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Seeing that the Son of Heaven, who is sitting all over the world, is about to be assassinated on the Dragon Throne, several gray figures suddenly jumped out from behind Emperor Mingde.

One of the figures was the fastest, coming and going silently like smoke and mist. In the blink of an eye, he not only cut off the sharp sword that assassinated Emperor Mingde at the very moment, but also had the strength to fight back.However, after more than ten back and forth, the black-clothed guard who reacted a step later killed the assassin neatly and neatly.

"There are assassins, escort!"

"Bold thief!"

"Come here, escort, where is the black armor guard?"

Just because an assassin has been dealt with doesn't mean the danger is over.

The sound of shouting "escort" seemed to be a signal for the rebels to attack.Accompanied by the sound of cups and saucers shattering, many palace people who had lowered their heads and eyebrows before suddenly changed their expressions, and rushed to kill the dignitaries nearby.

Caught off guard, several civil servants seated at the back were killed on the spot.

After that, the brightly lit main hall of Xuanyuan Hall suddenly became chaotic, and the peace and joy were replaced by blood and ferocity.The soldiers rushing in from outside the hall were all holding sharp knives, and several of them were wearing the iron armor of the black armored guards. Blood dripped from the tip of the knife, and they were full of evil spirits.

Seeing the existence of the black armored guards among the rebels, some people were shocked, and even some timid people felt desperate.

However, the soldiers who broke into the hall and the rebellious black armored guards were not the most terrifying. In the Xuanyuan Hall at this time, the real threats to the emperor and the nobles were six assassins with first-class martial arts.

These people are like ghosts, with treacherous and fierce moves, and they are all people with profound internal strength.As soon as they appeared, they approached the direction of the dragon chair.The ordinary sergeants guarding the outside of Emperor Mingde had no power to resist these top-notch killers. Most of them lost their lives just by meeting them face to face.

More and more people died, not only from the court side, but also from the rebel side.This evenly matched fierce fight lasted about half a stick of incense before the situation changed.

Here, Emperor Mingde saw that there were no new assassins appearing in the hall, and the rebels among the black armored guards had all revealed their identities, so he raised his hands expressionlessly and gave orders silently.

The emperor's gesture is a signal for counterattack.Almost at the same time, a sharp whistling sound came from the back of the hall, like silver needles piercing everyone's ears, causing everyone's hearts to jump with fear and their thoughts to be in a trance.

The whistling sound was getting closer and clearer. Along with the whistling sound, there were twelve powerful figures moving in unison.

The newly emerged masters were all holding fine iron longbows, with three flying feather quiver pinned to their waists. The moment they showed up, they raised their hands and opened their bows "swish" and shot 36 deadly poisonous arrows. Shot and killed two master assassins.

Pei Xiang, who was hiding in the corner, narrowed his eyes and looked at the twelve new archers, silently evaluated the warrior aura released from them, and made a preliminary judgment in his heart.

She found that seven or eight of the archers were stronger than the six assassins.If you fight alone, you can capture the six killers one by one. At this time, 12 people attack together, which is a bit overkill.

Pei Xiangxin said: "What's more, these 12 people have obviously undergone special formation training. They attack and defend together, and their strength is definitely not weaker than the total combat power of thirty martial arts people of the same level. Sure enough, Emperor Ming De has long been prepared."

Just as she finished her assessment, the twelve archers instantly changed their formation.

This time, six of them fought the remaining four first-class assassins, while the remaining archers began shooting the rebels in the hall.Almost every arrow can take a life, and Emperor Mingde's side quickly controlled the situation on the field.

Seeing this, Pei Xiang changed his hiding place again so that he could observe more clearly.

She quickly noticed that not all the gray-clothed men who escorted Emperor Mingde at the beginning were all at the side of Emperor Mingde. They rushed to the princes one after another the moment the archer appeared, like an invisible The shadow protects the royal children like a shadow.

The martial arts of these men in gray are feminine and light, completely different from the masculine and firmness of the archers, but at this time, the two sides complement each other.

While predicting the current power of the Jianghu by observing the strength of the queen masters, Pei Xiang quietly moved towards the direction of the eldest prince, Prince Cheng.

Just as she was struggling to dodge the shadows of swords and swords, the sound of uneven footsteps came from outside Xuanyuan Hall, the metal friction sound of sharp weapons unsheathed made people shudder, and the guards wearing Zhu Xuan's two-color silver embroidered battle robes were like tides like influx.

These guards are tall, short, fat and thin, and have different temperaments, and they have different weapons in their hands.Judging from the appearance alone, compared with the black-clothed guards, who are all tall and straight and awe-inspiring and brave, the team that came in later obviously did not look good, and they were quite suspected of being a mob.

