vrcanaries Chapter 289 Massacre
Chapter 289 Massacre
With a golden ginkgo leaf pinched between his slender index finger and middle finger, Chen Ji stood under the century-old ginkgo tree, looking up and examining it carefully. His eyes were fixed on the leaf, but his thoughts had already drifted far away.
I always feel like something... is wrong.
"Master, with Lord Huo accompanying her, Miss Luo will be much safer when she goes to Fuyuan County Government."
Wei Lin thought that Chen Ji was worried about Luo Xiaoran's safety and was afraid that the princess would send someone to harm Luo Xiaoran, so he couldn't help but speak to comfort her.
Chen Ji had been worried that Luo Xiaoran would be bullied by Concubine Bai and Chen Lingyi. Later, he helped Huo Qingyun find the person who was bribed by An Luhai to release the snake. Finally, Emperor Tianqi stopped pursuing the matter of Luo Xiaoran's sudden appearance in Anruo Temple.
After the matter was resolved, Chen Ji had a vague feeling that a problem seemed to have been overlooked.
"Did the two armored guards stationed beside Luo Xiaoran receive any news yesterday?"
Ever since Luo Xiaoran refused to move into Prince Yan's Mansion, Chen Ji asked Jiawei to report on Luo Xiaoran's situation every day.
"everything is normal."
"Niu Dan was kidnapped yesterday. Didn't Jiawei find out?"
Hearing his master's question, Wei Lin was startled and felt as if his scalp was exploding inch by inch.
All of their minds were focused on Concubine Bai's distress, but they did not notice this most basic abnormality.
The secret guards of Prince Yan's Mansion are divided into A, B, C, and D according to their abilities. As the most outstanding secret guards, it is impossible that Guard A did not even notice that Niu Dan had been kidnapped.
Could something have happened?
But who could kill the two armored guards of the Prince of Yan's Mansion without making any noise? Moreover, the fact that these two armored guards were sent to secretly protect Luo Xiaoran was an extremely secret matter.
"I will immediately send someone to check on the guards around Miss Luo."
Chen Ji loosened his index and middle fingers, and the ginkgo leaf between them fell down. He frowned sharply:
“Where is Hui Neng?”
He always felt that whenever something involved Luo Xiaoran, there was more or less the shadow of Huineng behind it, and Huineng had an extraordinary concern for Luo Xiaoran.
"Master Huineng had been sleeping in his meditation room. Abbot Huiping was afraid that he would come out and disturb the emperor, so he locked the doors and windows from the outside."
It was the same as usual when people from the imperial court came to Anruo Temple to pray for blessings.
"Master, do you want to go and see Master Huineng?" Wei Lin asked tentatively.
Chen Ji's eyes were gloomy. After a moment, he looked at Wei Lin and ordered:
"Send more people to look for Luo Xiaoran, let's go back to Prince Yan's Mansion."
"Yes!"
……
At the same time, in Prince Yan’s mansion, the scene was in disarray after a fierce fight.
Huineng was still wearing the shabby monk's robe, with a few drops of blood on his gray beard, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face for the first time in a long time.
He raised his old right hand, stroking his smooth boiled egg, and said in a surprised tone:
"Master Li actually met a crazy monk like me in Kyoto?" He hasn't been to Kyoto for twenty years!
Li Heng had already fallen in a pool of blood, with his arms and legs spread out. No, it was two arms and legs spread out. His only remaining right arm was also cut off, and he only had two legs left.
The wound on Li Heng's right arm was very smooth, and it was obvious that it was chopped off with great force and at an extremely fast speed. Although it was still bleeding, the two old men present did not care about it at all.
At this moment, a smile flashed across Li Heng's deeply sunken eye sockets. His chest trembled slightly, and finally he burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Master Huineng, you made me look like this, and you still want me to chat with you. Isn't that too much of a bully? I have a temper, too!"
Huineng looked at Li Heng lying on the ground, as if thinking about something. He did not ask any further questions, but instead felt a sense of mutual understanding.
"Master Li is really humorous. He is almost a pig, but he can still speak with laughter. I really admire Master Li's optimism. It's a pity that the poison has penetrated into your bones. You won't live long."
"Monks are compassionate. I have no grudge against Master Huineng. Why did you cut off my arm?" After laughing enough, the intense pain from the broken arm returned, and Li Heng's whole torso was shaking slightly.
Huineng opened his eyes wide, as if he was recalling whether Li Heng was going to raise his sword to kill him when he walked over here just now?
"I like Master Li more and more. He is not only humorous, but also a scoundrel.
I did not want to put Master Li in a difficult position, but Princess Qingyi was determined to kill the late crown prince's posthumous child, and I was simply being controlled by her.
Master Li, just tell me where Chen Xingchen is hiding, and I will be happy to be a good monk who does not kill and let you go. "
Don’t kill?
Li Heng looked at Huineng who was lying with his eyes open, and the blood in his chest surged, and he almost vomited blood on Huineng's face.
A quarter of an hour ago, Huineng broke into the Prince of Yan's Mansion with a group of assassins. Although there were soldiers guarding the Mansion, somehow, they all fell unconscious overnight. The only ones who could fight against the assassins were the secret guards.
But what Li Heng did not expect was that the secret guards in Prince Yan's mansion were no match for Huineng's killers, who quickly reached the backyard.
Li Heng only had time to entrust Chen Xingchen to the secret guards who had been protecting them, and chose to stay alone to face Huineng and try to delay time.
What Li Heng did not expect was that the thin-looking Huineng actually had such high martial arts skills. He wanted to hold Huineng hostage and order the killers, but Huineng cut off his right arm with a sword.
"I never expected that the Master Huineng, who was so weak and helpless twenty years ago, would have such powerful martial arts skills now."
This sentence caught Huineng's attention. He was surprised that Li Heng, whom he met in the northern border, had actually met himself in Kyoto twenty years ago at a time he didn't know.
"Could it be that Master Huineng received orders from Princess Qingyi?" Li Heng asked tentatively with the corner of his mouth pulled, his exposed teeth stained with blood.
"You guessed it right! But unfortunately - there is no reward!"
Huineng said mischievously in a child's tone that although from his perspective it was the first time he met Li Heng, he liked this old man who was about the same age as him.
After receiving Huineng's affirmative reply, a trace of doubt flashed through Li Heng's mind. He thought Huineng came for Jiang Bin, because Jiang Bin also had reasons to get rid of Chen Xingchen.
Emperor Tianqi's younger brother, Prince of Qi Chen Xuanjing, was the son of Jiang Bin's elder sister, and was also a hot contender for the throne.
After the death of the former crown prince, Chen Xuanrui, who was supported by the more powerful Lin family, became the emperor. However, with the support of the Jiang family, the Prince of Qi was still active in Kyoto and seemed to have ambitions for the throne.
Therefore, whether it is the Lin family behind Emperor Tianqi or the Jiang family behind Prince Qi, neither of them would want the son of the former crown prince to survive in the world.
Li Heng didn't understand why Huineng, as Jiang Bin's good friend, became Chen Lingyi's subordinate, but was greatly shocked.
He was about to die, and he didn't want to take some questions to the grave, so he asked again:
"Aren't you a good friend of Jiang Bin? Since supporting different princes, the Lin family and the Jiang family have changed from being in collusion to being on different sides. Why did you become Princess Qingyi's man?"