Chapter 24 Rescue

On the fourth watch, there was a faint trace of clarity in the sky.

Liu Rui, the crown prince who had been organizing the Imperial Forest Army to defend against the enemy on the periphery, saw that the emperor was in danger, so he rushed in the direction of the emperor with his legs, and shouted frantically as he ran:

"Escort! Escort! ”

The voice is poignant and moving!

The assassin glanced back at the prince, a mocking look flashed in his eyes, the long sword in his hand touched the ground a little, and his body flew up like a dragonfly in water, and at the same time he pulled out the sword in his hand and rushed straight in the direction of Liu Xiu.

And the prince, whose face was already showing a look of despair, shouted in a low voice:

"Father! Father! ”

Hearing only the sound of "snort", it was the sound of a knife entering flesh and blood, everyone's hearts were cold, and the woman who had fought with the assassin before turned pale and cried bitterly:

"Don't!"

Everyone looked over in horror, and saw Liu Xiu and the others standing in astonishment, while the black scarf on the assassin's face was picked off with a knife, the knife marks were all over his cheeks, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and he could no longer see his true face.

In just a few moments, the assassin was slashed in the face with a terrible scar!

After a moment, he took a few steps back sharply, his face turned from red to black, his hands were clenched, his eyes bulged angrily, and he exclaimed with difficulty:

"Okay, good, good Liu Zhuang, you actually let people feed poison on the knife! Liu Zhuang, Wang Xiangzuo, look at me, look at me! You rebels and thieves will die sooner or later! Don't you dare to let the world see me, you?"

After finishing speaking, he fell to the ground softly with a "poof", and a guard next to him quickly squatted down and tried his breathing, shouting:

"Your Majesty, the assassin is dead!"

The situation was reversed by the unpreparedness of the crowd.

Several masters who came immediately after walked out from Liu Xiu's side, threw the sword in their hand to the ground, and bowed to the emperor:

"Wechen is late to save the car, I hope Your Majesty will atone for your sins!"

The emperor walked up to Liu Xiu, patted him on the shoulder, praised the people behind him, and then looked up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Wang Xiangzuo gasped, looked at the poisoned assassin, and nodded to the guards behind him, who looked at the corpses on the ground with strange and chilling eyes, as well as several assassins who resisted to the death, and their swords were raised by them.

"Kill them!"

I don't know who shouted first, and a sword light and sword shadow swarmed over, and a piece of sword light rose and fell, only to hear a "clanging" weapon collision sound in the crowd, and then a scream, and finally only the sound of "poof" blades entering the flesh.

By the time the flesh-and-blood guards vented their anger and slowly retreated, the ground was already a puddle of flesh and blood, and there was no trace of a complete human being.

Even the body of the masked assassin was slashed into meat sauce by the enraged guards.

The Emperor walked over with a gloomy face, looked down at the pile of unrecognizable flesh on the ground, and his cheeks twitched slightly.

He took a deep breath, slowly turned around, looked at the guard who was still holding the blood blade, and said in a deep voice:

"General Wang, Prime Minister Yaheng, King Liu Xiu!"

He paused, looked at the panting prince, and said:

"Prince Liu Rui, I want you to find out who is behind the scenes within three days, and give the world an explanation!"

After a pause, the emperor gritted his teeth and turned back:

"The crown prince is solely responsible for this matter, the three of you don't have to worry about it, stay here and take care of the aftermath."

Liu Xiu and Wang Xiangzuo glanced at each other, and said in unison:

"Son, obey the order!"

Yaheng and the prince also hurriedly agreed.

The emperor glanced at the inhuman-shaped corpse on the ground, his eyes were gloomy as the sea, and after a moment, he brushed his sleeves back to the palace.

By this time, it was already dawn.

Innocent people were killed and wounded in this war.

The next day, the news came out that the emperor was seriously ill and could not go to court early.

The ministers waited for an hour, and when they heard the news, they shook their heads and sighed and left.

Sun Kang, the doctor of Guanglu Temple, walked with the crowd, bowed his head and was silent, thinking of the assassination last night, and felt guilty and uneasy.

The assassin rashly assassinated, and the emperor was almost injured, and he, the doctor of Guanglu Temple, could not escape the blame.

