This shadow guard, you are enlightened

Coming out of Zhengquan Palace, Xing Chenmu didn't sit on the dragon chariot, he dismissed the other attendants, and only took Zhuo Ying to walk back along the quiet path.

It was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the ginkgo trees in the palace began to turn golden. A gust of wind blew off a few leaves and scattered them around Xing Chenmu, complementing his royal robe, as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Zhuo Ying followed half a step behind him, staring at the figure in front of him in a trance.

"Did Yan Qing send someone to look for you today?"

Xing Chenmu asked, but he didn't hear a response for a long time, he turned his head slightly and called again: "Zhuo Ying."

Zhuo Ying was distracted from her own thoughts, her face turned pale, and she immediately knelt down: "This subordinate has neglected his duty."

He couldn't concentrate when he was on duty, he knew how dangerous it was, but the sourness that surged almost made him breathless, and he had no time to think about anything else.

"Get up first." Xing Chenmu's tone was calm, and he didn't mean to blame, but just repeated his question just now.

"Yes, Eunuch Yan was worried about His Majesty, that's why he asked Xiao Anzi to look for his subordinates."

"Your complexion is not very good." Xing Chenmu thought for a while, and then asked, "Why did you think so seriously just now? You didn't even hear my question."

"This subordinate is thinking about what the Holy Majesty said about the uneasiness in the court. To be on the safe side, the guards in the palace should be strengthened, and the shadow guards will be arranged as soon as possible by this subordinate." Zhuo Ying lowered her head, suppressing all the thoughts in her eyes, For the first time in his life, he lied to Xing Chenmu.

"Well, I'm always at ease when you do things."

Xing Chenmu didn't say anything, turned around and continued walking towards Xuanming Palace, and because of this, Zhuo Ying didn't notice the disappointment that appeared on his face when he turned around.

Xing Chenmu couldn't explain too much to Zhuo Ying directly about the current relationship between the two, so he deliberately took someone to Zhengquan Palace and said those words to the Queen Mother in front of Zhuo Ying. Concubine Na, on the other hand, also wanted to test Zhuo Ying's attitude towards her interested person.

As the commander of the shadow guards, Zhuo Ying is undoubtedly competent. He has never made a mistake for many years. He is very strict with the daily management of the shadow guards and executes tasks meticulously.But it is also because of this competence that Xing Chenmu rarely gets in touch with his true emotions.

He understood Zhuo Ying's loyalty to him, but since when did he ask for far more than this subordinate's loyalty to his master...

Both of them had their own concerns, and returned to Xuanming Palace, Xing Chenmu said: "I went to rest in the morning when I got down, now it's noon, you go to lie down on the soft couch behind the screen for a while."

"Return to the Holy Lord, the subordinates are on duty."

"Oh? You can't rest when you are on duty, so you should not be disturbed when you rest. If you say that, I seem to be punishing Yan Qing for disturbing Lord Zhuo's rest for such a trivial matter." Xing Chenmu said coldly.

Yan Qing was guarding the gate of Xuanming Palace at this time, and when she heard this, she immediately knelt down in fright: "The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down."

"In Eunuch Yan's opinion, I disturbed Zhuo Qing's rest, should I let Zhuo Qing catch up on sleep now?" Although he was speaking to Yan Qing, Xing Chenmu didn't move, his eyes still stayed on Zhuo Ying.

Yan Qing lowered her head, and carefully replied: "Naturally, it should be."

"Your subordinate obeys." This meant that he had to be forced to rest, Zhuo Ying had no choice but to salute: "Eunuch Yan is concerned about the health of the Holy Master, and I hope that the Holy Master will not blame him again."

Only then did Xing Chenmu say to the people on the ground: "Get up, I will review the memorial in the hall this afternoon, don't let anyone disturb you if you have nothing to do."

"Yes." Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time cast a grateful look at Zhuoying as she got up.

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Xing Chenmu promised to take a rest. After entering Xuanming Hall, Zhuo Ying consciously walked around behind the screen. This is a place for Xing Chenmu to rest on weekdays. There are soft couch and armchairs. Zhuo Ying walked to the armchair, but has not sat on it , I heard Xing Chenmu who followed in said: "You sleep on a soft couch, and I read the memorial in the armchair."

Xing Chenmu asked people to move the memorial and cinnabar to a small table at the side. The palace servants placed the relevant items, made tea, and quickly retreated under his orders.

"Your Majesty, let's review the memorial at the case. Sitting here for a long time hurts my back." Zhuo Ying frowned, obviously not agreeing with Xing Chenmu's approach.

"Should I give Mrs. Zhuo another salary from the Imperial Hospital?" Xing Chenmu laughed, grabbed Zhuo Ying's wrist and pulled him onto the soft couch, "Okay, aren't you tired after worrying so much? Go to sleep Well, in the future, I will tell you to go down and tell them not to disturb your rest if they have nothing to do."

Zhuo Ying wanted to say something else, but Xing Chenmu softened his expression and said: "Hey, I feel more at ease here, I know that even if you sleep, you can still find out if there is any disturbance."

The shadow guards were selected into the palace to receive various trainings since they were young. As the leader of the shadow guards, Zhuo Ying must be the best among them. He is very alert to any changes around him, even if he falls asleep, it is only a light sleep.

Xing Chenmu said that it was inconvenient for Zhuo Ying to shirk, but he seriously considered the matter of strengthening the guards.

"Isn't it uncomfortable to wear a mask while resting?" As the words fell, Zhuo Ying noticed a hand on his mask, and he instinctively stepped back, Xing Chenmu's outstretched hand was empty.

"My lord..."

