Laba Festival. The palace was baptized in blood! Forty-three dead soldiers, hiding in the Praetorian Guard in advance, drew their swords and stabbed at the climax of the banquet! The target is directly aimed at the emperor and all the humeral ministers present!

Xiao Fengsu was seriously injured and unconscious. Some ministers of the DPRK and China directly lost their lives.

Laba, what wafts from Daqi is not the rich and warm porridge fragrance, but the bloody smell of the nose.

Liang Erer looked for Zou Guard's figure in the palace, but he couldn't find it anywhere.

"Little cousin? Are you okay? ”

Xiao Shulun grabbed the walking corpse-like Liang Er'er.

"Shulun?" Liang Erer grabbed Xiao Shulun's hand, like a person trapped in the abyss, grabbing the only life-saving vine!

"Shu Lun, have you seen Zou Lan?!"

Xiao Shulun was a little unbearable when he saw her like this: "Little cousin, don't worry, Zou Guard's martial arts are strong, and he will be fine......"

Liang Er'er shook his head and begged, "Shu Lun, is it okay for you to help me find him?" Good no good? ”

Xiao Shulun hesitated, nodded, and said, "I'll go find someone!" But be obedient and wait for me in the side hall. ”

"I ......"

"If you are obedient, I will promise you." Xiao Shulun said.

"Good ......" Liang Erer pressed his uneasiness and nodded.

She was headless and searched like a fly, and she was not as good as Xiao Shulun, an official of Dali Temple, who was allowed to go in and out of any place tonight.

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Liang Er'er waited in the side hall with anxiety in his heart. In the side hall, there are mostly people who are anxious.

Liang Erer swayed to a corner, crossed his arms, and slowly squatted down.

Winter nights are extraordinarily long...... The restless waiting has brought this long ravage into a standstill, and time has stopped like a river clogged with silt.

Liang Er'er's lips were pale, cold, and frightened.

The cold wind eroded the side hall, and the cold moonlight walked into the second half of the night......

She kept her eyes open and stayed up for half the night.

At dawn. Xiao Shulun found her and walked in front of her lightly.

Liang Er'er woke up from the confusion, stood up suddenly, stared straight at Xiao Shulun, and asked cautiously, "Looking, did you find it?" ”

Xiao Shulun's expression was downcast, and he shook his head gently.

"It's all night......" he said hoarsely, "little cousin, you have to be prepared......

"What?" Liang Er'er's expression was blank, and he asked knowingly, "What preparation?" ”

Xiao Shulun hesitated for a moment and said, "I have searched almost all the places, but only the assassin has not been to see ......."

"You, what do you mean?!"

Xiao Shulun sighed: "Little cousin, I checked all the casualties last night, and there were no Zou guards in them. But on the Assassin's side, I haven't seen it yet......"

"No, it won't!" Liang Er'er's face turned white and shook his head, "Zou Lan won't!" ”

Xiao Shulun lowered his voice: "I also believe that Guard Zou will not assassinate, but ......"

People don't disappear for no reason.

Xiao Shulun gently pressed Liang Er'er's shoulder: "Anyway, you wait here first......

"Nope! I'll go with you! Liang Erer clenched his fists and stared at Xiao Shulun, his gaze could not be refused.

"But......" Xiao Shulun hesitated.

Liang Erer was word-by-word: "I want to go with you!" ”

Xiao Shulun looked at her and sighed.

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There was such a big mess in the palace, Xiao Shulun, as an official of Dali Temple, and a respected person from the General's Mansion, no one stopped him from entering and leaving. Even where the assassin's corpse was parked, Xiao Sangongzi came in smoothly and took Liang Er'er with him.

None of the assassins survived, some died under the swords of the Praetorian Guards, and some killed themselves by biting the poison hidden in their teeth.

A total of forty-three corpses were placed in the side hall of the palace, covered with white cloth. Although the crimes of these assassins were unforgivable, their corpses were well preserved as a clue.

Liang Erer stood in front of the first corpse......

"Little cousin?" Xiao Shulun patted Liang Er'er lightly on the shoulder, his eyes were unbearable, and he said, "Or...... You're going out and waiting for me? ”

Liang Erer shook his head, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

Her fingertips were white, and she squeezed it fiercely, and finally suppressed the trembling of her fingers, pinched the white cloth, and slowly lifted it......

