Returning from Lingqing Mountain to the Red Sleeve Villa, the carriage had just stopped at the gate, and Zijin had been waiting at the gate for a long time.

"Master, Manager Li beside the emperor is already waiting for you in the hall."

Hua Yue helped Ruyi get down from the carriage and glanced at the courtyard: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Zijin's expression sank: "It seems that something happened in the palace." ”

It must be a big deal to be able to bother the emperor's side Manager Li to go on a trip in person, Hua Yue told Zijin to send Ruyi back to the room, and then walked into the village by himself.

"Ruyi girl, I have already instructed the kitchen to make some of your favorite pastries, right in the room, I'll help you in."

Ruyi didn't have much interest in pastries, she looked at Hua Yue's departing back, and couldn't help but be curious: "Zijin, I want to go to the hall." ”

"Ruyi girl, the master asked me to take you back to the room, if you don't comply, I will be punished."

This is clearly not to let Ruyi eavesdrop, Ruyi lowered his gaze, think about it, anyway, Huayue is so powerful, she can do anything, maybe she will help if she goes, it is better to eat some pastries and take a good rest.

Seeing that Ruyi no longer insisted, Zijin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Manager Li wandered back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands, and when he saw Hua Yue coming, the sadness on his face stretched a little: "Doctor Hua, you are back." ”

"Manager Li, I've only been out for a few days, but what's going on in the palace?"

As soon as Hua Yue sat down, she went straight to the point.

Manager Li sighed lightly, looked at Hua Yue and said, "There are assassins in the palace, and the emperor is having trouble sleeping, that's why I am in such a hurry to come to you." ”

"Assassins?" Hua Yue put down the teacup in her hand and raised her eyebrows: "I'm afraid that Manager Li is mistaken, I'm a doctor, and I am practicing medicine to save people, and this assassin's matter should be under the control of the Ouchi guards, right?" ”

Manager Li waved his hand, his face was heavy: "If it was just an assassin, the emperor would not let me come to you, this assassin acts very strangely, comes and goes without a trace, and the method of killing people is also very peculiar, everyone who is killed by him, the blood on his body seems to have been sucked dry, and the death is very terrifying." ”

"Oh?" Hua Yue pondered for a moment, and couldn't help muttering, "Blood sucked dry? ”

"People in the palace have been panicking for the past few days, and I heard that you have recently come back from outside, so the emperor immediately sent me to announce your entry into the palace."

Hua Yue felt that this matter was also very strange, so she followed Manager Li into the carriage and went to the palace.

Entering the palace, Chief Manager Li first took Hua Yue to the ice room, where the bodies of all the dead were stored.

Lined up in a row, there are nine in total.

Hua Yue lifted the white cloth and saw a skinny and purple head, his eyes were abrupt, as if he had seen something scary before he died, his mouth was slightly open, and he seemed to want to shout, but he was killed before he could do so.

He looked at them one by one, and the expressions of all the dead were exactly the same.

Manager Li stood far away, and his eyes didn't dare to look at the corpse: "Doctor Hua, there is a row of marks on their necks that resemble being bitten by snakes. ”

Hua Yue looked sideways, and sure enough, there were bite marks on their necks, but this bite mark didn't seem to be enough to kill them.

Hua Yue picked up the corpse and examined it carefully, and suddenly his eyes stayed on a small hole behind the root of the ear, the size of which was about the same as a silver needle.

Could it be that the silver needle is poisonous?

But what kind of poison can make people not leave a drop of blood on their bodies?

Hua Yue and Manager Li walked out of the ice room, and Manager Li couldn't wait to ask, "Doctor Hua, how is it?" Was it human? ”

Hua Yue stood with her hands in her hands and nodded: "It was done by people, but I see that most of these corpses are eunuchs and palace maids, do the assassins have any intention of killing them?" ”

Manager Li was also asked, the assassins killed people frequently at night, but they all picked some inconspicuous eunuchs and palace maids to attack, was it just to suck blood?

Manager Li suddenly had a bold guess, and he lowered his voice: "Doctor Hua, you say, this assassin can't be sent by the Tianyuan Kingdom, right?" ”

Hua Yue frowned slightly, according to his understanding of Mu Luo, although Mu Luo was ruthless, but if he wanted to kill the emperor of the Xuan Kingdom, he didn't have to hide it so much, first kill the eunuch and the palace maid to cover up Mi Zhang, he would directly let the assassin assassin assassinate the emperor: "Manager Li, I don't think it like, don't say that the two countries are only on the surface now, even if there is a real war one day, Emperor Tianyuan wants to kill the emperor, then there is no need to kill the palace maid and eunuch to go around such a big circle, I think this assassin is someone else." ”

"Doctor Hua has a clue?"

A casual smile appeared on the corner of Hua Yue's lips, which could instantly suck the poison of human blood, and he thought that he would do it.

That night, Hua Yue stayed in the palace.

