Assassin A

Li Zan stood straight opposite the emperor, with the royal case in the middle, so close that he could see every subtle expression in his eyes, and he could clearly see the disgust in the other's eyes.

"Your assassin? Did the former emperor hand over Xuanji Battalion to you to threaten me!"

"Xuanji camp is loyal to the country, and any disadvantages to the country can be eradicated. Liu Taifu's party runs rampant in the government and the public, publicizes his private pockets, sells officials and nobles, forms cliques for personal gain, interferes in government affairs... If someone really threatens the emperor, it is Liu Shimian! Xuanji camp is used to protect the royal family It's their blood and their lives."

The emperor suddenly laughed, "Slick tongue! Li Zan, you have been like this since you were a child. Can you coax the late emperor and me with your clever mouth? On the surface, you have a righteous speech, but you think I don't know it in your heart? You The spies and assassins under his command have been doing those thieves all day long, making people panic. Now that they have come to the palace, they still want to assassinate the prince?"

Hearing this, Li Zan already understood that the emperor had been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on him.Although Brother Huang was bewitched and deceived by the Liu family, he was not so stupid that he couldn't even see the overall situation clearly.

All of this may just be because Xuanjiying is in his hands, and the old grudge between him and the emperor's brother cannot be explained clearly in a few words.In this extremely sensitive struggle, the emperor's mind has always been in a delicate position between personal hatred and the overall situation. A bad impression or a certain disturbing memory is enough to tip the balance...

"I never tried to assassinate the prince, but because the case of Liu Shimian involved the prince's close ministers."

Thirty'er's waist card was photographed on the case: "If this is not an assassin, what is it?! Are you still trying to make excuses?"

Just at this time, a eunuch submitted an urgent report on the war in northern Xinjiang.

The emperor was still angry, so he copied it and opened it, his face became more and more gloomy, "Chuan Yu Qishan!" He fell off the military newspaper and stared at Li Zan for a moment, "In the face of foreign enemies, you never want to save me. Is your idle prince not good? Now that the assassin has been caught, the empress and the Tai Tuo have asked me about it. Li Zan, when you plan on others, do you know that someone is thinking about you?"

"I have received the token of Xuanji Camp from the hands of the former emperor, so I am not afraid of being remembered. I only hope that the emperor can understand that the younger brother is dedicated to the country and has never had any private thoughts."

"Okay, since that's the case, you hand over the Xuanji camp to the prince, so that you can cultivate your body and mind."

Li Zan raised his head in disbelief: "Brother Huang!"

The emperor smiled coldly: "Didn't you want your assassin? I'll give it back to you, get close to him for a few days, and just say goodbye."

This was premeditated, and Li Zan was powerless.

Intent to assassinate the crown prince, the crime should be punished, even if he takes into account his royal status, he will inevitably be degraded as a commoner or exiled.The Liu family has a queen inside and a grand tutor outside, are they trying to take him down?

Looking at the emperor sitting behind the imperial case again, "What if the minister refuses to deliver it?"

Thirty'er was blindfolded and taken to a small courtyard.After taking off the cloth cover on his head, the bright sunlight made it difficult for his eyes to adapt for a while, and he blinked again and again.

The ropes tied to his body were untied, and all the escorts retreated to the outside of the courtyard. With a sound of palm nuts, the courtyard door was closed tightly.Thirty'er let out a breath, moved his legs with difficulty, and tried to walk into the house.

The door opened suddenly, and a person came over to hold his arm: "Go in, I'll change your medicine."

Thirty'er suddenly raised his head, Master Li!

"My lord, why are you here?"

Li Zan smiled: "We are also prisoners."

Li Zan's fingers were nimble, and he unwrapped the wrapped medicinal cloth layer by layer.

"My lord, the subordinates will come by themselves..."

"There are only ordinary medicines here, which are not comparable to those in the camp."

Li Zan completely ignored the disgusting wound, and looked calm as usual, "This time it was my mistake, I shouldn't have sent you here. But everyone in the camp is familiar with the palace, except for the fifteenth day and the first day of the new year, it is you. If the fifteenth day is in... ..."

