But he was still a step too late, and when the two assassins saw that the assassination had failed, they both clenched their fists at the same time, and a blue poisonous needle immediately jumped out of the index finger ring and stabbed into their bodies.

The guards pressed their hands to each other, but the two surviving assassins began to convulse and froth at the mouth for a moment.

Seeing that they could no longer be saved, the internal guards stood up and silently looked at the three assassins on the ground, and the room fell silent.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er finally recovered from shock, she remembered that she had almost walked around the Hades Hall just now, and she was so frightened that she couldn't help but throw herself into Li Zhen's arms, trembling all over.

Li Zhen gently patted her on the shoulder, whispered a few words of comfort to her, and then helped her to go to the room of her mother Zheng next door.

Li Zhen walked into the courtyard, only to see the corpses of five black-clothed assassins lying in the courtyard, two of them were poisoned and committed suicide, there were eight assassins, Li Zhen's face was extremely ugly, how did these assassins sneak into the inn, and they couldn't guard against it.

At this time, Zhang Ran stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Commander Qiqi, there are no clues on the eight assassins, and they plan to start investigating from the poisonous needle." ”

There was no clue in Li Zhen's expectation, since it was a death assassin, how could the other party leave any clues, he nodded, and patted Zhang Ran's shoulder gratefully, "Thank you just now!"

The assassin's sword was quenched with poison, and the assassin's long sword had pierced his leather armor and underwear just now, almost piercing his skin, if Zhang Ran hadn't shot the opponent's wrist with an arrow in time, making the power of the long sword disappear, I am afraid that he would have been in the corpse at this time.

The other party's methods were extremely vicious, so Li Zhen's first reaction was that Princess Taiping sent it, but it was not necessarily, it might be Wu Chenghei, Lai Junchen, or even Wu Sansi, and it was more likely that Xue Huaiyi's remnants.

At this time, an internal guard soldier pulled the innkeeper over, and the shopkeeper Yang was so frightened that his face was like dirt, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

The internal guard soldier clenched his fists and said: "The lowly official was ordered by the commander to investigate the six fur merchants, but they were not in the house, and the man said that they went out to eat, but he lied to us, and the six people did not go out at all, but hid in the stable. ”

Li Zhen looked at the corpses on the ground, and asked coldly, "But there are eight assassins, where are the other two from?"

"Back to the commander, it should be ten assassins, they are divided into two groups to stay in the inn, they have bought off the guys, changed the check-in time, and the swords are hidden in the guys' rooms, and two of them are now missing. ”

Li Zhen looked at the innkeeper with a cold gaze, "How can you explain it to me?"

Shopkeeper Yang trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain really doesn't know about this, it's the guy who receives them." ”

"You're the shopkeeper, don't you know?"

Li Zhen snorted heavily, and asked again, "Where is that guy?"

"Commander, we found the body of that fellow in the man's room, so we shouted that there was an assassin. ”

Li Zhen stared at the shopkeeper viciously, he guessed that the shopkeeper must have also gotten benefits, so he concealed the check-in time of that group of people from himself, it was a matter of room money settlement, how could he let a guy receive it?

Li Zhen waved his hand and said to Zhang Ran: "Drag him down and torture him, I want to get a detailed report." ”

Zhang Ran and a few soldiers dragged the shopkeeper down, and the rest of the soldiers disposed of the assassin's body, and Li Zhen turned around and returned to the room.

Shangguan Wan'er had recovered from the horror of the assassination, she moved to the empty house next door, sat in the lamp and thought silently, Li Zhen slowly walked into the room, and before Li Zhen could speak, Shangguan Wan'er asked in a low voice, "Is there any clue?"

Li Zhen shook his head, "The assassins can't see where they come from. ”

"Hmph!" Shangguan Wan'er snorted coldly, her silver teeth clenched, "Whoever kills me today, I will make him pay a hundred times the price tomorrow!"

