It was night, the moon was dark and windy, and the clouds were thick, with only a little sporadic moonlight squeezing out from behind the dark clouds, refracting a faint light. At this time, the Jing'an Palace's palace was quiet, and I only heard the sound of the gong beating the gong outside, "The weather is dry and dry, be careful of the fire candle!" ”

Suddenly, two black shadows appeared on the wall of the palace courtyard, one after the other jumped into the courtyard, dodging all the way, flying up and down, and rushing straight to the prince's bedroom.

After a while, they came to the door of the prince's bedroom, one of them was a thin man in black, and the other man in black first pierced the window paper with his fingers, took out a thin tube thick with a finger from his bosom and blew into the room, and after a while, he took out a dagger from his boots and carefully opened the door bolt.

After entering the bedroom, the man in black tiptoed to the side of the bed, raised the dagger and stabbed down on the bed, just stabbed twice, the man in black had already noticed that something was wrong, and secretly screamed in his heart.

The assassin reacted well, leaned back, dodged the sword move, raised his breath again, withdrew a foot away, quickly drew his sword, took a pose, and prepared to fight, the man in black outside the door heard the sound, brandished his long whip, and also entered the house to join the battle.

Chang Rui's martial arts are not weak, but his hands are difficult to defeat with four punches, coupled with the opponent's strong martial arts and tacit understanding, after more than a dozen rounds, he has fallen behind.

The tall assassin saw that the other party had already prepared, and knew that today's task was difficult to complete, so he gestured to the other party with his eyes between the hands, and the other party understood, and jumped out of the door at the moment of repelling Chang Rui.

As soon as she went out, a woman in Tsing Yi fell from the sky with a sword, blocking the way for the two.

At this time, Chang Rui had chased out of the door, and when he saw Cheng Qingyue coming to help, his morale suddenly soared, and the four of them fought one-on-one, and for a while, the sound of swords hitting each other and the whip waving crisp sounded endlessly.

Due to the change in the tide of battle, the Assassins no longer had an advantage, and at first the two sides were tied, but slowly, the Assassins lost the upper hand.

The two assassins wanted to escape just now, but they didn't want a master to block the way, but they were entangled and couldn't get out, and gradually became impetuous, and they were in chaos. Cheng Qingyue saw the opportunity and stabbed at the assassin, who took advantage of the situation to dodge, but was still picked off his turban, and his black hair was scattered, but it turned out to be a female assassin.

Seeing that his companion was in danger, the other Assassin took advantage of Chang Rui's breath to take out a round ball and threw it down with all his might, only to hear a loud "bang", and then a smoke screen filled the air, and when the two of them cleared the fog, the Assassin was gone.

The two wanted to chase after them, but then Jiang Yichen came to the courtyard to stop them: "Don't chase, they are prepared, they must have fled far away at this moment, it seems that someone doesn't want me to go back to the court." ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!" Jiang Yichen suddenly felt the qi in his lungs surge, and couldn't help coughing.

"Brother Chen!" Cheng Qingyue hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

"This king is fine, Yue'er, are you injured?" As she spoke, Jiang Yichen nervously checked her whole body.

"I'm fine, Brother Chen, it's cold at night, you have to take care of your body." Cheng Qingyue said, tightening his cloak.

"Lord Wang! Rajah! Are you okay? At this time, Mrs. Qin ran over in a panic, "I was sleeping soundly just now, and suddenly I heard a movement outside, and I heard that there was an assassin, so I hurried over to take a look, are you injured, Lord Wang?" ”

Jiang Yichen said with an expression on his face: "Madame has a heart, this king is fine." ”

Mrs. Qin's expression was complicated, but she immediately changed to a smiling face: "It's okay if there's nothing to do, the concubine was frightened just now!"

"My sister has such ears!" Mrs. Wang was also late at this time, and said with a smile: "Sister's Tingyuxuan is in front of my sister's Feixue Pavilion, which is closer to the prince's bedroom, I just heard that there was an assassin and hurried over, but I didn't expect to be led by my sister, my sister wants to ask my sister, how did the news go over Tingyuxuan and arrive at Feixue Pavilion first?" Could it be that my sister is a tailwind? Or did my sister know in advance that an assassin was coming? ”

When Mrs. Qin heard this, she was immediately displeased, "How can my sister say this?" You and I are both concubines of the prince, how can there be any reason not to hope for the prince's goodness, how can I collude with outsiders to harm the prince? The reason why I came earlier than you is because I have learned the piano since I was a child and have a keen sense of hearing. ”

Jiang Yichen looked at the two of them with a cold face.

Mrs. Wang smiled gloomily and said, "Even if you are born with a keen sense of hearing as my sister said, how did you know that it was the prince who came out of the assassin here, and went straight to the prince's bedroom?"

Mrs. Qin was stunned for a moment, rolled her eyes and said: "It's a coincidence, I would have had a nightmare, I dreamed that the prince fell from the mountain, was woken up, and heard movement in the house, for fear that something would happen to the prince, so I rushed over, my sister is so suspicious of me, is it because the thief shouts to catch the thief?"

