Chapter 44: Who are the Assassins?

The current situation is not very clear, Huang Xu feels that what he needs to do is to judge the situation and try to be left and right. In this way, whether it is the king of heaven or the king of the east who wins the victory of zuihou, he can be invincible and can become a meritorious man.

"Huang Xu, are you still used to living in the palace?" In the Meritorious Pavilion, the conversation between Dongwang and Huang Xu continued.

"Lord Xie cares, it's good." HUANG Xudao.

"What do you think of the courtyard that this king arranged for you?" Yang Xiuqing asked suddenly.

Huang Xu was a little strange, why did the king of the east ask this at this time, is there anything special there? If you compare it with the rest of the palace, the main difference is that it is quieter, and it is more simple, and in addition, there is nothing surprising, but the king of the east will not be untargeted, and there must be his purpose when asking.

"Very good, I heard Steward Ning say that the place was arranged by the prince, and I haven't had time to thank the prince yet?" Huang Xu said perfunctorily.

"Don't be perfunctory to me, you really don't think there's anything special?" Yang Xiuqing continued to ask.

"Forgive my subordinates for being stupid, I really can't think of it." Huang Xu racked his brains and didn't know what this East King was referring to.

"Then the king will tell you directly, that place was specially ordered to be built by this king when he first built this palace, and was ready to be left to my future successor to live, you have lived for so long, do you not think it is so different from the furnishings in the room and the layout in the courtyard?" Huang Xu shook his head, looking dazed, but the shock in his heart was beyond measure, he didn't expect there to be such a thing. What does Dongwang mean, Huang Xu didn't dare to think about it.

"Originally, before entering Tianjing, I wanted my nephew Yang to be my successor one day, but I didn't know that one day was still so young, and God took away his life that should have bloomed at some time, so my idea has been shelved. Later, he entered Tianjing. I couldn't get away from all sorts of things, and I couldn't find time to calm down and think about it, and then all of a sudden, my body was so badly damaged that I couldn't recover as before, so I had to reconsider the question of my successor. It's a pity that although the selection has been going on for many years, the person of choice has not appeared for a long time." After speaking, he glanced at Huang Xu deeply.

Huang Xu was suddenly shocked in his heart, could it be that this East King has taken a fancy to himself? ? Phew, phew, Huang Xu wants to express, does this Dongwang want him to be the future successor of Dongwangfu? ? It's impossible, he hasn't been here for a few days, and besides, the king of the east hasn't even figured out the details of himself, how can he have such an idea, impossible, impossible, unless he is crazy.

In fact, Yang Xiuqing is a little crazy. After this period of observation, he really likes Huang Xu, a young man, young, energetic, talented and virtuous, and is an ideal successor candidate, but it is slightly worrying that it is his origin, but it doesn't matter, since he wants to find someone he is satisfied with, there will always be some twists and turns, this is weishenme, on the one hand, he arranged Huang Xu into that small courtyard, on the other hand, he asked someone to investigate his details.

Speaking of which, we really want to praise Huang Xu, this kid is really lucky, no matter how he goes, there will be people who want him to be his successor, the previous king Hong Xiuquan is like this, and the current Yang Xiuqing is like this, maybe this can only be blamed on Huang Xu for being too talented.

"I don't understand what the prince means." Huang Xu is a smart person, of course he has to say smart things.

"You don't need to understand it too much now, but slowly you will understand." Yang Xiuqing also knows the truth of moderation.

At this time, a guard wearing the uniform of a guard of the East Palace, hurriedly came, walked a few steps away from Yang Xiuqing and stopped, bowed down and said to him: "Lord Qi, the king of the north is visiting."

The East King asked without raising his head, "Where is the North King?"

"Lord Zhao, Master Zhao has placed the North King in Tingfeng Xuan, he is now talking to the North King, Master Zhao asked me to ask the Lord to hurry over, he said that the King of the North has something urgent to discuss with the King." The guard replied.

