78: Assassination

Time passed little by little, Guo Zheng took the letter and hurriedly went to the old place where he and Qi Guifei often dated, Jiangyang Lake, but after waiting for a long time, there was no trace of Qi Guifei, and when he waited until Hai, suddenly three black-clothed people appeared, and without saying a word, rushed towards him.

Guo Zheng was outnumbered, and he lost the other, and after a while, he was wounded by a sword.

Guo Zheng clutched his chest and scolded, "Who are you?" ”

The men were masked and couldn't see their faces clearly, and one of them said, "We are on the orders of Niangniang to send you to the western sky." After speaking, he didn't even give Guo Zheng a chance to speak, so he swung his sword and slashed at Guo Zheng, Guo Zheng was startled, and hurriedly raised his sword to block it, and sparks flew in an instant, Guo Zheng took the opportunity to kick the man in black a few meters away, and the other one slashed a sword on him.

Guo Zheng took a few steps back, he had to die if he went on like this, and in a hurry, he took the opportunity to escape into the reed forest next to him and disappeared.

The three men in black exchanged glances with each other in the moonlight and retreated.

At this time, the prince was playing chess in the Zixia Palace.

"No, no, you should put this here, so you can eat my three." Speaking of this, Taxue walked in and muttered a few words in Shen Lanxin's ear, Shen Lanxin's eyes suddenly lit up, and his face suddenly appeared with joy.

The prince watched Shen Lanxin's expression change, and he knew that it was done.

After stepping on the snow and going out, Shen Lanxin put down the chess pieces in his hand and said with a smile: "Jiang Yuan's side has already succeeded, and Guo Zheng was seriously injured and fled!" ”

The prince's lips couldn't help but curl and said, "Well done." ”

Shen Lanxin said seriously: "In the past few days, let your people keep an eye on Qi Guifei, Guo Zheng will definitely come back to find her, as soon as he appears, you will send someone to inform King Yue that Guo Zheng is going to kill Qi Guifei, and then Qi Guifei's good life will naturally come to an end." ”

The prince nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me." ”

Guo Zheng hid in the reed forest, due to excessive blood loss, physical exhaustion, and finally collapsed, his face was even more unusually pale under the background of the night, he was covered in blood, and after a few breaths, he tore off the clothes on his body, bit his head, and wrapped a few wounds on the wound.

In the end, he lay on the ground, his chest rose and fell, at this moment, his body and mind felt extremely cold, his eyes were full of gloom and at the same time with a trace of despair, he sneered in his heart, he didn't expect her to be so cruel to him, did she feel that her existence had threatened her? I really can't help but want to get rid of my stumbling block? Thinking of this, his heart was like a knife, and he slowly closed his tired eyes.

In the next two days, Guo Zheng did not appear in Qifang Palace, Qi Guifei did not see Guo Zheng's figure for two days in a row, she couldn't help but have some doubts, on weekdays, no matter where Guo Zheng went, she didn't care how many days she went, but this time Guo Zheng's sudden disappearance made her a little uneasy, this feeling was something she had never had, thinking of this, he hurriedly sent someone to secretly look for Guo Zheng, but until it was dark, it was still fruitless.

Concubine Qi was absent-minded all day, and in the middle of the night, she felt thirsty, so she sat up from the bed.

Suddenly, a black shadow fell from the sky, Qi Guifei was startled, and looked at it, it turned out to be Guo Zheng, he was standing beside her bed covered in blood, although the blood had dried up, but it still looked terrifying, especially his gaze, staring at her like a beast as if to devour her.

"Guo Zheng?" When he quietly entered her bedroom like this, Concubine Qi couldn't help but be surprised.

Guo Zheng stared at her coldly and snorted coldly: "What? Surprisingly I didn't die, did I? ”

"You...... What are you talking about? Qi Guifei looked at his whole body and said in surprise: "What's the matter?" What happened? ”

Guo Zheng said indifferently: "Stop pretending, didn't you send someone to kill me?" His gaze was so cold that people couldn't help but shiver at it.

Qi Guifei laughed dryly a few times, and said incredulously: "I'll kill you?" How could I kill you? ”

Guo Zheng's eyes were as cold as ice, he took out the letter from his arms and threw it on her face, "Look for yourself." ”

Qi Guifei looked at him suspiciously, picked up the letter, opened it and looked at it, and her face changed in an instant, the word ...... It's indeed her handwriting, but she didn't write the letter, how can this be?

