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Chapter 67
67. You lie on your side
Pei Nianyu looked at Li Han, wondering why he suddenly became so respectful to him again, and didn't get up after reporting.
He tried his best to observe, and Li Han still had the same paralyzed face, except for the faint fatigue that was barely visible, there was nothing abnormal.Therefore, Pei Nianyu had to follow the procedure and added one more sentence:
"Excuse me, let's get flat."
"yes."
After that, Pei Nianyu also supported Lou Yefeng's shoulders, and sat up slowly, after all, it was not polite for him to lie on the bed and listen to other people's speech.
"So, what is the origin of that assassin, why did he frame Ye Feng as his accomplice?"
"It's like this, Deacon Lou...he pretended to be an imperial servant and sneaked into the Chenghua Palace..."
"..."
Pei Nianyu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this was indeed Ye Feng's style - fishing in troubled waters, penetrating into every hole.It's just that he turned his head to look at Lou Yefeng with some worry:
"What did you do to the family?"
"At that time, he was knocked out and thrown into the grass."
Pei Nianyu's worry came from his family Ye Feng's always tough hands. After all, if his family Ye Feng killed people just to sneak in and help him with food... he would die innocently.
Seeing that Pei Nianyu hadn't reacted yet, Li Han resisted the urge to roll his eyes very hard, and said indifferently:
"The person who was knocked out by Deacon Lou is the assassin's accomplice, and now I guess it's time to go on the road with him..."
"But... But, Lou Yefeng is using his own appearance, how could the assassin recognize him as an accomplice?"
Lou Yefeng smiled and said:
"That's because he's self-indulgent and thinks I'm here in disguise..."
"..."
Pei Nianyu thought about it, and couldn't help but let out a "bah".
This kind of assassin who can't do things with no brains really owes his IQ. He didn't think about it when he saw the situation was wrong.
Then Pei Nianyu suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said:
"Ye Feng, your martial arts have recovered a lot? You can even kill the assassins who sneaked into the palace."
A sternness suddenly flashed in Li Han's eyes:
"No, the two of them took something called Fengyuan Pill to forcibly seal the movement and circulation of internal energy in the body. Therefore, this Fengyuan Pill can completely hide the fluctuation of true energy, and it is different from others in the eyes of others.Ordinary people who don't know martial arts are no different, in order to prevent the shadow guards from detecting them."
"They have been lurking in the palace for a long time as the royal servants, and they have been taking this pill to hide their identities. Before the banquet, they took the antidote of Fengyuan Dan, and when the banquet was over, they just happened to be able toRestore all internal strength."
Lou Yefeng suddenly turned his gaze to Li Han, squinted his eyes, and asked:
"The guy you killed with a sword in the main hall... I saw his movements were a little jerky when he made a move. Is it because his internal strength has not fully recovered?"
Pei Nianyu: "..."
Li Han nodded:
"That's right, your eyesight is really sharp. The assassin only recovered 80% of his internal strength."
Pei Nianyu: "..."
Hearing this sentence on the couch, his heart was complicated. It meant that the assassin in the hall was actually nothing to worry about?
Li Han didn't see His Royal Highness King Yu's face, and then added:
"However, even if his internal strength is all there, it's still not at 70% of my level."
Pei Nianyu: "..."
He finally got angry:
"So this means that even if I don't go up and throw the assassin away, Xiao Sheng won't be in any danger, right?"
Lou Yefeng and Li Han exchanged glances.
As the top two shadow guards of the Dajing dynasty, their timing accuracy has reached the level of ghosts and gods. Of course, it is very easy to see——
That assassin was no match for Li Han at all.
Therefore, Pei Nianyu rushed forward because he was concerned about chaos, and because he didn't learn how to dismantle the sword well, he sent himself under the sharp edge.
It is also thanks to the protection of the body with deep internal strength, so it is no big deal.
Lou & Lin: "..."
Li Han couldn't answer these words due to his status, so he could only look at the ground in silence.As for Lou Yefeng, after thinking about his words, he coughed lightly and said:
"Well...you can't say that..."
Pei Nianyu was instantly depressed:
"Forget it, Ye Feng, you don't need to say it..."
When he saw Lou Yefeng's hesitant expression, he immediately understood everything.
Cooperating with myself is a one-stop operation, and one blood is given away for nothing.
Chicken Assassin, wasting my feelings!
Pei Nianyu used to think that he was extremely brave, and that he could protect his dear brother after gaining martial arts, but now he only felt that the wound on his body hurt, hurt, hurt... Why did he rush forward so desperately?
