The autumn wind swept away the leaves, and after autumn, it gradually became cold.

"Lord Bear, Lord Bear. A little eunuch hurriedly came to Huamanlou to look for Xiong Wei.

Xiong Wei was still sleeping soundly in bed, and when he heard this anxious shout, he hurriedly jumped up. As soon as he opened the door, the little eunuch rushed in.

"What's wrong? Xiong Wei stretched.

The little eunuch said very nervously: "Lord Xiong, the emperor was assassinated last night, and not only that, but the prince was also stabbed. ”

"Ah, what?" Xiong Wei was taken aback, "Is there anything wrong with the emperor?" ”

"A eunuch next to the emperor is dead, and the emperor is fine. The emperor asked me to quickly recruit you and the free hero into the palace. ”

Xiaoyaozi and Xiong Wei hurried to the palace.

Mingshenzong lay on the bed, held Xiaoyaozi's hand, and said in a deep voice: "I don't think my old bones will last long." You must promise me that the crown prince will ascend the throne. After my death, there will be chaos in the court, and even if the crown prince ascends the throne, he will not be able to sit steadily. You must assist the crown prince. ”

Xiong Wei frowned on the side, he was a little confused. I wondered in my heart: How did the emperor hand over such a big matter to the master. They look like they're very intimate.

"It's so troublesome to leave the palace, you don't want to leave the palace in the future. He lived in the palace to protect the safety of the prince. Let the bears keep me safe. ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely do what you have to say. Xiaoyaozi didn't know why his heart was sour.

He looked at the Myojin Sect and thought of his sister. When his sister died, he didn't get the last look.

Now, the only thing he can do is to obey the emperor's arrangement.

"Go see the prince. The kid was hurt a lot last night. Mingshenzong said and waved his hand, signaling Xiaoyaozi to go down first.

Xiong Wei and Xiaoyaozi came out, and the hidden dragon was waiting outside.

Xiaoyaozi walked over quickly and asked Qianlong: "I heard that it was you who protected the emperor last night, and the emperor was saved from this difficulty." Who the hell is it?"

"I don't know. When I fought with them, I felt that their martial arts moves were not like the Central Plains martial arts sect. Qianlong replied as he thought.

"Doesn't it look like a sect of martial arts in the Central Plains?" Xiaoyaozi repeated this sentence and guessed: "Could it be a killer sent by the Jurchen clan?"

"I think so. Their stature is slightly burder than that of the Central Plains, and they are also taller than the Central Plains people. The point is what they say, not the Central Plains accent. When Qianlong heard Xiaoyaozi say this, he remembered something.

"Oh, you say that, is there more than one killer?" asked Xiaoyaozi again.

"Yes! More than one, I feel like it should be a batch. Qianlong continued.

"A batch?" Xiaoyaozi was a little surprised when he heard this word.

Qianlong explained, "Last night, the assassin was first found near the palace of Concubine Zheng, and then the guards chased after him all the way. Didn't chase any suspicious people. It didn't take long for someone to shout that there were assassins in the prince's palace. When I arrived, I found that the prince had been stabbed in the abdomen and thigh. ”

"What? What a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. Xiaoyaozi sighed.

"It's not that simple. As soon as I arrived at the prince's palace, I didn't have time to check the prince's injuries, and there was a rumor that the emperor had been assassinated. I hurried to the emperor's bedchamber non-stop. The guards are fighting the Assassins. ”

"How many assassins did you assassinate the emperor?"

"Two. When I came, they had already killed some of the guards, but luckily I arrived just in time to keep the emperor. ”

"And what happened later?" Xiaoyaozi continued.

"Later, maybe they couldn't beat it and fled. Qianlong guessed.

"Are you going to take someone to hunt down again?" Xiaoyaozi felt that this matter was getting more and more strange.

"Nope. I was busy protecting the emperor at the time, so I didn't go to hunt him down myself. However, the soldiers sent out to pursue them all said that they did not catch anyone. ”

Xiaoyaozi frowned and said, "It seems that they can't wait to start acting." We're going to get to the bottom of these people as soon as possible. ”

He boldly speculated in his heart: "It may be that the assassin who assassinated the emperor would turn his back and change his clothes and become the person who protected the emperor." ”

"You mean, there are spies in the palace?" Qianlong analyzed according to the meaning of Xiaoyao, "Then why don't we search the palace on a large scale." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, there is no evidence now. Your current search of the palace will only startle the snake. Or wait for now. Xiaoyaozi paused after speaking.

He looked at Qianlong and said, "You have been protecting the emperor in the palace all this time, is there anything wrong." ”

Qianlong thought for a moment and said, "If I have to say that something is wrong, I can't say it. But I always felt weird in the palace. I don't know if I've been wandering on the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I'm not used to such an atmosphere in the palace. Or is there really something wrong. I always felt like a pair of eyes were staring at me, staring at the emperor. ”

"It's not that you're suspicious, it's really something wrong with the palace. Xiaoyaozi frowned and said solemnly, "You continue to protect the emperor here." You have to remember that you have to stay on the line. Big things could happen at the palace. ”

"What's the big deal?" As soon as Qianlong heard Xiaoyaozi's tone, he actually felt in his heart that something was going to happen in the palace, but it was hard to say.

"It's still unclear, maybe it's going to change. Xiaoyaozi was uneasy in his heart, everything came faster than he imagined.

"Gong Chang! You can't talk nonsense. The dragon was shocked.

"It's a long story, I'm going to see the prince first. You're here to watch, remember not to leave. Xiaoyaozi told the side again.

