With a ding, the knife in the eunuch's hand grazed the young body of the third prince and slammed into the bluestone floor under the Chen Corridor, and a few pieces of gravel collapsed, which shows how great the power is.

The third prince twisted his body, screamed wildly, kicked his feet blindly, but happened to dodge the knife, and the dagger he held tremblingly in his hand swung indiscriminately twice.

With two sneering sounds, the lower robes of the two eunuchs were cut, revealing two tears. The eunuch had a cold face, as if he didn't expect that the noble prince would carry a dagger at any time, and this dagger would be so sharp.

The dagger, which was pulled out of his boot for the first time, did not seem to work as well as he should. Although the dagger was sharp, it was in the hands of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

At the moment of life and death, Li Chengping learned the courage to kill when Fan Xian was twelve years old, but he did not learn his teacher's ability to kill. Although the murderous eunuch has no martial arts, he is strong, and where can he resist.

A eunuch trampled Li Chengping to the ground, a eunuch stepped on Li Chengping's elbow, so that he could no longer move, looked at the tear on his clothes, shook his head, strangled Li Chengping's neck with one hand, held the knife in the other, and stabbed it again!

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Li Chengping's breathing became more and more difficult, and he couldn't help but regret it endlessly when he saw the knife pierced down, knowing that he was going to die. Thinking that the knife he swung out just now didn't even touch the other party's side, he couldn't help but give up in despair. I closed my eyes and cried.

However, it was a long wait.

Li Chengping had even felt the pain of a sharp object piercing his chest. The iron hand around his neck was cutting off his breath...... But he found that he was still alive, and the two feet on his body and hands did not seem to be stepping on him harder.

He opened his eyes in horror, and then saw a scene that made him tremble, only to see the two eunuchs above his head also open their eyes in horror, just like himself. And there were two black blood in the corners of his eyes!

Li Chengping knew that life was coming back, and he screamed. He pulled out his right hand from the eunuch's feet, and stabbed it the calf that was trampling on his chest.

The dagger entered the flesh, and a blood flower bloomed.

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Li Chengping struggled to his feet. looked at the two eunuchs who were still fierce and vicious before, and fell down like two logs. I couldn't help but feel palpitations. His legs trembled, and he didn't dare to step forward to see what was going on and why the two eunuchs had black blood from the corners of their eyes. And so it fell.

He looked down at the knife in his chest, and then he felt infinite pain, and screamed in pain.

Fortunately, at the last moment when the eunuch stabbed the knife, he was already out of breath and could not continue to exert force. The tip of the knife penetrates only three points into the flesh. Only then did Li Chengping save his life in danger.

Li Chengping dragged his limp legs. Walking up to the two eunuchs who had already died, he was not only afraid, but also had endless doubts in his heart. I thought to myself, could it be that God was helping me and casting a spell on these two eunuchs?

It's not a spell - the third prince finally understood, he stared at the two gaps in the two eunuchs' bellies, and then looked down at the black dagger in his hand.

The dagger in his hand was too sharp, so although he had only swung it twice indiscriminately before, it not only cut the eunuch's clothes, but also slightly wiped the skin under the other party's clothes. However, because the dagger was too sharp, or because the teacher smeared some medicine on the dagger, the two eunuchs did not feel anything.

The dagger was quenched with the most powerful poison of the Inspectorate. As soon as the blade broke through the skin, the medicine entered the bloodstream, and it only took a moment to poison the two eunuchs to death, leaving no time for even the last bit of killing.

What a poison!

Li Chengping, who escaped death, trembled everywhere in his body, holding the dagger tightly in his hand, looking at the two eunuchs whose faces gradually turned black at his feet, and finally couldn't stand anymore and sat on the ground. He knew in his heart that if it weren't for such a powerful poison on the dagger, if it weren't for the fact that these two eunuchs hadn't thought of this at all, then no matter how much he struggled today, he would still not be able to escape the end of death in the end.

He sat trembling beside the two corpses, his face pale, not knowing what he should do next. The first time he was killed, the first time he was killed, even though he was a very precocious prince, he was still shocked and distraught.

