Above the palace, there was a burst of music, and five or six graceful dancers danced to the music in the hall with bright red dresses and long water sleeves. Ye Dushan handed the jade cup to his lips, tilted his head, and poured the wine in the cup into his mouth.

He smiled and poured another cup to himself, and stretched out his hand to his side, but handed it to Mu Changsheng, who was standing on the side. Mu Changsheng's palm pressed lightly on the rim of the cup, so that Ye Dushan's hand could not go further. And he never squinted, pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, showed a firm look on his face, and said softly: "No." ”

Ye Dushan's face was already a little red, and he didn't think he was angry if Mu Changsheng didn't take the wine, so he drank it all again. When the song was finished, he shook the empty flask and threw it aside with some unpleasantness. Then he seemed a little sleepy, and waved his hand to signal all the dancers in the audience to step down.

A smile appeared on his slightly drunken face, and he said, "You are always so unpleasant. There was no one at the foot of the steps, but what he said to Mu Changsheng was.

"Teachers are not allowed to drink alcohol. Mu Changsheng on the side replied.

Ye Dushan shook his head and sighed: "Why are you so pedantic, the teacher and his old man are gone." ”

Mu Changsheng's face was gloomy, and he frowned as if he was very dissatisfied with Ye Dushan, but he didn't open his mouth after all. Ye Dushan expected his reaction, he didn't care about his rudeness, waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, okay, then it's up to you, the teacher is still alive? ”

Mu Changsheng gradually regained his normal expression, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty has atoned for your sins, and Weichen is abrupt." ”

Ye Dushan stood up, threw the empty jade cup in his hand on the table casually, then stretched his waist, and said with a lazy expression: "I have nothing to do today, why don't you go to Dali Temple with me to have a look, maybe Zhu Songtao will bite out some interesting characters?"

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked out, Mu Changsheng did not answer, but still followed him. The attendants in the hall were busy preparing chariots for Ye Dushan, Ye Dushan waved his hand impatiently, and walked out by himself, and after walking for a while, several eunuchs and palace maids chased out with lights.

At this time, it was almost night, and without the help of the firelight, he could only faintly see the vague outline in the gloomy skylight, but he was not worried that Qin Cong was not in Dali Temple, since Qin Cong was promoted to the secretary of Dali Temple, he stayed in Dali Temple most of the time, and he had to deal with food and accommodation simply.

Ye Dushan often thought that if the court and the Chinese were all like Qin Cong as officials, Long Yuan would not decline so much. He thought so, but his steps were very fast, and the eunuchs and palace maids were a little flustered in their pace of chasing him, and soon the group walked to the gate of Dali Temple.

Ye Dushan looked up at the plaque above, and the three golden lacquer characters of Dali Temple were reflected in the firelight. He led the crowd in, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong, in front of the gate of Dali Temple, no one reported the guards?

Then he noticed a commotion in the Dali Temple, and several people ran out of the room, looking frightened. Ye Dushan knew one or two people, both of whom were officials in Dali Temple. He looked at the panicked look on the faces of this group of people, frowned, and asked unhappily, "What are you panicking about!"

Only then did those people notice that a group of people had appeared at the gate of Dali Temple, and when they looked closely, they found that it was Ye Dushan who was there. A group of people hurriedly shuddered and bowed down. Only then did one of them remember to answer, his voice still eager and panicked.

"Back to ...... Your Majesty, Lord Qin, he's been assassinated!"

Ye Dushan's face changed suddenly, and even Mu Changsheng's usually plain face had a surprised expression.

"Is this Dali Temple that I raised all the waste! I actually let the Dali Temple Qing be assassinated in the Dali Temple?" Ye Dushan said angrily, and the two of them walked up to the man and kicked him over.

The man rolled up again and said in a trembling voice, "Lord Qin, this matter...... It's really strange, minister...... The ministers and others rummaged up and down the Dali Temple, but there were no clues......"

