When the Assassin stabbed Zhu Youzhen with his sword, two of his companions also came to their senses and wanted to attack Zhu Youzhen from both sides.

Still a step slower, the assassin in the middle is closest to Zhu Youzhen, the tip of the knife goes straight to Zhu Youzhen's chest, Zhu Youzhen makes a move "full of gold and jade", when there is a bang, the assassin's scimitar is broken in two from the middle, Zhu Youzhen can't help him to retreat, the scimitar slashes forward without any sluggishness, slashing at his thigh, the femur on the thigh is broken, and the assassin suddenly slumped to the ground, but he didn't snort.

At this time, the assassins on both sides only entered the distance of the attack, and the two scimitars, from the upper left and the upper right respectively, slashed towards Zhu Youzhen without reservation, they had already heard the footsteps of the Ouchi guards, this time they slashed, they did not leave a back hand, only one way to attack.

Unsuccessful Bian Chengren.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the attack was fierce, and he didn't use a knife to separate him, he just took the risk of hitting the enemy, and the scimitar didn't have time to retract, but he didn't expect the two assassins to come so quickly, and they were still desperate, and now it was too late to raise the knife.

As soon as he mentioned his true qi, his body slid backwards a few steps, and only then did he avoid the assassin's scimitar in a frightening and dangerous way, the tip of which was only a few inches away from Zhu You's bra.

However, Zhu Youzhen was inexperienced in facing the enemy, and he retreated too violently just now, and his body was already unstable.

It just so happened that the Ouchi guards had already rushed into Zhaohua Temple.

Seeing that the situation was critical, the two assassins really had only one chance, so they abandoned their defense again, and the two scimitars were both cut into Zhu Youzhen's chest.

Zhu Youzhen leaned back and bent his knees, but his body was like a sharp arrow, and it bounced forward, but instead it slid through the assassin's knife and fell behind them, and he used the tip of the knife to the ground a little, and the man was already standing like a pine.

The guards automatically divided into two groups, one group guarded Zhu Youzhen and used Zhu Youzhen as a human shield, and the other group rushed towards the two assassins.

"Keep your mouth alive!" Zhu Youzhen knew that his battle was over, he stood behind the guards, frowning and thinking about the origin of these assassins, they had not said a word until now, and they could not judge the origin of these assassins from their accents.

The guards were originally attacking the assassin's head and chest and other vital parts, preparing to hit the assassin with one blow and take down the two assassins as soon as possible, whether they were dead or alive, but when they heard Zhu Youzhen's call, they attacked the assassin's arms, thighs and shoulders instead.

Under the attack of the guards, the Assassins were like boats on the sea without oars, and they could no longer control their own destiny, not even suicide.

In less than half a pillar of incense, the two assassins were already scarred and captured, and the guards were tied up together with the two assassins who had fallen to the ground from their injuries.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty of capital crimes." When Fu Xiaojian, the head of the guard, heard the news of Zhu Youzhen's assassination just now, he was almost so frightened that his legs were weak, and when the assassin was captured, he couldn't help but kneel down in front of Zhu Youzhen and plead guilty.

"Xiaojian, it's none of your business, it's a complete accident," Zhu Youzhen asked Fu Xiaojian to get up, "Tie up the assassins, take them back for interrogation, don't let them commit suicide." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the sinners have already tied ropes in their mouths, and it is impossible for them to bite their tongues and kill themselves." Fu Xiaojian stood beside Zhu Youzhen, his eyes looking around, he didn't know if there were any assassins' comrades in Zhaohua Temple.

"Hmm."

"Your Majesty, it is the concubine who has caused Your Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to confess!" Wang Meiyu has returned to Zhaohua Temple with the guards, although Zhu Youzhen was not injured, she still blamed herself very much, if it wasn't for accompanying her out to play, Zhu Youzhen would not have been assassinated, no matter who the murderer was, she was the culprit, besides, at the critical juncture of Zhu Youzhen's defense against the enemy, she also ignored Zhu Youzhen and the danger, and pulled Wan'er to escape from Zhaohua Temple.

"Yu'er doesn't have to blame herself, you did the right thing, you brought the guards in time to save me." Zhu Youzhen believes that Wang Meiyu is not betraying herself, in the case of not being able to help herself directly, she decisively escaped from Zhaohua Temple and went to seek help not far away, so calm, even how many men are inferior, if Wang Meiyu becomes a hostage of the assassins, it is the guards who are coming, I don't know what the ending is, at least the assassins are hopeless to escape, suicide is completely possible.

Zhu Youzhen is concerned about the identity of the assassin, who sent the assassin?

Is it Jiannu, the remnants of Mongolia, or the vassal ministers of the imperial court? If it's the former, it's nothing, they're no longer the opponents of the Ming Dynasty, so they use the means of going up and down.

If it's the latter, then it's dangerous, are they not used to seeing their own reckless militarism, or are they opposed to the New Deal? Was it a single man, or was it a signal that the ministers were united against him?

The assassination of the emperor, in the eyes of Zhu Youzhen, was originally a trivial matter, but behind this trivial matter, what ulterior secrets are hidden?

Perhaps this trivial matter can change the direction of the Ming Dynasty, and the new deal that he has worked so hard to establish will be interrupted on this trivial matter.

Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty......" Wan'er slowly leaned on Zhu Youzhen's side, she was still uneasy about her escape from Zhaohua Temple just now, she lost her life, how could she let Her Majesty face the siege of the assassins alone? Because of the fright, she had forgotten that she didn't know martial arts.

