Chapter 256

Buying hearts and minds, assassinating

Chu Rong seemed to be aware of her gaze, and suddenly raised his head and looked at each other.

Song Li's heart suddenly seemed to have been discovered as if he had done something bad, and he hurriedly grinned to hide the embarrassment on his face.

Chu Rong was amused by her appearance, and the darkness in his eyes was swept away.

With Wei Junxian's action of opening the brocade box, a sharp long sword with a sense of age appeared in front of everyone.

Emperor Tianxuan's body leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to see the contents of the box clearly, and his eyes narrowed slightly, and the essence of them sparkled.

"Bring it on!"

After seeing the appearance of the sword clearly, he suddenly became interested, and hurriedly said to Su Decai on the side.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Su Decai nodded, then walked to the steps to Wei Junxian, nodded and stretched out his hands to take the brocade box, and then slowly returned to Emperor Tianxuan.

Emperor Tianxuan's eyes narrowed again, with a somewhat excited smile on his face, and he raised his hand to hold the hilt of the sword and took the sword out of the box.

The scabbard is encrusted with diamonds that shine brightly in the sunlight.

He scrutinized the scabbard for a moment, then unsheathed it.

'Boom-'

A small voice rang out.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed.

Although it has been in the folk for more than 100 years, the sword is still sharp, and the iron is as sharp as clay.

The sword body is white and clean, exuding a forest and yin aura.

Emperor Tianxuan raised his hand and touched the edge of the sword, his expression was a little stunned, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly he waved his wrist, and there was a sound of brushing, as if the dragon groaned softly.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the frost and snow, and so did Chu Rong and Song Li.

Song Li looked at the sword, and secretly thought in his heart, how to get the sword, and then return it to the original owner to Chu Rong.

"Good sword!" For a long time, Emperor Tianxuan reluctantly handed the sword to Su Decai, and said with praise: "Cast of dark iron, as thin as cicada wings, it really deserves to be a good sword." ”

"The three princes have come from afar and worked hard, so sit down."

"It's not hard, the emperor likes it."

Wei Junxian bowed, then turned back to the table.

"I heard that Chu Shizi's swordsmanship is unparalleled, but why haven't I seen you use a sword?"

After Wei Junxian took his seat, Emperor Tianxuan suddenly turned his head to look at Chu Rong and asked curiously.

Song Li looked stunned, then squinted his eyes, and suddenly had a bold guess in his heart.

Could it be that the old emperor wanted to give this frost and snow to Chu Rong?

She continued to look at Emperor Tianxuan, wanting to see what he was trying to do.

Chu Rong's eyes lightly swept the brocade box in Su Decai's hand, his fingers gently turned the wine glass, and said with a light smile: "I don't have a sword in my hand." ”

Emperor Tianxuan nodded suddenly, "I see." ”

"I see that this sword is quite compatible with Chu Shizi, before Chu Shizi assisted the prince in many things, I have never had time to reward you, and now I will borrow flowers to offer this sword to you, I hope you can do your best to help the prince."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The ministers will live up to the emperor's expectations! ”

Chu Rong was stunned for a moment, then reacted, slowly put down the cup in his hand, got up and respectfully saluted Emperor Tianxuan.

Seeing this, Song Li smiled.

The old emperor is really desperate to buy people's hearts.

The sword of the ancestor of the Murong family was lost to the people, and the descendant of Chu Rong had the right to get it back.

The Night King gave the sword to the old emperor, and the old emperor gave it to Chu Rong, and the thing was returned to the original owner, not only bribed Chu Rong, but also made Chu Rong owe him a favor.

It's really a no-loss deal.

Su Decai smiled and handed the frost snow to Chu Rong.

Chu Rong took the sword, and his expression suddenly darkened.

His thin lips pursed slightly, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

At the same time, Song Li suddenly found that Wei Junxian glanced at Chu Tiancheng.

The two looked at each other, as if to imply something.

"Come here."

She quickly withdrew her gaze, and the hand hidden under the table quickly pinched her fingers, and her face gradually became solemn.

She looked around, her eyes darkened, and then waved her hand at the little palace maid on the side.

The palace maid nodded, and quickly walked in front of her with her head down.

She raised her hand to cover her mouth, whispered a few words in the palace maid's ear, and saw that the palace maid's expression suddenly changed greatly, and her eyes became horrified.

"Remember what I said?"

After speaking, Song Li quietly glanced in the direction where Wei Junxian was, and seeing that he didn't notice the situation here, his brows widened, and he asked in a low voice.

The palace maid had already been frightened by her words, and her soul was no longer possessed.

She didn't dare to breathe, her eyes kept drifting to the third prince, she bit her lip and nodded gently.

"Go ahead, don't let anyone find out."

Seeing her nodding, Song Li whispered quickly again.

The palace maid didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and ran out quickly.

After a while, the three palace maids went to the old emperor, Chu Tianfeng and Chu Rong.

Seeing this, Song Li showed a somewhat intriguing smile on his face.

"Miss Song, Jingyan's guards have already brought someone to search."

The little palace maid from before returned to Song Li's side again.

At the same time, the old emperor's face suddenly sank a little, although there was still a smile on his face, but the smile was a little ugly, and it could even be said to be gloomy.

He glanced at Song Li quietly, and Song Li also noticed Emperor Tianxuan's actions, and bowed his head invisibly.

