my demon

The fine, crystal-clear and bright lights echo each other with the dotted peace lanterns in the sky, and the sky is full of stars, boundless prosperity.

Xiao Yan was thinking about going to Qiyun Villa with the Lich, and the two of them sat on a paraglider together, took the Lich's hand and turned around and slowly went down the tower. The torches were brightly lit under the city wall, and there were princes and ministers, important ministers and relatives standing on both sides. , Respectfully send the emperor to the chariot.

Xiao Yan reluctantly let go of the Lich's hand, and was just about to get on the chariot, but saw the Lich beside him suddenly turn around, a pair of golden eyes stared coldly at the crowd, but in the blink of an eye, the dark clouds suddenly Appearing out of nowhere in the thick darkness, with gloomy eyes and frosty claws, he screamed sharply and rushed towards a black figure that suddenly rose from the crowd.

The black figure was caught off guard and let out a scream, but the trigger in his hand had already moved, and there were a few pounces in the darkness, as if he had hit something, but the lich had already flashed in front of him like a ghost, and the sword fell in his hand, The two severed hands and the crossbow in their hands had fallen to the ground.

This happened in just a short while, when the assassin's face was pulled tightly by the dark clouds, he bit his ears, screamed and rolled on the ground, the guards' nervous shouts of "escort" just sounded.Lin Jiangping and a group of generals rushed over, Lin Jiangping stepped on the crossbow, and recognized at a glance that it was the crossbow carried by the forbidden army under Zhu Rufeng before, and it was promoted in the army before the war. But it has always been used only in the military, and his eyes narrowed.

Zhu Rufeng and a group of guards rushed up to surround Xiao Yan and left the tower, but Xiao Yan held Zhu Rufeng's hand and refused to leave, with a solemn face and sternly shouted: "Jiu Yao!"

Lich turned his head and looked, knowing that he was worried, looked at the black shadow rolling on the ground, put his sword back into its sheath, and followed, and the guards quickly surrounded him to protect him, Xiao Yan was relieved Come, and asked again: "Where is the prince?" Zhu Rufeng said: "Still on the tower, he has sent guards to leave from the other side."

A group of people crowded back into the inner hall, Xiao Yan stepped forward and held the Lich's hand tightly, his face pale: "Are you injured?"

The Lich shook his hand and patted the back of his hand, showing a smile to express relief, but Xiao Yan was sensitive to realize that something was wrong, and when he clenched his arm, his voice changed: "Are you injured?"

Seeing his expression, the Lich knew that he was worried, so he said: "A few arrows hit, it should be poisonous, but my body's natural resistance is high... your little poison is fine... just take out the arrows That's all."

Xiao Yan's complexion changed: "Cherish the imperial doctor! Light up the lamp!" The palace people were in a hurry, some ran out, and some lit the lamps.

The Lich pressed his hand: "Don't panic, go to my room and get the antidote first... By the way, you can bring the truth potion, it's useful to interrogate the assassin..."

Seeing that he was still thinking about other insignificant things at the moment, Xiao Yan said sharply: "Don't worry about that! Lie down and let me see!"

The Lich was startled by his words, and was a little dazed. He was helped by the servants of the palace and entered the inner room to lie on the couch. Xiao Yan had already come up to untie his clothes with his own hands. I can't see it in color.Now dozens of huge candles are lit.When the light is turned on, you can see the dark colors on the legs, arms and waist being smudged.

There wasn't much blood, but it meant more that the wound was deep, small, and poisonous.

Xiao Yan closed his eyes, his body was almost trembling, but his hands were still steady. He tore off the Lich's robe, and sure enough, he saw that the arrow bundle was deeply embedded in the wound, only a little black tail was exposed. , around the wound is black.He trembled: "Take the bandage."

Someone had already sent bandages over, Xiao Yan tied them tightly around the Lich's arms and legs with his own hands, took a dagger and came over, first pulled out the arrow from his arm, cut open the wound and let the blood out, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood .Seeing that the blood was squeezed out, he immediately lowered his head to suck the wound, and the Lich covered the wound with his hand: "No, don't touch it, listen to me, this is snake venom, don't touch it at all, you first Go back and get the antidote."

