When night falls, the already lit up capital is even brighter.

The Great Xia Imperial Capital ushered in the most lively time since the founding of the country, and even the original enthronement ceremony was far from it.

The stage in the center of the imperial city has already been built, and the area is huge, which can carry hundreds of people.

Famous actors from all over the world, drama tyrants, and masters are all preparing makeup, tools, and voice opening in the background, and they are all excited, after all, they can perform their best tricks in front of the emperor, and they can't ask for any amount of money.

But if you perform better, you will not worry about glory and wealth in the future.

The immature children had already moved the benches and grabbed the best seats for the family, just waiting for the big drama to begin.

A Xia Emperor dressed in a nine-clawed golden dragon robe was sitting at the head of the city, with a yellow umbrella on his head, illuminated by a palace maid, surrounded by various concubines, chatting about the gossip in the palace.

The high-ranking officials who were invited to the banquet were proud, they were all figures with heads and faces, and it was really glorious to be able to enjoy the prosperous dinner in front of them with the emperor, and the beautiful night scene.

Yu Daocheng's hair was already half white, and his face showed a tired and old look, but when he saw the picture in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but fly.

His eyes sparkled, and he was very satisfied with the image of prosperity in front of him.

After ten years of starting the army, from a pawn to a general, from a general to a king, and finally in the third year of being the emperor, it is time for him to enjoy.

"Is the emperor satisfied?"

Liu Longqing, the secretary of the household department, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, both of them were in front of the emperor, smiling.

"The two Aiqing are doing a good job, come on, give a seat!"

Yu Daocheng laughed, stretched out his hand and asked the palace maid on the side to bring two wooden stools.

After Liu Longqing sat down, he continued with a smile: "All the respected old men from all over the country have arrived, and they all think of His Majesty's goodness one by one, and they are clamoring to meet the emperor. ”

After hearing this, Yu Daocheng's smile became even stronger: "This meal cost me a lot of money, tell them that I accept their kindness!" ”

It was Long Yan Dayue, when he was in harmony with the ministers, that a clear female voice sounded from the side.

"Your Majesty, I've come to see you."

An apricot-eyed girl born Zhong Lingjuan came to the city, and it was Pei Xiangyun, the lord of Xiangyun County.

At this time, she wore a sun-colored pleated skirt and walked over quickly.

Yu Daocheng saw someone coming, and said with a smile: "Yo, it's Xiangyun girl who is here." ”

"Come, give me a seat."

The guards of the forbidden army around her are all released, and the prestige of the lord of Xiangyun County, who doesn't know, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the little ancestor of the capital.

Pei Xiangyun's apricot eyes smiled, and he knelt in front of Yu Daocheng: "It's a good day for your birthday, how can I not come." ”

In his early years, his father was the commander of the pro-soldiers who followed the emperor, and he was a brother who came over with a knife, and if it was a relationship, she should be the emperor's niece.

Yu Daocheng looked at Pei Xiangyun, who was delicate and lively, and couldn't help but sigh:

"I haven't seen you for so long, I've grown so big, the girl is getting more and more sensible, it would be nice if your sister could be as worry-free as you."

Pei Xiangyun's mind is very detailed, and he knows it as soon as he hears it.

The emperor is missing his family.

"Then I'll accompany you, my sister is fascinated by the people, and she can't tell when she will come back." Pei Xiangyun smiled softly and comforted.

In fact, she knew that her sister would most likely not return.

Last time, she couldn't even persuade her personally.

"Okay, you've got your heart." Yu Daocheng sighed with relief and touched Pei Xiangyun's head.

If you think about it carefully, on this good birthday day, the emperor is alone, and his children are not around, so whoever he is, he will be inexplicably sad.

"Your Majesty, the play has begun."

Liu Longqing watched the emperor's relatives get together before, and he didn't bother obediently, but now that the big drama has begun, it's really time to remind him.

"Okay, let's watch the show together."

Yu Daocheng nodded, and watched the play with Pei Xiangyun, as if like this, his daughter seemed to be by his side.

At the beginning of the big play, the first scene was a group of juggling teams, what fire, closing eyes and flying knives, playing wine jars, swallowing swords and other stunts are proficient, and the people under them are extremely thrilling.

The people below watched it with relish, clapped their hands, cheered, and the emperor was also happy to see it, and gave a lot of money.

Even the forbidden army standing guard couldn't help but glance at it with his peripheral vision, which can be regarded as a hidden privilege.

There are only two exceptions, staring intently at the inside and outside of the play.

One has a round head and a round head, a strong and broad body, carrying a shield and axe, and the other is a tall woman, holding a red bow and wearing a mask, and the two of them have Xuanwu and Suzaku tattooed on their chests respectively.

These two people are the remaining Xuan Tortoise and Sakura Bird of the four masters.

