Bright moon out of Tianshan

When Xiao Jian heard the news that his grandfather had been arrested and entered the palace, he pushed aside Ding Wuxia's obstruction, broke into the palace at night, and was stopped by the Ouchi guards outside the emperor's bedroom.

Meng Xin, the commander of the Ouchi guards who is familiar with Xiao Jian, is still handling some affairs in the Grand Master's Mansion. The deputy commander Wang Rui leads people to stop Xiao Jian, and the weapons are unsheathed. Xiao Jian is not afraid: "I am not an assassin. I want to see the emperor!"

Wang Rui said with a cold face: "You broke into the palace without any order, what are you doing if you are not assassinating? The emperor is the one you want to see?"

Xiao Jian said: "I have obtained the permission of the Holy Majesty. If there is something important, I can come to see the Holy Majesty directly. I have a token from the Emperor!" Reaching out to get something out, Wang Rui didn't allow him to say more, and said: "Come on, take it down first!" All the guards agreed, and several spears rushed towards Xiao Jian.Xiao Jian drew his sword out of its sheath, and the sword was like the wind, blocking the attack of the spear.

Everyone was fighting outside the hall. The emperor in the hall heard it and asked, "What's wrong outside? It's so noisy?"

A eunuch ran over and said: "Go back to the emperor, it looks like Grand Master Xiao's grandson on the outside, and he keeps saying he wants to see you."

Gao Zhi frowned and said: "Grandson of Grand Master Xiao?" He couldn't remember whether he had met him, so he said, "Huai'er, go and see what's going on."

Gao Huai said: "Father, I let go, you should be able to hold on?" His hand has been holding Gao Zhi's hand, slowly sending internal energy to Gao Zhi, and it has been several hours.Gao Zhi nodded and said, "It doesn't matter."

Gao Huai let go as he said, and followed the eunuch out of the palace gate. He saw swords, swords and shadows in front of the palace, fighting lively, and a large number of inner guards besieged a young man.Gao Huai watched intently, and saw that the young man's sword was sharp and swift, with great momentum, and he was walking the way of Xiao's sword in Yuma Jintang. Still can't take that person down.

He looked at it for a while, and said: "Wang Rui, stop, ask him what he wants to do." His voice came out clearly in this chaos, Xiao Jian wished to stop quickly, but when they fought together, they couldn't help it. No one can stop, Gao Huai saw the crowd fighting and entangled endlessly, he stretched out his hand to grab the long grass in the hand of a guard beside him, his figure flickered, and suddenly he rushed into the field, the spear swept out and rolled up The wind, the sound of weapons clashing in an instant, the guards' spears fell off the ground one after another, then Gao Huai suddenly turned around, the spears rolled back and attacked straight out, Xiao Jian was caught off guard, and he picked up the blade and spun it After a few spins, I felt a strong impact, half of my body went numb, and the weapon flew out of my hand.He was not good at Gao Huai's martial arts, but his reaction was extremely fast. He flew back in an instant and got out of the reach of Gao Huai's spear. Xiao Jian quickly said: "I'm not an assassin! I'm really not an assassin!"

Wang Rui hurriedly said: "This is His Highness the Third Prince, are you not polite? Why are you yelling?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jian quickly knelt down, saluted Gao Huai respectfully, and continued, "My name is Xiao Jian, and I... want to see the emperor."

Gao Huai said: "My father is not in good health at the moment, can you tell me?"

Xiao Jian shook his head and said: "No, I can't tell anyone! The emperor promised me three years ago that if there is something important, I can come to see him directly."

Seeing his stubborn expression, Gao Huai said, "Then come here."

Xiao Jian got up quickly, obediently followed him into the hall, Gao Huai went straight to sit down beside Emperor Xuwen and held his father's hand.Xiao Jian then knelt down and saluted the emperor.

Emperor Xu Wen narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Jian who was kneeling in the hall for a moment, and said, "Are you Xiao Run's grandson? I met you three years ago."

Xiao Jian said: "Yes, Your Majesty. Three years ago, at midnight, I entered the palace to send a letter to the Emperor. At that time, the Emperor promised me one thing. Your Majesty, have you not forgotten?"

Emperor Xuwen said: "There is such a thing. I... I remembered. You came here in such a hurry, but you want me to spare your Xiao family?"

Xiao Jian had already learned the general story of the matter from Ding Wuxia and Meng Xin, and immediately kowtowed: "Yes, please spare the lives of my grandfather and aunt, my Xiao family is willing to give up all official positions, property and servants, and go back to seclusion. Tianyuan, I will never set foot in the court again in this life."

Gao Zhi said: "Do you know what crime your aunt committed?"

Xiao Jian was afraid that Gao Zhi would ask him about the source of the news, which would involve Meng Xin and Ding Wuxia, so he denied it: "Cao Min doesn't know what wrong things my aunt did. But the emperor. You promised me back then, no matter what it is, You can agree to me! The emperor even gave me a token on the spot, asking me to use this as a proof." After speaking, he reached out and took out a jade pendant from his waist pocket, and slowly lifted it up.