I don't know how long I sat there, twelve-year-old Li Chengping finally woke up, got up with some difficulty, looked at the two corpses around him, and his eyes revealed complex emotions that children should not have, this emotion was from fear, helplessness, sadness, and a trace of excitement...... It gradually turned to calm and anger.

Calm anger.

Who wanted to kill him? Li Chengping didn't know, but he knew that he couldn't get rid of his brothers. He burst out crying, then clenched the dagger in his hand and stabbed it hard.

With one knife, two knives and three knives, he numbly and mechanically stabbed the dagger into the corpse of the eunuch next to him, stabbing out countless blood, and the blood finally splattered into black blood.

He hates these people, so he wants to let the other party die thoroughly, and of course, he will be very careful not to let these blood poisons get on his body.

After a while, he stopped crying in fear, stood up with the pillars of the corridor, looked at the quiet and empty long road of the corridor, his lips trembled slightly, and then shouted loudly.

At the end of the corridor is the cold palace, and there are always palace maids in the cold palace.

"Mother, I don't want you to go to the cold palace to live. ”

The weather in early autumn was not cool, but in a wing room at the back of the Hanguang Palace, the third prince was tightly wrapped in a large quilt, looking at the Yigui concubine who was looking at him with tears in his eyes, lowered his voice, and said in a strong and cold tone: "I don't want to die, and you can't die either." ”

Yi Guifei's eyes were red. Hold him tightly.

Previously, the cold palace came to report the news, and everyone knew that the third prince had sneaked out of the Hanguang Palace, and had actually met an assassin in the deep palace! Ordered the inner palace to strengthen its defenses. Not to mention the arrest of the assassins, he even scolded the eunuchs and palace maids in the Hanguang Palace angrily, even the concubine Yi did not let go.

The Queen Mother stayed by the bedside of the unconscious third prince for a while. Didn't leave until before.

And as soon as the Queen Mother left, Li Chengping woke up and said this to his mother in a trembling voice. Obviously, being in a coma in front of the Queen Mother was pretended, and the third prince just had a secret fear of the Queen Mother and didn't want to face his grandmother.

"Don't worry...... Yi Guifei hugged her son, and said in a trembling voice: "In the Hanguang Palace." There is the queen mother's ancestor watching. They didn't dare to mess around anymore. ”

Li Chengping's face was gloomy for a moment, knowing that his mother was just comforting him, but he didn't say anything. Yi Guifei looked down at her son. I wanted to speak again and again, but after all, I couldn't hold back, and asked softly: "Those two eunuchs...... How did they die? Who are they?"

"I don't know. Li Chengping did not explain the matter of the dagger, and while calling for help, he had already hidden the dagger in the trees next to the corridor. There was a hint of horror in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, "All of a sudden, he died...... I don't know who tried to kill me. ”

Concubine Yi fell silent. After looking around, I found that there were many people, and many eunuchs and palace maids were waiting outside the wing room. It's really inconvenient to say too much, so I stopped talking abruptly.

Since learning the news of His Majesty's assassination, she and the third prince have been placed under house arrest in the Hanguang Palace. I don't know very well what happened outside, but I just know that Fan Xian has been beaten into a prisoner, and the Fan family and the Liu family are all under the control of the inner court, and the queen mother's eyes are getting colder and colder when she looks at her.

Looking at this palace today, Concubine Yi felt a cold to the bone, and she thought in her heart: "This Hanguang Palace is not necessarily safe. ”

At this moment, a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the house. It is the biological mother of the eldest prince, Ning Cairen. Yi Guifei quickly stood up and gave a salute. The two mothers looked at each other, and they couldn't say anything about it.

The prince also came to visit, and Haosheng comforted his younger brother a few words, and promised to find out who the real culprit was. These words are very sincere, but Concubine Yi always can't listen to them. It wasn't until the last night came, people gradually left, and the house became quiet, that Concubine Yi looked at her son hidden in the quilt, and said quietly: "If it's not the prince, who will it be?"

The three princes were stabbed to death, who is the most beneficial to the various forces in Kyoto at this time? Yi Guifei involuntarily thought of a person's name, but she did not dare to say it.

