The night seemed to be overcast, there was no moonlight, and there were dark clouds. The wind blew through the reeds on the shore of the winding water, making a rustling sound, and suddenly, the wild ducks roosting in the reeds seemed to be frightened by something, and flew away into the distance, and in a short time everything was silent again.

Uncle Yang didn't know what was going on in his heart, he always felt a little uneasy, he lay in the straw, tossed and turned but couldn't sleep, got up and sat on the side of the desk, the oil lamp next to him shook gently, flickering bright and dark.

Uncle Yang breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor never came, which made him a little helpless, it turned out that there were really not many historical coincidences, and the emperor was not the king of Qin back then.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and a faint shout was heard: "There are assassins!" ”

Uncle Yang hurriedly stood up and ran to the prison gate, grabbing the wooden fence and looking out.

The jailers ran around the courtyard, and the light of the torches illuminated the entire Qushui Prison. Not far away there was the sound of iron clashing, and in less than half an hour, silence returned, and there was no sound again.

After a while, Gong Qi ran over with a torch in his hand, and he stood outside the door and looked at Uncle Yang, who was looking at him anxiously.

"What happened?" Uncle Yang's voice was a little flustered.

Gong Qi said: "My lord, a few assassins came during the night, shouting 'Save Lord Taiwei'. ”

Uncle Yang was stunned, stomped his foot, and said, "It's bad, someone did this on purpose!" ”

Uncle Yang turned around and sat on the straw, and his voice was desolate: "Some people see that the emperor has never ordered me to deal with me, and he deliberately made such a game, which is to force the emperor." I'm dying. Gong Qi, remember, you must hand over the scroll I gave you to the emperor, no matter what! ”

When Gong Qi heard Uncle Yang's words, he was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, you can see through this matter, and the emperor must be able to see through it, this is clearly someone framing your lord." The emperor may come here tomorrow. ”

"No, no," Uncle Yang waved his hand, lowered his head, and said, "The emperor was already jealous of me, thinking that I was too strong, and now that someone is robbing me under my banner, the emperor must be even more suspicious of me." By the way, Gong Qi, will the assassin be left alive tonight? ”

"Yes, two were caught, and the rest were killed."

"That's it, these people will make a confession that tomorrow is my people. Haha, that's amazing. "Uncle Yang already knows who did it, even if he doesn't know, he can guess it.

Gong Qi was silent, and he spat fiercely, and seemed to have made a lot of determination in his heart: "My lord, or ......"

Gong Qi raised his hand to make a posture of wiping his neck. Uncle Yang smiled and said, "No need, even if you do this, they still have a backhand, and why should you put your life on the line for me, as long as you help me finish what I gave you, I will be grateful." ”

Uncle Yang never thought that he could meet such a loyal person here, and he was even willing to take risks for himself.

"Okay, my lord, I'm ...... What else can you do, just say. Gong Qi knew that those assassins had been sent to the Punishment Division overnight, even if he wanted to kill them, it would be difficult to ascend to the sky, but if Uncle Yang let him go, he would definitely go, he admired Uncle Yang from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't want to see such a powerful minister end miserably.

"No, you just have to help me do that."

Gong Qi saw Uncle Yang talking about mediocrity, hugged his fists and left. There was complete silence in the cell. Uncle Yang blew out the oil lamp and sat tightly against the stone wall, the biting chill seeped into the bone marrow, but he didn't realize it, just sat like that, like a sculpture.

Huan Sheng was still looking at the files that had been put on the bookshelf in the study as usual, and the more he flipped through it, the more he felt that he admired his father and Uncle Yang, although the new laws earlier were harsh, but they made the entire dynasty glow with unprecedented vitality, and he even began to wonder if he had done something wrong, and he should not arrest Uncle Yang, he believed that Uncle Yang would not threaten him, and besides, his father could do it without suspicion, why couldn't he do it?

But Huan Sheng thought about it, if Uncle Yang was still there, then all his exploits would be covered by his light, which made it difficult for him to accept. Who wouldn't want to be the Emperor of the Ages? Who doesn't want to go down in history?

Huan Sheng's heart was extremely conflicted.

Suddenly, an arrow flew quickly, grazing Huan Sheng's cheek and flew over, Huan Sheng was so startled that he didn't move for a long time, his face hurt a little, he reached out and touched it, and there was blood on his fingers.

"There are assassins!" Huan Sheng ran out of the study, and the shouts alarmed the forbidden army, and a team of ironclad guards rushed in and protected Huan Sheng in the middle. Outside, it was surrounded by the forbidden army.

I saw more than a dozen people in black tights and black cloth wrapped in black cloth standing in the courtyard, each holding a willow leaf long knife in his hand, and one of them was holding a crossbow in his hand and was installing crossbow arrows on it.

When Huan Sheng saw the man, he touched his cheek that was scratched by the crossbow arrow, and he was angry, and shouted: "Kill me, leave one alive, and kill the rest!" ”

"Yes!" The ironclad guard waved the long ge in his hand and slowly surrounded him. The men in black were gathered back to back in a circle, apparently well-trained.

