Ayou frowned and said, "A hidden weapon, use your eyes in the light and use your ears in the dark, and it's hard to tell when the tip of the needle hits the ground, let alone..."

A Zuo said: "It's just that because the needle is small, even if it is contaminated, it must penetrate into the heart to kill it quickly. If it is really going to be done in a dark place, it is necessary to use some light to apply the poisonous needle."

I thought about it for a while, turned off the lights in the house, looked sideways at the window, the moonlight fell into the house, and even if I could see the figure of Azuo Ayou, I stepped forward and stretched out my hand to close the window, and the room was plunged into darkness. .

The window was opened again, and the moonlight shone on Azuo Ayou's face, and the confused color was already a little clear.

I said lightly: "It's late at night, let's go to bed earlier."

When Azuo Ayou heard the words, he retreated back to the dark place. I was not tired, and I leaned on the couch with my hands around my knees and pondered silently.

The painting boat sank to the bottom of the river, and the Ministry of Punishment and the capital yamen also confirmed that the corpse floating on the shore was me. Under the circumstances that should have been detailed, the consort was placed under house arrest as soon as he came forward. It was obvious that someone had set up a bureau early in the morning; The overall situation is a matter of course. For Li Guojiu, the second assistant, the princess died tragically and the crown prince was unconscious. The inner party must have been in chaos, and the conflict between the Lingnan faction and the Jianghuai party is inevitable. Not only is it useless, it will even shake the power in your hands...

All kinds of things here, the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes will be revealed...

And when the other party thought that Jian's plan was about to succeed, I appeared in the Guozijian in full view, and the spy who was in the prison would immediately turn to inform him.

For this mastermind behind the scenes, what was at hand would be destroyed by my presence.

It would be difficult for him to understand why I appeared in the Guozijian alone. Princess Xiangyi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She escaped from death several times, and she will be cautious in case of fraud.

But is he cautious?

As long as it is dawn, I return to the palace to take over the power of supervising the country, and all my thoughts will be wasted, and it is impossible not to panic.

If I were him, I would do my best to get rid of troubles as soon as possible.

That's right, just because I heard the "bad news" of Lu Lingjun, I lost my judgment, and now I have put myself in an extremely dangerous situation.

Lu Lingjun is just a small prison student in the Guozijian. There is no reason for him to be assassinated at such a time. The biggest possibility is because of this princess.

It's a pity that what Brother Lu has said is not true, and it is difficult to find the key from him.

The only thing I know is that there are people who can kill us at any time in the Guozijian.

I can't be sure whether the two shadow guards on the roof can keep me safe, and I can't say whether there is any flaw in the inference so far.

only.

I glanced sideways at the faint moonlight that reflected in the bedroom, and let out a long sigh.

It's just that no matter where it is, whether it is bright or dark, there are many opponents, and the people in the temples are only deeper, and things in this world are always changing. If you only make sure decisions, how can you win by surprise?

With this in mind, I heard the slow movement of the latch.

Although it was extremely small, it made my whole body tense when it got into my ear.

The approaching person moved very slowly, and he couldn't even hear the squeaking of the door. With just a glance, the figure suddenly rushed in from the gap he had opened, and the movement was light and did not make any sound. He didn't stop for a while, the white light flashed, and a dazzling blade was attacking in the direction of me. This series of actions was not sloppy. I was secretly screaming in my heart, turned over, and pulled hard. knot.

The window slammed shut, the room was plunged into darkness, and the knife was swept away.

The rope was tied to the window in advance. Azuo and Ayou are secret guards and are familiar with listening to voices in the dark. When faced with sudden loss of light, their actions will be different from ordinary people.

Tricks are tricks after all, and I have to point at Azuo and Ayou at the critical moment. At this moment, I can't hear anything except the sound of fighting. I wonder if they can join forces to subdue the assassin. The sound of broken skin made my heart feel cold, and I was relieved when I heard the "kangdang" knife falling to the ground.

So in the chaotic situation that only martial arts masters can understand that this princess is completely incapable of hearing, Ah You exclaimed, "Be careful, princess", and a black shadow dodged and pressed forward. I couldn't avoid it. After a stagnation, with a muffled groan, the whole person collapsed on top of me, not moving.

So...caught? that's it?

My brows jumped, and when I was about to ask what was going on, I saw someone slammed out of the window, smashing the window with such force.

The light shines into the house again, A Right leaning against the window and swept his eyes sharply: "The assassin escaped, I am afraid that the tiger will leave the mountain, and the subordinates should stay behind to protect the princess."

I couldn't think for a moment.

So it's Ah Zuo who is lying on top of me now?

I moved out of my body with difficulty, and at a glance I saw the dense needles all over Ah Zuo's back, which was shocking.

"This is... bào Yuli flower needle?"

A Zuo walked over and said: "I thought that the poisonous needles could not be given to the princess in the dark, and there is still a chance of winning, but the thief actually used this ruthless hidden weapon. Princess, it's really not advisable to stay here for a long time..."

"What's the truth?" I shook my hands and said, "The most urgent thing at the moment is to think about what to do with Zuo..."

Ayou frowned and said, "He?"

I nod.

Ah You's face was indifferent: "Why don't you throw his body on the roof first, then Mingjian Division will send someone to clean it up."

"..."

I stared blankly at Ah Zuo's pale profile. I couldn't believe that the person who was still alive and kicking just a moment ago died suddenly. He died so silently. After all, he died to save the princess. How could he even say a last word...