Li Chengping looked at his mother's thoughtful expression, his heart sank, knowing who his mother was suspicious of, he shook his head firmly, and said, "It's not a teacher." ”

Yes, Yi Guifei is suspicious of Fan Xian, because now there are a large number of civil servants in the local court who are resolutely standing by Fan Xian's side, and using the land is the so-called edict and righteousness to attack the prince, if the third prince really dies in the palace, the prince will not be able to clear his own guilt no matter what, and he will fall behind in speech, and ......

If Fan Xian is really sure to defeat the prince, then what is the third child to do? Yi Guifei looked at her son and said quietly: "Although he is your teacher, he is not your cousin after all. ”

"He's my brother. The third prince bit his lip and said.

Concubine Yi sighed: "In this royal family, where is there any brother-apprentice friendship? You didn't tell the Queen Mother and the Prince before, those two eunuchs used tokens to trick you to the Chen Corridor...... If it weren't for your teacher, how could Qianzhong have a token?"

The token is actually very simple, just Peng's Zhuang Yuanli by the West Lake in Hangzhou, Jiangnan...... A page from one of the three princes' favorite books.

Li Chengping lowered his head: "I won't doubt the master...... And I believe in his ability, if he really wants to kill me, to make the palace chaotic for a while, he will not use tokens, this is all easy to make mistakes. And the master ...... There are never so many flaws. ”

Concubine Yi Gui smiled forcefully and didn't say anything more, emotionally, judging from the current critical situation, she was also willing to believe her son's judgment of Fan Xian, because apart from Fan Xian, their mother and son had no more support.

"Yes...... But I don't know when Lord Fan will be able to rescue us. Concubine Yi thought in her heart, if Fan Xian really forced the prince to a point where there was no way to retreat, the prince would only have to risk the world's greatness and use bloody means to suppress the hearts of the ministers. And at that time, I am afraid that my mother and son will no longer have a way to live.

In the front hall of Hanguang Palace, all the people were silent, and the entire palace was shrouded in a depressing and tense atmosphere. The crown prince and the queen sat next to the queen mother. Gently pound the old man's back. The situation of this mother and son is much easier than that of Yi Guifei's mother and son, but they also know that the old woman must not have problems under the fist.

"Auntie. The queen glanced at the Queen Mother. Timidly said, "The third child's life is a great blessing...... "She glanced at it again," she said...... can actually survive like this, it seems that Fan Xian, the traitor, really taught him a lot of things. ”

The prince frowned, saw that the skin on his grandmother's temples was slightly tense, and knew that his mother's words stupidly made the queen mother angry, so he snorted coldly and said, "It's good that my brother is alive, and the rest of the things are not to be discussed for the time being." ”

The Queen Mother forcibly breathed a few times and suppressed the anger in her heart. He gently patted the back of the prince's hand. I thought that among so many descendants of the royal family, probably only the crown prince really understood what he was thinking. As soon as she thought of this, the Queen Mother felt more and more that her choice was not wrong. Qingguo really needs a child like the prince who knows how to be filial to be in charge.

"Get out, all of you. The Queen Mother coughed twice, her spirit was extremely tired, she waved her hand, and all the eunuchs and palace maids and old ladies who served took the order to leave. Even some unwilling queens were kicked out of the palace. There are only two people left in the entire hall, her and the prince.

The Queen Mother turned around, looked at the prince with somewhat godless eyes, and took the prince's hand. Youyou said: "I just don't want your brothers to kill each other, that's why I will support this body and watch all this." I'm glad you understand that. ”

The prince didn't answer, just sighed, I don't know if he thought of Fan Xian's brother.

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she seemed to see through the prince's heart: "As an emperor, you need to be decisive when you are decisive, and lenient when you are lenient...... As for Fan Xian, this person is a thief of all evils who plotted to assassinate your father, his surname is Fan and not his surname is Li, what do you want to do so much?"

The prince bowed his head and was taught: "The child understands. Some people can't be let go. ”

"It's a pity that I still didn't catch him. The Queen Mother slowly closed her eyes and said, "Where are the ministers of Shu Wu now?"

