A few days later, Wu Jie learned the whole story from Lin Zhaoyuan and the others' discussions.

Those who sneaked into Capital City were the remnants of Yelan Country. After the country where the western territory bandits came from was destroyed, they sent elite assassins to sneak into the vicinity of Gyeonggi.

The palace is heavily guarded and cannot be used. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the emperor came to the lake to pray for blessings and light the lanterns, they secretly poured a thin layer of oil on the lake. This oil is colorless, odorless, and burns for a long time. It is a specialty of a small country in the western territory. Afterwards, the assassin lurking at the bottom of the water, wearing the fire-resistant jiao skin, rushed up the corridor in one fell swoop, and assassinated the emperor.

The entire assassination plan is meticulously and bizarrely laid out, and with the help of Western ingenuity, it is hard to guard against.

If it weren't for the fact that dozens of masters in the imperial army ignored the fire and rushed to rescue him. Even if Yuan Jing escaped unharmed, the concubines who went with him that night would suffer a terrible loss.

Even if the rescue was in time, there was still a talented man who died under the knife of the assassin.

Although the corridor where the emperor and his concubines were located was the focus of the assassins' killing, it was also the number one rescue target of the imperial army. The other seven or eight corridors were not so lucky.

Accompanying them were more than 20 nobles from the royal family and officials from the Ministry of Rites who were drowned, burned to death, and killed by the assassin's knife. As for the other eunuchs and maids who died, there are countless.

Such a tragic assassination directly caused a sensation in the entire Capital City.

Although Xi Yuwei, who was in charge of the guards, tried his best to rescue him that night, he was still charged with incompetent escorts. The commander Lin Desheng was demoted three ranks in a row. More than a dozen senior officers in the army were also convicted.

Instead, Hong Chongyue was promoted in one fell swoop, because he was originally responsible for patrolling the summer palace with soldiers and horses. After discovering the fire, he did not ride the horse to walk the mountain path. However, it took more than half an hour to arrive at the assassination scene. They used the water dragon on the boat to extinguish the fire, killed the assassin, and rescued more than a dozen clan members who had jumped into the water to escape.

Afterwards, according to the clues left by the assassins, in just two days, they followed the clues to find their base camp lurking in Capital City, and wiped them out in one fell swoop.

Such an outstanding contribution is particularly bright and dazzling among a group of disgraced colleagues. Later, he was promoted to be the commander of Xiyuwei, which was also a matter of course.

At the age of twenty, he became the commander-in-chief of the first army, which is rare in the history of Wei.

For some reason, from this promotion, Wu Jie tasted something unusual. Especially thinking of the adultery between Hong Chongyue and Li Chongrong before

In the Wei army, the imperial guards guarding Capital City were the most elite of the Eastern Forest Guard and the Western Feather Guard, each with 30,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 infantry. In the early years, the Jinwu Guard and the Xiaoqi Guard, who were equally famous in the early years, are now places where noble children have mixed seniority. They have a good reputation but poor combat power, so they are only used as guards of honor.

Among them, the leader of Donglinwei was replaced by Yin Changqing who returned from the northwest last year, which is regarded as the power of the Lingbei Gao family, but now the leader of Xiyuwei has become Hong Chongyue

"What is Wu Guipin thinking?" A soft greeting brought Wu Jie back from her free thoughts.

Looking back, Concubine Lijin, with her round belly, just got off the boat, standing not far behind her.

As the fetus grew up, her face became rounder day by day. Compared with the pretty melon-seeded face before, it had a more lustrous and soft beauty.

Perhaps it was to comfort Li Chongrong who was frightened, and because the fetus was more than five months old, Li Chongrong was promoted to be the second-rank concubine Jin last month according to the usual practice.

Wu Jie was going to salute according to the palace rules. Concubine Lijin hurried forward, supported her and said with a smile, "You and my sister, why are you so polite."

Wu Jie didn't insist and stood up.

"I didn't expect to meet your concubine here. It's fate. I have finished copying your concubine's Buddhist scriptures." Concubine Lijin asked with a smile.

"It was just finished yesterday." Wu Jie replied.

The two walked side by side on the mountain road, and their targets were all small Buddhist halls on the mountain.

Because of the assassination of the Ghost Festival before, many palace people lost their lives. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared the funeral in accordance with the rules, the lord of the palace also wanted to express his condolences.

The way of expression is to copy the scriptures. Empress Gao took the lead, and each concubine in the harem would enshrine a scripture to the Buddha, praying for the blessing of the Buddha, and wishing those innocent palace people who lost their lives to be reborn in bliss.

In the past few days, everyone finished copying one after another and sent them to the small Buddha Hall.

The small Buddhist hall of the summer resort palace is built on the island in the middle of the lake in the northwest of the palace, surrounded by water on all sides, requiring boats to go to and from it.

Wu Jie showed a kind smile, "I haven't had time to congratulate Empress Jin. Faced with the assassin's attack, mother and child are still safe. It can be seen that this child is born with noble blood and is extremely blessed."

