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Chapter 283 Assassination
The shouts of killing at the south gate of Gaofeng City shook the sky. The doors of the houses of the people in the city were closed tightly, and all the lights were extinguished. Except for the south gate, the entire Gaofeng City was instantly plunged into darkness.

The main camp of King Ji's army in the city had already moved, but a small number of them rushed to the south gate to support, while the vast majority of people marched to the north gate in the dark, and their steps were deliberately kept very light. , Even so, the march of tens of thousands of people naturally cannot be hidden from the ears of those who live in the houses facing the street. What's more, this night is not the last sleepless night as those in the restaurant said. It is destined to be a sleepless night.

Everyone would just keep their ears open and listen to what was going on outside.

"It's Prince Ji's army! It must be Prince Ji's army that's defending the city!"

"But...according to the location of King Ji's army camp, if you go to the south city gate, you won't be able to reach our street."

"Maybe it's a detour..."

"Why do we need to take a detour? Hasn't the Daning army not invaded yet?"

Lu Dahe, who was standing on the roof of a house, listened to the conversation of the people in the house and laughed twice. When he noticed the eyes of the people next to him, he quickly lowered his voice and whispered: "The general knows things like a god, it's difficult." The king really wanted to abandon the city and flee northward."

Yang Qingmo looked at the dark crowd of King Ji's army in the street below, and reminded: "His Royal Highness King Jin has thought carefully."

"Yes, yes, His Royal Highness, King Jin, is very talented and strategic, and you are also resourceful, wise and brave!"

Yang Qingmo was about to stop flattering and do business when he heard another person on the roof joking: "Lu Dahe, when did you become so good at talking? It seems that you have been studying with Cui Zhi a lot during this time."

Cui Zhi is a seventh-rank governor of the Inspectorate. This time he went with the Zhenyao Army along with Shu Pingkuo, the left deputy censor of the Inspectorate. However, Shu Pingkuo was the censor of the Governor, and Cui Zhi was in this army. There is no official position in the army, but the supervisory office assigns subordinate officials to follow Shu Pingkuo to help him with some miscellaneous tasks such as recording, copying, and sorting.

As for why he followed Yang Qingmo, it was Cui Zhi's request. Zhu Yue agreed to Cui Zhi's request after consulting Shu Pingkuo and Yang Qingmo.

"Hmph, Lord Counselor himself is from Tanhua. If I want to study, I can just study with Brother Yang. I don't need to look for that nerd Cui Zhi."

Lu Dahe changed his name to Yang Qingmo so easily that Zhang Ao felt a little embarrassed. Knowing that now was not the time to argue with him, he snorted and stopped talking.

The three of them were sure that things were as they had speculated before, so they didn't stay any longer and took a detour back to the North City Gate in advance.

How could King Ji's army have imagined that the North City Gate, which they thought was the safest, would be more dangerous than the South City Gate where the shouts of killing were loud?

In the darkness, the city gate guards wearing armor and carrying swords on their waists had new faces, and on the crenellations of the high city wall, they had already set up crossbows and arrows, just waiting for the most important person to appear tonight.

The Lantern Festival in Gaofeng City is filled with shouts of death, tension and fear, rivers of blood, and a dark night without any lights.

But in Ningdu City, the capital of Daning, which is thousands of miles away, the lights are brightly lit, the cries of vendors and the laughter of pedestrians are all connected. As the saying goes, "the lights are bright and the tourists are like weaving", it is a prosperous scene. , the mutiny years ago seems to be a thing of the past, and Ningdu City has returned to its original glory.

"Your Majesty, why don't you go tonight and let His Royal Highness Prince Ping, His Royal Highness Chun Wang and the Sixth Prince go..."

In Xinsheng Palace, Concubine Xin was serving Emperor Shengning to change his clothes. Looking at Emperor Shengning's slightly pale face, she couldn't help but suggest.

Emperor Shengning shook his head, "You could be lazy in previous years, but not this year."