But when the people in the hall saw the Zhuxuanyin embroidered battle robes on their bodies, they all looked solemn.

——Everyone in the entire dynasty knew that since the first dynasty of Taizu, the person who wore the two-colored silver-embroidered war robe of Zhu and Xuan was the emperor himself in charge of the imperial army, and he was given the name Jinwuwei.

"Your Majesty Saint Ann."

The leading Jinwu guard ignored the flying arrows and chaotic killing moves, strode up to Emperor Ming De as if he was seeing him every day, and clasped his fists in reply:

"The Si'an Gate, Qingping Gate and Xiangjia Gate have all been closed. Except for the Xuanyuan Hall, all the rebels and rebels in the palace have been arrested, and the concubines in the harem have not been disturbed."

"Very well, how is the situation in the capital?"

"The inside and outside of the capital are temporarily stable, and there has been no mob riot. However, in the mansion of the third-rank official in the capital, there are seven abnormalities, and the subordinates have already sent people to surround them; arsonists were found in five streets and alleys in the west city and the south city. The suspect was sent to the water prison for torture. Another 32 martial arts practitioners approached the armory and the weapon camp for no reason tonight, and they were all detained by the Jinwu Guard."

Emperor Mingde nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"Now that the internal and external situation has been controlled, let's deal with all the thieves in the Xuanyuan Palace as soon as possible. The rebels who instigated and fled behind the scenes must be interrogated within five days. Anyone involved will be severely punished. King Cheng, your commander this matter."

"My son leads the order."

"Subordinates obey."

After the words fell, the commander of the Jinwu Guard raised his hand, and the subordinates behind him started to act spontaneously.

As soon as they started, they saw the difference between the Jinwu Guard and the Black Clothes Guard.Contrary to the good or bad impression given by the appearance, these Jinwu Guards are truly experienced from the bloody life-and-death struggle.They are all proficient in martial arts that can kill with one move, and everyone has some special housekeeping skills, and they don't win purely with the value of force.

Pei Xiang witnessed with his own eyes a pretty little brother with red nails and peacock blue eyeliner waving a fan and blowing twice before poisoning two traitorous black armored guards to death.

After the poisonous Jinwu guard finished killing people, he tilted his head and glanced at Pei Xiang who was squatting behind the big vase. His eyes lingered for a moment on the five-color silk gauze clothes on Pei Xiang's body, and there was a clear love in his eyes. .Pei Xiang quickly tightened his clothes, silently stepped back half a step, and hid deeper.

The Jinwu guard with peacock blue eyeliner was disappointed when he saw that Pei Xiang not only hid himself, but also refused to show him his clothes.He turned his head to glance at the chaotic situation in the hall, bit his lip hesitantly, and stomped away.

Pei Xiang rolled her eyes in her heart, and moved towards the direction of the eldest prince. During the period, she met a few ordinary palace people who passed out, and she even helped to stop the bleeding.

When she finally avoided all kinds of accidental injuries with her sensitive five senses and approached the target, the battle in the hall was over.

"Take these surviving traitors away for interrogation." Emperor Mingde frowned slightly as he looked at the prisoners subdued by the Jinwu Guards: "Why are there so many dancers and actors? Who is the head of the Inner Court's Jiaofang Division? On the contrary, he has trained a lot of assassins for me."

Hearing only a "plop", the head eunuch of Jiaofang, who managed to save his life in the chaos, knelt on the ground. He kowtowed again and again, but he didn't dare to call out his grievances in front of the emperor. , "Please His Majesty punish" and other words.

King Rong rubbed his ears impatiently at the side. He remembered that Emperor Mingde asked King Cheng to be in charge of commanding and investigating the rebellious party and traitors. , he vented his anger and said:

"Father, my son thinks that since there are so many rebels in the Inner Court Church Office, there must still be hidden evils in it. Especially in the auspicious cloud dance just now, the clouds and smoke were flying, and the Lingsha was flying, covering many people in the hall. The sight of people? And the assassination happened during the performance of Xiangyun Dance, which is very suspicious. Furthermore, I have never watched this Xiangyun Dance at a palace banquet before. Today, the first time I saw this Xiangyun Dance, some assassins took the opportunity Assassination, this is too coincidental."

Of course Emperor Mingde would not waste his time on a group of dancers and actors, so as soon as King Rong finished speaking, he waved his hand:

"Detain all those related to Xiangyunwu. Anyone who is suspicious will be severely punished, regardless of life or death. As for the rest of the people in the Inner Court Church... Zhang Dewen, please help me to sort out and screen carefully. If next time If something happens to the Secretary of the Inner Court, I only ask you."