Finally, the two sides exchanged hands, and there was a sound of gold and iron, and in less than half an hour, the man in black was obviously a little overwhelmed, and one of them shouted loudly: "Quick, find a way to kill it, as long as one of us is alive, you must avenge us, kill the faint king, and rescue the captain!" ”

When Huan Sheng heard this, he was shocked, could it be that someone else went to Qushui Prison? There are not many guards in Qushui Prison, I don't know if I can hold it, if it is really like the black-clothed people here, most of them can't hold it, there are only more than ten here, but nearly twenty forbidden soldiers have been killed, although they were wounded, none of them were killed.

Huan Sheng even thought in his heart that Uncle Yang had been rescued, but he was unwilling but helpless, so he had to think in his heart, forget it, just leave.

Finally, after more than a dozen forbidden soldiers lay down, a man in black was seriously injured by a random blade and fell to the ground. Huan Sheng relaxed a little at this time, they are not made of iron and copper, they will also die.

In another quarter of an hour, nine of the more than a dozen men in black were killed, two were seriously wounded, and they looked like they were about to die, including the one who shot the arrow. Huan Sheng walked down, picked up a bloody long knife from the side, slashed at the man more than ten times, and threw the long knife aside in a panting.

"Send those two alive to the Punishment Division, tell Fan Shibi, no matter what means are used, let them vomit out who instigated them, and go to interrogation overnight, and I will know tomorrow!"

The yard was cleaned in a short time, and there was no blood left. It's just that Huan Sheng was a little afraid, so he called the eunuch to pack up the desk and the books on the shelves and move them into the deep palace. Since then, the courtyard has been completely abandoned.

At this time, there were some people outside the gate of the imperial city, because the sky was dark, it was impossible to see really, and there seemed to be two carriages among them.

"On the city, there is a black flag order here to go to the imperial city, open the door quickly!"

When the guards in the city heard this, they hurriedly shone their torches downward, and sure enough, the leader held a black flag in his hand. This black flag order will not easily appear when it is not urgent, and once the black flag order is issued, all cities and checkpoints shall not be checked at will, and only need to be released.

"Open the door!"

The gates of the imperial city opened to both sides with a rumbling sound, and the group hurried into the city and galloped in the direction of the palace.

The palace was destined to be unquiet this night, people were walking around, and Huan Sheng's mother, Empress Dowager Jing, heard the news and hurried over. As soon as Huan Sheng moved to the dormitory, the Empress Dowager Jing asked loudly before she entered the door: "What are you doing here?" How could the emperor be assassinated in the palace? What are those guards doing at the palace gate? ”

Huan Sheng went out, hugged his mother, and said, "Queen Mother, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Empress Dowager Jing looked at the scars on Huan Sheng's face, and suddenly felt a little distressed: "Does it hurt?" When my child has suffered such a crime, this kind of assassin should destroy the Nine Clans! ”

Empress Dowager Jing took Huan Sheng's hand, walked into the emperor's bedroom, knelt on the futon, and had a round of greetings, listening to Huan Sheng talk about the assassination tonight, I only felt that my whole body was trembling, and I was afraid for a while. I couldn't help but tear up.

"It's better not to be on this throne, who knew that such a dangerous thing would happen to sit on the throne," Empress Dowager Jing's voice choked, "I knew that our mother and son would go out of the palace and find a place at will, how could we live a peaceful and stable life." ”

Huan Sheng lightly held his mother's trembling hand and said, "Queen Mother, don't you see that I am tall? The child is blessed with a great life, and he will not die at the hands of the assassin like this, and the child will give you a pension and send him to the end. And my father may still be watching from the sky, and I still have to work hard to control the court. ”

"You kid," Empress Dowager Jing poked Huan Sheng's forehead, and said helplessly, "In the future, you will live in this palace, don't go to the courtyard where your father lives, look at those guards, they are simply a group of rice buckets, and they are useless at all at critical times." You should ask carefully, otherwise you will be able to enter the inner courtyard of this palace by a person. ”

"Yes, the child knows."

Huan Sheng sent off the Empress Dowager Jing and was about to sleep in a wide coat. The voice of the chamberlain came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, there are guards in Qushui Prison who have come to say that there is something important to report." ”

As soon as Huan Sheng heard the guards from Qushui Prison, he hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, and before he could open the door, he said loudly: "Take them to the side courtyard and wait, I will come immediately." ”

"Yes." The waiter outside the door answered and left.

Huan Sheng hurriedly put on his clothes and came to the side courtyard, and the two black ironclad soldiers were just about to salute when they were stopped by Huan Sheng.

"Uncle Yang is here?" Huan Sheng was a little anxious, which was what he was most concerned about at the moment.

"Your Majesty, it's still there."

Hearing the words of the armor soldier, Huan Sheng's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and said, "Let's talk about the situation." ”

The two armorers complemented each other and explained in detail the robbery of Qushui Prison. Huan Sheng felt a little strange, there were only five people who went to rob the prison, and they were not as well-trained as the assassins, which was really incredible.

"What about the two assassins?"

"I've been sent to the Correctional Division."

Huan Sheng let the two armorers go down, and then returned to the dormitory, and went to bed in wide clothes.