Chapter 45: The Assassins
Mu Zhiyuan's birthday banquet is a big day for the Mu family to reunite every year, but this year it was reunited twice, the last time was because Yun Murong recognized his father's family reunion, which was regarded as letting Yun Murong recognize his relatives.
This time it was Mr. Mu's sixty-sixth birthday, so it was very grand. Yun Murong arrived early in the morning and helped his father-in-law busy entertaining guests.
Because of his birthday, even His Majesty the Emperor has rewarded a lot of good things, Mu Yunxuan was originally the eldest of the juniors, but now Yun Murong is the biggest, the two met unexpectedly, Mu Yunxuan just simply saluted and called "brother" and left, Mu Yunqi looked at her Xiao Suo's back and sighed, turned around and came to Mu Zhiyuan's study.
At this time, Mu Zhiyuan had already packed up, and the guests had not yet arrived, so he took advantage of this time to call Yun Murong to say a few words, "I heard that you sent that kid from the Hua family to Ula?" ”
Mu Yunqi arched his hand and said: "When the officials were selected before, the Hua family intended to let Hua Feng go to Ula for training, but they didn't know the situation of these children of the family at that time, so the grandson didn't take the liberty of recommending it, and still selected some suitable ones from this year's imperial examination to send to Ula." A few days ago, Hua Feng asked his grandson to compete alone, and his grandson learned that there was no shortage of talents among the children of the family, and Hua Feng's willingness was strong, so his grandson recommended it. ”
After listening to her explanation, Mu Zhiyuan smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, it is very useful, and it is suitable to stay in the Ministry of Officials to select talents for the country, but since you are in this position, then you also have to work hard to find talents for Your Highness, understand?" ”
Mu Yunqi saluted respectfully and said, "Sun Er understands. ”
"Okay, do you have anything else to say in some time?"
Mu Yunqi thought about it, although it was not appropriate to mention his current identity, but no one was bored and no one came forward to say that it was a mistake for life after all, so Mu Yunqi still said stubbornly: "My grandson has a reluctant request, I don't know if it is appropriate." ”
Old Man Mu is happy today, everything is accurate, he raised his hand with a smile and motioned her to go down, Mu Yunqi continued: "Yun Xuan is now alone in King Qin's mansion, her grandson has always been worried about her safety, King Qin also intended to give her freedom before, I don't know if my grandfather can agree to take Yun Xuan back to the Mu family." ”
Other things may be easy to say, but this matter is definitely the reverse scale of Old Man Mu, Mu Zhiyuan immediately slapped the table angrily when he heard it and said: "Yun Xuan is already a person of King Qin, you don't have any wrong thoughts, not to mention that you are now her brother-in-law, our Mu family will never allow ** things to happen." ”
Mu Yunqi had long thought that Mu Zhiyuan would say this, when she was sent to the ministry, she had guessed that she wanted her to stay away from Mu Yunxuan, it seems that the matter between her and Mu Yunxuan has been tied in the heart of Old Man Mu, Mu Yunqi had to explain: "Grandpa, you misunderstood, Sun Er is indeed concerned about his sister's happiness as a brother, and with Sun Er's understanding of His Royal Highness King Qin, His Royal Highness King Qin is not married to Yun Xuan, so it is better to find a good family for Yun Xuan, so as not to miss his life." ”
The knot in Mu Zhiyuan's heart was not so easy to untie, he still said angrily: "As the daughter of the Mu family, you have to sacrifice for the Mu family, this is a fate that every family can't escape, don't think about it, as long as the old man is still alive, the daughter of the Mu family who married out is not allowed to step back to the threshold of the Mu family." ”
Mu Yunqi looked at such a stubborn grandfather, and suddenly felt that he was not so pitiful, even his most beloved granddaughter he could sacrifice, not to mention that she, an unfavored granddaughter, was also a kind of happiness that he could stay away from the Mu family and not be controlled by him.
Mu Yunqi couldn't persuade Mu Zhiyuan, so he could only say goodbye: "Grandfather, the guests outside are also coming, grandson will go out to entertain, grandfather will rest for a while." ”
Mu Zhiyuan waved his hand to signal her to go, after Mu Yunqi left, Mu Zhiyuan looked at the open space in front of the desk in a daze, Mu Yunxuan was his most beloved granddaughter, and now she was abandoned by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and she was also very annoyed in her heart, but she didn't expect Mu Yunxuan to become a chess piece to control the King of Qin, and the best chess piece actually died in the fire, which was really unfulfilling. Thinking about his poor granddaughter, he was also thinking about whether it was necessary to continue to stay in the Qin Palace.
