Wang Meng also rushed over, standing at the stairs with a steel knife in hand. Seeing Zhang Shixun coming over with a bench leg, he hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Zhang, why are you here too?"
Zhang Shixun spat on the ground. "Don't mention it. I was drinking upstairs when I ran into this. What bad luck."
Wang Meng waited until he came up to him and asked in a low voice, "Did you know that the emperor is here too?"
"I was sitting next to him, do you think I knew?"
"You...you are sitting next to the official?" Wang Meng opened his eyes wide.
"Why would I lie to you? If I hadn't protected you today, things would have gotten out of hand." He shook the bench leg in his hand and said, "Look, I just went after the assassin."
"Where's the assassin?"
"He jumped over the wall and ran away. I don't know where he came from, but he was so nimble that he scaled the wall, over ten feet high, in a snap."
"So, the assassin escaped?"
"yes."
Wang Meng nodded. "As the saying goes, don't chase a desperate enemy. I'm right not to chase him. If an assassin hides on the other side of the wall and attacks you, you'll be in danger."
As he was speaking, there was a sudden noise from upstairs.
The two looked at each other and ran upstairs at the same time.
"Wang Dong, is that you?" Zhang Shixun glanced at the screen and saw Wang Dong grinning so hard that his teeth were showing.
"Don't interrupt me. I'm talking about life with the emperor."
Zhang Shixun and Wang Meng rushed into the attic and saw a skinny monkey-like man riding on Zhao Ji's neck, grabbing Zhao Ji's hair with one hand and gesturing at his neck with a dagger in the other.
Liang Shicheng and others stood by in panic.
Ding Dusai, Li Shishi and other girls were still standing against the wall, all with a look of horror on their faces.
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