No......

Liang Er'er breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the next corpse, and the breath that had been relieved before suddenly rushed to his heart again......

Second ...... No......

Liang Er'er couldn't take her eyes off it, and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse, she seemed to be masochistic, her legs were straight, her eyes were straight, and she looked at the corpses in front of her one by one.

The tragic condition of some corpses is not at all able to be looked at directly! However, Liang Erer suddenly realized that her heart was hanging by more frightening and terrifying things......

Five ...... Ten ...... Nineteen ...... Thirty-one ......

Finally came to the last corpse.

Liang Er'er's face was already pale, and cold sweat penetrated the winter coat and sticked to his back......

"Little cousin, I'll come......" Xiao Shulun couldn't bear it, crossed Liang Er'er, and said softly.

Liang Er'er's eyes were straight, but her hands grabbed Xiao Shulun's wrists, and she shook her head.

Slowly...... Slowly...... Lift it up again......

Her heart was tormented forty-three times, and each time she looked at it, it was as if someone had taken a sharp knife and tentatively stabbed her in the apical artery.

Forty-three times, the pain has not diminished in the slightest......

Little by little, the corpse's face was revealed...... The sharp blade approached little by little, and then approached......

"Great......" Xiao Shulun breathed a sigh of relief.

The knife against the tip of the heart was withdrawn.

Forty-three corpses, no Zou Lan...... It's not Zou Lan......

Xiao Shulun wiped the cold sweat from the corner of his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Great...... Little cousin, let's go. ”

Liang Erer let go of the white cloth in his hand and nodded faintly.

The two walked out of the side hall together. Outside the hall, the dawn broke in the east, and the first rays of dawn were seen. Liang Er'er's pale face was reflected in the light, whiter than the snow on the side.

She stopped suddenly.

"Little cousin?"

I saw Liang Erer stumbling under her feet, and suddenly she looked like a marionette with a cut thread, and she slid down softly.

"Little cousin!" Xiao Shulun quickly supported her and said nervously, "Are you okay?" ”

Liang Er'er waved her hand, she pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, wanting to stand firm by herself, but her legs were disobedient, she was soft and trembling for a while, she had no strength at all, she stood up by herself, and could only rely on Xiao Shulun for support.

"Little Cousin......"

"I'm fine...... It's okay...... You see...... I, I'll just say it......" Liang Erer grabbed Xiao Shulun's clothes, his face was as white as paper, and he was very happy for the rest of his life, "Zou Lan won't be here...... He's not here......"

"Well, Guard Zou will be fine!" Xiao Shulun nodded heavily and helped Liang Er'er.

Liang Erer nodded, and then Xiao Shulun's strong support, slowed down for a long time, and she was finally able to struggle to stand firm on her own.

Xiao Shulun looked at her like this, and said distressedly: "Little cousin, don't worry, Zou Guard's martial arts are so good, it will be fine......"

Not worried? How is that possible?

It was as if Liang Er'er's heart had been picked up, and he froze in the icy water, and then he was taken to the furnace and burned it, and the water was melted......

Where the hell is Zou Lan?

In the huge palace, the assassins were rampant and crazy last night, if Zou Lan didn't have an accident, why didn't he hide and not show up?

Liang Erer gritted his teeth, and his pale lips pursed into a line......

Identifying the assassin's corpse just now had already made her heart fail, and now she didn't dare to think about it at all......

The rising sun in the east struggles to break through the horizon and spread the dawn of self-righteousness to the world, but no one gets the light...... The cloudy blizzard that shrouded the palace had just begun

Liang Erer rubbed his arms, his thin shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

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In the sixth year of Ming Dao, on the ninth day of the lunar month, at noon, the Great Qi Palace.

Last night's danger was wrapped in the smell of blood, and finally came to an end.

The queen was solemn, sitting in the main seat of the side hall, presiding over the overall situation, and there were a group of people who survived last night standing below.

Everyone stayed up all night, especially the elderly courtiers, all of them had dark circles under their eyes, but there was no fatigue and slackness in their eyes, and they were all hung up by something.

Such a large-scale assassination! It's almost a palace change!