"Slave obeys the order." Zhang Dewen quickly bent down and responded.

At the same time as he respectfully received the holy order, the chief executive made a cross in his heart to teach Bai, confirming that this person was already abolished.

However, when he thought of Pei Xiang's outstanding looks and the attention he had aroused when he danced just now, he was a little hesitant. He didn't know whether he should secretly remind the person in charge of the interrogation not to really hurt Pei Xiang.After all, with such a stunning appearance, wouldn't it be a pity if it was really destroyed in the water prison of You Prison?

However, after hesitating for a while, he saw seven or eight young eunuchs carrying the corpses of several low-ranking officials out, and his heart trembled suddenly.

Zhang Dewen secretly thought that he almost made a big mistake. In order to expose these traitors completely, his master didn't even pay attention to the life and death of the court officials, let alone a mere dancer?What's more, he is not sure if there is anything wrong with the dancer. If there is trouble after recommending it to His Majesty, isn't he courting death?

Pei Xiang, who was hiding aside, was not surprised when he heard Emperor Mingde's decision clearly.She saw Jin Wuwei searching for the living dancer in Xuanyuan Palace, but she didn't appear in a hurry or stepped forward to intercede for herself.Instead, he stood steadily behind the tall column, silently staring at the Jinwu Guard with peacock blue eyeliner who was quite lingering.

——I placed some casually collected magnetic tile objects near here, and just temporarily set up a small formation that can confuse the line of sight.

——The rest of the guards and eunuchs ignored me, but this person walked in directly, but he didn't destroy my arrangement.

——It can be seen that he knows the art of Qimen Dunjia,

"You're going to die!" the Jinwu Guard who was painted in red Kodan mouthed silently, but he didn't follow orders and stepped forward to grab her.

He stood there, slowly waving the fan covered with colorful bird feathers, smiling cunningly and cutely, his eyes rolled slightly, showing the high spirits of a young man.

Pei Xiang let out an "oh" in his heart. He didn't know if this person had disguised himself and sneaked into the Jinwu Guard, or he was a member of the Jinwu Guard himself, but it's just a daily habit of not showing his true face.

"What's your name?" Pei Xiang asked silently.

"You are so beautiful today, your clothes are beautiful, and your dance is beautiful, but on your most beautiful and brilliant day, you are going to die, are you afraid?"

The voice that merged into a thin line rang in Pei Xiang's ears, full of gloating and sincere praise.

Pei Xiang didn't have the internal strength to condense her voice, so she continued to mouth silently:

"I'm going to die, how pitiful, can you grant one of my wishes? Tell me, what is your real name? Let me die with your name in mind, okay?"

The beautiful Jin Wuwei blinked, thinking that this little dancer is really interesting.

He had noticed her before, she was obviously weak and weak without martial arts, but she didn't care much about the dangerous situation.The only thing she cares about is probably the well-protected First Prince.

——So, would you rather bear the risk of being killed by mistake, and insist on moving towards your sweetheart step by step?Alas, what a stubborn and lovely girl.

"After you know my name, will you be a ghost and never let me go?"

Just as Pei Xiang was about to answer, she restrained her relaxed expression the next moment, and turned around hastily to look at the other side of the pillar.

Just as she was vigilant, those rebels subdued by the Jinwu Guard suddenly stopped kneeling obediently.

When one of them suddenly reversed his meridians and broke away from Jin Wuwei's acupressure method, the others also adopted this reckless way of breaking free—forcibly running their internal energy to retrograde their meridians in order to gain freedom of movement.

Lan Xu, Wan Ru and others laughed triumphantly while vomiting blood, looking crazy.

In fact, in the eyes of people with a little knowledge of martial arts, they really think these people are crazy. After all, after reversing the meridian pulse and breaking the Jinwuwei's secret method of acupressure, they will not live for long.

However, in the next moment, Lan Xu and the others used their actions to tell the enemy what real madness is.

They bite those around them without hesitation, piercing the skin of their enemies with their ferocious teeth.Almost instantly, all the people bitten by them twitched, and within three to five breaths, both the biter and the bitten died.

This sudden scene made Xuanyuan Hall completely silent.

Pei Xiang frowned slightly, then flattened again.She silently condensed a trace of sword intent, letting it wander carefully through the fragile meridians, and finally stopped near her chest, turning into an invisible but firm protective net.

After that, while staring intently at the direction of the eldest prince, she quietly applied the medicinal powder hidden in her nails.

——She made it with some plants in the Yuntai Pavilion. It has no special effect, but it can stimulate people's lacrimal glands, and tears will flow like rain when they are close.