Ye Dushan was furious in his heart, and without waiting for him to finish, he scolded: "Waste! Take me to see Qin Cong's body." ”

The man replied in a low voice, and walked towards the Dali Temple with his head down. Qin Cong's body is not far from the gate of Dali Temple, turn right after entering from the gate, more than ten steps away, is the study room specially cleaned up for Qin Cong, and at this time, his body is sitting upright in front of the desk, there are still a few volumes of documents on the desk, but his head is tilted back, leaning on the back of the chair.

As soon as Ye Dushan entered the door, he saw Qin Cong, his eyes were still open, and he rolled his eyes, but he had already dissipated, a thin blood mark between his throat, and the blood that should have gushed out had been exhausted, and his crown clothes were almost stained red with blood.

Mu Changsheng frowned slightly and approached, stretched out his hand to gently wipe the blood stains in Qin Cong's throat, and then said to Ye Dushan: "It's dead, the blood is almost dry." ”

Ye Dushan scolded, turned to the people in Dali Temple, and asked, "I ask you, how many people come and go in this study?"

One person in Dali Temple looked calmer than the others, although there was still a panicked look on his face, but he still tried his best to answer smoothly: "This is the place where Lord Qin handles official business, Lord Qin has always been hungry for food and clothes, and Dali Temple is also busy until night, and next to it is the main hall of Dali Temple, although it is almost night, but it stands to reason that someone will pass by in a moment or two." In such a short period of time, there was no trace of the scene except for the fragments of window paper scattered all over the ground, and I didn't hear Lord Qin crying out for help, so the ministers said...... It's very strange. ”

Ye Dushan frowned: "When did you find out?"

Another person in Dali Temple said with a panicked face: "Yes...... Less than half an hour ago, Wei Chen was just passing by, and he saw Lord Qin, he ......"

"Is there anything out of the ordinary?"

The man showed a thoughtful look, as if he suddenly thought of something, and replied: "By the way, Lord Qin has a hidden leg disease, and he doesn't like to open the doors and windows on weekdays, so as not to blow in the night breeze, but at that time, the doors and windows of Lord Qin's study were open. And as I passed by, I heard something...... I heard a noise. ”

Ye Dushan frowned and asked, "What's the noise?"

"First there was the sound of the pane breaking, and then, then, then there was a weird sound, like ...... It was like the sound of breaking wind, but it was even more dull, like the sound of something heavy falling in the air. The more the man spoke, the more hesitant he became.

Ye Dushan looked around, on the ground outside this study, there were fragments of window panes scattered all over the ground, presumably the person who made the assassination broke the window and escaped.

But as this person said, Qin Cong has always closed the doors and windows, and if someone breaks in, it will always alarm him, but he sat quietly at the table, looking calm, as if he was completely unaware of the approaching danger, but it was not a hidden weapon to cause death. The method of this line of stabbing is really strange.

After taking a turn in the study, but there was no gain, Ye Dushan saw Qin Cong's death again, thinking that Qin Cong's death had greatly weakened his power in the court, he was depressed, and a wave of anger rushed to the top of his head.

"Give you three days to thoroughly investigate this matter! If there is still no result after three days, the whole Dali Temple will be punished according to dereliction of duty!" Ye Dushan dropped a sentence, and led the entourage to leave without looking back, and everyone in Dali Temple fell to their knees.

He knew that most of the officials in Dali Temple were mediocre now, in order to eliminate the eyes of Ma Pingchuan and Prince Han, the people in Dali Temple had been cleaned up by Qin Cong before, and now these people were temporarily transferred from all over the place among the low-level officials, and it was difficult to be a big deal. It's just that Qin Cong's ascension to the throne is short, and he has not yet had time to cultivate his wings, so he originally hoped to use Dali Temple as the starting point for a counterattack, but now in Dali Temple, he can only rely on these people, and the future is really bleak.

Mu Changsheng followed behind Ye Dushan, noticing that he was in an unhappy mood, so he remained silent. Ye Dushan suddenly turned around and asked, "How did the other party stab, what do you think?"

The wound was long, slender like a swift blade cutting through his throat. Mu Changsheng replied, "It's just that in the direction of his wound, the blade must be fired from the side of the wall." ”

Ye Dushan took his words: "It's just that the walls on both sides are very clean, and there is no trace of the arrangement of the mechanism, and there is no knife blade nailed to the wall." Is this man a ghost?"

