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

Chapter 958: Falling into a trap
Hai Jiao answered vaguely: "The Sun family may not make any moves, but the escaped assassin may come to them to ask for clarification."

Actually, this is the credit of Lord Tao Yue.

When he confronted the assassins that day, he said many words to clarify the matter for the late emperor. Regardless of whether the assassins believed it or not, his words once shook their hearts and they must have listened to him.

In fact, not all the assassins who participated in the assassination were caught. One of them, who was skilled in martial arts, escaped. As for whether there were other accomplices who were hiding in the dark and had not revealed their identities, that was another matter.

The assassin had a high position in the imperial guards and a high reputation. No one could guarantee whether the imperial guards who came to rescue the emperor would show him leniency. Anyway, the officers and soldiers did not find this person in the imperial mausoleum area afterwards, and had no idea how he escaped or where he went.

He had no wife, no children, no family, and was a well-known loner in the imperial guards. It was said that he was originally from a military family, but his father and brother made mistakes and were executed. He was young at the time, and the late emperor had mercy on him and pardoned him. Later, he promoted him to the imperial guards, and was very kind to him. He usually kept a low profile and only paid special attention to the things that the late emperor ordered. After the late emperor passed away, he was not valued by the successor, Emperor Deguang, but he didn't care, and just did his job well.

He was actually the one who cared the most about the rumors that Emperor Deguang was suspected of murdering his father and usurping the throne, and he had the strongest desire to kill Emperor Deguang. As for the life and death of Emperor Deguang's descendants, he didn't care much. He just hoped that the heir who was more favored by the late emperor could take back the throne that belonged to him.

He was the oldest among the assassins and stood at the back during the assassination, but he went through the entire process and heard everything that Lord Tao said clearly from beginning to end.

Haijiao left for the day to seek help, and during that time Tao Ge Lao said a lot of things that he didn't know about. He only heard about it later from other people who had witnessed it.

It is said that Lord Tao once questioned Lord Sun's statement, not only because the late emperor's actions in the past 30 years did not seem to be guilty, and he did not silence the concubines, officials, and guards who had witnessed the death of the late emperor, but also because his emphasis on Lord Sun did not seem like he was treating a minister who knew his fatal weakness. Instead, it was more like rewarding him, as if Lord Sun was the greatest contributor to helping him ascend the throne, while another person who also had the merit of supporting him, Lord Wu Wen'an, and Queen Wu, were discarded by him.

Did Lord Sun do anything more important than supporting Lord Wu Wen'an? Long before he helped the late emperor to reform, the late emperor had already been biased towards Wu and Sun. He almost shared all his power and wealth with the father and daughter of the Sun family, and even the death of his wife and son did not shake him in the slightest.

How could this be treated like an ordinary father-in-law or a hero? Even his own father was no better than this!

What kind of contributions did Lord Sun make that the late emperor value him so much?
If it is said that all this is because Sun Ge Lao knew the handle of the late emperor, it seems unconvincing, right? For the person who holds the fatal handle of him, the late emperor has plenty of opportunities to directly kill the person and completely put an end to the trouble, instead of still thinking about asking the new emperor to treat the old minister well and ensure that Sun Ge Lao spends his old age in peace until the last moment of his life.

But if we say that it was actually Lord Sun who murdered the king, then that makes sense.

Before the late emperor was almost deposed and lost everything, Sun Ge Lao simply solved the problem of the late emperor and helped the late emperor to overcome the crisis. How could there be a greater merit in supporting the emperor? ! In comparison, Wu Wen'an and others are weak and cannot be compared with Sun Ge Lao's great achievements! If this is the case, it is no wonder that the late emperor was angry to death by Concubine Sun's words. He and the father and daughter of the Sun family knew clearly who killed the emperor that year. He also treated the father and daughter of the Sun family well for more than 30 years. It was not until he was weak and could not decide on an heir that suited his heart that he really broke up with them. He asked himself that he had been grateful enough, but the father and daughter of the Sun family directly put the blame on him. He would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood! If he was the culprit who caused the death of the late emperor, he only needed to kill Concubine Sun's accusation to silence her. Why did he get so angry that he died?
Several assassins took Tao's words to heart, and the others couldn't explain it clearly. But since the assassin who escaped was the most loyal to the late emperor, he would definitely go to Sun to ask for clarification after he escaped.

If Sun Ge Lao only kept the secret for the late emperor for selfish reasons, and only told the truth after being abandoned, then the assassins would be willing to be used by him as long as they could avenge the late emperor. But if Sun Ge Lao was the real murderer who killed the emperor, but deceived the assassins in order to fight for power, then they would never let him live!

Since the old assassin escaped, the street where the Sun family lived had been tightened up. The palace sent heavy troops to the surrounding area, but faked the illusion that there was a loophole in the defense, in order to lure the assassin to confront Sun. As long as the man came, he would find that the so-called loophole in the defense did not exist at all. He could come, but he could not leave, and was destined to be caught together with the father and son of the Sun family.

Although Haijiao was not responsible for this matter, he also knew something about it. He would not go there, but he was a little worried about the safety of his second uncle...

He was in a hurry and couldn't tell his little sister Haitang in detail about these things, so he could only briefly mention them. Seeing Zhang Lurong coming out with two large food boxes, he quickly called someone, said goodbye to his little sister, and went out.

Haitang only listened to a few words from her brother and didn't know the inside story, but she guessed that a big battle was likely to happen in the neighborhood guarded by her second uncle Hai Chang'an. Her second uncle was a great archer, so he shouldn't be assigned to fight in close combat, right?

She was feeling very nervous. She turned her head to look at the west wing, hesitated for a moment, and finally did not say a word to her second aunt Hu or her cousin Xiao Shitou, and went back to the courtyard on her own.

That night, when Haijiao returned home, it was almost two o'clock in the morning, much later than the whole family had expected.

Hai Xiya had a day off and would go back to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow, so he went to bed early. Ma knew that her grandson was not going to do anything dangerous, so she didn't think much about it and went to bed early as well. Only Haitang, thinking about what her brother had said during the day, wanted to ask more details, so she waited for a while. When she learned that he had returned home, she immediately dropped the book in her hand and ran to the east wing of the main courtyard to find him.

When Haijiao saw Xiaomei, he knew what she wanted to ask. After a brief explanation, he said, "In fact, the assassin arrived tonight. I just received the news during the banquet, so I rushed over with my colleagues to help, and happened to run into the end. I also met my second uncle..."

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Haitang was in high spirits: "Did the assassin really go to find Elder Sun? You caught him?!"

Haijiao nodded: "He was caught. Second uncle made a great contribution! It was he who shot the assassin with an arrow and successfully captured him..."