In the middle of the night, the Jingshi was cold, and under the moonless and starless night, Xiao Fan and Taixu shouted for help while running for their lives.

should have called for help a long time ago, maybe the two of them were too nervous to be chased by the assassins, so they invariably ignored it, only caring about the stupid escape, completely forgetting that they were on Jingshi Street, and Xiao Fan was a rampant Jinyi Wei Tongzhi, and there was an organization behind him that could be relied on.

At such a thrilling moment, such a nonsensical thing happened, Xiao Fan and Taixu even fled for their lives.

"Little bastard, if you die today, you will be killed! You, the big official of the brocade guard, have been in vain! Taixu scolded while running.

Xiao Fan gasped and said: "I haven't realized how to be a big official, I always think that I am still the poor boy who lives in the mountain temple, master, the apprentice is called a simple surname, and he has a pure feeling......

"Child, your whole family! The gang of killers is catching up again! He shouted in a fit of rage.

"Help—murder!! What about the people of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies? Does anyone eat supper on the street? Help! Someone is doing a murder—" Tai Xuan opened his throat and shouted bitterly.

The terrible screams echoed in the night sky of the capital for a long time, but no one came to help, and the people of the Governor's Mansion and Jinyi Guard seemed to have become deaf. In the silent night, only the rapid breathing of Xiao Fan and the others were heard, and the chaotic footsteps of the assassins who were chasing them behind them.

"Master, it's not the right way for you to shout like this, no ......one will come if you shout again," Xiao Fan panted.

"Then you shout!" Too vain and furious.

Xiao Fan was not polite, so he opened his throat and shouted: "Wow-it's so immoral!" In the middle of the night, there are women running naked! Is there anyone in charge? ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden chaotic footsteps at the corner of the street in front of him, and a rough voice couldn't wait to say: "I am a hundred households under the command of Lord Cao of Jinyi Wei Town, who is running naked?" Who runs naked? It's so unethical! ”

Too vain and dumbfounded: "............"

The assassins were also dumbfounded: "............"

........................ "this...... What is this? Taixu looked at Xiao Fan and stammered.

Xiao Fan stopped, stretched out his hand to brush the messy bandana, then pointed to his head, and said with a proud smile: "Knowledge changes fate." ”

When he said this, Xiao Fan was chic, if he was given a goose feather fan, he would be reborn as a Zhuge and Kong Ming would be reborn.

The situation reversed, and more than 100 Jinyi captains were killed in oblique stabs under the leadership of 100 households.

Xiao Fan hurriedly shouted: "I am Xiao Fan, who is the same as the Jinyi Guard, and I have been chased and killed for most of the night, you should hurry up and ......"

Jinyi's eyelids jumped, and then sweated profusely, he was shocked by the sentence "being chased and killed for most of the night", so he quickly waved his hand, pointed at the more than ten assassins and said, "What a big dog!" Come on, surround Lao Tzu! ”

With a bang, more than 100 brocade-clothed captains unsheathed their swords together, and then divided into two teams, quickly surrounding the assassins in a circle.

The situation changed suddenly, and the assassins were stunned, and two assassins reacted the fastest, taking advantage of the chaos to get up and try to escape, but they were immediately shot against the wall by the brocade-clothed captain with a strong crossbow.

"Jinyi Wei is on an errand, and you won't be caught before you are tied!" Baihu raised his sword and shouted violently.

The lieutenants in brocade clothes shouted in unison with murderous spirit: "Put down your weapons, otherwise you will be killed!" ”

The Assassins were gathered in the middle, back to back, swords raised and wary eyes watching.

Seeing that the situation on the field had been controlled, Baihu stepped forward and saluted Xiao Fan with a fist: "The subordinate Jinyi Weijing Division has commanded the envoy Yang Deli of the Baihu Division, see Lord Xiao, the subordinate is late, and Lord Xiao is frightened." ”

escaped death, Xiao Fan's face was full of joy, how could he bother to blame him? Hearing this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yang Baihu doesn't have to be polite, you are here at the right time, and you still have to rely on the organization at the critical moment......

Yang Deli: "............"

Although the assassins were surrounded, there was still no panic, more than ten people gathered back to back, surrounded by the captains of the brocade clothes, suddenly two more assassins rose into the air, the steel knives in their hands shook hard in mid-air, two muffled sounds, two lieutenants in brocade clothes were pierced through the chest by the steel knives, and died on the spot, and a gap was opened in the encirclement.

