Hard to be a shadow guard

In recent days, Xie Yiqian has been very anxious.

It's not the kind of anxiety and irritability that you talk about, but more to see who is not pleasing to the eye, and what is wrong with what you do.

The reason is that Xie Yiqian had to grit his teeth and say a few words "Xuanying".

Back then, he had lowered his figure so low that he almost yelled "Come and love me" at Xuan Yingming, and all the other explicit hints were given over and over again.

Who knew that Xuanying's surface was extremely respectful and obedient, but he didn't know when he learned to obey the yang and obey the yin.

Nine out of ten times Xie Yiqian looked for him, he was not in the palace, and the rest of the time he would always come with someone else.

Even if Xie Yiqian wanted to say something else, he was too embarrassed to say it in front of outsiders.

He could vaguely see that Xuanying seemed to be escaping, but not long ago, he was the one who was escaping, and now he has no position to attack Xuanying.

Xie Yiqian and Xuanying have been in a state of anxiety, and have not made half a step for a long time.

There is no contradiction, but there is no reconciliation either.

Most of the time Xuanying stayed in the Shadow Pavilion for training, and when he occasionally disappeared, it was really hard to find.

And he began to avoid others, no matter how far he deviated, he could still occasionally smell blood from him.

It's just that Master Xuanying came back from the Shadow Pavilion, maybe he taught his younger generation a mistake and got blood accidentally?

People don't know the exact reason, so they can only guess casually...

More than a month has passed.

Xie Yiqian didn't give Xuanying any more tasks, just let him follow Tianren and others to pick up the scattered work.

As for the various forces in the Lingnan area, even if there are remnants, it is not enough to prove that even King Liang's men and horses are very few dead or injured.

Even Prince Liang himself, under Xie Yiqian's careful operation, was named and criticized by the emperor for several days in a row.

The emperor's claws and fangs extending to Lingnan were cut off, and the emperor himself refused to let it go, but Xuanying's methods were agile, and all the layouts did not leave a trace of Ruiwang's mansion.

No matter how dissatisfied the emperor was, no matter how much he searched, he couldn't find Xie Yiqian for a while.

At the same time, the condition of the new Princess Rui who entered the mansion is getting worse day by day...

On this day, Xie Yiqian had just made a pilgrimage to bid farewell to the prime minister, and he didn't want to walk out of the palace gate, only to be greeted by the butler in a hurry.

Xie Yiqian watched the butler trotting towards him from a distance, and felt a little inexplicable in his heart.

The ministers who were in court in the distance hadn't gone far away before Liang Wang met with Prime Minister Zuo and exchanged greetings.

The housekeeper of Prince Rui's Mansion finally rushed to Xie Yiqian, fell to the ground with a "boom", and howled loudly, the next sentence was——

"Princess, concubine... is dead!"

There was a wave of shock, and the butler was able to raise his voice from the beginning to the end, and everyone present heard the news.

Before Xie Yiqian could react, the left minister who was not far away from him suddenly shook his head, and turned his head abruptly: "Who are you saying is dead?"

The astonishment in his words could not be concealed, and the trembling body was followed by the words, all of which showed his shock.

Xie Yiqian turned his head to look over, hesitated for a while, and finally chose to ask the butler: "Is what you said true?"

The housekeeper cried bitterly: "It's absolutely true, I dare not lie—"

"That's impossible!" Again, Zuo Xiang's reaction was much stronger than Xie Yiqian's.

Ji Xianyuan ran over staggeringly, and forcefully picked up the butler by his collar: "What did you say? Say it again! How could Xiaoya...she can't..."

Impossible to die?

Zuo Xiang had a look of disbelief on his face. He knew that the little girl was not in good health, but she shouldn't have passed away so soon.

What's more, he personally handed over the handle of Xie Yiqian raising the shadow guards to the little girl, it was King Rui who found out what the little girl had done, no matter how dissatisfied and resentful he was.

Xie Yiqian just wanted to cover up the facts, so he should try his best to drag the little girl's life away, how could it be...

The shocked Ji Xianyuan could never have imagined that Xie Yiqian had no intention of letting Ji Wenya die quietly since he knew the Queen Mother had intervened.

After all, he didn't have Ji Wenya's blood on his hands, so it's totally okay to use it to gain other benefits.

Even because of his righteous performance, he can get rid of the suspicion of the death of the princess.

But no matter what, after Prime Minister Zuo lost his composure for a moment, a minister behind them suggested, "Why don't you go to Prince Rui's mansion first?"

His reminder quickly brought Prime Minister Zuo back to his senses, his whole body trembled, he turned his head and waited for Xie Yiqian with hatred, and he was the first to walk in front, rushing to Prince Rui's mansion.

As early as when the housekeeper ran to inform Xie Yiqian, the palace had started to take care of funeral affairs, and when Xie Yiqian and his group came back, nothing had been seen inside and outside the palace.

Ji Xianyuan's faint hope was finally shattered when he saw the elegiac couplet outside the palace.

He raised his head to look at Su Bai in front of him, then at Xie Yiqian, opened and closed his mouth a few times, and felt a sudden pain in his chest.

