The garrison in the city received news of assassins at the inn. The captain Deng Huan immediately led hundreds of state soldiers to support him. As the state soldiers entered the inn, the remaining dozens of remaining people scattered into birds and beasts and fled, but were arrested by the outlying state soldiers. Most of the hundred assassins were killed and injured, and only a few escaped from Xiangcheng County.

Li Chongrun lives next door to his parents. When the assassin attacked, he also participated in the fierce battle with the assassin, but he was not the assassin's target and escaped by chance. When the assassin retreated one after another, the courtyard returned to peace, and the ground was covered with corpses and wounded, and Li Chongrun also joined the rescue.

At this time, he saw an injured guard beside the rockery and rushed up. He squatted beside the guard, but his face slowly became gloomy. The injured guard turned out to be the guard leader Han Zhiqi.

Han Zhiqi was hit by two swords and bleeding too much. He moaned and begged Li Chongrun, "Young Master, save me."

Li Chongrun said coldly: "When you went to my mother's bed, did you ever think that today would be there?"

Han Zhiqi's eyes showed a look of fear, "I. I promise..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Chongrun's dagger had been penetrated deeply into his chest and pierced his heart, and Han Zhiqi died immediately.

"Use death to atone for sins"

Li Chongrun whispered and slowly stood up. The two guards had just run over and were stunned by Li Chongrun's behavior. Li Chongrun said lightly: "He can't live anymore, please give him some fun."

He turned around and walked quickly towards his parents' room.

The fierce battle in the main room was over, and the ground was full of mess. All six assassins were killed, five of them were killed, and another committed suicide after being injured. Several eunuchs and palace maids were also killed. A guard helped the Luling King and his wife out of the table hole.

Li Xian and his wife were still trembling with fear. Li Chongrun walked in quickly and saw that their parents were all safe, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xian asked him in a trembling voice, "How is the situation outside?"

"The guards were killed and injured, and probably half of them were left. Thanks to the inner guards' resistance, otherwise something big would happen today, hundreds of assassins."

Li Xian's face turned pale and could not ask any further. Princess Wei Lian had recovered from her fear. She gritted her teeth and asked, "Who sent the assassin?"

"The child is not very clear about the specific situation. The child only knows that they sneaked into the inner courtyard from the city wall. Han Zhiqi did not allow the inner guard to enter the inner courtyard, so the casualties were so severe that they almost caused a disaster. He was responsible for unshirkable responsibility."

Wei Lian immediately said angrily: "Where is Han Zhiqi? Let him come to see me."

"Mother, he has died in battle." Li Chongrun looked at his mother calmly.

Wei Lian's eyes were gloomy, and after a while, he whispered: "Since you are dead, don't talk about any responsibility."

At this time, Li Zhen hurried in and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to Prince, Princess, all the assassins have been cleared and the outside is safe."

"Commander Li, who is it?" Li Xian asked in a low voice.

Li Zhen shook his head, "There is no evidence. The assassins are all wanted by the government. They use money to do things. They don't know who the person instructed him later. They only know that they are a young man. However, when this person retreated, Bei Zhi heard him shouting that he was not the Tang accent, but it seemed that it was the language in Goguryeo."

Wei Lian immediately said angrily: "It turned out that the goguryeo who was determined to restore the country was killed. Do you want to provoke civil strife in the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Xian's face looked very ugly. He knew in his heart that the Goguryeo was just a knife, but he said nothing, and only sighed and said, "Check it out and get ready to go on the road at dawn."

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Report to the prince, the county magistrate and the magistrate came to apologize."

Li Xian waved his hand tiredly, "I don't want to see them anymore. Let them handle the funeral. I will not impeach them for this matter."

Di Yan frowned slightly, and she winked at Li Zhen. Li Zhen followed her outside the house. Di Yan immediately whispered: "Did you hear that? Only the county magistrate and county magistrate, but no county magistrate. Where has he gone?"

Li Zhen nodded, Di Yan's words reminded him, indeed, where did the County Magistrate Pei go? He quickly walked out of the gate, Di Yan followed closely behind him

Outside the gate, the county magistrate Huang Weifang knelt on the ground, and the county magistrate also knelt on the side. Both of them were frightened and pale. The King of Luling was assassinated in Xiangcheng County. How did they explain to the emperor and the court? Not only could the officials be saved, but their lives might be lost.

Li Zhen walked out quickly. He glanced at the few people outside the gate. There were county magistrates, county magistrates and chief clerks, but he didn't see county magistrate Pei Shunqing, so he asked, "Where is county magistrate Pei?"

Huang Weifang was stunned, and he realized that why County Magistrate Pei has not come yet?

"Xiaguan has sent someone to find him. He should have arrived, and Xiaguan doesn't know."

At this time, a yamen runs over, holding something in his hand, he runs forward and whispers, "Report to the county magistrate, the county magistrate Pei abandons his official position and leaves, he hangs the official seal in the lobby

Li Zhen's face changed suddenly, and he immediately said to Zhao Qiuniang behind him: "Go and seal the Jishengtang Pharmacy Shop quickly, no one in it is allowed to let go."

"Abide by the order"

Zhao Qiuniang agreed and waved to the dozens of state soldiers beside her, "You come with me too."

The soldiers and the inner guard warrior followed Zhao Qiuniang to the city, and Di Yan also followed her. She was very excited. She read that she was not wrong. There was indeed something wrong with this medicine shop.

Huang Weifang was startled and asked hurriedly: "Is County Magistrate Pei related to assassination?"