The Assassins seized the momentary opportunity, and at the same time, they wanted to break through the gap, but the two Assassins who rushed to the front had just run two steps, but they only heard the sound of the surrounding machines, and dozens of steel crossbows shot through the air, and in the blink of an eye, the two Assassins were shot into hedgehogs.

"Jinyi Wei takes people, how dare you resist arrest? Don't be quick to catch it! Yang Deli opened his eyes and shouted.

The assassins did not dare to move again, and seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, more than a dozen people glanced at each other, with a look of despair and determination in their eyes, nodded to each other, and then suddenly raised their knives and wiped them on their necks. These people are the real dead soldiers, who will die resolutely if they miss a blow, and will never leave any clues and living mouths for others that may affect their masters.

Xiao Fan saw that they were exchanging glances with each other, and he knew that something was wrong, so he immediately separated and blocked the brocade-clothed lieutenant in front of him to protect him, and then smashed the sauce hoof that he carried back to Xiao Thrush for supper in his hand and slammed it into the head of the last assassin who wiped his neck a little slower.

The two hooves weighed more than two catties, and smashed on the assassin's head, instantly smashing him into a daze, and his body couldn't help but stumble, and the brocade lieutenant who was facing him in front of him took advantage of the situation to pull out the scabbard and slammed it on his wrist, only to hear a muffled snort, and the steel knife in the assassin's hand had already landed.

Before the assassin could react, Xiao Fan punched him in the face, and the assassin's jaw clicked and he was beaten and dislocated.

In a few moments, everything returned to calm, more than a dozen assassins had killed themselves, and only one assassin was left with Xiao Fan beating his jaw and lying on the ground humming.

Xiao Fan clapped his hands and ordered in a cold voice: "Check his mouth to see if there is poison hidden in it." ”

With a wave of his hand, a brocade-clad lieutenant stepped forward to open the assassin's mouth, stretched out his finger and examined it, and it didn't take long to find a small dark red pill hidden in the assassin's tooth sac.

Yang Deli couldn't help but clench his fists in admiration and said: "Lord Xiao is really insightful and thoughtful......"

Xiao Fan calmly accepted the praise, thanks to the good performance of the TV series in his previous life! No matter what dynasty TV series, as long as there is an assassin in it, there will always be a poison in his mouth that seals his throat with blood, without exception, what is even more amazing is that those assassins are no different from ordinary people whether they eat or drink, and there has never been a nonsensical incident of accidentally biting the poison in his mouth, every time Xiao Fan is very worried about it and feels very uninteresting.

It's gratifying that today's assassins didn't say a word from beginning to end, which is the most worry-free, and the assassins in the TV series always shout something "xxx I killed you-" or "Heavenly Father and Earth Mother, anti-Qing and restore Ming-" and so on, while shouting slogans and fighting hard, one heart can be used for two purposes, and it doesn't work if you don't shout slogans, if you don't shout, it's as if you're bored.

In contrast, these assassins are now called a profession when they are stabbed.

"Tie up this assassin and put him in prison!" Yang Deli shouted.

Several brocade-clad captains stepped forward and pulled out ropes to tie the only living assassin to a sturdy knot.

Yang Deli clenched his fists and said solemnly: "Lord Xiao, my subordinates will torture him, and they must force him to tell what he is behind the scenes." ”

Xiao Fan nodded expressionlessly, in fact, it didn't matter whether the assassin confessed or not, Xiao Fan already knew who was behind the scenes, and left this assassin's surname because he had other uses for Xiao Fan.

There was a painful groan behind him, and he was lying on the ground too weakly, his lower body covered with blood after being hit by the arrow, and his face was pale and trembling.

Xiao Fan hurriedly squatted down, looking at the too weak and decadent appearance, he couldn't help but feel sour, and said softly: "Master, your injury doesn't matter, right?" ”

Tai Xuan shook his head, and smiled weakly: "Fortunately, these rabbit cub arrows are not quenched, otherwise tonight will be the Poor Dao Feather Ascension......"

Xiao Fan choked up and said, "Master, you are relieved, you will definitely live to be a hundred years old......