"Ah—" Prime Minister Zuo's strangeness instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Xie Yiqian's face panicked, and he walked quickly to Prime Minister Zuo, and at the same time greeted loudly: "Hurry up, go to the palace and ask for the imperial doctor!"

Even if his cooperation with Zuo Xiang is almost bankrupt at this moment, Xie Yiqian still has to do a little bit of hard work...

It was night, and the study room in Prince Rui's Mansion was brightly lit.

Tianren stood in front of the table and listened carefully to Xie Yiqian's instructions.

"...I was already preparing for the affairs after the princess's accident, and now I can't call it a panic."

Xie Yiqian stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes fell behind Tianren, and he said calmly: "But Prime Minister Zuo will probably make a big fuss about this matter, but now that the princess has not passed her first seven days, Prime Minister Zuo still has some scruples."

"Although I don't know what the left minister will do in the future, but this king wants you to send someone to keep an eye on you all the time, especially the servants in the princess's courtyard are full of eyes. If you are not sure, you will see and hear something you shouldn't know .”

"When necessary... the best policy is to kill people and silence them."

The road to revenge has long been covered with white bones, Xie Yiqian no longer cares about it, and will add a few dead bones to the road ahead.

Tianren's expression remained unchanged, he bowed his hands and accepted the order: "This subordinate understands, the master can rest assured."

It is under his single-handed control, not to mention the protection of the palace, but any news that may seriously damage the vitality of Prince Rui...

No matter how hard you try, it won't leak out.

Xie Yiqian was very relieved of Tianren, and it would be fine if he explained these things clearly.

It was getting late outside the window, Xie Yiqian waved his hand to order Tianren to step back, stood behind the table and meditated for a moment, only sighed helplessly.

The attack has been calculated for five or six years. If this dynasty gains power, I hope it will be clean in the future...

I just don't want Xie Yiqian's worries to come true.

Princess Rui stayed for three days and was finally buried on the seventh day. Mrs. Zuo Xiang was saddened by the early death of her daughter, so she cried like a tearful man at Princess Rui's funeral.

Even Lord Zuo Xiang came to Prince Rui's mansion for seven days in a row. Although this was not in accordance with the rules, Xie Yiqian didn't say anything.

Others consider the dead to be the greatest, even if they want to impeach the prime minister with this, they dare not make trouble in front of the dead.

It happened that less than two hours after Princess Rui's burial, the funeral procession had just returned to the palace.

Xie Yiqian hadn't had time to sit down and take a sip of hot tea when he heard sudden noises outside the room.

Xie Yiqian was startled by occasional clashes of weapons, and immediately stood up and rushed towards the door.

But the moment he opened the door, soldiers just entered the courtyard, and the officials headed by Wangjing city guards bowed their hands to Xie Yiqian.

It's just that when he raised his head to speak, there was no reverence in his words.

"In the name of the Minister of Dali Temple, arrest all the masters and servants of Prince Rui's mansion except His Royal Highness, and bring them to justice."

"As reported by insiders, Princess Rui's murder was caused by a traitor. Now I entrust Dali Temple to investigate. Please cooperate with King Rui."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xie Yiqian's reaction, he waved his hands left and right: "Go, take away all the people in the prince's courtyard."

Xie Yiqian only expected that Prime Minister Zuo would not let it go, but he never expected that Prime Minister Zuo actually planned to make a big investigation into Ji Wenya's death.

He watched helplessly as many soldiers passed by him, some of them rummaged and messed up an unknown amount of furniture as if on purpose.

Xie Yiqian narrowed his eyes slightly, but didn't say a word, as if he was really frightened by this scene.

The matter has come to this, Prime Minister Zuo obviously tore his face, called Dali Temple to intervene, disturbed the palace of Prince Rui, and tried to give King Rui a blow that he was not prepared for...

At the same time, Xuanying jumped over the high wall of the palace, avoided the rampaging soldiers in the palace, and appeared in front of Tianren: "Boss, the subordinates can be imprisoned together, and we will not let the Lord down if we act according to circumstances."

For shadow guards like them, it is not difficult to freely enter and leave Dali Temple to kill people.

But it would be a completely different concept if he went to jail with Tong Tong.

Not to mention the various tortures that followed, it was even more difficult to act in front of a crowd of guards.

Tianren didn't understand the reason why Xuanying did this, but according to past experience, Xuanying seldom targeted indiscriminately.

Tianren held his breath and looked at him for a long time, his eyes were full of darkness.

In the end, Tianren's eyes stopped on a blood drop that was not wiped off by Xuanying's neck, but Xuanying didn't notice it.

Until Xuanying heard a voice above her head: "Yes."

Xuanying looked up, facing the cold light in Shang Tianren's eyes impartially, the murderous intent revealed in that chill made him startled, his throat itched slightly——

"......Yes."

Tianren's thin lips parted slightly, and Xuanying shuddered at the words he said: "If you betray the Lord, even the ends of the earth, I will not let you go."

How many times those Xuanying had said in front of Xie Yiqian, "Never have two minds", but now in front of Tianren, he couldn't say it out.

Just when Tianren watched his gaze become more and more serious, Xuanying finally couldn't bear to bow his head.

But he still said: "I understand what I'm doing, and... have a clear conscience."