Chapter 21: The Assassins
"Fourth brother is really polite, why do we brothers see each other so much?" Xiao Ye smiled, clinked glasses with Xiao Jingxuan, and said quietly.
"In the midst of busyness, I'm very happy that you can come to the fourth brother," Xiao Jingxuan picked up the wine glass, leaned back, said this, his eyes suddenly looked at Xiao Ye's right shoulder, and said tentatively, "Eighth brother, your shoulder is injured? From just now, I saw you sitting with your back upright, and your right shoulder was not very strong. ”
Xiao Ye paused in the action of raising his glass, and the right shoulder blade was slightly torn, and there was a slight pain, he smiled, deliberately shook his right shoulder, and said helplessly: "Fourth brother has good eyesight, I really have a problem with this shoulder, I may have stayed on the battlefield for a long time, I am still more suitable for the wooden bed, and after returning to Beijing, I slept on the soft collapse and fell into the pillow, and my shoulders were numb." ”
Xiao Jingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, put down the wine glass and looked over, Xiao Ye was holding his shoulder and shook it twice, his cold face was full of gloom, and he seemed to be annoyed by the soreness of his shoulder.
"Do you want someone to treat you?"
"No, it's good to rest for two days, it's okay," Xiao Jingxuan said lightly.
Xiao Jingxuan lowered his eyes and said unintentionally, "Then the eighth brother should be careful at night, don't sleep too deeply, you don't know, the night before yesterday, an assassin broke into the palace and went straight to the harem, if the guards hadn't found out, I don't know what would have happened." ”
Xiao Ye was surprised, raised his eyes and swept around, lowered his voice and asked, "How come?"
"The assassin is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is extremely familiar with the deployment in the palace, so he must have planned it for a long time," Xiao Jingxuan shook his head, pecked at the wine in the cup, and inadvertently glanced at Xiao Ye's right shoulder, and said softly, "The guards found out in time and got entangled with the assassin, although they stabbed the assassin's right arm, they still let the assassin run away." ”
"There are assassins who are so bold, how do the guards in the palace guard them?, if my father makes any mistakes, I will definitely not spare them," Xiao Ye snorted, slapped the table heavily, and said angrily.
Xiao Jingxuan pursed his lips, raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Ye's cold face, seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending to be angry, he paused for a moment before saying softly, "Eighth brother, don't panic, my father is fine, he has already sent someone to investigate, I believe that the assassin will be captured soon, but this assassin is so rampant, I am afraid that there are accomplices, you should be careful when you sleep at night, don't be hurt by the assassin." ”
Xiao Ye laughed out loud, as if he was amused by Xiao Jingxuan's words, he raised his hand and pinched a three-inch silver spoon 6 and broke it, and the muscles on his arm bulged slightly, showing the powerful strength in his body.
"Okay," Xiao Jingxuan exclaimed, clapped his palms very facelessly, and praised, "Amazing." ”
Xiao Jingxuan smiled disappreciatively, threw the spoon bent into iron on the ground, and the palace maid who was serving on the side immediately picked it up, and stood aside to wait for the order.
When Xiao Jingxuan saw it, he sighed slightly, and said in a deep voice, "It's good to have an assassin, I can compete and arrest him, but it's a pity that Shangjing is too comfortable, not as dangerous as the border, I have really nothing to do in the past two days since I came back, and I have read a few military books." ”
After listening, Xiao Jingxuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed three times, and said jokingly, "It's not a loss to be a stable king with great military achievements and brave and good fighting, and he is really born to be suitable for the battlefield, and a cumbersome place like Shangjing is still more suitable for us laypeople." ”
"It's still comfortable at the border, no one is in charge, if it weren't for my father's decree, I really wouldn't want to come back," Xiao Ye shook his head, and when he said this, his expression was quite serious.
Xiao Jingxuan only raised the corners of his mouth after hearing this, and did not continue to speak, Xiao Jingxuan has more than 100,000 troops in his hands, and he guards the outside of the fortress all the year round, how can his father rest assured? Of course, he can recall it immediately and put it under his nose to feel at ease. Although everyone knows it, but these words naturally can't be said on the table, Xiao Jingxuan paused, and said with a smile, "The eighth brother is not young anymore, he has to stay at the border for a few more years, and he doesn't know when he will be able to start a family, so my father naturally wants to recruit you back to Beijing and point you to a marriage." ”
"Fourth brother is going around me, how troublesome are women, and they are chattering together," Xiao Ye immediately waved his hand, pointed to the woman in the garden and looked around, and said with dissatisfaction, "You also saw how many things happened just now, and I want to be quiet for two more years." ”
Xiao Jingxuan smiled lightly, among the many princes, those who have reached the age have already married wives, even the twelfth brother who has just turned fifteen, his father has also selected a future wife for him early, but Xiao Ye has not returned because of the perennial guarding of the border, and he is still alone, of course his father has to plan for him.
After about an hour, the banquet was over, everyone got up to thank them, and prepared to leave the palace together, Xiao Jingxuan, as the lord of the East Palace, naturally greeted him and sent a few beautiful palace ladies to guide the way.
"Fourth Emperor Brother, Eighth Emperor Brother, why don't you call me when you get together?"
Just as he was about to disperse, he heard a delicate voice coming from outside the garden.
After a while, I saw a girl wearing a golden cloud smoke shirt running over with a smile, and the palace bell hanging from her waist made a crisp sound with her steps.
The moment she saw the girl, Feng Qianli's eyes darkened, and a touch of boredom quickly slipped through her indifferent expression, this person was the emperor's favorite ninth princess Xiao Ziyue, who was rude and rude, and she had been embarrassed before.
"Nine Princesses," everyone immediately bowed their knees and greeted respectfully, hearing that the Ninth Princess had a violent temper and was easy to get angry, they didn't dare to make her angry.
Xiao Ziyue jumped over, plunged between Xiao Ye and Xiao Jingxuan, hugged them affectionately, and said dissatisfiedly, "Fourth Emperor Brother, you have prepared so many delicious foods, you don't even call me, you are too embarrassed." ”
Xiao Jingxuan smiled, pinched her face dotingly, and said softly, "Fourth brother has something to do, don't dare to call you over, I will ruin my banquet." ”
"Brother Emperor," Xiao Ziyue's eyes widened, her mouth pursed, she looked at Xiao Ye dissatisfiedly, and said gently, "Eighth Emperor Brother, Fourth Emperor Brother bullied me, you quickly help me get angry." ”
Xiao Ye smiled, pulled the arm that Xiao Ziyue put on his shoulder, and said in a slightly low voice, "Ziyue, I haven't seen you for three years, you are really getting more and more eccentric." ”
Xiao Ziyue smiled proudly, and glanced at Xiao Ye's handsome face, "The Eighth Emperor Brother is also getting better and better." ”