"Pick it off." Xing Chenmu couldn't see any joy or anger on his face, but his tone already carried a hint of order.

"Yes." Zhuo Ying didn't dare to disobey any more, and raised her hand to take off the mask, revealing a slightly childish face under the mask.

He has fair skin, a full forehead, and a pair of bright eyes that seem to have a clear spring. The bridge of the tall nose coincides with the small and delicate tip of the nose. I can clearly see the outline of the bones, and outline a sharpened jaw.

Who would have thought that the leader of the shadow guards, who was highly skilled in martial arts and always seemed indifferent, would actually have a childlike face.

Even Zhuo Ying himself would feel weird when he looked in the mirror in the room occasionally, so he was more comfortable with himself when he was wearing a mask. Fortunately, he never had to show his face in front of outsiders, except for the current emperor, no one could know this secret.

Xing Chenmu didn't intend to embarrass him, knowing that he was not used to taking off the mask, he turned around and stopped looking at him, walked to a chair beside him and sat down: "Go to sleep."

Zhuo Ying nodded and lay down on the soft couch.

I don't know if it was because he kept thinking about the defense before going to sleep, but when he fell asleep in a daze, he returned to the assassination ten years ago.

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It was the 15th year of Fulu, the prince Xing Chenmu had just turned ten years old, and it was also the second year that Zhuo Ying was sent to the prince's side.

At that time, there were more than a hundred shadow guards sent to protect the prince. This was also a test for them by the commander of the shadow guards. Everyone knew that the next commander of the shadow guards would be selected from these hundred people, and Zhuo Ying could not be one of them.

Three years ago, there were great changes in the harem. Concubine Ning colluded with the palace people to poison the eldest prince Xing Chenxiu. His two princes were also demoted to common people.

The following year, the emperor tried his best to reject all opinions and conferred the title of Concubine Lin, who was born as a commoner, and made the fourth prince Xing Chenmu the crown prince. This move caused many criticisms.

In the minds of the officials, compared with the eldest prince Xing Chenxiu who was born of the previous empress, and the second and third princes who were demoted to the common people, Xing Chenmu's biological mother was born in a humble background and could not be a queen mother who respected the world. Too hasty.

The emperor had a firm stand at the time and was not influenced by the court, but because of this he paid more attention to the safety of the prince.

Who would have thought that it would be a hundred secrets and a sparse one after all.It is said that tiger venom does not eat children. It is unexpected that people in the royal family can be so cruel. The dignified empress dowager actually plotted to murder her own grandson.

There was a turmoil in the harem, and Concubine Ning's family ransacked all the family members. From then on, the Empress Dowager, who was Concubine Ning's aunt, began to live in the Shangqing Temple, eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, and never asked about palace affairs.

The emperor felt a little guilty for the queen mother, and sent people to the temple to deliver some food from time to time, and he was also very concerned about the queen mother's daily life.

It was the Empress Dowager's fiftieth birthday at that time, and the Empress Dowager sent someone to deliver a letter to the emperor a few months ago, saying that she did not want to go back to the palace to make arrangements, and the emperor was busy with government affairs, so why not let the prince come to the temple to celebrate her birthday with her, and also help Ran The people of Ying prayed for blessings.

The emperor naturally agreed. Shangqing Temple is located on Qingshui Mountain in the outskirts of Luancheng, about two days' walk from the imperial city.

According to the Queen Mother's wishes, Xing Chenmu did not put on too much airs when he left the palace, he traveled lightly, accompanied by only a few hundred guards, unexpectedly this was a planned murder.

On the night when the group arrived at Shangqing Temple, thousands of thieves appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Shangqing Temple. Originally, because the Queen Mother had lived here for a long time, there were thousands of guards stationed in the temple, but until the two sides really started fighting, Xing Chenmu and others It was discovered that those Guan Weijun only protected the queen mother, and did not care about the battle at this end.

Although there were not many people under Xing Chenmu's leadership, they were all elites, and they did not show any weakness when fighting against several times the thieves. The thieves teamed up to get rid of Xing Chenmu.

At this moment, there is still nothing to understand. The so-called blessings and birthday celebrations are all just traps set by the Queen Mother and outsiders.

The empress dowager made a good plan. This temple is a certain distance from the imperial city. As long as all the people brought out by Xing Chenmu from the palace are wiped out, no one will know the truth of what happened today. Refers to the empress dowager.

At that time, she will ask the emperor to summon the second and third princes in the name of excessive grief, and everything will be logical.

After Guan Weijun joined the battle, the guards led by Xing Chenmu gradually lost. In the end, only a few shadow guards were left to protect him and escape to the rear, but they all knew that there was a cliff on the other side of the mountain, and there was no way down the mountain.

The group of people had already made a plan to die in their hearts, but there is no unparalleled road. Outside the back door of the temple, they met a young monk who was dying.

The monks in the temple are not from the queen mother's faction, so naturally they can't stay. They were all beheaded as early as the beginning of the robbers' invasion, but the young monk was fateful, but he was still alive. There is a dark compartment in the warehouse.

It turned out that the place where Shangqing Temple was built was often invaded by bandits because of its remote location. The monks can also have a little surplus food to survive.

It's just that as the reputation of Shangqing Temple grew and the incense became more and more popular, the imperial court also paid more attention to the safety of the temple, and sent officers and soldiers to strangle the nearby bandits.

After that, the abbot of the temple changed one after another, and the monks gradually forgot about the secret compartment. The young monk accidentally touched the mechanism while cleaning, and only then did he discover the narrow hiding place.

The author has something to say: Shadow Guard is a baby face o(*≧▽≦)ツ┏━┓

Is it cute in contrast (satisfies the cuteness of the author's baby)