He suddenly said angrily:
"Such good assassins can sneak in, Li Han, aren't your shadow guards better than assassins?"
Li Han was silent for a while, then replied:
"This...His Royal Highness King Yu may not know. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been countless assassins trying to sneak into the palace. The ministers and others naturally try their best to investigate, but there are always times when they are unable to do so... just like todayLevel assassins are quite common..."
"How common is it?"
"It's not too many. In a year, the ministers can handle more than 300 premeditated assassinations... Most of them will be killed by the shadow guards if they find it suspicious. Today, the assassins took action... oneAbout a dozen times a year."
Pei Nianyu: "..."
With such a big event happening in the palace, Pei Nianyu, who wanted to gossip about it, lost all interest and waved his hand to see Li Han off.Then he rolled himself up under the quilt resentfully, taking the opportunity to catch up on sleep.
Lou Yefeng covered his master with a quilt, saw that his master quickly fell into a deep sleep, knew it was an injury attack, so he didn't bother him any more.But turned around and quietly left the hall, calling Li Han who was about to leave.
………………
At this time, it was already the slanting moon, and the night was quiet and solemn in the imperial palace under martial law.
Li Han looked at Lou Yefeng who was blocking his way, and frowned slightly:
"Does Deacon Lou have any advice?"
He intentionally pronounced the word "teaching" a little louder, apparently to mock Lou Yefeng's messing around with his subordinates.After all... the leader of the shadow guards was so slapped in the face by other shadow guards, no one could be happy.
"The master didn't finish asking just now, but I still have something to ask."
"Say."
Lou Yefeng's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he looked directly at Li Han:
"The person I knocked out...his target is actually not His Majesty, but Master?"
Li Han did not deny it, but instead asked:
"How did you find out?"
Lou Yefeng pondered:
"I wanted to sneak in at first, but it was actually because I had a dark feeling that there would be someone at this banquet that would be unfavorable to the master, so I thought of a way to sneak in, just to investigate the situation for the master."
Li Han heard that Lou Yefeng said that he came in to investigate the situation, not to "serve the master" or find trouble on purpose, his expression softened a little, and finally he changed slightly.
"Later, after I entered the palace, that bad feeling disappeared again. At that time, I wondered for a while. Now that I think about it, it should be that the threat disappeared. And..."
Lou Yefeng's tone suddenly carried a hint of persuasion:
"Why is the antidote of Fengyuan Pill for the two of them scheduled to completely release their internal energy at the end of the banquet?"
Lou Yefeng's judgment was very simple, if the assassin was targeting Pei Niancheng, no matter whether the purpose was to assassinate or destroy the banquet, then the best choice would be to strike in the middle of the banquet.
Li Han hesitated for a while, and finally chose to tell the truth:
"Your intuition is still sharp. That's right, that accomplice is the main executor of this assassination. As for why they originally chose the time after the banquet... that's because they planned it at the beginning.It was when the banquet was over that His Royal Highness King Yu's servants came to kidnap His Highness King Yu."
"As for the one next to Mr. Li...it's just their cover. The assassin who attacked my master, their original plan was for him to assassinate the master to contain the shadow guard...it's just an abandoned son."
"It's a pity that his accomplice was knocked out by you, and His Royal Highness King Yu was about to leave the meeting suddenly. Therefore, the assassin saw that His Highness King Yu had fallen on top of you, and you didn't take such an excellent opportunity."hijacked, he jumped over the wall in a hurry and assassinated ahead of time."
"After all... the mission failed because he didn't make a move, and he will die sooner or later when he goes back."
Lou Yefeng froze for a moment:
"You mean, their main purpose is to hijack the master? Why?!"
"...I don't know the specifics, I can only infer that the hijacking of His Highness King Yu may be to obtain something from His Majesty..."
Lou Yefeng suddenly became angry, and grabbed Li Han's skirt:
"So, the assassin who wanted to kidnap my master has been in the imperial dining room for so long, and you didn't know his identity until his accomplices exposed him? If I hadn't made a mistake and knocked them out first when he had no martial arts, wouldn't it beIt's not that he will succeed!"
As soon as Lou Yefeng made a move, the surrounding shadow guards saw that their leader was restrained, and they all drew their swords and pointed at Lou Yefeng.But Lou Yefeng turned a blind eye to it, and the nameless fire of anxiety in his heart became more and more intense, and it went straight towards Li Han.
And Li Han said with a deadpan expression:
"As shadow guards, we will naturally try our best to prevent His Royal Highness King Yu from being hijacked by others in this palace. Even if he is hijacked, we will rescue him..."
Lou Yefeng almost laughed angrily:
"What do you mean if you are robbed? How can you be like this..."
