Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 171 The Assassination in the Palace

"Brother Jing, Daddy ordered you to guard the emperor's uncle tonight, so as not to be attacked by assassins again." I stood outside the imperial study and said to Situ Jing.Situ Jing nodded and said: "That's what I planned too." I smiled and said: "I didn't expect you to be quite responsible, you are worthy of being my brother." It seems so bad. It's getting late, you go back." I shook my head and said, "I told daddy, I won't go back tonight, I'll stay with you here." Situ Jing said happily: " Really? That's great, this is my good brother, you know you love him, don't you?" I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Cut, I'm afraid something will happen to you." Situ Jing pinched my cheek Said: "You brat with such a hard mouth, you are not cute at all." I tried my best to shake off his hand and said, "It hurts to death, so you can't be gentle." While arguing with him, Situ Rui walked in from the outside , came to us and said: "Cousin Jing, Cousin Hai, you two go back and rest, leave this place to me." Situ Jing waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, Cousin Rui, it's fine if there are more than one person to talk to." " I echoed from the side: "That's right." Situ Rui nodded and said: "That's fine, by the way, is the emperor in there?" Situ Jing replied: "Uncle Emperor seems to be resting in the inner room." Situ Rui replied: "Really? It's time for dinner, I'll go in and have a look." Situ Jing nodded and did not speak.Situ Rui pushed open the door and walked in.

Not long after, the door was opened from the inside, and Situ Rui walked out and said, "Father said he was hungry, so I'll arrange a meal pass. Have you two had dinner yet?" Situ Jing shook his head and said, "Not yet. "Situ Rui nodded and replied: "Well, I will tell them to prepare more food and use them together later." Situ Jing nodded and said: "Thank you, cousin Rui." Situ Rui waved his hand and said: "My brother Thank you, I'll go and come back," he said and walked out.

Not long after Situ Rui left, there was a bang in the imperial study, as if something had been broken.Situ Jing and I hurriedly opened the door and walked in. After finding nothing unusual, we went to the inner room.As soon as the curtain was lifted, the sight in front of us shocked us both.The emperor, who had been resting on the bed, fell to the ground with a dagger stuck in his chest, and the ground was stained red by the gushing blood.I hurried forward and squatted down to check the emperor's pulse.After a while, I let go and said, "Fortunately, I didn't hurt my vitals. Brother Jing, help me carry Uncle Emperor to the bed." Situ Jing nodded and said, "Good." He carried the emperor to the bed.After helping the emperor to lie down, I took out a pill from the brocade bag on my waist, pried open the emperor's closed jaw, stuffed the pill in, and then swallowed the pill with water.Seeing this, Situ Jing asked anxiously: "Ah Hai, what's going on? We've been guarding outside, and no one has ever come. How could Uncle Emperor be stabbed?" I stood up and looked around the room, a little There was nothing suspicious, and he couldn't help wondering: "The bang sound just now should have been smashed, but why isn't there even a piece of debris on the ground?" Situ Jing said: "Don't care what the noise is. Ah Hai, What should we do now? Do you want to announce the imperial physician?" I waved my hand and said, "No, the emperor's uncle is not in danger for the time being, and there is no need to alarm others to avoid panic." Situ Jing nodded and said, "Then this dagger will not be pulled out. Come out?" I said casually: "The dagger is stuck in the chest, and when you pull it out, you will definitely bring out a lot of blood. If you pull out the dagger without any preparation, the emperor's uncle may be in danger of life. Before The pill I gave the emperor’s uncle has the effect of stopping bleeding and relieving pain, and it’s not too late to pull it out after the pill takes effect.” As I was speaking, I suddenly found a piece of porcelain in the corner, and I walked over and leaned over He picked it up and said, "Brother Jing, do you recognize the pattern on this porcelain piece?" Situ Jing walked over after hearing the words, took the piece and looked at it and said, "I seem to have seen it there. By the way, it seems to be placed in front of the window." This is the pattern on the vase."

