It was past noon and the rain had stopped.

Sunlight peeked out from behind the clouds, and over the mountains and forests to the west, there was a seven-colored iridescent, which had been hanging for a long time, and at this moment, the halo was rather dim and crumbling.

Outside the palace of Shanglin Yuan, on the plain covered with small yellow flowers, there were many carriages parked, and several or more than a dozen carriages formed a camp, each occupying a position, and there was some distance between the camp and the camp. Those camps with many vehicles are relatively close to the Shanglinyuan Palace, and the camps with fewer vehicles are also some distance from the gate of the palace.

Of these camps, only Du Rui was the most shabby.

He only had one carriage, and the worst thing was that the guards accompanying him couldn't even have one person and one war horse, and when he came, it turned out to be two people riding together, and he looked like he was lost and depressed, without any spirit, which inevitably attracted the attention of others, and behind his back, it was inevitable to whisper his gossip, which made Wei Yue, who accompanied him, very embarrassed.

There was no way, Yan Wu's aura was too strong, and a few war horses were frightened and could not be ridden, so Du Rui had to leave a guard and let him take these war horses back.

Horses are more expensive, and those who can become war horses are even more one in a hundred, and these frightened war horses are adjusted by the groom for a period of time, maybe they can come in handy, and they are not easy to discard casually.

Du Rui arrived late, and his camp was located on the outermost part.

Soon after he came here, the atmosphere in the camp became tense, and the Shence army escorting on the periphery began to move, and the Ouchi guards in the palace also traveled one after another, looking nervous one by one.

Many people didn't know what was going on, and in the various camps, there was a lot of gossip, and most of the old people looked quite nervous, and kept warning the young people not to talk nonsense. These old people have experienced the palace change of Yingzong Du Zhen to seize the throne, and at that time, the Shence Army was also dispatched, martial law was imposed in the interior, and the guard battalion was also divided into two groups and confronted each other.

It's a bit like that time.

Du Rui naturally knows the specific situation.

A prince was killed by assassins, and it was in the territory of Shanglin Yuan, which was a very serious provocation for the Tang Empire, and for Emperor Du Zhen, it was equivalent to someone giving him a slap in the face.

Du Lai, the king of Jinling, was cut off by Yan Wu, and after Yan Wu flew away, he left a mess, and Master Liu was punched by Yan Wuyi and didn't know where he went, it seems that most of them can't survive. The head of the guard was fully armed, wearing divine armor, but he still couldn't block Yan Wuyi's punch, and his soul was wiped out, but fortunately, the chief attendant of the palace was still there.

Yan Wu broke the carriage and rushed in to cut off Du Lai's head, and his speed was as fast as the wind.

At that time, Du Lai was raising a glass and drinking, and now, the right hand of the headless corpse was also raised high, never put down, the whole corpse was as stiff as a statue, and most of the heads cut off by Yan Wu still maintained the expression at that time.

At that time, the chief chamberlain stood behind Du Lai.

This chief attendant was sent to Du Lai's side very early, just like Wei Yue beside Du Rui, he was better than Wei Yue, he came from the lecture hall of Daming Palace, and his cultivation was the Sunflower Treasure Book, and he had already opened up the Great Zhou Tian. The Sunflower Treasure Book is a technique that only eunuchs can practice, and what is important is a fast word, the world's martial arts, only fast is not broken, and the chief of the inner chamberlain is also very proud of his quick moves.

However, at that time, he was unable to make a move.

Under the suppression of Yan Wu's strong aura, he didn't even have the idea of making a move to stop Yan Wu.

After Yan Wu left, he regained his composure.

With him to deal with the endgame, the situation is not so bad.

As soon as possible, he sent out his guards and galloped towards the palace.

Of course, he also came to Du Rui's convoy in person, and at that time, he knew that the owner of the convoy was Handan Jun Du Rui, originally, he wanted to ask Du Rui to assign some people to himself to track down the traces of Yan Wu's departure. However, after meeting Du Rui, he dismissed this idea. If it is a child of a family whose background is not a first-class gatekeeper, this chief of the chamberlain may not care so much, and will forcibly recruit his subordinates.

Handan Jun, although he is not a prince, is a prince, and his identity is actually more noble than Du Lai, the king of Jinling.

A son is always closer than a brother.

After a few words of greeting, Du Rui and his entourage continued to move forward, and after passing a few checkpoints, they came to the plain in front of the Shanglin Yuan Palace and set up camp.

Many of these cars outside the palace came the night before, and there were very few people like Du Rui who arrived before they set off, Wei Yue relied on his qualifications and knew a lot of people, and he went out to inquire about the news when the camp fell, and he told Du Rui when he came back that their trip was the last team to arrive at Shanglin Yuan, and in addition, it was Du Lai, the king of Jinling, who could no longer come here.

After Du Rui and his entourage set up camp, no one came to the door.

During this time, Du Rui's story often spread in the high-level social circles of Chang'an City, and in the eyes of those disciples, even if Du Rui is not stupid, he is crazy, and the things he does are completely unacceptable.