"Do you mean, the Tingfeng Xuan next to the Tingyu Xuan where Master Zhao lives? Strange, how could Mr. Zhao take the North King there??" Yang Xiuqing felt strange, because this Tingfeng Xuan is usually used to entertain some high-level personnel in the palace, and generally does not accept people outside the palace, this rule, Zhao Xiaofeng should know, but he doesn't know what happened to him today, and he actually arranged for the king of the north to go there. Although he was suspicious, Yang Xiuqing didn't think much about it, then stood up and said to Huang Xu: "Let's go, let's go to see the King of the North together, it's been a long time, and the old grudge between you should have already disappeared, right?"

Huang Xu hadn't answered Dongwang's words yet, suddenly, it seemed that a cold light flashed, and Huang Xu saw that the guard who had just replied respectfully was holding a sharp dagger and stabbing Dongwang in the back, and Dongwang, who was talking to Huang Xu with his back to the guard, didn't notice that there was a stabbing behind him at all, and he was still waiting for Huang Xu's answer.

Huang Xu's mind turned straight, if he pretended not to see the person who stabbed the assassin, but let him stab the back of the East King with a dagger, then with such a weak body of the East King, needless to say, it must be killed with a knife, in this way, Huang Xu's mission to the East King Mansion is also over in advance, and the story of the East King is also over. But if the East King dies like this, does he still have the value of existence? ? Will the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan end up throwing himself away like garbage? And the key is that many of their own jihua have not yet been implemented, and the most important of this is that their own liliang has not had time to grow, carefully calculated, at this stage, Yao Dahong alone in his hands can still be handled, let alone what to grow. And now the opportunity is that if the East King does not die, he can take advantage of the dispute between the East King and the Heavenly King, profit from it, and get a certain amount of capital, so as to slowly grow his liliang, and when he has a certain amount of chips in his hands, then, as I said earlier, no matter who is ambushed and who wins, the one who gets the greatest benefit must be me Huang Xu. Therefore, now that the king of the east can't die, he still has to borrow the king of the east to buy time.

Thinking of this, Huang Xu no longer hesitated, rushed forward, pushed Dongwang away first, and then met the dagger in the assassin's hand with his left chest, poof, like a cut of defeat, the dagger pierced deeply into Huang Xu's left chest, Huang Xu felt that the liliang on the dagger was very big, obviously, this assassin wanted to kill Dongwang with a knife. But Huang Xu's resistance, that person's originally foolproof blow failed, and he also had an accident, but he was only stunned for a moment, and immediately turned over and retreated, and disappeared in front of Huang Xu's eyes in the blink of an eye, obviously well-trained.

Huang Xu held the dagger in his chest with his left hand, and felt a huge pain coming from above, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this time it may be really a light injury.

In fact, with Huang Xu's skills, no matter how high the martial arts are, Huang Xu will not be able to hit within one round, it is obvious that Huang Xu himself was deliberately stabbed. Then we have to say again, is he sick, of course, this is impossible, Huang Xu is not full of food, doing such a stupid thing.

In fact, coming to this one, Huang Xu was fully considered, he felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to completely relieve Dongwang's doubts about himself, if he blocked this knife for him today and became his savior, then what reason did he have to doubt himself again, since he could even give up his life for him, it was enough to show his loyalty to Huang Xu, so that in the future, Dongwang will trust Huang Xu more. At the moment of the calcium carbide spark, Huang Xu made a decision. There was also the scene where he used his left chest to meet the assassin's dagger.

Dongwang, who was pushed aside, also understood what was happening in an instant, and hurriedly rushed over, grabbed Huang Xu's crumbling body, and then shouted: "Huang Xu, hold on, I will arrange someone to ask for a doctor immediately." After speaking, he drank: "Come on, come on".

Hearing the angry shouts of the prince, the guards guarding outside the gate hurriedly ran in, and when they saw the scene, they were stunned.

