newbobooks Chapter 316 The Emperor Knows How to Play
Chapter 316 The Emperor Knows How to Play
The accident happened extremely quickly. Little Yining was stunned by the annihilation of all the dragon boats on the river, and the next moment she and Wang Gungun were picked up by their mother.
Pei Yi looked at the black-clad man who had appeared out of nowhere with a strange look on his face, and quickly called out to Wan Niang who was about to take them away, "Cousin, we don't have to run, their goal is not to harm anyone."
"What?" Wan Niang was stunned for a moment, holding the two kids, and turned to look at the stands.
Although those men in black appeared from the side of the stands, they were not interested in the women on the stands. Instead, when they screamed and ran away, they jumped over the small table in front of them without any hesitation. Then they went straight to the drum tower and fought with the officers and soldiers below.
At the same time, Pei Dafu's sharp, feminine and nervous voice was heard from the drum tower: "There is an assassin, protect the emperor..."
As the voice fell, countless shadow guards appeared from all around and instantly engaged in a fight with the man in black. The fight was quite intense... but no one was killed. At most, some people fell into the river and disappeared.
Wan Niang: ..., it is definitely not a murder, and it doesn’t look like an assassination.
Xiao Yining also noticed something was wrong. She actually saw a familiar figure among the assassins in black... no... a shadow.
She couldn't help but whisper to her fellow villager, "Uncle, Sister San seems to be in there."
Pei Yi nodded with a wooden face. He noticed the man in black as soon as he appeared.
With a speechless tone in his voice, he reminded Wan Niang, "Cousin, put Qing Jie'er and Gun Gun down. Let's go and stand with the others."
At this moment, the women in the stands were so frightened that they huddled together, each with an extremely terrified expression, staring at the fighting scene below the Drum Tower.
After hearing this, Wan Niang did not dare to hesitate. She quickly put the two children down from her arms and quickly took them to a crowded place.
At this moment, a deafening roar came from the drum tower, the sound was full of majesty and domineering. Sheng Jingchen appeared in the public eye again with the white tiger.
He looked down at the crowd fighting fiercely below with an indifferent expression, his eyes revealing an unspeakable indifference.
Then, a sharp scream suddenly came from the female relatives: "Your Majesty, be careful! There is an assassin coming up!"
The moment the emperor appeared, a dozen assassins in black tapped their toes along the outer wall of the Drum Tower at an extremely fast speed, and then flew up to the Drum Tower as lightly as birds.
However, the emperor above seemed very calm in the face of the attacks of these assassins. In contrast, the ministers in the Drum Tower roared, stood in front of the emperor, and shouted "protect the emperor".
Then, Xiao Yining, who had been staring upwards, saw a scene that made her unbelievable.
The familiar figure13, holding a sword, was unstoppable. He kicked away the layers of encirclement effortlessly, rushed to the emperor, and was about to stab the emperor with a long sword in hand.
But at this moment, the Minister of Revenue, who in her eyes could not possibly be present, stood in front of the emperor strangely, and blocked the fatal sword with his body, with blood splattering.
Then, he fell lifelessly from the Drum Tower to the ground like a broken doll.
"Husband..."
"father……"
Two paths instantly opened up among the female relatives, and two figures rushed to the Minister of Revenue in panic, wailing in grief.
The turn of events was so sudden that it left no one with a chance to react.
The next moment, a surprised shout came from above, and the voice still came from Pei Dafu.
"Your Majesty, the leader of the bandits has been shot dead by Lord Liu."
As soon as the voice fell, the men in black retreated quickly like a tide as if they had received an order, and the shadow guards followed closely behind and disappeared.
In less than a cup of tea, this startless and endless assassination was hastily ended.
Xiao Yining's incredulous gaze slowly shifted from the Minister of Revenue on the ground to the emperor on the Drum Tower.
Sheng Jingchen's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, and there was even a hint of annoyance in his eyes.
He glanced at the Minister of Revenue lying on the ground, and then said indifferently, "Lord Park has made great contributions in saving the emperor. I will reward you with one thousand taels of silver. Madam Park, please transport his body back. I will give him a coffin tomorrow for a proper burial."
This was probably the first time that Xiao Yining knew that a coffin could be given as a gift after watching countless TV dramas and reading countless novels.
And everyone at the scene didn't seem to think anything was wrong. Instead, people on the Drum Tower shouted "The Emperor is Wise and Enlightened," "The Emperor's Grace is Great," and other words of praise for the emperor.