"Crushed in the prison of the Criminal Department. The prince smiled bitterly: "Now it is naturally not good to put it in the prison of the Supervision Yuan, but ...... For some reason, these ministers were deceived by Fan Xian, so confused, and they refused to give in. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "Blinded? It's not some sour people who read dead books, and only your father and emperor can allow them to be so presumptuous...... Maybe they had already read the edict in Fan Xian's hand before they dared to hold it so hard. ”

The prince's face changed slightly, and he immediately calmed down and said, "There is no edict at all. ”

"Not bad. The Queen Mother looked at him approvingly, "So, what do you think we should do with these ministers who speak falsely and want to threaten the royal family?"

The prince's face changed again, knowing that the queen mother was making up her mind, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Kill if you should kill." ”

"Good. The Queen Mother's face gradually became indifferent, "If you want to be stable, don't be afraid of killing." ”

"It's just that the subordinates of the Supervision Yuan are completely exempt from the emperor's order, which is a bit tricky. After pondering, the prince said: "Today, many ministers in Kyoto were assassinated and killed, and the people were panicked, and the government was in chaos...... Fan Xian hid in secret, presided over everything, and the child couldn't think of a good way to deal with it for a while. ”

"Fan Xian is using blood and skull to intimidate the court officials, intending to cause chaos in Kyoto. The Queen Mother looked at her grandson and said softly: "Say whatever you want." ”

The prince was silent for a moment and then raised his head and said in a firm tone: "The child dares to ask the queen mother to transfer troops into Beijing...... Bounce pressure!"

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The hall of Hanguang calmed down again, and after a long time, the queen mother slowly spoke: "In the Taiji Hall today, Yan Xingshu has already discussed this, how was it rejected in the end?"

The prince smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "No one would have thought that all the scholars under the sect would be imprisoned...... Today, someone jumped out again. ”

The person who jumped out of the court today has a low official position, but his identity is very special, because he is the imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, He Zongwei!

He Zongwei has always been a faction of the East Palace, and later helped the eldest princess drive the prime minister Lin Ruofu out of Kyoto, and has always had some inexplicable grudges with Fan Fu. The crown prince always thought that this person would be his future pillar in the court. Unexpectedly, when the army was to be transferred to Beijing to issue an edict. It was this person who jumped out to object.

He Zongwei's opposition was very extreme, and he took off his official uniform. took the black yarn, led more than a dozen imperial historians, and knelt in front of the Taiji Hall like that! The prince was furious. Beat him with twelve rods. drove him out of the palace, but this talented man who was famous in Kyoto at the beginning knelt in front of the palace wall with blood stains like that, and didn't let him go!

"He Yushidi's opposition is very reasonable. The Queen Mother lowered her eyes slightly, and said tiredly: "In fact, the mourning family has never let the Qin family enter Beijing. This is also a matter of concern...... The ancestors of the imperial court strictly forbade the military to enter Beijing to interfere in politics, and as soon as this precedent was opened, I was afraid that there would be endless troubles in the future. ”

The crown prince was silent, knowing that the queen mother was worried about her ancestors, and the queen mother always hoped that she could succeed peacefully. Once involved in the military. The Qin family and the Ye family are big, and they are not like their father and the emperor have supreme authority in the army, and they will be in the future Qingguo. What will it look like?

"The Qin family has been loyal for generations, so there is no need to worry. The Queen Mother said indifferently, she has a very deep relationship with the Qin family, so naturally she doesn't need to worry about this problem, "But what about the Ye family? Ye Zhong is your second brother's father-in-law!"

The Queen Mother looked at the silent prince. After taking a deep breath. Gloomy opened his mouth and said, "It's just Fan Xian...... This Yin Zi is acting too crazy, and without the suppression of the army, this Kyoto will never be able to settle down. Even if you kill dozens of ministers in prison, what will you do? Once the elite army of the other five roads in Daqing is unstable, the situation is worrying. ”

The prince was silent and said, "Therefore." The child needs the military to enter Beijing, compared with the trouble in the future, today's Fan Xian is a dagger in front of him. ”

He frowned slightly and said, "It's just...... What should He Zongwei do over there? After all, he is the imperial history of the left capital, and he has a group of famous imperial historians who are not afraid of death, and he plays death outside the palace walls......

