When Ni Tingxuan on the periphery rushed to the main hall with people, the matter was over, and only the messy hall remained, telling what kind of fierce battle had happened here just now.

More than a dozen assassins lay on the ground, each with more than a dozen scars of different sizes, different shades, the original tight-fitting colorful clothes were broken and ragged, and the corpses were stained with blood. The ground was full of stumps and severed arms, which was even more shocking, not only of the assassins, but also of many palace concubines and maids who had suffered miserably.

The originally neat and gorgeous tables in the hall were scattered, the silver candlesticks carved with silk were pushed to the ground, and only the red plums in the broken jasper porcelain tiles all over the ground were still blooming quietly, reflecting the blood stains on the carpet embroidered with gold threads, which made him have the illusion for a moment that he had walked into the palace of a country that had just been destroyed.

The queen and Ni Guifei trembled and got up from behind the dragon chair, their faces were pale, and there was still a trace of Fengyi's momentum leading the harem.

Some of the concubines who survived the catastrophe looked at the scenery in front of them, frightened that the ground was colorless, and they shivered, and some still needed the support of the palace attendants to barely stand firm. They are all delicate ladies in the boudoir, the biggest bloodstain they have ever seen in their lives is just the little blood bead that pierced the finger with an embroidery needle, where have I seen this hellish scene in front of me, it is too late to feel anything when I am nervous to escape, now that I am safe, relax, many people immediately vomited.

What frightened Ni Tingxuan the most was the figure in the emperor's arms, the blood stains spread along the white bandeau, stabbing people's eyes hot.

"Imperial Doctor! Where's the Imperial Doctor?! Amid Qi Long's shrill shouts, the panting imperial doctors finally arrived.

After a period of rare chaos in the palace, every master seemed to need help and comfort, the palace concubines were sent back to their respective palaces, and the injured people naturally waited for the imperial doctor's treatment.

Qi Long's immediate anger is understandable, since the founding of Great Qi, at least since he ascended the throne, there has never been such a thing, and the Son of Heaven of Great Qi has never been pointed at his nose with a sword, and he has escaped in the bright sword light.

Therefore, the punishment and treatment were also carried out extremely quickly and violently, and before the assassination time was over, many officials hurriedly got up from the warm bed, and the event of such a serious crisis in the royal family certainly did not give them time to continue to sleep peacefully. Soon, the capital government Yin, Dali Temple, the criminal department, and related departments began to gather in various yamen to discuss and get busy. The palace personnel related to this assassination, such as Qian Lian and others, who were responsible for leading the way, were immediately sent to prison and severely tortured, and even the guards on duty that night were severely punished, and they were beaten countless times by dismissal. The forbidden army was ordered to rush into the streets, searching for suspicious locations.

In the misty night, a figure flew through the air, it was the man in Tsing Yi who failed to assassinate, he quickly swept past several houses, turned around and entered an alley, his movements were as swift as the wind, light and agile.

As soon as I turned into the alley, I saw a figure standing in front of a dilapidated house, holding a lantern, standing leisurely. The figure of the person in Tsing Yi froze, and his momentum increased in an instant, and his whole body became vigilant. His current situation is really not optimistic, and when he broke through to the outside of the palace, he experienced a series of fierce battles, but fortunately, most of the guards in the palace were attracted to the plum garden by the news of the assassination, and after he broke through the inner palace, he did not encounter any danger, and broke out with light merit.

"Young Master Wen doesn't have to be nervous, I'm here to answer Gongzi." The visitor looked relaxed and flat, while raising the lantern in his hand.

He was a middle-aged man of about forty-seven or eight, smiling slightly, and looking even more graceful and dazzling under the light.

The man in Tsing Yi saw his appearance clearly, and his surprised expression disappeared for a moment, and then he relaxed, "I didn't expect Mr. Lao Jiage to come here to answer Wen Xian in person." ”

"Gongzi Wen has worked hard tonight, how can Ge not come to greet him in person." The person who came laughed long, hearty and bright.

