Chapter 3: If You Don't Die, I'll Die
Outside the Ganquan Palace, it was pitch black, and an old eunuch with a wrinkled face looked at the sky, his fingers moved slightly, and his expression was solemn and calculating the time.
Not far behind him, more than twenty black-clothed town guards lined up in two rows, expressionless and silent, they didn't know tonight's task, they just silently waited for Shangguan's instructions.
Bang Bang –
A walnut-sized ball of paper was thrown out of the palace wall and rolled right down to Wei Cheng's feet.
Wei Cheng frowned, puzzled, and slowly bent down to pick up the paper ball and unfolded it in his hand.
"Duke Wei, Your Majesty is suspicious, look at the moon well!"
Wei Cheng's expression changed slightly, he glanced at Zhen Guowei behind him, and gritted his teeth.
An hour ago, he had transferred all the guards in Ganquan Palace, and now only Wen Chen could spread the news!
"Was it discovered by His Majesty?"
"But what does this kid mean......"
Tonight's actions are a matter of his life, and he had planned to take the opportunity to act in a quarter of an hour on the pretext of discovering the assassin, but suddenly such a thing came, and the situation was really worrying.
But after a while, Wei Cheng made a decision, this matter cannot be careless, once something goes wrong, the group of people under his command will still give priority to the emperor's orders, you have to go and see!
"Lu You!"
"The lower official is here!" A middle-aged man in Zhen Guowei stood up and responded with his fists clenched.
"Take your people and patrol outside the Ganquan Palace, and no one is allowed to approach without the order of my father!"
"No!" Lu You said in a deep voice.
With that, he made a few gestures to the people behind him, and the guards of the town divided into four columns and spread towards the periphery of the palace city.
Wei Cheng's eyes flickered, looking at the back of Zhen Guowei leaving, he walked to the gate of Ganquan Palace, pushed open the small door next to it for people to pass, and got in.
A small courtyard in the northeast corner of Ganquan Palace, which is the place where the servants who are on duty at night on weekdays live, are deserted at this time, and only a slightly rickety figure wanders back and forth by the well.
"Duke Wei."
A low call interrupted Wei Cheng's train of thought.
Wei Cheng turned around, only to see Wen Chen squeezing in through the narrow crack in the door.
"Okay, you little bastard, our family asked you to serve Your Majesty, what are you running out for?"
"The little one pretended to summon the guards for His Majesty, but in fact he secretly came to see Duke Wei!" Wen Chen paused, and suddenly said with a wry smile, "Duke Wei, you deceived the little one so hard......"
"Liar?" Wei Cheng's face tightened, and the hand behind his back clenched violently.
Wen Chen naturally noticed the change in his mood and shook his head, "Don't worry, Duke Wei has the grace of knowing the little one, and the little one will never betray the Duke of Wei!" ”
Wei Cheng looked at him cautiously, "Do you know what this duke is going to do?" ”
"Guess a little bit, since Duke Wei is a small benefactor, everything is right, besides, I have been prosperous for thousands of years, how can I let a woman take power, Duke Wei's move is to do the right thing for heaven, and the small nature has to make a contribution!"
"Then Your Majesty knows about it too?"
Wen Chen nodded, "Your Majesty is talented and intelligent, so he naturally knows, but Duke Wei can rest assured, there is only one small one by His Majesty's side now, as long as the news does not spread, Duke Wei will be safe." ”
Hearing this, Wei Cheng's suspicion was slightly reduced, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, since this kid could give up moving rescue troops for His Majesty to find him, it showed that his words still had a little credibility.
"Hmph, even if you have a conscience, it is not in vain that our family treats you sincerely, let's say, what did you and Your Majesty do before?"
Wen Chen's expression pretended to be obscene, "Everything that should be done has been done, I have to say, Gong Wei really found a beauty difference for the little one, Your Majesty's figure, that ......"
"Getting to the point!" Wei Cheng interrupted impatiently.
Wen Chen seemed to sigh helplessly, "The raw rice is ripe for rice, but the physical strength of the small one is not good, Your Majesty has cleaned it up, and there are sharp weapons in the hand, the little one is incompetent, and he can't wait for the ...... of Duke Wei."
"Rubbish! You can't just hold on a little longer?! Wei Cheng gritted his teeth and said.
"Duke Wei, it's not important, although the little one failed to help Duke Wei catch the current situation, but he discovered a big secret of His Majesty, and this secret is enough for Duke Wei to bring down His Majesty!" Wen Chen said sincerely.