The prince's fears are not unfounded, and killing ministers is not uncommon in history. But killing a speech officer is a taboo thing. Even with Emperor Qing's supreme authority back then, the imperial historians collectively attacked his illegitimate son Fan Xian, Emperor Qing still only had a few strokes of the rod to show it.

"There are always people who need to be wicked. The Queen Mother stared at the prince's eyes and said lovingly: "These people should be disposed of by the order of the mourning family." ”

The Queen Mother paused and said, "After the army enters Beijing, your eldest brother's commander can hand it over." ”

The prince was stunned, sincere and sincere, and was speechless.

In the Guangxin Palace, not far from the Hanguang Palace, this plan was drawn up from the beginning, and then she began to watch the eldest princess of countless characters acting on the stage with cold eyes, and finally fell into a certain worry for the first time, because what happened on this day made her feel a little strange.

"Why haven't you caught Fan Xian yet?" she looked at Gonggong Hou beside her, and asked coldly: "It's not that the inner court has no masters, and the Kyoto Mansion is not without its efforts, when does the palace need to wait before it can see the head of other people?"

These words, she said in front of her daughter, Lin Wan'er listened with a smile on the side, and didn't seem to be worried about her safety at all, several days have passed, since there is no way to catch him in the palace, then he will never be caught.

Kicked Gonggong Hou out of the palace, the eldest princess's face immediately changed expression, and she was calm, and she couldn't see that she had moved so much temper before.

Because she knew that Fan Xian was not so easy to grasp the ground. Since this young man was able to come back alive from Dadong Mountain, it proved his ability.

This is a matter of the overall situation of the world, the eldest princess's focus has always been on Dadong Mountain, not in Kyoto, from the beginning, she did not expect Fan Xian to return to Kyoto alive. This point has fundamentally shocked her heart. Fan Xian lived, and Yan Xiaoyi naturally died. Li Yunrui lowered his eyes slightly, the chill in his eyes was slightly reduced, thinking about what kind of realm Fan Xian's current cultivation had reached? He actually dared to use assassination methods so arrogantly and recklessly in Kyoto to challenge the authority of the imperial palace!

She frowned suddenly, looked at the deserted Guangxin Palace, and said, "This palace ...... With a smell of dead ashes, Hongu wanted to go out. ”

Lin Wan'er looked at her mother quietly and said, "You're scared." ”

"What am I afraid of, afraid that Fan Xian will attack the palace tonight?" The eldest princess gently patted her daughter's slightly thin cheek and said, "I know Fan Xian too well, he can only be an assassin and a mouse who fights in the dark night, he has never had the courage." Fight the enemy head-on...... Because he is more afraid of death than anyone else. ”

The eldest princess tilted her head slightly. looked at his daughter and said, "I've been thinking about a question, if you threaten him with your life and death." What the hell will he do?"

"I'm curious about the answer to that question. The eldest princess smiled happily, "So I'm waiting for Fan Xian to be able to kill me." ”

Fan Xian, he always thought that he could see the queen mother's mind clearly. Lao Li's grandmother hopes for a peaceful handover. Unwilling to let the army go wild and uncontrollable forces, the entire Qingguo was wrenched into a mess. That's why he carried out his own arrangements in an orderly manner.

Obviously, he underestimated his dark god-killing image and how strong he was in the hearts of the nobles in the palace. I didn't think of my own assassination in Kyoto. finally stimulated the queen mother and the crown prince to a certain extent, forcing them to prepare for the transfer of troops into Beijing to suppress them.

The next day. In the Yuantai camp, the Kyoto garrison will enter the capital to suppress it, if before this, Fan Xian has not been able to control the palace. He must have been greeted with a dismal end.

He didn't expect that the Qin family's army would enter the capital at a time. It turned out to be He Zongwei, a slave with the third surname who he had always looked down on and hated, and dragged it off for a night with a bloody and strong attitude.

