The men in black standing in the crowd looked at each other, nodded, and pulled the black cloth to cover half of their faces. They drew out the long swords in their hands and rushed out, shouting, "Kill that dog emperor!"
No one thought that someone would dare to assassinate His Majesty at this time. If caught, it would be a capital crime.
The guards reacted immediately, drew out the long swords at their waists, and fought with the black-clad men who rushed over. For a while, there were flashes of swords and shadows. The black-clad men who rushed over completely disregarded their own lives and tried their best to kill the emperor in the carriage.
"Guard the carriage——" "Guard the carriage——" "Someone is trying to assassinate His Majesty!"
A knife fell, red blood splashed, and the palace attendant who was blocking the front fell down.
The people on the street were in chaos, screaming, "Run! Run! Run!" Swords and knives have no eyes, and if they are accidentally injured, it will be fatal. Seeing the death of a person, the timid people were so scared that their legs became weak.
The child fell to the ground and cried, and his father and mother were scattered to who knows where.
The emperor's carriage stopped, and the guards around him tightly protected the emperor in the middle.
"What happened outside?" Emperor Yongkang asked inside.
"Reporting to your majesty, there are a few ignorant people outside who disturbed the ceremonial guards. The guards are dealing with it." The old palace attendant who followed outside heard the sound and came closer to report to your majesty.
Emperor Yongkang, who was inside, heard the voices and knew in his heart that someone was trying to assassinate him. He had been in power for decades and had encountered all kinds of storms. How could these few people want to assassinate him? They were simply overestimating their own abilities.
"Ahem... Let the outsiders handle it quickly and don't delay me. Ahem, let's go to Longtan Temple to offer sacrifices." The old emperor was already at the end of his strength. He was gasping for breath after speaking every word. At the end, he left a sentence, "Remember to leave one person alive."
He also wanted to know who wanted to kill him!
"Yes!" The old palace slave replied.
The guards of honor also became chaotic. The civil servants were protected in the middle by the imperial guards to prevent the criminals from rushing over and hurting these unarmed civil servants. The generals drew their weapons, and the King of Wings, who was riding on a horse, drew the sword at his waist and rushed out on his horse. The generals shouted and followed behind the King of Wings.
"Fourth brother, wait for me." Feng Linglan shouted and chased after him on his horse.
"Assassin..."
"Someone wants to assassinate the emperor..."
On this day, all the people in the city came out to see the majesty of the emperor, but they didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Someone in front shouted that there was an assassin, and the people behind didn't know what was going on and ran together. The crowd was in chaos for a while, and the people scattered in all directions. The person who fell to the ground was stepped on the stomach by someone, and immediately spit out blood from the corner of his mouth. It was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
"Run away..."
"The assassin is coming!"
Hearing the sound from the front, the people who turned around and wanted to leave stopped in their tracks. Fang Ziye looked forward, not knowing what happened there. The people in front rushed towards them. Ah Wu stretched out his hand to stop his master, fearing that the master would go over there, and said, "Master, let's go quickly, it's not safe here."
His mission was to follow his master and protect the people. Whatever happened in the front had nothing to do with them. If someone tried to assassinate His Majesty, someone else would deal with it, and it would not be their turn. If something happened to the master, he would not regret it even if he died.
"Yes, master, let's go quickly." The timid little slave was also scared when he heard that someone was trying to assassinate His Majesty, and hurriedly grabbed his master, fearing that the master would go forward.
Fang Ziye knew that he couldn't help much if he went over, so he nodded and said, "Let's go."
"Waaa... Ah Mu, Ah Mu..."
The child who fell to the ground was crying. When he saw the master looking over there, Ah Wu knew that the master wanted to save the child. "Master, you go ahead first, I'll come find you." Ah Wu said as he squeezed over, picked up the child, and chased his master with the child in his arms.
"Master, don't be afraid, follow me, I'll take you." Er followed the master forward. Fang Ziye was afraid that his stupid slave would be swept away, so he held his hand. Hearing the little slave's words, he couldn't help but smile.
Fang Ziye knew that the guards around him liked his stupid slave. The little slave was old enough, and he knew what kind of person Ah Wu was. Fang Ziye also felt very good about finding a reliable family for his little slave. When he came back, he would take care of the two of them, and he would also complete a good deed.
Assassins rushed out continuously, and the people on the street were in chaos, blocking the guards who were coming to rescue from behind, delaying the rescue from behind.
"You dog emperor, give me your life!"
The emperor sitting in the carriage did not expect that an assassin would rush through the guards and rush to his carriage. With a flash of cold light, Emperor Yongkang subconsciously dodged backwards, avoiding the vital parts, but the long sword still pierced his shoulder, and blood immediately flowed out.