"The hard work is also in vain, and tonight's action is miscalculated." Wen Xian shook his head and smiled. turned to look at Ge Chengming with a little surprise: "Sir doesn't seem to be surprised at all by Wen Xian's miss. ”

"When a sharp sword is unsheathed, like drinking the blood of the enemy, it will inevitably be sharp, contented and sleeping, just like the habit of killing people on weekdays. But now the son is sharp, and there is a lot of excitement in his expression, presumably it is a sword meeting a divine soldier, and he has seen a rare strong enemy. As he spoke, he led Wen Xian to the door of an old house in the alley, and tapped his fingers a few times in a regular manner. ......There was a squeak, and the dilapidated door opened. A young man-like person leaned forward, and when he saw that it was Ge Chengming, his face immediately turned happy, and he said, "Mr. is back!" He quickly pulled the door open.

"Sir is a wise man, and he can expect Wen Xian's failure, and Wen Xian is not surprised. However, this time the stakes were high, and since he failed, Mr. did not have any impatience and chagrin, which made Wen Xian curious. Wen Xian followed Ge Chengming into the house with a long smile calmly.

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. What about success, and what about failure? If I, Nan Chen, need to rely on the means of assassination to be able to barely survive, I'm afraid it will be difficult to last. Ge Chengming let out a long sigh.

"No wonder even Prince Cheng said that Mr. has the style of Wei Jin Yashi, but Wen Xian's knowledge is shallow." Wen Xian said as he wiped his face and took off a human skin mask in his hand, revealing his true appearance hidden under the mask. has safely entered their stronghold here, so naturally there is no need to dress up anymore.

Ge Chengming's eyes swept over his face, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "No wonder in the Northern Qi Dynasty, King Lanling needed to wear a bronze mask to kill the enemy in order to stand tall and not fall. ”

Wen Xian's face sank slightly.

Ge Chengming was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the rumor that Wen Xian didn't like to be talked about about his appearance, so he changed the topic at the moment: "Childe's injury is not light, and the doctors and medicinal materials in the hall are complete, so it's better to go and rest for a while." ”

Wen Xian entered the house as he said, and everything was really ready in the room, and it seemed that they also knew that no matter whether they won or lost this time, injuries were inevitable. He first went to the copper basin and wanted to wash his face, but when he looked down and saw that the clothes on his body had been stained with a lot of blood, he raised his eyebrows, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he immediately took off his coat, still on the side, and changed and washed himself.

The young man next to him immediately came up to serve, and as soon as his hand touched him, Wen Xian's reaction was great, and with a wave of his hand, the young man fell out hard.

"No need, I'll just come by myself, you can go out." Wen Xian said lightly.

The young man didn't dare to say anything, got up and walked out. Seeing Ge Chengming outside, Ge Chengming asked, "How is Gongzi Wen's injury?" ”

"I don't know, it's just that Mr. Wen has such a big temper, I just wanted to go over and help, so I was hit for a while." The little guy couldn't help but whisper.

"Hehe, since this person is a killer, he is in the business of adding blood to the head of a knife, so his vigilance is naturally stronger than others." Ge Chengming said with a smile: "Wen Xian's martial arts are the strongest among the new generation of masters in the rivers and lakes, and he is proficient in disguise thaumaturgy. The prince was able to subdue this person, he was really lucky, you don't lose your courtesy, the prince treats him with courtesy. ”

"Got it," the young man replied, and then couldn't help but say: "A killer who kills like hemp, but he is born with the same good appearance as a girl." ”

"You must never say this in the future!" Ge Chengming glared at him, and said sharply: "Wen Xian hates others mentioning his appearance the most, just now I accidentally talked about it and felt that there was a moment when he moved to kill, if you people don't know the corners of your mouth, you will inevitably invite death." ”

Seeing that Ge Chengming said solemnly, the young man reluctantly agreed.