The lively birthday banquet lasted until the evening, Mu Yunqi set up the carriage of the Protector's Mansion to send Mu Yunxuan back to the Qin Palace, the two of them were silent all the way, without saying a word, until Mu Yunxuan was about to get off the car, Mu Yunqi said: "Today I mentioned to my grandfather that I wanted you to leave the Qin Palace, but my grandfather did not agree. ”
Mu Yunxuan didn't look at her and said, "Thank you Lord Yun for your concern, you won't have to worry about the little woman's affairs." ”
After speaking, he lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, Mu Yunqi sighed when he heard her resentful words, she could only do this.
Mu Yunqi did not leave in a hurry, but let the carriage stop at the gate of King Qin's Mansion for a while. She lifted the window of the car and looked at the plaque of the Qin Wangfu, remembering the former owner here, and seemed to see Situ Jing striding out of this main gate, galloping away with his horse, and seeing him rushing back in a hurry, jumping down and striding into this gate. But now that others are thousands of miles away, she doesn't know what deep longing is when she doesn't see her for more than a month, and even a letter every two days can't relieve her lovesickness.
After watching for a while, she let the carriage drive to the back door. The carriage turned into the back alley, and she just got out of the car to let the carriage go back to the house on its own, and when she turned around, she saw several black shadows rushing into the palace.
Mu Yunqi immediately followed these black-clothed people, only to see that they were divided into two groups, one group went to the direction of the study, and the other group went to the inner courtyard.
Now that there is only Mu Yunxuan in the inner courtyard, Mu Yunqi weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to chase the black-clothed people who went to the inner courtyard.
Those people really went to Mu Yunxuan, and as soon as they entered the door, they killed Mu Yunxuan's two maids, so frightened that Mu Yunxuan screamed, since she entered the palace for so long, it was the first time she had entered the assassin, and when His Royal Highness was there before, she had never seen an assassin enter the inner courtyard, and it was inevitable to panic when she encountered this kind of thing for the first time.
After those assassins finished killing people, they ran to her, and Mu Yunqi still had the right time to consider whether it was appropriate or not, so he rushed in directly, blocking in front of Mu Yunxuan and fighting with several assassins.
Mu Yunxuan didn't expect that it would be Yun Murong who would come to save her at the critical moment, and the previous resentment immediately dissipated.
There weren't many people in the palace now, and the guards had basically withdrawn, and at this time, only Yun Murong was fighting with the assassins. After a while, the assassins who went to the study also ran over to join the battle, several people fought from the inside to the outside, the servants heard the movement and rushed over, but only the part was killed, and they didn't dare to step forward, Mu Yunxuan was so frightened that he cried, and he didn't know what to do.
Mu Yunqi is one to ten, and she is always on guard against them being wrong with Mu Yunxuan, so the battle situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for her, and she accidentally gets a sword in her arm.
Mu Yunqi saw that it was not a way to fight like this, so he had to seize the opportunity to use his internal force to push his most powerful move to turn the situation around.
Fighting, an assassin seized the gap and stabbed at Mu Yunxuan, Mu Yunqi saw that it was not good, grabbed the hilt of the sword and swept a sword, with ninety percent of the internal force, and the attacking assassin was knocked to the ground. Then a person jumped to Mu Yunxuan's body and used his body to block the sword that stabbed at Mu Yunxuan, Mu Yunqi slashed the assassin before forcing the assassin to retreat, and then another assassin attacked, taking advantage of this gap, Mu Yunqi finally had a chance to improve his internal strength, when the assassins were about to arrive, her sword instantly turned into a hundred swords, and they all stabbed towards the assassins, all the assassins were killed at this moment, and even the subordinates who were far away and did not dare to step forward were also affected by the sword qi, and many people were injured.
Wounded the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicted with eight hundred, not to mention that Mu Yunqi herself was injured, and she completely fainted to the ground after this sword went out.
Only then did Mu Yunxuan remember to quickly send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Guogong Mansion to ask for support.
