I'm back

In the depths of the forest, a group of guards and officials followed the little emperor, all of them holding their breath, staring at the front without blinking, and the arrow in the little emperor's hand was aimed at a grass grazing in the distance. sika deer.

This fat and strong sika deer is eating grass comfortably, completely unaware of the imminent danger.Suddenly there was a cry of alarm, and before Yan Qin could shoot the arrow, the cry alarmed the deer grazing in the woods, causing it to run away in a hurry.

At such a long distance, even if he shoots again, it will be unsuccessful in all likelihood.Yan Qin had no choice but to take back the arrow, not wanting to waste an arrow.The emperor should praise the prey when he hits the prey, and praise if he misses or stops. The attendants behind him praised: "Your Majesty has a kind heart."

It's a boast. What he let go was not a fawn, nor a pregnant doe, but a male deer. It's hard for these low-level people, if they can't boast, they will boast hard.

Although he knew that their boasting was false, but people like to listen to good things, and after thinking about it, Yan Qin's frustration because of losing a large amount of prey faded a lot.

Not being so depressed doesn't mean being happy. Compared with the previous appearance, Yan Qin's expression is a bit colder.

The emperor didn't say a word, so someone naturally asked him what he wanted to ask, and an official surrounded by the emperor snapped at the screamer: "What are you screaming just now?"

Yan Qin glanced at the people who were pointed and scolded by the officials, and always felt that it was Zhang Sheng's face, and it should not be the people who followed him.

The man showed a very panicked expression: "No, it's in the woods to the west, something happened to an adult!"

The official who scolded him earlier said, "Who did it happen?"

There were too many people hunting in the woods to the west, it would be too disrespectful to bother the emperor with a small problem.

The person who scared Xiaolu away just now said again: "It's Mr. Liu who won the first prize earlier, something happened."

Yan Qin now has a little impression of the person who won the first prize.Liu Zhongda, it is said that he was born as a champion of martial arts, an ordinary school lieutenant, and he has no contact with any princes and nobles, let alone the emperor.

If he hadn't bravely captured the prey today, Yan Qin would never have remembered such a person.

For Yan Qin this year, too many things happened. The mountains and rivers were shaken, and they fell into the water and lost their memory. Mistakes, Yan Qin will inevitably think more.

He didn't have any thoughts on hunting anymore, he just asked the officials accompanying him, "Where is the regent?"

The official was taken aback: "It's also in the west direction."

"Then go to the Regent first."

He didn't have much interest in hunting anymore, and he definitely couldn't let the regent continue to fight, otherwise, this would be a game that was definitely lost.

Worried that when he was looking for the past, Yan Yuge rushed to another place again, Yan Qin asked the people below to send a signal flare, and the journey went smoothly, no assassins or beasts suddenly appeared from the forest .

In fact, there are no assassins. The regent attaches great importance to this hunt. Before Yan Qin came, he arranged for people to search the entire mountain. It is not as perfunctory as in previous years. Can't hide.

After seeing the regent's young and handsome face full of security, Yan Qin's heart was finally at ease.

He raised his whip and talked to the regent about the official: "Uncle Wang, it was on the hunting ground just now..." Wait, what happened to the official, he looked at the previous one and screamed, and then followed all the way Person: "You just said that something happened, so what happened to Liu Zhongda?"

The man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "It was a cold arrow that suddenly shot out from the forest and hit Mr. Liu in the stomach. After investigation, it was found that the cold arrow was not provided by the forest farm."

In the royal hunting ground where Yanqin hunted, every weapon used by soldiers and officials was specially made, including every arrow feather.

Suddenly, a cold arrow came out, and fortunately, it managed to hit Dayan's official. Although he was not a high-ranking official, he just happened to be the one who won the first place. This was not clearly intended to attract the little emperor's attention.

Yan Qin glanced at the regent, and the regent said in a low voice with only two people: "Although I like to be bitter and jealous, I also know what is measured. I can't do this kind of thing."

Yan Qin also whispered: "I trust Uncle Wang alone." He didn't want to doubt the regent, in fact, the one he trusts most now may be the regent.

After all, anyone could deal with him, but the regent would not be behind the scenes.

"I just wanted Uncle Wang to teach An Xin to look alone, so I came here specially to Uncle Wang."

The words of the little emperor obviously greatly appeased Yan Yuge, his face was slightly relieved, but because an official was assassinated and his mood was urgent, he would not laugh out loud and cause people to misunderstand.

The regent asked: "Where is Liu Zhongda now? How is the situation?"

"The imperial physician has already rushed over and is pulling out arrows. Master Liu said that there might be an ambush in the forest, so he specially asked the younger one to inform His Majesty."

The person who sent the message before was also bluffed by the officials around Yan Qin who yelled at him sharply. Now that he has regained his senses, he finally delivered the message in an orderly manner.

