Chapter 120: A Night's Horror (5)
At the critical juncture when the two sides were confronting each other in the hall, they heard a sudden sound of footsteps outside the main hall, and everyone in the room woke up at the same time, especially Fuyin, who had been watching coldly and was not very interested in what was happening in front of him, and his face changed slightly rarely, and then he walked directly towards the side hall where he came.
Outside the main hall, Gu Xuan, who was standing in the middle of the steps, also felt a little strange, because the four of them had been walking since they entered Furong Zhai, and they didn't see a palace maid or chamberlain halfway through, or even a normal guard with a knife.
This is completely unreasonable, even if this is the most heavily defended and heavily guarded palace in the entire Daliang, it should not be treated so negligently, there should always be someone here, whether it is to protect or greet, there should always be someone waiting here.
Could it be that he went to the wrong place, or that his father had moved elsewhere, or that he had been delayed by events and had not come at all?
But this is the palace, everything here must pay attention to the word rules, how can there be no one?
In fact, Gu Xuan already had doubts in his heart, but out of trust in the palace forbidden army, he didn't think that anything big would happen here, so he didn't continue to think about it at all, after all, he was so suspicious, once he made any jokes, it would be a shame for his father, right?
When he was about to step forward, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and immediately turned his head, looked at the three people who had been following him in a regular manner, and asked, "What about the internal officer who led the way?"
The other two people were confused by the question, and they couldn't answer anything, because they didn't pay attention to these small details at all, and among the three, only Ma Mingze was the most careful, and like Gu Xuan, he also noticed the abnormality here.
It's too quiet, it's too quiet, so quiet that it even makes people feel scared, but Ma Mingze is just a child who hasn't seen anything in the world after all, the first time he came to this palace, it was not easy not to be frightened, even if he felt something was wrong in his heart, he didn't dare to speak, but fortunately, Gu Xuan took the initiative to ask, and he quickly replied: "Lord Wang, he didn't leave again when he arrived at the gate, Lord Wang, did you let your subordinates call him in?"
After Gu Xuan thought for a while, he still shook his head, turned around, and said, "No need, I'll knock on the door first." β
After that, he stepped over the last few steps, walked to the door of the main hall, and was about to reach out to knock on the door, when suddenly his ears moved slightly, he heard some movement inside, thinking that there should be someone, just when he was happy in his heart, and wanted to open his mouth to inquire, suddenly his nose twitched slightly, as if he smelled a smell of blood constantly wafting out from it.
Although this smell was actually very light because it was separated from the door, Gu Xuan could be sure that with his keen five senses, this must be the smell of blood, he felt that something was wrong, so he didn't waste time, so he quickly reached out and knocked on the door, and at the same time shouted loudly inside: "Father, Emperor, Son, Emperor, Emperor, Emperor!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
After knocking and waiting for a few breaths, Gu Xuan really couldn't help it, and directly slapped his palm on the latch of the door, breaking the lock inside from the outside, and forced his way in directly.
After entering the hall, although it was still a little dark because of the lack of lighting, it was just a moment, Gu Xuan had already noticed that something was wrong, and looked at the source of the smell of blood, he saw the collapsed candlestick, and the two figures in the corner, motionless.
Because there was no candle flame next to him, he couldn't see the specific faces clearly in the hall, but the service Gu Xuan on the two people recognized it at a glance even if he just looked at the outline, and he didn't have time to think about anything else, and he didn't care if it was a trap or not, he rushed to the front in a few steps, and waited to hold up the candlestick next to him to illuminate it, and when he looked at it, Gu Xuan's face suddenly turned pale.
It's the Father!
and Queen Su, who has been treating them very well in Yongle Palace and has a good heart, turned out to be γγγγγγ
He gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand tremblingly, after making sure that the two people had no snort, he hurriedly wanted to verify his true identity, because he really couldn't believe that in this important place of the imperial city, their great cool emperor His Majesty would be assassinated quietly, not to mention, today the palace sent a decree to let him come, what does this mean?
Yes, it's a trap!
It must be a trap!
With Gu Xuan's intelligence and sensitivity to these conspiracies, he reacted almost immediately, and he finally glanced at his father in front of him, who had closed his eyes and would never wake up again, and was about to leave this place of right and wrong quickly, and then take someone to investigate, but he didn't expect that a very hoarse and familiar voice suddenly sounded from the side.
"What the hell did you do?"
As soon as Gu Xuan turned his head, he saw Han Mink Temple, who was wearing a big red python robe and had a face like Fu Fan, just like a real ghost, but he floated to the front in an instant, and Ma Mingze and the other three next to him didn't even react to stop him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and the Queen's Mother! What's the matter? This, this, thisγγγγγγ β
Han Diao's eyes widened when he saw it, wisps of black gas began to spread along his eyes to the middle, his face showed a look of horror, and his brain seemed to be thundering, and then he turned his head suddenly, stared at Gu Xuan, and said angrily: "You! It's you! You bastard! You killed Your Majesty!"