"You!" Mrs. Wang's face was angry, although she was unwilling, but seeing that what Mrs. Qin said was not flawed, she was helpless, "Lord Wang, please check clearly, it is definitely not the concubine's work at this time!" ”

"Alright, you all go down, this king is tired!" Jiang Yichen waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

After the two ladies left, the three of them entered the house, and Cheng Qingyue poured hot tea and handed it to Jiang Yichen.

Chang Rui said on the side: "Fortunately, the prince had the foresight to expect that they would definitely come to assassinate them, and he made preparations in advance, so that the assassin returned in vain."

Jiang Yichen's eyes were cold, "This time, my father summoned me back to the court, but they were afraid that I would regain my favor and block their way, so they came to assassinate me by any means." ”

Chang Rui asked, "Then the prince thinks that the assassin was sent by the concubine or the queen?"

Cheng Qingyue continued: "That assassin seems to be familiar with the layout of the palace, and he came straight to the prince's bedroom, presumably someone told him in advance. What Mrs. Qin said just now seems to be flawless, I noticed that her expression was different, nine times out of ten this matter was done by the concubine, and Mrs. Wang was late, I am afraid that it was intentional. ”

"The subordinates also think that it was the concubine who did it, those two assassins are extraordinary, one uses a knife and the other uses a whip, very much like the ghosts and phantoms under Li Wei."

Jiang Yichen bowed slightly, agreeing with the statement of the two, "The ghost and the phantom are the killers raised by Li Wei, elusive and mysterious, loyal to Li Wei, specializing in assassination missions. Ten years ago, Li Wei was not as favored as he is now, in order to increase his power, he tried to win over ministers everywhere, and those ministers who impeached him died in their hands. ”

Cheng Qingyue asked puzzledly: "They are so presumptuous, assassinate the ministers of the DPRK and the central government under Lang Lang, does the emperor care?"

Jiang Yichen said: "The ministers of the DPRK and China were killed one after another, the emperor was furious, and ordered the prime minister to investigate thoroughly, arrest and bring to justice, but the two have always been elusive, and the martial arts are extraordinary, the prime minister has failed, seeing his henchmen being killed one after another, Li Wei gradually grows, four years ago, the prime minister instructed Tang Jian, the servant of the ministry, to impeach Li Wei, and then quietly laid a net inside and outside his mansion, just waiting for the two to come to the door, to catch turtles in an urn, and finally they escaped again."

Cheng Qingyue said: "Isn't the emperor going to treat the prime minister for a crime of incompetence?"

Of course, in the past few years, the prime minister has done nothing, and the emperor has long been dissatisfied, so he fined him for one year as a punishment, and reused Li Wei. After that, Li Wei rose to become a new force to compete with the prime minister, and the grudge between the prime minister and Li Wei became deeper and deeper, and the two often fought-for-tat in the court to suppress each other. ”

"I see!"

At this time, Chang Rui then asked: "My subordinates remember that the prince said last time that the prince was returning to the dynasty for meritorious service this time, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so why did they still have to take the risk to come."

Cheng Qingyue continued: "If this assassination is successful, the emperor will blame them, even if he suspects them, he will give up because he can't catch the two and there is no evidence." Even if they fail, with the martial arts of the two of them, it is not difficult to escape, and in this way, it can be regarded as detecting the reality of the enemy. In the unfortunate event of being arrested, killers like them, in order not to be beaten, usually carry poison with them, just in case. So either way, it's worth the risk. ”

Chang Rui said: "What Miss Cheng said is extremely true, if Miss Cheng hadn't arrived in time just now, her subordinates would have been really hard to beat."

Jiang Yichen looked at Cheng Qingyue, and didn't know whether to be relieved or worried, Yue'er in the past was carefree, ignoring the world, staying in the valley to study medical skills wholeheartedly, treating diseases and saving people, since she knew herself, she also understood these court battles and weighed the pros and cons.

"Yue'er, I'm the one who has troubled you."

Cheng Qingyue hurriedly covered his mouth: "Don't say such things, between you and me, there is nothing that is not involved, Yue'er is willing."

Seeing this, Chang Rui retreated with interest.

"Yue'er, do you know, the first time I saw you, after we finished the sword competition, you ran away with a red face, at that time my heart was like a ray of sunshine, very comfortable, since I was eight years old, I haven't felt like this again." Jiang Yichen said softly.

When Cheng Qingyue heard this, her cheeks turned red again.

"Hehe, Yue'er, you know, I like to see you blush the most." Jiang Yichen's eyes were already thick.

Cheng Qingyue said embarrassedly: "Brother Chen, you will make fun of me."

Jiang Yichen pulled her into her arms, "Yue'er, how can I make fun of you, compared to you, everything in the world is overshadowed by me." ”

Cheng Qingyue hugged him tightly and enjoyed this moment of warmth.