The tiger looked at the Tianwu Gate, and they were guarding the saint left and right, not leaving an inch.

Except for the cloud dragon who went away, it is rare for the three masters of the capital to gather together now.

After the acrobatic performance, a large curtain was put on, and several masters held small pieces of paper in the shape of humans.

Liu Longqing explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's a shadow puppet show below. ”

Yu Daocheng nodded lightly and instructed: "Reward more, these artists are not easy, come all the way to come here." ”

"I know the emperor." Liu Longqing agreed.

Soon, the stage in the center of the entire imperial city was darkened, and even the lights at the head of the city were extinguished a lot.

Only on the high platform that has been built, there is so much light.

But all shadow puppet shows need to turn off the lights, and there can be no light around, otherwise the shadow puppets on the curtain will not be visible clearly, which will affect the effect of watching the play.

But this black light is blind, it is inevitable that something will happen, the imperial city is pitch black, no one knows what happened, everything is quiet.

The turtle and the cherry finch are all staring closely, and the forbidden troops around them are black, only the lanterns around the emperor have a bright light source, because the vision is dark, the guards' minds are tight, and they dare not be careless.

The emperor wants to see what they can do with the protection of the forbidden army, so they can only strengthen the protection work.

The shadow puppet show began immediately, and the delicate shadow puppet figures moved back and forth on the curtain, which were all made by experienced masters with poles in the back, and the performance was called a realistic.

The people below watched intently, and when the plot reached its climax, there was a burst of applause.

Even Yu Daocheng couldn't help but praise: "This shadow puppet dance is indeed excellent, vivid, and seems to be in front of you." The performance is excellent, the sight is fresh, and it should be rewarded. ”

"Good job! Reward! Liu Longqing immediately acted as a microphone and explained loudly to the officials under his command.

The shadow puppet performance is a well-known classic drama such as Chang'e running to the moon and Hou Yi shooting the sun.

Especially Na Hou Yi, the appearance is extremely realistic, the size of a baby, and the big bow, the best animal skins used, the carefully painted lacquer, the wooden poles are all hundred-year-old giant wood, everything is the best, and the performance in front of the emperor is how it can be sloppy.

There were ten suns in the sky, and I saw Hou Yi, leaning back, holding a bow, full of energy, as if shouting:

Luminous, one is enough.

It was the critical time, Hou Yi took the arrow and drew the bow, and he was about to start shooting the sun, so he was optimistic!

Everyone held their breath, and at this time, Hou Yi suddenly turned around and pulled a full moon perfectly, but the direction was very wrong!

With a "boom", the speed of the arrow was extremely fast, like a meteor.

Go straight to the emperor in front of the city!

Everyone at the banquet, including the monks, high-ranking officials, and ordinary people, as well as Sakura and Xuangui, their hearts were beating, and their faces were shocked.

Oops!

Someone wants to assassinate the emperor!

No one could have imagined that a small shadow puppet would come to life and want to assassinate the emperor, even if it was Sakura and Xuangui, the two foundation-building masters, they couldn't react.

As soon as Sakura reacted, the arrow had already reached the emperor's face.

The people around me want to save people, but it's too late!

The bow is not big, and the arrows are not thick, but the arrows shot are strangely fast, and they are inexplicably filled with a terrifying aura.

It's not an ordinary person who shoots at all!

There is a faint smell of building the foundation, but the tiger has already been checked, how can there be a master of foundation building!

Just at the last moment, this arrow was about to reach Yu Daocheng, and he was about to shoot him.

Above the capital of the Great Xia Emperor, there was a huge dragon shadow that opened its eyes, entrenched in the capital, and added the Xia Emperor.

This is the incarnation of the national fortune of Great Xia, the Great Xia Dynasty belongs to fire, this is a red-eyed golden dragon.

The red-eyed golden dragon raised its head to the sky and roared, and all demons and demons were not allowed to get close.

The terrible arrow hit the dragon shadow, and immediately turned the direction and missed directly, hitting the head of a forbidden pawn, and the brain exploded.

In any case, Great Xia is a unified dynasty in Zhongzhou, dominating Kyushu, the lord of Great Xia has the protection of national fortune, and the destiny of heaven is added, if it is not for the country's broken mountains and rivers, Kyushu is turbulent, and the little assassin wants to assassinate Da Xiazi, it is simply a fool's dream!

"Escort! Escort! ”

All the forbidden soldiers and guards reacted, and on one side surrounded the emperor in the middle, and on the other side, the heavily armed forbidden army surrounded the stage in the center.

Yu Daocheng quickly reacted from the fright, after all, he had seen a lot of big scenes, he made a light appearance, stood up from the city, faced the stage, and shouted:

"I am the Son of Heaven, and I will be helped by God! Waiting for the assassins to dare to be presumptuous?! ”

At this time, the two masters of the Xuan Turtle and the Sakura Bird did not hesitate, their bodies suddenly hidden, the shield axe struck, the bow and arrows were drawn, and the assassin in the center was aimed at it.