The Queen Mother said a few opening remarks, and directly turned to the topic, saying: "The emperor has the blessing of heaven, and his life is safe, please rest assured." ”

The ministers shouted in unison, "Long live my emperor!" Some even burst into tears, shouting "The emperor blesses, the true dragon son of heaven." ”

The queen mother reported safety, and then said, "Although the emperor's life is fine, the imperial doctor said that he wanted him to recuperate, so ...... Today, the mourning family is here on behalf of the emperor. ”

The order came on behalf of the emperor.

"He Yi, the commander of the Praetorian Guards, and the leaders of the guards at this banquet have been put on death row by the mourning family." After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she looked at He Zhan below.

He Zhan, the first assistant of the cabinet, is He Yi's father.

He Zhan was already old, and when he was too late, he also gave him a seat.

At this time, He Lao stood up from his seat tremblingly, arched his hand, and was so thin that his rickety back was bent so that he could no longer bend it.

"He Yi is the commander of the forbidden army, he guards the imperial city, this kind of thing happens, it is hard to escape the blame! But the Queen Mother......" He Zhan almost burst into tears and pleaded, "...... Can Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion find out the case before he is offended? ”

The Queen Mother looked at He Zhan, bowed her head slightly, and said, "He Yi is usually loyal and dutiful, and the mourning family has also heard of it. He Shoufu has been in the dynasty for more than 50 years and has done his best for Daqi...... And all the people saw it. ”

The Queen Mother paused, and her voice was slow, reassuring: "The mourning family believes that your father and son ......"

"Thank you, Queen Mother! Thank you, Queen Mother! He Zhan was grateful to Dade and saluted heavily.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The Queen Mother looked at the group of people below, paused slightly, and said, "Every one of you here, the mourning family is unwilling to doubt you. After the Queen Mother finished speaking, the words changed again: "However, the mourning family still has to ask!" Did you see any suspicious people last night? ”

Suspicious person?

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know what the Queen Mother meant for a while.

The Queen Mother said: "If there is, say it, so as to provide clues to Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion." ”

"This ......"

Only then did everyone understand! Yesterday's assassination, the mastermind behind the scenes has not been caught!

You look at me, I look at you.

I was rummaging through my memories for a while, wondering if I had seen any suspicious people last night.

The Queen Mother sat on a high position and looked around at the crowd.

This hall full of people can almost be described by the word "crowd of people". However, the Queen Mother glanced at it and seemed to notice everyone, as if she was looking at you.

"Queen Mother!"

Just when everyone was whispering and couldn't say anything, a crisp voice sounded, breaking the deadlock.

The crowd looked at the man who had spoken.

Liu Ruier, the daughter of the head of the household.

"Queen Mother, I saw Liang Erer sneaking around with a man in the corner of the city!" Liu Rui'er raised her chin high, straightened her chest, and pointed her fingers like needles, pointing directly at Liang Er'er, "When I went to greet her, she was startled and escorted the man away!" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Liang Er'er.

This person who is not Luojing, a relative of the General's Mansion, is now in the spotlight.

Liang Erer tightened his eyebrows and didn't speak yet.

Liu Ruier asked aggressively: "Who is that person, why are you afraid, protect him and escape!" ”

"He's not an assassin!"

When the words fell, there was an uproar around them.

The people around Liang Erer retreated.

"Miss Liu!" Xiao Shulun's face was embarrassed, and he stood up to protect Liang Er'er, "You want evidence for what you say!" Our General's Mansion cannot tolerate such a frame-up! ”

Liu Rui'er snorted coldly, looked at the Queen Mother, and said, "Liang Er'er was looking for someone last night!" I'm so anxious that I'm sweating profusely! ”

She paused, looked at Liang Er'er coldly, squinted her eyes, and her voice was like a stinger on the tail of a scorpion: "In my opinion, the person who sneaked around with you in the corner yesterday is the person you hurriedly looked for last night!" You didn't find him, did you? ”

Liang Erer's face turned slightly pale.

Liu Ruier had the upper hand and approached again: "How can you not find a living person?" Is his body in the Assassin pile? ”

Liang Er'er suddenly clenched his fists, and his eyes were full of gloom.

Liu Rui'er stood tall and sneered: "Liang Er'er, if you don't speak, are you acquiescing?" ”

Liang Erer gritted his teeth: "I don't speak, I'm too lazy to argue with you!" ”

"Is it too lazy to argue, or is there nothing to say?"

