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Chapter 44 The Prince Was Assassinated
"Nan Ke Ji", a total of 44 chapters.

It tells the story of a knight-errant named Chun Yufen in the previous dynasty who was dismissed from his post for drinking and causing trouble. He lived outside the city of Yangzhou.

There is an ancient locust tree in front of the courtyard, and Chun often drinks with his friends under the tree.

One day, after he was drunk, he suddenly heard the bell ringing and a yak cart came to take him to "Da Huai'an Kingdom", where he was selected as the prince's consort.

Chun took the princess to Nanke County and became the governor. He took office for [-] years and gave birth to two boys and two girls.

Due to the hot weather in Nanke, the princess was afraid of heat and was not in good health, so Chun built a summer resort for her on the bank of a remote river in Li County.

There is another Tanluo Kingdom. The fourth prince of Tanluo Kingdom covets the beauty of Princess Huai'an. Hearing that the princess is far away in Yaotai, he leads his troops to attack. The fourth prince of Tanluo Kingdom forces the princess to go to the city wall to answer questions. The princess has to help her sick and go to the city wall. The prince was humiliated and shot the golden phoenix hairpin on his helmet.

At the critical moment, Chunyu Fen arrived with his troops, killed the rebels, and took the princess back to Nanke.

Soon, the right prime minister slandered the king and asked Chun to return to the court and was promoted to the left prime minister. On the way back to the court, the princess died of illness.

After his wife's death, Chun was repeatedly hated by others in the court. When he was depressed, he no longer exercised caution and self-discipline, and indulged himself all day long, having sex with women day and night.Colleagues in the DPRK and China continued to slander, claiming that there would be a great disaster in Huaian Kingdom, and the bad omen should be on Prince Consort Chun.

Chun was dismissed from his post and ordered to return to his hometown. Once his glory was lost, Chun was carried out of the cave in an ox cart.

At this point in the play, a boy downstairs was heard shouting: "Chun Yufen, wake up quickly——"

As Mr. Meng revealed the spoilers in advance, after hearing this, King Yi chuckled lightly and said, "It is indeed a dream."

Mr. Meng said: "So it doesn't matter if the old man doesn't listen to what he said about this drama. The Huai'an Kingdom is an ant cave under the ancient locust tree in front of Chunyu Fenzhong's courtyard, and the characters in it are just transformed by ants, while the prince is a dragon and a phoenix among men, and he has become the king." The blue sky embraces the bright moon, how can it send it out to make a boat?"

I don’t know who this Mr. Meng is, but his words seem to want to arouse King Yi’s ambition to make progress.

But how can King Yi continue to advance diligently?Although he could ride a horse, he could not fight. When he first arrived here, he was afraid of meeting the Tatar cavalry, so he did not even dare to leave the city. He could not do anything to raise food or repair the fortress. He only knew poetry and songs. Playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, being an idle prince is enough.

At this time, a heavy rain broke out during the opera downstairs and the ant cave under the locust tree was washed away. King Yi did not bother to talk to Mr. Meng and hurriedly leaned out to take a look.

Mr. Meng had been talking non-stop since he sat down. Only then did he take a sip from his wine glass and eat with chopsticks.

Just after taking a bite, I suddenly heard King Yi shouting: "Master Guo, come and save me! There is an assassin from King Jin here!"

The chopsticks in Mr. Meng's hand dropped with a clang. He quickly got up in shock and pointed at King Yi with a shocked look on his face: "I misjudged you!"

When he stood up, he turned over several cases, and the table full of wine and food was spilled on the floor. I stood up quickly, and stood in front of King Yi in shock and doubt, but was pulled behind him by Zhong Ming.

Mr. Meng looks gentle and elegant, with the air of an old scholar. I really can't see how he looks like an assassin, let alone one sent by King Jin.

King Jin's power was in the Huguang area. Since Ying Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, King Jin rebelled against Daying and proclaimed himself king.

If it was really an assassin sent by King Jin, why did he only send an old scholar?And meeting King Yi so blatantly?

I didn't want to think too much, but there was a sound of fighting outside the door.

Although King Yi's guards stopped him, several men in plain clothes rushed in, holding swords in their hands.

It turns out that those people outside who look like ordinary customers are all their people.

My heart beat like a drum, and I looked at those people in horror.

I have never seen a real assassin, but I have always heard Mr. Shu tell strange things about the world, saying that those who specialize in assassinating others have swords as fast as lightning and can decapitate people in the blink of an eye.

And they are no more robbers than robbers. They only take lives, not wealth.

Because King Yi didn't want so many people to follow him when he was listening to the play, Zhong Ming and I were the only ones in the private room.

Zhong Ming pulled out a short knife from his waist and stood in front of him, while I stood behind him.