Taixu's face suddenly darkened: "Dao Ye is more than one hundred and thirty years old, do you mean that I should have died a long time ago?" ”

"Master is really a delicate and sensitive old man...... Rest assured, these Assassins have ascended before you. ”

After Xiao Fan finished speaking, he stood up and looked at the assassin who was alive and tied up with five flowers.

Without waiting for everyone to come back to their senses, Xiao Fan rushed over like a leopard, punching and kicking the assassin, causing the assassin to snort again and again, but still gritted his teeth and kept silent.

Seeing that the assassin was silent, Xiao Fan couldn't help but become more and more angry in his heart, and his attack became more and more ruthless, so that the assassin's nose and mouth were bloody, and the weight of his fists and feet was so great that the eyelids of the Jinyi lieutenants on the side jumped.

Seeing Xiao Fan beating the assassin so hard, Taixu couldn't help but cough twice, and smiled weakly and gratifyingly.

"Apprentice, just stop, try not to kill your subordinates, you have the intention of being angry for the master, and I am already very satisfied with the master......"

Xiao Fan turned a deaf ear and still beat the assassin again and again.

"Apprentice, stop, Master, I'm fine, don't fight, it's important to keep a living, you are angry for Master, Master is very grateful, if there is a disciple like this, it will not be ......in vain."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Fan shouted violently while beating: "...... Bastard! You pay me for my hooves! This is the supper I brought to the thrush, and I threw it all in your face, and you pay me! ”

was too weak and suffocated, and then teary-eyed: "............"

A few hours after the assassination, it was dawn.

Just after the early dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was changing the dragon robe in the Huagai Palace, and Qingtong knelt behind him and carefully smoothed the folds of the hem of the dragon robe for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the bronze mirror with his eyes half-closed, and asked casually: "Jingshi was quite unquiet last night, huh?" ”

Qingtong's hand trembled, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty lives in the deep palace and knows everything about the world......

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted seemingly calmly, and said slowly: "In the imperial city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, someone actually assassinated the court officials, was I dead?" ”

Qingtong heard the anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty is angry." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang flicked the sleeves of his robe, glanced at Qingtong who was trembling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The eunuchs of the inner palace are not allowed to interfere in politics, and they are not allowed to have close contacts with court officials and vassal kings in other places, this is the rule I set when I established the country, Qingtong, do you think that I don't know anything about accepting bribes from princes?" ”

Qingtong was like being struck by lightning, and suddenly kowtowed his head heavily, trembling and anxiously said: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty, the old slave knows that he is wrong!" The old slave knows that he is wrong! Your Majesty, the old slave has served you for so many years, and I beg your Majesty to see that the old slave has worked hard for many years and spare the old slave's life......"

"Those princes of mine are rampant in the capital and have no taboos in doing things, and they are spoiled by you ministers and chamberlains! Now that they are able to assassinate the ministers of the imperial court, do you know that he will not take the head of my item? ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he shook the sleeves of his robe fiercely, ignored Qingtong, who kowtowed like pounding garlic, and went back to Wuying Palace.

Qingtong raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's back as he brushed his sleeves away, and his face turned pale.

It didn't take long for the Jinyi pro-army in the palace to take Qingtong, and Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to kill Qingtong with a cane at noon, thinking that the eunuchs in the inner palace were lawless.

At the end of the day, Zhu Yunwen entered the Wuying Hall with an ugly face.

After respectfully greeting him, Zhu Yunwen said urgently: "Grandfather Huang, last night, Xiao Fan was assassinated on the streets of Jingshi and almost died......

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly and said, "I already know about this matter." ”

"Grandfather Huang, did you order the Jinyi Guard to strictly investigate the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him with both eyes, and after a long time, he said meaningfully: "Grandson, do you need to investigate Xiao Fan's assassination?" ”

"Of course I have to check." Zhu Yunwen straightened his back and said in a deep voice: "There is no king's law in this move, imperial grandfather, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been an assassination of a minister, especially in the Imperial City of Beijing, this is simply a big rebellion!" If it weren't for Xiao Fan's master fighting his way out last night, maybe Xiao Fan would have died a long time ago, and the mastermind behind it made people so arrogant, what do you think of my Daming law? What do you think of me as Zhu Ming's authority? ”

The more Zhu Yunwen spoke, the more angry he became, his face quickly turned red, and his chest rose and fell rapidly.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him quietly, his eyes were a little gloomy, he smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Check? How to check? What about finding out? ”

Zhu Yunwen took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Bring him to justice!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "What about the evidence? Do you have proof? ”

"Didn't Jin Yiwei catch a live assassin?"