Xiao Yan's hands trembled slightly, he took a deep look at Lich, got up and turned into the study, entered the teleportation array, took the full shelf of medicines and put them on the shelf, and looked at the imperial doctor Jiang Xinyu It has come, and it is treating the wound on the leg. The Lich is directing: "Find some tweezers and I will pull it out myself."

When Jiang Xinyu saw the blue-black flesh, his heart jumped with fear, his hand holding the tweezers was trembling, but he saw a very steady hand take it: "I'm here."

The Lich looked up and saw Xiao Yan brought the medicine, took the primary antidote and smeared it on the wound first, everyone only saw the green ointment rubbed on it, and the blue-black color visible to the naked eye quickly faded away, so they breathed a sigh of relief .

Xiao Yan quickly pulled out the arrows on his waist and legs, rubbed the medicine on it, and then mixed the medicine and came to watch the lich drink the antidote with his own eyes, and carefully observed his face, pupils and lips. He asked Jiang Xinyu to come over to check his pulse, and then sent someone to leave: "Everyone go down."

The Lich smiled at him and said, "Are you okay? I've said it all. I'm an elf, and I have a high natural resistance. Poisons are generally natural attributes..."

Xiao Yan's hands trembled slightly, and after a while, fear welled up in his heart, and another anger rushed in his chest, his throat was so hot that he couldn't vent it.He looked at the lich's nonchalant expression, with his blond hair hanging in a mess, half of his robes had been cut, his white and smooth shoulders and long legs and long hands were exposed, wrapped in bandages, although he was in a state of embarrassment, but His demeanor is not diminished by half.

But the Lich was going to remove the bandage by himself: "Everyone is gone? Come and apply some healing potion for me to ensure that the wound is healed as before, without any scars. If you used it when you were just injured, your body will not be hurt. There will be so many scars..."

Before the words fell, Xiao Yan waved his sleeves, turned around and strode out, leaving the Lich at a loss: How did you leave?It seems... not very happy?Is this angry?

He wanted to chase him out, but seeing his body in a mess, and actually having a body, it still hurts, especially after the poison is removed, the effect of paralysis will be removed, and the heat on his legs and arms makes his heart ache, and he moves. Not very convenient.

He could only untie the bandage by himself, took the healing potion and rubbed it on, and sure enough, the wound was slowly healing.Looking up, I saw He Changan carefully holding a set of clothes: "The emperor ordered the younger ones to take good care of the emperor and recuperate well. He is going to interrogate the assassin. I am afraid that he will not be free tonight. Please rest early."

The lich took the suit of clothes: "Where is the emperor now?"

He Chang'an said: "I think I watched them interrogate prisoners overnight in Dali Temple. It's very dirty there. You must not go there. The emperor told you to rest well."

The Lich stood up and tore off the rotten official uniforms on his body, revealing his fair skin. Obviously, he wanted to change clothes. He Changan quickly lowered his head: "Sir, please rest first, we are going down, just call if you have anything to do." The voice just fell, and he led the palace people away cleanly.

The Lich took the clothes and felt that He Chang'an was walking too fast. The clothes had a lot of layers and straps, so it was not easy to wear, but he heard a servant outside asking He Chang'an quietly: "Grandpa, do you not serve me?" Can the emperor change his clothes?"

He wondered if there is still someone who understands. Just as he was about to call in, he heard He Changan lower his voice: "A person like a god, do you serve? If you don't look in the mirror, are you worthy? When I was sick, the emperor Wiping sweat and feeding medicine with one's own hands, which palace official can touch one of his fingers?"

Lich: "..."

All right, just wear it yourself, he will make do with the clothes.People seem to be lying on the couch and sleeping peacefully, but in fact, they have closed their eyes, but they have already felt that there is a contract in the dark clouds, so don't worry-speaking of it, they should have made a soul contract with the emperor earlier and branded each other, otherwise there will be no such thing as today The situation is too dangerous.

