Volume 1: Lin'an Unrest Chapter 2 What is the truth?
Fortunately, there are enough obstacles in the pavilion, so it is difficult for the arrows fired by the assassins to effectively attack Zhao Yuan.
It's just that Zhao Yuan was somewhat familiar with the arrow feathers, but he still couldn't figure out where he had seen them before.
He comforted Wan Yanxue, who was trembling in his arms, and said, "Don't worry, it's okay. General Yue will definitely come to save us."
"As long as the young master is here, I'm not afraid."
Wan Yanxue pretended to be weak but said with firm eyes.
"ah!"
Arrows shot out of the sky one after another, and various screams came from the woods. Even the sound of rain could not cover up. After a while, it finally became quiet.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Yue Fei is here. Wherever you are, all the assassins have been eliminated by me."
"It's General Yue."
Zhao Yuan was overjoyed and quickly stood up and said: "General Yue, I'm here..."
"careful!"
An arrow shot through the air quickly and shot straight towards Zhao Yuan's chest. Fortunately, Wan Yanxue had quick eyes and quick hands and quickly knocked Zhao Yuan down. However, the arrow was too fast and pierced Wan Yanxue's shoulder.
Nothing happened to Zhao Yuan, but his hands were stained with Wan Yanxue's blood. He sat on the ground in a daze, unable to make any sound.
"Ahem, sir, be careful."
The sound of Wan Yanxue coughing up blood interrupted Zhao Yuan's sluggishness, and he quickly checked Wan Yanxue's injuries. The injuries were serious, and if he hadn't been treated early, his life would have been in danger.
But in this situation, how could he have time to send Wan Yanxue for treatment? It was still unclear whether he would survive today.
Three men in black walked out of the woods, holding knives and crossbows, and walked towards Zhao Yuan step by step. Zhao Yuan and Wan Yanxue hid by the stone table in the pavilion, hiding the sight of the assassins.
The men in black did not fire any more bows and arrows, as if they were useless against Zhao Yuan.
"Whoosh whoosh."
Three arrow feathers were shot from behind the men in black, and the three men in black were killed immediately. Then the horses' hooves were like thunder, and the thunder was like lightning. Yue Fei rode his bay red horse, holding a red tassel gun, and galloped over through the rain.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Even though it was really Yue Fei who came this time, Zhao Yuan still hid by the stone table and did not dare to make a sound.
"Here, General, here."
Wang Gui saw Zhao Yuan hiding by the stone table and Wan Yanxue who was unconscious in his arms, and quickly shouted to Yue Fei.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"Save her quickly."
After Zhao Yuan saw Yue Fei, a glimmer of light finally appeared in her eyes, and she quickly motioned to Wan Yanxue, who was still bleeding in her arms.
"quick."
Yue Fei hurriedly shouted and asked someone to drive the carriage and send Zhao Yuan and Wan Yanxue back to Beijing for treatment.
Mentally exhausted, Zhao Yuan finally fainted. In a daze, he saw Yue Yun look shocked and pale after looking at the assassin's face.
Then, Yue Yun seemed to have his personal guards carry away all the bodies of the three assassins.
It seemed that another group of people had arrived, and Yue Fei followed him anxiously, constantly asking the carriage to go faster.
In the moment before he was completely unconscious, Zhao Yuan finally understood why he was familiar with those arrows.
Those are the special arrows of the Yue Family Army!
Zichen Hall,
Li Hui knelt down in front of Liu Chan. Liu Chan's face was as calm as water, and no one could tell whether he was happy or angry. But the cold atmosphere in the hall and the palace maids and eunuchs who were even breathing carefully made it difficult to understand Liu Chan's temper at this time.
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"Has the identity of the assassin been found out?"
"After checking it out, they are all scum and gangsters from Lin'an. They don't have any serious jobs on weekdays and just rely on robbery to survive."
"Then why did they want to assassinate the prince?"
"Perhaps they saw the prince dressed in luxurious clothes, and they had evil intentions, and they had the idea of seeking money and killing him."
"The idea of seeking wealth and killing has come to the crown prince's head? What a good story and plot. Do you want me to set up a theater troupe for you and let you sing in the opera?"
Li Hui's palms were sweating constantly, and his back was even wet with sweat.
"Your Majesty, when I was investigating the identity of the assassin, something happened, which was particularly strange."
"Weird? What's weird?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, I was deliberately delayed for a while when I asked General Yue for the bodies of the three assassins. Although General Yue's method is very secretive, people like us Shadow Guards can see it at a glance."
"Oh? Keep talking."
"Also, I heard that the prince was assassinated with a crossbow, but the arrows found at the scene did not match the arrow feathers of the crossbow."
Li Hui became more and more excited as he spoke, and continued: "Also, the dead servant was killed by an arrow, so the assassin must be proficient in archery. However, I found that there were no arrow marks on the palms of the three assassins.
Calluses.”
"Interesting, really interesting." Liu Chan sneered twice and said, "It seems that there are many things in Lin'an City that I don't know about. From your perspective, who do you think has the problem?"
Li Hui gritted his teeth and said the same sentence: "I feel that this assassination must have an unknown relationship with Duke Lu."