"Let's go, let's go see the prince. After speaking, he strode towards the palace where the prince lived.

When Xiaoyaozi arrived, the prince had just taken the medicine and fell asleep. Xiaoyaozi is not good at disturbing the prince's rest. Jumping onto the roof and sitting, looking at the red walls of the Forbidden City.

Xiong Wei also jumped up and sat next to Xiaoyaozi. He had a lot of questions in his heart that he wanted to ask Xiaoyaozi. However, he didn't ask. He knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, Xiaoyaozi's answer was that sentence, you have so many questions.

"Yu'er, what do you say, what do people in the world want to get?" Xiaoyaozi looked at the sun in the sky with a confused look.

"Master......" Xiong Wei didn't expect that he didn't ask Xiaoyaozi, but Xiaoyaozi asked Xiong Wei first.

Xiong Wei has heard Xiaoyaozi speak like this for the first time since he met Xiaoyaozi.

"Master, I don't know. Everyone has their own ideas. ”

"Then what do you want?" Xiaoyaozi suddenly turned his head to look at Xiong Wei and asked very seriously.

"Me?" Xiong Wei was a little puzzled when he heard Xiaoyaozi's question, he scratched his head, thought for a while and said, "Master, in fact, I haven't thought about this question. Before Yun'er died, I just wanted to live happily with Yun'er. Yun'er is dead. I feel like everything is pretty much the same. ”

"Child, do you have the idea of being an emperor? Xiaoyaozi directly picked out the topic.

The corners of Xiong Wei's mouth turned up slightly, he took a deep breath, lay on the roof, looked at the blue sky, and said, "Master, I haven't thought about these two things you asked. ”

"The people on the rivers and lakes fight you to the death, just for the first place in the rivers and lakes. Finally, this person tried all kinds of methods to win the first place in the rivers and lakes, and maybe in the blink of an eye, he became someone else's ghost. ”

Xiaoyaozi sighed, and continued: "The people in the court want to make that dragon chair, and for this chair, you fight for it." In the end, I don't know what the fate will be. ”

Xiaoyaozi said, and shook his head helplessly.

"Master, in fact, it doesn't matter if it's the first in the rivers and lakes, or the chair on the throne. Actually, I wanted to too. I knew it wasn't mine, though. Even if the former is obtained, his life will be in danger at any time. The latter, I dare not hope for it. I don't have this pedigree. Even if I had, I wouldn't do it. ”

"Why?" Xiaoyaozi looked at Xiong Wei, "You are so young, why aren't you curious about these two things at all?"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xiaoyaozi again and said, "Master, I won't tell you a secret." I used to want to be the emperor. However, when I entered the palace and knew that the emperor had so many difficult things, I didn't want to be the emperor. First, I don't have the ability to govern the country, and second, the throne is a shackle for me. ”

Xiong Wei suddenly felt empty in his heart, as if there was an unprecedented lightness. He said leisurely, "Master, when I was a slave, what I wanted most was freedom. Every day with heavy handcuffs and anklets, I dreamed that I had escaped from the Nine Roads Villa and that I wanted to be free. During that time, I didn't pray to God every day that I wanted to be free. For me, freedom is the most precious thing in this world. I've got it now. ”

"Huh. Xiaoyaozi smiled faintly, "In your heart, freedom is more important than the throne. ”

"yes. Xiong Wei sighed deeply: "I finally escaped from that cage in Jiudao Villa, why should I go into another cage?"

Xiaoyaozi looked at the satisfied expression on Xiong Qi's face, and felt a lot more comforted. "You've lived for yourself all your life. No matter what you do, you know what you want most when you want it. That's enough. ”

"Master, what do you want most?" Xiong asked unintentionally.

When Xiaoyaozi heard this, he was distracted. He also asked in his heart: yes, what do you want in this life?

As the saying goes: stand at thirty, don't be confused at forty, and know the destiny of heaven at fifty.

I'm almost fifty years old. I know what kind of fate I have. I know what Master wants, what Sister wants, and what Que'er wants. But what I wanted, I didn't know.

Xiaoyaozi recalled the first half of his life, and he was always instructed by this and that deathbed. That's how the busyness came.

Life is free, but now that I think about it, what do I want most?

"Master, I don't know why. I always feel that Yun'er is not dead. And it's in Xianyun Pavilion. Xiong Wei suddenly said very seriously.

"Why do you think that?" Actually, Xiaoyaozi also felt this way.

"Master, do you believe that there is telepathy between people?" Xiong Wei sat up suddenly, looking in the direction of Xianyun Pavilion.

"How?"

"Master, do you know why we like Yun'er so much?" Xiong Wei said in a low voice, "Because, Yun'er and I have a natural tacit understanding. What she was thinking, what she was doing, she didn't have to say, I could feel it. In the same way, I feel what I'm doing, what I'm thinking, she can feel. ”

Xiaoyaozi listened to Xiong Wei's words, and felt that he was mysterious. However, it feels real to see him like that.

Xiong Wei paused for a moment and suddenly stood up: "Master, I feel that Yun'er is planning a big thing. ”

At his station, the roof was originally sloping. His feet slipped, he couldn't stand steadily, and he rolled down like a ball.

Xiaoyaozi couldn't help it, laughed and said, "What Xia Yun is doing, I don't know." But I know exactly what you're doing now. ”

Xiaoyaozi said, watching Xiong Wei fall to the ground, screaming in pain, and couldn't help but laugh again.