Liu Rui'er said: "The Queen Mother is here, and the Manchu Dynasty is here, are you arguing?" ”

“……”

Liang Erer took a deep breath.

"Queen Mother, look!" Liu Rui'er's index finger is about to poke Liang Erer's face!

The Queen Mother looked at Liang Er'er and frowned.

Liu Ruier took advantage of the victory to pursue, approached Liang Er'er, and forced people to the precipice.

"You have nothing to say!"

Liang Er'er stared at her coldly.

"Queen Mother!" Liu Rui'er was awe-inspiring, and she was also a little anxious!

"Take her down!"

"Wait!"

There was a sound outside the door of the hall, it was Gao Jingchuan's voice.

Neither lukewarm, not affordable.

He said: "Queen Mother, I brought a witness who can prove Miss Liang's innocence!" ”

The Queen Mother bowed slightly.

"Bring it on."

"Yes......"

Gao Jingchuan brought Shen Guiyan to the main hall.

The people who were assassinated yesterday, the master was in the main hall, and the guards and maids who followed were all in the side hall, Gao Jingchuan saw Liu Rui'er pressing step by step, so he brought Shen Guiyan over.

He is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and he pays attention to evidence witnesses in everything he does.

"She has nothing to say! Sure enough, there is a suspicion! ”

"See the Queen Mother's ......," Shen Guiyan saluted.

Stand up.

Liu Rui'er's eyes widened when she saw her, "You, you are ......"

"It's me." Shen Guiyan nodded, neither humble nor arrogant to Liu Rui'er, she turned her head to look at the Queen Mother.

"Empress Dowager, the person who was under the city wall with Miss Liang last night was me."

"Who are you?"

"I ......"

"Queen Mother!" Liu Ruier grabbed the white, "She is a kitchen boy in the women's school!" I don't have the right to enter the palace! ”

“……”

"Yes!"

Shen Guiyan "pounced" and knelt down: "Just because I don't have the right to enter the palace, I went to ask Gao Shaoqing to let him take me into the palace." ”

Saying that, he looked at Liang Er'er and continued: "I saw Miss Liang at the gate of the palace and greeted her almost, and then Miss Liu came, she was in a bad mood these days, because she was not selected into the 100 beauty list, she recognized me, I was worried about causing unnecessary trouble, so I ran away......"

"That's how it is......" Shen Guiyan finished speaking, looking directly at the Queen Mother, not dodging or dodging, "Queen Mother, the person who was under the city last night was me, not an assassin." ”

When the words fell, Liu Rui'er was extremely ugly, as if she had been slapped in the face.

"You ......"

Before she finished speaking, the Queen Mother opened her mouth, looked at Shen Guiyan and said, "Why did you enter the palace?" ”

Shen Guiyan gritted his teeth and looked at Lord Shen in the crowd, Shen Yingtang.

She didn't say the reason, she just looked straight at Lord Shen.

Shen Yingtang let out a long sigh and stood up as if he was resigned to his fate.

said: "Queen Mother, she is here for me." ”

Everyone's eyes brushed and brushed, patrolling back and forth on Shen Guiyan and Shen Yingtang!

What is this little guy looking for the prince? Don't hesitate to chase it to the palace!?

Shen Yingtang rubbed his sideburns, bowed his hand to the Queen Mother, bent down to salute, and his voice was a little begging: "This matter, please allow me to explain it to you later......"

After a pause, he looked at Shen Guiyan, and said, "She just came to the palace to find me, and she has nothing to do with assassination." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she nodded slightly.

"That's not right!" Liu Rui'er jumped out again, pointed at Liang Er'er's face again, and didn't give up.

"She was looking for someone last night!" said, and shook his hand at Shen Guiyan, "It can't be you!" ”

“……”

"By the way, I also heard her call that person's name, what is it blue!"

said, and looked at Liang Er'er fiercely: "You dare to say that you didn't find anyone last night!" ”

Liang Er'er's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he couldn't see anything in his expression, but his heart was really upside down.

Liu Rui'er found fault with Shen Guiyan just now, she is really not afraid!

But...... This......

Liang Erer gritted his teeth and did not divulge his emotions.