"What's the shock, hurry up and find the doctor, also, inform Fang Hu that there is an assassin, let him bring someone to search for me, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must also find the assassin for me." Yang Xiuqing was furious, he didn't expect that someone could assassinate him in this heavily guarded Hero Pavilion, and what made him even more unexpected was that someone would dare to come to Dongwangfu to assassinate him so blatantly.

It can be inferred from this that if there is only one assassin, then he can't do it, and this assassin has just the right time and place, the timing of the assassination, the reason for approaching him, etc., and more importantly, his shadow guard has just been dismissed by himself. This also shows from another angle that this assassin knows everything about the East King Mansion very well, such a person is actually hiding in the East King Mansion, and he is still hiding so deeply, it feels terrible to think about it." Search, search, you must search for me." Yang Xiuqing's voice echoed in the Meritorious Pavilion again.

Fang Hu who got the news, Zhao Xiaofeng. Ning Zezhong rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and when they saw the situation at the scene, they were also stunned, obviously not mentally prepared for this kind of thing to happen. Especially when they saw Huang Xu, who was lying weakly in the arms of the East King with a dagger in his chest, the thoughts in their hearts were even more complicated, they really didn't expect that at the critical moment, it would be Huang Xu who stood up for the East King.

"Is the doctor here?" Zhao Xiaofeng looked at the few people standing in front of him, and didn't know who he was talking to.

"Lord Wang, I've already gone to ask Dr. Cui, and I think I'll be back soon." The captain of the guard squad who was guarding the gate just now hurriedly replied. The captain of this squad was also uneasy in his heart, although the assassins were cunning and their abilities were limited, but they had no idea that such a major thing had happened inside, and they knew it later. It's a shame that the guards have done a great job. Moreover, if the king of the east is angry, maybe their heads will have to move.

"Wang Fei, what are you eating, you don't know anything about such a big thing in advance, I think you are a pig." When Fang Hu heard the voice, it was Wang Fei, he was angry, fortunately the East King was fine, if the East King really had three long and two short, he would definitely pick up this Wang Fei's skin.

When Wang Fei heard Fang Hu's words, he was silent and didn't dare to make a sound, thinking in his heart that this disaster might be big today.

"Why don't you get out of here and see if the doctor comes?" Also, pass my order, inform all the guards in the palace, search me carefully, and be sure to find the assassin for me, get out." Fang Hu was really annoyed and angry, and he couldn't escape the blame for this kind of thing.

As soon as Wang Fei heard that Fang Hu told him to get out, if he was amnestied, he hurriedly rolled out.

"Alright, Ah Hu, don't blame yourself too much, today's incident, I really didn't expect that this assassin is so familiar with everything about us." Yang Xiuqing knew that he couldn't blame Fang Hu too much now, and he knew in his heart what was the way to control it.

"Please punish the prince, blame yourself for having no way to control it, so this happened." When Fang Hu heard the East King say this, he immediately knelt on the ground and shook his head to the ground, ashamed.

"Get up, get up, where there is still the appearance of the head of the guard of the Eastern Palace, where you fall, you will get up from there. Besides, although you are indeed responsible for today's incident, it is not your fault alone, so from now on, you need to re-examine the security system of the entire Dongwang Mansion and fill the loopholes as soon as possible, which is one, and second, find out the assassins as soon as possible. You know? If you still can't do these two things, you will be punished together when the time comes, and you will never be forgiven. Let's go down. Yang Xiuqing loosened and tightened, and Fang Hu couldn't accept it.

"Mr. Zhao, Zezhong, you can also go down together, go separately to appease the people in the house, so as not to cause unnecessary panic, in addition, think about what happened today, and see what we can do in the future, so be it." After Yang Xiuqing finished speaking, he stopped talking.

"Then, Brother Huang," Zhao Xiaofeng said tentatively.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll handle it myself." Yang Xiuqing said.

"The subordinate will retire first." After the three of them finished speaking, they finished saluting the king of the east and withdrew.

"Someone, carry Steward Huang to my room, and let the doctor come and go directly to my room." Yang Xiuqing commanded.