The Child Emperor

One horse and two people were lying on the muddy street. More and more people gathered around, and there was a lot of discussion. The lantern bearer said loudly: "Quickly lift the horse away and see if there is any help!"

Han Ruzi was startled, jumped off the horse and ran over, knelt on one leg on the ground to check, Du Chuanyun and King Ying were pale, and their life and death were unknown.

Everyone stepped forward to carry the horse, and Han Ruzi got up and was about to help when someone dragged him out.

Donghai Wang whispered: "This is not what you should do."

"You still pay attention to this now?" Han Ruzi couldn't bear his anger.

"Finding the murderer is more important than saving people." Donghai Wang said, beckoning to several other followers and ordering them to come forward and participate in saving people.

Han Ruzi calmed down all of a sudden. This was obviously an assassination. It was not a problem if King Ying could not ride a horse, but Du Chuanyun had been walking in the rivers and lakes since he was a child.

The assassin is probably still nearby, and the target is not just King Ying and Du Chuanyun.

Han Ruzi looked around and suddenly saw a man running away on horseback, "Yuan Zifan! He's going to run!"

"Chase!" The King of the East Sea turned his back on his horse.

Han Ruzi also got on the horse and looked back. The horse has been lifted up a bit. Zhang Youcai is trying his best to drag Du Chuanyun out. King Ying's entourage is also doing his best to save the Lord. He is not needed here.

The King of the East Sea had already chased some distance away, and Han Ruzi was about to ride his horse when he suddenly moved in his heart, turned the horse's head again, and shouted loudly, "Zhang Youcai! Let's go after the assassin, you stay here!"

"Yes, master..." Zhang Youcai was in a panic when he heard Marquis Juan's voice and responded casually.

Han Ruzi went to chase King Donghai and Yuan Zifan, but his mind was spinning rapidly. This was definitely an assassination, and the target was probably the King of England, but he and the King of Donghai would be in trouble because of this...

A group of people approached, blocking the way, and Han Ruzi had to rein in the reins.

Champion Hou walked away from the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while, just in time to meet Hou Juan, and said in surprise, "Where is Hou Juan going? The King of the East Sea just ran over..."

"Yuan Zifan... Where is Lu Congxin? Why didn't he follow you?"

Han Ruzi's tone was irritable, and the champion Hou showed displeasure, and replied coldly: "Don't you have Yang Feng with you, why should I let Lu Congxin follow him at all times?"

"The deer ran away from the heart." Han Ruzi said with certainty.

"What did you say?"

"King Ying was assassinated in front of him. It must have been done by those who wanted qi. Yuan Zifan ran away, and the others who wanted qi would not stay." Han Ruzi said.

"Impossible!" The champion Hou was startled and immediately motioned to the people around him, and a follower on horseback went ahead to check the situation.

The figures of Donghai King and Yuan Zifan have disappeared, and Han Ruzi has nowhere to chase, so he has to turn his horse's head, and finally said to the champion Hou: "Send someone to find Lu Congxin."

Han Ruzi ran back on horseback, recalling the scene in which Yuan Zifan questioned him and the King of the East Sea not long ago, and vaguely felt that the reason why the high-ranking man ran away was just because of fear.

The corpse of the horse had been removed, Du Chuanyun and King Ying were carried to the nearest store, Zhang Youcai, with blood on his hands, circled around inexplicably in front of the store.

Han Ruzi jumped off the horse, and the other entourage ran over to protect him and squeezed through the crowd of onlookers. Han Ruzi grabbed Zhang Youcai's arm and said sternly, "Go find Du Motian!"

Zhang Youcai finally came to his senses and found the horse next to him. He didn't jump on it for the first time. The servant who led the horse helped him, and he got on the horse safely and immediately went back to the house to find someone.

Han Ruzi asked another entourage to find Yang Feng. Although Du Motian and Yang Feng were probably both in the mansion, Zhang Youcai could only do one thing at the moment.

There were a lot of people in the shop, but suddenly they all ran out, as if seeing a ghost, someone whispered: "It's a prince, there's a dragon on his clothes..."

In the beginning, everyone was busy saving people and didn't pay attention to the clothes. Now that they found something unusual, they were all startled. When they heard the reminder, many people noticed that there was another person beside them, and there were several dragons embroidered on their clothes.

The crowd retreated like a tide, leaving only Han Ruzi and one of his followers.

Han Ruzi couldn't help thinking, the King of the East Sea was right, the princes and kings should have a guard of honor, and he needed it right now.

Han Ruzi walked into the shop. It was a cloth shop. The shopkeeper was holding a lantern. He was standing beside the two guys, shivering. They were just kindly saving people. Inside, even some little-known officials were shouting in front of each other, and they didn't roam the streets alone.

Du Chuanyun and King Ying were laid flat on the ground, covered in blood.

Han Ruzi didn't know medical skills and couldn't save people, so he forced himself to look away and asked the shopkeeper with the lantern, "Have you seen it?"

The shopkeeper was so scared that he lost his mind, Han Ruzi asked again, and the shopkeeper raised his head blankly.

"Who did you see doing it?"

Du Chuanyun and King Ying fell to their right hands, the cloth shop was the closest, and the shopkeeper was the first to come over with a lantern. Han Ruzi guessed that he must have seen something.

The shopkeeper plopped down on his knees, put down the lantern, and cried bitterly: "Forgive your life, your lord spare your life..." He also saw the embroidered dragon on the visitor's clothes.

Han Ruzi warned himself that he must remain calm, walked to the shopkeeper, bent down and picked up the lantern to illuminate the shopkeeper's face, and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not here to arrest you, I'm just asking about the situation."