On the other side, the leader of the Jinwu Guard kicked away the persistent prisoner, and checked his subordinates with a sullen face.After a while, he raised his hand and closed the eyes of his former colleagues who were dying.

"The subordinate is incompetent. I didn't check out that there was a second poison hidden in the mouth of the traitor..."

Just as the leader of the Jinwu Guard pleaded guilty and the rest of the Jinwu Guard were in turmoil and mourning, a second wave of assassinations broke out in Xuanyuan Hall.

Those rebels who hid deeper seized the opportunity created by their companions with death, and stabbed their sharp knives at the children of the royal family beside them without hesitation.

The five-clawed golden dragon on Emperor Mingde's chest was cut open by the sword energy. For the first time, he felt that death was so close to him.

At the same time, not far from the eldest prince, three plum blossom darts with tricky angles hit his chest, throat and temple directly, and there was a big gap around him at this time.

All the guards and subordinates were unable to react in time, and some were even staring at those who died together in a daze, unable to realize that the life of the person they were protecting was hanging by a thread.

The eldest prince's pupils constricted. He is a martial artist, but he is not specialized.But the assassin who shot the plum dart was a master. This blow before death must have exhausted his life's skills. How could it be so easy to dodge?

Therefore, even though he tried his best, the eldest prince could only avoid the fatal danger at the throat and temple, but he could no longer avoid the position on the chest.

In the blink of an eye, the people around the eldest prince finally realized that the danger was coming. The eyes of several guards were tearing apart, but it was too late to stop him.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

"Boss!"

"Brother Emperor—"

When several anxious shouts sounded, a soft, lithe and graceful figure threw himself in front of the eldest prince without hesitation, blocking the hidden weapon aimed at his heart for him.

"Ch—ch——"

The eldest prince staggered back a few steps, and in his arms was a beautiful girl with blood on her chest.

It all happened so fast!

From those who commit suicide by taking poison to encountering fatal danger is actually only a matter of a few breaths, but the eldest prince thinks it is very long.He hugged Pei Xiang subconsciously, his back was covered in cold sweat.

"you……"

King Rong and the others on the side were equally frightened, but they were not as dangerous as the First Prince.

Probably because Emperor Ming De had publicly confessed that the First Prince was in charge of interrogating the rebels this time.As a result, His Royal Highness King Cheng received the "special" attention of the assassins, second only to Emperor Ming De who was protected by the shadow of the gray coat.

Naturally, Emperor Mingde was not in danger.

That's why King Rong was in the mood to tease:

"Oh, this is really a beauty. But brother, did you know this dancer before, and made love in the palace? Tsk tsk, oops, no wonder she treats you so desperately?"

The eldest prince ignored Suan Jiji's brother who dug a hole for him, he lowered his head to stare at the rescuer, he shouldn't say anything for a while.He was sure he had never seen this girl before, so he didn't know how he got such affection.

——If you are climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, but your life is gone, what is the use of power and wealth?

At this time, Pei Xiang was dying in the arms of His Highness King Cheng, showing an extremely fragile beauty.

She struggled to open her hazy eyes, and slightly raised her hand to approach the eldest prince's clear eyebrows, as if she wanted to touch the eldest prince, but she seemed to hesitate again, and there was a kind of cherishment and relief in her eyes that made people couldn't help but throb. .

The first prince was made sore by Pei Xiang's action, and he forcibly suppressed all the doubts and suspicions that had arisen just now.

He thought, no matter what, this woman saved his life, and he will protect her from the wind and rain in the future, and promise her peace and prosperity for the rest of her life.

"you……"

——Don't worry, as long as you can survive this time, I will take you back to Prince Cheng's Mansion.When I have a child in the future, I will invite you to be a side concubine.

"Cousin..."

Pei Xiang's hand slowly dropped, looking at the eldest prince with eyes full of admiration and satisfaction:

"My father, cough, it's Saburo Qushi, cousin, cough, cousin, I finally remembered what happened when I was a child... I'm going to die, and I only have one wish... I just want to see my blood relatives. Father said , Said that you look like my aunt, like our Qu family, it's so good, so good...Cousin, I finally found you..."

After saying this, Pei Xiang fainted in relief.

At this moment, the First Prince only felt sore eyes, and suddenly had the urge to cry.But the strange thing is that he didn't have much sadness, but felt full of absurdity, and some... self-confessed embarrassment.

But even so, when he looked at the pale face of his niece, who was in a coma in his arms like flowers and jade, he felt tears for no reason.

——Could it be that the mother and concubine have spirits in the sky, guiding me to protect the blood of the Qu family...