Ge Chengming's words were harsh, but he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "No wonder everyone in the world is rumored that Wen Xian is as ruthless as a snake and scorpion, and his appearance is better than a virgin. Just seeing his face, who would have thought that he was the number one killer who was ruthless and forgot his righteousness. ”

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"Are you feeling better?" Ni Tingxuan walked into the corner house where the guards were temporarily staying with a bottle of ointment, he lifted the curtain and entered the inner room, and asked the person lying on the bed.

"It's better, it's not good at all!" The man on the bed got up and shouted, "It hurts so much, these rabbit cubs, my subordinates don't know how to leave a little affection, in vain for my usual ...... Ah! Because the action was too big and the wound was involved, Mu Qinghan couldn't help shouting, and said hatefully: "When I'm better, see how I clean them up." ”

"Isn't it enough to show mercy? When I came in just now, I saw that the executioners were holding Xiao Song and asking about your injuries, for fear that I would be too serious. Do you care so much? Ni Tingxuan said with a smile. There is a faint hint of gloom in his heart, he is introverted by nature, far less popular than Mu Qinghan, who has a hearty temperament, among the guards.

"Be merciful, you go and try these hundred boards to see if you can get up now?" Mu Qinghan complained bitterly that he had just been dismissed from his position for the crime of not being able to save the driver, and he was also given a hundred boards. Ni Tingxuan was in charge of the periphery guard work this time, so the responsibility was not so heavy, and he was only fined three months.

Mu Qinghan said in his mouth, but he also understood that the guards who were executed just now were indeed merciful. You must know that the board of the inner court guards is not so easy to bear, it is said that the kung fu to a certain extent of the execution master down the board, there is no scar on the outside, but the inside has been broken bones. No matter how strong his martial arts are, he can't hold up dozens of boards. If the execution guard really wanted to kill him, he would not be able to speak here for a long time, his hundred teams, on the surface, looked scarred, but in fact they were all skin injuries, and it would be good to recuperate for a while.

"Seeing how energetic you are now, doesn't it seem like there's anything in the way? I went to the imperial doctor to get medicine for you. Ni Tingxuan shook the bottle in his hand.

"What medicine? Hey, why didn't a royal doctor come to take a look? I'm so injured in the line of duty. Mu Qinghan said sadly.

"Okay, okay, those imperial doctors are now busy treating the concubines and ladies of the palaces, where there is the kung fu to come and take care of us rough people, it would be good to have a bottle of medicine, lie down and don't move, I'll take medicine for you." Ni Tingxuan nudged him lightly and motioned for him to lie back.

"No Imperial Doctor? Wait, brothers, don't you have a royal doctor there? Mu Qinghan raised his feet to stop him and asked, many guards were injured in the fight with the assassins today, "There are a few brothers who are not lightly injured." ”

"There is an imperial doctor coming, but he left immediately, after all, this time it happened to be at night, and there were not many imperial doctors on duty, but there were too many injured masters, mothers and mothers, and even Prince Yu was seriously injured...... Ni Tingxuan hesitated for a moment.

"Ting Xuan, my injuries don't matter, if you go to the Tai Hospital again, you must call a few imperial doctors to come over, no matter how many palace concubines there are, you can't use the imperial doctors in the whole hospital, if you can't call people, you will send a few brothers to the house to invite them, by the way, I want more medicine, there are a few people with serious internal injuries, and their injuries can't wait." Mu Qinghan said urgently.

"I know, I already sent someone to call for you, I just met Xiao Song, I told him, don't worry about it, be careful that you can't get out of bed for a month." Ni Tingxuan said with a smile.

"That's good," Mu Qinghan relieved himself at this time, and said and lay down again: "Why let Xiao Song go?" You don't know what good things you've done, it's obviously ......"

"What is there to say, Xiao Song just probed his brain in front of your door, and I saw that he was idle, so I instructed him." Ni Tingxuan glanced at him. Song Shan is Mu Qinghan's deputy.

