After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 949 About Assassins
When Haijiao followed the young eunuch to the outside of the new residence, he found that there was no guard here and immediately felt that something was wrong.

The young eunuch must have felt the same way, but he did not expect that it was an enemy attack. He thought that the new emperor had summoned everyone to the tent to give him instructions, so he urged Haijiao to walk a few steps faster and hurry into the tent. But they soon discovered that there were conversations in the tent, the sound of weapons clashing, and the shouting of the imperial guards.

The young eunuch's face changed immediately, and he quickly left Haijiao and rushed into the tent. Haijiao was more cautious and did not follow him, but followed behind, carefully hiding his figure. Soon, he saw a splash of blood on the tent, and the new emperor called the young eunuch's name. It seemed that the young eunuch was killed by the thieves after he rushed in.

Haijiao stayed outside the tent and eavesdropped for a while. He found that after killing one person, the conversation resumed. From the conversation, the people present included the new emperor, the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Xu, the seventh prince, several important ministers such as Tao Ge Lao, the Marquis of Yingchuan, and the commander-in-chief Tu Rong. Although there were many old, weak, women and children among them, with the two highly skilled generals behind them, no matter how many enemies there were, they could not harm the lives of the new emperor and others in a short time. Therefore, Haijiao made a prompt decision and immediately turned around and left to seek help from the outside.

Although he was confident in his martial arts, he could not say that he would be able to take down all the assassins once he showed up. In this case, it didn't matter whether he entered the tent or not. Instead, bringing in reinforcements in time would increase his own strength and quickly take down the assassins in the tent.

Haijiao said to Xiaomei, "That's how I judged it at the time. However, in order to prevent being accused of being a coward and running away, after notifying General Zhou Si, I immediately returned to the tent with my weapon and joined the battle. Therefore, not only have I made a contribution now, but no one has blamed me for anything. Whether it's Yingchuan Hou, General Tu or General Zhou Si, they all say that I made the right judgment and acted decisively. If I hadn't turned back to ask for help, but had gone straight into the tent to save people, I would probably have been like that little eunuch, dying at the assassin's knife the moment I met him. At most, I would have died slower than him and resisted a few more attacks, but the result would have been the same."

Haitang raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "Why? Brother's backers are much stronger than the little eunuch, how could he be killed as easily as him?"

Hai Jiao smiled bitterly, "Because the assassins are not ordinary people, many of them are elites in the imperial guards, and are recognized masters. Otherwise, with General Tu and Marquis Yingchuan in the tent, and their trusted personal soldiers, plus the Jinyiwei and imperial guards who were already guarding outside the tent, they would not have been stumped by just a few imperial guards. In order to protect the emperor, the guards suffered heavy casualties. To cause such a consequence, how could the assassin be an ordinary person?"

Haitang was even more surprised. "Another elite of the Imperial Guard? A recognized master? Are there any rebellious Imperial Guard generals who escaped from the palace during the previous palace turmoil? These elites have a good future in the Imperial Guard. Why are they all so loyal to the Sun family? Knowing that his family is going to fall, they are still willing to work for Lord Sun?"

Haijiao paused and sighed, "They may not have a good future in the Imperial Guards. Moreover... rather than saying that they are working for Lord Sun, it is better to say that they were fooled by Lord Sun into opposing the late emperor. Because they are against the late emperor, they want to kill all the descendants of the late emperor. They think they are being loyal to the late emperor, but in fact they are just being used."

"The late emperor?" Haitang was a little confused. "Brother, are you talking about the late emperor's father and the new emperor's grandfather, Emperor Longding? What does this have to do with him?" Emperor Longding had been dead for more than 30 years.

Haijiao sighed again and again. He was also very surprised when he first heard the conversation between the two sides in the tent. Although he was skeptical about the assassin's statement, combined with what happened in the harem of the previous dynasty over the past thirty years, the assassin's statement did not seem to be groundless.

