0p0 Chapter 535 Assassination Outside the Palace
Chapter 535 Assassination Outside the Palace
Before the carriage started, Su Lingyue ordered the two guards driving the carriage, "Be careful of the assassins and hurry back to the palace as quickly as possible."
"Yes."
There were still a few people on the street at this time. The two men shouted at the few passers-by to get out of the way, and the sound of their whips cracking filled the street.
The guard just said he was here to pick someone up, but didn't explain why. When the patrolman stopped him, Doctor Lu noticed something was wrong.
Now seeing Su Lingyue coming to pick them up in person, it felt even more unusual and they felt vaguely uneasy.
"Yue girl, what happened in the mansion?"
"It's the prince."
When mentioning Xiao Yu, Su Lingyue's eyes couldn't help but get hot.
She suppressed her fear and told everyone in the carriage the whole story.
"I was careless. I didn't expect that my aunt would use this method to poison the prince."
Su Lingyue's slender joints turned white. She clutched the handkerchief tightly and looked at Ling Ling and Doctor Lu with red eyes. She said, "He is still vomiting blood and cannot take medicine. I can only use acupuncture to temporarily seal the acupuncture points to delay the onset of the poison. I don't have any other way..."
She looked at Dr. Lu and Ling Ling, her eyelashes trembling, with a final hope in her eyes.
Tears welled up in her eyes, but she held them back and didn't cry.
Doctor Lu looked tense and said in a deep voice, "The palace has been under strict defense for these years. They couldn't touch him, so they could only target you. Their intentions are really vicious."
"Ordinary poisons can't cause such serious damage. The medicine was found by Su Heng, and I believe Su Heng knows very well how to trigger the poison in his body. Those medicines should be harmless to ordinary people, but they are mutually reinforcing and counteracting with the poison in his body."
"Your aunt is such a bad person!" Ling Ling frowned with an angry expression.
Su Lingyue looked at Ling Ling and asked, "Ling'er, can your method of fighting poison with poison still be used?"
Ling Ling said: "It's hard to say now. Fighting poison with poison requires a certain level of physical condition from the patient. I have to check his pulse to know."
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Just in case, the carriage took the main street.
The city is now investigating last night's bandits and Hun spies, so even if her father wants to take action, he has to be cautious.
Other patrol teams on East Street have also filled the vacancy left by Liu Changming's team and are now on patrol.
Everything happened as Su Lingyue had expected, and he returned to the palace safely.
However, as soon as Doctor Lu got off the carriage, an arrow came straight at him.
"careful!"
A guard drew his sword and instantly blocked the arrow.
Before they could react, several more arrows were shot towards Doctor Lu.
The dense arrows were not conspicuous in the dark night, but Su Lingyue could hear the sound of them breaking through the air clearly.
Another guard reacted and drew his sword to resist.
Li Jing realized that their target was Doctor Lu, so she grabbed his arm and pulled him behind the carriage.
Now Li Jing's internal strength has not recovered yet, and the best he can do is to protect himself.
Su Lingyue Su Lingyue and Ling Ling hid in the corner of the carriage, huddled together. Two guards stood in front of the carriage, refusing to move an inch, and the arrows shot at them fell to the ground one after another.
Just then, Li Jing heard movement from behind, turned around abruptly, and shot down the incoming arrow.
A few people came out from the alley behind and slashed at Li Jing with swords.
"Zhang Jinyuan!"
"Li Yan!"
Li Jing called out the names of the two guards to remind them.
It's still a step too late.
Two arrows shot from behind and pierced the chests of the two guards at the same time.
The two men's bodies went limp and they fell directly off the carriage.
Arrows and assassins simultaneously attacked Li Jing and Doctor Lu behind the carriage.
Just then, a patrolling soldier heard the noise and shouted over here: "Who is fighting over there!"
When patrolling soldiers came over, the assassination could not go on, and the leader waved his hand, and they immediately scattered and disappeared into the dark alley.
Seeing that there was no danger, Li Jing immediately hid the sword in his hand under the carriage and went to check the two people who had fallen in front of the carriage.
Doctor Lu was still in shock. He held his chest, which was beating wildly, and said while holding the carriage, "We are from the palace. Those were assassins. It's a good thing you came."
Hearing that they were from the palace, the patrolling soldier became much more polite and asked, "Are you injured? Do you need a doctor?"
