King's Landing [Rebirth]

There was a person hiding on the beam of the house. Although the person looked down very cautiously, and his face only flashed in the dim light, Sima Rong keenly caught it.

Sima Rong's heart rose to his throat in an instant, and he even had a feeling that it was about to pop out. He gritted his teeth, tried to breathe steadily, and at the same time listened to the movement on the beam.

However, he didn't have kung fu to accompany him, and the other party seemed to be very skilled. He couldn't determine the man's movements, so he could only subconsciously clenched the dagger in his hand.

This dagger has never left his body, and he has been carefully hiding it since he went out to avoid being discovered by others. Holding this only amulet now is like holding Wang Shuzhi's hand, and he quickly regained his composure. There was a trace of coldness in his eyes.

The candle light flickered, Sima Rong glanced around calmly, and soon threw himself into the water again.

An inconspicuous light flashed across the water quickly, Sima Rong held his breath and looked at it carefully, shocked in his heart.

A small dot protruding from the shadow of the beam was unknown whether it was a hidden weapon or an arrow. The man didn't want to jump down to assassinate, but was directly preparing to strike on it.

In this way, the dagger in his hand can't protect himself!

Sima Rong pursed his dry lips, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he quickly raised his hand.

Following his strength, the dagger broke through the water, like a sharp arrow, it flew towards a bronze mirror next to it accurately and quickly.

"Crash!" The bronze mirror cracked in response.

The crisp cracking sound resounded in the silent night, sharp and abrupt, and the followers outside were already alert, so they immediately responded: "His Royal Highness!"

The people on the beam obviously didn't expect this to come out. After a moment of daze, they saw that Sima Rong had already got out of the barrel, and at the same time someone rushed in from outside. There was a muffled "pop" sound from the bottom of the bucket.

"There is someone on the beam!" Sima Rong said as he rushed to the bronze mirror to retrieve the dagger, and when he looked up, he saw the black shadow flying out.

No need to give any more orders, the guards who rushed in were well-trained and divided into two groups, one group chased them out, and the rest were looking around the house, beware of other assassins hiding.

The movement here alarmed Xie Zhuo and others, and the news of someone assassinating the prince quickly spread.

As the master of the Taishou's mansion, Liu Taishou broke out in a cold sweat, but unfortunately he closed the gate and searched all night but failed to catch the assassin, so he had no choice but to run to Sima Rong with a pale face to plead guilty.

Sima Rong stared at him for a long time, seeing beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, guessing that he probably had nothing to do with this matter, so he didn't pursue further.

Xie Zhuo carefully looked at the hidden weapon nailed in the wooden barrel, frowned and pondered for a long time, but still couldn't see the origin of the assassin.

Sima Rong sneered: "Don't look at it, uncle, whoever wants me to die, no matter who they are, they belong to that group anyway."

Xie Zhuo nodded, no more words, just ordered to go down, tidy up, and then set off to return to the capital. In addition, he sent a few more skilled guards around Sima Rong.

The next two days were uneventful.

Sima Rong sat in the carriage, slowly rubbing the dagger, but kept frowning.

Since the end of the war, he has been more vigilant than before. Not only did he observe the guards around him one by one, but he also carefully checked his drinking water and food. .

The other party will not let it go, but they will not attack for a long time, Sima Rong will not be lucky to think that a failed assassination will make the other party give up easily.

When he was concentrating on thinking, the carriage under him suddenly shook, and Sima Rong raised his head.

"Hiss—" the horses pulling the cart suddenly neighed in unison.

Sima Rong's complexion changed slightly, and before he had time to react, he felt the carriage accelerate suddenly, and at the same time, he leaned back and fell into the carriage, his back hurt so much that he had to grab the window frame in a hurry.

"The horse is frightened! Save the prince!"

Accompanied by screams, the carriage that Sima Rong was riding on began to run amok, and the horse that pulled the carriage ran wildly, knocking people on their backs, and rushed out obliquely.

The marching team was thrown into chaos in an instant, and the guards who were ordered to protect the prince's safety were all in a cold sweat, and quickly rushed out of the chaotic situation to chase after them. However, no matter how good the horses under them could run, no matter how good their riding skills were, they couldn't catch up. Those crazy horses that pulled Sima Rong's cart.

Sima Rong was so dizzy from knocking in the car, he managed to hold on to the window frame to sit still, but because the carriage suddenly went uphill, he fell back again.

The coachman had been thrown and fell to nowhere, Sima Rong struggled to climb to the door of the carriage, tried to hold the reins, but lost his hand several times, crawled out staggeringly, looked with his head, feeling chills in his heart.

The sound of horseshoes in the back was getting farther and farther away. It was obvious that the guards couldn't catch up. The carriage rushed to the hillside at some point, and the front led to nowhere. There were dense forests on the left and right, and the depth could not be seen.

Sima Rong gritted his teeth, and was hesitating whether to hold the horse or jump off, but before he could make a decision, he heard a "whoosh" sound, and subconsciously leaned over. Looking back, there was a sharp arrow pierced on the wall of the carriage. The nocks were still buzzing.