Yan Qin saw that the person who sent the message had a very complicated expression. Why didn't he know that he had said this earlier, thanks to the fact that he came to the Regent's side.

"Since something went wrong, let's stop hunting. Let's check the situation first."

There is no hiding place outside the forest, and it is not easy to ambush.

Yan Qin suggested: "Uncle Wang, why don't you go to the high platform, where the view is wide and condescending, so it's easier to see the thief clearly."

Yan Yuge nodded, then shook his head: "Although the height is good, in the eyes of assassins, it becomes a shining target."

They were in the light, but the assassin was in the dark. If they stood in the most conspicuous place, they might encounter the assassin before finding the assassin.

He had people clear the mountain, and logically speaking, there would be no such problem, but the arrow shot from a high place did exist, just in case, he couldn't let Yan Qin take this risk.

In the end, the husband and wife discussed together and chose a compromise method. The two of them and some soldiers were behind the high platform, and some people went up to the high platform to overlook the forest.

Soldiers in full armor entered the place where Liu Zhongda was shot by cold arrows, searching for every inch of land, grass that could hide the assassin, and any big leafy tree.

But Yan Qin waited for an extremely boring hour, and didn't even wait for the soldiers below to report anything unusual. The cold arrow seemed to be born out of thin air, and it was because of the strangeness that it made people feel even more flustered.

Taking advantage of no one to notice, the regent squeezed the little emperor's hand, only to find that although Yan Qin didn't show his face, his palms were soaked in a lot of cold sweat.

It's not that Yan Qin is timid, the main reason is that he has indeed experienced several assassinations. Although he has never encountered it in this life, the shadow left by his previous life cannot be completely obliterated by the passage of time. Be more afraid.

Yan Yuge's eyes were a bit worried, and he clenched the little emperor's hand: "Your Majesty, the danger on this mountain has not been completely eliminated, and the search of the mountain by soldiers is not known whether it will be completed before dark. If not, we will ban this mountain first." Qiu Lie, go to the palace down the mountain to rest for a while, what do you think?"

Feeling the steady stream of temperature belonging to the Prince Regent coming from his hands, Yan Qin's erratic heart settled down a bit, his eyelashes moved, and he uttered a word lightly: "Yes."

Because there was a suspected assassin, the emperor, the regent and all the ministers moved to the palace first.Although autumn hunting is important, the safety of the emperor is even more important. There are no uninformed officials who say that the emperor should be heroic. After all, they are also on this mountain. Who knows if assassins will appear , aiming at them with an arrow piercing the heart.

When Yan Qin regained his strength, the emperor had already had dinner in the palace, and because of the assassin's incident, the poison testing process for these meals was more stringent than before.Faced with a table full of delicacies from mountains and seas, Yan Qin didn't have much appetite, so he only drank a few sips of plain soup before putting down his silver chopsticks.

The regent saw that he didn't eat a few bites when he came, and pointed to several vegetarian dishes with clean chopsticks: "These are light food, your majesty can try it."

Yan Qin rejected the Prince Regent's kindness: "Uncle Wang is worried about you, but I just don't have much appetite, and I really can't eat. Uncle Wang, eat, I will see you will be fine."

Yan Yuge didn't force Yan Qin, nor did he stop chopsticks, he tried to use his expression of eating well to arouse the little emperor's appetite.

He asked the palace man who was waiting beside him: "Go and see, is there any news outside?"

His current feeling was similar to that of a student waiting for the announcement, worried that he would miss the news, and always wanted to know the situation earlier.

As soon as Yan Qin's words fell, the voice of the leader of the Habayashi Army sounded outside the hall: "My minister, Lu Chengyi, begs to see His Majesty."

Yan Qin relaxed a little, and said with a long sigh of relief: "Xuan."

The leader of the Habayashi Army wearing armor stepped into the hall. Of course, before entering the hall, he was stripped of all weapons that could hurt people from a long distance.

After saluting to the emperor, he respectfully said: "Your Majesty, after searching by the Habayashi Army, we found cold arrows with traps in three places. Looking at the traces on the bark, it should be the last night when the thief took advantage of the night. There are also a few traps for hunting animals that were stolen up the mountain, judging from the extent of the damage, they must have been set up by the nearby hunters half a year ago."

The royal mountain forest has always prohibited others from hunting, just to be able to raise these wild rabbits and pheasants in the mountains to be fat and strong. Being thin and poor, isn't it a loss of fun.

However, the new emperor came to the throne, and the royal heirs were weak. Throughout the year, there were not many people coming to hunt in this forest farm.

Yan Qin didn't have the heart to worry about the things that Orion got into, these were things that had to be dealt with after the matter was clarified.

"Where are the three organs with hidden arrows?"

