Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Unrest Before the Storm
This sudden raid did not last long, after all, the difference in numbers was too great, and it was necessary to assassinate the emperor in the palace, and such a rebellious thing would not end well. Therefore, after the palace guards arrived, the group of actors had been completely surrounded, and countless archers surrounded one layer after another, and there was no way to live.
It was only then that the guards dragged out the courtyard, whether dead or wounded, and counted more than thirty dead and wounded, seven of whom died. The second is the king of Yu, who is blind and his eyes are round, and the envoy from Goryeo.
"Who are you?" The emperor was protected by several internal guards at this time, and in addition to being a little frightened, he could be regarded as a rare unscathed person.
The one standing in the center was the singer who had just sung a sad song, at this time she was probably red-eyed, her clothes were in tatters, and there was a lot of blood splashed on her body, but a beautiful face was now white, without blood.
"We don't have much more to say. If we didn't kill all of your family surnamed Long, we couldn't do it, and if we wanted to kill it, whatever it was. "That singer is not like an ordinary assassin, she is not excited or depressed when she is caught, she is pure and ...... Everything doesn't matter.
Long Hao frowned, "Long family? Do I know you? ”
The singer looked around, and finally fell on Long Hao's body, and said lightly: "The emperor is the lord of a country, and no one in Qingyun Country knows anyone." ”
In the middle of her speech, Sui Ge noticed that the singer's left hand moved slightly, and when she looked closely, she seemed to be able to see some silver light.
Sui Ge secretly screamed in his heart, and he didn't have time to shout, seeing that Song Ji seemed to move, he immediately ran in the direction of Long Hao at the fastest speed, and at the same time as he flew away, the silver knife in Song Ji's hand just slashed Sui Ge's back, and her clothes were torn in response, leaving a blood mark on her snow-white skin that was not too deep.
"There's a hidden weapon!"
At the moment when he flew with the song, Ji Liren shouted vigilantly, and by the time the guards came back to their senses, the silver knife had already flown out.
In the next second, King Jing Li reprimanded: "Bold! Shoot the arrows! ”
Nearly 100 archers drew their bows and released arrows at the same time, and the arrows were aimed at the few remaining actors in the center, and in the blink of an eye, all of them fell to the ground.
"No!" Sui Ge yelled with red eyes, but it was too late.
Damn it!
Sui Ge's gaze shot fiercely at King Jing Li, and he secretly gritted his teeth.
This group of actors is obviously begging for death, and King Jingli's arrow not only wants to kill these actors, but the people behind the scenes also cut off all the clues.
After Long Hao was nervously helped up by several guards in shock, he saw that her back was injured, and he hurriedly summoned the imperial doctor to treat her immediately.
Ji Liren flew over almost the moment Sui Ge fell to the ground, and before those guards stepped forward, they had already helped Sui Ge up and let her climb on top of him.
Sui Ge looked gloomy at this time, lowered his head, and followed Long Hao's wishes.
Ji Liren didn't pay any attention to King Jing Li, who had been staring at Sui Ge, and walked towards the courtyard with his help.
When they walked to the door, Yin Dongsheng and Ji Wuchen hurriedly walked over, seeing that Suige was injured, their expressions were not very good-looking. Without delay, they bypassed the injured people on the ground who were being supported by the palace maids and eunuchs one after another, and followed the imperial doctor. Before leaving, Sui Ge glanced back at King Yu and the messenger who had been put aside and died, and felt very inappropriate in his heart.
After the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, Sui Ge's back was not particularly seriously injured, and it was no big deal if he applied medicine and pasted strips of cloth to block his clothes.
Long Hao and the crown prince dealt with the chaos on the other side of the stage and settled the dead and injured guests before visiting Sui Ge in the room.
Sui Ge had a meritorious escort this time, Long Hao appreciated her even more, and excitedly took her hand and talked with her for a long time, until the prince reminded the three envoys that they had not been appeased, and Long Hao repeatedly instructed her to stay in the palace and rest before leaving.
Before leaving, the prince glanced at Sui Ge twice, smiled at her, and whispered to Yin Dongsheng for a while before leaving.
"The prince means that let's all stay in the palace and rest for the night tonight." Yin Dongsheng frowned slightly, "It seems that the emperor doesn't plan to let us leave the palace casually tonight." ”
Sui Ge's face was slightly ugly.
Ji Li knew that she was thinking of her daughter, so she only patted her hand lightly and comforted her in a low voice: "There are dark and purple clothes, don't worry." ”
Sui Ge's face is a little better.
In the heavily guarded palace, there will be so many scenes to assassinate the royal family, and even kill so many people, if such a thing spreads, I am afraid that the entire Qingyun Kingdom will be in an uproar.
The emperor said it nicely and asked all the guests to stay in the palace for treatment and rest, to put it bluntly, he was unwilling to let everyone leave until the truth was found out, and until he could ensure that everyone's mouth was blocked.
A tiger is like a tiger, and a tiger always has to be powerful.
Since they couldn't leave, Ji Liren and the others simply decided to live in the same room tonight. After all, the palace is now full of ears and dangers.
After Yin Dongsheng instructed the palace maids to send some food, he sent all the palace maids and eunuchs back, and then returned to the room.
