Shi Zunzheng and Tan Yuan stood outside the wing, and the two of them bowed their heads and said something. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Shi Zun's left arm had been bandaged, and seeing Wen Cang returning empty-handed, Shi Zun and Tan Yuan were both relieved.

"Deputy Commander Wen, did the assassin catch up?" Shi Zun asked.

Wen Cang knelt on one knee and said, "Your Highness, let the assassin run away." ”

Tan Yuan stood behind Shi Zun, a little secretly proud. Shi Zun stepped forward and asked, "You people, you can actually let three assassins escape!" How can you be expected to protect your father's comfort? ”

Wen Cang knelt on the spot, lowered his head and said: "Please forgive Your Highness, it is a dereliction of duty to humble duty for failing to protect the noble concubine Niangniang and making Niangniang frightened!" ”

Shi Zun saw that Wen Cang was holding a knife in his left hand and something in his right hand, so he asked, "What are you holding in your hand?" ”

Wen Cang hurriedly presented the knife and the flying knife and replied: "Back to Your Highness, this was just discovered by the brothers outside the Taoist temple, according to the observation of the scene by the lower officials, it was found that the assassin had fought with people at the gate of the Taoist temple, but the footprints at the scene showed that the assassin and the other person disappeared after only a few rounds of fighting. ”

Tan Yuan and Shi Zun's faces suddenly became a little ugly, and Shi Zun asked, "What's the matter?" Why does a fight disappear after a few rounds? ”

"The Humble Duty has just carefully inspected the traces of the scene, and after only a few rounds of fighting, one of them was knocked to the ground."

"Since it was knocked over to the ground, how could there be no one outside the gate of the Taoist temple? You haven't caught up? ”

"The person who was knocked over to the ground was either killed, knocked unconscious, and then taken away by another person, but it is more likely that he was knocked unconscious, because no blood was found at the scene, and besides, the person who was captured should be the assassin."

Shi Zun's heart was cold, he and Tan Yuan both knew that tonight's assassination was planned by him, and now an assassin was captured by an unknown person, if he confessed that he was the mastermind, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that Shi Zun didn't speak, Wen Cang continued: "Your Highness, according to the guess of the humble position, the person who kidnapped that assassin has extremely high martial arts, and he can subdue that assassin within a few rounds, and there are definitely not many such skills. ”

When Shi Zun heard this, his heart was even more cold, this unknown person's martial arts were so high, it really made people shudder.

Tan Yuan, who was standing behind Shi Zun, also had a solemn face, stepped forward and said softly: "Your Highness, it's not too early, you go back and rest first, and leave the rest of the matter to your subordinates." ”

Shi Zun turned around, looked at Tan Yuan, understood Tan Yuan's eyes, nodded slightly, and said, "I'll leave it to you!" ”

Tan Yuan nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

Shi Zun turned around and instructed Wen Cang: "The king's soldiers have searched around in this temple, Deputy Commander Wen, you and your subordinates will continue to protect the concubine Niangniang here." ”

"Obedience!"

Shi Zun turned around and was about to leave, when Gao Shangzhi ran over, shouting as he ran: "Your Highness, what happened just now?" Did the Assassins catch them? It's scared to death. ”

Shi Zun stopped, looked at Gao Shangzhi's frightened and uncertain look, and mocked angrily: "Prime Minister Gao, don't come out and run around with your old bones, if there is a mistake, maybe it's still the king's sin!" ”

"How can it? Just now, Lao Chen took a look at the situation from a distance, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to approach, but Master Zhang was bold and dared to step forward to take a closer look. ”

Shi Zun looked at Zhang Bao, who was standing behind Gao Shangzhi, and asked, "Just now, Lord Zhang hid behind a tree and watched for a long time, and he didn't come out to help, I don't know if I saw anything." ”

Zhang Bao looked at Shi Zun unusually calmly, and replied calmly: "The humble position is just a powerless literati, how can he have such a powerful skill as His Royal Highness?" Isn't this just the capture of an assassin by His Highness? ”

Shi Zun stared at Zhang Bao, and Zhang Bao's eyes did not show the slightest hint of flinching.

Gao Shangzhi asked on the side, "Did the assassin that His Highness just captured confess?" This assassin is too daring! It should be a thousand cuts! ”

"Okay, Prime Minister, if you and Lord Zhang are okay tomorrow, go back to Yecheng as soon as possible, and don't hinder the king from finding an assassin!" Shi Zun didn't have the patience to listen to the noble maneuver, so he interrupted him, and after speaking, he turned around and walked towards his own room.

Seeing that Shi Zun walked away, he sighed helplessly, patted Zhang Leopard, and said, "Hey! I was going to go to Wolong Mountain tomorrow to see the scenery, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen! What a disappointment! Let's go, Master Zhang, let's go back and rest, go back to Yecheng directly tomorrow, and come back to play another day. ”

Zhang Bao didn't answer, but looked at Shi Zun's departing back with straight eyes.