"It has already been dismantled, and the person was stopped outside the temple."

"Announce him in."

A man holding a pile of broken copper and iron came in, Yan Qin's personal palace servant stepped forward, took the mechanism, raised his hands high, and presented it to the emperor.

Yan Qin was about to reach out to pick it up, but was blocked by Chang Xiao: "Your Majesty, the mechanism is sharp, so it's good for the old slave to come."

Chang Xiao took out a brocade handkerchief from his hand, hugged the demolished mechanism carefully, and presented it to the little emperor together with a few arrow feathers.

This organ is made of wood, and is covered with bark as a camouflage. It is placed at a high place, using the luxuriant branches and leaves of a big tree as a cover. The arrowheads of the arrow feathers are very sharp. The arrow could be noticed immediately, but the dark green juice was smeared on the arrow, which made the shiny arrow suddenly darken.

Yan Qin ordered someone to call the accompanying imperial physician: "Look at the arrow, what is it?"

The imperial physician stepped forward, wiped the arrowhead with a clean white brocade handkerchief, used the technique of seeing and hearing during the consultation, and twisted his thick eyebrows into a knot: "Return to Your Majesty, this is the bile of the money snake, It should have been mixed with its saliva."

The money snake is a kind of snake that is hardly seen in the north.Because it is extremely poisonous and difficult to catch, its value is very high. Yan Qin has never encountered this kind of snake, but has seen it from that kind of travel book. This snake bites a person and dies in a hundred steps.

Although Yandu is dry, there was a heavy rain a few days ago. No matter how luxuriant the branches and leaves of the big tree are, it is impossible to completely block the wind and rain. The venom on the arrow can remain until now, which further shows that this mechanism is newly installed. of.

Yan Qin looked at the arrow, his eyes suddenly darkened, and the silent regent beside the emperor said, "What about Liu Xinda, where is he now, and how is his situation?"

Yan Qin had no patience to wait for someone to find Liu Xinda from here and come back to report to him, so he got up directly: "Come here, guide the way for Gu."

He looked at the regent: "Uncle Wang, go with Gu." With the regent around, he would feel much more at ease.

The latter also stood up: "Even if His Majesty doesn't want me to go, I will follow along."

Liu Xinda was the one who faced the cold arrow and the only one who was injured. Although his status was not high, but he was involved in the assassination, Yan Qin arranged several imperial doctors for him.

As soon as Yan Qin entered the room, several imperial doctors knelt down to salute the emperor. Yan Qin waved his hands to signal them to get up, but he didn't look at these people, but only looked at Liu Xinda, who was pale and wearing a snow-white kilt. The bandage, the blood seeping from the wound soaked the white cloth, but the blood stain was dark red, which seemed to be the normal dark color of dried blood, not the blackness of being poisoned.

He looked at the imperial doctor: "Is there only an arrow wound on his body?"

The imperial doctor said: "No, Mr. Liu was poisoned by snake venom. Fortunately, I brought medicine to clear the poison and released a lot of poisonous blood. The timely rescue saved Mr. Liu's life."

The imperial doctor who spoke pointed to the basin in the distance: "That is the poisonous blood released."

Yan Qin glanced at it, and it was indeed black blood, exuding a stench of blood.

He looked at Liu Xinda again. The other person had a very decent appearance and a square face. At first glance, it made people feel generous and honest. Because of the excessive bloodletting, his lips were almost pale and his face was quite ugly.

"Liu Qing is recovering from his wounds." When he came out, he ordered the leader of the Habayashi Army who followed: "Arrange a few more people and take care of him."

He was talking about looking after him, not protecting him.

Call it luck, only one of the three traps was activated, and the only one hit by the arrow was this Liu Xinda. Call it misfortune, the corona snake is very poisonous, if the rescue is not timely, it would have died already, but Liu Xinda lost blood. Many, but survived smoothly.

It's normal for Yan Qin to have doubts about this person, but if the other party directed and acted on their own, it's because the imperial doctor brought the medicine to remove snake venom, if the imperial doctor didn't bring it, the other party would die.

Ordinary people would not casually gamble with their own lives, but what good would Liu Xinda do by doing so?Yan Qin couldn't think of the other party's purpose, but it didn't dispel his suspicion.

After returning to the palace built for the emperor, Yan Qin was still thinking about Liu Xinda, when a warm hand suddenly reached out and held Yan Qin's hand: "Your Majesty's hand is so cold."

In the past, the little emperor's hands were always warm, like a small warm stove, but now Yan Qin's hands were as soft as before, but icy cold.

Although it is late autumn, today is actually a good day, Yan Qin is also wearing a lot of clothes, the main reason why his hands are so cold is because of his cold heart.