Mu Qinghan chuckled, he knew that his friend was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he cared about people but was unwilling to show it. Because of this, he is a little unfamiliar with the people around him, but in fact, he cares no less about his subordinates than he does about himself.

"Speaking of that Prince Yu, what a handsome kung fu, I really didn't expect it, how is it compared to you? If you fight him, what are your chances of winning? While taking the medicine, Mu Qinghan's mouth was not idle.

"How do you know this, and there is no comparison, but they are authentic princes, not us thick-skinned people." Ni Tingxuan said with a smile: "Do we still have a chance to compete with others?" ”

"That's right, alas, there won't be any chance anyway, how can the high-ranking Emperor nobles have a chance to fight with me, a little guard?" Mu Qinghan sighed, and there was a taste of listlessness in his words.

"He still cares after all, although he can't see it on the surface," Ni Tingxuan sighed in his heart. Mu Qinghan had just been removed from the position of deputy commander for dereliction of duty and demoted to an ordinary guard.

"Okay, after all, the emperor is just angry for a while, with your qualifications and usual achievements, it won't be long before you can be promoted back, you don't have to be too frustrated, can your father-in-law still watch his son-in-law who is about to pass through the door lose his position for such a wrongful reason?" Ni Tingxuan comforted him.

Mu Qinghan's future father-in-law is naturally their top boss, Shi Qian, the commander of the guards.

Speaking of his father-in-law, Mu Qinghan felt a little cramped, remembering that a few days ago, his mother sent someone to the Shi family to discuss the marriage date. Thinking of the past few years, the Shi family has been in contact with each other as usual on the surface, but it seems that they are becoming more and more estranged from their Mu family...... He was slightly gloomy.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Mu Qinghan's appearance outside the wandering object, Ni Tingxuan asked.

"Nothing," Mu Qinghan came back to his senses, turned his head to look at him and said, "Don't be busy talking about my business yet, it's just a position of deputy commander, it's not me who needs to worry about it the most now, you can think about your Ni family first," he reminded solemnly: "Don't forget, where did that assassin come from." I'm afraid that some people will make a big fuss. ”

"The emperor has trusted our Ni family in the past few years, so there shouldn't be anything wrong," Ni Tingxuan was slightly stunned: "Besides, this time, the troupe that mainly ambushed assassins was found by the queen's mother, and it has nothing to do with our Ni family." ”

"Although those assassins were numerous, they didn't kill the emperor with their swords."

"Well, don't talk about it, it's useless for us to worry about it here." Ni Tingxuan also knew that things would not end so simply, but what could they do now?

"It would be good if this was the case, I'm afraid that this time the incident is according to your Ni family. I don't know if what happened to that group of servants, "Just when they came out, they ran into a servant from the criminal department and was summoned in. Mu Qinghan turned his head: "I really can't stand that group of court elders, and even the slightest trivial matter will be used to chirp crookedly." Depreciation, participation in the past. ”

If they were really targeting the Ni family...... Ni Tingxuan's hand couldn't help but tremble.

"Hey! Ay! You lighten up, it hurts......" Someone who was seriously injured immediately shouted.

News of the Assassins reached the residence of Ni Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, two hours after the Assassins ended.

"What? You said the assassin was dressed as the one we sent into the palace to deliver something this time?! Ni Yuan couldn't help but stand up and asked the subordinates who had just delivered the news.

Daqi is now a high-ranking military department Shangshu Gu Clumsy Qingqi, facial features are as profound and clear as a knife and an axe, eyebrows are thick as lacquer, sharp bones, and there is a heroic and extraordinary momentum formed by years of conquest and killing between gestures.

"Yes, just now the eyeliner in the palace sent the information, and the subordinates have already checked it, and found Li Cheng's body in a secret place near the palace gate, I am afraid that they have already had a plan, ambushed there, and took advantage of the gap between Li Cheng's clothes and dressing before entering the palace. After coming out, he entered the palace through a search, and after entering the palace, everyone trembled and didn't dare to say a word, so no one found out...... "A shrewd and capable middle-aged man under Ni Yuan reported what happened in an orderly manner, and he was Ni Yuan's right-hand man Dou Feng.

