"Congratulations to General Zhenxi's triumph!"

"General Zhenxi is mighty!"

As soon as the chariot entered the city, it was surrounded by the shouts of mountains and tsunamis and the noise of gongs and drums.

Ling Li lifted the curtain, and saw that both sides of the lane were full of dressed people, as soon as they saw him show his face, they were excited, and threw the ribbons and silk flowers in their hands to the chariot, and the crowd was full of emotions for a while, and it was very lively.

Ling Li's gaze swept over the bustling crowd of onlookers, and a figure in the window on the second floor of an inn made him feel a little familiar. He couldn't help but turn his head to look back and find that it was a thin woman wearing a veil. When it was time to take a closer look, the chariot had already turned the corner and was blocked by a wall of powder. Ling Li lowered the curtain and silently recalled the woman's appearance in his heart.

"The great victory in the western realm, the third brother has made great contributions, and he deserves to be the god of war of my incomparable wit in South Vietnam!" The corners of Ling Zhao's lips smiled, and he lifted the curtain with one hand, "Look at these people outside, all of them are eager for the third brother......

"Second brother said that the great victory in the west is the result of all the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army forgetting their lives and fighting bloodily, how can I take the credit?"

"Third brother, beware of ——!"

Ling Zhao suddenly leaned forward and pushed Ling Li down against the wall of the chariot, and at the same time, an eagle-feathered arrow slammed into Ling Zhao's left arm with a "whoosh".

Seeing Ling Zhao's arrow, Ling Li's eyes turned cold, and he immediately shouted, "There are assassins——! ”

Chen Ping, who was following behind the chariot, immediately reacted, and immediately flew on the roof of the car, and as soon as he found a black shadow running towards the alley to the east, he swept through the crowd and ran over.

This is not the first time that Ling Li has encountered assassins in the market. This time, fearing that they would be tricked to divert the tiger from the mountain, the guards divided into two routes, rushing all the way to chase down the assassin, quickly disperse the onlookers and clean up the streets, and the scene was quickly brought under control.

"Second brother, how are you?" Ling Li tore his robe and strangled Ling Zhao's injured and bleeding arm, then grabbed Ling Zhao's shoulder and asked.

Ling Zhao's face turned pale, but he still smiled at the corner of his lips: "Fortunately, fortunately, it wasn't you who hurt you, otherwise, how would I explain to my father......

The chariot drove quickly through the street and entered the palace through the Xihua Gate.

Knowing that the chariot encountered an assassin in the market, Guo Gan, the judge of the Tai Hospital, had already taken a group of imperial doctors to wait outside the Jiuqing Palace, and as soon as the chariot arrived, he led several imperial doctors to come to the rescue.

"How is my second brother's injury?" Several imperial doctors surrounded Ling Zhao tightly, only to see blood-stained cloth toils constantly being handed out, and Ling Li on the side couldn't help but ask anxiously.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the prince's condition may not be very good, this arrow has been quenched with venom, and now although we have bloodlet and poison for the prince, but this road is bumpy, and the venom is only afraid that it has invaded the heart, and only if the antidote is found, there is a glimmer of life." Guo Qian bowed down and reported.

"Looks like we'll have to catch the Assassin." Ling Li turned to Zhou Yi, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Cui Zhongjie, who rushed to the Imperial City Division after hearing the news, and said, "Please quickly close the gates of the two cities, and be sure to catch the assassin as soon as possible!" ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

"Father Emperor Long's body is not safe, he is usually the most distressed second brother, don't let him know about this matter for the time being." Ling Li instructed the important ministers of the two prefectures who followed behind him.

Shu Shi'an and Pei Kehuai glanced at each other and nodded helplessly.

Within a quarter of an hour, the four gates of the national capital Yongding, east, west, north and south, were all closed.

When the people of the city learned that General Zhenxi had returned triumphantly, but encountered an assassin in the market, everyone was indignant and spontaneously organized teams to search for suspicious people throughout the city.

On this day, there were more than 100 suspects who were tied up by the people of Yongding and sent to the Criminal Division, Dali Temple, and Yushitai. When asked about the reasons for sending the case, they all made subjective judgments such as "he acted sneakily today," "he had an arrow in his house," and "he was dressed in black, and he was not from our area," which made the officials of the various departments cry and laugh.