Afterwards, the emperor on the Drum Tower ordered two decrees to be issued. One was to reward each member of the dragon boat race with 50 taels of silver, and the other was to return all the gambling money collected by the betting company that day.
The Dragon Boat Festival event thus came to an end. After watching the assassination drama, the spectators no longer had the courage to join in the fun and most of them left, leaving only a few brave people watching on the other side.
Just when little Yining thought that the drama of collecting the money arranged by her uncle should come to an end, several corpses of men in black floated up on the river surface near the Drum Tower, and these corpses all showed the characteristics of Hu people.
What happened next was not known to the delicate women, so they were dismissed and returned home.
When Yu Ke parted with little Yining, she felt a little reluctant. After sighing once again that her money was well spent, she couldn't help but whisper, "Sister Yining, was the assassination just now arranged by the emperor himself?"
Before she could finish her words, Wan Niang covered her mouth.
Wan Niang quickly looked around and warned in a low voice, "Miss Yu, this was done by the Hu people."
The last scene before leaving has already given this drama a name, which will never be changed. Whatever the truth is, it will naturally be buried by all those who know it.
Little Yining recalled the unintentional eye contact when his uncle entered the Drum Tower, which made him touch his nose uncomfortably. He must have felt that he was extremely shameless, and in order to avoid admitting his fault, he even went so far as to kill himself.
Yu Ke slapped his own lips in annoyance, smiled sheepishly at Wan Niang, and then left in the gazes of everyone.
At this time, Pei Yi, who had gone to find Wang Lin, also returned.
Seeing that there was no one behind him, Xiao Yining hurriedly asked, "Uncle, didn't you find your second uncle?"
Pei Yi shook his head regretfully. "I don't know where Brother Linzi went. He didn't even tell us before he left. I just asked several brothers and they all said that he was not present during the assassination. Brother Zhang also said that he hadn't seen him since we parted at the Drum Tower."
When Xiao Yining heard this, she frowned slightly. It should be safe near the Drum Tower, so her second uncle must have left by himself. But why didn't he even do the most basic thing to report to his family?
Thinking of this, for some reason, she suddenly remembered what her eldest uncle had said to her father in private about her second uncle.
"My brother has always been stubborn and unwilling to make malicious assumptions about others. He never took my warnings seriously and even accused me of thinking too much. He has lived in a place like Yanjing where people eat people for so long and his character has not changed. Whenever he fell down or got cheated, I always came to his rescue. But how can I keep an eye on him every day?"
When her father heard this, he laughed and said coldly, "Wang Lin has never been stupid. He is like this because of you and the two old people. Whenever something goes wrong, someone covers for him, which gives him the confidence to do stupid things."
"If he doesn't care, then he doesn't want to listen. If he doesn't want to listen, then he doesn't want to learn. If he doesn't want to learn, why bother to warn him, and why bother to save him? His temper will never change. When you die, he will still accuse you of meddling in other people's business."
"When I meet such students in the clan school, I will not care. Those who are motivated will naturally change their character. Those who are unwilling to make progress have chosen their own path and cannot blame others."
After saying that, her father glanced at her and sneered, "I don't like to teach students by example, and I don't have to bother to warn them."
At that time, she saw that her father had some intentions towards her, and she even said sarcastically, "Qing Jie will follow suit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will also be crooked."
Finally, the topic ended with men's doubles.
Little Yining pursed her lips and refused to think about it anymore. She looked at the fellow villager who was worried about Wang Lin again and said, "Uncle, my father always said that adults know their limits. Second uncle forgot to tell us because he had something urgent to do."
Pei Yi nodded. "I just went to see the Zhaixing Tower next to the stage and told Aunt Li that I didn't know where Brother Lin Zi had gone. She and Princess Anping both told me that I was just a child and not to worry about him. Princess Anping also said that she would help find Brother Lin Zi."
After Wang Gungun pinched his fingers, he calmly said, "Don't worry about Uncle Xiao Linzi. He will go home when he has had enough fun."
No one else took these words to heart and all looked worried.
However, Xiao Yining's focus has shifted from Wang Lin to Princess Anping.
This beauty became close friends with grandma regardless of their age difference, and was promoted to aunt by Wang Lin. However, even so, she had not changed her mind about associating with grandma.
It seems that the first person in her family to marry a beautiful woman was her grandmother.