Just now I was only paying attention to Mr. Meng, but then I suddenly remembered that I wanted to protect the Lord. I turned around hurriedly and spread my arms to block King Yi. But I felt something was inappropriate and hurriedly grabbed the knife on the table for picking meat.

But the assassins who rushed in only protected Mr. Meng and retreated outside, seemingly unwilling to kidnap or harm King Yi.

Then Mr. Meng also said: "We have different ambitions but benevolence and righteousness. Why are the Sixth Prince like this?"

As soon as they walked out of the private room, the people brought by Mr. Guo, the commander-in-chief of Xuan Mansion, had already rushed to the second floor and blocked their way.For a moment, swords danced wildly and blood splattered.

Because it was blocked by a screen, we didn’t know what the casualties were outside. Anyway, it was difficult to leave through the door.

I looked back at King Yi, and Zhong Ming was helping him up. King Yi might have been frightened, his expression was very serious, his lips were pursed tightly, and his face was getting paler.

There was a long curtain hanging next to the railing. I said to Zhong Ming: "Cut off a few curtains and climb down from the second floor!"

Without waiting for his response, I quickly walked to the railing and stuck my head out to see how high it was.

Just as I was thinking about it in my mind, I saw three young men in blue silk costumes jumping up from the stage, stepping on the handrail of the stairs diagonally in mid-air, and taking advantage of the situation, they came straight towards us.

To be precise, he came to King Yi.

I pushed away King Yi, who had his back turned to them, and watched helplessly as a sword stabbed me.

The blade of the sword is like an ice blade, reflecting the light brightly. The person holding the sword has a snow-white face, with pink rouge around his eyes, a pair of slanted eyes, and thick black eyebrows on the temples. He is getting closer and closer like a painting. When I could see the assassin's black eyes clearly, my arm was clamped hard and my body was dragged staggering a few steps.

After I stood firm, I saw clearly that it was King Yi who had pulled me away, but he rushed to where I was standing just now. He had a sword stuck in his left chest and turned his head to look at me.

I couldn't even breathe for a moment, I just looked at him in shock, looking at the sword that penetrated his chest.

"Protect the king!"

Zhong Ming shouted, waking me up.

He kicked away the assassin who stabbed the prince, and then fought with the other two assassins.

I didn't have time to think about how Zhong Ming knew martial arts, so I quickly supported King Yi. Half of the purple robe on his body turned black, and blood was still gushing from the wound.

I was anxious and scared, so I took out the handkerchief to cover it, but I couldn't cover it at all. Bright red blood flowed out from between my fingers. I let him lean into my arms in panic, and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, you Hold on...you can hold on."

He raised his eyes, looked at me, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. He just raised the corners of his lips and smiled. Because he was leaning back in my arms, I thought I was dazzled. He was How can I laugh at this time?

Sure enough, when I looked again, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood. The blood was very visible on his fair face. I couldn't help but screamed: "Your Majesty!" I turned around and cried loudly, "Your Majesty." If you are assassinated, call the doctor!"

Someone ran in from outside. When they saw King Yi's condition, they shouted: "Send the doctor quickly!"

More and more people are coming around, all of them are our people. I know those assassins have been subdued, but so what, King Yi has been assassinated. He was injured so seriously, it was more serious than the last time he was injured in the abdomen.

Despite the sudden change, the assassin's swordsmanship was still precise, stabbing straight into the heart. When I thought that if Prince Yi was pierced through the heart, he would not be able to survive, I couldn't help but shed tears.

I don't know how long it took, but the doctor came in a hurry.

Zhong Ming took King Yi from my arms.

Except for the guards, everyone in the room was waiting outside.

The restaurant owner asked someone to take me to change clothes.

When I lowered my head, I saw that I was covered in blood from top to bottom, and my hands were covered in blood. I felt chills in the dog days of summer. I was shivering all over and followed the little maid to change clothes. My feet felt like they were stepping on cotton.

When I changed my clothes and came out, Eunuch Tang, the governor, and Mr. Jiang all came. Several famous doctors were invited, and doctors came one after another.

The doctor who came first came out of the private room and said to Eunuch Tang: "The prince was stabbed in the heart... I don't dare to pull out the sword, but even... even if I don't pull it out, I'm afraid... also..."

Tang Shou lowered his head and sighed, and everyone present looked solemn.

I couldn't help but choked out to the doctor: "The prince has always been strong, and the doctor is determined to save him. You are a doctor, how can you give up first?"

The doctor just shook his head.

Tang Shou turned his face sideways and told the young eunuch beside him: "Send someone to Beijing quickly to report to the Ming Emperor."

The young eunuch responded and was about to leave. Tang Shou turned around again and said, "Please also go to Prince Yi's Mansion and send a message."

(End of this chapter)