Naturally, there are also many people who are wanted by the imperial court to commit adulterers.

In the evening, one of the suspects was kidnapped by the owner of a tea hotel in Dongcheng and taken to Dali Temple. The Si Zhi of Dali Temple found a bow and a crossbow and a few arrows from him, and after comparison, it was exactly the same as the arrow in Ling Zhao!

Zhou Yi, the secretary of Dali Temple, immediately informed the ministries and invited officials such as the Imperial City Division and the Imperial History Zhongcheng to try together, and the suspect was just brought into the examination room, and Liu Yin, the governor of the Inner Servant Province, sent an edict from Emperor Chengde, requesting that the suspect be sent to the palace by the Imperial City Siti and tried by him personally.

"Your Majesty is sick in bed, and you want to try it yourself?!" Several officials looked at each other.

"Tongshu Wang Jiequ was assassinated, and the four major gates of the national capital were locked during the day, how could you hide it from Your Majesty with such a movement?" Liu Yin shook his head helplessly, "Without further ado, please also enter the palace with all of you." ”

Emperor Chengde was ill for many days, and everything in the court was taken care of with the help of Ling Zhao, the king of Shu. Now, in order to save Ling Li from being injured, Ling Zhao couldn't lie down anymore, and ordered someone to change his court clothes for him, lay down on his shoulder, and Ling Li accompanied him to the Vertical Arch Palace.

After Emperor Chengde accepted the courtiers' visits, as soon as he sat on the dragon chair, he opened his mouth to interrogate: "Who instructed you to assassinate?" ”

"No one directs you." The suspect who was tied up and kneeling on the ground by the guards was a middle-aged man in his forties with a sallow face and an obscene demeanor. Faced with Emperor Chengde's inquiry, he answered as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Today is Your Majesty's personal trial, if you open your mouth to talk nonsense, you are guilty of bullying the king!" Zhou Yi warned on the side.

"Now that I have been caught, I will die sooner or later, so why should I lie."

"What is your name?" Where are you from? Emperor Chengde asked again.

"Grass people Zhao Song, Yongding people."

"Zhao Song?" Emperor Chengde looked up at Liu Yin, "This name is somewhat familiar......

Liu Yin immediately replied sideways: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave remembers that the famous nephew of the criminal minister Zhao Bangyue is called Zhao Song. The year before the imperial examination fraud case, he had participated in the palace examination of the Jiying Palace, and he was awarded the Tanhua, and Your Majesty had also given the imperial wine ......"

"Seems to be the case." Emperor Chengde frowned and pondered for a moment, then leaned over and asked, "Zhao Song, why did you assassinate General Zhenxi?" ”

"Eleven years ago, because Ling Li asked Shen Zhenghong to report fraud in the imperial examination, my Zhao family was dismissed and raided. Fortunately, with the protection of the queen mother and the crown prince, I can still stay in Kyoto to do some trading and make a living, and now the queen mother and the crown prince have been deposed because of Ling Li, and my friends in the past business have all cut off contact with me, Ling Li He did not give me the Zhao family a way out, I will kill him for the mother and His Royal Highness!! ”

"The Zhao family and Ling Chong were abolished, they were both self-inflicted on themselves, and you were a high school student who explored flowers, so you don't distinguish between right and wrong?!" Emperor Chengde said angrily.

"Right and wrong?!" Zhao Song actually laughed, "What is black and white in this world?" I studied diligently since I was a child, thinking that I could serve my family and country, but in the end, I was implicated just because I was born in the Zhao family, and even my children and grandchildren were cut off from the road of scientific research! Your Majesty, you have three princes under your knees, as long as I can kill Ling Zhao and Ling Li, the crown prince will be able to recover, and after you are a hundred years old, my Zhao family will still have a chance to ......"

"Bastard, just bastard——!!!" Emperor Chengde trembled with anger, grabbed the golden lion paperweight on the imperial case, and threw it at Zhao Song.

Thinking that he had been sick for too long and his hands and feet were weak, the paperweight did not hit Zhao Song, but it slammed on the feet of the foreman of the guard standing in front of the hall, and the foreman suddenly distorted his facial features in pain, but he didn't dare to speak out.