Li Zhen said coldly: "If I guess correctly, this Pei County Magistrate should also be a resettlement citizen of Goguryeo."

The county magistrate whispered: "The county lord, it seems, I heard from him that he was moved from Goguryeo with his father since childhood."

Huang Weifang reacted very quickly. Could it be that the person who assassinated the King of Luling was the restoration of the National Assembly of Goguryeo?

But no matter what, if Pei County Magistrate abandoned his official position and fled, he could put all the blame on Pei County Magistrate, and he could save it himself. Huang Weifang was secretly happy in his heart. It was really time for Pei Shunqing to escape.

"The officials will thoroughly investigate this matter and will definitely give the prince an explanation."

Soon, Di Yan came back from the medicine shop and brought back a very regrettable news. The shopkeeper and several friends in the medicine shop fled, leaving only a group of unknown doctors.

This was as expected by Li Zhen. Since the other party had made careful arrangements, how could he sit and wait for death? If he could escape, he would definitely run away. In fact, they had no evidence to point out that this assassination was done by Goguryeo's restoration of the Congress.

However, Li Zhen didn't care who was behind the assassination of Li Xian, either Wu Sansi or Lai Junchen. That's all, Li Zhen got what he wanted. That was when Li Xian was in the most crisis, he appeared in time, saved his life, and made him owe him a favor. No matter whether Li Xian ascended the throne in the future, it would be good to leave more ways for him.

The sky gradually became brighter, and Li Xian and his wife got on the carriage, and Li Zhen led the inner guards and the remaining eight guards to protect the carriage, left Xiangcheng County, and drove towards Luyang Pass in the north. There were troops stationed in Luyang Pass, and they would be protected by the army until they returned to Luoyang.

Two days later, the report of the assassination of King Li Xian of Luling in Xiangcheng County was finally delivered to Shangguan Wan'er's table. Shangguan Wan'er was shocked and immediately rushed to the imperial study room to find Wu Zetian to report.

In the imperial study, the assassination report written by Li Zhen made Wu Zetian speechless for a long time, although she secretly summoned her son Li Xian back to Beijing not to reward him, but to put him under her eyes so as to better supervise him.

But she never wanted her son to be assassinated on the way to Beijing. A nameless anger filled Wu Zetian's broad chest. She slapped the case heavily and said, "Summon Wu Sansi to see me quickly."

Shangguan Wan'er was secretly surprised and asked in a low voice: "Does Your Majesty think it was Wu Sansi's actions?"

Wu Zetian said coldly: "I can't think of anyone except him."

"But... Commander Li mentioned in the report that Goguryeo restored the parliament—"

"Hmph, I have announced that King Luling has secretly entered Beijing. How many people can know about this? I understand very well, why did he do this? He thought that the position of prince would be his assassination after King Luling was eliminated. I can only say that he was delusional."

At this time, a eunuch reported outside the door, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, King Liang has arrived."

"Let him in"

After a moment, Wu Sansi walked into the imperial study room tremblingly. Of course, he could hear the anger in Wu Zetian's tone and knew why she summoned her. Wu Sansi got the news last night that she failed to assassinate Li Xian.

This made him feel disappointed and worried. Of course, he knew that assassinating Li Xian would take risks, but compared to the benefits obtained by killing Li Xian, this little risk is nothing.

Last night, he should have discussed the countermeasures with Mr. Ming. It was very simple. As long as there was no evidence that it was Wu Sansi's actions, he firmly denied it. Even if he offended the emperor, he would never admit that it was his own planner.

Wu Sansi walked in and said, "I am here to see Your Majesty."

"Wu Sansi, what you did" Wu Zetian shouted angrily, which scared Wu Sansi to death, "I am. I am going to speed up the progress and repair the Mingtang on time. Please calm down your anger."

Wu Zetian stared at him for a while and said coldly: "Don't think you can't hide it from me by pretending to be confused. I know it's yours, but you don't admit it?"

Wu Sansi knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "I really don't know what Your Majesty is saying, please tell me clearly."

"You dare to say that you were not the one who was assassinated by the Luling King of Xiangcheng County?"

Wu Sansi looked shocked and immediately kowtowed, "Your Majesty, I am wronged. Although I am not in a good relationship with His Highness Luling, I am not so bold and arbitrary. I want to assassinate him.

Didn’t you put yourself in a trap? Your Majesty, it was not done by the empress.”

At the end, Wu Sansi burst into tears and tried hard to defend her. Wu Zetian was also a little confused. Although she believed that it was Wu Sansi's actions, she had no evidence. But if it were not for Wu Sansi's actions, who would have the motive, and who would have leaked the incident of King Luling returning to Beijing?

Shangguan Wan'er watched coldly. She saw the emperor's hesitation. Knowing that Wu Sansi was about to succeed again, she stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, Wan'er feels there is another possibility."

“What is possible?”

"Because His Majesty sent the Censorate and Dali Temple to Fangzhou to handle the case, it would inevitably alarm some people with bad intentions. They must also be paying attention to Fangzhou. So when King Luling left Fangzhou and returned to Beijing, they immediately received the news. Wan'er meant that the news might not be leaked from the capital, but from Fangzhou."

Shangguan Wan'er's words are indeed reasonable. So many people went to Fangzhou to investigate. How could anyone with a heart do not pay attention to Fangzhou? It is reasonable to know that Li Xian left Fangzhou and returned to Beijing.
Chapter completed!