It was fortunate that I was by my side today, there were too many people, my soul was too insensitive after having a body, and I almost didn't have time to react when I realized the clear malice.If not by your side?That crossbow arrow is too fast, powerful, and fired too far away. It is obviously not a product of this world. It is very likely that it was brought by myself. It is another small revenge of heaven to let myself suffer from this arrow. Bar?

In the dark prison, the assassin was locked in an iron cage, howling and crying. It was obviously a woman. Her hands were gone, but now her feet were also nailed to heavy death row shackles. Assassinating the emperor is a serious crime for the nine clans. This person will definitely die, but she still has to be interrogated, so someone still poured ginseng soup on her and bandaged the wound.Someone was guarding her day and night to prevent her from committing suicide.

The dark clouds fell lightly on the ground, passed through the prison cell to the Dali Temple in front, and sure enough saw Xiao Yan sitting there with his face sinking like water.

Both Zhu Rufeng and Lin Jiangping were there, and Lin Jiangping was casually playing with the crossbow: "It is indeed an old crossbow eliminated by the imperial guards, Xiao Zhu, you are unreliable, how can such a thing be sold?" go out?"

Zhu Rufeng was ashamed, knelt down and said: "It's because the subordinates are not strict in management. The assassins have been recruited, and it is the legacy of Beidi, because he hated the emperor who led troops to break the capital of Beidi and exile all the royal family. Came to the capital. Asked the envoy behind the scenes, it is said that she is a maid trained by the former Beidi Princess Xian Yuluan."

Lin Jiangping said coolly: "The key is how she got in here, how strict the guards in the palace are, and how did the crossbow of the guards get into her hands? I remember making all of these things Those with codes and numbers will be recycled and eliminated in a centralized manner.”

Zhu Rufeng paused for a while, then glanced at Xiao Yan: "He came in with the old concubine of Prince Jin's mansion. It is said that she is a maid bought by the prince of Qiyang County. Because she is good at combing her hair and dressing up, she has a clever mouth. The food was delicious too, and the old lady was pleased, so she sent it to the old concubine to serve, after entering the palace, she used the excuse that the old concubine wanted to send a message to Prince Jin, so she came to the front, somehow sneaked into the tower."

Lin Jiangping chuckled: "Old Princess, that's no wonder. What about the crossbow?"

Zhu Rufeng said in a low voice: "When Jin Wang first came to Beijing, he fled all the way to Beijing with the old princess. He was very miserable. At that time, there were still rebellious troops and bandits everywhere. The emperor sent several guards to escort the old princess and Jin. Wang. I asked according to the code on the crossbow today, and it was indeed the one that was lost when I was in Prince Jin’s mansion. The son of Prince Qiyang was still young at the time, so he took it out of curiosity and broke one. At that time, the guards also reported it However, since it is the prince’s clan, the emperor naturally doesn’t care about it, so we just reported it as damaged. It is said that the guards did not dare to ask for the damaged crossbow at that time.”

"When the interrogation came out today, the damaged crossbow was left in the box by Prince Qi Yang's son, and was stolen by the maid at some point."

Lin Jiangping nodded and looked at Xiao Yan: "Please ask the emperor to make a sage. The Jin Palace does not have the courage to plot an assassination, and there is no need. The wealth and honor of the three princes of their family all come from the emperor, and most of them are still stupid." "He said carelessly that the emperor's biological mother was stupid, but he didn't shy away from it at all.

Only Zhu Rufeng said in a low voice: "Now Jin Wang and Qi Yang Wang Shizi are still kneeling outside to plead guilty, Dali Temple does not dare to deal with it without authorization, just ask the emperor for instructions."

