Guo Zhiyuan pounced on and grabbed the masked assassin's calf, the masked assassin frowned, kicked his legs, and kicked Guo Zhiyuan out of the distance, he ignored Guo Zhiyuan, turned his head suddenly, stared at Zhao Shizhen, raised the sharp saber in his hand and slashed at Zhao Shizhen's head! The half-curved blade still carries the smell of blood, and the sword light is like snow, like lightning straight down!

Guo Zhiyuan looked around in a panic, and suddenly saw the fire gun thrown down by Zhao Shizhen on the ground, hurriedly rushed over, held the gun body with one hand, held the barrel with the other, lit the fire rope, trembled to aim, and pulled the bolt!

"Bang!" *The smell instantly permeated the entire room, and Guo Zhiyuan was directly hit the wall by the strong recoil!

The knife light finally stopped above Zhao Shizhen's head, and the sharp blade was only less than a centimeter away from Zhao Shizhen's scalp, and the masked assassin screamed, and the knife in his hand could no longer hold it and fell. The masked assassin clutched his chest, blood dripping from his fingertips, a dark viciousness flashed in his eyes, and he was just about to pick up the knife on the ground and attack again, when he heard footsteps outside the door, and had to quickly jump out of the window, and disappeared into the dark night in an instant.

Zhang Cheng naturally heard such a big movement, and didn't care about Guo Zhiyuan's explanation that he wanted to chat with Zhao Shizhen alone, pushed the door and jumped in, and was taken aback when he saw the messy scene in the house, and exclaimed: "Childe, are you injured?!" What just happened? Do you want to see a doctor? ”

Guo Zhiyuan covered his wounds, shook his head calmly and said: "I'm fine, an assassin just came in and has already run away, now it's okay, Brother Zhang, what just happened, don't let others know, you stay outside for the time being, don't let anyone in!" ”。

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "The villain obeys!" After speaking, he closed the door again, held his waist knife, and stood guard at the door!

Zhao Shizhen spat a mouthful of blood on the ground, and said to Guo Zhiyuan gratefully: "Guo Gongzi, if it weren't for you, my old life would have almost been confessed, I owe you a life, hmph, I don't know who wants to kill me?" ”。

Guo Zhiyuan covered the arrow wound on his arm, picked up the knife from the ground, and said with a wry smile: "This person is extraordinary, if it weren't for the fire weapon, you and I might both die here!" Think about it, if the two of us who know the truth about the demon book case die, who will benefit the most? ”

Zhao Shizhen thought for a while, realized something, and said in a low voice: "How do I know?" ”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at him with hatred, this guy is really stupid and loyal, he wants to subdue Zhao Shizhen, and is about to break his illusions about the prince, so he simply pierced the window paper, and sneered: "The demon book case is instructed by the prince, as long as you, the executor and me, the insider, die, then the demon book case will naturally become an unsolved case, and no one will really know the truth of the demon book case!" As you can imagine, the mastermind who assassinated you was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! I don't believe Mr. Zhao really can't guess, it's just that you don't want to face it! ”。

At the mention of the crown prince, Zhao Shizhen became excited again and said sharply: "Don't spew blood!" The prince is wise and virtuous, and he is a generation of masters, how can he do such a self-cutting thing? If you want to drive a wedge between the old man and the prince, I'm afraid you're very wrong! If it weren't for your sake, I wouldn't have thought that the old man would cooperate with you again! ”。

Guo Zhiyuan sighed secretly, this guy is really incorrigibly stupid, it seems that it is far from a day's work to subdue this guy, he can only slowly change his mind, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, whether it is the prince or not, but now you should believe that I have no malicious intentions, can you arrange for me to see the prince?" ……”。

"Meet the Prince? That's impossible! Zhao Shizhen's head shook like a rattle: "After the demon book case, in order to avoid suspicion, the prince lived in the palace, refused to see guests, and did not contact anyone. ”。

Guo Zhiyuan secretly thought that this prince Zhu Changluo is really not simple, hidden deep enough, this not only avoids suspicion, but also preserves strength, this person's scheming is really unfathomable, no wonder in history Zhu Changluo was not liked by Emperor Wanli and everyone was not optimistic, and finally succeeded in becoming the emperor, it seems that it is indeed difficult for him to see him, even if he does, it is not easy to persuade him to stand up for Guo Zhengyu.

"Why don't you write a letter and I'll pass it on to the prince? I'm on an errand in the palace, so it's relatively convenient to enter and exit the palace......" Zhao Shizhen asked tentatively.

This also seems to be a feasible way, but Guo Zhiyuan turned his head and thought about it, it still doesn't work, first, Zhao Shizhen only understands technology, not politics, and Zhu Changluo has killed him, sending him to send a message is like a chicken to the weasel New Year's greetings - there is no return, second, it is not easy to persuade Zhu Changluo, using letters as a medium, it is too time-consuming to go back and forth, and he only has three days, which he can't afford at all. So I have to meet Zhu Changluo!

At this time, Guo Zhiyuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, Zhu Changluo sent someone to kill Zhao Shizhen and failed, and he would definitely be more worried about the revelation of the matter, so he would definitely personally summon Zhao Shizhen to further probe, if he found that the matter was revealed, maybe he would kill Zhao Shizhen in the palace, and he wanted to subdue Zhao Shizhen, so he naturally couldn't let him die like this, and this was also the best opportunity for him to see Zhu Changluo!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan smiled confidently and said: "Mr. Zhao, no need, if my expectations are good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely send someone to summon you into the palace in a while, and when the time comes, you only need to take me and tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that I already know all the inside information of the Demon Book Case, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will naturally see me......."

Zhao Shizhen glanced at Guo Zhiyuan suspiciously, and said with a face full of disbelief: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rarely summons me once, how can you conclude that he will summon me today, and at this time the palace gate is closed, it is quite troublesome for outsiders to enter, and it is even more impossible, can you not predict it?" ……”。

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said: "Mr. Zhao, can I not know the prophet, I will see for a while, if Mr. Zhao doesn't believe it, we might as well make a bet ......."

Zhao Shizhen belongs to the kind of person who can't get out when he gets into a dead end, he likes to admit death in everything, and said unconvinced: "Bet on it, but the old man has no long things, and if he loses, he has nothing to lose to your ......."

Guo Zhiyuan was waiting for Zhao Shizhen's words, and immediately took out a handful of silver tickets from his pocket and slapped them on the table and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, if I lose, these silver tickets will be given to Mr. Zhao to study firearms, and if Mr. Zhao loses, he only needs to make a ......firearm for me."

Zhao Shizhen is an honest official, and he uses all his money on firearms research, and his life is tight, so he naturally will not push the silver tickets sent to the door out, and making firecrackers is his forte, and he agreed to it at the moment.

Zhao Shizhen often tinkered with firearms, and inevitably there were times when he was injured accidentally, so he always had drugs for treating trauma at home, and then rummaged through the cabinets to find drugs to help Guo Zhiyuan treat the wound briefly, and found a Tsing Yi robe he wore for Guo Zhiyuan to change, Guo Zhiyuan is about the same height as Zhao Shizhen, and it still fits, but the color is a little old-fashioned.

At this time, I heard Xiao Cui's voice from outside the door, "Master, a little father-in-law has come to Ciqing Palace, announce that you will enter the palace immediately......"