"Ah..." The Wing King rushed over and stabbed the assassin in the back with a sword, and the man fell down immediately.
After kicking away the assassin lying on the carriage, King Yi got on his father's carriage. Seeing his father lying there, he asked, "Father, how are you?" Feng Lingxiao helped him up. Seeing the bleeding, he immediately took off his father's clothes, tore open the hem of his own clothes, and bandaged it simply, saying, "Father, don't worry. I'll go find the doctor right away."
"Doctor, go find the doctor right away. Father is injured!" Seeing the seventh brother following him, Feng Lingxiao shouted loudly.
"Oh, oh, yes, I'll go right away..." Feng Linglan was so scared when he saw his father was injured by the assassin that he quickly responded.
"Father, hold on a little longer. The doctor will be here soon." Feng Lingxiao comforted him.
"My son, father, father is fine." Emperor Yongkang looked calm, as if no harmful assassins could rush over. He looked at the prince who was hugging him, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. If his prince had not arrived in time, he didn't know whether he could survive today. He thought he was too careless.
Feng Lingxiao looked outside through the curtain, thinking about the person he just saw riding a horse, wondering if his Ye'er had left.
In the end, all the assassins were strangled, and the rest committed suicide by taking poison. They were all dead, and no one was left alive.
The injured emperor was not able to go to Longtan Temple to offer sacrifices as he wished, and was urgently sent back to the palace to treat his wounds, and did not go to Longtan Temple.
The riots in Fengdu City on this day also affected innocent people. More than ten people were trampled to death, most of them were elderly people and children. They fell to the ground and were trampled by the crowd. When they were taken to the clinic, they were already beyond help.
This happened in Fengdu City today, and Yipinzhai was closed for business.
Fang Ziye returned to Yipinzhai and stood in front of the window, looking at the empty street below. The street was in a mess, the people were nowhere to be seen, the shops on the street were closed, and the guards were patrolling below to see if there were any fish that had escaped.
It was heard that the emperor was injured, but no one knew how serious the injury was. The man escorted the emperor back to the palace, and probably stayed in the palace. No one knew how long the old emperor's body could hold on, but it probably wouldn't last much longer.
Everyone wanted to be the emperor, but no one knew who would be the emperor in the end. Unexpectedly, Fang Ziye didn't dare to guarantee that person would be the emperor in the end.
To him, it didn't matter whether that person was an emperor or not, no matter whether he was a prince, an emperor, or an ordinary citizen. In fact, Fang Ziye secretly hoped that the person was just a commoner, so that their journey might not be so tortuous, and he could still have some expectations in his heart.
But some things were not what he wanted them to be, and he sighed slightly in his heart.
The child brought back from downstairs kept crying, and it took a lot of effort to cheer him up. When Fang, the shopkeeper, saw the child eating, he cursed the black-faced guard who rescued the child and threw him to him in his heart, but it was a pity that he couldn't beat him, so he just let it go.
When he saw that the child stopped crying, he went upstairs to find his master.
The child was wearing ordinary clothes, so he was probably from an ordinary family. Anyone who lost their child would be worried. Today, something like this happened in Fengdu City, and the most innocent people were the common people.
"Uncle Fang, have someone check who the child belongs to, and have his family come and take him back." Fang Ziye ordered when he heard Fang the shopkeeper talking about the child.
"Okay, I'll have someone go and ask later." The guards in the city were searching for the assassin, so it was not easy to find the child's father and mother now. They could only ask someone to look for him later. No one dared to go out now.
The building was closed for business, and it was not known whether it would be able to do business in the next few days. Fang the shopkeeper was worried.
There was a noise outside. The guards were going to enter Yipinzhai to search for assassins.
"Uncle Fang, go ahead." Fang Ziye saw the guards coming into Yipinzhai from upstairs and asked Manager Fang to go down and deal with it. He stood there without moving.
"Yes, I'll go right away." Manager Fang replied.
After saying goodbye to his master, Manager Fang went downstairs to deal with the guards. When no one was paying attention, he secretly slipped a banknote into the hand of the leader. Having been doing business in Fengdu City for so long, Manager Fang was still very good at dealing with these military lords.
Money makes the world go round. This is always true.
"If you see any suspicious person, report it to us immediately?" No suspicious person was found, and the banknote was worth at least 100 taels. After taking the money, the leader of the team did not deliberately make things difficult for him.
Yipinzhai was able to gain a foothold in Fengdu City, so he must have a backer behind him, and they were not people they could afford to offend. Since there was nothing to do, there was nothing to make things difficult for him.
"Yes, yes, if there is a villain, I will definitely tell the military master." The shopkeeper Fang responded.
A team of guards rushed in and left quickly.