Thirty'er looked at Li Zan in a daze as he sprinkled the powder on the wound, "Brother Fifteen used to say that I was reckless and careless, and I did it myself. My lord, why are you locked in too? What happened?"

Li Zan took out a clean cloth bandage and signaled Thirty'er to lie down, while bandaging it, he said, "It is said that I intend to assassinate the prince. It's just that the matter is still suppressed by the emperor, otherwise you won't be able to see me."

Thirty'er was indignant: "How could he assassinate the prince! It's just..."

"Not talking too much."

"Then how does the emperor deal with your lord? Does your lord have any countermeasures?"

Li Zan stopped and looked at Thirty'er, then patted him on the shoulder: "You talk too much. If you were outside, you would have to be whipped today."

The determined assassin was persistent, "Does your lord know where this is? It's okay if your subordinate's injury lasts for two or three days. Why don't you let your subordinate do a little reconnaissance and find a way to send you out after three days. "

Li Zan smiled, but the smile slowly froze at the corner of his mouth: "Thirty, if I trade Xuanjiying for my own peace, will you still be so loyal to me?"

[If you don't hand in the Xuanji camp, you will be led to death! 】

[You are dead, Xuanji camp has no one in charge, and a group of assassins and spies can't make trouble. 】【Even if you can't figure out the hidden clues you put out for a while, you will catch them all sooner or later! 】【Don't worry, I will let them be buried with you when the time comes! 】Thirty'er stared at Li Zan in disbelief, "Subordinates... only serve the Xuanji Camp."

Li Zan nodded: "Very well, I didn't teach you in vain. Now you are no longer my subordinate. This is the courtyard in the northwest corner of the Summer Palace. There are about twenty guards outside. The north wall is Zhongquan Mountain. Go There is Zhongquanhe on the west wall. If you have a chance to go out, tell Chuyi not to resist, the successor is the prince."

"What's the difference between us... falling into his hands and dying?"

Li Zan slapped him backhandedly: "Then you just wait here to die."

Thirty'er tightly clutched the bed sheet under her body, and stopped talking.

Two days later, the eunuch who came in to deliver the food ran out scrambling: "Come here! The assassin has escaped!"

Soon there were reinforcements from the guards, and there were as many as 200 people who came, and the troops were divided into four groups, and no direction was spared.

Li Zan sat quietly in the hall and poured a cup of tea, drinking it slowly.Thirty'er jumped down from the beam, his pale face and dark eyes reminded him of Shishi.

For the past two days, he didn't say a word to Li Zan. He carefully scrubbed the wound and applied medicine to bandage it.Surprisingly quiet, surprisingly calm, it seems that this experience has completely transformed him into a real assassin.

"Lord Li, take care!"

"Hold on."

Two days is enough for Li Zan to re-examine his identity and weigh his position.

"You are still my assassin. Xuanji Battalion is gone, but you are still here. If you are still willing to serve me, then the future will be many times more dangerous than before. Are you willing?"

Thirty'er sneered: "Your Excellency abandoned Xuanji Camp and wants to recruit your minions?"

Li Zan poured another cup of tea, and said leisurely: "That's right, this time I'm the one who completely wants to recruit myself." Pushing the tea bowl in front of Thirty'er: "Even I have to stand in line again. Believe me ?”

Thirty'er took a deep breath, picked up the tea and drank it up, then knelt down on one knee: "My lord, please give me instructions!"

Li Zan smiled: "You go out to contact the first and eighth days of the junior high school, just the three of you, and go find the second prince. His foreign residence is in Maguan Lane in the east of the city, and the first day of the junior high school knows how to behave."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and shook his long gown, and walked out of the small courtyard leisurely. The four guards who stayed at the gate shouted: "Go back! Don't come out!"

Li Zan continued to walk forward as if he hadn't heard of it, and all the remaining guards surrounded him, standing in a circle, with their gunpoints shining brightly in the sun.

"stop!"

"The king is very depressed in the courtyard, come out to get some air."

Thirty'er's figure flickered at the door and left quietly.

