Xu Yu pinched Jiang Lie's hand on his shoulder with two fingers expressionlessly, and then shook off the person in a dashing manner, the whole action was smooth Jiang Lie behind him was stunned, he looked at the person in front of him walking angrily, and he didn't know why he looked weird today.

"Hey, you're talking," Jiang Lie chased after him and put his hand on the man's shoulder again, but he didn't notice that Xu Yu, who had always been firm-eyed, had his eyes flickering at this time.

On the other side, after listening to Pei Mu's report in the house, Emperor Duan still stared at Su Zhi who was sleeping on the bed without turning his eyes, and only nodded slightly and said softly, "I know, Xu Yu and Jiang Lie are Jingyi's old generals, and it is normal to come and see him as soon as there is a stir, and it can be regarded that the two of them have a heart." ”

Pei Mu was so frightened that he saw that Emperor Duan was still calm, and he directly changed from a standing posture to a kneeling ground salute, "Your Majesty, now that there are assassins in the imperial city, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, and I beg you to get up and return to the palace!" ”

Emperor Duan gently patted Su Zhi's hand and slowly stopped his movements, there were only three of them in this room, the candlelight in the room was not clear, he turned his head to look at the nervous person kneeling on the ground and said, "You don't have to worry, it's just that tonight's assassin is afraid that he is not as capable as last night." ”

Hearing this, Pei Mu was confused for a while, "However, tonight's assassins are counted ......" As soon as he raised his head, he happened to bump into Emperor Duan's half-narrowed eyes, and instantly a huge chill hit his whole body, "Your Majesty ......"

Pei Mu hadn't seen Emperor Duan have such a look for a long time, and now he only felt strange and terrifying when he saw him again, so many years of hard work under the appearance of the monarch made Pei Mu almost forget that this emperor was also a man with iron and blood.

Ever since Pei Mu was a child, he had heard his father say how ruthless Emperor Duan was, but he was still too young, and he had never seen a middle-aged Emperor Duan have any too terrifying scenes until he accepted the forbidden army.

Today's gaze is one of the few times he has seen Emperor Duan so angry in so many years, but this time Emperor Duan's anger is forbearing, he does not have a thunderous roar, but it does not mean that he does not hold a grudge against this matter.

Emperor Duan looked at Pei Mu stunned, and a cold light burst out in his dangerous eyes, "You don't understand, why didn't I leave?" ”

Pei Mu never dared to pretend to be shrewd in front of Emperor Duan, so he could only nod truthfully.

"Because these people who are making trouble tonight are not at this moment last night," Emperor Duan turned his head to look at the moonlight outside to discern the time, "At this time, I am afraid that those moments from last night will not appear." ”

Pei Mu was even more confused, "I don't understand, Your Majesty has never seen assassins, how can you be so sure that these people are not the same group of people as last night?" ”

Emperor Duan's gaze drifted to a long distance again, and he said faintly, "Although I don't know who the person behind the scenes is, but those who can sneak into the palace will never be easily caught by Jiang Lie, and they will be sent to Jingzhao Mansion intact," Emperor Duan's eyes were cold, "What happened tonight is that someone wants to use the assassin's right to confuse the public to achieve their own goals, Pei Mu, you might guess who that person is?" ”

Pei Mu was taken aback by the question, but he still thought about it calmly and said, "It must be an important minister in the palace," he continued to explain, "Because there is no rumor about the assassins, so the common people and even the people in the rivers and lakes should not know about it, and many of the many people in the palace last night are relatives of the ministers, and it seems that the ability of these people is not enough to raise so many assassins, and only the ministers with the power and financial resources can secretly cultivate so many people." ”

Emperor Duan was very satisfied with Pei Mu's answer, there were only two people around him who could be completely trusted, one was Su Mao and the other was Pei Mu.

It's a pity that Su Mao is no longer young, but Pei Mu is too young, if Emperor Duan intends to guide and remind him a few times, this child will definitely be of great benefit in the future.

"That's right," Emperor Duan's voice was not loud, but it did not reduce his majesty, "Since he is a person close to me, and he knows how to use this incident to fulfill his own selfish desires, this person will not be able to stay," Pei Mu immediately understood when he heard this, and hurriedly saluted, "The minister will go and find out who is behind the trouble!" ”

"I'm not busy," Emperor Duan turned his head to look at Su Zhi who was lying on the bed with a gloomy expression, "Song Ming will naturally send a result early tomorrow morning, but now I have more important things to concentrate on, and the rest can be put aside for the time being." ”

Pei Mu saw that Emperor Duan waved his hand, and he understood that he would not continue to bother, so he had to retreat lightly, but he didn't understand the last sentence, Emperor Duan said that there were more important things, what did he mean?

Pei Mu scratched his head and walked out of the door of the room, and just after closing the door, he saw Su Mao coming over from the other side of the courtyard and said with a smile, "Commander Pei has worked hard all night, and the prince ordered someone to prepare snacks in the next room, you go and eat some, it looks like you are going to watch all night." ”

Pei Mu was stunned when he heard this, he looked at Su Mao, who looked calm and indistinguishable from him in the palace, and couldn't help but wonder and said, "Why isn't Gonggong Su worried about whether His Majesty wants to return to the palace?" The prince also prepared snacks, could it be that you all knew that Your Majesty would not go back because of the assassin's business? ”

Su Mao smiled, he had been by Emperor Duan's side for a long time, and he had even been infected with a lot of unfathomable taste, "The slave doesn't know, but the prince is smart and must have the same mind as His Majesty, and the only thing the slave can know is that since His Majesty finally came out, he will definitely not give up the vital person in this courtyard because of three or two thieves." ”

Pei Mu frowned and listened carefully to his every word, and suddenly looked back at the closed door as if he had opened his mind, could it be that what Emperor Duan said that he needed to concentrate on what he wanted to do was to accompany Su Zhi?

Pei Mu thought about it calmly again, feeling that Emperor Duan's meaning should be more complicated than this, what he wanted to do should not only be accompanied, but also protected, because the master who entered the palace last night was too weird and dangerous, and Emperor Duan could only protect Su Zhi's safety to the greatest extent by focusing all his energy on this matter, but it was not only the assassins and others who also regarded Su Zhi as an enemy.

There are also many concubines in the harem, as well as ministers who have always complained about this 'dancing girl', these people are the objects that Emperor Duan is preparing to conquer, and when he thinks of these Pei Mu, he seems to be able to understand why Emperor Duan will work tirelessly every night to drill into the Yi Palace.