The shopkeeper raised his head, squinted at the visitor, and thought for a while, "There are several teenagers at the door..."

A group of people broke in outside the door, and someone shouted, "What's going on? Who died?"

It was a group of policemen who came. They were all startled when they saw the clothes of King Ying and Hou Juan. Only then did they believe that the rumors outside the door were true. They were dumbfounded and did not dare to move or speak.

An attendant of Marquis Mansion came in and whispered to Marquis Tien: "Marquis Champion is outside, Marquis Tien is outside, please go out."

Han Ruzi said to several police officers, "Stay here and don't move anything."

The messengers nodded immediately.

Han Ruzi said to the shopkeeper who was kneeling on the ground, "Think about it, I'll come to you later." He handed the lantern to the attendant and walked out of the shop.

The crowd outside retreated further, but they were reluctant to leave, and they were still watching, discussing and guessing with each other in a low voice.

Champion Hou stood across the street surrounded by a group of people, Han Ruzi strode over, glanced at the horse corpse, and suddenly found that most of the ground was probably flowed out by this horse.

"What's going on?" Champion Hou asked in a low voice.

"There are assassins." Han Ruzi also replied in a low voice.

Champion Hou frowned, "Assassination of King Ying at this time... What do you think?"

Han Ruzi said coldly: "King Ying is not my enemy, and assassinating him will not do me any good."

"It's not good for me either," the champion Hou Ma said, and then his brows furrowed even more tightly, "The Queen of England got the money from the Queen Mother, who will attack him? Where did the King of the East Sea just run to?"

"As I said, he went after Yuan Zifan..."

"No." Champion Hou said decisively, "Didn't you realize that the death of King Ying will have a negative impact on you and me, but the King of the East Sea will not be suspected and can take advantage of the fisherman."

Champion Hou's guess is not unreasonable. He and Juan Hou have the upper hand in the battle for the throne, and the East Sea King is completely reduced to the assistant of Juan Hou. Once the situation changes drastically, he can stay out of it.

Han Ruzi never had complete trust in King Donghai, but he didn't want to show it in front of the champion, so he said coldly, "How do you know King Ying must be dead?"

"You said...I...the King of England is not dead?" Champion Hou's eyes were slightly flustered.

"I don't know." Han Ruzi didn't check it carefully.

Another group of policemen came on horseback, more in number, and drove away the onlookers, but only a few people entered the cloth shop, and the policemen who arrived first were quickly driven out. , walked to the tired Hou and Champion Hou.

Han Ruzi recognized this person, this is one of the "Guanghua Tigers", Lian Danchen under Jing Zhaoyin's judicial army, he saluted the two marquis and said: "This place is not suitable to stay, please come back to the house quickly. ."

"How are they?" Han Ruzi asked.

Lian Danchen did not answer.

Champion Hou didn't want to stay here anymore, he also recognized Lian Danchen and said, "It's good that Lian joins the army, but the King of England didn't... Is he still alive?"

Lian Danchen nodded without explaining much.

Champion Hou let out a sigh of relief, "Bless our ancestors, don't let anything happen."

The champion Hou mounted the horse, but the Tired Hou remained where he was, and he did not move.

Han Ruzi couldn't just leave, but fortunately the person he was waiting for arrived soon.

Yang Feng and Du Motian arrived together. Du Motian wanted to enter the store to visit his grandson, but was stopped by the police. Han Ruzi explained, and even Danchen ordered the police to move away.

Yang Feng didn't enter the store, he went directly to the front of Hou Juan, first bowed to the champion Hou, and then said to Hou Juan, "Go back to the mansion."

"Du Chuanyun..."

"Wanhou can't help by staying here."

Han Ruzi nodded and said to Lian Danchen, "The shopkeeper may have seen an assassin."

Lian Danchen said: "Don't worry, Hou Tien, I will definitely find out."

The entourage brought the horses, and Han Ruzi mounted the horse and returned to the house with Yang Feng. They shared the same road with the champion Hou Zeng, and when they parted ways, no one said goodbye.

The House of Marquis Juan was very quiet, and everyone knew that something had happened outside, so they all went back to their rooms early to rest.

Zhang Youcai was sitting in the study, still shaking.

Han Ruzi asked him to rest, lit a candle by himself, and sat behind the desk.

Yang Feng looked down at the chair he was sitting on and said calmly, "Tell me what happened."

Han Ruzi started talking about King Ying's visit, trying not to omit any details, and finally said: "Lian Danchen said that King Ying and Du Chuanyun are not dead."

Yang Feng didn't care much about the life and death of the two people. After thinking for a while, he said, "Miss Tien, rest, I'll go check the news, and I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"No, I'll just stay in the study and let me know any news, especially... their lives and deaths."

Yang Feng snorted, got up and walked to the door, stopped and said, "Since Marquis Tien doesn't want to rest, think about it, who will benefit the most from the assassination of King Ying?"

Han Ruzi felt an uncontrollable anger, life was at stake, and Yang Feng even gave him a topic, but he nodded, the anger came and went quickly.

Yang Feng said again: "Don't die and come back."

"Really?" Han Ruzi replied casually.

"Meng E has already left Hangu Pass, and it is likely that she has returned to the capital."

Yang Feng left, Han Ruzi was stunned, Meng E returned to Beijing, why didn't she come to see her?

The King of the East Sea ran away and Meng E came back. Han Ruzi felt a chill in his body, "Who will benefit? Who will benefit?" He asked himself over and over again, and suddenly he understood who the biggest beneficiary was.