Seeing what Concubine Xin wanted to say, Emperor Shengning waved his hand and continued: "Zhu Yue and the others are fighting outside. I must guard this rear area. I want everyone in the world to see that the stability and prosperity of our country will not be because of a certain person." The prince's rebellion, if there is any change, the prosperity will remain as long as before!" "I understand, I just hope that your majesty will take more care of your body. The night wind is cold, and your majesty just had a fever last night. Ning Hui shows up upstairs and comes back. If his condition worsens, it’s not a joke. "

Emperor Shengning patted Concubine Xin's hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, I know what I know. Besides, aren't you right next to me and watching? By the way, stop nagging me. Isn't that girl Yu'er making a fuss about going out? Going to the lantern festival? I agreed to her, but you have to tell her not to mess around when she goes out, and Haizheng must come back at the latest, otherwise I won't agree if she wants to go out next time, and she can't deliberately get rid of the guards after going out. Stay with Wei Kang."

"The emperor still thinks that I am too verbose. I think the emperor is ten times more verbose than me! Yu'er went with the girl from the Jiang family. The girl Jiang is responsible for ten guards. The dangerous scene last year..."

Concubine Xin paused slightly and did not continue.

Emperor Shengning understood, "I heard that the Anping family intends to marry the Jiang family. The title of the Anping family has reached Geng Xun's generation, which is the last generation. Last year, Geng Xun's grandson Geng Shuhuai made a contribution to the rescue. Because the war in the north has not yet begun, In the end, the meritorious ministers are not generously rewarded, but I can give them a marriage first! "

During the Lantern Festival, the lights were bright. Emperor Daning and his concubines, princes and princesses stood on the high Ninghui Tower to celebrate the festival and enjoy the people of Ningdu together.

Tens of thousands of people gathered downstairs from Ning Hui. In order to prevent a stampede, all the officials from the Royal Guards, the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities, and the government offices and county offices were mobilized to maintain order.

"Why don't you take action? If you don't take action, there may be no chance. I don't know how long the old emperor will stand upstairs. He may leave after a while."

At this time, in an elegant room of a three-story teahouse not far from Ning Hui Tower, someone had already set up a crossbow, and its target was aimed at the royal family members in splendid robes above Ning Hui Tower.

It's just that although the Ninghui Tower is brightly lit at this moment, and the emperor's uniform on Emperor Shengning is very conspicuous, he is not only surrounded by concubines and children, but also hundreds of imperial guards protecting him, even if the crossbow arrows are coming. After the range was over, hidden weapons were activated one after another, but they could only shoot the outermost guards, but could not injure Emperor Shengning at all.

"Your Majesty!" Qi Yue walked up to Emperor Shengning and reported in a low voice: "On the right side of Ninghui Tower, there is a three-story teahouse called Lanzhuxuan. A private room on the third floor has been booked. There are three people inside, and they have already set up their crossbows, but they seem to have encountered a problem and have not taken action yet. "

"There are so many guards surrounding me. No matter how powerful their crossbows are or how far their range is, they can't shoot through so many people and hit me. Naturally, we have encountered a problem. It seems that the other four are going to solve this problem. It’s a difficult problem, let’s see how they solve it!”

Emperor Shengning said calmly.

"Your Majesty, for the safety of the dragon body, you should go into the darkroom..."

"I'm in, how can those four people show up?"

Qi Yuezheng wanted to persuade him that he could spend more time looking for the assassin, but if the emperor was injured or directly... this deal is not worth it!

After serving the emperor for such a long time, he also knew the master's temperament and knew that he could not be easily persuaded. It was just a habit. He wanted to try harder, but before he could say anything, he saw fireworks not far away. Rushing up, there is almost no sound, but it is bright and dazzling.

"These fireworks are beautiful, better than those prepared by the palace!" A concubine was stunned.

Emperor Shengning sneered, "Qi Yue, if it's so obvious, your men can't find anyone, right?"

"I don't think so. Why don't you go down and have a look."

Qi Yue felt that if it weren't for the letter Yang Shen sent from the West, it would be just a special firework. Not to mention his not-so-smart subordinates, but also his smart superior, maybe at this time He was also immersed in the cheerful atmosphere of the festival, and would not have thought that there were martial arts masters traveling thousands of miles to plot to assassinate the emperor. But now... If those subordinates are not yet alert, then he can change his subordinates.

For some things, once you know the beginning, the result is not far away. And if you don't think about that, it is like being blindfolded and your ears are blocked. You turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear, which is very frustrating.