She couldn't believe it, "This ...... I didn't write it. ”

Guo Zheng's eyes were like thorns, and he sneered: "Until now, you still refuse to admit it?" Who else knows my name is Guo Sheng? ”

"Guo Zheng, you misunderstood." Qi Guifei quickly thought in her mind, "Someone must be making a hindrance and trying to separate you and me, yes, it must be like this, Guo Zheng, you must not be fooled." ”

When Guo Zheng heard this, he laughed out loud, "Fooled? The person who sent the letter is clearly your palace man Durian Fang, don't tell me that Durian Fang was bought by others. ”

Durian? He didn't mention that he didn't pay attention to this palace maid who was sweeping the floor, Qi Guifei was shocked, it was true that she hadn't seen this palace maid for two days, and Qi Guifei was dumbfounded for a while.

The atmosphere has dropped to freezing point.

Qi Guifei held her breath and said quietly: "Guo Zheng, whether you believe it or not, in short, I didn't send someone to kill you, if I want to kill you, how can I send my own palace people to deliver a letter to you, don't you think I'm too stupid to do this?" ”

"It's because your palace people sent me a letter that I will believe it, I won't doubt it, and I will fall into such a field." Guo Zheng's voice became lower and lower, and his expression became deeper and deeper.

Concubine Qi was stunned and thought, could it be Hui'er? No.

Guo Zheng sneered: "I can't say it, can I?" ”

Concubine Qi was just about to speak, but at this moment, suddenly the door of the dormitory was kicked open, and King Yue rushed in with a sword.

"Bold Guo Zheng, you dare to assassinate your mother, I will kill you." As he spoke, he swung his sword and stabbed at him, Guo Zheng dodged and dodged.

Qi Guifei was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Hui'er, stop, you can't hurt him." ”

King Yue suddenly stopped the movements in his hand, looked at Qi Guifei and said angrily, "Why can't I kill him?" Even if it's not for my mother, I have to do it for myself, and I must kill him today. After speaking, he continued to attack him, Guo Zheng saw that King Yue really attacked him, so he drew his sword and fought with him, Guo Zheng was on the defensive, but King Yue kept attacking him, just like that, the two fought in Concubine Qi's bedroom, and the scene fell into chaos for a while.

"Stop, I'm telling you to stop." But the two people didn't seem to hear her words, and in the end, Qi Guifei picked up the dagger next to the pillow and pointed it to her neck, and said sharply: "If you don't stop, I'll die for you." ”

As soon as King Yue saw that Concubine Qi made a gesture of wiping her neck, he hurriedly shouted, "Don't, concubine." At this time, as soon as King Yue lost his mind, he was stabbed by Guo Zheng's sword, Guo Zheng was shocked and hurriedly let go of his hand.

Qi Guifei's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly stepped forward to help King Yue, "Hui'er." ”

King Yue's chest was bleeding, Qi Guifei was distressed, she stared at Guo Zheng coldly, he even dared to do it with his own son, he couldn't help but be extremely angry, and said angrily: "You hurt my son, I will kill you!" As he spoke, he picked up King Yue's sword and pointed it straight at his chest.

Guo Zheng sighed deeply, and said in a calm tone, "Rou'er, I asked myself if there is anything to be sorry for you for so many years, you want me to protect you thoroughly, I will disregard my reputation and pretend to be a eunuch by your side, you want to be the queen, let our son be the prince, I took the opportunity to kill the queen and her two children when King Annan rebelled, when you were lonely, I was accompanying you and giving you warmth, but I have no complaints about you, because I am willing, but in the end, what did I get back?" I just want to be with you in the open, is that wrong? Now that you have everything, is my presence a threat to you? ”

Qi Guifei's eyes were full of tears, and her hands were trembling, as if it was a mistake to say anything at this moment.

King Yue was shocked when he heard this, "Mother, what will he say?" What is your son, is he talking about me? ”

Concubine Qi closed her eyes and shed tears.

King Yue covered his chest, stood up with difficulty, tugged on Qi Guifei's sleeve, and asked, "Mother, you are talking, is he a eunuch?" Whose son am I? ”

"Haven't you heard clearly? Of course you are Guo Zheng's son. Suddenly, Shen Lanxin's voice came from outside the door.

Qi Guifei opened her eyes suddenly when she heard the sound, and then saw the emperor walking in with an angry expression on his face, followed by the queen, the prince and Shen Lanxin.

