved sideways to the other side, and the surrounding trees were all cut off and collapsed, the cross-section was smooth and flat, you can imagine how terrifying the power of this blow is.

At the same time, he also noticed the weapon in the hand of the man in black, it was a Yanling knife, and the standard weapon of the Northern Imperial Division was the Yanling Knife, could it be said that this black-clothed man was a person from the Northern Imperial Division?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?! How are you? After seeing the person who came, the man in black exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly put away his knife and ran over.

After Li Hanyan recognized the other party's voice, his eyes narrowed slightly, with a little doubt in his eyes, and said, "Wei Si? How are you? ”

Wei Si pulled down the veil on his face, half-knelt on the ground, clasped his hands into fists, and said: "My subordinates got a secret report, saying that the thousand-faced people were mixed in the team of your trip, and the subordinates were afraid that he would be unfavorable to His Highness, so they came here to investigate, but they still startled the snake." ”

"The thousand-faced man of the Shrine Division?"

"Exactly, she has disappeared for many years, and now she has reappeared, I don't know what she is planning, and her subordinates are worried that she will be mixed in and it will be detrimental to His Royal Highness the Prince."

Li Hanyan didn't speak, a few rays of brilliance flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, and Wei Si continued: "Over the years, there have been rumors that the Divine Palace Division has been taken over by the three princes, and now that a thousand faces and mermaids are being sent, His Royal Highness needs to be more vigilant......"

Li Hanyan nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a while, and said, "You should step back first, and you must not act rashly without my instructions." ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Wei Si bowed down, turned into a long rainbow and quickly disappeared into the darkness, completely disappearing in front of him.

At the same time, the villa also began to send people to support this side, Li Hanyan raised his hand to his heart is palm, and blood immediately gushed out of his mouth, staining all the clothes on his chest red.

When the Imperial Forest Army arrived and saw Li Hanyan's condition, their faces changed greatly: "Your Highness is injured?!" It seems that this assassin is not an idle person! ”

Li Hanyan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "A little injury, it doesn't matter, it's important to chase the assassin." ”

The commander of the Royal Forest Army immediately gave an order to his subordinates, saying, "Search for me!" I must find the assassin before dawn! ”

Everyone answered, divided into several squads and scattered in all directions, not sparing a corner, their mission was to protect the emperor, if an assassin was allowed to come and go freely, they would probably be guilty of dereliction of duty.

However, what kind of person is Wei Si, the admiral of the Northern Imperial Division, the person who can sit in this position is naturally not an idle person, at this time he has already left this area and appeared in a mountain forest fifty miles away, even if the imperial forest army increases its strength and lays a net of heaven and earth, it is still fruitless.

And this abrupt riot also alarmed everyone in the villa, and Emperor Shijing summoned Empress Xiao and several princes in front of a hall, and when he talked about it, the king of this country was even more furious.

"Rubbish! A thousand Royal Forest Army, actually let a small assassin break in, and finally let him retreat with his whole body, what do I want this Royal Forest Army to do! The average wine bag and rice bag, even if you have a thousand dogs, is better than them! ”

Powerful figures like them would be extremely sensitive to Assassins, and in the Royal Lodge where the Imperial Guards are all over, an Assassin can come and go so freely, which is the greatest contempt for imperial power, and the greatest insult to his proud royal guards!