Don't look at it now, the emperor values him a little, but it's just because the other party has just recovered from a long illness and has some pity for him, and in the future, if he does too many things like that that that is not in line with the identity of the prince, he will be rejected by the emperor again.

After all, as an emperor, patience is limited.

Therefore, the social circle of the upper class has always been closed to Du Rui.

Now, in broad daylight, no one will take the initiative to visit, in that case, it will be considered by others to be the same as Du Rui, and they are all dog meat that cannot be eaten, and they will also be rejected by everyone.

The guards were busy, carrying improvised tents with them, and at this time, they set up their tents just like the surrounding camps.

It stands to reason that after noon, the emperor's chariot will head north, and everyone will follow closely behind the emperor's chariot under the command of the guards, all the way north.

However, noon has arrived, and depending on the current situation, it will not be possible to travel for a while.

The group walked out of the open gate of the palace.

Walking in front was a white-faced and beardless chamberlain, everyone knew him, this chamberlain named Li Zhong was Ling Hu Xingzhi's apprentice, if the emperor had any will, he would probably hand it over to him to issue.

Behind him, followed by a group of murderous guards, dressed in talisman armor, faintly shining.

These guards are imperial guards, and they have always followed the emperor, so everyone can afford to wear talisman armor, the number is less than a hundred, every warrior, the worst one has opened up the Great Zhou Tian, these imperial guards only listen to the emperor's orders, of course, this is the case on the surface.

Looking at this situation, this Li Zhong obviously came with the emperor's will.

As soon as they did not dare to come forward to disturb them, this group of people outside the palace were all the upper elites of the empire, even if the nobles did not understand the world, the staff around them also understood, and the guys who really didn't understand anything, unless they were extremely lucky, or were ignored by everyone, most of them had already entered the Yellow Spring and went down to the Nine Shadows.

Li Zhong led the imperial guards to Du Rui's camp.

Standing in front of the vehicle, Li Zhong had a solemn face and screamed.

"Handan-kun, take the order!"

Du Rui poked his head out of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage slowly.

The guards stopped what they were doing and knelt down on one knee towards Li Zhong.

Wei Yue's face was anxious, and he had to put an incense case in order to receive the order, at this time, where to get the incense case!

Li Zhong glanced at Wei Yue and said with a smile.

"Duke Wei, this is a verbal message, and there is no need for incense."

Du Rui walked over slowly, with a somewhat wooden expression on his face.

Wei Yue said softly.

"Your Highness, you have to kneel down to receive orders."

Li Zhong shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty has a will, Handan Jun does not need to follow the rules to receive the order, everything is ...... at his own discretion"

After a pause, he put away his smile and looked serious.

"Your Majesty has a message to summon the king of Handan to meet the saint!"

In the afternoon, the clouds are a little thinner, and the color of the sun is a little brighter, penetrating the thin clouds and falling, shining on the flower beds of Shanglin Garden.

Du Rui walked forward slowly.

Those imperial guards wearing talisman armor followed closely behind, and the footsteps were neatly aligned, obviously five people were walking together, but only one person's footsteps echoed in their ears, which was very rare.

Du Rui knew in his heart that the emperor summoned him to ask about the assassination of Du Lai, the king of Jinling, after all, he happened to pass by and witnessed the situation with his own eyes. It's just that it's not just for this, if it's just for this matter, I won't let myself be alone in the audience, speaking of which, in the emperor's place, he is just a teenager who has just gotten rid of dementia.

Therefore, Li Zhong did not accompany Du Rui after passing the decree, but stayed there to learn about the situation at that time from Wei Yue, Nie Yuan and others.

The reason why I summoned myself to see him was nothing more than to see how he had changed.

As the emperor, Du Zhen can barely be regarded as a diligent government, and there are many major events happening every day in the whole world, so he is busy from morning to night, so even if he receives an intelligence file about Du Rui, most of them don't have time to read or listen. What's more, it is shallow on paper, and listening to other people's reports and opinions is still separated by a layer after all, so it is better to take a look at it in person.

Du Rui didn't guess wrong, this is indeed Du Zhen's idea.

At this time, he was leaning against the soft couch, flipping through the file in front of him, and these thin pages were the recent behaviors of Handan Jun Du Rui collected by the people below......

There are reports that he took guards disguised as gangsters and people to grab the territory, and there are also stories of him having close contacts with several people in the market, and even, the file also pointed out that he accepted a quasi-congenital master of the Huashan Sword Sect, why the arrogant warrior became his guest, the reason is not known for the time being, after accepting this warrior, with the cooperation of Xuan Zhenguan, I don't know whose idea and who gave the order, and the spies and assassins around Handan Jun were swept away.

Among them, there is the Assassin of the Parting Hall.

For Du Zhen, this is just a story that can be used to pass the time in his spare time.

After knowing that Du Rui witnessed the assassination with his own eyes, he remembered to look at Du Rui's file, although it was a little absurd and uninhibited, but it was also funny, just when he was smiling, the voice of Ling Hu Xingzhi came from outside.

"Your Majesty, the king of Handan has come to see ......"