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Chapter 15 Assassination


The mighty people surrounded Beishan completely.The flags waved and the horns sounded.The emperor sat on the grand master's chair and said energetically: "Today's hunting, let go of your usual polite attitude. Whoever has more prey will be rewarded if he is alone."

"Yes!"

Everyone reined in their horses and rushed into the jungle.

One eunuch held a quiver full of sharp arrows for the emperor to wear, and the other eunuch led a big black horse with a shiny mane to the emperor.The emperor jumped on the horse, looked back, and saw that Bai Rumei was the only one among the ministers and family members. "Is Liefeng's princess not here?"

"If you go back to the emperor, I won't be able to accompany you because I'm sick and unaccustomed."

"Oh?" The emperor turned his horse's head, waved his whip, and disappeared into the dust.

There was a flurry of footsteps from far to near, and the sharp blade shining with white light scratched in the fine fallen leaves.Situ Liefeng, who was holding the rein of the horse, stood still, and when he turned around, a group of masked men in black lined up with their weapons on.Situ Liefeng smiled contemptuously: "It seems that some people can't wait any longer." Before he finished speaking, the dozen or so white knives began to attack.

At the same time, Situ Liefeng leaped into the air and took out a long sword with a hilt inlaid with shiny green jade from his waist.The long sword wandered among the men in black like a water snake, blood everywhere it went.And a cunning assassin caught Situ Liefeng confronting others head-on, quietly went around behind, bloodthirstyly grasped the sharp blade and stabbed straight.Situ Liefeng grabbed the wrist of a man in black, turned the man sideways for half a circle, and slammed it heavily on the face of the man with ulterior motives behind him.With the sharp sword of the dumped person, it penetrated the collarbone of the man in black behind.

But after a while, there were only two or three scattered people left in the dark area, and the guards on the periphery also rushed to hear the sound.Surround those people. "Wait a minute, save lives." Seeing that the situation was over, those people raised their swords and killed themselves.The bright red plasma stained the broken leaves all over the ground.

"My lord, what happened?" the leader of the guard asked.

Situ Liefeng glanced at the dead man on the ground, his eyes sank, "Not good, where is the emperor?"

Everyone panicked, the emperor never brought anyone with him when hunting, but now he met an assassin.All the ministers and servants are trembling with anxiety, this matter concerns their own heads.

"I found it, I found it." A guard yelled.

Situ Liefeng rushed away, only to see the emperor passed out on the ground, already unconscious.He helped the emperor up, "Tell the imperial doctor!"

On the reclining chair woven of wood and rattan, the emperor was lying pale.There are a lot of people around.Doctor Li with a gray beard felt his pulse fearfully, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't stop shaking his head.

"Doctor Li, what's wrong with the emperor, you are talking." The empress dowager glared angrily.

"Return... to the words of the empress, the emperor's disease is rare, the pulse condition is weak, the breath is like a thread, but the whole body is not injured, this, this... I can't find out what the disease is for a while."

"What's the use of you! Someone drag it down!" The empress dowager threw the tea bowl angrily.

"Empress, it's useless to kill Imperial Doctor Li now, the most important thing is to save the emperor first." Situ Liefeng approached and stopped the two guards who were about to drag Imperial Doctor Li down.

"Well, you Situ Liefeng, I haven't punished you yet, but you have begged others for mercy. It's not enough to protect the emperor, and you say it yourself, what should you do!"

"Minister..." Situ Liefeng knelt down with his hands clenched, but he happened to see a silver needle as thin as a hair shining on the emperor's right neck. "Emperor Li, look at the emperor's neck." He turned his head to gesture to the huddled imperial physician.

"Bold!" The Empress Dowager jumped up, "Situ Liefeng, you don't understand what Aijia said, do you?"

"Mother, let the doctor Li look at the important thing first." His Royal Highness Chen stepped forward to persuade.

Doctor Li squinted his eyes, and suddenly said in shock: "The silver needle is poisonous!" Looking again, the emperor's neck was already purple and blue.

All the people present knelt down and shouted "Your Majesty!"

"This poison is rare, and I have no way to find it for a while. I suggest that you return to the palace quickly and look for the antidote."

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