Xiao Yan raised his eyes: "The son of King Qiyang was abolished as a commoner, with a staff of eighty, and his family was expelled. King Qiyang was expelled from the rank and demoted to a commoner. King Jin was demoted to the county king, changed his title to Shen, and descended to hereditary; Changsha County The king was demoted to Marquis of Changsha, descended to be hereditary. The Ministry of Rites and the Clan Secretary drafted an edict, which will be sent to the cabinet tomorrow and the land will be taken back. The old concubine is in a coma, she was deceived by others, and she will be punished lightly. Please ask the Queen Mother to warn you to follow suit."

"Tonight is guarding the imperial guards, including you, all ranks will be demoted by one rank, and a one-year salary will be fined. You will receive forty military sticks by yourself later."

Zhu Rufeng lowered his head slightly: "The minister accepts the decree."

He was willing to be punished, but he was only one of the three princes, and in a blink of an eye there was only one county king left, and there was no hereditary replacement. After three generations, no one would know who it was.One became a marquis, and the other was directly reduced to a commoner. As for the old concubine, although she was the biological mother, she was ordered to be ordered by the Queen Mother Sun. With her face-saving personality, she might not be humiliated to death.Hey, this family, originally the emperor wanted to take care of the face of his family, and even tactfully invited the Queen Mother back. Now that the emperor's master is injured, the thunder is furious. This is another major matter of assassination. How will the emperor deal with it, to put it bluntly? Not too much.

Lin Jiangping said: "We still have to track down that Beidi princess Xianyu Luan. I don't know if Xianyu Yuan was also pointing out at the back. When the Beidi country was destroyed and the capital fell, Xianyu Yuan disappeared. I heard that she ran away long ago. gone."

Xiao Yan said calmly: "You preside over the investigation of this matter."

Lin Jiangping didn't evade the investigation: "Minister Zunzhi, please cooperate with me when the time comes. How is the emperor's injury? I asked the little doctor Jiang, and said that the poison was blood-sealed."

Xiao Yan said: "With the antidote, there will be no serious problem for the time being."

Lin Jiangping nodded: "It's due to the emperor's teacher who sacrificed his life to save him, otherwise the emperor is really in danger tonight."

Xiao Yan was silent.

Lin Jiangping knew what Xiao Yan was thinking when he saw Xiao Yan, he would rather that the poisonous arrow was shot at himself than let the emperor's teacher hurt a single bit, because that only meant his own incompetence, it meant It is a great shame that I am not good enough for the other party and cannot give the other party a stable life.

He chuckled: "Your majesty, let's go back to accompany the emperor's teacher. It's very dirty here, and it's useless to stay for a long time."

Xiao Yan got up and walked away without saying a word.

Zhu Rufeng was behind, turned his head to look at Lin Jiangping, a little embarrassed, Lin Jiangping said: "Follow, I'm afraid there will be remnants behind."

Zhu Rufeng said: "The emperor must have accompanied the emperor's teacher." It must be in Jin'oufang. Now that such a big case has happened, the palace gate has been strictly investigated and the key has been lost, how can he leave the palace.So far, they still don't know how the emperor and the emperor's teacher left the palace. They can only suspect that it is a secret way, but the secret way is too long, not to mention the house in Jin'oufang. How did this secret passage lead to there?

Lin Jiangping smiled: "Follow up, the emperor will definitely not go to the emperor's teacher. The emperor is angry with himself! How dare you go to the emperor's teacher to show your traces."

Zhu Rufeng was dubious, walked out, and sure enough, Xiao Yan returned to the upper study room, first sent a message to He Changan, and when he learned that the emperor had fallen asleep, he didn't say anything, but ordered someone to wait on him carefully.So he stayed in the upper study room and approved the notebooks overnight.

Wu Yunduo slowly jumped down from the imperial table, screaming softly, and the soft fur like dark clouds all over his body fluffed out and became fluffy.

Xiao Yan raised his eyes and saw Wu Yunduo, stretched out his fingers and gently touched Wu Yunduo's neck, Wu Yunduo tilted his head, and meowed softly again.

Xiao Yan stared at it for a while, and the circles of his eyes became red.