At this moment, a middle-aged eunuch with no beard bowed his head into the hall, saluted Emperor Shijing, Empress Xiao and the princes in turn, and weakly announced: "Tai... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down. ”

Empress Xiao hurriedly raised her hand and said, "Invite him in." ”

After a while, Li Hanyan entered the hall and bowed: "The son visited his father, failed to catch the assassin, and asked his father to forgive him." ”

The face of Emperor Shijing on the high seat was still dark, and he raised his hand: "The prince is the first soldier, what is the crime?" Get up and sit down. ”

Li Hanyan got up and just sat down on the seat, when he heard the fourth prince Li Ziwen cough dryly, "Big brother, I heard that you were injured when you caught the assassin just now, is the injury serious?" ”

Li Hanyan shook his head and said, "It's just a small internal injury, it's not a big deal." ”

"This is not true, this internal injury is different from external injury, a little mishandled, I am afraid that the root of the disease will fall in the future, especially in the season, if you contract a cold again, it will be more difficult to heal." The other prince shook his head and smacked his mouth, and said, "Just a few days ago, the envoy of the Western Regions sent some medicine for internal injuries to my mansion, and I will have someone send it to my eldest brother later." ”

Li Hanyan didn't say anything, just smiled back and said, "Then Sixth Brother Lao has to worry about it." ”

"If the family doesn't talk to the two families, big brother, you will see the outside." These six princes also made their position clear from the side.

Empress Xiao also showed a worried look, and said: "You are really, just leave the matter of catching assassins to their Imperial Forest Army, and now that you are injured, you will have more good cultivation." After a pause, he asked, "What about the assassin's martial arts?" ”

"Several times better than me." Li Hanyan replied very briefly, and he didn't even glance at Queen Xiao during the period.

As soon as the words fell, I heard Emperor Shijing speak, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction in his words, and said: "You must know what it means to do what you can, and do your part well." As a prince, you still don't want the consequences, if something goes wrong, how do you tell me to explain to the eldest grandson family?! When he returns to Jiuquan in the future, how will he explain to your mother?! ”

Just a few words, but it echoed in Li Hanyan's heart for a long time, making him unconsciously clench his fists, the blue knuckles that were pressed began to accumulate blood, and his eyes became extremely cold at this moment, it was a kind of chill emanating from the body of the Nine Ghosts.

He thought of his biological mother, the former empress of this dynasty, the eldest grandson Yiyang.

He was only three years old that year, and the scene of his mother's illness and death is still vivid in his mind, and for many years, this has always been a sharp knife in his heart, and every time he is mentioned, his heart will be cut like a knife, and he will not want to die.

A cold killing intent began to spread from his body, but he was quickly forcibly suppressed and taken back, without letting the people around him notice it.

He forcibly endured the resentment in his heart, bowed down, and said, "The son is guilty!" ”

That Emperor Shi Jing also seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said just now, so he didn't want to say anything more, raised his hand, and said, "Okay, don't go to recuperate if you're injured, I don't want today's incident to happen again." ”

Li Hanyan responded, and was about to turn around and leave, but the third prince, who had been silent, spoke faintly and said, "Big brother, please stay, in fact, I have been thinking about a question just now, I remember that eldest brother, you seem to have said that you don't know martial arts, right?" So why did you catch up with the Assassin before the Guards, and then get slapped by him? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and Li Qingqiu, with a warm smile on his face, paused, and continued: "Just now the eldest brother said that the assassin's martial arts are far superior to yours several times, but you can catch up with his speed, it seems that the eldest brother's martial arts are not ordinary people, these years are really clumsy, have time to learn?" Let the third brother let me see how the eldest brother's martial arts are? ”

In the words, it seemed to be plain, but in fact it was full of gunpowder, Li Hanyan chuckled in his heart, glanced back at him, and said, "Then please ask the third brother's subordinates to be merciful." ”

On the other side, I heard a maid say that an assassin had broken into the villa last night, and that Li Hanyan had been injured when he captured the assassin.

"Even if he deserves it, don't you know how many pounds and taels he has? I also ran to get away with it. I yawned nonchalantly, only to notice that I seemed to have woken up from my bed.

"What's going on? I remember sleeping on the floor with my quilt pillow on my head last night? When did you run to bed again? I scratched my head in a bit of confusion.

I looked down again, but fortunately, the clothes on my body were not only messy, but there were no traces of being untied, and I thought that I might have climbed up in the middle of the night, but I didn't go to my heart.