But when it was time for a cup of hot tea, the crown prince came to the courtyard where Li Zan was imprisoned in person: "Little Huangshu has a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Li Zan leaned back in the chair leisurely, "I can't sit still if you plan to borrow a knife to kill people. Keep this assassin, sooner or later he will know that I sold Xuanjiying for myself, your uncle and I are not his opponent. Don't look Your men have castrated him, these assassins are so skilled in kung fu, it’s no problem to kill me with bare hands.”

The prince sneered: "If you hand in a broken token, you will sell the Xuanji camp? What about the little emperor's eyeliners scattered all over the place? Besides, these assassins are elusive, I am afraid few people except you know what they look like, right? These bastards Everyone's mouth is very hard, especially the old immortal who likes to carry a handful of soybeans."

Li Zan nodded and smiled: "Yes, Second Uncle is the veteran of Xuanji Camp, he is indeed a tough one."

The crown prince waved his attendants to leave, and sat down beside Li Zan, with a look of color in his eyes: "So, pulling out teeth from this kind of iron mouth is the most exciting and interesting, but it's a pity, the old man will recruit after five teeth are pulled out..."

Li Zan's smile remained unchanged, and he continued to drink tea leisurely.

The prince snatched the tea bowl and threw it on the ground, "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon in Xuanji camp, you can escape with a broken arm and broken leg. I wonder how many teacups can I pull out?"

"I can't bear even one."

The prince was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Gu has never thought of the principle of capturing the king first before capturing the thief."

Li Zan put down the tea bowl: "Prince, the people in Xuanji Camp always recognize whoever is their master. Why don't I gather them together and introduce them to the Prince? The spies from all over the country should all be handed over to the Prince, okay?"

"Hmph, whoever is the master will recognize who? A joke! Gu will give you a team of soldiers now, can you trust them?"

"Do not believe."

"So, comparing your heart with your heart, little Huangshu thinks that he will trust the people in Xuanji Camp?"

Li Zan lowered his eyes and looked at his hands on the table: "I just brought everyone in front of His Highness, and after that it is up to His Highness to kill or use it, it has nothing to do with me."

The crown prince laughed, and pointed at Li Zan's nose: "Xuanji Ying is loyal to such a life-hungry and fearful person like you, I'm afraid these assassins will not spare you even if they become ghosts!"

After all, he laughed and left.

Li Zan turned his hands over and looked at his palms, and said softly, "What's the matter with a few more lives?" Suddenly remembered something, his expression changed slightly.

The master of the spy Nineteen knew that Fifteen was in Qingnan Palace!

After He Yuntian healed the rash all over his face that day, he no longer dared to come within fifteen or thirteen feet of him.After staying for a few days, he discussed with King Qingnan the details of the future business cooperation between the two places, and went back to Yuncheng contentedly.

Before leaving, he yelled at Fifteen from afar: "Little brother! Come to Yuncheng to play with me some other day!"

Fifteen waved his arms: "I must play you well~~"

Looking back, he saw Rong Min standing behind him with his hands behind his back and laughing at him: "Is this the so-called acquaintance without a fight?"

Fifteen scratched his head: "Almost."

In fact, as He Yuntian said, if I slash you and you stab me, there is no real hatred.Martial arts practitioners care about getting injured, and only a sour swordsman like Shen Yufeng can do that.

Thinking of this, he asked the prince: "Did Shen Yufeng be rescued by He Yuntian? Why didn't you see him?"

Rong Min motioned him to take a walk with him, and said as he walked, "I have been sent back to Yuncheng by the people from Xizuilou, and I think it will take a while. Tomorrow I plan to go to Yushu County to see the canal project, by the way." Look at the rice harvest this season."

Fifteen thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "My lord, you are always being attacked by surprise, so don't run around. You don't need to go in person to see the progress of the canal and the rice harvest, just send two followers."

Rong Min stared into the distance: "It looks like I'm busy with work, and I'm a good prince."

fifteen:"……"

Rong Min laughed loudly: "I'm just joking with you. Now Xizuilou is considered an ally, and that spy was slaughtered by you. Looking at the southern region, there is a scene of peace and prosperity~"

"My lord," Fifteen stopped in his tracks, cupped his fists respectfully, and said, "Since this is the case, the subordinates should also withdraw to Xuanji Camp. I always felt strange about what happened on Nineteen last time, but it was inconvenient for me to communicate with each other. Master Li sent someone here this time, originally to take me back."