"Who do you think will do it?" asked Li Zhen.

Shangguan Wan'er walked to the window, stared at the round and a half moon outside the window, and said in a low voice for a long time: "I don't know who it will be?" But I know one thing, it shouldn't be Princess Taiping's doing. ”

"Why?" Li Zhen was surprised, he felt that the biggest suspicion was Princess Taiping, Shangguan Wan'er actually thought it was not.

"That's because you don't know her. ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled faintly: "She is a very smart and skillful person, maybe she will also send assassins, but that is only for you or other middle-level officials, if she wants to kill me, she will never do it herself, but will fake it to others, frankly, I think it may be Wu Chenghe." ”

"Wu Chenghe?" Li Zhen looked at Shangguan Wan'er puzzled, he didn't know how she could come to Wu Chenghe's conclusion.

"Quite simply, someone betrayed me. ”

Li Zhen suddenly reacted, "You mean Wu Sansi!"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded slowly, "This is the biggest mistake I have made, believing in someone who shouldn't be believed." ”

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er pulled out the hosta on her head, and a jet-black show was scattered over her shoulders like a waterfall, she slowly walked in front of Li Zhen, reached out and gently stroked his face, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at him deeply, and her eyes were like a dream.

Her plump red lips got closer and closer to his face, and she whispered in her ear, "Ah Zhen, you actually used your body to block the sword for me, do you know what it was like in my heart at that moment?"

Li Zhen gently stroked her long show, he could feel the fear and helplessness in her heart, her snow-white neck came with bursts of orchid, which made him intoxicated, the earlobe touched her soft red lips, if an electric current reached the whole body, the deepest string in his heart was quietly plucked by her, at this moment, his heart was full of love and pity for her

The Shangguan family is a prominent family in Shaanzhou, although Shangguan Yi was severely punished by Wu Zetian, and his family members were confiscated as official slaves, but it did not affect the status of the Shangguan family in Shaanzhou.

The ancestral house of the Shangguan family is located in a beautiful place outside the southern city of Shaanxi County, surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by large farmlands, mixed among the woods, in the early spring, the birds in the woods are busy building nests, and groups of wild ducks can be seen everywhere in the small river playing in the water, showing a scene full of vitality.

Although Shangguan Wan'er is a confidant of the Son of Heaven and has great power, her return is very low-key, except for some core figures in the family, basically no one else was alarmed, and the local government has not received any news.

Shangguan Wan'er lived in the noble room of the family house, which consisted of two courtyards and one outside, Shangguan Wan'er, her mother and several personal maids each lived in an inner courtyard, while Li Zhen lived in the outer courtyard with more than a dozen guards.

But considering that Shangguan Wan'er was assassinated on the way, Li Zhen even lived in the same courtyard with Shangguan Wan'er to protect her safety day and night.

Early in the morning, Shangguan Wan'er's silver bell-like laughter sounded in the room, she sat in front of the dresser, tracing her eyebrows carefully, and glanced at Li Zhen with charming eyes, "Are you unwilling to accompany me to climb the mountain?"

Li Zhen stood aside, bowed down with a smile and said, "The girl has an order, how dare Li Zhen disobey!"

Shangguan Wan'er has been in a good mood these days, her laughter is like a spring breeze, and even her eyebrows are rippling with spring, she pursed her lips and smiled: "If you don't want to climb the mountain, then we can take a boat to go fishing in the lake, there is a small lake in the south, my grandfather often took us to fish when I was a child." ”

"Let's go climbing! ”

"Well, there's also my grandfather's plum blossom temple on the mountain. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes fluttered, and the corners of her mouth had a playful smile, "I'm going to live in the other courtyard tonight, Commander Li, you have to protect my safety!"

"Li Zhen obeys the order!"

At this moment, a maid hurriedly walked to the door of the room and reported: "Girl, a father-in-law has come to the capital and sent urgent news. ”

The smile on Shangguan Wan'er's face disappeared, and she couldn't help but be a little excited, she put down her eyebrows and said, "Let him in!"

