March 13 is the annual Lantern Festival, and it is also the first festival after the Lantern Festival, so the emperor attaches great importance to it. Because the concubines in the palace have to wait for such a festival for a long time after the Lantern Festival, the concubines are also very enthusiastic about this festival.

The emperor sent Qi Junqing to make suggestions for this year's Lantern Festival, the festival street is crowded, the fish and dragons are mixed, and the people in the palace also have to come out to enjoy the lanterns on this day, so the safety of every concubine and prince and princess is particularly important, and Qi Junqing's task is to ensure their personal safety.

When he got this task, he didn't think there was anything, after all, he was a famous general, and he was born and died on the battlefield safely and triumphantly, and this Lantern Festival should not be a big problem.

Qi Junqing was prepared five days ago, and there were four guards every two hundred meters on the street, and there were more guards by the river where the lanterns were placed, so as to avoid people with ulterior motives playing tricks. He decided to take Jiang Youjing to personally protect the emperor and Concubine De.

Finally on March 13th, the street was very lively, early in the morning there were many people coming and going on the street, they were not only for the lanterns, some of the girls who should go out of the pavilion and the young men who should marry also went to the streets, this is also the third blind date meeting in addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival.

There are also some people who came out to witness the face of the saint dragon, they only know the majesty and benevolence of the emperor on weekdays, but they rarely have the opportunity to see the face of the saint today, so this time they came to see their monarch deliberately.

The sun gradually rose in the sky, the temperature in the air began to slowly warm, and the early spring was banished by the beautiful weather. Dozens of dragon boats gradually came in the distance.

The dragon boat at the head is the most magnificent, with a huge flower and wood dragon head, a big red curtain, and a light gauze gently swaying with the wind. The two people sitting in the cabin were wearing a yellow dragon robe, and the other was wearing a red smoke veil, and the fine gauze fluttered with the wind.

Yes, this is the emperor's boat, Qi Jun, who was standing at the bow of the boat, was dressed in a dark robe, looking at the people coming and going on the shore with a serious expression, and his eyes seemed to be able to see those who were plotting evil for dozens of miles. And a delicate scholar in men's clothes standing beside him was Jiang Youjing.

Jiang Youjing looked at the boys and girls on the shore, and felt that it was very beautiful and peaceful, if there was no war in this world, everyone would live as stable as they are now, and the men standing next to them would not have to be sent by the emperor to lead troops to fight at any time.

Looking up at the side face of the person next to him, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, his right hand held the hilt of the sword, and his eyes were looking ahead, with a serious expression. "Hey, don't be so nervous, we've done such a good job of security measures, it's going to be fine." Jiang Youjing comforted him with relief.

After listening to Jiang Youjing's words, he still looked serious: "No one knows what will happen in the next second, just send the emperor back to the palace safely." However, turning his head to Chongjiang and Jing smiled dotingly.

Seeing his smile, Jiang Youjing felt that his smile was the most beautiful scenery in the world, incomparable. His smile always reassures her.

The boat gradually walked to the bridge hole, you have to pay special attention here, because the light in the bridge hole is not good, although the bridge is not wide, you can pass it in a while, but the enemy here is easy to sneak attack, although Qi Junqing sent heavy troops on both sides of the bridge, but still very nervous.

On both sides of the bridge is a green bamboo forest, which was specially sent by the emperor to plant when he sent people to repair the bridge, saying that it will look more atmospheric and give people a fresh feeling.

But in this lush bamboo forest, it is very easy to hide a group of uneasy and well-meaning people, so what he is most worried about is this section of the bridge.

The boat gradually walked out of the bridge hole, and Qi Junqing breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a group of masked men in black with daggers in their hands rushed straight to the cabin. Qi Junqing was quick and hurried, and hurriedly ran to the cabin, sent the emperor and the disgraced Concubine De to the stern of the boat, and fought with the group of gangsters himself.

Those gangsters saw Qi Junqing in civilian clothes, everyone had heard of his name, but they were not timid, everyone regarded death as home, and tried their best to fight him.

Unexpectedly, a gangster slipped to the stern of the ship, and the dagger went straight to the emperor. Seeing this, Qi Junqing kicked the man in black away, and when he saw this, he also came to the stern of the boat, wanting to poison the emperor, Qi Junqing resisted hard, and those people were invincible, jumped into the river and fled. Qi Junqing immediately went to chase after him.

At the moment when he turned around, he knocked Concubine De, who was standing next to the boat, into the river. Everyone panicked, and the group of waiting maids and eunuchs shouted loudly by Ou's throat: "Concubine De, Concubine De has fallen into the water." But none of them jumped into the river to save Concubine De. The group of subordinates, who were less daring than ants, could only shout.