Because of the assassins, the emperor specially sent additional patrolling guards, but they still couldn't stop the panic, especially the eunuchs and palace maids, for fear that one of them would accidentally bump into the assassin and then die.

Hua Yue was not with the guards, but walked around the palace alone.

The moonlight tonight is very good, Hua Yue remembered that today is the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon should be so round, every time the moon is full, he will accompany Ruyi to sit in the courtyard, say something, and admire the moon, but now, he can only catch assassins in the palace alone.

Hua Yue was thinking about it, and suddenly heard someone shouting for help not far away, he shook his body, performed light skills, and arrived at a place in the verandah, only to see a palace maid slumped on the ground, fruit spilled on the ground, looking ahead in horror.

"Ghost ...... Ghost ......"

Hua Yue stepped forward to hold her arm and asked, "In that direction did he run away?"

The palace maid was already frightened, her hand trembling and pointing in the direction of the harem, Hua Yue immediately chased after her, and after chasing for long, she vaguely saw a black shadow flashing in the imperial garden.

Hua Yue's narrow eyes were half narrowed, and she sped up her speed, but fortunately, this person's light skills were not as good as Hua Yue, Hua Yue quickly caught up with him, and pressed the man's shoulder with one hand.

The palm of his hand was cold, and the touch was as hard as if it had touched a stone, and the man pushed Hua Yue away with a wave of his cloak, and wanted to run, but Hua Yue had already blocked his way.

The masked man in black stood in the moonlight, his body wrapped so tightly that Hua Yue could only see his eyes.

"Who sent you?"

The man seemed to be nailed there, motionless, looking at Hua Yue gloomily without even blinking his eyes.

The contact just now made Hua Yue even more puzzled, it stands to reason that as long as it is a person, there will be flesh and blood and temperature, but this person is different, his shoulders are as hard as stones, and his body exudes a cold breath, and he can't feel his breath at all, could it be that this person standing in front of him is a ...... Dead person?

Just when Hua Yue fell into deep thought, the man waved his cloak and wanted to escape, the Qinggan sword under Hua Yue's sleeve was already out of the sheath, his swordsmanship was sharp, no one in this world was an opponent, but the strange thing was that this person did not dodge or fight back, just stood there, waiting for Hua Yue's sword blade to pierce his body.

"When"

The Qinggan Sword made a shocking sound, and a trace of astonishment flashed in Hua Yue's eyes.

Could it be that this person's body is really made of iron, it is invulnerable, and even the peerless sword Qinggan can't hurt him by half a point.

The atmosphere fell silent, and Hua Yue could vaguely hear an eerie laugh from under the black scarf covering her face.

The man held Hua Yue's Qinggan Sword with one hand, and had already grabbed Hua Yue's shoulder with the other, Hua Yue suddenly felt as if his internal force was being continuously absorbed by the mysterious person in front of him!

The endless demands made Hua Yue a little unable to support it.

No, if he continues like this, his internal strength will have to be sucked dry by him, and then he may become a dried corpse in those ice chambers.

Hua Yue raised his eyes slightly, he remembered that Lingsu once said that everything in the world has its destiny, nothing is indestructible, as long as you find that destiny, it may be possible to change the status quo.

But where is his life?

Hua Yue's consciousness had begun to blur a little, and in a trance, he suddenly remembered that the corpses placed in the ice room had bite marks and silver needle punctures on their necks......

Hua Yue suddenly pulled out the Qinggan sword that was clenched by him and slashed at his neck!

"Hiss"

Hua Yue knelt on one leg on the ground, breathing a little heavily.

The man covered his neck with one hand, and Hua Yue saw that he was bleeding......

Sure enough, his death hole is his neck!

Hua Yue raised her sword again, wanting to take him down in one fell swoop, but suddenly she didn't know where a large piece of green smoke came out, which was very choking, Hua Yue covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, and when she looked back, there was still someone standing in front of her, and she let him run away.

The guards also hurried over when they heard the sound of fighting, and when they arrived, Hua Yue was the only one in the imperial garden.

"Doctor Hua, what happened just now?"

Hua Yue ignored the guards, swept his eyes on the ground, and saw that it was the blood stain left by the man, he dipped his index finger a little, put it under his nose and smelled it, the blood did not smell, it was very cold, but it was a bit like the stench of a dead person.

Hua Yue got up, and the thoughts in her head became even more chaotic, could it be that this assassin was really not human?

"Dead man, dead man over there!"

The guards and Hua Yue walked down the verandah to the door of a library, and saw a eunuch lying on the ground with a withered body.

The dead body is exactly the same as the ones in the ice room, but there are bite marks on the neck, and there are traces of silver needles behind the ears.

He must have killed the eunuch before he could catch up with the Assassin and drained his blood.

The body of the eunuch was carried down, and several palace maids standing around were frightened and cried and hugged together.

"Doctor Hua, then ...... next"

Hua Yue stabbed that mysterious person, presumably he will not return to the palace tonight, but tomorrow night, if this mysterious person is not caught, I am afraid that everyone in the palace will be uneasy.