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At the same time, Emperor Guangwu was having a heart-to-heart talk with Prime Minister Li Qian and Privy Councilor Gu Tingzhang in the Imperial Garden, and Mu Chengyou was also on the side.

"Li Aiqing, your son is really talented, and the painting of Daqing Riverside is my favorite." Emperor Guangwu said.

Li Qian hurriedly bowed and saluted: "It's the emperor who governs the country well, and the dog is just drawing according to the facts."

"Hahaha, Gu Aiqing, you see Li Xiang really lives up to his name, he is very modest." Emperor Guangwu laughed and said to Gu Tingzhang.

Gu Tingzhang gave Li Qian a contemptuous look, and then said: "The scene of this prosperous age also owes a lot to the generals and soldiers guarding the frontier."

Emperor Guangwu nodded when he heard the words, and said to Mu Chengyou, "Chengyou, how is your father?"

Mu Chengyou hurriedly saluted, and replied loudly: "Chengyou is grateful for the emperor's concern for his father. There are few wars in winter, and the northern area is very peaceful."

"Your Majesty, would you like to send some food and supplies to the north so that the soldiers can live a peaceful life?" Gu Tingzhang said.

Emperor Guangwu laughed when he heard this: "Tingzhang, Tingzhang, I knew you were going to mention...haha, sure."

"Your majesty, please think twice. I have already sent ten thousand stones of grain and grass some time ago, and it will be more than enough to last the spring of next year. Now that the national treasury is tight, if we send it again, we need to increase taxes to break even. It is really a waste of money. I'm afraid the people will complain." Qian said quickly.

"Oh?……"

Just as Emperor Guangwu was meditating, two masked men in black suddenly jumped out from among the flowers, with a cold dagger in their hands, they stabbed at Emperor Guangwu.

"There are assassins!"

"Come on, escort!"

"Be careful, Your Majesty!" Everyone hurriedly protected the Emperor.

The guards rushed over, but barely managed to restrain one assassin.In desperation, Mu Chengyou stepped forward and fought with another man in black.

During the fight, Mu Chengyou suddenly reached out and tore the mask and clothes of the man in black.

"Hiss..." Everyone saw that the man was wearing the official uniform of the guards of the imperial army, and they couldn't help being surprised.

At this time, several imperial guards came from afar.However, the target turned out to be Mu Chengyou who was escorting him! !

"Bold! Is the Habayashi Army going to rebel?" Emperor Guangwu suddenly said angrily, his voice was like a bell.

The few imperial guards who had just arrived couldn't help being dumbfounded, but the two men in black took the opportunity to escape.

"Hurry up and chase!" Mu Chengyou ordered.As he said that, he blocked the knife of an unknown guard with his backhand.

At this time, Fu Yongbin rushed over with a team of people, and it was Mu Chengyou's move to block the knife that caught his eye, so he shouted and stabbed straight with the knife.

Mu Chengyou's back was facing Fu Yongbin at this time, but the corner of his mouth was slightly hooked, and he turned sideways slightly, barely avoiding the cold soldiers.

Seeing this, Fu Yongbin was about to withdraw his knife, but he was pushed by some kind of force, and he stabbed at Emperor Guangwu who was behind Mu Chengyou with a cold soldier in his hand!

Emperor Guangwu opened his eyes wide, seeing that the tip of the knife was about to stab himself...

At this extremely urgent moment, the tip of the knife suddenly stopped, Fu Yongbin's eyes widened, and a mouthful of blood spewed out.

It turned out that Mu Chengyou had already drawn a knife and stabbed Fu Yongbin from behind.

"Come here! Take the traitor Fu Yongbin to me and put him in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice!" Emperor Guangwu was in shock and ordered angrily.

"You are wronged... Your Majesty! You are wronged..."

……

But he said that the two black-clothed assassins who escaped were Liu Qiaoyang and the others dressed up, and the two were splitting up to avoid pursuit.

Afterwards, there were soldiers chasing after him, so Liu Qiaoyang had no time to look at the map of the palace given by Mu Chengyou, so he fled left and right indiscriminately. Embarrassed... I will settle accounts with you later!"

It happened that the gate of a government office was open, Liu Qiaoyang immediately dodged and hid in the bushes in the courtyard of the government office, only nervously observing the movement from the gaps in the bushes.

A group of guards followed in, and the leader shouted: "Search!" The guards dispersed and searched the mansion carefully.

Two guards found Liu Qiaoyang's hiding place slowly, and were about to dig through the bushes to see what happened.

Liu Qiaoyang calmed down, gripped the bayonet tightly, and waited for Mu Cong to be stabbed out...

At this moment, a guard shouted loudly: "I saw the thief running out of the gate of the Forbidden Army Mansion, everyone, hurry up and chase after him!"

When the other guards heard the shout, they rushed out to continue the pursuit.After a while, only the guard who lied about the news was left in the courtyard.

The guard patted his sleeves, smiled and said, "It's all right, come out."

Liu Qiaoyang pushed aside the bushes, and thanked him, "Thank you for saving my life, but..."