"How long has it been since Yue Fei was granted the title of Duke of Lu?"
"Less than a month."
"It's not even a month, it's not even a month. It seems that I have been too kind to the Yue family."
Li Hui didn't know what Liu Chan meant by saying this, but he could already smell the bloody atmosphere.
"How is that woman?"
"It's no longer life-threatening, but he's still in a coma."
"Have you checked your identity?"
"Well, I wandered to Lin'an from other places two months ago. A month ago, I borrowed a tael of silver from a local loan shark and couldn't afford to pay it back, so I hid in various places and met the prince in a tea shed."
"It's so complicated, why should we kill everyone in Lin'an?"
Liu Chan was a little painful. He really didn't want to be the emperor and didn't want to deal with these things. He had planned to abdicate in favor of Prince Zhao Yuan when the child in Concubine Wu's belly grew up a little.
But now, something like this happened again, what should he do?
If this problem is not solved, it will leave a thorn in the heart of the prince. When he abdicates the throne to the prince, the prince may not cause trouble for him.
"The prince was not assassinated, do you understand?"
"ah?"
Li Hui was a little confused about Liu Chan's thoughts and looked at Liu Chan doubtfully.
"The prince was playing in the pavilion today and fell down due to slippage. Are you clear?"
"Clear, clear."
"I don't want anyone who knows about this to spread the word, do you understand?"
"Understood, I will warn everyone who knows this after I return."
"If you know, go down and call that boy Yue Yun over."
"Yes, I will retire."
As Liu Chan said, the assassination of the prince is not important. What is important is the prince's attitude towards him because of this matter.
"ah!"
Zhao Yuan woke up from the nightmare and sat up.
"Prince, Prince, are you okay?"
Zhao Yuan looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who came around with happy expressions and signaled that she was fine.
"Where is the father?"
"Your Majesty is at court. Your Majesty, you have been unconscious for about a day."
"Where is the assassin? Has the assassin been caught?"
"There is no such thing as an assassin. Prince, you slipped and fell."
"Go, go, leave quickly. What His Royal Highness needs now is to rest."
Zhao Yuan's personal guards drove everyone away and closed the door.
"Yang He, what on earth is going on?"
Zhao Yuan's face was serious, making it difficult to see his emotions and anger.
"His Majesty said that the assassination cannot be made public, otherwise the government and the public will be upset. However, if His Highness the Crown Prince wants to investigate privately, that is possible."
"What happened to the woman who came with me?"
"She is still in a coma. Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Her life is no longer in danger."
"That's good, that's good."
"Your Highness, you scared your subordinates to death this time. What will happen to you? How will I live with you? From now on, you must take a good guard before going out."
"I know, I know. Have you found out the identity of the assassin?"
"The people from the Imperial City Department said they were some local rogues from Lin'an."
"Ruffians? Ruffians are not as capable as they are."
As the person who was assassinated, Zhao Yuan could not know that the person who assassinated him was in the army. Whether it was the use of crossbows or the attacking square formation, how could ruffians use it?
"But people from the Imperial City Department won't lie, right?"
"This matter is not that simple. My father won't allow me to conduct a public investigation, so that doesn't explain the problem. I'm afraid even my father is unwilling to take action easily among the people involved."
"How can there be such a person in the court?"
"No?"
Zhao Yuan sneered. He still remembered Yue Yun's shock when he saw the assassin's face.
These assassins must have something to do with the Yue Family Army, and it is unlikely that they carried out the attack on the Wei Army's back. If he carried out the attack on the Wei Army's back, he would definitely not survive.
Liu Chan Renyi thinks that today's army is personally trained by each commander, so he allows this generation of commanders to retire and then change the title of the army.
So now the Yue Family Army still retains the banner of the Yue Family Army, while Han Shizhong's Han Family Army has long been renamed the Yulin Army.
"Who does Your Highness suspect?"
"We can't say yet, we have to wait until the evidence is found."
If Zhao Yuan insists on investigating Yue Fei, then he will definitely lose a major support in the army, and then his position as the prince will be even more precarious.
So now we can only stand still and investigate secretly in private. If nothing happens, that's fine. If something happens, Zhao Yuan will recruit a group of powerful generals in the army and remove Yue Fei from his official position.
But with Liu Chan here, would it really be that easy?
After Yue Yun came out of the Zichen Palace, he let out a long breath. The thing happened so suddenly, even though he acted very quickly, he left a lot of evidence.
Fortunately, this matter did not attract the attention of many people, and His Majesty deliberately concealed it, so it did not cause too much waves.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you sighing so much? What happened?"
"It's okay, father, I'm just a little worried about His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Don't worry, I just learned that the prince has woken up. Do you want to go and see with me?"
"Forget it, Your Majesty still has something to do with me, so I won't go."
"Something happened to the Kingdom of Jin again?"
"Yes, those small tribes are in turmoil again."
"Okay, you go over first, I'll go see the prince."
Yue Yun looked at Yue Fei's leaving figure and let out a sigh of relief.
Because those assassins were soldiers of the Yue Family Army!