"You say! Who are you looking for! ”

Liang Er'er raised his chin slightly and said nothing.

"Can't tell, can you?!" Liu Rui'er looked at Gao Jingchuan viciously, "Do you still have witnesses?!" ”

Gao Jingchuan was silent.

Liu Rui'er raised her eyebrows and looked at Liang Er'er: "What else do you have to say?!" ”

Liang Erer exhaled a breath of turbidity: "Yes, I'm looking for someone." ”

"Where is that man!" Liu Ruier asked.

"...... there" Liang Er'er stretched out his hand, all the way in the direction of Xiao Chu.

Seeing this, the prince of Chu was stunned, and then a smile rose on the corner of his mouth.

"The person I'm looking for is the prince...... Liang Er'er stretched out his voice, "The shadow guard next to me, Zhou Lan." ”

“…… What did you say? ”

"She said that the person she was looking for was the shadow guard next to this king." Xiao Jianchu smiled slightly and said, "The fourth year of junior high school, you come out." ”

"Yes!" In response, a person walked out of the crowd, it was the fourth year of the shadow guard beside Xiao Jianchu.

"The name of the fourth junior high school is ......" Xiao saw Chu looking at Liang Er'er with a smile and said, "...... It's called Zhou Lan. ”

Liang Erer understood, opened his mouth and didn't type a draft, and said: "The person I looked for last night was the prince's shadow guard, Zhou Lan." ”

Liu Ruier didn't believe it: "Why! What are you doing in a hurry to find a shadow guard!? ”

"Because he ......"

"Because she's got a crush on my shadow guard!" Xiao saw that Chu interrupted Liang Er'er, straightened his clothes, and said slowly, "When this king was on his trip to Yanzhou, he passed by Yecheng, and at that time, Liang Erer fell in love with my shadow guard. There was an accident at the banquet last night, and she was worried that something would happen to the fourth year of junior high school, so she had been looking for the fourth year of junior high school. ”

Liu Ruier listened to it and was skeptical.

Xiao saw that Chu was not in a hurry, looked at Liu Rui'er, and said with a smile: "Miss Liu, since you are so concerned about Liang Er'er's every move, then you should also see it last night, I called Liang Er'er away." The prince glanced at Liang Er'er and said, "I called her away to warn her not to approach my shadow guard again......"

Liu Rui'er was choked, her voice stiffened, and she said, "I, I didn't see it." ”

"Just if you didn't see it."

What do you mean by being right?

Xiao saw that Chu was still smiling, looked at Liu Rui'er, and said, "However, there is one thing that this king is very curious about. Can't you ask Miss Liu? ”

Liu Rui'er frowned, slightly vigilant: "Wang, please tell me ...... prince"

Xiao saw Chu's face full of spring breeze: "You just said that Liang Er'er is related to assassins. This king wants to ask, where is her motive? ”

When Liu Ruier heard this, her face was ugly.

The prince continued: "Those assassins are all first-class dead soldiers, who have been lurking in Luojing for many years. Liang Er'er, the daughter of a Yecheng trader, had only been in Luojing for two or three months, how did she get in touch with the assassins? ”

“……”

"These ...... Me, how do I know? ”

"You don't know?" Xiao Jianchu smiled slightly, and said, "If you don't know, forget it, this king won't ask." ”

He said that he didn't ask, so he really retreated, and glanced at Liang Er'er with his eyebrows.

Liang Er'er had a good heart, and took the sword "handed out" by the prince of Chu and pointed it directly at Liu Rui'er!

"Then why do you suspect it's me?!" Liang Erer seemed to be angry, was wronged, and said, "Miss Liu! Are you communiquéing a personal vendetta!? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about! What enmity do I have against you! ”

"Then you just bit me and didn't let go?!"

"I'm just asking what I don't understand!"

"Then you ask! What are you trying to do with the Assassins!? ”

"You ......"

"Shut up!"

The Queen Mother finally spoke, and Liang Erer and Liu Rui'er instantly shut up and knelt on the ground together.

"The Queen Mother is angry!"

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "This matter has nothing to do with the assassins, don't say it again." ”

"Yes......"

This is finally the end of the curtain.

Liu Rui'er glared at Liang Er'er fiercely, and Liang Er'er looked at him coldly.