Li Chengcheng is the real Tsing Yi person this time, just a subordinate of the Ni family with a comparative face, and he is a steady and courteous person, so this time he entered the palace to offer famous tea.

"What does this matter, sir?" Ni Yuan was silent for a moment, then turned his head and asked the people around him. He asked about an old man in his sixties, who was his confidant Lu Qifan.

"The Lord does not need to be frightened, this matter may not involve the Lord." Lu Qifan lightly twisted his long beard. His face was like a dry old bark, and only one of his eyes was still shining.

"How can I not be frightened? Referring to the secret report we received a few days ago, I'm afraid it's their hands this time, hateful! I thought they would at least wait until the end of the year to make a move, but I didn't expect that they would suddenly act in advance. Ni Yuan hated the authentic language.

Twenty years ago, he surrendered to Daqi, and then Daqi conquered Liangdu with lightning speed and leveled the whole country. After the fall of the Liang State, there were unwilling old ministers of the Liang State who lurked secretly and formed a Pillar Association to accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity, and plot to restore the country.

Whether it is for Qi or for Ni Yuan, a traitor to the Liang Kingdom, the Dongliang Association can be said to hate it to the core, Ni Yuan has always paid attention to the Dongliang Society, and secretly inserted a lot of eyeliner, for the Dongliang Association to prepare for an assassination operation in the past few days, he has already received a secret report, and even arranged to take advantage of this opportunity to fight back and wipe out this force that has been against him for many years, but he didn't expect them to suddenly make a move in advance.

"What is the situation in the palace right now?" Lu Qifan lightly twisted his long beard and asked Dou Feng.

"This time the matter is a big trouble, the banquet was messed up, not to mention, there are more than a dozen palace concubines who died, and even the high-ranking concubines such as Chen Shufei and Zheng Guifei died in Huangquan. Moreover, Prince Yu was seriously injured in order to protect the emperor, and oh, another talented man was also seriously injured. Dou Feng replied truthfully.

"Talented?" Ni Yuan raised his head and asked, is there anything special about this talented person?

"This talented person is pregnant." Dou Feng explained.

"How many people have been dispatched by the Pillars of the Association this time?" Lu Qifan couldn't help but marvel. Even if the guards are not allowed to enter the inner court family banquet, but the emperor's side Xu Gonggong and Li Gonggong are both first-class masters, how can there be such a big loss? It stands to reason that although there are many masters of the Pillars Society, they shouldn't all run into the palace in one go.

"There are thirteen people from the Pillars Society." Dou Feng smiled bitterly.

"Only thirteen people? There must be peerless masters among them. Lu Qifan sighed: "There are such characters in the Pillars Society!" ”

"One of them not only killed Gonggong Li in one move, but also seriously injured Prince Yu and Gonggong Xu. is the person who pretends to be Li Cheng. ”

"There is still such a master hidden in the Pillars Society?" Ni Yuan asked in surprise.

"I'm afraid it's not someone from the Dongliang Society, although I can't recognize my face, but according to the eyeliner report in the palace, I look at the martial arts number one, and I suspect that he is Wen Xian, the number one killer in the rivers and lakes at the moment." Dou Feng hesitated, "I'm just not sure." ”

"It's him," Lu Qifan pondered for a moment, "Was it bought by the people of the Pillars Society?" ”

"Although Wen Xian is a killer who recognizes money but not people, according to the secret report from Nan Chen, he is currently working under Chen Qian, Prince Cheng of Nan Chen." Ni Yuan said.