All he felt in his heart at the moment was fear.If he hadn't chosen to enter the palace to take a look, if he had pretended to be another servant...
Wouldn't his master, his clumsy master who had no talent for martial arts, be completely exposed to danger?
And Li Han is so unreliable!
Li Han is only one year younger than Lou Yefeng, and he is still His Majesty's shadow guard, how can he tolerate him continuing to teach him a lesson?Before Lou Yefeng could finish speaking, he suddenly shook Lou Yefeng away with his internal energy, and said coldly:
"This is the imperial palace, Lou Yefeng, watch your words and deeds!"
Then his expression gradually became indifferent:
"It was indeed my mistake this time, and I will let His Majesty handle it personally—it's not up to you, the shadow guard deacon of the palace, to teach me a lesson."
"As for you, Lou Yefeng..."
Li Han suddenly took a step forward, looked at Lou Yefeng, with mocking expressions in his eyes:
"You have this time to vent your incompetent anger on me, why don't you go home and think about how to fulfill your duties—"
"I, Li Han, am His Majesty's shadow guard, not His Royal Highness King Yu's shadow guard. If you are worried about your own master, you should find a way to keep your master safe. You expect other people's shadow guards to protect your master...You are the only shadow guard in the whole world."
Lou Yefeng was completely stunned.
Li Han's words were like the most straightforward blade, cutting off all his hypocrisy.
He was angry because of the powerlessness of not being able to control the situation.
After all, he is incompetent.
He has been a shadow guard for ten years, of course he knows that most of the "accidents" in this world cannot be completely controlled and predicted.If it were him, he might not be able to do better than Li Han.
The only thing he can do is to make himself stronger, and stronger, so strong that no one can beat him, so strong that he can perfectly cope with any situation.
Lou Yefeng stood up slowly from the ground, and said dejectedly:
"...You're right, it's me..."
Li Han suddenly sneered and interrupted him:
"What am I right?"
"I……"
Li Han interrupted him again:
"Can your martial arts recover in a year or so? No, then what are you thinking?"
Lou Yefeng was at a loss: "Isn't it..."
Li Han glanced at him with blade-like eyes:
"You don't understand what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is..."
He knocked on Lou Yefeng's heart word by word:
"Do, to, your, duty, responsibility."
"His Royal Highness King Yu possesses such a profound inner power, and it has been two months since he woke up. May I ask you, the teaching deacon, what have you taught?"
"Your master is still like a waste of martial arts, do you have the face to let your former subordinates call you Lou Jiaoxi?"
Lou Yefeng was instantly struck by lightning.
"I know that His Royal Highness King Yu is not talented and does not practice martial arts diligently. But... it is your duty to teach him martial arts. If he doesn't learn your highness, will you compromise? At the beginning, His Royal Highness King Yu specially asked the master to give you this lesson."The position of deacon...what is it for?"
Li Han suddenly sneered:
"I've heard about the daily affairs in your mansion from Fang Heng. I'm afraid that the martial arts training is fake, and you flirting with your master...is your purpose?"
"Li Han...you..."
Lou Yefeng was instantly irrefutable.
The master really often teased him when he was practicing martial arts, so why didn't he secretly delight in his heart?
It's just that from now on... he can't let his master be lazy anymore.Even if you disobey the master, you must at least teach the master how to use the weapon that is in your hand.
Lou Yefeng secretly made up his mind.
Seeing him in a daze, Lin Han didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he went to see Pei Niancheng in the Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial Study.
………………
In the Diligent Government Hall, Pei Niancheng was sitting at the table, quickly instructing all parties on the follow-up of tonight's incident, while looking at the backlog of documents at the end of the year.
The door of the palace was closed tightly, so Li Han could only kneel down outside the door:
"Criminal Li Han, see the master."
After a while, Eunuch Wu Bingzhong came out of the hall, sighed softly and said:
"Commander Lin, His Majesty doesn't want to see you now."
Li Han was stunned for a moment, his heart tightened involuntarily, and then he felt a little bit at a loss.
He is His Majesty's personal shadow guard... His Majesty did not let him in, it seemed that His Majesty was really angry with him.
However, when he just wanted to get up and go, Eunuch Wu spoke again:
"Your Majesty has ordered you not to leave."
"……yes."
Lin Han understood, and knelt silently on the side outside the hall.
The author has something to say:
Lao Pei: Let me have some tofu.
old building: Please master learn martial arts diligently, please master learn martial arts diligently x2, ask master to learn martial arts diligently x3.
Lao Pei: ... Li Han, you are out of food.