Li Jing looked at the two people on the ground, whose breath was gradually weakening, and shouted urgently: "Uncle Lu! Princess, come and have a look!"
"I am the doctor!"
After Doctor Lu finished speaking, he went to the front to check on the injuries of the two men.
Su Lingyue also came out of the carriage and was horrified when she saw the guard fallen in front of her.
They didn't expect the assassin to be waiting for them near the side door of the palace.
Su Lingyue took the pulse of one guard, then took the pulse of another guard.
Doctor Lu shook his head with a look of regret, "It's too late to save him. He was shot through the heart. Please bury him properly!"
"brute!"
Li Jing angrily pounded the carriage and cursed with gritted teeth!
Su Lingyue felt heartbroken when she saw the guards lying on the ground.
Suddenly, her heart tightened, and she said to the others, "Go back home quickly!"
The fighting outside the door was so fierce that it was impossible for the people guarding the door inside to not hear any noise.
Li Jing also remembered something, and without caring about the companion who had just lost his life on the ground, he said to Su Lingyue: "Princess, you stay here first, I'll go in and take a look!"
"Okay, be careful!"
Su Lingyue nodded and instructed Li Jing.
Watching Li Jing disappear over the wall, Su Lingyue's worry and fear became even more severe.
When she left, Xiao Yu was still vomiting blood and had lost consciousness. No one knew what happened to him now.
After taking a look at the patrol soldiers not far away, Su Lingyue stood up and said to Doctor Lu, "Uncle Lu, Ling'er, let's go in too."
Several patrolmen used their bodies to build a ladder and sent a patrolman into the palace, asking him to open the door from the inside.
"what!"
Hearing the scream, Su Lingyue asked: "What happened?"
The door opened and the patrolman pointed to his side tremblingly.
Su Lingyue raised her eyes and saw corpses all over the ground, including those of servants, men in black, and palace soldiers.
They really sent someone!
They used both delaying tactics and assassination tactics. It seemed that they were aiming to kill Xiao Yu tonight.
Su Lingyue's heart was in a knot. She really wanted to fly to Xiao Yu and see how he was doing.
The patrolmen nearby were looking at the corpses on the ground in horror, and some of them were leaning against the wall and vomiting.
Ling Ling held onto Doctor Lu in fear, shrank her neck, and looked around vigilantly.
Su Lingyue looked at the patrol leader and asked in a deep voice, "What's your name?"
The man said, "My name is Chen Erhu."
Su Lingyue ordered him: "Chen Erhu, listen carefully. Send people to do three things now. Go to Jingzhao Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple to report that someone is trying to assassinate Prince Su. Then transfer all the soldiers patrolling East Street, and the rest of them will escort us to rescue the prince."
Chen Erhu naturally knew the relationship between Jiang Siqi and Prince Su's wife.
Before Jiang Siqi left, he specifically told them to patrol around the palace more often when they had nothing to do. However, they didn't notice any tragic casualties in the palace.
Apart from anything else, if they are sued, they will not be able to escape the crime of dereliction of duty.
"Yes!" Chen Erhu bowed and immediately arranged for someone to do the job.
"Those who are afraid of death, stand up!"
After he finished speaking, several people stood up timidly. "Boss, we have parents and children to take care of, and we just want to make a living."
A few people originally wanted to stand up, but when they saw Chen Erhu's cold eyes, they retracted their feet.
Chen Erhu didn't say much, and began to order: "You, divide into three groups and go to Jingzhao Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to report the case!"
When the few people saw that Chen Erhu had no intention of punishing them and even assigned them such an easy task, they immediately smiled, nodded, bowed, and ran out.
Chen Erhu looked at the remaining people and said loudly: "Those who stayed are real men! In the future, I, Chen Erhu, will never let you drink soup!"
"Yes!"
The voices of a dozen people were like a huge bell.
Chen Erhu and the rest of the people saluted Su Lingyue.
Su Lingyue nodded: "You all follow me to rescue the prince. I will never treat him badly if he is alive. If he is disabled, I will ensure that he lives out the rest of his life in peace. If he dies, I will ensure that his family is safe for the rest of their lives."
Everyone knew that Su Lingyue and her uncle Jiang Fu were very rich. This was a rare opportunity to get close to them, so even though it was risky, they still wanted to give it a try.
"I am willing to follow the princess!"
Under the dim candlelight, they had determined faces and bloodthirsty eyes, like hungry wolves in the night.