Now the political situation is unknown, last night's incident happened suddenly, especially the assassin hidden in the lantern, the matter is extremely strange, I don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows.

He was thinking wildly, when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, and when he looked up, he saw a carriage in front of him, which stopped there and blocked the way.

Sun Kang frowned, stopped, looked at the carriage, and saw that although the decoration of the carriage was simple, it revealed a sense of luxury.

He felt a pang in his heart, the owner of this carriage dared to stand in his way, it seemed that the origin was not small, but he didn't know whose subordinates it was.

Sun Kang was frowning, thinking hard, when a column of armored soldiers came out from behind the carriage, standing there in full armor, the first one of the soldiers saw Sun Kang, smiled, stepped forward a few steps, saluted, and hugged his fists:

"The villain Sun Youquan has seen Lord Sun!"

Sun Kang was stunned for a moment, his face showed doubt, and said:

"Who are you?"

Sun Youquan immediately replied:

"We are the East Palace Guard, the Holy Lord wants His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to verify the origin of the assassin, limited to three days, His Royal Highness thinks that this matter is quite difficult, there are some things that need to be consulted by Lord Sun, so let the villain wait here, please come over, His Royal Highness is already waiting in the restaurant."

After speaking, he turned sideways and got out of the way and waited for Sun Kang to pass.

How dare Sun Kang say half a word, nodded stubbornly, didn't speak, and got into the carriage directly, and after he sat down, the coachman shouted, and the carriage galloped away-

The restaurant is located not far from the palace, but it is not large, only two floors.

Before Sun Kang could get closer, he smelled the smell of wine, and his heart became even more irritable.

The prince is also low-key.

Sun Kang thought so in his heart.

Sun Youquan walked extremely fast, Sun Kang didn't dare to stop for a while, and followed quickly.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard the sound of people in the hall, and as far as the eye could see, there was a noise of diners.

Sun Kang subconsciously glanced up, and among the full house of diners, he did not find the prince.

Sun Youquan saw him stop, knowing that he was looking for the prince, so he hurriedly followed from behind, walked to his side and said respectfully:

"Lord Sun, the private banquet is upstairs, His Highness is waiting for you there, please move."

After saying that, he stood upright, blocked Sun Kang's retreat, and made a gesture of invitation at the same time.

Sun Kang had no way to retreat, so he had to nod helplessly and walked upstairs.

After Sun Youquan saw him upstairs, he turned around and stood at the top of the stairs to prevent anyone from going up.

Around him, among the diners, the prince's guards, dressed in civilian clothes, sat in all directions, standing there.

The space on the second floor is smaller than that on the first floor, but the decoration is very exquisite, but the second floor is not like the first floor, but is divided into a lot of private rooms.

It seems that the prince has enveloped the entire second floor, and there is no sound in it.

After Sun Kang went upstairs, he calmed down, slowly exhaled the stasis in his chest, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and walked forward.

Near the fifth room at the top of the stairs, the door was open, Sun Kang looked in, and saw that the room was very empty, and almost everything in it had been removed, only a table and two chairs were placed by the window, and the table was placed with sumptuous wine and food.

There was a person sitting next to the table, holding a wine glass at this time, looking out the window, it was Liu Rui, the prince of the Han Kingdom.

Seeing Sun Kang approaching, the prince casually put down the wine glass, squeezed the meat on his face, "emerged" a kind smile, and nodded.

The prince did not get up, until Sun Kang approached, he waved his hand and said:

"Here you are, sit down."

Sun Kang hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Let Your Highness wait for a long time, the villain deserves death!"

When the prince heard him say this, he was very grateful in his heart, nodded, and squeezed the meat on his face twice like a reward, so that the smile seemed more sincere, and then he said;

"Lord Sun is polite, don't be so restrained in front of me."

Hearing this, Sun Kang stepped forward and replied repeatedly:

"The subordinates are afraid, the subordinates are afraid."

After Sun Kang sat down, the prince pointed to the table full of delicacies, and said with a smile:

"Lord Sun can taste it, the food in this restaurant is very distinctive, it can be called delicious, Lord Sun, you also know, my father relies on me a lot, and he discusses everything with me, he rarely comes out on weekdays, rare dishes, I can't help but eat, just wait for Lord Sun to arrive, you and I move at the same time."