Several leaders among the assassins were elites in the Imperial Guards, but they were all quite old. The youngest one was nearly fifty years old, and had been a guard in front of the emperor when Emperor Deguang first ascended the throne. They were generally from aristocratic families in the Imperial Guards, and were descendants of the founding heroes. Their families had children serving in the Imperial Guards for generations. The father of one of them was a senior official and a famous general in the reign of Emperor Longding. He himself was also blessed at the age of sixteen and was specially recruited into the Imperial Guards and arranged to guard in front of the emperor. He should have risen rapidly, and after a few years of experience, he would be sent out to guard a region, and then become a famous general like Tu Rong and Yingchuan Hou.

However, he was unlucky enough to encounter the change of the throne, and the successor Emperor Deguang was very dissatisfied with the talents that his father had used, and preferred to use his old people in the palace. As a result, the elites of the imperial guards who had been used in front of the emperor were transferred to other positions in the palace. They were mediocre and followed the routine. They were even promoted slower than others. It took more than 30 years for them to be promoted to the middle level of the imperial guards. The power was in the hands of Emperor Deguang's confidants, and they could not even touch the edge.

If it were just that, it would be fine. A new emperor appoints new ministers. When they were on duty outside the palace of the previous emperor, they also stopped Emperor Deguang. They were not respectful enough to Emperor Deguang, who had not yet been appointed as the crown prince, but were more respectful to Prince An and Prince Ji, who were more favored by the previous emperor. They guessed that they were just retaliated. At least they did not lose their jobs or suffer torture. It was just that their official career was not so smooth. After the death of their father and grandfather, their family fell into decline and was no longer as rich and prominent as before. Such revenge was already very mild. They did not dare to complain. They only focused on improving their abilities and cultivating their children and grandchildren, hoping that they would have the opportunity to win the emperor's favor in the future.

However, this year Lord Sun told them a shocking news: the death of the late emperor was closely related to Emperor Deguang!
Although the late emperor was already old and seriously ill at the time, and had to order the crown prince to supervise the country, he was still conscious. He had many dissatisfactions with the crown prince, and proposed to change the crown prince in front of Concubine Chang many times, and often summoned Prince An and Prince Ji. If he had not died suddenly, he would not have had time to issue an order to depose the crown prince, and it would not have been Emperor Deguang who succeeded to the throne. Correspondingly, those who were used by the late emperor would not have been left idle and mediocre, and their children and grandchildren could not even join the imperial guards, and could only find ordinary jobs outside and wait for death.

It's all Emperor Deguang's fault!
These elite imperial guards then joined hands, determined to avenge the late Emperor Longding, kill the patriarch-usurping Emperor Deguang and his descendants, and return the throne to the people who should have it. Originally, they wanted Prince Ji to succeed to the throne, as he was the most beloved and closest prince to Emperor Longding before his death. Unfortunately, the actions of Prince Ji and his son disappointed them greatly, so they escaped in the middle of the palace turmoil, or simply hid themselves and did not participate in the rebellion, confusing the Empress Dowager and the new emperor. Now that they have arrived at the imperial mausoleum, they have another chance to assassinate, so they acted decisively. This time, even if Prince Ji and his son were both in the capital and could not rush to deal with the aftermath, Prince An was still there. Prince An was also the late emperor's favorite prince, and there was a 50% chance that he would succeed to the throne.

The assassins seemed to be very casual about this matter. They had no intention of being loyal to any of the princes of the royal family. They simply disliked the late emperor and missed the opportunity to kill him, so they wanted to kill all his descendants. They also disapproved of the Empress Dowager and the cabinet ministers who stood on the side of the late emperor and his descendants, and believed that they were helping the tyrant. Especially the Empress Dowager Zhou, they all believed that as the empress of Emperor Longding, if she had not adopted Emperor Deguang as her adopted son, a mediocre prince born to a concubine would not be qualified to be the crown prince and snatch the throne that should have belonged to Prince Ji or Prince An.

She is also a sinner who harmed the late emperor!