Clouds and mountain tops

Bailiqi decided to come to Beijing for an internship for a while.

This news could be said to be very confidential, but before Baili Qi arrived in the capital, the patriarch of the Liu family got the news.

The Liu clan leader snapped his fingers and nodded with a serious expression, as if he had made a very important decision.

The servant received the instruction and ran out quickly.

Baili Qi served as Shang Shulang's bodyguard.

Shangshulang is an official of the third rank, which can be said to be a very high level.

The court provided a standard number of bodyguards for the Shangshulang, and Baili Qi was an intern, serving as the fifth bodyguard.

Generally speaking, this lineup can be said to be basically problem-free.

The Shangshu Lang that Baili Qi served was named Sun Zhongwu, and he was 32 years old.

These bodyguards are not very old. The oldest one is thirty years old. He is also the leader of them. His name is Lu Kunlin.

This person usually has a temper, but in front of Shang Shulang, he has almost no temper. His face is full of smiles.

Bailiqi would sometimes smile at other bodyguards, but mostly he had no expression.

Because his focus is on paying attention to some related matters, and his focus is on preventing factors that are harmful to Shangshulang.

Therefore, there is not much energy left to maintain these interpersonal relationships.

But because Baili Qi was also very special, as he was conferred the title by the Prime Minister himself, the other bodyguards did not dare to have any opinions.

They also heard about the martial arts competition at the Prime Minister's birthday banquet, and some of them had placed bets on it.

Therefore, they never doubted Bailiqi's strength.

Bailiqi works as a bodyguard here, and his treatment is quite good. His food and accommodation are all provided for a sixth-rank official, so he is quite comfortable.

Especially the living conditions, one person per room, which does not affect Bailiqi's practice at all.

On this day, Shang Shulang stayed with the emperor for a little longer because of something, so he did not return home until after eleven o'clock in the evening.

After walking about a mile east from the palace gate, the sedan bearers felt a little tired, so they took a rest together.

At this time, there was no moon in the sky, only a few stars.

The surroundings are quite quiet.

There were many trees on both sides of the road, and they were all quite thick. But at this time, there were almost no other people on the road.

The sedan bearers did not want to stay here for a long time, so after resting for a while, they immediately got up and continued on their journey.

But after walking for a while, suddenly, a dozen masked men jumped out from nowhere and killed the sedan bearers. The bearers basically didn't know any kung fu, so they were killed one by one like chopping melons and vegetables.

It was too late for the bodyguards to rescue him, and Shangshulang was so scared that he wet his pants in the sedan chair.

Fortunately, Lu Kunlin rushed over immediately and guarded him closely. The other enemies were dealt with and entangled by several other bodyguards.

The strength of these dozen or so enemies was so strong that it was quite difficult for Bailiqi and his bodyguards to deal with them. They were unable to kill them in a short period of time. It was obvious that these enemies were not ordinary people and they had planned to harm Shang Shulang.

Baili Qi immediately summoned Baili Chuanxian.

Baili Chuanxian hasn't come out for a long time. He has been staying in the red gourd and feels too stuffy, but he can't come out without Baili Qi's permission.

Now that he was summoned by Bailiqi, he was extremely happy. After receiving Bailiqi's instructions, he immediately used his poison skills, and the dozen or so enemies instantly lost their combat effectiveness.

But these people were also cruel enough. They all committed suicide the moment they fell!

Bailiqi couldn't understand.

Lu Kunlin said, "These people are all death warriors. They have received special missions. If they fail to complete the mission, they must die immediately and cannot reveal any information to anyone else. It is difficult to get useful information from them."

Fortunately, there was only this wave of assassinations tonight.

After returning safely to Shang Shulang's home, Shang Shulang still hugged Lu Kunlin tightly and refused to let go. It seemed that Shang Shulang had never experienced such an incident before.

He was so scared that he wet his pants tonight. It seems that this incident was really too much of a blow to him.

I didn’t understand why the court provided him with so many bodyguards before, but today I truly realized the deep meaning behind it.

Lu Kunlin, Bailiqi and others reviewed the situation several times, but still couldn't figure it out.

Shang Shulang was a person who usually had good relations with others and hardly had any hatred towards them. He had not had any quarrels with other officials recently.

Thinking further, even in the past six months or the past year, I have never had any friction or verbal disputes with other officials.

Why would someone want to assassinate Shang Shulang tonight?

How did these people know the whereabouts of Shang Shulang?

The bodyguards racked their brains but couldn't figure it out.

Shang Shulang was very frightened. He needed to rest for a few days, and the bodyguards did not dare to ask Shang Shulang any questions at this time.

So some issues can only be put on hold for now.

Someone actually attempted to assassinate the Shangshulang. This was no small matter. The emperor was furious when he learned about it!

Arrange the Supreme Court to focus on investigating this case.

The Chief Justice's move was indeed extraordinary. He soon found out the true identities of these masked men. They were big thieves who had been rampant in the northwest for several years. They were once suppressed by masters of the Pufa Temple and disappeared for a long time, but for some reason they reappeared in the capital.

Because all these people committed suicide, no other clues were found.

All the storage bags on these people were also checked, but no useful information related to the case was found.

Other clues in this case need to be further investigated. It is basically impossible to solve the case in a short period of time.

Bailiqi felt that this matter had something to do with him, but he did not say it out loud because he could not speak carelessly at this time.

The emperor personally ordered the court to handle this case, so it would definitely be handled with great caution. He did not want to be involved in this case. If he did, he would waste a lot of time, which was not worth it.

Baili Qi just had this feeling that the people from Pufa Temple had already started to act, and those people were very powerful and knew almost all the information about him.

The target of this assassination attempt was not actually Shang Shulang, but Baili Qi.

Bailiqi dared to think so, but others did not dare to think in the same direction as Bailiqi.

Because there was no obvious reason, and they had no idea about the relationship between Bailiqi and Pufa Temple.

Baili Qi could only practice fully in the next few days.

The case will be investigated by the court judge and his gang, so he doesn't need to worry about it, and he doesn't want to get involved in this matter.

After two days, Shang Shulang finally recovered. He talked to his bodyguards about what happened that day.

Shangshu Lang Sun Zhongwu went there that night because the emperor said some things would not be decided until later, and an imperial edict would need to be issued after that.

So Sun Zhongwu did not go home immediately.

At that time, other princes came to the palace to play, and in order to show his imperial grace, the emperor played with them for a while. However, they had so much fun that time dragged on until after ten o'clock.

In fact, in addition to the princes, there are also some other people, but these people are the ones closest to the princes, such as Liu Yucheng, the young master of the Liu family in the capital, Zhang Lingyun, the son of the prime minister, and Guo Zijun, the son of the general.

After the princes and other people had all left, the emperor thought about the business and then issued an edict. After all this was done, it was almost eleven o'clock.

At that time, the emperor asked Shangshulang to stay in the palace for one night, but Shangshulang felt that this was not appropriate and insisted on going home.

If he had listened to the emperor at that time, this wouldn't have happened. But who could have predicted so accurately?

The only people who knew his whereabouts were the princes, Liu Yucheng, the young master of the Liu family in the capital, Zhang Lingyun, the son of the prime minister, Guo Zijun, the son of the general, and others.