One night in the capital.

When Bamburshan's convoy was heading back from Ao Bai Province, it was shocked when it passed a back street.

Black shadows leaped out of the houses on both sides, and at the same time, the arrows broke through the air, and the guards on the left and right of the convoy immediately fell.

The sword is shining and the sword is shadowing, and the person is turning on his back.

"There's an Assassin—"

Bamburshan's convoy quickly adjusted, some to fight, others to protect the carriage tightly.

Bambur, who was lying in the carriage dodging the arrows, was half-awake from his drinking, and when he heard the Assassin outside, he quickly pressed a mechanism in the carriage, and four iron plates rose from it to protect him.

With the help of bright torches, the guards saw the dozen or so people pouring out from both sides, all dressed in black night clothes, with black scarves covering their faces, and only a pair of eyes were exposed, looking like killers.

Some of the guards rode horses and prepared to break out of the siege to transfer troops, but they were continuously killed by those people.

"Who dares to assassinate the court in a lawsuit?" The leader of the guards shouted, and the guards around him also flashed their swords and aimed at the outlaws.

"Traitors and thieves, everyone will be punished." A man who looked like a leader among the killers said in a deep voice, "We only want the life of that dog thief in Bamburshan today, and if you know each other, you should get out of the way quickly, so that you can save your life." ”

The sword in his hand pointed at the carriage from afar.

"Less nonsense, kill them!" Bambulshan shouted in the carriage.

"The old thief is in the carriage, kill!"

It turned out that the gang was not sure that they were in the carriage, and Bamburshan secretly regretted that he had just opened his mouth in a moment of irritation.

And with that killing shout, more than a dozen people on the killer's side jumped up at the same time, and rushed straight towards the guards, regardless of it, and they didn't stop dying.

Through the small holes in the carriage shot by the feathered arrows, Bamburshan noticed that the men outside were moving quickly and in unison, as if they had been trained to do so.

"Protect your lordship!" The guards also swung their swords at the killers.

Sabre-rattling, hand-to-hand combat.

Half of the swooping killers fell in the rush, but half of them also rushed through the line and pounced on the carriage.

Bamburshan pressed another mechanism in the carriage, and a row of crossbow arrows shot out around the carriage like meteors, shooting several people who were approaching, and even a few of the guards.

In an instant, the killer approaching the carriage died dead and wounded.

The guards formed a circle and pounced on the remaining killers, and everyone's attention was focused on those killers.

The leader of the guards, carrying his spear, turned around and walked to the carriage, and said to the two guards in front of the carriage, "Are you okay, sir?" ”

"It's okay, fortunately, this adult is riding in Ao Zhongtang's car......" one of the guards replied in a low voice.

Before he could finish speaking, the leader of the guard raised his hand sharply, and a spear stabbed into the carriage.

As a result, the spear head was pierced on the iron plate. The leader of the guards was stunned, and before he could draw his gun, he flew into the car empty-handed.

At the same time, the two guards reacted and stabbed him with their swords.

"Your Excellency!" When the guards found out about the situation, they didn't care about the killers, and rushed over with a loud shout.

When the leader of the guards grabbed Bambur, who was protected by four iron plates, the guards behind him had already slashed at his back with a sword.

The leader of the guards snorted, but he didn't dodge, but pinched Bamburshan's neck with both hands, and his eyes widened: "Dog thief, take your life!" ”

"You...... You...... You ......" Bamble snorted a few times, struggling desperately and poof—

The sound of sharp blades piercing into flesh continued to sound, and in the blink of an eye, the leader of the guards had several more swords on his back.

His eyes were bloodshot, he looked at Bambulshan, didn't dodge, and still pinched Bamburshan's neck with all his might.

A spear flashed with cold light and aimed at the back of his heart, piercing down.

The hand of the leader of the guard gradually loosened.

Bambulshan fell, dead or alive.

Several killers took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Who is so bold? Someone who dares to stab an old man? That night, when Ao Bai heard about this, he let out a long laugh like a night owl, which made people shudder, "Search the old man's family one by one, and the people who live on both sides of the street, all go down to the prison and check them one by one." The old man wants to cut them with a thousand knives and crush their bones and scatter ashes! ”

"However, there is Fan Chengxun and Lord Fan living on that street......" The deputy leader of the guards replied tremblingly: "The minions went to search for people before, and Lord Fan said that he would disturb his relatives and prevent the minions from entering......"

Fan Chengxun is the third son of Fan Wenchen, Fan Wencheng, who died at the age of seventy two years ago, is the head of Wenchen, after he went, Kangxi had personally written a memorial text, personally wrote "Yuanfu Gaofeng", and was buried in Hongluo Mountain in Huairou County, so even the guards of Ban Bushan did not dare to forcibly break into Fan's mansion.

"He, Fan Chengxun, is so bold, maybe those traitors can't get out of him with him, otherwise, how could he come out on that street assassin? The old man wants to write to the emperor and strictly investigate this matter, and those Hanchen are just taking this opportunity to clean up! Ao Bai raised his hand and let out a beastly roar.