Seeing that Zhang Bao was still in a daze, he shook his hand in front of Zhang Bao's eyes and said, "Lord Zhang? ”

Zhang Bao reacted at this time, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Prime Minister?" ”

"Let's go, what are you still doing here? Let's go down the mountain early tomorrow, if something like this happens tonight, how can you still have the heart to drink tea? ”

Zhang Bao casually agreed: "Listen to the Prime Minister." ”

After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he walked away and walked towards his own house, Gao Shangzhi looked at Zhang Bao's back, and then looked at the candle flame lit in Shi Zun's wing, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned around and went back to his room.

Early the next morning, Shi Zun got up early, and as soon as he opened the door, Tan Yuan was already standing at the door, his eyes were red, and he obviously hadn't slept all night.

"Come in and talk." Shi Zun said, turned around and went back to the house.

Tan Yuan walked into Shi Zun's house, closed the door gently, and Shi Zun asked in a low voice, "How is it?" Did you find that mystery man? ”

Tan Yuan shook his head and replied: "Back to His Highness, I didn't find it, that person lost his trace after going down the mountain, and his subordinates took a few people to look for it all night and didn't find any clues." ”

"What about the other two?" Shi Zun continued to ask.

"I left the Taoist temple last night, and now I am in a secret shelter."

"The mysterious person who captured our people, you must continue to track down, don't be careless." Shi Zun instructed Tan Yuan.

"This matter is very important, and your subordinates know the stakes, Your Highness, please rest assured."

"Is there any movement from Concubine Liu?"

"Not yet, I shouldn't have gotten up yet. By the way, on the side of Deputy Commander Wen, his subordinates have already sent our government soldiers to replace them and let them go back to rest. ”

Shi Zun nodded silently, walked towards the door, and then turned to Tan Yuan and said, "This king went to visit Concubine Liu, you can rest for a while." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured." Tan Yuan respectfully saluted Shi to express his gratitude.

Shi Zun walked out of the wing room, walked to the door of Liu Guifei's wing, and saw that all the guards at the door had been replaced by his own people, so he knocked lightly on the door.

"Who?" Xiao Xiang's voice came from the house.

"Open the door, it's the king!" Shi Zun replied.

Xiao Xiang heard Shi Zun's voice, hurriedly opened the door, saluted and said, "Slave maid see His Royal Highness King Qing." ”

"Is the mother up?" Shi Zun asked.

"I've gotten up, but I was frightened last night, and I'm not in a very good mood." Xiaoxiang replied in a low voice.

Shi Zun nodded silently, walked into Liu Guifei's room, and saw Liu Guifei sitting in front of the mirror, motionless.

Shi Zun waved at Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang retreated very interestingly, and gently closed the door with his hand.

"Shi Zun frightened Niangniang last night, it's really guilty." Shi Zun took a few steps forward and saluted Liu Guifei respectfully.

Liu Guifei stood up from the chair and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your rescue last night, otherwise you would have been the assassin's ghost." ”

Shi Zun nodded slightly, and Concubine Liu saw that Shi Zun's arm was still tied with a strip of cloth, and asked, "His Royal Highness was injured last night to save the palace, I don't know if the injury was serious?" ”

Shi Zun said with a smile: "A little skin injury, it's not in the way, as long as the mother is fine, so that the king can also give his father an errand." ”

"I didn't expect that Bengong left Yecheng for the first time to come to Wolong Mountain, and encountered such a thing, what kind of person is so bold that he wants to assassinate Bengong!" Liu Guifei's eyes were full of resentment.

"An assassin has been caught last night, this king has sent someone to ask for custody last night, and several assassins who escaped are still being pursued, this king will definitely find out about this matter."

"Then work hard, His Royal Highness King Qing, this time, the palace will definitely tell Your Majesty truthfully, and Your Majesty will definitely reward His Royal Highness King Qing."

"This is the king's business, since the concubine is the concubine of the emperor, and I are a family, the family is in trouble, how can I sit idly by? So you don't have to be polite. ”

"This has happened, I'm afraid that the matter of praying for His Majesty can't continue, let's go back to the palace as soon as possible, this place is afraid of this palace." There was some fear in Liu Guifei's eyes.

Shi Zun stepped forward, helped Liu Guifei and said: "Niangniang twisted her foot last night, let's sit and rest first, and the king will order someone to arrange it after returning to the palace." ”

After Shi Zun finished speaking, he helped Liu Guifei to sit back on the chair, but his right hand was holding Liu Guifei's waist, but Liu Guifei did not resist, it seemed that she acquiesced in Shi Zun's misdeeds.

After Liu Guifei sat down, Shi Zun let go of his hand and stood aside, and said to Liu Guifei: "Niangniang take a rest first, this king will arrange the matter of returning to the palace, there are people from this king outside this room, and Niangniang doesn't have to worry about safety." ”

Liu Guifei looked at Shi Zun, nodded silently, and did not speak.

So Shi Zun turned around and walked out of Liu Guifei's room, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Your Highness." Xiao Xiang outside the door saw Shi Zun walk out and saluted slightly.

"You go back to pack up your things for Niangniang, take care of Niangniang, and this king will arrange for Niangniang to return to the palace." Shi Zun instructed Xiao Xiang.

Xiaoxiang nodded and replied, "The slave obeys." ”