Zhao Junsheng was awakened by a large number of footsteps and shouts, he was already meditating cross-legged in a small room next to the back kitchen, and after being awakened, he quickly got up and opened the door and walked out.

A group of soldiers passed by, and one of them was stopped by him and asked, "What happened?" ”

"There are assassins!" The soldier dropped a word and hurried away.

Zhao Junsheng was stunned: "Isn't it, the assassin took an action outside and sneaked into the palace to assassinate him?" So persevering? ”

At this time, the cooks and helpers who were sleeping in the nearby Datong shop all walked out with their clothes on, and Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and shouted: "Don't look at it, it has nothing to do with you, you will start cooking in another hour, and you will go back to sleep for the official!" ”

The cooks and helpers retreated to the room one after another, Zhao Junsheng didn't care if they could still fall asleep, he was about to go to the front to see the situation, but found that there was no movement, but the inspection was still going on, he thought about it and turned back to the room to continue to meditate cross-legged and cultivate internal strength.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Junsheng was awakened by a shout of killing, he opened his eyes and scolded: "What's the matter, is it over?" This Tuoba Tao is really unlikeable, and the assassins are all on the same page as him! ”

After scolding, Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to get up again, open the door and walk out.

After walking for a while, I met a lot of soldiers and horses along the way, and I was about to ask someone if the assassin had been caught, and I immediately ran into Chang Wei, no, now called Zong Ai.

"Brother Zong!"

Zong Ai saw that it was Zhao Junsheng, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Zhao, why are you here?" ”

"It's not so easy to prepare meals for thousands of people, and I live here. By the way, I made two noises in a row just now, what happened? Zhao Junsheng asked.

Zong Ai looked left and right, pulled Zhao Junsheng aside and said in a low voice: "An assassin sneaked in to assassinate the emperor, assassinated him once, and lured the guards away, just when the soldiers and generals were searching, the assassin killed another horse pistol, and the emperor almost died, if it wasn't for my father-in-law to block it in time, the emperor couldn't have only been stabbed in the arm!" ”

Zhao Junsheng felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, this assassin was so powerful that he actually adopted the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, he hurriedly asked, "What about the assassin?" ”

"I was killed by the emperor with a knife, my father-in-law fought with him and lost both, and the emperor took the opportunity to draw a knife and kill the assassin!"

The process described by Zong Ai was simple, but Zhao Junsheng could imagine how dangerous and intense the scene was, and he felt sweat on his forehead when he listened to it.

"Okay, then I won't delay you to serve the emperor and your father-in-law, farewell!"

"Brother Zhao, go slowly!"

On the way back to the back kitchen, Zhao Junsheng kept asking who wanted to kill Tuoba Tao, was it the minister of the court, the prince of the clan, Hu Xia, Rouran, or the people sent by Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty?

At this time, there was a sudden sound in the flower garden next to him, and Zhao Junsheng was startled: "Who!" ”

There was no movement in the flowerbed suddenly, Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, carefully jumped off the flowerbed from the corridor, and walked over slowly.

At this time, he felt that there was danger behind him, and he wanted to throw out the embroidery needle with his backhand, but he felt that the other party seemed to have no killing intent, he couldn't help but didn't move, and his back was blocked by a sharp weapon.

"If you have something to say, don't do it, don't do it!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hands.

"Don't ······ Speak up, turn ······ Come here! ”

Zhao Junsheng did so, raised his hands and slowly turned around, but the person in front of him was a military man in armor, and hurriedly said: "This military master, I am my own person, and I am Zhao Junsheng, who joined the army of the Taishou Mansion Law and Cao Bureau, and is responsible for the food of the ministers and generals accompanying him!" ”

The soldier staggered, his sword slipped from his hand, and he fell into the flower garden.

"This ······ Why did it fall all of a sudden? Zhao Junsheng was dumbfounded, looked at the soldier lying in the flower garden, shook his head and helplessly stepped forward to pull this person up, and wanted to send him to the guards of the emperor's soldiers.

Zhao Junsheng noticed the abnormality, turned the person over and looked at it, only to see that blood kept flowing out between the nail leaves on the back of this person, his face changed, and he secretly said in his heart: "Could it be ······ Is this person an assassin who has infiltrated? Didn't the assassin be hacked to death by Tuobatao? Who is this man? ”

Zhao Junsheng saw the sword that fell next to him, this is not a military general saber in the army, the sword body is thin and sharp, the generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the soldiers in the army are not worthy of the sword, and the saber, only the military generals of the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty wear a sword, this kind of sword body is thin and sharp long sword only has a warrior who mixes the rivers and lakes, and the identity of this person is about to come out - assassin!

