Huang Cheng also thought about this and replied: "Huang thinks the same way, but the general has the umbrella of the queen mother, and it's really hard to say." In addition, on the side of Empress Dowager Dong, I also investigated, but did not reveal any news, that is to say, the recent turmoil may be directed and acted by the Ten Standing Attendants, as for the reason, it is either really aimed at you, or it is aimed at He Jin's existing military power. ”

"No matter which one it is, the general's sending troops to crusade against you already shows that he is also worried about this, so he deliberately tried it, but the drunkard didn't mean to drink, and the heavy soldiers still stayed in the Beijing Division."

This is a little different from what Cheng Liu thought before, he thought that even the red-armored soldiers were dispatched, and the Jingshi was empty, but after coming back today, he found that He Jin had made two plans.

Perhaps, as Huang Cheng said, killing him is just a pretense, and the purpose is to suppress the court regime of the Ten Standing Servants.

But to be honest, the Ten Standing Servants are the power forces supported by the Empress Dowager He, and this vein has been fueled by the Empress Dowager He's perseverance before, and the wind and rain must be in the court, and the intertwined forces are already complex and unimaginable, if you want to uproot them, how easy is it?

Moreover, Cheng Liu suddenly had a premonition that in order to protect herself, the Queen Mother would definitely not let He Jin deal with the Ten Standing Servants.

After all, now her biggest reliance is the Ten Standing Attendants, and yesterday's meeting with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong is probably a signal.

That's all Huang Cheng knows, after all, he doesn't hold an important position in Jingshi, and it's easy to be suspicious if he investigates too much.

Cheng Liu was very grateful and said: "After this matter is over, you can continue Luoyang, but this is not a place to stay for a long time, and some powerful people will attack you as marginal 'officials' for petty profits, or solicit or clean up, either stand on the sidelines, or stay away from these places of right and wrong." ”

Huang Cheng nodded: "It's really hard to stand on the side now, everyone knows that the Ten Standing Servants are high and powerful, but the general holds the military power and sits in the capital division, so neither side can afford to offend." ”

Cheng Liu didn't say much about this topic, Huang Cheng is a good person, and he knows what he should do next.

He casually asked, "Is it convenient for me to stay here tonight?" ”

Huang Cheng nodded hurriedly: "Convenient, very convenient, I have been sending people to wait at the gate of the city for the past few days, knowing that you are coming, I sent all the people in the house." ”

Cheng Liu chose not to confess the assassination along the way, even if Huang Cheng is a trustworthy person, but after all, he is a chess piece, and it doesn't matter how useful he can play in the future, knowing too much will be bad for him.

Cheng Liu didn't want Huang Cheng to be caught so early, so he turned to find himself.

Huang Cheng found an inner courtyard for Cheng Liu to live in, and then asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks.

After doing this, I dare to close my eyes and rest.

For him, nothing is more important than saving his life these days.

In troubled times, the weight of the entire Huang family in Beijing will become lighter and lighter, and they will eventually return to their hometown.

I just hope that there will be no chaos on the way home and that I can reach my hometown smoothly.

These are all things he wants, but all this must wait for a special time, otherwise even a small person like him may cause a big mess.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Liu was suddenly awakened by a knock outside the door.

I don't know why, since he came back from Liangzhou last time, his hearing has grown a lot, especially when he is asleep, his hearing is more alert than usual.

After a while, someone went out to open the door, and then there was no movement.

Cheng Liu always felt that something was wrong, plus he had been worried a few days ago, and his spirit was also highly concentrated, perhaps because he was too nervous, he touched the dagger next to the bed, turned over and got out of bed, and took advantage of the night to touch out.

After leaving the inner courtyard, there was a long corridor, and no one was seen passing by, but if someone came in from outside, this corridor would have passed, but now it was empty.

The inner courtyard has left and right sides, one side was originally the Huang Mansion's concubine room and family members, and the other side is the courtyard where Huang Cheng himself lived, and now only one room is allocated to Cheng Liu.

However, it is separated by two corridors, and there is a rockery and other landscape decorations in the middle, which looks quite elegant.

There wasn't even night tonight, and occasionally the mighty wind blew, but it was really quiet and terrible.

Cheng Liu leaned against the pillar in the corridor and waited for a while, seeing that there was no movement in front of him, and no one seemed to have come in, and began to wonder if the knock he heard earlier was an auditory hallucination.

This hour should be the second half of the night, Cheng Liu always felt that something was wrong, and after holding the dagger tightly, he bowed all the way along the corridor to the courtyard of the outer courtyard, from which he could directly see the gate of the Yellow Mansion.

The gate opened a gap for a person to pass through, but the little man in the house was nowhere to be seen.

Hurriedly went out without closing it? Cheng Liu muttered, got up slightly, and prepared to close the door.

As soon as he arrived in the yard, he smelled a pungent smell of blood on the tip of his nose, and he immediately squatted down and reached out to touch the ground.

Sticky blood was suddenly stained on his hands.

Almost subconsciously, Cheng Liu flashed to the side, and two crossbow arrows shot at the position where he was standing just now, and the sound of breaking the air sounded.

Immediately after that, the sound of someone walking along the roof of the house was heard.

Cheng Liu clenched the dagger and went to the roof, only to see three people fleeing in three separate ways in the night, and disappeared after a while.

Cheng Liu, who was halfway after tracking, suddenly realized something and hurriedly rushed back to Huangfu.

The door was still open, and there were two corpses on the ground, which I hadn't seen because of the line of sight, but if you entered through the door, these two corpses were especially obvious.

He didn't care about the two of them, and rushed directly to the inner courtyard.

The oil lamp in Huang Cheng's room was not turned on, as if the sound just now had not woken him up.

Cheng Liu knocked lightly on the door, but there was no echo inside.

Bang bang bang!

Three times in a row, there is still no movement inside.

Cheng Liu had already guessed that something might be wrong with Huang Cheng, so he directly slammed the door open and rushed in.

Huang Chengcheng was lying on the bed, looking like he was asleep.

There was a dagger stuck in his chest, and he was pierced directly with the quilt.

After lighting the oil lamp, Cheng Liu looked at the roof, where a hole had broken at some point, and a rope was dangling under the night sky.

Huang Cheng had just died, and before going to bed, he seemed to have written something on the table and put it in an envelope.

Cheng Liu brought a chair and gently opened the envelope, but the contents on it surprised him.

This letter was not written by Huang Cheng, because the first two words indicate that it was specially left for Cheng Liu.