Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 493 The Assassination Incident at the Jin Palace
Mr. Chen suddenly wanted to understand some things, such as the consistent practice of the Holy Church - the thing that all eggs should not be put in one basket, so he suddenly felt ridiculous and very angry.

So he hid the dark crossbow in his left hand and suddenly let go.

The crossbow shot away like a black thread, one moment it seemed to be on the dark crossbow in Mr. Chen's sleeve, and the next moment it was in front of Cui Xi!

Then Mr. Chen saw a scene that shocked him. Cui Xi's feet moved slightly, and he took three consecutive steps miraculously. After three steps, the whole person returned to the place where he was standing before.

What about the crossbow?
The crossbow arrow that was as fast as a gust of wind brushed past Cui Xi's cheek, passed through the thick cotton curtain, and shot into the endless darkness with a whistling sound, combined with the whistling wind, it could no longer be heard.

It seems to be three simple steps, but Mr. Chen's pupils have already tightened, and he can see the mystery inside. In such a short distance, to be able to avoid his own swift arrows requires more than just a terrifying reaction speed. There is also an unfathomable qi control to match it!
He suddenly remembered the white crow in the temple, but the youngest of the three white crows in the temple was already over fifty years old, when did such a young white crow appear again.Such a master now let him work for Ye Chen?This is indeed the usual practice of the church!
Thoughts flashed in his mind, but the sword in his right hand did not stop, and he stabbed three swords in the first time, which was as fast as lightning. This Mr. Chen, who usually dressed as a scholar and acted like a counselor He turned out to be an extremely powerful first-class swordsman.

His three swords pierced Cui Xi's upper, middle and lower three ways, but at the same time as the last sword was thrust out, his man had turned over and came out from the rear window, like a bat in the dark Generally speaking, he escaped into the darkness. This series of actions is simple to say, but he has already exhausted all his strength. He knows how powerful the white crow is, so he never thought of fighting the opponent desperately. He only needs to give him four or five breaths of time. Xue Sha, a top-notch master in the Jin Palace, will rush over, and then he will be saved.

While thinking like this in his heart, he had already unfolded his movements and desperately rushed towards the direction of the blood killing place.

Before the snow fell, the wind howled past, rolling up the remaining snow on the ground, which was no different from falling snow.

Cui Xi rushed over directly from the window, like a big bird soaring in the dark night, spreading its wings, at an unbelievably fast speed, but his people had already flied in front of Mr. Chen in an extremely strange way, only one ruler, almost close to the face.

Mr. Chen's complexion changed drastically, as if a mortal had seen a ghost, but before he could make any noise or make any move, Cui Xi sighed, turned his wrist, and stretched out his hand.

His right hand stabbed into Mr. Chen's heart, and the strike was like lightning, and there was no way to avoid it.

Mr. Chen staggered to the ground, looking at the bloody hole in his chest, at the beating heart in the hand in front of him, but he was terrified to the extreme, unwilling to the extreme, he opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything Come on, Ji sat in front of his bedroom like this, his body twitched weakly a few times.

It wasn't until the moment when Mr. Chen was about to die that he realized that after all, he was just a small person who could be sacrificed casually in this era, but...he was not reconciled...after 13 years of hard work, he could have become the one who can decide the life and death of others big shot.With a grunt in his throat, he turned his head and died.

Cui Xi stood in front of Mr. Chen's corpse, the heart in his right hand gradually withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. After three breaths, the heart turned into a handful of ashes and flowed out of Cui Xi's hand, disappearing with the wind.Cui Xi said: "Brother Chen, go on the road with peace of mind."

Before he could finish his sentence, he took advantage of Yexue and Yefeng to escape from Prince Jin's mansion and disappeared into the night.Almost at the moment when he disappeared, Xuesha, the only super-first-class master in the Jin Palace, came here. Seeing that Mr. Chen was already dead, he came a step late, and couldn't help but look gloomy. After the corpse of the master he cultivated by himself, his expression changed.

The 51 corpses were all killed with one blow, and all of them had their hearts taken out, and the hearts that were taken out were not found nearby.

Such a weird scene, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary Jianghu masters are afraid.Xuesha also felt a little terrified, because he remembered a legend-the devil's hand took out his heart, and he worked hard to repair the devil.

On the second day, the wind was sunny and the snow gradually melted. The wet stone ponds on the streets of Kaifeng City, with snow accumulated on the street, finally started to flow, carrying snowballs and dead leaves, walking towards low-lying places go.

The assassination at Prince Jin's Mansion last night was deliberately concealed and not publicized. This is because Mr. Chen's identity is not visible after all. Although Zhao Guangyi was extremely annoyed when this happened, after he calmed down, it was too late to cover it up. Dare to find the murderer with great fanfare.What's more, he learned from Xuesha that the origin of the killer may be extremely complicated.

Today is the small court meeting, and the ministers at the gate of the palace gathered in twos and threes, each with its own mountain top, but because of Ye Chen's return, the tacit understanding between the king of Jin and the prime minister temporarily eased the party dispute, so the two factions of civil servants stood side by side. not too far.

