Bang Bang ——, Bang

All of a sudden, the sound of bangzi and gongs and drums resounded throughout the entire Luoyi Imperial City.

The guards carried torches and long knives, shouting "there is an assassin", and searched around for the uninvited guest who had broken into the palace at night.

The crown prince Li Bing woke up from his sleep, listened to the noisy and noisy sounds outside, got up in a panic, and hurriedly called the attendants who were guarding the auxiliary compartment of the dormitory, asking them what had happened.

The chamberlains were shocked to reply: an assassin had been found in the palace, and the Xuanjia Army was on full alert to arrest him.

Hearing this, no matter how big Li Bing's heart was, he couldn't sleep peacefully. He cursed to himself as he got up and changed his clothes, and then led his attendants to the imperial study, waiting for news from outside.

At this moment, Shen Lie, who broke into the palace, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and no trace was revealed, and no one knew where he was hiding.

Shan Tingxian was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, commanding the officers and soldiers of Xuanjia to work for most of the day, and there was nothing to gain, he didn't dare to delay and stay outside for too long, so he ordered his subordinates to continue to search carefully in the palace, and at the same time urgently recruited more troops to block the area around the imperial city, and he rushed to the imperial study to accompany him.

As soon as Li Bing saw Shan Tingxian, he hurriedly asked in a deep voice: "Tingxian, has the assassin who entered the palace been found?" What's going on here? Why are there any more Assassins? ”

Shan Tingxian swallowed his saliva and dealt with it cautiously: "Your Highness Qiqi, tonight the assassin suddenly broke into the Ziwei Palace, and the ministers and others are searching for it with all their might. Although the assassin has not yet been caught, the dormitory and the imperial study are now properly guarded, and the safety of His Highness is foolproof......"

Who knows, as soon as he was halfway through his words, a long laugh suddenly came from the roof beam of the imperial study: "Hahaha, what Master Shan said is a bit too big." Weichen Shen Lie, see His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

In the midst of everyone's astonishment, Shen Lie, the chief of the Beiya Reverse Scale Division, fell from the roof and knelt directly in front of Li Bing: "Shen Lie, the young secretary of Dali Temple, broke into the palace at night and disturbed the holy car, the crime deserves death, please punish Your Highness." ”

"Bold Assassin! Escort! Shan Tingxian shouted violently, and immediately pounced on Shen Lie, who was kneeling on the ground.

The crown prince Li Bing came to his senses from surprise and hurriedly shouted to Shan Tingxian: "Wait! Tingxian, don't move, this palace recognizes this Lord Shen Lie. ”

Hearing this, the surrounding guards couldn't help but stop, and they all stood between Li Bing and Shen Lie, all on guard. Seeing this, Shan Tingxian, who was about to pounce, had no choice but to put away his posture, looked at Shen Lie who was kneeling on one knee, and then looked at the prince, waiting for his next instructions.

And Li Bing's face was also solemn at this time, and his eyes were projected on Shen Lie's body for a moment.

Who is Shen Lie?

His ostensible identity is Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a small sesame official from the fifth grade, but in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, who doesn't know the prestige of the director of the Northern Ya Reverse Scale Division?

Especially five years ago, after he personally overthrew Li Maoxun, the king of Lanling, the important ministers and generals in the court formed a general consensus: if you don't know Shen Lie, you don't know how to write the word "death".

As a descendant of the imperial family, the dignified crown prince Li Bing is of course also very clear that the Lord Shen kneeling in front of him is a confidant of the emperor's uncle in the true sense, and he is definitely not a figure that he can dispose of without authorization.

Moreover, since Shen Lie can be in charge of such an important department as the Anti-Scale Division, he is himself a calm and steady, well-advanced and spicy character, and there must be a reason behind the sudden and blatant violation of the palace tonight.

Li Bing stabilized his mind and said in a deep voice: "Shen Aiqing, you should calm down first." What the hell is going on tonight, you come to the palace from the truth. ”

Shen Lie responded with thanks, slowly stood up, and arched his hand to Li Bing: "Your Highness Qiqi, in accordance with the emperor's holy decree, is responsible for investigating the assassination of He Jingming, the commander of the Fierce Blade Army and the protector of the capital of Zhenjiang, and it has been more than a year. At present, there has been a significant development in the case, so His Majesty ordered Wei Chen, Terailuoyi, to report to His Highness. ”

When Li Bing heard Shen Lie say this, he immediately remembered the incident.

From a certain point of view, as the founder and guardian of the Holy Covenant, General He Jingming was of great significance to Li Bing. His sudden death can also be regarded as one of the reasons why Li Bing finally leaned towards Xie Guang and then triggered the "Imperial Capital Incident".

The fall of the imperial star should have been a major event of concern to the government and the opposition, but because of the successive changes such as the rebellion in Western Xinjiang and the departure of the crown prince from Beijing, and the case itself involved an intertwined political struggle, in the end, no one turned a blind eye to it and deliberately forgot about it.

The only ones who are still worried about investigating the case are probably the old departments of the Fierce Blade Army and the Zhenjiang Army, as well as the long history of the reverse scales in front of them.