Shen Lanxin glared at her angrily, and his eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, "Concubine Qi, back then, you sent Guo Zheng to kill the three of my mother, and now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?" ”

King Yue was stunned, "You are talking nonsense, it is impossible for my mother to do such a thing." He believed that Concubine Qi would kill Shen Lanxin, but he didn't believe that his mother would kill the queen, thinking that Shen Lanxin was making things up.

Qi Guifei's face was snow-white, she glanced at the emperor, saw the emperor's chest rising and falling, and his expression was like a fierce tiger as if he wanted to eat her, and finally the other party said slowly: "Guifei, what do you have to say to me." ”

Qi Guifei was paralyzed on the ground, she knew that at this moment, it was useless to say anything, it was not a pity for her to die herself, but her only hope was to save King Yue's life.

He said in a dumb voice: "Your Majesty, so far, the concubines have nothing to say, but whether the emperor has been thinking about the love of husband and wife for many years, leaving Hui'er with a life." ”

When King Yue heard this, he hurriedly crawled to the emperor, tugged at the corner of his robe, and begged: "Father, please spare your mother, your son is willing to die for your mother." As soon as the emperor thought that the son in front of him who had been raised for twenty years was actually a wild seed, he was furious, and kicked King Yue away with an expressionless face, and King Yue immediately spat blood.

Concubine Qi was shocked, hurriedly went to Fuyue Wang, wiped the blood on his mouth, and said distressedly: "Hui'er." ”

At this time, Guo Zheng also knelt down and prostrated on the ground, "Your Majesty, everything is the fault of the slave, the slave knows that the crime is monstrous, I just ask you to let Niangniang and King Yue go, they are all innocent, the pursuit and killing of the queen was done by the slave alone, and Niangniang is completely in the dark." ”

Qi Guifei's face was shocked, and she hurriedly said: "No, the emperor, everything is the idea of the concubine, and it has nothing to do with others, and the concubine is willing to die, so I just ask the emperor to spare King Yue's life." ”

Guo Zheng thought that now his situation is no different from death or immortality, so he desperately took the blame on himself, kept kowtowing to the emperor, and begged: "Niangniang was bewitched by the slaves, but King Yue is innocent, please be merciful to the emperor." ”

Shen Lan looked at these three people coldly, you have done so many hurtful things, and none of them can escape.

The emperor sighed deeply and said: "What a touching scene, your family is really affectionate. ”

When Concubine Qi heard the emperor's words, her heart suddenly turned cold.

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Concubine, I have been very kind to you for so many years!" ”

Concubine Qi lowered her head and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is sorry for you, but I have failed your favor." ”

King Yue also wanted to intercede for Concubine Qi, but was stopped by Concubine Qi, and said with tears in her eyes: "Hui'er, don't intercede for your mother, my mother knows that she is deeply guilty, I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to forgive my sins in this life, and my mother is very sorry for you in this life." After speaking, he looked at Guo Zheng and said: "Guo Sheng, I know that I am sorry for you for so many years, and I also know that you hate me very much, if it weren't for me not being impulsive, we wouldn't be where we are today, that's right, I am indeed a woman who hates the poor and loves the rich, and is greedy for vanity, so the infatuation in your life is wrong." Then he looked at the emperor again, "Jing Liang, even though I am sorry for too many of you, but the only thing I am most sorry for in this life is you, I know that the queen has always suspected that I used extraordinary means to enter the palace, yes, I did use aphrodisiac incense to force Jing Liang to have a relationship with me, at first I wanted to use Jing Liang, but later when I got along with him, I did fall in love with him, and the ambition in my heart prompted me to eradicate you, in fact, for so many years, I was very tired, but now I feel much more relaxed." ”

Everyone didn't realize that something was wrong, but when they saw Qi Guifei pick up the dagger next to her, she smiled, and then, the dagger flashed, stabbing the dagger into her chest, blood gushing, and everyone was stunned.

Guo Zheng was the first to rush over, hugged her in his arms, and shouted sadly: "Rou'er, why are you doing this? I'm sorry for you, I shouldn't have forced you, it's all my fault! ”

With a hint of a smile on her face, Qi Guifei slowly stretched out her hand, touched his face, and finally spit out three words, "I'm sorry." He closed his eyes.

King Yue cried bitterly, "Mother...... Mother...... wake up, mother. But no matter how he shouted, Concubine Qi couldn't hear it.

Guo Zheng hugged her without saying a word, and suddenly the sword next to him swung at his neck, and blood splashed in an instant, and the shocking scene shocked everyone.

The emperor looked at this scene, although he was calm on the surface, but a trace of compassion flashed in his eyes.

Shen Lan looked at the emperor silently and sighed in his heart.