Because the hall was really a little dark, Gu Xuan didn't notice the abnormality on the other party's body, just frowned, first tried to calm down, and then patiently explained: "Gonggong Han, you misunderstood, I also just arrived here after receiving the edict from the palace, and I look at the viscosity of the blood on the ground, the murderer should not have gone far, I came in from the main hall, and I haven't seen anyone all the time, you γγγγγγ β
Halfway through his words, Gu Xuan also stared at Han Diao Temple, who was panting, hunching his back, and in a very wrong state, and asked in a deep voice: "There are only two doors to enter and exit here, don't you see anyone else?"
Gu Xuan was speculating very seriously, after all, in his opinion, even if the current situation was indeed easy to misunderstand, if he thought about it in a different direction, Han Diao Temple, who appeared so coincidentally with himself one after the other, and immediately recognized himself as the murderer, was not suspicious, with his experience in the palace for so many years, how could he come to a conclusion so easily when he encountered such a thing?
He didn't expect that Han Mink Temple would do it directly to him.
"You killed Your Majesty! You have to die! You have to die!"
Han Diao Temple roared, his voice was as ugly as a night crow reporting his funeral, and then he stretched out his hand like lightning and scratched Gu Xuan's chest with one claw, and his strength was so great that it directly hit Gu Xuan and flew away.
Gu Xuan took a few steps back, and after stabilizing his figure, his face suddenly sank, the actual lethality of this blow was not great, because Gu Xuan's physique was different from ordinary people, extremely tough, plus he was also habitually wearing the set of inner armor given to him by Ye Zhihuai, this claw scratched down, in fact, most of the strength was blocked by the inner armor, it was nothing more than a pain in the chest.
"It's you, isn't it?"
Gu Xuan's mind was still relying on the only information to deduce, because there were only two entrances and exits in the Furong Zhai Hall, and he had lived here for a full eighteen years, which he confirmed, in fact, one was the entrance of the main hall, that is, the direction in which he took Ma Mingze and the three of them together, and the other one was connected to the side hall.
Since he hasn't been able to see anyone along the way, and the bloodstains show that the murderer must not have been successful for too long, he should have just left, then Han Mink Temple walked from the other side, he should have met the murderer who was fleeing, and he didn't, if the murderer is not still hiding in the main hall or side hall, it can only mean that Han Mink Temple himself is the murderer.
Also, along the way, except for the chamberlain who led the way for himself, Furong Zhai didn't see anyone, and those who could temporarily drive away these people, except for the emperor who was full of words, wasn't he the only one who was powerful in the harem, Han Gonggong, plus as soon as the other party met, he didn't ask a question at all, so he shot directly at himself, so no matter how he counted, he couldn't get out of this matter!
Next, the two didn't say any more nonsense, but went straight up to each other.
As a close attendant of His Majesty the Emperor, Han Gonggong's martial arts are indeed extraordinary, in fact, the eunuch who once repelled Feng Tiesheng's father is Han Gonggong's father-in-law, and the two of them have the same martial arts lineage, and they are both peerless masters in the world.
And Gu Xuannai is a master of absorbing the strengths of others, coupled with his natural physique far superior to ordinary people, the two are superimposed, naturally it has always been difficult to meet opponents, the two of them are on the same pair, in an instant, Gu Xuan even has the upper hand, and it was at this time that Gu Xuan discovered that something was wrong.
Although Han Mink Temple's attack was disciplined, it was actually very clumsy for a master determined by Gu Xuan, and to put it more bluntly, he seemed to have a body of martial arts, but he couldn't fully exert it, just like γγγγγγ
It was as if his body was being manipulated by another person, strange, very strange.
But Rao is like this, if you want to win this Han Gonggong who seems to have gone crazy, it is not a simple matter, and more importantly, once you are dragged here, after someone comes, it is really reasonable and can't be explained, after all, it is impossible to frame yourself as a simple frame, after this there must be a backhand, these behind-the-scenes masterminds, it is impossible to let yourself escape from here safely, after all, once you go out, whether you run away or stay to gather people loyal to yourself to give yourself an innocence, it is difficult for the other party to start again, so there must be a backhand waiting for you later, and you must not delay it for too longγ
Just as Gu Xuan was parrying and silently thinking about the way to get out in his heart, he suddenly heard Ma Erhu pointing to the door, and shouted in surprise: "Lord Jinglong! You are here! Hurry, you go and help His Royal Highness the Prince!"