Gao Huai followed Emperor Xuwen and turned his head to look at it. When he saw the jade pendant, his face suddenly changed, he stood up, and said: "You...you...you..." Flying to grab it, Xiao Jian saw him in an instant When the time came to his face, he thought he was going to attack him, and before he could think about it, he rolled over and avoided it. Gao Huai shouted, "Why are you holding my jade pendant?" I had to dodge in a hurry, and shouted anxiously: "This is a token given to me by the emperor! What's the matter if you snatch it away?"

Gao Huai said angrily: "You...you deserve it? You bring it to me!" He forcibly suppressed the words "after the second minister" in his words.

The two went back and forth a few times, Xiao Jian was obviously not Gao Huai's opponent, he stretched out his hand to grab his shoulder suddenly during the fierce fight, then Gao Huai's hand came down and brushed against his veins, Xiao Jian's body was numb, Involuntarily letting go of his hand, he accidentally threw the jade pendant out, and fell to the ground with a thud, breaking into two halves.

For a moment, both of them were stunned, Xiao Jian reacted first, and flew over to grab it, thinking that it could be used even if it was broken.Suddenly a gust of wind hit the back of his heart, this time he was too close, he couldn't dodge, he was hit in the back of the heart, he staggered and fell out, hit the wall heavily, his whole body was in severe pain in an instant, his chest was short of breath. The blood was surging, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

Gao Huai rushed to pick up the broken jade pendant, stared at it for a long time, his face gradually became pale as death, suddenly turned his head and glared at Xiao Jian, then approached step by step, and said coldly: "How dare you kill me? The jade pendant broke! You...you..."

Seeing his terrifying expression, Xiao Jian was so frightened that he just wanted to retreat. There was a wall behind him, but there was no way to retreat. He hurriedly argued, "I didn't do it on purpose! It was you who blocked my pulse door, and then let go , just threw it out... No, don't blame me..." Gao Huai suddenly drew out his sword like the wind, and Xiao Jian's throat felt cold, and the blade of the sword touched his throat in an instant, and Xiao Jian was aroused by the icy sword aura. Coughing, he was panicking, but he saw Gao Huai stretch out his hand to press his chest suddenly, and spit out a mouthful of blood. Emperor Xu Wen exclaimed, "Huai'er!" Drive far away, no one dares to get too close.This is when everyone hurried over to help him, the old emperor couldn't wait, he fell off the bed and fell in front of the bed, his eyes turned white, he almost held his breath, and murmured: "Huai'er, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing the exclamation of the crowd, Gao Huai came back to his senses. Seeing his father falling off the bed, he didn't care about arguing with Xiao Jian any more, so he quickly put away his sword, rushed to the bedside, hugged the emperor and put him in a good place, and then Sending him internal energy to regulate the meridians, but under the agitation of his mood, he stimulated his internal energy again, and his blood was also surging. The blood dripped down the corners of his lips, dripping on his white satin robe like a flower A gorgeous peach blossom instantly bloomed, looking shocking.Gao Zhi said in shock: "Huai'er! Father won't let you lose your internal strength, stop now! Stop now!"

Gao Huai secretly calmed down, calmed down his blood, took the brocade handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, and said, "I'm fine, I'll be fine in a while."

Gao Zhi said softly: "Huai'er, are you blaming Father for giving away the jade pendant your mother left you? It's because Father is not good, because Father is negligent. There is nothing in our palace, but I I just gave this to him. But if he hadn't brought this to report that year, where would father find you?"

Gao Huai said: "I don't blame Dad. Just now I was not careful, and my meridians went retrograde. It's all over now. Dad, how do you get rid of this person?"

Emperor Xuwen looked up at Xiao Jian. Xiao Jian leaned against the wall and couldn't stand up. The guards who were driven in pointed at him with several spears. My prince is so angry!" Wang Rui agreed, and together with two of his subordinates, he went over and dragged Xiao Jian up, Xiao Jian didn't dare to struggle, so he had to continue to argue: "Your Majesty, I really didn't mean it! "

Gao Huai hurriedly said: "Father, don't...don't kill people because of this. Since you promised him, then keep your promise, we can't break our promise." Gao Zhi looked at Gao Huai's face, he had a heart for his son Feeling guilty, so as I grow older, I learn to read words and expressions.Seeing Gao Huai's serious face, which seemed to be serious, he could only look back at Xiao Jian and sigh: "You child, alas! I did promise you back then, but you actually dropped all the jade pendants I gave you! Xiao Jian, You idiot, you can’t hold anything securely! But I’ve given you the imperial wine. Wang Rui, go and see if Grand Master Xiao has drunk it? If not, spare his life. Entering the cold palace, the servants of the grand master's mansion will be confiscated by the officials. You can wait here for news."

Xiao Jian hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Thank you Lord Long En!"

After a while, Wang Rui turned back and reported: "Back to the emperor, Grand Master Xiao has already drank the poisoned wine, and he surrendered a quarter of an hour ago."

Xiao Jian leaned against the wall and heard it clearly. Suddenly his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. He heard the emperor say in a trance: "Xiao Jian, you are late. Your grandfather is dead. No one else is to blame. How do you plan?"

But it took a long time to hear Xiao Jian's answer.

The hall was silent, after a while Gao Huai said coldly: "My father asked you something, why didn't you answer?"