The attack on Bamburshan quickly dispersed, setting off a stormy wave in the entire Qing Dynasty, Ao Bai was furious, and wrote to Xuanye to strictly investigate the matter, searching for the few killers who escaped, and for a while, a large-scale search was set off around the capital, whether it was ordinary people or high-ranking officials and princes, they were not allowed to resist the search.

There are constantly people who are arrested and imprisoned as fellow party members, and those people are basically those officials and Hanchen who are against Aobai, and for a time everyone in the capital is in danger, for fear of being implicated by the opportunity.

"And these people, even if they don't do it themselves, they are always thinking about attacking the old man and the old man's people!" Ao Bai presented a list to Xuan Ye.

“…… Princess Kong Sizhen and Eyu Sun Yanling ...... "Hearing the name of the eunuch, Xuan Ye was shocked, "How is it possible, Aunt Zhen is far away in Dingfan, how can she attack Aiqing?" Are you mistaken? ”

"Chen is not mistaken, among the killers who died this time, someone recognized that there was an elder brother of the eldest maid next to the princess, who was the son of the Kong family, if it wasn't for their instructions, who else could there be?"

Xuan Ye understood that everyone was dead, and it was not for Ao Bai to talk nonsense, he frowned, and said with a little helplessness: "Aunt Zhen is far away in Guilin, how can she have such a great ability to reach out to the capital?" Again, they have no grudges with you, and Bamble, why do they want to be so ruthless? Ao Aiqing, during this time, people in the capital have been panicking, if the Dingfan is in turmoil again, I am afraid that the country will not be solid, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. ”

"What does the emperor mean, don't you investigate the attack on Bamburshan? The prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and she Kong Sizhen was just the daughter of a vassal king, if the emperor insisted on protecting him, the minister had nothing to say, but if you did this, the surrender would not be satisfied. "Ao Bai is aggressive.

"I'm not a protector, I'm really ......"

"Then the emperor will send someone to investigate, if it is found out that it has nothing to do with her Kong Sizhen, the minister will apologize to her, if it is related, please also ask the emperor to act according to the law, don't ignore the king's law because she is a relative of the emperor. Otherwise, how should the ministers explain to Bambul, and to the Manchu ministers in the court who are loyal to the emperor? Today, they can assassinate Bamburshan, tomorrow, they can assassinate the old minister, maybe, the latter, they will kill this Forbidden City...... The Han people are cunning, and the emperor can't help but guard against it. Ao Bai directly interrupted Xuan Ye's words and said coldly.

"It's okay......" Xuan Ye knew that if he didn't investigate, Ao Bai would never stop there, so he responded, "But the person who investigated the case has to be ......determined by me."

Ao Bai nodded and bowed yes, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes: no matter who he decides, if he dares not to listen to him, he has his own means to make that person obey.

The attack on Bamburshan also spread to Guilin, including what Ao Bai said, one of the killers was the son of the Kong family, and Xuan Ye also informed Sizhen through secret channels and asked her to prepare early.

"The lark is gone?" Sizhen stood up in shock and looked at Bai Yansong who was in a cold sweat.

"Yes......" Bai Yansong gritted his teeth and said, "Because it was said that the killer died, one of them was her brother, and her subordinates were ordered to investigate, and the lark girl said that it was impossible, saying that her brother also wrote a few days ago that he had given birth to a big fat boy, how could he do such a thing, and showed the letter to his subordinates......"

This is death without proof! I'm still too careless!

Sizhen only felt a mess in her heart, and couldn't help but sit down on the chair.

"Princess?" Bai Yansong was taken aback.

Sizhen waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

"Cousin......" she whispered, "how much do you know about that brother of the lark?" ”

"When Guilin was in turmoil, their family escaped, and the lark and her brother were separated, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead." Bai Yansong thought for a while and said, "That day, my subordinates heard from the lark that she had received a letter from her brother not long ago, and the brother and sister got in touch, except for the thrush, no one knew about it.......

Maybe the lark was afraid of implicating herself, so she went looking for her brother?

Sizhen can only think about the good as much as possible.

After a while, she gritted her teeth and sighed: "Okay, you go down, if someone comes to ask, you ......."

"Skylark and her brother have been separated for many years, and we really don't know his brother's whereabouts......" Bai Yansong pondered and said.

Sizhen nodded: "That's right, if someone comes to ask, just say that the lark has been missing for a few days, you should go to the government office now to prepare a case and report the disappearance...... Go down. ”

Bai Yansong whispered yes and retreated.

Sizhen sat on the chair and stared out the window blankly.

Skylark...... Where have you been......

The thrush standing aside asked worriedly, "Princess, will anyone want to frame us by taking advantage of this?" Although her brother is in the capital, he is a sick man when he is young, how can he be a killer? Why don't you send someone to the capital to find him, and the truth will be revealed? ”

"I'm afraid, I can't find it anymore!" Sizhen smiled bitterly, "If the other party wants to frame him, how can he save his life, even if he really has nothing to do with him, they can also make this matter related, the emperor's secret letter said that Dali Temple has been verified, and among the dead killers, there is indeed a son of the Kong family." ”

"So, what are we going to do?" The thrush asked.