In that sense. He Zongwei did him a great favor.

And the determination of the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince. It's obviously a late day.

It was night, a very deep and quiet moment, and the night was deeply asleep. It's time for the forbidden army to take shifts. The Forbidden Army controlled the first half of the palace in the Imperial City. and several key streets outside the Imperial City. The situation is tense right now. Forbidden Army of Value. They were all temporarily stationed in the houses in these streets, and did not dare to return to the camp to stand by.

A column of about 200 people from the forbidden army, full of armor. walked to the gate of the main palace unusually calmly, and exchanged defense procedures and passwords with the forbidden army on duty in the past.

Due to the current situation. The Great Prince, the commander of the forbidden army, had not returned to the palace for three days, and he stood on the city wall, coldly watching the handover below. After a slight pause, he walked slowly.

He was dressed in armor and stood in the palace gate. Like a god, he wants to block all attacks from outside the palace.

He looked coldly at the team of two hundred forbidden troops, and after a moment, nodded silently. The pro-military officer beside him swallowed a mouthful of saliva, stepped forward nervously, completed the formalities, and then waved his hand to the team of forbidden officers and soldiers who obviously looked a little strange. Walked into the palace.

The eldest prince stood at the palace gate like that, and let the forbidden army who came to take over the throne march by his side in two columns.

This group of forbidden troops who came to take over walked quietly and strictly.

When the last of the forbidden army was about to enter the palace gate, the eldest prince suddenly sighed.

The man at the back of the Forbidden Army nodded softly at him.

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"Dashuai, what should I do next?" The school officer is a close confidant of the eldest prince, and he has climbed up from the Western Expeditionary Army. It stands to reason that it is not his turn to deal with such a trivial matter as traffic defense procedures, but he knows that this time he must handle the change of guard by himself.

Looking at the forbidden soldiers who were gradually disappearing on the thick city walls, the colonel swallowed his saliva, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and asked for instructions in a trembling voice.

The eldest prince slowly clenched the sword at his waist, and his face against the night breeze was extremely hard: "Let all the people wake up, and there will be a temporary meeting before the army." ”

As soon as these words came out, an extremely strong killing intent appeared outside his body. Although the eldest prince is not a martial arts master, he has been fighting on the battlefield all the year round, and he doesn't know how many souls are under the sword, so he will make up his mind tonight, so naturally he must first deal with the uneasy factors within the forbidden army.

The school officer knew that the marshal was going to kill someone tonight, and the cronies in the forbidden army who originally belonged to Yan Xiaoyi's family were afraid that they would be slaughtered, but he was no longer afraid at this time, and he was infinitely excited from the bottom of his heart. Start the herald right away.

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The city wall in front of the palace is extremely wide, and four horses can be paralleled on it, all of which are made of blue bricks, which naturally exudes a solemn atmosphere.

A column of forbidden troops lined up here, looking at the square below the imperial city, and was on guard, as if they were ready to meet attacks from outside the palace at any time.

However, one of the forbidden soldiers looked at the palace with far-reaching eyes.

Fan Xian gently tidied up the clothes and ornaments of the forbidden army, looking at this familiar palace, it was pitch black inside, and he didn't know where his relatives were and where his enemies were. He knew that he would enter the palace with two hundred people, and he would face the inner guards and the eunuch masters of the inner court.

Because he couldn't judge whether the eldest prince could completely control the forbidden army when the killing sounded. He could not rely on the strength of the forbidden army.

"Never do what the enemy wants you to do, for the simple reason that the enemy wants you to do that. ”

Fan Xian said to Jing Ge, the deputy commander of the Black Cavalry beside him.

"This was said by a man named Napoleon. The gate of the imperial city has been opened, and the door of the harem is still closed, and they can't imagine that we dare to use such people to storm the palace. ”

He didn't know what the eldest princess said of him at this time, if it was replaced by the previous Fan Tisi, Shixian, he really wouldn't choose such a direct and brave attack.

It's just that Fan Xian has changed, from the moment he stood up from the grass.