At this time, in the twilight, I could see the gloomy capital city towers in the distance, with "Qi Shi Feng" lamps lit everywhere. I could faintly see boats moored here and there in the water, but the bustling crowd on the shore had disappeared. At this time, it was quiet, and everyone
The armored soldiers took three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, pressing their swords and coldly scanning anyone who tried to get close.
The people in Beijing knew immediately that something had happened, and many people hid in the distance, especially in taverns and teahouses, and spied from time to time.
"What happened?"
"I heard that a noble person was assassinated!" A middle-aged man looked around mysteriously and said mysteriously: "Several people died."
"how do you know?"
"My nephew is on the boat, and he just sent a message!" The speaker sighed repeatedly: "Oh, now there is a river of blood on the boat!"
Everyone's eyes were wide open and they were talking with great interest. A young man in a scholar's uniform slapped his palms with a folding fan and said, "Don't be ridiculous. Boats are not even allowed to dock. How can your nephew spread the word? Can the message be transmitted thousands of miles away?"
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The middle-aged man glanced at the scholar and did not refute it directly. He just said: "Maybe I am just talking nonsense, but you see, with so many armored soldiers, this posture is not a big deal... Look, people from Shuntian Mansion are here."
Everyone was startled and couldn't help but go to the window to take a look. They saw an oxcart arriving at the wide dock. The howling wind blew by. The armored soldiers standing upright were motionless. They were so frightened that everyone shivered.
, one person sighed: "Indeed, something big has happened."
Although Dazheng has entered a stage of stability, acute panic about war will still arise in people's hearts.
In the past year, too many things happened in the capital. On the surface, they have been suppressed, but in fact, they are just silent. Many people are muttering in their hearts and feeling vaguely uneasy.
Whether it was the earthquake that killed many people, the prince was demoted, or the temples of the gods were dealt with, there were good and bad, but they all pointed to one problem: accidents.
I'm afraid something big is going to happen in the capital.
Qianqi Lake has always been a favorite place for literati and poets to visit. Now in summer, ordinary people also like to come to the lake to enjoy the cool breeze and take a walk. But something happened again, and so many armored soldiers came. How can we not make people feel frightened?
Also feeling uneasy was Yin Damping, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, who had just gotten off the bullock cart. He was so anxious that he stumbled and almost fell when he got off the cart. Fortunately, a servant took a few steps forward and helped him to hold him back.
"Master, be careful."
Tan Ping stood firm and secretly felt happy.
Originally, it was already troublesome to deal with such matters. If it got out of hand and spread, there would be a chance that the imperial censor would impeach it for being "unbecoming an official." The fine would be a trivial matter, and the evaluation would be bad.
At this time, a Shuntian Mansion chieftain hurriedly came from a distance.
Although the head catcher is the chief of the police, and is ordered to lead the police to suppress the case, but in fact they are all without rank, but they have martial arts in this life, so although they are not given other positions, they still have official titles to reward, generally no more than ninth rank.
This is the treatment of famous arresters.
The last time the king asked for an official status to reward Shi Chengyan, it actually fell into this category.
Of course, Shuntian Mansion will not be without capable people. This person is a famous arrester, which makes Shangguan feel at ease.
"Ding Taiping, what is going on on the ship? Is the man who was assassinated really the acting king?" Tan Ping asked anxiously. This man was promoted by himself. He received his favor and can be used with confidence.
Ding Taiping hurriedly bowed: "Sir, we have taken a boat to pay our respects and found that the person who was assassinated is indeed the acting king!"
Oops, the worst thing has happened!
Tan Ping suddenly felt a headache, and secretly complained in his heart, for a dignified prince, why didn't he bring a guard of honor when he wanted to travel, and he had to wear a white dragon fish suit? Doesn't this give the assassin a chance?
"Is the King Dai injured?" Tan Ping continued to ask with some fear. Let alone death, if he was injured, he would not be able to get away with it. Who said that he was the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and he should be responsible for public security.
"Sir, don't be anxious, King Dai was not injured." Ding Taiping immediately saw his benefactor's worry and quickly replied: "And the assassin has been captured on the spot, but..."
"Just what?" Tan Ping heard that King Dai was fine, and he was relieved. He saw that Ding Taiping still had something to say, and it was still difficult to say it. His heart sank again, and he waved to him to take two steps closer.
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Yading Taiping then whispered: "But there are people from King Qi on the scene..."
"What?" Tan Ping almost lost his expression: "People from King Qi? Are you serious about this?"
Ding Taiping hurriedly replied: "Sir, how dare you deceive me in this lowly position? When the people from Prince Qi's palace were about to jump off the ship, they were directly held down. Later, they claimed that they were just scholars and wanted to jump out of fear of trouble."
"But someone recognized him at the scene and said that he was a servant of Prince Qi's Mansion and not a scholar at all. The reason why he searched people was related to the fact that he dropped a token. It was not that the token fell but was picked up by someone.
Even if I arrive, I won’t check it carefully.”
It can be seen that this is such a coincidence.
Tan Ping's mouth was filled with bitterness. In his eyes, any coincidence or misfortune was just his own bad luck.
Could it be that he still couldn't escape the fate of being involved in the conflicts among the kings?
No matter it was King Qi who had a deep foundation in the capital, or King Dai who was in the ascendant, he did not want to get close to him. As the governor of Shuntian Mansion, he was in a whirlpool. When he usually turned a blind eye,
Don't get involved in everything and hope it will end well.
But no matter how hard you calculate, you can’t figure out that these princes are not fuel-efficient lamps!
At this time, he was involved in the battle between the kings. No matter which side he offended, it would be difficult to have a good ending.
For a moment, Tan Ping's mouth was filled with bitterness and he swallowed his saliva.
It would be hypocritical to say that I have no ambitions. Whoever wants to be an official does not want to join the cabinet to worship the prime minister or gain the merit of serving as a dragon, but he must first have a destiny!
You know your own abilities, you know your own luck, and you are just an ordinary person without the smoke rising from your ancestral graves.
It's just luck that I'm where I am now.
Since I have never been able to climb up to the highest position, I have now reached the third rank. I can be an official safely and become an official when I am old. I want to get a posthumous title for myself and my son can protect me. This has always been my goal. Unfortunately, I am afraid that it is not possible now.
With this thought flashing through his mind, Tan Ping sighed, his voice weak: "Just wait, follow me to welcome the ship to the shore."
Because there were a lot of people on the boat, in order to prevent suspicious people from escaping before the arrival of Shuntian Mansion, the owner of the boat kept the boat parked in the middle of Qianqi Lake while reporting to the officials, until the officer boarded the boat in a small boat and negotiated with the officials.
, and then slowly docked.
At this time, Su Ziji was on the boat that was slowly docking. As the target of the assassination, he was also the acting king. Naturally, he was placed in a place on the second floor. He was guarded by Bo Yan, and the wild Taoist people were also in front of him.
As for the guards on the painting boat, they all withdrew to the stairs and the first floor, not daring to get too close to King Dai.
Su Ziji seemed to be unscathed, and even the clothes that were a little messy when dodging had been tidied up. At this moment, he was sitting, listening to the news, and smiled: "The King of Qi sent someone to assassinate me? Mr. Lu, this