Chapter 51: Dark Arrow
After Sikong Jun came out of the Lin De Palace, he did go to the long street to inspect.
However, it was said that he was here to inspect, but he was just looking for a reason to walk around in the Great Yin Palace. In fact, Sikong Jun is taking advantage of this opportunity at this moment to rush to Dali Temple by moonlight.
According to Qiao Hua and King Sui's secret letter plan, today's matter is not completely over, and there is still one gamble left, a gamble that will not be lost, but it may not be able to win.
Such a gamble, although it may not be of much significance, can at least make people feel at ease.
Dali Temple is located in the northeast, in order to hide the period, Sikong Jun chose to detour from the south. Of course, just in case, only Sikong Jun alone is not enough, Jiang Cheng, as a guard of the inner court, can patrol around the Dayin Palace, and naturally can cooperate with Sikong Jun, at this moment, Jiang Cheng has already let people ambush in the four directions of Dali Temple. Wherever there is movement, you can launch a chase as quickly as possible.
The reason why he deliberately emphasized "arraignment in the early morning on a cloudy day" in the Lin De Hall was to wait for someone who couldn't help but make a move at this moment, and once the snake was lured out of the hole, the matter of "gunpowder" would be much easier to deduce.
Thinking like this, Sikong Jun lay on the grass on the side, the lush grass was enough to cover his body, he was often used to doing this in battles, Sikong Jun seemed extremely calm and calm.
The clouds selfishly obscured the moon, and it was still quiet all around, the only thing I could hear was the sound of my own breathing, as if the gamble really wasn't going to win.
Once you wait for the King of Piety or the people around the King of Piety to appear, the game will be won with certainty.
Smelling a shallow wind, Sikong Jun frowned again, listening carefully to the sound of someone moving in the distance, Dali Temple's shift tonight was loose because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone clearly saw that figure went straight to Dali Temple.
"Up!" Sikong Jun answered, and then the king immediately rose up, and the two of them were strong in martial arts, and quickly broke towards the gate of Dali Temple.
An ambush had already been prepared in Dali Temple, and as soon as the man rushed in, he was captured alive by the people arranged by Sikong Jun.
"You...... Well, you dare to calculate me! The thief looked at Sikong Jun viciously.
The smile on the corner of Sikong Jun's mouth was cold, the lights in the dim room were faint, and it took a long time to see the thief's face, which was extremely strange and had never been seen before.
Then the king frowned: "Who are you!" ”
The man also smiled coldly: "You dare to bully the king, and keep saying that the thieves are locked up in Dali Temple, but it turns out that there is an ambush inside!" ”
Sikong Jun kicked it down, "Presumptuous!" Tell me honestly, are you afraid that those caught thieves will leak their mouths, so you came to kill them in advance tonight? ”
The thief sizzled a few times, shook his head, closed his lips, and said no more.
Sikong Jun shouted around: "Since you are an assassin who broke into Dali Temple, you can use torture and interrogation according to the regulations!" With that, he turned around and called King Sui, and walked towards the outside of Dali Temple without hesitation.
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and it is indeed a suitable night for crime.
Then the king and Sikong Jun sat at the stone table outside, the two of them drinking wine, their faces covered with dirt stains, all because they had been hiding in the grass for too long.
"Lord Sikong, who did you say sent the assassin here?" Then the king asked.
Sikong Jun shook his head: "He may not be able to recruit, and I can't be sure." ”
Then the king clenched his fists, "At the family banquet last night, I have begun to suspect that the assassin who attempted to assassinate Jiang Cheng that night may be Cen Shun, because I have fought with that assassin, and I am very familiar with his ways. We've been planning this game for a long time, and if we don't win this time, I'm afraid we won't have a chance in the future. ”
After saying that, King Sui seemed to remember something, took out a piece of paper from his cuff, and handed it to Sikong Jun.
"Look at this piece of paper again," the king continued, "I went to the palace of the king of Di last month, and the king showed me a poem, and I memorized it and copied it by hand. ”
As he spoke, the king moved the brand-new piece of paper to Sikong Jun. By the moonlight, the black ink on it was faintly glowing with white light.
Sikong Jun's suspicions gradually rose, and he said: "The last two sentences, I really can't see what they mean, could they be that they are coming for me?" ”
Then the king said in a low voice: "General Mojiao abandoned his sword and returned." How should this sentence be understood? General, you don't look like someone who will abandon your sword and surrender, is this really coming at you? ”
Sikong Jun lowered his eyelids, "I think, this may be the ...... that make me beware"
Before the words fell, a Dali Temple guard ran out quickly-
"Two, adults! The thief has recruited, recruited! ”
Then Wang Xiaoying suddenly came to life, and got up with Sikong Jun: "Great, my lord, come in with me and ask what is going on!" ”
Sikong Jun patted the dust on his body, and walked towards Dali Temple with King Sui, the humid and stuffy atmosphere inside was unbearable.
The guard explained to Sikong Jun: "General, this thief only recruited himself tonight to do things for the household department, and he didn't know anything else, he was just instructed. ”
Sikong Jun looked at the confession, and the officials of Dali Temple were also here, and they all said bitterly that except for this information, the rest really can't be tried.
"Then so be it," Sikong Jun put the confession on his waist, "Early in the morning, King Sui and I will personally come to bring this thief to face the saint, and explain it well in front of Your Majesty!" ”
"Yes, you two walk slowly."
This night, Sikong Jun didn't close his eyes all night, sitting in front of the desk without moving, his mind was full of scenes of riding a horse with Xiao Heling, as if he was a phantom in the water, and it would be broken if he moved a little.
What changes is just the name, what doesn't change, it always changes.
The moon is full, is it the same for thousands of families in Datang on such a full moon night? Over the years, the Tang Dynasty has fought countless battles, and the people's financial resources are about to run out, and the pressure of conscription and the unappeaseable public anger have made the world seem to be shaky and turbulent.
In this way, all night, Sikong Jun only wiped his face with cold water, then picked up his sword, and then rushed towards Dali Temple.
Then the king was already waiting here: "General." ”
"Let's go, take the assassin from last night to your majesty." Sikong Jun ordered the guards to escort the captured thief out, and then pulled him and rushed towards the Lin De Palace.
Like a gust of wind swept by, straight to the sky! I saw a cold arrow shoot from the west of Dali Temple in an instant, piercing straight into the thief's chest.
Suddenly, the man whimpered, spat blood, his prison clothes were stained, and he was bloody, and he broke his breath under the eyelids of Sikong Jun and King Sui.
Sikong Jun suddenly hated, drew his sword and stood up, like a wolf looking at him, and roared around: "Who?!" ”
Seeing this tragic situation, the guards of Dali Temple also rushed over, but in the end, the person was dead, and the person who released the cold arrow had already disappeared without a trace.