Yan Qin withdrew his hand, but was held even tighter by the regent, so he didn't withdraw at all, and let the regent hold and warm his hands.

The temperature from Yan Yuge's body seemed to heat up his heart a bit. Yan Qin was silent for a long time before Fang said, "Uncle Wang thinks, who did this thing today?"

He is the emperor, not silver, so it is impossible for everyone to like him, but those who don't like him generally don't think about murdering the Holy Majesty.And the vast majority of people, just relying on their solitary courage, may have been cut under the sword of the Habayashi Army before they even got close to him.

Only those who intend to usurp the throne, or want chaos in the world, and whose status is not low, dare to do such a strategic assassination.

Yan Yuge replied: "Your Majesty wants me to answer this question, but I can't speak nonsense."

There must be more than one person with the intention of rebellion, but there is no evidence, and the emperor can't just arrest those people and put them in prison just because of suspicion.

Yan Qin also knew this, he fell silent again, and heard the regent say: "This money snake is extremely rare in the north."

"I know that the climate in Yandu is dry, and there are few mountains and forests. Even this hunting forest farm is very rare to see poisonous snakes."

"Money White Flower Snake is found in Shanxidu County."

"Isn't Shanxidu County located in a plain with few mountains?"

"There are few mountains, but there are not many. The mountains and streams are located in the south, and the climate is humid and rainy. There are not many mountains, but dense forests are not good."

Originally, this poisonous snake was not something that could only be found in the deep forests on high mountains.

In fact, Yan Qin didn't really want to blame the people in Shanxidu County. He knew the suffering of the people, and he also knew how satisfying the people were.

The change of dynasties throughout the history, except for the invasion of foreign enemies, basically the government forced the people to rebel.

But he took the disaster in Shanxidu County very seriously.Dugu Liu went first, saving most of his lives, and he didn't hesitate to pay the money later, sending a lot of food, and the disaster money was definitely not a minority.

After Dugu Liu's accident, he arranged for people to go there again, they were all high-minded and hard-headed, and up to now, he has never broken contact with there.

Up to now, the post-earthquake reconstruction in Shanxidu County has been completed seven to eighty-eight. Although it is not so easy to live the previous life all at once, most of the victims have settled down smoothly.

The vast majority of ordinary people do not have that high aspirations, but they want to have enough food and clothing, and have a place to live and work.Even if someone with a heart wants to incite, and the victims get what they want, they will not risk their lives for that vain wealth.

Yan Qin is not the kind of character who gives silently, so he naturally wants the victims to remember his good deeds. He specially arranged for several editors from the Imperial Academy to write several articles praising the emperor, and also wrote several essays. A thief who advocates the disaster victims behind his back.

The articles written by the courtiers are well written, but they are too literary. The literati in the literary world may say yes after reading it, but the common people may only feel confused when they hear it, and they don’t understand what they wrote at all.

Yan Qin took the article to Mr. Nan Guo. Over the past year, with Yan Qin's secret support, Mr. Nan Guo has developed a small bookstore into a good shape.

After all, most of the bookshops in Yandu did not dare to publish those "non-serious" scripts after being beaten by the regent before, but Mr. Nan Guo has the emperor's backing, so the government naturally cannot take him into action.

Of course, the bookstore is a serious bookstore. Although the writers under him are encouraged to create bravely, they refuse to write messy and obscene things.

Because there are so many scripts, the excerpts changed from the scripts are widely sung, and some scripts also blackmail some people in power from time to time, as if they are standing with the common people. Ordinary people would never think that standing behind this bookstore is The emperor also believed in some things that the bookstore "revealed" in the script.

This time, Yan Qin asked the people in the bookstore to "predict" him to the earthquake and save the people of Shanxidu County, and make up a compilation, without directly calling names, just write a character who a discerning person can know at a glance is the emperor .Then bring about the matter of the Shanxi Capital County this time, and brag about the emperor as a real dragon descending to earth, the son of destiny.

And the role of the villain, of course, is the Xiao family whose home was raided, traitors, and spies from the enemy country, all of which are extremely capable of poking at the common people.

Although the people in Shanxidu County can't afford to buy scripts for entertainment, there are always well-intentioned "literati", "knights" who travel far and wide, and grass-stage troupes who set up stages everywhere. The story is sung in the past.

Yan Qin calculated that the people he arranged should have stayed in Shanxidu County for a long time, and with the help of the government, it is impossible for normal people to harbor any deep hatred for him as the emperor. yes.

He shook his head: "I can't think of it, who will keep staring at Shanxidu County?"

The regent said: "It's not just Shanxidu County. Your Majesty, please think about it. Is there anything particularly important in the farther places of Shanxidu County?"

Yan Qin drew a picture of the territory of Dayan in his mind, his eyes lit up: "Uncle Wang means, Canaan Pass?"