"Wan'er, don't say it," Zhu Youzhen gave a reassuring look, "However, I can't do it by calling Huaji, I'm not in the mood to do it today, I'll make up for you another day." ”

The emperor was attacked in Zhaohua Temple, and all the women had no interest in playing, and under the careful protection of the guards, they returned to the palace together.

Zhu Youzhen knew that it must be very difficult to pry open the mouths of these assassins, and he was originally going to hand over these assassins to Jinyiwei, but thinking that Jinyiwei had lost the power to inquire and convict, he finally handed them over to the Judicial Yuan.

Three days later, the President of the Judiciary, Qiao Yunsheng, personally reported the assassin's situation to Zhu Youzhen.

Although the Assassins were determined to die, in the prison, they did not even have the right to die, and they could not survive or die.

After three consecutive days of brutal corporal torture and endless mental torture, they finally broke down and were forced to reveal their identity.

"Your Majesty, these assassins are from the Donghu Dynasty." Qiao Yunsheng's eyes were a little gloomy, Donghu was far away in the south, but he sent someone to assassinate Zhu Youzhen, last time Zhu Youzhen wanted to send troops to Donghu, he also objected, he knew that this was the case, he should have sent troops to destroy Donghu at the end of last year, and Zhu Youzhen would not have suffered this catastrophe.

"The Donghu Dynasty? Why did they stab? Zhu Youzhen faintly felt that it might be related to the Ming Dynasty's dispatch of troops to Donghu, but the Ming Dynasty's dispatch of troops to Donghu was only recently decided, Donghu was thousands of miles away, and it was impossible to get the information so quickly, is there anything else hidden?

"Your Majesty, these assassins said that because of the war with Ayutthaya for many years, Toungoo buried their spies in the court of Ayutthaya, and the spies reported Puti's envoy to the Ming Dynasty to the Toungoo Dynasty, and their king Ta Long decided to send someone to assassinate His Majesty...... "Originally, he didn't know much about Toungoo and Ayutthaya, but in the process of trying the assassins, he gradually learned about the geographical location of Toungoo and Ayutthaya and the situation in China.

This is not simple, this person can't stay! Zhu Youzhen secretly exclaimed, if he didn't kill this person, even if the Ming Dynasty conquered Donghu, there would be rebellion in the future, "If I am assassinated, Donghu is not afraid that the Ming Dynasty will take revenge with the power of the country?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, the Assassin said that there were also people in the country of Donghu who comforted Talong, but Talong thought that if His Majesty ...... In case there are three long and two short, and there are no heirs now, Daming will inevitably be in turmoil, and when Daming eases up, Donghu should have destroyed Dacheng long ago, even in the face of Daming at that time, Donghu is not afraid ...... "Qiao Yunsheng is a little hesitant.

"Qiao Aiqing has something to say, you might as well say it directly, this is still Talong's business, there is no need to be taboo!" Seeing Qiao Yunsheng's spitting appearance, Zhu Youzhen estimated that Ta Long should have more ugly words, anyway, Ta Long was going to die, and Zhu Youzhen didn't care about him.

"Your Majesty...... Ta Long also said that the land in the northeast of Donghu was not taken from the Ming Dynasty? This Ta Long is so arrogant...... "Donghu seized the land of the Ming Dynasty, that is the matter of the Wanli Dynasty, Wanli is Zhu Youzhen's imperial grandfather, let an outsider insult the emperor's grandfather, Qiao Yunsheng is a little speechless."

He Long is really a character, he thinks that the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is still Wanli Ye, Zhu Youzhen asked: "Qiao Aiqing, what do you think of Ta Long's words?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is confused, he knew this earlier, and he didn't dare to oppose His Majesty's use of troops to kill the minister." Qiao Yunsheng was worried that Zhu Youzhen mentioned his opposition to sending troops to Donghu, and he was the person who opposed it most fiercely at that court meeting, with Zhu Youzhen's character, since he sent someone to assassinate, Zhu Youzhen would definitely not take a break.

"Yes, Qiao Aiqing, although the land of the Ming Dynasty is vast, if you discard the territory expanded by the ancestors, people will be despised, and even the ancestors will be insulted." The Han people have always attached importance to their ancestors, and they are the same in the past and back generations, Qingming worships ancestors, only the Han cultural area in the world will have a holiday, and the Ming Dynasty is based on filial piety, Zhu Youzhen thought, after this assassination time, Qiao Yunsheng should not oppose himself in the future to regain his homeland.

If Qiao Yunsheng's support for himself in the past was because of the imperial power, then the support for himself in the future is the political consensus, at least on the issue of their homeland, their opinions should be the same.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has only now truly understood His Majesty's use of troops," Qiao Yunsheng looked enlightened, and he felt more and more that Zhu Youzhen was an uncertain prophet, "These small people dare to swallow elephants." ”

"Haha, it's good that Qiao Aiqing understands," Zhu Youzhen said in his heart, if Qiao Yunsheng is recovered, then the assassination incident is really not a bad thing, "This Donghu has repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty, it turns out that they don't take the Ming Dynasty seriously at all, and they are not the real vassal states of the Ming Dynasty at all." ”

"Your Majesty, Donghu is indeed a white-eyed wolf, and Taizu also listed them as a country that is not to be conquered." Qiao Yunsheng was a little suspicious of Taizu's vision, and in front of Zhu Youzhen, of course he didn't dare to say it directly.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care about these false courtesies, "Qiao Aiqing, now let's talk about it, how did the assassins know that I was going to Yuquan Mountain, this was a temporary decision made by me, how could they know?" "This is what Zhu Youzhen is most worried about, unless the assassin has an inside line in the palace, he will never know that he is going to Yuquan Mountain, if there are spies in the palace, in addition to today, there will be tomorrow, and his life will always be threatened by them, this is the bane.