With the sound of a whip, the palace gate slowly opened, and Cao Wei, the new inspector in front of the imperial palace, walked out calmly, saluted the leading officials of the two governments, and everyone returned the salute reservedly.Since the assassination by the Maitreya Sect half a year ago, His Majesty the Emperor almost died, and Zhao Dezhao, king of Wei, was inspected in front of the Palace of the Forbidden Army, which was in command of the Imperial City. The position of the former capital inspector was removed, and Cao Wei was promoted two levels to take up this position.

After Cao Wei was put in charge of the palace ban, the defense of the entire palace was indeed impenetrable. Cao Wei could have such a great reputation in later generations, and the top ten generals of the Song Dynasty ranked among the top three, but he also possessed all the qualities necessary for a successful person—— He is a diligent person, and he will be on duty in person whenever there is a court meeting, and there has never been the slightest mistake.

For this reason, these ministers of the upper court have a sense of appreciation and respect for Cao Wei.

The ministers filed in and went to discuss the gossip of the world with the emperor of the Song Dynasty. The gate of the palace suddenly became quiet again. The snow on the square in front of the palace had already been cleaned up, revealing the wet bluestone below, which was swept away The snow piled up on the other side of the square to form a half-person-high snowdrift, like a dwarf city.

A carriage came from behind the long snowdrift. The carriage driver was completely black. The imperial guards guarding the palace gate and the guards inside the gate immediately knew the identity of the person in the carriage. Curious and excited.

Cao Wei greeted him personally with his sword in his hand, and helped Ye Chen off the carriage. The two whispered something all the way into the palace.

The soldiers inside and outside the palace gate did not dare to make a sound, but Xiaoyi looked at the scene from the corner of his eye, until the figures of Cao Wei and Ye Chen disappeared in the palace, everyone breathed out a foul breath and discussed excitedly in low voices stand up.

"Did you see it? It is said that the inspector has a good relationship with King Xiangfu, it seems that it is not fake."

"What's so strange about this? I heard that they drank flower wine together in Yongle Guild Hall the day before yesterday!"

"That's the legendary Xiangfu County King?" A guard obviously entered the palace not long ago, and said with excitement on his face: "Sure enough, it's just like the legend, that look just glanced here, I feel It’s as if my whole body has been seen through.”

"Nonsense! Prince Xiangfu is a disciple of the Immortal."

"No, King Xiangfu is not a disciple of a fairy, he is a lucky star descending to earth"

"But speaking of the sniper attack in the valley outside the city a few days ago"

All the people fell silent immediately, knowing that this matter was terrible, it was better to talk less.

Ye Chen and Cao Wei were walking in the palace, and they didn't know what the people behind them were talking about, but Cao Wei couldn't help being curious. If His Majesty hadn't ordered Ye Chen to attend the court meeting, why did Ye Chen come so early in the morning? Then he ran to the palace.

"Why are you in such a hurry to enter the palace? The palace has been a bit chaotic recently, because of the fact that you were killed by a sniper, the defense in the palace has become a little tense."

Ye Chen said with a smile: "I will leave Kaifeng again in a few days. I am here today to finalize some matters with Your Majesty."

Cao Wei is a smart person, so naturally he wouldn't ask what was going on, so he fell silent. Ye Chen thought of something, but said seriously: "Brother Cao! Maybe something will really happen in the capital. Brother Cao, you are now an imperial guard. Checking the front of the palace, and commanding the imperial city's imperial army, you really need to be careful."

When Cao Wei heard this, he couldn't help but look serious. As the chief envoy of Ye Chen's Huaxia Weifu, he said this sentence, it is definitely not aimless, but Ye Chen obviously has some things that are inconvenient to tell him, and he is not easy to ask, so he can only secretly Take Ye Chen's reminder to heart.

The interior of the Chongzheng Palace was warmer than the outside for a long time. The silver bamboo charcoal collected from the Chengdu Mansion was burning in three braziers. The exquisitely designed braziers that were just sent to the palace by the Weapons Department of the Huaxia Weifu a few days ago did not spill dust, but only overflowed with warmth. , enveloping the whole room in the spring that is out of season.

It's just a faint burning smell, which ordinary people can hardly smell, not to mention that the smell is not unpleasant, but Ye Chen's too sensitive nose smells it, and it always feels uncomfortable, and he can't help but think of the past life. The two witticisms I read --- **** has never used a mobile phone, and the emperor has never blown the air conditioner.

The emperor sat on the couch by himself. From his expression, it can be seen that he was very satisfied with the warmth in the Chongzheng Palace. The slight silver hair on the sideburns and the slight wrinkles at the corners of the eyes were smoothed out. Wearing a dragon robe, the little eunuch had long ago fetched cotton clothes to put on, and brought a bowl of warm bird's nest.

Ye Chen stood quietly by the side, but couldn't help but secretly glanced curiously. The daily life of the Supreme Being under Heaven is indeed not surprising.

(End of this chapter)