mesbooks Chapter 267 Assassination
Chapter 267 Assassination
wrong!
He fell into the trap set by the princess to lure the snake out of its hole!
Just as Wei Lin was thinking of this, a hidden palm had already hit his back. A fierce pain spread throughout his body and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
He turned around, drew his sword and fought, only to find that the opponent was actually a little girl he didn't know.
The little girl looked very ordinary, except for a white scar on the lower eyelid of her right eye which was quite noticeable.
"Anyone who trespasses into Prince Yan's mansion will be killed!"
Wei Lin drew his sword and rushed forward, and the two men began to fight.
The fight here naturally attracted the attention of Li Heng and Chen Xingchen. Li Heng immediately protected Chen Xingchen, who was lying on the railing, behind him and looked around with a vigilant expression.
Unexpectedly, the assassin emerged from a place he could not expect. When the cool water droplets sprinkled on his face, Li Heng turned around abruptly and found with bloodshot eyes that the assassin jumped out of the lake with the blade pointing directly at Chen Xingchen.
Li Heng instinctively grabbed Chen Xingchen's arm and pulled him behind him, but it was too late for him to dodge and he could only use his flesh and blood body to meet the sharp blade.
At the critical moment, a foot kicked the knife out of the assassin's hand from the side. It was the armored guard arranged by King Yan to secretly protect Chen Xingchen.
Seeing this, Li Heng hurriedly took Chen Xingchen away from the fighting area and waited quietly for the fight to end.
"Chen'er, are you scared?"
Li Heng heard his own voice floating out, very calmly, not revealing at all that he was still frightened.
until--
His trembling right hand was held by a small hand, and Li Heng's empty heart was suddenly filled.
The tender and fair skin and the dull and spotted skin color are a sharp contrast between the little children and the elderly.
"Grandpa, why did they want to hurt me?"
Chen Xingchen looked up at Li Heng, and happened to meet Li Heng's complex gaze with a hint of light.
Chen Xingchen felt that his grandfather's smile was not as frivolous as usual, but was mixed with something he could not understand.
"Chen'er, are you scared?" Li Heng asked Chen Xingchen again.
Chen Xingchen's eyes were blank, and he muttered softly, "Grandpa, did Chen'er do something wrong?"
"Chen'er," Li Heng squatted down, stared at Chen Xingchen, and asked for the third time, "Chen'er, are you scared?"
The corners of Chen Xingchen's eyes began to turn red, and gradually he could no longer hold back the tears. Finally, the tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, but he just nodded with sobs, and was very restrained from crying out loud.
"Grandpa, Chen'er is scared!"
"It's good to know how to be afraid!" Li Heng pulled Chen Xingchen into his arms and patted his back. His haggard face seemed to have aged a little more. "If you know how to be afraid, you must learn skills well, protect yourself well, and protect the people you want to protect, understand?"
After the assassin lurking in the lake was caught, he committed suicide by taking poison, and his body was taken away by Guard A for an autopsy.
After the female assassin was defeated, before she could commit suicide, Wei Lin cut off her jaw and took out the poison hidden in her mouth.
"Master Li, I will take this man to the prince first. The armored guards in the dark will continue to protect the safety of you and Master Chen'er."
……
"Master, someone intends to assassinate Young Master Chen'er!" Wei Lin whispered in Chen Ji's ear.
Chen Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Lingyi suspiciously. Was this her work?
"Bring the people up."
When he saw the female assassin, Chen Ji's pupils shrank slightly, as if he suddenly thought of something, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed into a slit.
Chen Lingyi looked the female assassin up and down, and seeing that she was plain-looking, she lost interest. Then she heard Chen Ji say:
"The princess came to Prince Yan's mansion today. She was well prepared. Someone attempted to assassinate Prince Yan's mansion today. Don't tell me this was a coincidence."
Chen Lingyi was stunned, then she covered her mouth and laughed out loud, as if she had never expected Chen Ji to put the blame on her, and she immediately found it extremely interesting!
"Haha! The 'preparation' that Lingyi mentioned is of course a trick to deceive little uncle. If there is anything Lingyi relies on, it must be you, little uncle!
Besides, if something happened to Princess Daliang in Prince Yan's Mansion, wouldn't the aristocratic families in Kyoto line up to report to my uncle?
As for the assassin, my uncle can have someone take her down for interrogation so that she can reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, so that my uncle won't wrongly accuse Qingyi!"
Chen Lingyi talked a lot with great interest, but when she turned around and saw Chen Ji still looking at her indifferently, she suddenly felt bored, so she raised her hand to stroke the golden hairpin with a phoenix holding a pearl on her bun, and said lazily:
"Now that there are assassins in the palace, I'm sure my uncle will be even less willing to take Lingyi to visit the palace. So Lingyi won't bother me anymore."
After Chen Lingyi left, Wei Lin stood up and asked Chen Ji: "Should I take the assassin away for interrogation?"
"No, lock her up and don't let her die."
"Yes."
After Wei Lin and the female assassin retreated, Chen Ji lowered his head and thought for a while, until the wind chimes on the corridor rang, then he stood up and walked towards the backyard.
In the backyard, Chen Xingchen and Li Heng were still staying in the waterside pavilion, sitting in a row.
One old and one young, both with dazed looks on their faces.
Chen Xingchen's big eyes were swollen like frog eyes, and the tip of his nose was red. It was obvious that he had cried a lot and was now tired.
Li Heng sat dejectedly beside Chen Xingchen, his whole body showing an attitude of protecting Chen Xingchen. His eyes were heavy and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Uncle." Chen Xingchen saw Chen Ji coming and performed the greetings obediently.
"Are you scared?"
Seeing Chen Xingchen's embarrassed look, Chen Ji subconsciously softened his tone, but because he rarely used this tone, the tone sounded a little weird.
"Thank you uncle for sending guards to protect me. I'm fine." Chen Xingchen acted like a little adult and thanked him sincerely.
"Since everything is alright, let's go to the martial arts arena as usual!"
"it is good."
After Chen Xingchen left, Li Heng noticed that Chen Ji was hesitant to speak, so he took the initiative to ask:
"Your Highness, you sent Chen'er away. Do you have anything to tell me alone?"
Chen Ji lowered his eyes, paused for a moment, hesitated for a moment, raised his eyelids slightly and said: "I want to ask you about someone."
There was a hint of surprise in Li Heng's eyes. He had been staying in the Wang family in Yangzhou for many years and rarely interacted with the outside world.
"Who does your highness want to inquire about?"
"Huineng, the junior fellow of Master Huiping, the abbot of Anruo Temple."
"Hui Neng..." Li Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked:
"Why do you think that I would know about him, Your Highness?"
“It is said among the people that Huineng was not as crazy as he is now in his early years. He was a great monk who was no less enlightened than Master Huiping. He only became like this after returning from his travels more than 20 years ago.
I tried to look up the reasons why Huineng became like this, but I could only find that he seemed to have stayed in Kyoto for a while and then went straight back to Anruo Temple.
Twenty years ago, Li Taifu worked in the Palace Front Department. Have you heard of him?"