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Chapter 145 Reversing Black and White

"In fact, I think you are an assassin."

Huo Qi repeated this sentence in his mind three times before finally confirming the fact that he did not have auditory hallucinations.

assassin?

Does Shen Yuning mean that she wants to assassinate him?This is a bit like telling lies with open eyes.Although she is not a weak woman without any strength, she can at most use some concealed weapons, bows and arrows. As for fists and kicks, even Cheng Chang can't beat her, let alone someone with Shen Yuning's skills.

Is Shen Yuning deliberately playing a prank on her?This is definitely not like his style.He has always been calm and self-possessed, adhering to the principle of a gentleman being cautious and not disdainful of making inappropriate jokes.If he really joked with you, I'm afraid he was just hiding his murderous intention behind his careless smile.

For a moment, she couldn't figure out Shen Yuning's intentions, and she never realized when she had such a deep understanding of Shen Yuning.

The little eunuch who had led Huo Qi the way before didn't know why. After hearing this innocuous sentence, he was so frightened that he knelt down under Shen Yuning's black satin dragon-pattern boots: "Your Highness, please forgive me. This servant is ordered to lead the way for this girl. I don't know." She is an assassin, the slave really doesn’t know that!”

Entering the palace to carry out assassinations under the guise of choosing a girl had already happened in the previous dynasty. In addition, he had never seen what Miss Huo looked like before, so the young eunuch did not suspect this person who had always been reclusive. His Highness the Seventh Highness, who was fighting for a fight, was afraid that he would be beaten to death and dragged into a mass grave if he explained late.

Nie Ying was also confused, and her suspicious eyes flicked around Huo Qi and Shen Yuning several times.She hated Huo Qi, but she would never believe that Huo Qi was an assassin.But why did Shen Yuning say that?

Shen Yuning gave the little eunuch a condescending look, didn't explain anything, and just said indifferently: "Miss Nie just said that she is not familiar with the terrain in the palace, so you will guide her and see her off."

Nie Ying's face turned pale suddenly, and Shen Yuning wanted to push her away.

The little eunuch felt like he was being pardoned. He wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and said to Nie Ying, "Miss Nie, follow me."

Nie Ying wanted to say something else, but she was not a completely ignorant person. Seeing that Shen Yuning's brows and eyes seemed to have a hint of boredom, she had to bite her lip unwillingly, and followed the little eunuch with three steps and one turn to leave. .

Huo Qi's embarrassment just now dissipated, replaced by helplessness and doubt.When Nie Ying's back had disappeared from sight, she turned around and faced Shen Yuning and said, "His Highness said that my daughter is an assassin. Is there any evidence?"

"There is no evidence." Shen Yuning twirled the white jade finger on his index finger unconsciously, but his eyes dimmed, "It's just that if you are not an assassin, why didn't you leave the spacious Taiyuan Gate just now, instead you were sneaking in Corner door?"

Huo Qi choked. Could she say that she deliberately avoided him because she didn't know how to face him?But she just slandered secretly, with a reasonable expression on her face, and followed Shen Yuning's words and said: "I am just a weak woman, how can I assassinate His Highness?"

"You can't do it on your own, but that doesn't mean you won't find help." As soon as Shen Yuning finished speaking, he used a willow leaf dart from his sleeve towards her.

For a moment, Huo Qi even forgot to breathe.Just when she felt that she was about to be hit by the willow-leaf dart, the willow-leaf dart did not touch her at all. Instead, it flashed past her right ear, followed by a painful cry. Hum.

Huo Qi was stunned by this sudden turn of events. Following the muffled sound, he turned around and saw a man who looked like a guard among the flowers not far away, covering the bloody hole on his shoulder and falling to the ground. , obviously the handiwork of Shen Yuning's willow leaf dart just now.

Cheng Chang cursed lowly, but there was no look of surprise on his face. He was obviously used to such a situation.After he quickly stepped forward and dragged the guard to Shen Yuning, Huo Qi finally got a clear look at the guard.

But the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong.

This person has a round face, big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth. He is wearing a purple round-collared robe.Although this attire is not the attire required by the palace guards who carry swords, the material is considered luxurious and exquisite.Which assassin in the palace is not masked and dressed so well to assassinate?

Furthermore, this was not the first time she saw Shen Yuning using this hidden weapon.Shen Yuning crippled Huo Chi's legs with one move last time, but this time he obviously left some room. The wound on the shoulder looked scary, but it was not a serious injury.But how could Shen Yuning be such a soft-hearted person towards assassins?
In connection with Shen Yuning's behavior just now, Huo Qi had a guess in his mind, but he was still not sure.

Shen Yuning smiled lightly at the person who looked like a guard: "Are you guys planning to assassinate me?"

"Your Highness's words are really embarrassing..." The guard was so angry at the upside-down words that he couldn't even care about the dart wound on his shoulder.

How could Huo Qi, a little official girl, instigate him?In the whole world, he only works for one person, and that is today's emperor.

He was Emperor Xiaowen's personal secret guard, and his duty was to investigate secrets everywhere in the palace. It can be said that the secret guard was Emperor Xiaowen's eyes and ears in the palace.He was sent by Emperor Xiaowen today to investigate the movements of the princes in the martial arts arena. He saw that the seventh prince seemed to have a special regard for this girl Huo, and Huo Qigang was involved in the case of the second prince and was in the middle of the undercurrent in the capital. Location.He felt that the matter was a bit strange, so he tried to follow it up and investigate.

Unexpectedly, he never caught the intrigue between these two people. Instead, he encountered the young lady from the Ministry of Etiquette deliberately trying to flatter the seventh prince.In Shen Yuning's words, Huo Qi actually became his ally. Who can tell you this?Is it possible that he really wants to admit that he and Huo Qi are working together with the intention of assassinating the prince in the palace?
Huo Qi was born with a delicate heart. When the situation reached this point, he immediately guessed Shen Yuning's interruption.She was not in a hurry to defend herself. Instead, she grabbed the guard's arm with a pear blossom and rainy posture and said, "This strong man, my little girl just passed by here by chance. His Royal Highness said that I am an assassin. Because of you, you must not care about my life or death!"

The guard was so angry at Huo Qi's behavior that he almost vomited blood. Huo Qi was so arrogant when he was banging on the martial arts field just now. Why did he look like a rat in front of His Majesty the Seventh Prince?
"Cheng Chang, this man is sneaky. He intends to assassinate the king. He will be taken into a dungeon and executed some day." Shen Yuning turned a deaf ear to everything in front of him, and his expression was no longer as careless as before. Dangerous, overwhelming.

The guard was shocked and finally realized that Shen Yuning really seemed to be planning to kill him, so he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, spare your life. This servant is someone close to Your Majesty, and he is really not an assassin!"

(End of this chapter)