It was late at night.

"Your Highness, my subordinates have heard that someone saw a few black-clothed figures near the courtyard that night, and there are ......"

The guard stood respectfully at the door of the room and said to the man sitting on the bed with his eyes closed, his voice trembling.

The man was Sima Shao.

He opened his eyes, dark and inky, and pointed first to the guards to shut up, then to the roof.

A touch of coldness crossed his eyes: "Keep exploring." "

"Yes, Your Highness." The guards retreated in understanding.

Calm returned to the room, except for the man lying on the bed, his eyes fixed on the roof, where something seemed to be hidden.

"Humph! The people who hide their heads and tails still refuse to show up? Sima Shao sneered and muttered to himself.

A moment later, there was a sparse sound of footsteps, and a corner of the roof was lifted, revealing a few heads, and they looked around warily.

When they confirmed that Sima Shao was the only one in the house, they jumped from under the roof without any worries and quickly approached Sima Shao, with a fierce face.

Sima Shao narrowed his eyes, his eyes were cold: "What do you want to do?!" "

"I want your life!" The man in black at the head replied coldly.

"Huh! You guys have the guts! Aren't you afraid of death? "

Sima Shao glanced at these people with contempt.

"Hahaha! What is death, our brother doesn't care about life and death for a long time, today is your death day, you can go to Lord Yama to report. The man in black burst out laughing.

"Oh? Is it?! Sima Shao still said lightly.

The man in black suddenly felt a little frightened for some reason, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, not knowing whether he was afraid or angry.

"Kill!" The black-clothed man at the head roared angrily, brandished the long sword in his hand and rushed towards Sima Shao, and when his companions saw this, they also followed the charge.

"Huh!

Suddenly, the door of the dormitory was suddenly opened.

The chief guard rushed in with a group of guards, and seeing that the sword of the man in black was about to fall on Sima Shao's body, he immediately flew forward.

With a "ding" sound, the sword of the man in black flew several meters away.

"Who are you who dare to assassinate Your Highness?" The guards stood in front of Sima Shao and shouted loudly.

"Hmph, just a guard, dare to stop me, looking for death."

When the men in black saw the guards coming, they immediately lost their lives, and their moves opened and closed.

"Kill!" A man in black roared, and the other three rushed over.

The guards unhurriedly picked up their swords and faced them.

Although these people are strong in martial arts, they are not first-class masters, and they can't resist these well-trained guards at all.

"Bang! Bang! The guards stabbed several times in succession and knocked all the men in black to the ground, but several of the guards were also painted, and bright red blood seeped out of their bodies.

Within a few moments, the four men in black had fallen to the ground.

"Are you all right?"

Seeing this scene, Sima Shao hurriedly supported the guard and asked with concern.

"Your Highness, I'm fine." The guards hurriedly waved their hands and said.

As he spoke, he wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with his hands.

"It's okay if you're okay, I'll order the Imperial Doctor to check you later." Sima Shao patted his chest and said with a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, we don't have anything, it's just a flesh wound." The guard responded.

"If you're injured, go and rest first, and I'll send someone to bring the medicine when the time comes." Sima Shao instructed the others again.

Hearing His Highness say this, the injured guards retreated one after another. "

Sima Shao turned his head to face the black man, with a grim look on his face. "Say! Who sent you, and why did you assassinate me? Sima Shao asked condescendingly.

"You don't want to know." The black man at the head snorted coldly and said.

"Since you don't want to tell me, then don't blame me for being rude." Sima Shao snorted coldly and said.

The man in black looked at Sima Shao's eyes, and for some reason, he had a creepy feeling in his heart.

Several men in black glanced at each other, and suddenly their eyes became determined.

"Oh no, pry their mouths open." Sima Shao shouted loudly.

Before the guards could stop it, they saw black blood begin to flow from the corners of the black-clothed man's mouth.

It turned out that these were dead soldiers, and the task could not be completed, so they could only die.

"Bang! Bang! One by one, the bodies were thrown to the ground.

Sima Shao's eyes were full of surprise, he didn't expect the other party to be so strong and choose to die.

Although Sima Shao has been here for a while, he still can't accept that such a living life is suddenly gone in front of him.

But after thinking about it, if it weren't for that, the person who fell here at this moment would probably be himself.

However, in that case, how could he let go of so many killers?

"Search their bodies, I want to see who sent them?" Sima Shao ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes." The chief of the guard received the order and began a search operation with his men.

Less.

"Your Highness, I found a Xuantie token." One of the guards raised his token and said in a loud voice.

"Bring it."

"Yes." The guard respectfully handed the token to Sima Shao.

Sima Shao looked at the token carefully, his brows furrowed, and his eyes narrowed. It's just because this token has a pattern engraved on it.

"Your Highness. Do you know this token? The guard asked.

Sima Shao was silent, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "This seems to be a little familiar, where have I seen it." "

"Huh?" Everyone exclaimed.

"You deal with these people first, don't make a noise about this matter for the time being, I have my own opinions." Sima Shao said.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After all the guards had withdrawn, Sima Shao put the token in his hand on the table. The whole body of the token is dark gray, depicting the auspicious pattern of the dragon and phoenix, and the dragon and phoenix lines on it are lifelike, which makes people know that this token is extraordinary at a glance.

Sima Shao looked at this token, and his thoughts drifted to a long time ago.

"Brother, the ministers often discuss that the prince of the previous dynasty did not hesitate to kill his brothers in order to compete for the throne, do you think we will also ...... in the future?"

The young Sima Ye looked at the young Sima Shao with unadulterated eyes.

"Seventh brother, we have no choice but to be born in the emperor's family, but it doesn't mean that we will compete against each other, the previous dynasty is the previous dynasty, I believe we won't have that day."

The little Sima Shao patted Sima Huan's shoulder and comforted him.

After Sima Huan heard Sima Shao's words, he nodded heavily.

The young man's eyes showed a determined gaze, as if telling himself that no matter what happened in the future, as long as he had this token, he Sima Ye would never kill each other, and he would not fight for power and profit like everyone else.