The horse didn't know what to do, and suddenly ran wildly, and there was an ambush here, which was obviously prepared long ago.

The sharp arrows suddenly gathered, Sima Rong was left alone, not daring to jump off the carriage easily, so he had to bend down to avoid the arrows.

"Hiss—" Two horses were shot by sharp arrows, neighing in pain, and the carriage lost control even more, half of Sima Rong's body was thrown out of the carriage.

Accompanied by another whistling sound, a sharp arrow pierced through the air. Sima Rong suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. Just as he was about to break off the arrow tail, he felt a slight numbness at the wound. up the color.

Sima Rong's face was pale, he clenched the shaft of the arrow and pulled it out fiercely. He broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, but it was too late, the numbness from the wound had already spread to the surroundings.

Sima Rong failed to hold on to the carriage because of pulling out the arrow, and fell out of the carriage completely following a violent bump.

"Ah—" There was a sharp pain from the impact, Sima Rong couldn't catch the tree on his back, his body tilted, and he rolled down the hillside hard.

Wang Shuzhi, who was far away in the capital, suddenly became dizzy, and suddenly felt suffocated in his heart, buzzing in his head, hurriedly put down the pen in his hand, and pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Wang Ting, who was waiting on the sidelines, looked at his face and whispered, "Is the prime minister tired?"

"It's not in the way." Wang Shuzhi waved his hands, and after a while, he still felt uncomfortable, so he got up, put on some clothes, and walked to the courtyard.

It was almost evening at this time, Wang Shuzhi walked to the lake, looked at the fading sunset, always wanted to raise his hand and rub his chest, it seemed that only in this way could he suppress the inexplicable panic.

Wang Ting was about to ask him if he was going to have dinner, when he caught sight of Pei Liang walking hurriedly out of the corner of his eye, he hurriedly took two steps back.

"Prime Minister! Something is wrong!"

Wang Shuzhi was restless, when he heard Pei Liang's voice, his expression changed drastically, he turned and stared at him: "Yan... What happened to Yan Qing?!"

Pei Liang was taken aback for a moment, then stepped forward quickly: "No!"

Wang Shuzhi swallowed his saliva, took a deep breath, as if he had escaped from death, and then heard him say: "Suddenly there is an army a hundred miles outside the city!"

"Big army?" Wang Shuzhi looked serious, "Where did it come from?"

"I don't know yet, my subordinates have sent people to investigate." Pei Liang frowned, "But...it seems like he is not a fool."

Wang Shuzhi paced back and forth for two steps.

The army had just won the victory and would not come back so soon. The army that suddenly appeared at this time seemed very suspicious.If it wasn't a Hu person, then it must be a Han person, who suddenly appeared without warning, obviously well prepared.

"Prepare the horse! As soon as I hear the news, I will enter the palace immediately!" Wang Shuzhi ordered, and hurried back to change his clothes.

Soon, the definite news came back, Wang Shuzhi got on his horse with a sullen face after hearing it, and galloped towards the palace gate.

"What?! Say it again?!" The emperor was frightened and angry, and suddenly got up, staring at him in disbelief.

Wang Shuzhi said again: "The former crown prince and the king of Yongkang were in collusion, leading the army to attack the capital, and now they are getting closer and closer to the city gate."

The emperor's eyes were about to crack: "Sima Chang? King Yongkang?"

Wang Shuzhi also didn't expect that the two uncles and nephews who had formed a relationship would turn their fights into jades without anyone noticing, and they also had the ability to hide the truth and plot rebellion.

"Good! Very good!" The emperor was extremely angry, and slapped the table with his palm, "My good son! Good brother!"

Wang Shuzhi saw that he only cared about getting angry, so he couldn't help frowning: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to order preparations for war immediately."

The emperor didn't seem to hear, he turned his head and asked Tong Gonggong next to him angrily: "Where's Concubine Yu?"

Eunuch Tong immediately sent someone to look for him.

Wang Shuzhi said impatiently: "Your Majesty, please issue an order to prepare for war immediately!"

"How to prepare for the war? The guards in the capital are weak now..." The emperor panicked.

"Please ask the emperor to issue an order to guard the city gate immediately, and send another person to tell King Jing to lead the troops north to King Qin. As long as the army returns, or King Jing goes to Beijing, the crisis will be resolved."

Although Wang Shuzhi was calm, he was really resentful in his heart, he was on guard against Yi Wang Sima Kuo, unexpectedly let Sima Chang take advantage of the loophole.

The king of Yongkang was not of the easy-going type, even if that idiot Sima Chang was sold out, he didn't even know who the two of them planned to grab the dragon chair and hand it over to.

The emperor was already panicked, and was about to draw up a decree when he saw the palace servants leave and return.

When Eunuch Tong got the news, his complexion changed slightly: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yu is missing..."

"It must have been a secret message with that Nizi, and he went for a sneaky walk!" The emperor gritted his teeth, and while ordering people to summon the ministers, he was drafting an edict to prepare for the war.

Wang Shuzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him write.