Zhao Junsheng took off the person's armor and looked at his chest, the clothes inside the armor were on the right side, which was the most obvious feature of Hanfu, this was a Han assassin.

"Damn, why am I so unlucky!" Zhao Junsheng cursed secretly, picked up the long sword, put the person on his back again, and quickly left the flower garden.

In the small room next to the back kitchen, Zhao Junsheng closed the door and pulled the door bolt, he put the person on the bed and let him lie on his stomach, took off his armor and clothes to expose his back, and a wound appeared on his right rib.

This is a knife wound, the tip of the knife pierced, the knife edge is a finger long, Zhao Junsheng checked it, after the knife was pierced, it seemed to be stuck on three ribs, the middle rib was cut off, and the ribs on both sides were cut in half.

"It looks like he stabbed his right lung, and he must still be bleeding. I'm not a surgeon, I can only give you a few stitches, and whether you can survive or not depends on your own creation! ”

Zhao Junsheng said and found a clean cloth, brought a pot of wine, he poured some wine on the wound for disinfection, and as soon as the wine was poured down, the person was stimulated to wake up: "Hiss-"

Zhao Junsheng pressed him: "Don't move, I'm treating your injuries!" ”

The man hesitated and stopped struggling.

Zhao Junsheng used a soft cloth dipped in wine to clean the wound and the surrounding bloodstains, and the pain made cold sweat break out on the assassin's forehead.

"The knife stabbed you in the right lung, I guess it's still bleeding from the lobe, and it's a miracle that you're able to hold on. I can't guarantee that I'll cure you, it's up to your luck to survive or not! ”

Zhao Junsheng took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom as he spoke, poured out a few pills and crushed them into powder in his palm and sprinkled them on the wound, and the assassin's whole body trembled, obviously this medicine is also more irritating.

"This pill hasn't been used since it was made, I originally kept it for my own use, but I didn't expect it to be used on you, an assassin!"

The bleeding seems to have stopped.

Next, Zhao Junsheng took out embroidery needles and threads to sew up the wound one by one, and the pain was so painful that beads of sweat the size of beans on the assassin's forehead kept dripping, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Sprinkle some powder on the wound again and bandage it with a clean cloth.

Zhao Junsheng poured out a few more pills and handed them to the assassin; "Here, just drink the wine, treat the internal injury, if you can stop the bleeding in your right lung, you have hope of living!"

The assassin took the pill and threw it into his mouth, took a sip of wine and swallowed it, looked at Zhao Junsheng and asked, "Why don't you kill me?" Don't give me to the Barbarian Chief? Why save me? ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "I didn't want to be nosy, I wanted to leave after seeing you fall to the ground, but your sword and your clothes tell me that you are a Han, my grandfather has been nagging in my ear when he was alive, saying that Han people don't kill Han people, if I don't care about you, you will definitely die, doesn't this indirectly kill you?" So I can only consider myself unlucky! ”

The assassin was silent for a while before he spoke: "Ling Zun must be a righteous man!" Your Excellency's life-saving grace, Lu Xuanbo will never forget! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Now there is no need to say that these are useless. By the way, I heard that the assassin was killed by the emperor, aren't you alive and well? What's going on? ”

"What? My son is dead? ”

Zhao Junsheng suddenly realized: "It turns out that there are two of you, and the one who died is your apprentice!" ”

Lu Xuanbo lost too much blood and was in poor spirits, and when he heard that his apprentice had died, he was very depressed, and his voice was very small, which seemed to be a little lacking in qi.

"You're right! The assassination in the street was only to test the strength of the guards around the barbarian chieftain, and to provide conditions for us to blend in with him, and on the way to the reinforcements of the soldiers and horses, the apprentice and I killed two of the guards and soldiers, changed into their clothes and armor and mixed them with the accompanying escort soldiers and horses, and then followed them into the palace. But the guards around the barbarian chief are all familiar faces, and the appearance of our two fresh faces will definitely arouse suspicion, at that time we were not in a hurry to do it, and it was not until the dead of night that I carried out the assassination, but the old eunuch beside the barbarian chief was strong in martial arts, and I was on par with me, and I was too eager, and was injured by his sneak attack from behind during the assassination and had to give up halfway, I escaped and went to find the apprentice who picked me up, but I didn't expect him to knock me unconscious, and I secretly went to assassinate the barbarian chieftain······"

"The man is dead, mourn!" Zhao Junsheng comforted, got up and said, "Now the emperor and everyone must think that the assassin is dead, and you are safe for the time being." Have a good rest, just stay here and don't run around, otherwise I will be affected by you, I will personally send you food and drink every day, and wait for a few days after the wind passes, if your injuries are not aggravated, I will find a way to send you out! ”