"...Your Highness the Princess doesn't need to feel sorry for your subordinates..." A Zuo's eyes, which had been closed for a long time, suddenly opened, fixed, weak, looking at me in a daze and sadness: "This kind of death is a The fate of the Shadow Guard is to save the princess' life, even if you die, I will die without regrets..."

I:"……"

Unbearable flashed in Ah Zuo's eyes: "Princess must not blame herself..."

I turned my head and asked Ah You: "...Did the assassin forget to poison the needle..."

Azuo: "..."

A You pondered for a moment and said, "A Zuo, are you wearing a silk hood today?"

I was taken aback: "What silk cover?"

A Zuo explained: "The blouse made of silkworm-shaped gold silk, wearing a weapon that can prevent swords and swords, is the heirloom of A Zuo's family."

When Azuo heard this, his whole body froze first, then he sat up straight and touched his body and said, "I'm wearing it, but I forgot."

I:"……"

Ah You: "..."

Therefore, the tragic appearance of collapsed and collapsed after being injected with acupuncture is purely self-suggestion?

I faintly wondered if it was time to ask Mingjian Division to change the shadow guard.

Then again, since the assassin had such a ferocious hidden weapon as the bào Yuli flower needle, why did he only use one or two when he assassinated Lu Lingjun?

"In your opinion, will it be... uh, okay."

With an eyelid lift, the two shadow guards who were still in front of him just now disappeared. Looking back again, the elusive Lu Lingjun didn't know when he pushed the door and came in. He hurriedly held my shoulders and said, "Brother Bai, what happened here?"

I said, "As you can see, someone wants to kill me."

Lu Lingjun circled around me up, down, down, left, right, and right. Seeing that I was okay, he said, "Where's the assassin?"

"It's long gone..."

I fell silent.

In the chaos just now, did hear the sound of someone being scratched by a knife, but Azuo Ayou is safe, could it be...

I stretched out the lamp in my hand, and the room immediately lit up. Only then did I see the blood on the ground and the streaks extending to the windowsill.

Lu Lingjun and I looked at each other stiffly, he jumped out of the window first, I looked around, but there was no sign of the knife, Lu Lingjun turned back and urged me, I stepped on the table and jumped out of the window, following the trail of blood. Stop and go all the way.

At this time, the night was getting dark, so went around the corner, crossed the corridor, and stopped in front of the innermost room of the prison building—

There are not many people living in this idle house on weekdays, but there are prisoners who are afraid of disturbing people's dreams by lighting up the lights in their room and reading books at night. At this moment, there was no movement outside the door, and through the door leaf, the light of the oil lamp flickered inside.

I cast a suspicious look at Lu Lingjun, and he stretched out his arms vigilantly to protect me behind him. He was about to open the door when he stepped on the water.

With a thud in my heart, I lowered my head, but saw a pool of blood slowly spilling out of the room, the dark red color was strange and shocking under the weak light and shadow.

Lu Lingjun no longer hesitated, kicked the door open, the door opened in response, and finally saw what was inside the house.

I don't know what words to use to describe the blood redness that I saw in front of me. Those three familiar figures fell on their side without moving, and an endless stream of blood poured out from the knife marks on their necks. ; one fell on the table with his eyes open, holding an ink-stained pen in his hand, and the blood dripped to the ground along the tip of the pen; another was paralyzed on the ground in a crawling position, his hands digging forward to pick up the blood, as if he was going to work hard. Look up at the person.

Li Wen, Du Fei, Su Qiao.

Lu Lingjun helped Su Qiao, who was lying on the ground. He had two knives in his body. He seemed to be the only living person in the room, but he looked like he was dying. When he saw us, his eyes lit up, and he pointed behind him with trembling hands. The blood that kept oozing out of it, said: "Save... save people..."

My vision was blurry, I tried my best to move my pace, and touched Li Wen and Du Fei's necks one after another, but I couldn't feel anything. I just shook my head at Lu Lingjun, who reached out and touched Su Qiao A few places in the words were meant to stop the bleeding for him, and the blood was gushing out, soaking the sleeves and plackets of the two of them. I wanted to call someone to call the doctor. Jun said softly, "No need." Turning around again, Su Qiao stared forward with blank eyes and seemed to want to say something, but his breathing had stopped and he could no longer speak.

Later, when I occasionally recalled that time, I felt that under those circumstances, the next heavy rain, which should have been appropriate, poured me into a mess, and finally cried and fell ill in the rain for three days and three nights. Maybe things would be much easier. It's a pity that Heaven is not beautiful, the night is clear, the wind is calm, and the surroundings are quiet as if nothing has happened, until I walked out of the door and heard the cry of Lu Lingjun inside, until the supervisors found one after another that people were turning their backs. The Ministry of Punishment immediately blocked the scene and searched inside and outside the Imperial Prison, all made me wonder if this night was too quiet, so quiet that the chaotic precipitation filled my heart, and the knots were unraveled at some point.

After walking aimlessly for a while, I covered my forehead and looked around, and said casually to the air: "A Zuo."

A Zuo came to me from an unknown direction: "What's the princess' order?"

I asked him, "If you don't call, it seems that you can't detect where you are hiding, but sometimes I walk everywhere like this, how can there be hiding places everywhere so that you can both follow and hide?"

A Zuo probably thinks that my mind has been damaged, and I asked such an insignificant question calmly at these moments, but the shadow guard did not have the right to ask questions, and only twitched the corners of his mouth and replied: "Either I am easily mixed in the crowd, or Choose a suitable place to ensure that the princess is within the visible range, and it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong, so the princess should also be careful, it is better to return to the palace as soon as possible..."