"Chen Qian was able to subdue him? This Wen Xian has always been notoriously ruthless in the rivers and lakes, recognizing money and not people, and cruel and murderous, often slaughtering people because of a disagreement, so there are many enemies in the rivers and lakes, just because he is young and his martial arts are extremely high, and no one has been helpless against him. ”

Ni Yuan pondered for a moment, and said to Dou Feng: "You send someone to investigate this matter yourself, and find out how Chen Qian subdued Wen Xian, if it is only with gold and silver property, we can buy it in the same way, if it is ...... other way" Wen Xian's fast sword is famous in the rivers and lakes, and he is proficient in disguise thaumaturgy, he is an assassin, it is impossible to prevent it.

Dou Feng received the order according to his words.

Lu Qifan said again: "In this way, I am afraid that this matter is the result of the cooperation between the Dongliang Society and the latent forces arranged by Nan Chen in Daqi. ”

"I'm afraid that's the case," Ni Yuan said: "It's just that the truth of this matter might as well be investigated in detail later, but there is a big difficulty in front of me." "The news he received from the Dongliang Association before showed that he was going to blame Ni Yuan for this operation, and framed him for assassinating Qi Long and having the intention of rebellion. Originally, after getting the news, Ni Yuan was ready to arrange calmly, and took the opportunity to wipe out this henchman of the Dongliang Society, but he didn't expect that the sudden appearance of their action would disrupt his overall plan in advance. Yi Dongliang will have a bitter hatred for him, and it is impossible to abandon the plan to frame him just because he acted in advance. In the dead assassin dead soldier, there will inevitably be some clues to be found that point the suspicion to him Ni Yuan. Now two hours have passed, and it is estimated that the guards of the inner temple have begun to examine the corpse in conjunction with the Criminal Department, preparing for the investigation.

As a minister of the old Liang, his status was originally unstable, and he was in the same boat as the original deep-rooted famous and noble lords of the Great Qi led by the Wang family.

"How is the emperor?" Lu Qifan asked Dou Feng again.

"With the protection of Prince Yu and others, the emperor was not injured." Dou Feng replied: "The queen and Ni Guifei have nothing, and the highest status of the dead and injured present is Concubine Chen Shu." ”

"Although the emperor did not suffer any harm, fright was also indispensable. The only thing to be thankful for may be that the Queen Mother did not arrive at this feast. Ni Yuan shook his head.

"The lord's words are wrong, but fortunately the queen mother did not come this time." Lu Qifan chuckled.

Ni Yuan thought about it for a while, and immediately understood what it meant. The most fortunate thing for them about this assassination incident is that it is the Wang family who is responsible for finding and selecting the troupe, and if it is really investigated, the Wang family will not be able to escape the suspicion of assassination.

In the past few years, the power of the Wang family in the court has become increasingly large, which has made the emperor have a grudge against the Wang family, and there have always been rumors in the palace that Qi Long is not the queen mother's own flesh and blood, but because he is worried that he will not be able to give birth to the prince for a long time, he has adopted the son of a low-level palace person. Especially in this dangerous situation, the Queen Mother didn't arrive, did she know anything in advance? As long as there is a little provocation, people with a heart will inevitably doubt in a certain direction. The Wang family has always been at odds with their Ni family, and it is not impossible for them to frame the blame.

Lu Qifan pondered for a moment, raised his head and said: "Lord, his subordinates have a plan to clear the charge for the Lord, but the Lord will have to suffer some hardships." ”

"Oh, sir." Ni Yuan said urgently.

Lu Qifan whispered the plan in his ear, Ni Yuan groaned for a while, his eyes flashed, and he was thinking about the gains and losses.

Seeing this, Lu Qifan said again: "In the past few years, although the lord has tried his best to keep a low profile and rarely participate in the government affairs, but he has successively destroyed Wei Pingshu, and this time he has made great contributions to Nan Chen, it is inevitable that some people in the court will be jealous, I am afraid that there is already a suspicion of high merit and shocking the master, and now Wen Xian is involved in this assassination operation, I am afraid that Nan Chen is going to use Chen Qian's movement again, the lord may wish to take this opportunity to temporarily tao guang and avoid its edge, wait and see its changes, and then try to make a big deal." ”

Ni Yuan clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, that's it." ”