Concubine Lijin's smile cracked imperceptibly with a few fine lines, but it quickly repaired. She raised her hand to caress her abdomen, and said with a smile, "it is the emperor's blessing, not only protecting the child, but also protecting our sisters to survive the disaster safely."

Wu Jie smiled and said nothing.

Concubine Li Jin continued, "I'm ashamed to say that when the war was in chaos, I was so frightened that I almost fell down. I remember it was my sister who helped me. Although I stood firm, my sister lost the best way to escape. Opportunity, alas, I am deeply ashamed, when I see the emperor someday, I will ask him to reward my sister for her righteous deed."

I didn't realize before that Concubine Li Jin was so smart and transparent. The means of resolving grievances is quite high.

Wu Jie smiled warmly, "What does the concubine Jin say? The emperor's heir is the most important thing. How can it be compared to you and me? If I can do my part to protect the future prince, I will be willing to break my body."

Concubine Lijin nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile, "I know my sister is a person who understands righteousness."

Under the warm spring, the two are like sisters. Even the brilliance of the Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain pales in comparison.

The two entered the Buddhist hall, the maid took out the scriptures she was carrying, and the little eunuch in the Buddhist hall took them and sent them to the altar.

It was a very simple process, but there was a small accident.

The Buddhist scriptures written by Wu Jie had just been placed on it, when the little eunuch raised his hand and accidentally touched the tribute plate next to it.

The white porcelain plate containing the lotus trembled, water droplets poured out, and landed impartially on the Buddhist scriptures spread out by Wu Jie. Immediately, most of the handwriting on the last few pages was blurred.

The little eunuch was terrified, and quickly knelt down to plead guilty.

Concubine Lijin frowned and said, "God damn slave, are things before the Buddha so negligent?"

The Northern Wei Dynasty worshiped Buddhism, and when such a thing happened, it was generally regarded as a bad omen.

The little eunuch who got into trouble kowtowed like garlic, blood stains appeared on his forehead not long after. Wu Jie had no choice but to say, "Forget it, let me have a look first, if the damage is not serious, then copy it here again."

"Sister is really kind." Concubine Lijin praised with a smile.

Seeing that it was getting late, Concubine Lijin left with her maid after the offering.

Wu Jie went to the study next to the Small Buddha Hall, where there were ready-made pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Not long after transcribing, the sky darkened. Although the wet paper was only about 20 pages, the scriptures enshrined in front of the Buddha must be completed in one go without any typos or alterations. Wu Jie copied for a long time before finally copying the things.

"You are kind." Chen Jiao took apart the book for her, replaced it with a new one, and bound it again.

"It's just a little thing." Wu Jie stretched her waist, got up and went to the Buddhist hall.

Chen Jiao stayed in the room to tidy up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for her.

In the Buddhist hall, the little eunuch was grateful, held the Buddhist scriptures with both hands, climbed up to the high platform, and put down the Buddhist scriptures of the kind lady respectfully before wiping the altar graciously.

Under the high platform, Wu Jie took incense from the incense burner next to it as usual, knelt on the futon in front of the Buddha, and prayed for blessings.

He was closing his eyes and praying, when suddenly a shrill scream came to his ears. In the dark dusk, it is particularly permeating.

Wu Jie looked up, and saw that on the high platform, the little eunuch who was playing the Buddhist scriptures jumped up, danced and screamed.

He staggered towards the audience, his face was dripping with blood, and he looked horrified, as if something terrible was chasing after him.

Wu Jie was startled, and quickly stood up and backed away. The little eunuch ran to the edge of the high platform, stepped on the ground, and rolled down.

A sharp light flashed behind him, and a colorful flying shadow rushed towards her like a sharp arrow.

Wu Jie let out a cry of surprise and fell to the ground, the flying shadow shot into the head of the little maid standing behind her.

It turned out to be a poisonous snake, which landed on the maid's head and circled endlessly. Its triangular head was raised high, and its red tongue squeaked as it bit down. The little maid screamed and rolled her eyes on the spot.

Wu Jie immediately rushed to the altar, pulled out a candle, and wanted to deal with the beast.

But the poisonous snake seemed to have spirituality, it knew Wu Jie's intentions when it saw Wu Jie's movements, it immediately abandoned the little maid, and rushed up towards her.

Wu Jie had no time to dodge, so she could only wave the huge candle vigorously.

In the nick of time, suddenly a huge force grabbed her arm from behind, and Wu Jie staggered to avoid the poisonous snake's attack. Before she could stand still, she felt that her hand was empty, the candle was snatched away by someone who came, and swept towards the poisonous snake.

The poisonous snake flew into the air, without leaning to one side, just as it hit the flame core, it was thrown up into the sky like a strip of exploded meat, and landed heavily on the ground.

His head was scorched by the flames, but he was still alive, climbing up and down, trying to escape.

