Chapter 61: Assassination
On the north street of the capital
Yan Qishao rode his horse and galloped wildly, because of the bumps in the horse, his long hair was messy, and his clothes were scattered, and he had no image at all, but his face was unusually pale, his eyes looked firmly ahead, and he urged the horse over and over again.
Thanks to today's enthronement ceremony, the people all went to watch the ceremony, there were not many pedestrians on the road, Yan Qishao did not have any obstacles all the way, and ran straight to the direction of the enthronement ceremony.
When he arrived at the gate of the main hall, he could no longer ride a horse, Yan Qishao stumbled off the horse, and ran towards the palace gate without caring about his weak legs, and the guards outside hurriedly stepped forward to stop him when he saw this: "Bold!" Dare to collide with the Holy Driver! ”
Yan Qishao waved away the person in a rough manner, and said angrily: "See clearly!" I am Guanglu Siqing, and I have something to report to the Queen Mother! ”
Yan Qishao came out in a hurry, and he didn't wear official uniforms, those guards have always been waiting outside, where have I seen any Guanglu Siqing, only today, the civil and military officials are all in the room, and the people who came are not wearing official uniforms, and they are still dressed shabby, they must be impersonated, and they immediately spitted: "Phew! Lao Tzu is still the emperor! Where is the intention of the Holy Driver! Someone take it! ”
Yan Qishao couldn't make sense, so he hurriedly pulled out his waist card, and reached his hand to his waist, but it was empty.
Yan Qishao frowned, it's too bad, he just rode his horse and ran too quickly, and he didn't know where the waist card fell.
Before Yan Qishao could react, that kind of guards had already swarmed Yan Qishao and surrounded him, although Yan Qishao knew some martial arts, but his fists were invincible to his four hands, and he was soon firmly pressed to the ground by several guards, Yan Qishao was restrained with his hands, unable to move, struggling in vain, and staring at the door of the hall with a pair of eyes: "You let go of me!" If you don't believe it, you will know if you come in and report it! ”
Where was the guard willing to believe it, and pressed Yan Qishao's arm again: "Be honest!" ”
Yan Qishao just wanted to fly to Bo Yan's side immediately, remembering what Yan Liuniang said just now, Yan Qishao was anxious.
Perhaps it was because of Yan Qishao's insistence that he had the strength to come out of nowhere, and the three guards failed to push him, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.
At this moment, the door of the temple suddenly opened, and the leading guard was startled: "It seems that the ceremony is over, hurry up!" Get him out of here! Don't disturb the nobles! ”
Yan Qishao hurriedly stood firm, holding on with all the strength of his body, his eyes were round, and his eyes were bloodshot and staring at the palace door.
The door of the hall slowly opened, and the first thing that came out was a cyan figure, Yan Qi rarely saw someone coming, his eyes were full of hope, that was Jin'an!
There was no one behind Jin An, it seemed that he just came out alone, Yan Qishao couldn't care about it, and hurriedly shouted: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" His Royal Highness the Prince! ”
The guard was annoyed and angry, and gave Yan Qishao a slap hard, Yan Qishao only felt that there was sweetness in his mouth, but he still raised his head and called Jin'an: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" I'm Yan Rong! ”
As soon as Jin An came out of the palace, he heard someone calling for him, raised his eyebrows, followed the prestige, and saw Yan Qishao surrounded by a group of guards: "Yan Rong? Why is he here? Jin An muttered to himself as he hurried forward.
The guard saw that Jin An was alarmed, and hurriedly clenched his fists and confessed his mistake: "This person pretended to be an official of the imperial court, disturbed His Royal Highness the Prince, and asked for forgiveness, and the small one will take people down." As he spoke, he beckoned to another guard guarding the door, and the guards hurriedly surrounded him.
Jin An raised his hand, stopped their movements, and personally stepped forward to separate the guards and helped Yan Qishao up.
"This is Lord Qing Yan of Guanglu Temple, don't you know him?" Jin An said lightly.
When the guard heard this, he immediately sat down on the ground in fright, looked at Yan Qishao in disbelief and then looked at Jin'an, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowing incessantly: "The adult forgives the sin, the adult spares his life, and the small one is also for the emperor's safety, the adult spares his life!" ”
Yan Qishao didn't have time to care about the guard, he just stood up and looked at Jin An anxiously.
Seeing this, Jin An knew that he was afraid that there was something urgent, so he waved his hand at the guard who kowtowed, and the guard left as if he had been pardoned.
"The enthronement ceremony is over?" Yan Qishao glanced at the direction of the main hall in a panic.
Jin An nodded: "It's just over," turned his head to look back at the main hall, and continued: "The courtiers of the Zhao State still have to put the finishing touches inside, and I will come out first when I look bored." ”
"What about the Queen Mother and the Emperor!" Yan Qishao said anxiously.
"They have finished the enthronement ceremony, and now they have taken a sedan chair from the back door to march on Suzaku Long Street." Jin An said.
"It's gone!" Yan Qishao's heart was cold, he was a step too late after all.
Jin An frowned: "What the hell is going on." ”
Yan Qishao said: "It's too late to explain now, it's just that the Queen Mother and the emperor are worried about their lives!" After that, Yan Qishao hurriedly turned over and left, but Jin An held the reins with one hand to stop Yan Qishao's movements.
Yan Qishao was stunned: "What are you doing?" You're going to stop me? ”
Jin An took in the panic in Yan Qishao's eyes, and smiled slightly: "Who are you in such a hurry for?" Emperor? The Yan family? Or the Queen Mother......"
