True Phoenix and Virtual Phoenix

After the farewell, Prince Dongcheng and his party were personally led by Cao Desheng to the Tianshu Palace located in the north of the palace.

Tianshu Palace sits north facing south, conforms to the way of heaven, receives the aura of mountains and rivers, receives the brilliance of the sun and the moon, nourishes the body, and cultivates sentiments. It is more reasonable to use it to move to a foreign country to make the VIP's residence.

After Zhao Mu settled down, he didn't go to bed immediately, but sat in the pavilion in the back garden drinking wine and admiring the moon.

He knew that his visit to Nanzhao seemed to be full of scenery, and the country of Nanzhao treated him with great courtesy, but the journey was very dangerous, and he might die at any time if he was not careful.

Although he is in danger of tens of millions of people in Dongcheng, and Dongcheng Kingdom expresses its absolute sincerity, as the prince of Dongcheng, he must go to danger for the country no matter what.

Northern Chu's idea was nothing more than Sima Zhao's heart, and his heart of a tiger and wolf was clearly revealed, but if he was allowed to succeed in the assassination, causing Dongcheng and Nanzhao to turn against each other, Dongcheng would not form an alliance with him as Northern Chu expected, and seek skin from the tiger , How can it be beneficial?

Not only the Northern Chu, but also the Nanzhao——

Northern Chu and Nanzhao are both great countries, and they have long intended to annex other countries. Allies and enemies are only a blink of an eye. On this point, Dongcheng already has capable people and wise men who have made suggestions. Therefore, Zhao Mu's motives for coming to Nanzhao this time are not pure!

"The prince should go to rest earlier! Weary travel and assassination on the road, if you stay up late, I'm afraid you will hurt yourself."

The accompanying maid took a cloak and put it on Zhao Mu's shoulders, softly persuading him.

"It's been a long night, even in this imperial palace, I feel that my whole body is in danger, as if the black-clothed and masked killer will appear in front of me at any time that night, how can I sleep peacefully?"

Zhao Mu raised his wine glass and drank it down, his brows furrowed slightly.

"The night breeze is cool, how about letting the servant warm up the wine for the prince?"

"Song'er [Note 1], let's go down! The strong wine is icy cold to the bone, and it burns like a fire after entering the stomach. Please remind me not to miss the important affairs of the country because of a momentary soft-heartedness."

Zhao Mu's hand placed on the table was gradually clenched, and his knuckles turned white.Some things are not whether you want to do them, but you have to do them. It has nothing to do with conscience or nature...

As the dew deepened, the cold wind blew through the pitch-black forest, and the rustling sound of wind blades could be heard endlessly. The thick clouds gradually covered half of the full moon.

Song'er did not follow the prince's order to go down to rest, but stood by the side to accompany her. After another hour, she was already like a chicken eating rice, and dozed off half-free.

The sky was getting darker, Zhao Mu drank the last glass of wine, suddenly a cold light flashed in his eyes, the sharp point of the sword had pierced in front of him in an instant, Zhao Mu raised his hand and threw the wine glass, hitting the right shoulder of the man holding the sword.

The masked man in the bodyguard's outfit deflected his hand because of the severe pain in his shoulder, allowing Zhao Mu to avoid a fatal blow.

But Zhao Mu was still young, even if his martial arts talent was extremely high, he couldn't resist several attacks by a guard of the Forbidden Palace, and several swords were narrowly avoided.

Song'er was spinning around in a hurry, this is the back garden, the guards only passed by during the night patrol, but after a long time, no one was seen. After a few things passed by, it was still unclear whether it was the prince or the assassin who hit it.

"Prince, prince, what should I do?"

"Go call someone, hurry up!"

Zhao Mu dodged while answering, that Song'er was also a person who didn't get scared, and when he panicked, he lost his mind, looked left and right for a long time but didn't see anyone, and didn't know to run to a farther place to ask for help.

"Ah! Prince, be careful—"

Suddenly seeing the assassin stabbing straight at the prince's heart, Song'er let out a scream, and rushed towards the tip of the sword without a second's hesitation.

【Note 1】Songer is a squirrel who traveled through the past, remind me, (*^__^*)...