Rong Min glanced at his right hand: "If you lose your hand, why don't you go back and make trouble?"

Fifteen: "Subordinates are left-handed, and the right hand only has two fingers that cannot be stretched and retracted, and it doesn't affect anything."

Rong Min rolled his eyes: "It doesn't matter, Li Zan said that day that he will write to you if he has an errand, and if he doesn't write, don't even think about leaving!"

Fifteen thought about it carefully and said: "Oh~~ I just remembered, my lord really said that." With a shy face on his face: "Actually, I am also reluctant to leave the palace."

Rong Min smiled softly, "Why?"

"The food in Wangfu is better than Xuanjiying!"

The shoulder injury had already healed in sevens and eighties, and it was still early after dinner, so Pu Shao called Shiwu to play in the guard yard together.

"Playing?" Assassin A kept blinking.

Needless to say, he really went to play when he was in Xuanji Camp, but he never thought that he would still have a chance in this life, or that someone would play with him! "Playing" is a complex, diverse, interesting, challenging, flexible and creative thing. Fifteen is strange and curious...

When I came to the guard yard, I saw two square tables under the shade, and there were several people gathered at each table, some shouting, some crackling copper coins, and some shaking dice.

"Pai Gow?" Fifteen stepped back, "I don't know how to do this." It's true that I can't, but I'm also afraid of losing money.Just kidding, with such a small salary every month, even if he has silver in his hands now, if a person who is used to thrift loses a hundred and ten coins, it will be like being cut by a knife.

"Gambling is not allowed in your camp?"

"No."

Pu Shao looked out the door with mischievous eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "The prince's mansion will not allow it. If the manager sees it, he will lift the table and scold people."

Fifteen was puzzled: "Then you guys still play?"

Just in time, a servant came over with a flattering smile, and stretched out a hand: "Putouer~~"

Pu Shao grabbed a handful of copper coins from a small basket next to him and stuffed them into the servant's hand, then turned to Shiwu and said, "Here, there is someone who will release the wind."

Ah Hai suddenly jumped over: "Come on Shiwu, come on~ You are so rich, you are not afraid of losing a few rounds, so just treat your brothers to a drink."

A few guards nearby who were idle watching the excitement also came over and booed: "Come on, come on~~"

Pu Shao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry! I'll give you some advice, trust me!"

After half an hour.

Fifteen: "Pu Shao! You stinky card basket!"

The head guard stood aside stiffly and rubbed his hands: "Well... I, I..."

In a fit of anger, Fifteen pushed away the four bad cards in his hand and was about to leave. Ah Hai and others pressed his shoulders with seven or eight hands: "It's okay, it's okay, lose first and then win! I can get it back."

"Let go of me! I won't play anymore!" More than 300 big money!Whew~~ It's gone!

How could it be possible for everyone to let go of this bully, and immediately persuaded him with a smile, saying all the good things.Helpless Fifteen is a typical loser and runs away. In fact, when he lost more than 100 words, he really wanted to get it back, but he got deeper and deeper, and when he lost more than 100 words, he was alert to the fascinating mind of this thing, so he quit firmly.

Just as they were making a fuss, Rong Min suddenly came, and everyone immediately fell to their knees in fright.

King Qingnan looked at it with a sullen face, and suddenly smiled: "Come together!" He grabbed Shiwu's arm and brought him to the table, "I heard you were leaving just now, what's the matter? Did you lose? Wait for me!" Get it back for you!"

Fifteen looked at him suspiciously, but said nothing.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Fifteen, look at the pair of benches Wang Ye beats him with a pair of axes!"

"The King!"

"Ah Hai, you're doomed, I've got a pair of cards!"

"Ahahaha~~My lord, I am Supreme Treasure!"

"……presumptuous!"

"My lord..."

"Where is the Supreme Treasure?" As he spoke, he turned over Ah Hai's cards, and the dignified Qingnan King casually changed a card and stuffed it in front of everyone.

Crowd: ...

Fifteen smiled quietly and nodded: "I didn't see Supreme Treasure either."