"Huh?" Situ Jing pointed to the empty window sill, wondering, "It's right there. I've seen it before. Why is it gone?" I looked in the direction of his finger and found it on the edge of the window sill. The two faint shoe prints seemed to be left by the assassin when he entered the house.Judging by the orientation of the shoe print, the assassin is most likely still in the room before he escaped in time.I put my index finger in front of my lips, signaling Situ Jing to keep quiet.Situ Jing nodded in understanding, and stood there without moving.Immediately, I closed my eyes slightly and listened carefully to the sounds in the whole room.After a while, I realized that besides the emperor lying on the bed, Situ Jing standing by the table, and me, there was another person's breathing in the room, although the sound of breathing was very weak.I opened my eyes and followed my breath and walked to the cabinet standing in the corner, and opened the cabinet door suddenly, a figure jumped out of the cabinet, and I waved the purple flute to hit the figure.The man was also unambiguous, and blocked my attack with the dagger in his hand. Only then did I see clearly that the assassin was wearing a black suit, with only a pair of thieves eyes exposed.I yelled: "Who are you, and why did you break into the palace to murder the emperor?" The man laughed and said: "If you have the ability, catch me and talk about it" as he swung the dagger in his hand and stabbed at me.I hurriedly blocked the dagger's attack with the purple flute, and punched him with a fist with my left hand.The man dodged to the side to dodge my attack, and said contemptuously: "I don't see that you still have some skills, so I'm not going to be polite. Accept the attack." He threw away the dagger in his hand and drew a three-foot long sword from his waist. Dancing sword flower stabs at me.I also hurriedly put away the purple flute and drew out the soft sword in my waist to fight with him.Sword lights flickered in the small room, only the clang and clang of weapons colliding with each other.Situ Jing held the jasper dagger that I gave him for self-defense, and stood aside on guard.

Although the man's kung fu is good, and the long sword in his hand is not ordinary, but it can't match the Bitan sword in my hand. After a few rounds, the long sword in my hand was cut off by the Bitan sword.The man was startled and his hand was half a minute slow. I took advantage of the situation and hit the man's chest with a palm, and the man staggered back.I took the opportunity to tear off the black cloth on the man's face, revealing the man's true face. "This...isn't this the assassin who stabbed Brother Ji?" Situ Jing cried out looking at the man's face.I casually asked, "Brother Jing, are you sure?" Situ Jing nodded and said, "Of course. Didn't he be imprisoned by Cousin Rui? How did he appear here? Could it be that he escaped from the prison?" Out?"

Seeing the black mask being torn off, the man was startled. He reached into his pocket and took out a silver ball, and threw it on the ground. Suddenly, a puff of white smoke filled the room, blocking our sight.After the white smoke cleared, the originally closed windows were half open, and the man had disappeared.I clenched my fist and waved in the air, angrily said: "Damn it, he escaped."

"Ah Hai, come and see what this is?" Situ Jing leaned over to pick up something, waved at me and said.I went to him and took a look, it turned out to be a token.I turned over the token and saw that there was a golden lacquer character 'Rui' engraved on the back of the token.I looked at the token and thought slowly, as if there was an important clue that I had overlooked, but I still couldn't remember what it was, and fell into a predicament. "This seems to be Cousin Rui's token, why did it fall?" Situ Jing pointed to the token and said.

"I see." Situ Jing's words were like a bright light illuminating my thoughts, "If my guess is correct, Cousin Rui was the mastermind behind the assassination of Cousin Ji and Uncle Emperor. He sent his men first Went to Xueji Palace to assassinate Brother Ji, and at the same time he came to the Imperial Study Room to assassinate the Emperor’s Uncle. But when he came to the Imperial Study Room, he saw you guarding here, so he didn’t do anything but told you that he heard that there was an assassin coming Xi Te came to escort him. After learning that the emperor's uncle was going to put the captured assassin in a prison to find out the chief envoy, he asked Ying to ask Ying to find out the matter, and then personally took the assassin to the prison." Situ Jing was puzzled. Asked: "Then how did this assassin escape from the prison?" I raised the token in my hand and said: "The key is this token. As long as Brother Rui thinks that the assassin still has accomplices, all palaces and halls will On the grounds that they must be guarded by guards, they used this token to transfer some of the prison guards away. As far as the man's skill just now is concerned, he can escape from the prison without disturbing anyone. Wait for the assassin to escape from the prison , put on the attire of a bodyguard, and then hold this token, and you can go in and out without any hindrance." Situ Jing shook his head and said: "Then this does not prove that Brother Rui is the mastermind behind the scenes. This token may be Where did he leave it, and it happened to be picked up by this assassin?" I waved my hand and said, "This is his belongings, how could he leave it so easily? If it was really lost, then he would not rush to go Did you come here to ask the emperor if he wants to eat?" Situ Jing pouted and said, "Perhaps in his heart, whether the emperor eats is more important than looking for tokens?" I chuckled lightly and said, "Okay, If you left behind a token that can mobilize the palace guards, would you run home first and ask me if I had eaten? Or would you rush to find the token?" Situ Jing scratched his hair and said, "I I will run home first and ask you if you have eaten, and then look for the token." I sighed and said, "Brother Jing, you are so cute. Brother Jing, tell the truth, do you not believe my guess and think Rui Cousin is not the real culprit who murdered the emperor and cousin Ji. Am I right?" Situ Jing looked at me and nodded, without further words.

(End of this chapter)