Li Bing had special feelings for He Jingming, so he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Is General He's case eyebrow-raising?" How's it going? ”

Shen Lie replied unhurriedly: "The biggest suspect at the beginning was Xu Youchang, the commander of the forward battalion of the former Xuanjia Legion and the general of Qianniu Zhonglang. However, after this person escaped from our capture, he led his subordinates to flee to the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang, and his whereabouts are still unknown. In this regard, Xie Guang, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, also pushed it clean. However, after Weichen's investigation, it was found that there may have been other personnel of the Xuanjia Army involved in this case. At present, the Xuanjia Legion is under the will of the emperor, and follows His Royal Highness the Prince Hu to guard Luoyi, according to my Shengtang military system, the Suihu Army is naturally the personal army you are in charge of, so if Weichen wants to investigate this case in depth, he has to ask His Highness for instructions first. ”

Li Bing couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this: "There is such a thing? Since it is investigating the case of the assassination of Commander He, then no matter who it is, they should fully cooperate, and the Xuanjia Army is no exception. However, Shen Aiqing, you should follow the rules in this matter and meet the palace normally, why do you want to break into the palace at night and stir up the guards as if they were facing a great enemy and have no peace? ”

"Your Highness Mingjian," Shen Lie smiled faintly: "The assassination of the imperial court general, the crime of complicity in rebellion, involving a shocking case, Weichen did not dare to deceive His Highness, the minister arrived in Luoyi this evening, and originally planned to come to meet him early tomorrow morning." But he didn't think about it, and when he arrived at the place where he landed, he was suddenly attacked by a large-scale attack by the Xuanjia Army, and Weichen's men were either killed or wounded, and the minister also fought for his life to get out of the encirclement. In desperation, he had no choice but to make this decision, fled into the imperial city, and begged His Highness for protection. ”

Hearing him say this, Shan Tingxian next to him was suddenly shocked, and shouted angrily: "You are spewing blood!" We are not attacking you at all, but we are capturing the assassins in the White Horse Temple case! ”

"I'm spewing blood?" Shen Lie sneered without giving in: "Didn't I shout to you just now that I am Shen Lie of Dali Temple?" Are the knife wounds on my top and bottom body fake?! ”

Shan Tingxian was annoyed and angry: "Bastard! You are talking nonsense......"

Before he finished his words, he only heard Li Bingmeng shoot the book case and shouted: "Shut up! Hugh is rude! ”

The surrounding guards were furious when they saw the crown prince Long Yan, and subconsciously drew their knives out of their sheaths, and the sound of Cangchang resounded.

The military official of Shan Ting worshiped the Huangmen squire, and those guards were originally his subordinates, but now they actually drew their swords against themselves, and suddenly felt a little inexplicable. But fortunately, his reaction was fast, and he quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Highness is angry." Weichen really didn't know the identity of this Lord Shen. We were searching for the Assassins, and the clash was a complete misunderstanding. ”

The crown prince Li Bing didn't respond at all, just stared at Shen Dan and the others coldly.

Shen Lie is okay, the situation in front of him at least shows that he was right. And Shan Tingxian, who was kneeling on the ground, was nervous, and he couldn't stop beating drums in his heart.

He can't help but panic.

Lao Jianhua had made a judgment at the beginning, thinking that the White Horse Temple incident was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which could not only destroy Murong Xue's image in the eyes of the prince, but also use this incident as bait to catch a big fish against the scales.

With so many unexpected changes, Shen Lie is reasonable, and it is impossible not to come to Luoyi in person.

Therefore, he set up the death situation of inviting you into the urn tonight early in the morning.

However, he never expected that Shen Lie would be very calm. The notice of investigating Murong Xue had already been reported to the world, but Lao Jianhua and the others waited left and right, watching the days pass day by day, but they never saw the slightest trace of the history of the director of the reverse scales.

A few days ago, the dredging project of the main road of the Jinhe River was finally finalized. Li Bing appointed Lao Jianhua and Di Xian to accompany Taifu Xie Guang to Bianzhou to supervise the preparations for the project. Lao Jianhua was worried about Shen Lie, and used the excuse to delay for a few days, but in the end, he really couldn't grind anymore, so he left the city with Xie Guang and the others early this morning.

No one expected that as soon as Lao Jianhua left on his front foot in the morning, Shen Lie on his back foot entered Luoyi in the evening.

Shan Tingxian, who was in charge of leaving behind to guard the eastern capital, received reports from the two secret posts at the city gate and Murong Xue's mansion almost at the same time, and immediately judged that it was indeed Shen Lie who had entered the city. At this time, it was too late to chase Lao Jianhua. In desperation, he had no choice but to notify Ye Rongcheng, the general of the Xuanjia Army, to carry out the round-up operation according to the original plan.

But after thousands of calculations, Shan Tingxian failed to calculate at all, Shen Lie, this guy is more cunning than the old fox, and he actually made such a commotion as "breaking into the imperial city at night and alarming the prince" in a hurry.

Shan Tingxian was born in the rivers and lakes and was reckless, and it was not a problem to fight and kill, but when it came to playing games in the court, he was definitely a layman. The situation in front of him has taken a turn for the worse because of Shen Lie's nonsense, especially the specious description of "He Jingming's death is related to the Xuanjia Army", which forcibly linked tonight's arrest of him to the major case of the imperial court.

No matter how you look at it, this is like the despicable trick of the Xuanjia Army to "kill people and kill people" in order to cover up some "ulterior" cases.

In this way, how can it not arouse the suspicion of the crown prince Li Bing?