This sudden wave of assassinations immediately shocked many onlookers and officials present.
This is the capital city, the center of the Ming Dynasty!
And he still assassinated Zhu Gaojie in front of the Prince of the East Palace who was about to ascend the throne!
Although the news of Zhu Gaojie's assassination in Yunzhou had been vaguely spread before, many people did not really take it to heart. They always thought that it was either spreading rumors or that some local families had somehow violated Zhu Gaojie and his party...
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But now, the people in the capital suddenly discovered that someone actually dared to brazenly draw a sword and assassinate Zhu Gaojie, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty!
This completely subverted their imagination. The moment many people saw the dead soldiers drawing out their daggers and rushing forward, they were stunned and unbelievable!
The civil and military officials who followed the army slowly forward were also stunned and were so shocked by this incident that they could not say a word!
This is the assassination of the Prince of the East Palace!
It was a shocking crime to have his house confiscated and beheaded, and to annihilate the nine clans!
Where did these crazy assassins come from?
Just when everyone was shocked and caught off guard by the assassins, Zhu Gaojie seemed to have expected it. He didn't even look at the assassins who were staring at him with daggers in their hands. Instead, he leaned down
, directly dodged the two crossbow arrows that followed!
As Zhu Gaojiao leaned over, dozens of powerful guards in golden uniforms who were closely guarding him immediately swarmed up, trying to surround him and prevent Zhu Gaojiao from being exposed to the assassins' sight.
The other sergeants on both sides and behind also roared, all drew out their swords, and ran towards the assassins as fast as they could.
How dare you assassinate His Royal Highness, the most respected and admired person in your family? These people really deserve to die! Death!
However, although Zhu Gaojie's reaction speed was extremely fast, and several elite soldiers chopped down the assassins in front of him to the ground in an instant, the two dead soldiers on the left and right sides were still one step ahead of everyone and aimed directly at them.
Zhu Gaojie, who had not yet been blocked, took down the second and third crossbow arrows in succession!
Shen Qingyu, who had just chopped down an assassin, didn't have time to react before she saw the actions of the two men, and her heart suddenly sank!
He has so much experience in Jinyiwei that he instantly recognized that this was a repeating crossbow specially made by the Ministry of Industry in the past. Although it was not very powerful and could only be fired three times in a row before it would be completely scrapped, the crossbow arrows were still crossbow arrows.
Especially when launched at such a close distance, the arrow might even be coated with poison!
Although His Highness is wearing inner armor, it is still unknown whether he can defend himself against a crossbow shot at such a close range...
Shen Qingyu didn't even dare to think about it, and she didn't dare to look back to see Zhu Gaojie's situation. She just roared with grief and anger, raised the embroidered spring knife in her hand, and rushed towards the two of them!
Then he slashed them one by one, without even giving these two people a chance to resist, and chopped them to the ground directly!
"Pfft, pfft!"
However, how agile and strong is Zhu Gaojie's current skill?
In addition, after merging Yue Fei's personality, his awareness of danger is far beyond ordinary people, and he can even feel the murderous aura that cannot be detected.
Therefore, when the two dead soldiers had just pulled the trigger of the second shot, Zhu Gaojie had already stepped on the stirrup, jumped off the horse, and fell into the escort of the Jinyi Guards.
The next four crossbow arrows came from his original position almost at the same time as he turned over and dismounted, but in the end they all came to nothing!
Although Zhu Gaojie had already put on the newly developed inner armor, he did not want to rely on his own body to resist the crossbow arrows. He relied on his far superior reaction speed to quickly dodge the four subsequent crossbow arrows.
And how could these dead soldiers be any match for the warriors in the army who had experienced hundreds of battles?
By the time the Jin Yiwei people swarmed towards them, a total of eight assassins had been chopped down in a pool of blood. They were dead and injured. The Jin Yiwei didn't care about their life and death, and directly used rough weapons to attack all the assassins.
The hemp rope was tied up tightly, and every part of the body was searched clean.
After one after another, this extremely thrilling scene made the many people watching and the accompanying officials wake up one after another. Many people were frightened, many were angry, and some were pale and at a loss.
It was obviously a matter of course, and they were fully prepared, so why did the dead soldiers still fail?
Several people hiding in the crowd had been watching Zhu Gaojie closely. When they saw the two dead soldiers firing crossbows at Zhu Gaojie, they thought that the matter must be settled. After all, under the three consecutive crossbow arrows,
Zhu Gaojie was on horseback again, and the crossbow arrows were coated with blood-sealing poison. It was difficult to survive!
And as long as Zhu Gaojie dies, chaos will definitely break out in an instant, and they can fish in troubled waters and start to launch follow-up plans with confidence.
However, the scene that happened next left them stunned and their mentality completely collapsed!
Zhu Gaojie actually escaped this almost fatal blow!
This scene immediately made several people's hearts feel cold, and a large amount of cold sweat broke out behind Cui Shangshu.
At this time, Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji also ran to Zhu Gaojie's side under the protection of Jin Yiwei. Both of them were panting, sweating on their foreheads, and their faces were very ugly.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, are you okay?"
After receiving a positive answer, the two important court officials and Zhu Gaojie's close confidants took a long breath of relief and were completely relieved.
If Zhu Gaojie was assassinated in public, they really wouldn't know what to do. They might as well just find a random stone on the roadside and smash themselves to death!
After the two of them came to their senses, Xia Yuanji looked furious and said angrily:
"Your Highness, these assassins are so audacious!"
"To blend in so easily among the crowd of condolences means that they must have someone secretly helping them. I will definitely find out the person behind it and punish the nine tribes!"
He was single-handedly promoted by Zhu Gaojie and had a loyal character. He was extremely angry that Zhu Gaojie would be assassinated in the capital.
Yang Rong also had a gloomy expression and kept looking towards the assassin.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, he had seen the list of these condolences beforehand!
These assassins are clearly someone behind the scenes pushing and causing trouble!
This made him feel extremely angry and resentful. Could it be that these people had eaten the courage of a bear's heart and a leopard's courage?