Later, Chen Jiao pulled out the candle, threw it on the ground, and directly nailed the evil beast to the altar with the spikes on the top of the candlestick.

Everything happened in a short while, after the poisonous snake was dealt with, he turned around and asked Wu Jie, "Are you okay?"

"I" Wu Jie wanted to say something, but her whole body felt icy cold, and the severe pain began to spread from the back of her neck where the poisonous snake had brushed just now.

Seeing her limply on the ground, Chen Jiao suddenly changed his expression, caught Wu Jie's fallen body, and asked anxiously, "Where did you bite?"

Wu Jie opened her mouth, but her teeth trembled, and she couldn't speak.

With her life at stake, she could only stare at Chen Jiao's shoulder and gesture backwards.

Fortunately, Chen Jiao was smart and immediately realized what she meant.

Immediately tore off her skirt and took it off backwards. The white skin is exposed.

He asked Wu Jie to lie sideways in the crook of his arm, and his gaze quickly swept from the round shoulders to the smooth back.

Finally, a little bloodstain was found under the back of the neck. It was only scratched a little, but it had already started to turn purple.

Unbelievable that the poisonous snake is so powerful

Without hesitation, Chen Jiao lowered his head.

Wu Jie already felt dizzy, she was lying in someone's arms in a daze, and then her back felt hot, and there was a moist touch, with itchy suction.

She shivered and wanted to struggle, but felt powerless all over her body. She was confused for a long time before she realized that it was Chen Jiao who was sucking the venom for herself.

She was shivering, her whole body was as cold as falling into an ice cellar, only the spot on the back of her neck that was touched by her was scalding unbearably hot.

Chen Jiao spit out the sucked poisonous blood on the ground, repeated several times, and finally the blood that flowed out became bright red, then stopped, took a clean veil to cover the wound, and turned the person in his arms around.

Wu Jie was still in a semi-conscious state, allowing him to fiddle with her.

Chen Jiao didn't dare to waste time, picked up the cloak on the shelf and wrapped the person in his arms, then hugged him horizontally, and hurried out of the small Buddhist hall.

Flying down the mountain road, we soon reached the shore.

Scanning the river bank, Chen Jiao suddenly tightened his eyes. The boat that Wu Jie was on when she came had disappeared.

The Small Buddha Hall is built on the island in the middle of the lake in Mingyue Lake in the back garden, and you must go to and from it by boat.

Chen Jiao hugged Wu Jie and walked around from the east to the west. On the entire river bank, even a boat could not be found.

It is impossible for the palace people to be so negligent, it was intentional

Chen Jiao immediately realized this, and was frightened and angry. Although Wu Jie's snake venom was sucked out by himself, it was just a hasty method, and he had to take the detoxification medicine quickly.

Just as he was anxious, the person in his arms suddenly moved, and a soft voice came, "Go back first, I can still hold on."

The night was cool, Chen Jiao had no choice but to carry Wu Jie back to the small Buddhist hall.

Putting the person on the futon, Chen Jiao took off the cloak covering her head.

Wu Jie's cheeks were flushed, and she said in a low voice, "This must be someone setting up a trick, so there is no need to waste our efforts. Even if we go back to the palace tonight, I'm afraid the imperial doctor won't be able to find the antidote."

"Someone wants me to die, but I don't die so easily." After saying a few words, Wu Jie's voice trembled and her teeth chattered.

Chen Jiao quickly hugged her into his arms while pressing her back with his palm.

A warm feeling poured into her body, and Wu Jie felt that the chill that would freeze to death subsided a little.

"I can still hold on, don't waste your energy." Wu Jie has never practiced martial arts, but she has also heard that if a martial arts practitioner breathes energy out of an ordinary person whose meridians are blocked, it will consume a lot of energy. Even the best masters can't last too long.

Chen Jiao observed that her face turned ruddy before she stopped her skills.

Wu Jie's eyes fell on the little eunuch not far away. After being bitten by a poisonous snake, his whole body turned purple and black, extremely terrifying. And the little maid on the other side was not much better, her face was red and swollen. Both are dead.

"If I die, won't I become like this?"

Chen Jiao hugged her tightly, and comforted her in a low voice, "No, you will be fine. Wait until tomorrow at the latest, and the steward of the small Buddhist hall will start work. Or don't wait until tomorrow, I will put this small Buddhist hall to work." A fire, I don't believe that such a big movement can't disturb the people on the other side."

Wu Jie gave a low laugh, "Let's forget it, this island is very small and there are a lot of withered grass, if the rescuers on the other side don't arrive, the whole island will be burned first, and we will be miserable."

Who did it this time? Wu Jie murmured.

Such a vicious layout turned out to directly want her life. Could it be that she discovered the adulterous relationship between Hong Chongyue and Concubine Lijin before, and they knew about it, so it's still better to kill and silence her?

"No matter who it is, if I know about it, I will definitely not let it go easily." Chen Jiao's voice was dignified, and his brows were full of anger.