Before the morning dew, the second prince and the third prince were already practicing archery.

The second prince is a little older and has stronger arm strength, so the accuracy of archery is better than that of the third prince.

"It's a pity that it is forbidden to go out in the palace now, otherwise it is more likely to show the good archery skills of the second emperor brother when you go hunting in Nanyuan." The third prince, Qian Sixian, said while arranging the arrows: "If I can hunt a yellow sheep, I will be content." ”

"Look at your little bit of talent," the second prince sneered and said: "In my opinion, it is best to go to the old forest in Mobei, or go to Yumen Pass." The prey in these two places is called a wild beast! Nanyuan has become domesticated, how can there be any wildness? If I have the chance, I will go outside the fortress to see it. However, now that the world is peaceful, I have no reason to go out. ”

"Brother Erhuang hasn't forgotten his ambition to be a general when he was a child?" The third prince asked with a smile: "Compared with you, my ambition is the ambition of a bird." ”

"I remember you said since you were a child, as long as you live in a lonely Yangzi house, you will have a bed of books every year." The second prince shot an arrow right in the bull's-eye, and said proudly: "Ambition is a big thing, but there is no high or low, as long as you have peace of mind." ”

"The second emperor brother doesn't underestimate me because of this, I will be content." Qian Sixian put away his bow and arrows as he spoke, took out a book, sat on a stone chair in the shade of a tree, and began to read.

"Alas! It's a pity that I don't have all the strength, but now I can't help my father and brother at all. The second prince said with some despair: "It can be seen that if a person wants to make achievements, the right time, place and people are indispensable." A martial artist like me can only charge into battle in wartime, and if there is no battle to fight, he will become a waste. ”

At this time, in the upper study of the Hyde Palace, the emperor was receiving the two Taishi of Qin Tianjian.

"Your Majesty, the two of us were ordered by His Majesty the day before yesterday to watch the sky at night, and when I saw Xiao Mangxing committing Ziwei Palace, I didn't dare to hide it, so I came to report it." The older Yuan Taishi said, and Hong Taishi, who was next to him, also nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

"What does this sign sign?" The emperor's temples were plastered with sobering plasters, but he still had a severe migraine, and he asked with his head in his hands.

"This ......" Yuan Taishi hesitated slightly, but still said it: "Such celestial phenomena indicate that there is a prince who has offended the monarch. ”

"Huh?" After hearing this, the emperor raised his eyebrows, and his originally somewhat dim gaze suddenly sharpened, which frightened the two Taishi and quickly lowered their heads.

"You two mean that this assassination was instigated by a certain prince?" The Emperor's voice was not high, but there was a hint of anger.

"The ministers are just reporting according to the truth, and they don't dare to deceive in any way." Hong Taishi said: "In addition, the prince is the East Palace, and he is also in the Ziwei Palace. ”

The emperor's brows furrowed deeply, he didn't ask the two Taishi again, but waved his sleeves and said, "You all step down first, don't tell anyone about this matter." ”

"Your Ministers obey." The two Taishi also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly got up and retreated.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yan of the Criminal Department asks to see you." The eunuch walked in and carefully reported it.

"Call him in." The emperor worked hard to cheer up, he had been working hard in the past few days, and he consumed some physical strength at Xu Guifei last night, so he was really a little tired.

Yan Lingfeng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, walked in, he is now in charge of investigating Yu Xin, who assassinated him, but this Yu Xin was killed on the spot, and his family left Beijing a few months ago, and there is no clue as to where he went.

"Yan Aiqing, what useful clues can you find?" The emperor has always relied on the Yan family.

"Emperor Qiqi, I did find out some things these days, but there are strange things inside." Yan Lingfeng said.

"Tell me about it." The emperor said.

"Although this Yu Xin works in Jingzhao Mansion, he is withdrawn by nature and does not usually have any friends." Yan Lingfeng said: "But when we searched his house, it didn't look unusual at first. However, a lot of gold and silver were found in the hearth, and it was enough to have three or four thousand taels of N, and it was impossible for him to have so much savings by his position and origin. ”

"Then have you investigated in detail who this Yu Xin has been dealing with?" The emperor hurriedly asked.

"This ......" Yan Lingfeng felt a little embarrassed: "Although I found some, it is not complete." ”

"Say whatever you find." Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, no emperor has been assassinated, but he has encountered it himself, which makes the current emperor very depressed.

Although only Yu Xin committed the murder, and it was not successful. But this thing is like a fly floating in a soup bowl, how disgusting it looks.

"The ministers found out that this Yu Xin had accompanied him to the summer palace as a guard last year and the year before last, and because he stretched out his hand, he had accompanied the second prince several times." Yan Lingfeng said: "But this doesn't mean anything, as for whether you have any dealings with other people, you still need to continue to investigate in detail." ”

The emperor listened for a long time and didn't speak, and Yan Lingfeng stood quietly with his hands down.

"Keep tracking, don't let go of any clues." The emperor didn't ask anything else, he knew that if there were any other clues, Yan Lingfeng said it, since he didn't say it, he didn't say it.

After Yan Lingfeng withdrew, only the emperor was left alone in the upper study.

The incense in the incense burner burned out, and the smoke was endless, as if the emperor was not in a continuous state of mind at this time.

The most terrifying thing is not facing the truth, but the specious speculation in front of the truth coming to the surface.

The next day, the second prince practiced archery as usual.

Not far from the treetops was a partridge perched on top of the tree, its little round eyes looking around curiously.

The second prince's hand couldn't help but itch.

For people who like archery and have good archery skills, they are tired of facing the arrow target that can't move every day.

So he took aim at the partridge.

Unexpectedly, the first piece was missed, and this bird seems to be very cunning.

It dodged the arrow, but instead of flying far, it landed on another tree.

The temper of the second prince is very stubborn, and he must do whatever he wants.

So he spotted the bird and shot a second arrow.

The second arrow passed through the partridge's body impartially, in exchange for a smug smile from the second prince.

But this small victory also made his interest more and more high, and seeing that there was no one around, he took a fancy to a deer drinking water.

However, after this arrow was fired, the fawn fled in panic, but the sound of people screaming in pain came.

The second prince's arrow wounded Hong Taishi's arm, and blood flowed down drippingly, staining the stone road red.

After a while, the news that the second prince had shot and injured someone reached the emperor's ears.

Before this, the emperor had just heard someone talking about the second prince's nonsense, hating the world and making him useless.

"This disobedient thing!" The emperor angrily slapped the case.