Mu Changsheng was silent, obviously without a clue.

Suddenly, I felt a gust of wind blowing, and the eyes of everyone in Ye Dushan were dark, and the lanterns carried by the two eunuchs were suddenly extinguished, and in the darkness, Ye Dushan had a bad premonition in his heart, and then, there were two muffled snorts not far ahead, but they didn't even have time to scream. Ye Dushan recognized the two eunuchs who held the lamp.

I felt that the cold wind was coming again, accompanied by the sound of breaking the sky, and the slight sound of flapping wings, which was almost inaudible if it were not very close. Ye Dushan hurriedly took a few steps back and stood still, but the sound of breaking the sky did not follow.

Mu Changsheng drew his sword, stabbed out quickly and quickly against the black shadow in front of him, and the scabbard of his left hand swept towards the black shadow as if he was holding a sword. The black shadow suddenly and strangely slid to the side, the cold light flickered, and Mu Changsheng caught it in the dark, this cold light was wiped against his neck.

He retracted his sword and scabbard at the same time, and set up a cross in front of him, but the cold light in the darkness suddenly turned and sank, stabbing him in the chest. Mu Changsheng was shocked by the other party's strange posture in his heart, and hurriedly moved sideways, but instead of blocking, he stabbed forward with a sword. He couldn't see the appearance of the other party at all, and could only estimate the general direction, so he barely attacked the enemy to save himself.

The shadow only made a cut in his arm in the end, but his sword still flew into the air. He felt the wind blowing by his side, but it hit Ye Dusk Mountain again.

Ye Dushan also sensed the cold glow that broke through the sky, but he was not flustered, he unbuttoned his robe early, and spread it forward, shielding him in front of him to block the other party's vision. The other party let out a low, surprised "huh" sound.

With the sound of "stabbing", a small hole was cracked in the robe thrown by Ye Dushan, and the cold light shot out, Ye Dushan turned around to dodge, and then his whole body almost stuck to the front of the robe, and he threw a heavy punch through the robe, but it was fluttering and not in place, and the fist smashed into the air with the robe floating in the air.

Ye Dushan's heart froze, and he retreated suddenly, Mu Changsheng took advantage of the situation to get closer, and slashed down with a sword, and the robe that was full of wind in the air was torn apart by the sound, but the black shadow before was nowhere to be seen.

Ye Dushan looked at the fragments of his robe on the ground, his face solemn. After a few moments, the retinue behind him gathered again, lit the lantern again, and one of them put a coat on him.

Mu Changsheng looked around vigilantly, except for the gasps of everyone in front of him, there was no sound around. He put his sword into the sheath, leaned over to Ye Dushan's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this person's speed is extremely fast, and his attacks and dodges are really weird, and Lord Qin's assassination is probably related to him." ”

Ye Dushan nodded, noticing the blood oozing from Mu Changsheng's arm, and asked, "How is your injury?"

"It's okay, it's just a skin injury. ”

"Hmm. Ye Dushan replied absentmindedly, "I don't know why, this person didn't have murderous intentions, otherwise you and I would be more than lucky." With such skills, he assassinated Qin Cong, but spared your life, why?"

Mu Changsheng was silent. As the emperor's personal bodyguard, he couldn't help but feel frustrated when he let the assassin easily take his own life into his hands.

"Weichen is still only a shallow learner, and the guards are not good, so His Majesty is frightened and asks His Majesty to punish him. ”

Ye Dushan didn't seem to hear it, and there seemed to be a worry between his eyebrows.

"However, this kind of fast and strange speed and body style are very strange, and presumably only the skills of the teacher can deal with them. Mu Changsheng's always indifferent face suddenly had a trance-like expression, and then he seemed to remember something, and added: "But it's not necessarily, maybe the rumored internal strength Dao can deal with this kind of monster." ”

He raised his head, but found that Ye Dushan's expression was more solemn, and then as if he had thought of something, his face became even more ugly.

"I hope I'm wrong, it can't really be those guys......" he muttered, and he didn't even hear Mu Changsheng on the side.