After hearing this, Sun Kang hurriedly got up, bowed down and said:

"The subordinates are terrified! Let His Highness wait for a long time. ”

Seeing that there was no anger on the prince's face, his heart moved, and he said tentatively:

"The subordinates heard that His Royal Highness is a master of wine tasting, and his attainments are quite profound, and his subordinates have a few jars of aged wine at home, and they will all be sent to the Prince's Mansion another day to forgive his sins."

When the prince heard this, he laughed:

"Oh, in the end, it's not as comfortable as you, eating good meat and drinking good wine every day, it's like I'm busy with official business all day long, drinking vegetarian wine every day, eating vegetables, and a bird can fade out of my mouth!"

Sun Kang frowned when he heard Liu Rui's mouth become dirty, and he felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest expression on his face, and raised his glass and said:

"Your Royal Highness works hard for the country, this is the luck of the empire, the blessing of the people, the ministers for the world, a cup of respect for Your Highness."

The prince drank the wine with a smile, patted the table, and said:

"I don't like to beat around the bush, seeing that you are also a smart person, I won't go around in circles with you, I guess you also know what my purpose is for looking for you."

After hearing this, Sun Kang secretly screamed "Oops", thinking that the prince was investigating the assassin last night, he was terrified, and immediately got up and left his seat, knelt on the ground, and said with a look of shame:

"The minister was negligent yesterday, and he actually let the assassin disturb the holy car, and he deserves death!"

The prince's eyes flashed, he glanced at Sun Kang, a meaningful smile appeared on his face, and said leisurely:

"If you make a mistake, you have to find a way to make up for it."

After speaking, he sighed and shook his head.

Sun Kang knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

The atmosphere fell silent.

After a while, the prince reached out to take the teacup on the table, but before he could touch the cup, Sun Kang took a step, held the cup in his hand, and said with a smile:

"The water herbal tea is light, and the minister will go and change a cup of hot tea for His Royal Highness."

When the prince heard this, he laughed and said:

"Lord Sun is polite, it's not like this!"

Having said that, his body did not move at all, even his arms were still in place, and he did not move.

It wasn't until Sun Kang offered the hot tea and put it in his hand that he smiled and nodded, his eyes full of praise.

When the tea arrived, the prince drank it all, hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, sighed, and the horizontal flesh on his face instantly collapsed, with a bitter face.

Sun Kang's face changed drastically, he was anxious to let the prince teach him to "wear guilt and make meritorious service", he was already nervous, he couldn't bear the fright, seeing the prince's painful expression, he was taken aback, his voice trembled, and asked:

"Dare to ask Your Highness what's the matter, so anxious?"

The prince shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said:

"Master Sun, don't look at me on the surface, in fact, you can't imagine what kind of life I live."

Sun Kang was puzzled, frowned, and said in surprise:

"What are you talking about, Your Highness?"

The prince shook his head suddenly, took the wine and drank it all, and sneered:

"You don't know what kind of life I'm living at all, you think that I am the crown prince of the dynasty, one person under ten thousand people, I must be very proud, but how do you know, the court is turbulent, the storage position is difficult to protect, and my father doesn't trust me at all!"

Sun Kang was taken aback when he heard this, how could he hear this, and he hurriedly knelt down at the moment, and said in his mouth:

"Capital offense, capital offense!"

I also felt that the term "capital crime" was not appropriate in this situation, and I lacked urgency, and my mouth was speechless, panicked, and cold sweat flowed.

Fortunately, the prince didn't care, he waved his hand and asked him to get up.

Sun Kang hurriedly got up, wiped his cold sweat, and looked around to see that there was no one around, and then asked carefully;

"Your Royal Highness, a hundred years after the emperor, you still come to sit in this country and inherit the unification, but the villain heard that King Liu Xiu has been in the limelight recently, and the government and the opposition have praised each other."

After hearing this, the prince snorted coldly, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, his palms clenched into fists, slammed the table hard, and said angrily:

"It's my negligence, I didn't expect to raise a tiger for trouble, the few people who escorted last night must be the dead man who was raised in his house, this kid has been hidden deeply, and now he shows his tail, but he is taking advantage of his father's serious illness, so that he can show himself in front of the world and compete for the position of my prince, hmph, maybe the assassin last night was arranged by him."