"What's the secret?"
Wen Chen shook his head left and right, as if he was very wary of the wind and grass around him, "Please also ask Duke Wei to come over with his ears......
Wei Cheng cautiously glanced at Wen Chen, who had a flattering face, and was still a little jealous in his heart, but in the end, driven by curiosity, he came over.
Since Your Majesty already knows that he has started to do it, if he does not end this matter as soon as possible, I am afraid that the future will not be easy......
"Your Majesty said, ...... tonight"
"What's tonight?" Wei Cheng scratched his ears and leaned a little closer.
"I want your steer tonight!" Wen Chen's eyes flashed, and the hand covering his chest suddenly pulled out a dagger from his arms, and took advantage of Wei Cheng's lack of reaction, found a good position from the bottom up, and stabbed Wei Cheng's ribs obliquely with lightning speed, straight into the heart!
The angle of this knife is tricky, it goes straight to the point, and it doesn't leave Wei Cheng with the slightest chance to resist!
The incident happened suddenly, Wei Cheng didn't realize what happened for a while, until there was a sharp pain in his heart!
"Uh...... Ah......h
Wei Cheng took three steps back, he never expected that this kid would dare to do something in the emperor's bedroom!
The astonishment and unwillingness on his face converged into an expression of disbelief, and he fell to the ground with a thud!
"Little ...... Little bastard...... dare? ”
Wen Chen's face was a little gloomy, before the crossing, although he was a retired special soldier, he was not to the point of killing people without blinking, watching Wei Cheng's vitality slowly pass, he still had a lot of psychological burden.
But if he doesn't die, I have to die, and once this old boy is allowed to leave Ganquan Palace alive, there will be no chance......
Besides, this eunuch is not a good thing in my memory, and if I kill it, I will eliminate harm for the people!
Now, he has to comfort himself like this.
Wei Cheng, who was lying on the ground, gradually stopped struggling, his eyes lost focus, and he looked straight at the sky, full of horror.
He couldn't believe that he would die in the hands of a chess piece in the palm of his hand!
The east is faintly bright.
Wen Chen eased his emotions for a while, looked at the corpse in front of him that had lost its temperature, sighed softly, groped around Wei Cheng's body, found the waist card he was carrying, and pulled out the dagger inserted in his heart.
Dragged the heavy corpse to the well of Mochizuki, fetched water and washed his hands, and then threw the old eunuch headfirst into it.
Fortunately, there were not many traces of blood left on the ground, and after a little treatment with soil, there were no traces.
After doing this, Wen Chen lightly withdrew from the small courtyard, and silence returned to the surroundings, as if no one had ever come.
Wow -
"Your Majesty, the minister is back."
There was a slight knock on the door outside the pepper room, and the little emperor by the independent window jumped his eyelids when he heard this sound, and responded in a suppressed voice, "Come in." ”
Wen Chen pushed the door in, a slight bead of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he took out Wei Cheng's waist card from his arms and handed it to both hands, "Your Majesty, live up to your trust!" ”
The little emperor looked at the bronze medal engraved with the "Master of Ceremonies' Palm Seal", and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly.
"Very good......
"However, I didn't expect you to dare to come back." Emperor Jingren said with a flat look in his eyes.
Wen Chen shook his head and smiled, "One life for another, the minister has solved the worries for His Majesty, and His Majesty should reward the minister." ”
"It's clever." A flash of appreciation flashed in the little emperor's eyes.
There is no shortage of flatterers around her, and although what Wen Chen said is a bit abrupt, at least it is true.
Wen Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, knowing that this life should have been saved.
"Has anyone seen you? Where is Wei Gelding's body? I sent someone to handle it for you. The little emperor asked.
"No one should have discovered the whereabouts of the minister, Wei Cheng was alone when he saw the minister, and now the body is in the moon well in the courtyard."
"Mochizuki Well......" the little emperor snorted lightly, "bad luck." ”
"I really don't need a person like you, so stay by my side in the future."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wen Chen said seriously, "Your Majesty really doesn't have to do some things yourself in the future, Weichen must be easy to use!" ”
The little emperor glanced at Wen Chen with a strange expression, and always felt that there was something in his words, "No need, although you have solved my urgent needs, it doesn't mean that I will not pursue your crime of bullying the king, I will keep your life for the time being, but if I find out that you dare to give birth to any other careful thoughts, then don't blame me for not showing you mercy!" ”
"Keep it in mind!"