"It's getting more and more confusing." Yin Dongsheng muttered to himself: "At this juncture, who invited these actors? I'm curious, assassinating the emperor in the palace, isn't this the egg hitting the stone? ”
Ji Wuchen pondered for a while before he glanced at Yin Dongsheng, "Those people are deliberately looking for death. ”
"Do you want to pull the emperor to be fooled before you die?"
Ji Wuchen was speechless.
Sui Ge gritted his teeth and knocked on the table a little impatiently, "No, no." ”
"What's wrong?"
"Those people's goal is not to kill the emperor."
Yin Dongsheng and Ji Wuchen glanced at each other, unable to agree: "Didn't that singer in the end just want to assassinate the emperor with a silver knife?" ”
Sui Ge's dark eyes showed a glimmer of essence: "No, she is creating an opportunity for him to kill, so that the archers can solve their lives themselves." ”
Yin Dongsheng and the others' faces changed, and they also felt that there was some truth.
Ji Liren, who had been silent, looked at Sui Ge and said, "It was King Jingli who ordered the arrows to be released. ”
In this way, it seems that King Jingli is in a hurry to let those actors die, so it is difficult to start if he wants to investigate.
“…… But what is the purpose? "Yin Dongsheng never knew what the benefits of doing this would be for King Jingli?
There was silence for a while, as long as a century.
Sui Ge looked at the candlelight in front of him and said faintly: "Now, I have to wait." We waited for the man behind the scenes to show his fox tail. ”
Everything seems to be in chaos, and now they don't seem to have anything to do but wait.
Before they sat down for a while, Yin Dongsheng and the others were summoned to the temple. It wasn't until the end of the night that Yin Dongsheng, who had not returned all night, and Ji Wuchen, who had replaced Ji Liren, hurriedly returned to the house where Sui Ge and Ji Liren were resting, and said with a solemn face: "Many officials were injured tonight, including King Yu, seven officials died, and one messenger also died, and the court has become a pot of porridge. After repeated discussions, a group of courtiers led by King Jingli proposed to recall all the troops near the capital to the imperial city, lest someone deliberately harm the imperial family. ”
Twist your eyebrows with the song: "The emperor is approved?" ”
Yin Dongsheng's face became even more ugly: "Your Majesty...... I have to be accurate. This time, in addition to the people on the prince's side, more than two-thirds of the courtiers, including King Duanyang and King Jingli, seconded the proposal. ”
Ji Wuchen also looked at Ji Liren with a sad face at this time: "A fold was suddenly played in the hall, saying that a secret report was received, a wave of Xiongnu men and horses appeared in the north of the border, and within a month, there will be 50,000 elite soldiers to invade the border of Qingyun Kingdom, and the emperor ordered that General Zhenbei immediately set off to return to the military camp to prepare for the battle." ”
Ji Liren's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he asked coldly, "Where did the secret report come from?" ”
Ji Wuchen looked at him squarely and said, "The secret letter submitted by the Protector of the Kingdom. ”
The faces of several people present instantly turned blue and white.
Suddenly an assassin in the palace attacked the royal family, King Yu died, and there was nothing to do with the dead soldiers; King Jingli proposed to transfer his troops back to the imperial city, but Ji Liren wanted to return to the frontier to guard at this time, away from the court.
A discerning person can see the clue at a glance.
King Duanyang, the Protector and King Jingli have formed an alliance.
Now that the crown prince is under attack, if there is no Ji Liren's troops, the courtiers who support the prince are far less than the other two parties, and it will be easy to annex the imperial power.
"I didn't think the two of them would be able to form an alliance." Sui Ge looked at the brightening sky outside with a gloomy face, "That group of actors is the medicine guide of King Jingli and his group, and if the medicine is ignited, their bomb will explode." Once the troops returned to the imperial city, that is, back to the hands of King Jingli and the Duke of Huguo, the crown prince was equivalent to being held in their hands. The crown prince, who has no military power and does not have the support of many courtiers, has only two endings, one is to become a hijacked prince, and the other is to 'take the initiative' to lose the position of the prince. ”
And no matter which one it is, the prince will be finished.
Yin Dongsheng sat on the chair dejectedly and said nothing.
I never thought that it would be where it is today.
All the efforts since this time, the new policy implemented by the prince, the addition of Ji Liren, and the help of Sui Ge, is all this going to come to naught?
Yin Dongsheng felt unwilling.
But don't dare to have any use, in the court, unwilling people abound.
"Yin Dongsheng, don't cry with a sad face, this matter is not over yet." Sui Ge held Yin Dongsheng's chin hard, and a ruthless smile gradually appeared on his face, "Those who hold power in their hands often have one of the biggest criticisms, that is, they look too highly at their own abilities, and always think that their own ideas and strategies are the most perfect. ”
Rotten ships have three nails, let alone the king of one dynasty.
The emperor chose the crown prince as the prince, which was naturally on the prince's side. The most wrong thing the ministers did was to mistakenly think that the large number of people could use this to blackmail the emperor. King Jingli and King Duanyang can form an alliance, which only means that they are people in the same boat, as long as the goal is the same, they have a conflict of interest.
Ji Liren looked at Suige the whole time, for some reason, although Suige was cold at this moment, and even the eyes in his eyes were cold, but he felt that Suige at this moment was very cold, and there was no woman in the world who could compare.
Sui Ge glanced at Yin Dongsheng: "I was willing to be your subordinate, not because you are a good official, but because I appreciate your sharpness." Now, it's time for you to cheer up. You should know what to do now. ”