The emperor saw Concubine De fall into the water, and hurriedly wanted to jump into the water to save her, but the eunuch next to him hurriedly pulled him: "Your Majesty, no, what can our people do if you have any three long and two short." ”

Qi Junqing jumped into the water the moment Concubine De fell into the water, Concubine De struggled in the water in pain, choked on several mouthfuls of river water, and Concubine De couldn't swim, Qi Junqing hurriedly came to her side, in order to save people, she didn't care about whether men and women were kissed or not, and she didn't care about dignity and humility.

Just as he was about to grab Concubine De's hand, the gangsters who fell into the river surrounded him. The gangsters heard the shouts of the eunuchs and saw a concubine choking on water in the water, and hurriedly swam over to take her life. Qi Junqing was outnumbered in the water, and the gangsters took advantage of his inattention to take Concubine De away.

Concubine De shouted for help: "Help, help." "The emperor on the ship saw that his beloved woman had been taken captive, and he broke free from the confinement of the eunuch and wanted to save her.

As he struggled, a thug's dagger stabbed into Concubine De's chest, and the blood that flowed from her body stained the surrounding river red.

The emperor cried bitterly and shouted: "Concubine De." But there was nothing he could do. Qi Junqing broke free from the gangsters, saw Concubine De covered in blood, quickly swam to her side, lifted her up and put her on the cabin. Looking at the emperor's red eyes, he felt very guilty.

Jiang Youjing brought a large bath towel, draped it over his body, and helped him wipe the water on his body. The emperor touched Concubine De's face. Tears couldn't stop falling.

The eunuchs next to them saw that Concubine De had been rescued, so they hurriedly parked the boat on the shore and invited the imperial doctor on the ship to treat Concubine De. The maids removed all the curtains in the cabin and covered the cabin tightly and impermeable.

After all, it is a royal relative, even if it is a special situation, the people cannot see Concubine De's body, which will damage the emperor's face. The emperor was also invited out, leaving only the personal maid and the imperial doctor to treat Concubine De in the cabin.

"Capture those assassins." The emperor shouted at the guards, with exhaustion and pain on his face. One of the guards came to the emperor tremblingly, and said resignedly: "Those assassins are dead. ”

"Dead?" The emperor was furious. "Yes, they committed suicide by poisoning themselves after injuring Concubine De, this should be a killer sent by a disciplined organization." The guards guessed boldly. "Immediately go and find out the organization behind their identities, and even if they die, they can't be so cheap, pull them all up and show them to the public."

was attacked in front of so many people, if they were not punished properly, the people would think that he was cowardly and incompetent, and there would be panic among the people.

After the explanation, the imperial doctor came out with a regretful face, knelt at the emperor's feet, and choked up: "The old man can't do anything, the minister has no power to return to heaven, and Concubine De has already returned to heaven." ”

Everyone knelt down after hearing this, and Concubine De's personal maid fainted beside a guard after leaving the cabin. After hearing this, the emperor's eyes were glazed, his eyes were empty, he stumbled back two steps, and shook his head in disbelief.

Seeing this, Xiao Xizi hurriedly helped the emperor and comforted: "Your Majesty, you have to take care of the dragon's body, don't be too sad." He helped the emperor to sit down.

Qi Xiangtian heard that Concubine De was drowning and hurried over, and saw the maids and eunuchs and guards kneeling together, as well as the emperor who was sitting on the bow of the boat.

came to the emperor's side with two lines of tears on his face, fell at the emperor's feet and cried bitterly, shedding tears without saying a word. When the emperor saw him like this, he helped him to sit up and comforted him: "It's not in vain that Concubine De has worked hard for you." ”

With that, the two men were relatively speechless and shed tears. Suddenly, Qi Yutian stood up, came to Qi Junqing's side, glared at him angrily, grabbed his collar, and asked him loudly: "Are you deliberately right, you know my friendship with Concubine De, so you deliberately sent someone to kill him?" ”

He roared out of control. "Speak with evidence, you don't want to spew blood." Jiang Youjing couldn't stand it anymore, "I know you're sad that Concubine De is gone, but you can't spew blood," Jiang Youjing fought back angrily.

"Heh, blood spurting people, didn't he knock Concubine De down just now? If it weren't for Concubine De falling into the water, how could that group of assassins have a chance to assassinate him. He's a general, who would dare to assassinate him if he personally escorted him? Isn't this the man he sent? Afraid that the matter would leak out, they all took poison and died. Qi Qitian accused loudly.

"Don't speculate, it's not too late to find evidence and accuse me." Qi Junqing said indifferently, he knew that this matter was definitely not that simple, but now that no one had evidence, he couldn't say anything.