Yan Qishao pursed his lips: "It's urgent, it's not important." ”
Jin An stared at Yan Qishao up and down, as if he had seen him through, he had already discovered this thought about Bo Yan, but he knew that today he felt that Yan Qishao attached so much importance to Bo Yan, and he actually took such a big risk to stop him.
"If you are worried about the safety of the Queen Mother, why don't you tell the Imperial Forest Army or the Ouchi guards directly, but you have to rush over yourself." Jin An said lightly.
Yan Qishao was puzzled: "This matter ...... can't ......" This matter can't be publicized, otherwise if someone is caught and the Yan family is involved, or Yan Liuniang is involved, it will not work.
"This is what the Yan family means?" Jin An said lightly, and after finishing speaking, he felt that it was wrong, if it was the meaning of the Yan family, how could Yan Qishao know now, and now, Jin An was also a little confused.
Yan Qishao sighed: "It's hard to say...... It's a real delay. As he spoke, he was about to break free from Jin'an's involvement.
Jin An raised his eyebrows, and the strength in his hand tightened by two points: "Your kung fu is not good, even if you go, I'm afraid you won't be able to protect yourself, and what are you talking about saving people." ”
Yan Qishao was stunned and couldn't refute it, his kung fu has always been watching others steal learning, it is really not good, what Jin An said is right, it is difficult to protect himself, which is also the reason why Yan Liuniang designed to let herself stay in the Yan family today.
Jin An pulled the reins and motioned to Yan Qishao to dismount: "Get out of the way, I'll go!" ”
Yan Qishao was stunned......
On the Suzaku long street, the voices of people are boiling, two huge golden canopies are very conspicuous on the long street, the team marches slowly, the people on both sides of the road are looking forward to it, looking, everywhere the team goes, the people are kneeling and shouting Chitose, long live.
Listen carefully, the voice of calling "Queen Mother" is even more than the voice of calling "Emperor", it can be seen that the people still love the sixteen-year-old Queen Mother very much, and before Bo Yan entered the palace, she was famous far and wide, and there were many admirers and followers; And since she entered the palace, everything she has done is well understood, and several decrees promulgated have also caused a lot of repercussions, a young woman can listen to the government with a curtain, and the other hundred officials submit, holding power but not dictatorship, clever but not arrogant, can do this step, it is really admirable.
All these things make the people, regardless of men, women and children, have an excellent impression of Bo Rouge.
Bo Yan sat on the sedan chair, waved to everyone through the jade bead curtain, looking at the smiles on everyone's faces, Bo Yan was also soft-hearted, what he had done for a long time was really rewarded.
The team marched slowly, accepting the praise and support of the people, when they reached the middle of the Suzaku long street, Bo Yan suddenly heard a cry outside, opened the bead curtain and followed the prestige, and saw a seven or eight-year-old girl being squeezed to the front of the team, and was at a loss to look around, it should be impossible to find their relatives, the guards around were dutiful, not caring that the person who came was just a child, rudely pushing, the girl was so frightened that she cried, and kept shouting "mother".
Bo Yan frowned, such a small child, there are so many people, it would not be good if he was squeezed and injured somewhere.
Bo Yan hurriedly raised his hand to signal the team to stop marching, pointed at the girl and said, "Be careful not to hurt the child." ”
The team obeyed the order and stopped, and the guard stopped pushing when he saw Bo Yan's words, smiled, and pulled the child in his direction in order to show kindness: "Where is your mother?" ”
The girl cried like a tearful person, and she just couldn't stop shaking her head, thinking that she was frightened.
Bo Yan's heart softened, and he beckoned to the guard: "Bring her closer." ”
The guard obeyed the order and carried the child over, and because of his identity, he only held the girl and stood three steps away from Bo Yan, and reported: "Back to the Queen Mother, I think she is lost with her family." ”
Bo Yan nodded and said, "Send her to the government office, and she will be placed in a good place, and when she gets better, ask her where her home is." ”
The guard clenched his fists and took the order, ready to leave with the girl, and at the moment when the guard touched the child, with a loud "bang", accompanied by a heavy bloody gas, the child and the guard were blown to pieces, accompanied by a burst of blood mist and overwhelming white powder.
Bo Yan subconsciously dodged back, helplessly getting too close, smelling the blood and white powder, Bo Yan hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, retched for a while, and his heart was cold.
The smoke exploded, the team fell into a panic, someone shouted to protect the emperor and protect the queen mother, Bo Yan only felt that the sedan chair was shaken, and then fell to the ground heavily, thinking that the people below were also in chaos.
"The Queen Mother!" Pei Yao shouted in panic.
Bo Yan was opening his eyes, and the surroundings were white, although Bo Yan covered his mouth and nose, but after all, he was closest to the object, and he inevitably inhaled some smoke, and felt a little dizzy at the moment.
The sound of the sword unsheathed and the sound of the blade piercing into the flesh made goosebumps straighten up, and Bo Yan shrank for a while, and forced himself to calm down and ordered: "Quickly protect the emperor!" ”
At the same time, Zhao Xueyan's direction also heard an order to "protect the queen mother".
Bo Yan was a little relieved in his heart, fortunately, Zhao Xueyan was fine.
The people were in a panic, shouts for help, and footsteps sounded, and in an instant, the Suzaku Long Street was in chaos.