"Let's get ready for singing and dancing."

Seeing her nodding, Emperor Tianxuan's eyes suddenly flashed with an imperceptible darkness, and then he turned his head to look at Su Decai and ordered.

Su Decai nodded and instructed Emperor Tianxuan's intentions.

After a while, the song and dance began.

More than a dozen masked women in dance costumes stepped on the stage with Shenglian under their feet.

Song Li stared at the group of dancing girls, and was surprised to find that this group of people had a steady footstep and were much more powerful than ordinary people.

It's clearly a group of practitioners.

Chu Tianfeng and Chu Rong also noticed the abnormality and looked at her at the same time.

They had all received the news that Song Li had asked the palace maid to pass it on, so they all began to pay attention to their surroundings.

As soon as this group of dancing girls came on the stage, they realized that something was wrong.

None of the people around noticed anything abnormal, and they were all immersed in the atmosphere of singing and dancing.

Song Li didn't dare to be careless at all, squinted at the dancing girl on the stage, and was ready to get up to protect the people around him at all times.

The song and dance smoothly entered the climax, and the dancers gathered in a group, bending down like a flower, revealing a graceful woman in the middle.

'Woo-'

The sound of an arrow breaking through the sky suddenly sounded.

A black arrow feather flew out of nowhere and flew straight towards Emperor Tianxuan.

"There are assassins! Escort! ”

Su Decai's expression changed greatly, he shouted, and pounced on Emperor Tianxuan as if he were dead, wanting to help Emperor Tianxuan block the arrow.

Emperor Tianxuan didn't have any expression on his face, and his eyes were gloomy and terrifying.

A brocade guard suddenly landed in front of Emperor Tianxuan, surrounding him.

Chu Rong grabbed a cup from the table and smashed it at the arrow.

The arrows were smashed to the ground, and the cup shattered in mid-air and fell to the ground.

Everyone's attention was attracted by Emperor Tianxuan's side.

At this moment, the dancing girl on the stage waved her long sleeves, and hundreds of silver needles full of poison flew towards Chu Rong and Chu Tianfeng.

"Chu Rong!"

Song Li was startled, stood up suddenly, and flew towards Chu Rong regardless of it.

The silver needles were as thin as a cow's hair, and there were a lot of them, but fortunately, Chu Rong was able to dodge them behind him.

Chu Tianfeng is also fine, he has been protected by the palace attendants.

The Imperial Garden is in chaos.

The crowd fled with their heads in their hands, screams piercing their eardrums.

A burst of swords and swords.

I saw a group of black-clothed masked men jumping out of the shadows and fighting with the palace attendants.

"You stay safe, I'll protect Grandmother!"

Seeing that Chu Rong was fine, Song Li breathed a sigh of relief, said to him, and returned to the old lady again.

The old lady was so frightened that she saw her as if she had seen a life-saving straw, and hid behind her and pretended to be calm.

There were about 100 of those men in black, flying around the feast, cutting down anyone they saw.

Xu Jiaojiao protected Mrs. Xu over and over again, and had to pay attention to Chu Ruohua over and over again, and she couldn't concentrate and was stabbed in the arm by a man in black.

Seeing this, Song Li raised his foot and kicked it, and the table was kicked out by her and smashed on the man in black, who flew out several meters away and fell to the ground fiercely.

"Thank you!"

Xu Jiaojiao covered her arms and said a word to her, picked up the sword dropped by the man in black on the ground, and quickly stopped the other man in black.

There are more and more palace attendants, but none of them are the opponents of these men in black.

This group of black-clothed men had extremely high martial arts, as if they had received special training.

But fortunately, there are many fierce generals in the DPRK and China, and they can still be an enemy.

"Song Yu protects his grandmother!"

Song Li saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly ordered Song Yu, and then landed beside Song Zhang.

Song Zhang was a civil official, and he was powerless, but fortunately, he hid well and was not injured.

She quickly opened a man in black, took Song Zhang's arm and sent Song Zhang to Song Yu.

Ling Qiu also appeared from the shadows, they did not participate in the fight, but concentrated on protecting the people of the Guogong Mansion.

After placing Song Zhang, Song Li returned to Chu Rong's side again.

At this time, Chu Tianfeng and Chu Rong had the most assassins around them.

At the same time, she didn't pay attention to the dancing girls.

The dancing girls were so frightened that they huddled together and didn't dare to move, but a closer look showed that the fear on their faces was all fake.

She and Chu Rong cooperated very well, plus Shang Zhi and others, and they cleaned up the black-clothed people around them in a while.

Just as she was about to go to support Chu Tianfeng, she saw Chu Rong's face suddenly change, and she raised her hand to grab her shoulder and pull it, and the two of them returned to each other.

A short knife stabbed Chu Rong in the back.

Song Li's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at Chu Rong's face as white as paper.

"You ......"

She wanted to scold Chu Rong for being tired of being alive, but she couldn't say anything when the words reached her throat.

"Shizi!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Two voices rang out.

Song Li had no intention of distinguishing whose voice was wrong with Chu Tianfeng, and tightly supported Chu Rong with his body to prevent him from falling.

"Chu Rong."

She held Chu Rong, her voice trembling uncontrollably, and tears rolled down her eyes.

Chu Rong wanted to comfort her, but as soon as she opened her mouth, blood flowed out from the corners of her mouth and landed on her clothes.