I saw the old master on the stage, with monstrous hatred in his eyes, looking up to the sky and shouting:

"Dog Emperor! I can't take your life, Lord Raven Fairy can! ”

With that, the evil raven's curse mark rose from its neck, quickly covering its entire face.

A tall phantom figure rose up, with a crow-headed human body, three heads and six arms, and a sharp gaze, looking at the red-eyed golden dragon in front of him.

The trident in his hand was thrust in.

The Akame Golden Dragon roared and flicked its tail to fight back.

Yu Daocheng's body trembled, and his face turned pale.

The fortunes of the country are fluctuating, and there are more than dragon shadows.

A silent battle began, and no one could see or hear it.

The turtle and the cherry bird stepped forward from left to right, and the red bow shot through the assassin's heart with an arrow, and the big axe cut off the assassin's head.

"Long live the Raven Immortal!"

Before he died, the Assassin shouted feverishly.

The turtle stepped forward and touched the corpse, and said in surprise: "Obviously just a mortal." ”

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you!"

At this time, the concubines and ministers on the city wall were all panicked.

Yu Daocheng squirted out a mouthful of dragon blood with a "poof", his face was pale, his lips were even more bloodless, his body fell, he was unconscious, no matter how the people around him screamed, he couldn't wake up, and his breath became weaker and weaker.

The giant shadow of the Raven Immortal in the void slowly disappeared.

However, the dragon shadow of the imperial city was completely dimmed and slowly disappeared.

In this one, no one won.

After all, Great Xia was not long after the founding of the country, and this time it dealt a heavy blow to the already precarious national fortunes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it moved.

If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, it is better to say that the national fortune is continuous, and the dragon spirit is endless, just make up for it.

But now... Yu Daocheng is afraid that he will not be able to last too long.

"Arrest fellow Assassins! All of them! ”

Seeing that the emperor had become like this, the commander of the forbidden army took the lead in drawing his sword and roared angrily.

If the emperor dies after this battle, then everyone involved in this banquet will not be able to escape the involvement, the shadow puppet troupe, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the guards of the imperial city, everyone is in danger!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

A group of black-armored forbidden soldiers stepped forward with spears and imprisoned all the troupes present, including officials wearing various colored robes.

They all wept bitterly, shouting that they were wronged, and many people scolded this assassin for daring to assassinate the emperor at the 60th birthday state banquet, you don't want to die, we still want to die!

It seems that the people of this shadow puppet troupe did not know at all, and the assassins were ambushed, and these people could only fall to their knees, begging for mercy.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was even more frightened and collapsed on the ground, not to mention this black gauze hat, I'm afraid my life will be gone.

"Take them all!"

The commander of the forbidden army did not have any sympathy for these officials, and said indifferently.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu seemed to have lost his soul, his eyes were glazed, and he was taken away by the forbidden army.

The hundred officials and concubines at the head of the city were also frightened and bloodless, for fear that they would also be taken away, so they also ran and slipped away, and some ministers came forward to see the emperor's situation, but they were stopped by the forbidden army.

Hubu Shangshu Liu Longqing's eyes flickered, and his two arms were pressed down by the forbidden army on the left and right, but he didn't panic, but just muttered at the corner of his mouth:

"It's messed up, it's all messed up."

He is one of the officials who hosted the event, and he will definitely be held accountable.

The 60th birthday was celebrated by the whole country, and it became a scene of crying father and calling mother's relatives.

Pei Xiangyun looked at the chaotic imperial city and hadn't reacted yet.

Until the emperor was assassinated, she was completely stunned and her head was empty.

Later, the emperor vomited blood and fell to the ground, and before he could take a look, he was escorted away by the imperial doctor in the palace.

There was only one scared thought in her mind.

The emperor is dead, what should I do with Great Xia?

...

The lively crowd in the imperial city soon dispersed, and those who walked, those who fled, and those who were escorted away.

Soon the street became deserted, a far cry from the cheerful scene of an hour ago.

Some are just lanterns of various colors, flickering alone.

For the Imperial City, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

A woman wearing a headscarf and veil walked to a corner where no one was around, glanced at the messy stage, looked at the pile of broken shadow puppets on the ground, and the dirty curtain, and slowly stepped forward.

She picked up an inconspicuous shadow puppet and took out a folded black charm from behind the shadow.

"It's a little worse, but it's enough, although this crow talisman can improve people's strength, but it costs people's lives, it's a pity."

She glanced at the bleak streets, and said with a faint smile: "The fortune of the country has been hit hard, let's see if you can survive tonight." ”

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