Mu Yunxuan finally lifted Mu Yunqi to the bed with the help of his subordinates, and the doctor had not yet been invited at this time, so Mu Yunxuan had no choice but to untie Mu Yunqi's clothes by himself, and his life was at stake and he couldn't care about the difference between men and women.
But when she unbuttoned her clothes, Mu Yunxuan was completely dumbfounded, only to see her wrapped in her chest, and the delicate collarbone also told her that Yun Murong was not a man, but a woman, and she was Yun Muxiang.
Mu Yunxuan was completely stupid, no wonder Yun Murong had always refused to agree to her, it turned out that she was a woman, and she had been tricked by her, and she acted in front of her in two roles. The more Mu Yunxuan thought about it, the more angry he became, and then the next person said that the doctor had arrived, and Mu Yunxuan came back to his senses. When she saw Mu Yunqi lying on her bed with her breath, she remembered that she was desperate to save herself tonight, and she couldn't get angry.
Thinking that if her identity was revealed, it might be a capital crime, and it was a capital crime that would implicate the entire Mu family, so she quickly kicked people out.
At this moment, Situ Xi arrived, it was impossible for him not to know such a big movement of the assassins in the Qin Palace, and since Situ Jing left, he also arranged for people to keep an eye on the movements of the Qin Palace.
He walked straight into the room but startled Mu Yunxuan, it was too late to stop him, Situ Xi walked to the bed and looked at Mu Yunqi's clothes half-open, and the person was already unconscious due to blood loss, and asked Mu Yunxuan next to him, "What's the matter?" ”
Mu Yunxuan was a little surprised, Situ Xi didn't seem surprised to see Yun Murong's identity as a woman, but he still replied honestly: "The palace entered the assassins, and Lord Yun blocked a sword for me in the fight with the assassins, and the assassins were also killed by her." ”
Situ Xi is actually more concerned about whether Mu Yunqi's identity is exposed, "This king is asking her if others can see her like this." ”
Mu Yunxuan immediately shook his head, "No, I pulled the clothes apart, and I know that the matter involves my family, so only I know, no one sees it." ”
Situ Xi nodded, "Now I can only rely on you and this king, this matter is very involved, and it must not be publicized." ”
Mu Yunxuan nodded solemnly, "I'll stop the doctor outside and tell us how to do it." ”
Situ Xi nodded, and then invited the doctor to the outside room to treat the disease and save people through description. After stopping the bleeding, Mu Yunqi was dressed neatly before the doctor came in to check the pulse, and the doctor said after taking the pulse: "The fate is saved, but this body is not easy to recuperate, and the old man can't do anything, so please ask Gao Ming." ”
It was about to dawn when the doctor was sent away, and the Mu family arrived late when they heard the news, and they were stopped by Mu Yunxuan and Situ Xi.
Prime Minister Mu Cheng asked when he entered the door: "How could such a big thing happen." ”
Mu Yunxuan replied seriously: "My brother sent me back to the palace probably not far away, when I heard that there were assassins, I rushed in and fought with the assassins, and some assassins attacked me while my brother was unprepared, and my brother blocked the sword for me, and finally my brother used all his strength to kill the assassin with one blow." Now my brother's bleeding has stopped, and the doctor said that there is no worry about his life, but his health is not recovering. ”
Prime Minister Mu Cheng understood, and said: "The Qin Palace's mansion is not safe now, the guards have been withdrawn, Yun Xuan, you pack up and go back to the Mu family to live, and Yun Murong will also arrange to go back to the Mu family to take care of it." ”
At this time, King Rui spoke, "Yun Murong will arrange it for this king, and Prime Minister Mu Cheng will appease the concubine of King Qin." ”
Although Mu Zhiyuan had doubts, he felt that this arrangement could be arranged without refutation, knowing that Yun Murong was working under King Rui and was close to King Rui, but seeing that Yun Murong didn't seem to have the intention of helping King Rui, he was still very concerned about King Qin's affairs, so he let him go, after all, King Rui was not a character who could be offended casually.
So Mu Zhiyuan arched his hand and said, "Then His Royal Highness King Lauri will take care of it." ”
After discussing it here, King Rui glanced at Mu Yunqi, who was lying motionless on the bed, and a trace of guilt rose in his heart, Situ Jing entrusted her to himself before leaving, and she was so seriously injured in just a few days, these assassins were really unforgivable, so he ordered his subordinates to find out who sent these assassins.