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly shook his head and said: "Although the assassin is alive, it is actually no different from death, according to the report of Jinyiwei, those assassins killed themselves one after another as soon as they missed, this is clearly a dead soldier raised by someone, even if the assassin is alive and the torture is exhausted, it is impossible to take out anything useful from his mouth." ”

"That'...... Is this the end of the matter? Should the people behind the scenes be left to go unpunished? Zhu Yunwen was so angry that he trembled, Xiao Fan was his friend, he was almost killed last night, he was the emperor of the Taisun Emperor, but he couldn't even help him avenge, which made Zhu Yunwen feel extremely angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him deeply and said coldly: "Yun Wei, in fact, you already know in your heart who is behind the scenes, right?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Some things are like a thin layer of window paper, it makes no difference whether you pierce it or not, and it doesn't matter if there is evidence or not, everyone who should understand will understand that the face between people is the same, only separated by a layer of paper, and if it is pierced, it is equivalent to tearing the face.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "He dared to send someone to assassinate Xiao Fan, which means that he is very relieved of those dead soldiers who are raised, no matter whether he succeeds or not, those dead soldiers will not betray him, without evidence, I can't do anything to him, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are staring at me, if I do such things that are not taught and punished, how will the court decrees be implemented in the future?" What's more, he's still mine...... Prince! ”

Raising his eyes and looking at Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of pity: "Grandson, things in this world are very simple, but it is not easy to really do, the so-called killing to pay for life, debt repayment, this is okay to use in the people, but it is not good to use it for government and state affairs, the court is so big, the country is so big, countless relationships, forces, intertwined, and the whole body is moved, it's not that you cut me today, I'll cut it back tomorrow It's so simple, sometimes you can only be stuffy in your heart, the time has not come, and the situation is not allowed." , there is no way to take the other party at all, even if you are the son of heaven. ”

Zhu Yunwen looked directly at Zhu Yuanzhang with a thoughtful expression.

Zhu Yuanzhang knocked on the table lightly and said, "To see things, you have to see the root cause at a glance, where is the root cause of Xiao Fan's assassination?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "The vassal king is doing nonsense in Beijing, as long as he doesn't get direct evidence of him, he can't do anything to him, he can only pretend to be nothing, because he knows that the emperor's grandfather can't convict him, and he can't be punished without teaching." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled: "It seems that you don't know enough deeply, this is also a temptation for him to me and you, Xiao Fanguan is a light official, and assassinating a five-grade petty official is nothing to him, but if Xiao Fan dies, you will lose a powerful arm, if I make a big move for a five-grade petty official, this shows that I have a heart of vigilance against the vassal king, and even have the intention of cutting the domain, so he has to find a way to protect himself and dispel my intention to cut the domain, for him, assassinating Xiao Fan has a hundred benefits and no harm, how can he not do it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was speechless: "There is such a complex meaning behind an assassination incident? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Those who are ministers are like walking on thin ice, and how can they not be like this for monarchs?" Yun Wei, the emperor is not so easy to be, you must first have a keen eye, no matter what happens, you must see through the real meaning behind this matter at a glance, so that you can be invincible. ”

Zhu Yunwen bowed and continued: "Grandfather Huang, how should this matter be handled?" You can't really ignore it, right? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly, thought for a while, and said: "Xiao Fan was frightened last night, think about these words, Xiao Fan is difficult enough, Ding Chouke's case, he handled it very well, and he deeply agrees, I will give him a reward, and he will deal with this matter cheaply, I just ask." ”

Zhu Yunwen said curiously: "Xiao Fan, what should he do?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled a little profoundly, and said leisurely: "Xiao Fan is a smart person, a smart person knows what not to do, and he also knows what he should want." ”

…………………… After Zhu Yunwen left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat alone behind the dragon case, and his smiling face gradually turned blue.

There was a sharp light in his eyes, and his hands clenched into fists, then released them again, repeating several times.

Finally, he closed his eyes, leaned his head on the back of the chair, looked extremely tired, let out a long breath, and muttered to himself: "Di'er, what do you want to do?" This throne ...... It's not yours! Why should you try again and again......"

(To be continued)