Not long after, a eunuch was taken to Shangguan Wan'er's living room by a maid, his name was Luo Anming, he was serving in the imperial study, he was one of Wu Zetian's henchmen and eunuchs, he was surprised to glance at Li Zhen standing next to him, Li Zhen shouldn't be here!

His mind turned, and he suddenly realized, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "An Ming see Shangguan Sheren!"

"Is there anything wrong with coming in such a hurry?"

"The saint asked me to bring a message to the housekeepers, so that the housekeepers could take care of their private affairs and return to the palace, and"

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Li Zhen who was standing next to him again, Li Zhen understood what he meant, and it was inconvenient to say something in front of him, so he turned around and walked outside.

"Just stay here!"

Shangguan Wan'er stopped him, and said to Luo Anming: "Commander Li is a trustworthy person, and if you have anything to say, don't say it clearly." ”

"In fact, there is nothing else to say, the saint's government affairs are heavy, Princess Taiping has proposed to share her worries for the saint several times, but the saint has declined, and the saint hopes to return to Beijing to share her worries. ”

Shangguan Wan'er was not surprised at all, she nodded and said to Luo Anming: "You go back and tell the sù saint, I will leave for Beijing at noon tomorrow." ”

Luo Anming saluted, then got up and left, and when he walked away, Li Zhen said to Shangguan Wan'er with some concern: "Girl, let's go to worship my grandfather today! ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled slightly, "Don't worry, this is what I expected, no matter how anxious we are, we will still go mountaineering, pay homage to my grandfather tomorrow morning, and return to Beijing at noon." ”

Shangguan Wan'er cleaned up a little, changed into a dress that was convenient for mountaineering, walked out of the room and smiled at Li Zhen: "Let's go!"

"What about your mother, won't she go?"

"She's not in good health, where can she climb the mountain!"

Shangguan Wan'er grabbed his arm and looked at him with a pair of beautiful eyes with affection, "It's just the two of us, is it okay?"

Li Zhen shook his head with a smile, "I'm responsible for your safety, it's up to me how to climb the mountain, I have already let a few brothers go up the mountain first." ”

Shangguan Wan'er was helpless, so she had to say coquettishly: "Okay then! ”

Princess Taiping has been in a very bad mood these days, she wanted to take the opportunity of Shangguan Wan'er to return to her hometown to worship her ancestors and fill Shangguan Wan'er's position next to her mother.

Unexpectedly, her mother was unequivocal and rejected her, preferring to pile up the will that needed to be made in Shangguan Wan'er's official room than to allow her to get involved.

This made Princess Taiping extremely depressed, she felt deeply aggrieved by her mother's unfair treatment of her, and she was also annoyed by the failure to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er.

The assassination of Shangguan Wan'er was not arranged by her, although she wanted to crush Shangguan Wan'er to ashes, but she knew in her heart that if she killed her mother's most trusted person, no matter what, her mother would not let her go, and in the end she would only cheapen others.

Of course, if someone else goes to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er, she is also happy to see it, and she is the one who knows about the assassination of Shangguan Wan'er.

Princess Taiping sat behind the large table, and listened to Wu Furong tell her about the failure to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er with a gloomy gaze.

"We sent ten generals of the Wu clan and made full preparations, and we gave up several good opportunities, just to wait for the best opportunity, but unfortunately it fell short, and Li Zhen saved her again at a critical time, and my father was so angry that he almost vomited blood. ”

Princess Taiping secretly sneered in her heart, is this called being well prepared? Xue Huaiyi's lesson Wu Chengji did not learn at all.

If she arranges to assassinate Shangguan Wan'er, she will inevitably take advantage of Li Zhen's absence, or transfer Li Zhen away, that guy is extremely vigilant, and assassinating Shangguan Wan'er in front of him has little chance of success

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