Xuanxia

Chapter 972 Bodyguard
Yue Heng left Mingjian Pavilion not to go anywhere else, but to return to the Cabinet Yamen.

The Left Censor-in-Chief was the highest-ranking official in the Censorate, a third-rank official. Gu Jinchen had such an identity, but he was assassinated on the streets of the capital. The assassin was tantamount to rebellion. If the emperor had not disappeared, such a major event would have been brought up during the court session for discussion and decision by all officials.

But now that the emperor is away and no one is attending court, all important matters are decided in the cabinet.

Yue Heng's wife was left in Yuan Mansion now, and he did not go back to the cabinet to do work. He usually lived directly in Mingjian Pavilion. After receiving the news, he quickly went to the small room where he usually lived, changed into official uniform and put on official hat, and then hurried out of Mingjian Pavilion.

When he ran out of Mingjian Pavilion, he ran into an acquaintance.

"Master Yue?"

Li Jingzhe was walking out of Mingjian Pavilion under the protection of a group of secret envoys. Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned his head and looked at Yue Heng: "Are you going to the cabinet too?"

Yue Heng lived in Mingjian Pavilion for a long time, so naturally he had to deal with the commander of Mijian Pavilion.

"Master Li." Yue Heng quickly bowed and said, "Let's go together!"

"Haha, you go first."

Li Jingzhe smiled and said, "I still have to go to the scene of Gu Jinchen's assassination to investigate first, and then go to the cabinet to discuss the matter with the adults later."

Yue Heng suddenly realized.

"Indeed, this matter is of great importance and requires Lord Li to take action personally."

He nodded solemnly: "This matter is also quite strange. I'll have to trouble Lord Li. Don't let go of any suspicious points!"

"Don't worry, this is natural."

Li Jingzhe gave him a deep look and said, "Or, Master Yue, do you have anything to tell me?"

Yue Heng smiled and said, "It is not convenient for me to intervene in the case of Mingjian Pavilion, so I naturally have nothing to say. Lord Li just needs to act with his heart and do what he should do, and I believe he will give everyone a satisfactory answer."

Li Jingzhe curled his lips helplessly.

When he asked this question, he was actually half-making it clear - everyone knew that there must be something wrong with the assassination of Gu Jinchen. Li Jingzhe asked this because he wanted to see if Yue Heng, as an important figure in the current royalist civil service faction, had any tricks he wanted to use.

But Yue Heng is indeed a loyal minister...

"If it was that guy surnamed Fu, I guess the fake evidence would have been stuffed into my hands by now."

Li Jingzhe shook his head secretly, held the hilt of the knife, gave a few instructions to the men around him, apologized to Yue Heng, and then hurried to the scene of the crime.

Yue Heng smiled helplessly and adjusted his official hat.

Of course he understood what Li Jingzhe meant...but he didn't want to do such a thing.

Many years ago, he was framed and imprisoned, and saw a few words in prison...

"The world is like a dream, innocence is fragile, to break the long night, one must be ruthless!"

"If you want to accomplish great things, you must be more cunning than ghosts and more ruthless than criminals!"

It was for this reason that after the civil strife in the capital, he suppressed his grief and resentment, swallowed his anger, bowed to the aristocratic families, accepted the recruitment of the Yuan family, and with the promotion and support of Yuan Ye, cultivated a number of forces that belonged to him alone in the court.

But that year, he lived a very painful and divided life, often drinking and acting crazy when no one was around. If it weren't for his wife accompanying him day and night, he would probably have gone crazy long ago.

Later, Bai Jin got into trouble, and Yan Yidong came with a message, implying that Yue Heng should continue to endure and hide, but Yue Heng could not bear it any longer, and finally broke free from the shackles, returned to his true self, completely stood on the side of the royalists, and broke with the Yuan family.

Although he failed to rescue Bai Jin in an undercover identity as Yan Yidong had hoped, he still relied on his passion to mobilize many righteous people and saved Bai Jin in several trials against him.

Although this is more difficult and tiring, Yue Heng is happier in his heart.

"Today will be a harder battle... Hopefully, we can hold on."

Yue Heng took a deep breath and jumped into his carriage.

But just as he sat down, he suddenly shuddered all over!
He was not the only one in the carriage!

Looking around, he saw two people sitting in the carriage. They were obviously there before Yue Heng arrived, but when he got into the carriage, he didn't notice them at all! "!!!"

Yue Heng almost cried out, but he soon discovered that he knew these two people!

Sitting on the left hand side was a man with an extremely ordinary appearance, the kind that would be hard to find if you turned your head around in a crowd. On his knees was a thin iron rod, one end of which was sharpened to a very point and had traces of blood on it.

Sitting on the right was a woman with long black hair covering half of her face. The hair fell to her knees and rested on her gray dress. Her hands were also placed on her knees, and ten sharp nails were exposed at her cuffs. The nails were faintly green and looked very scary.

"Brother Wu Yan! Miss Murong!"

Yue Heng said in surprise.

The people sitting in his carriage were clearly Wu Yan and Murong Xuan.

The three years had left almost no trace on their faces, and they looked almost the same as they did back then.

"Why are you here!"

After the surprise, he reacted and quickly lowered his voice and said, "The noble family is going to take action against your Xuanmeng. It is very dangerous for you to appear in the capital now!"

Outside the carriage, the driver's voice came: "Master Yue, what's wrong?"

"fine!"

Yue Heng said loudly: "Hurry up and go."

"Yes!" the coachman responded, and the carriage started moving slowly.

It was only then that Murong Xuan said softly, "You are more dangerous than us."

"good."

Wu Yan also said calmly: "Master Baihe, let me protect you."

Yue Heng was shocked.

"I am more dangerous than you?! How could it be that they..."

He was halfway through his words when he suddenly understood.

That's true.

If Xuanmeng is to be defined as treason, then the royalist faction will naturally oppose it with all their might. However...what if these "Xuanmeng" guys also attack the royalists?

As far as the imperial court itself is concerned, all officials are united. There is no distinction between royalists and aristocratic families. If the "Xuanmeng" could assassinate the Left Censor-in-Chief, it would naturally be possible for them to assassinate a cabinet minister as well.

Since the intention is to create chaos and frame someone, why not just make the job bigger? This will also help get rid of some royalists, so why not for the aristocratic families?

"Master Baihe's reaction is really quick..."

Yue Heng stood in awe, then suddenly realized: "She knew it so quickly, could she be in the capital?"

"Don't think so much about it yet."

Murong Xuan said calmly: "The one who wants to kill you is here."

Yue Heng's pupils shrank and cold sweat appeared on his forehead!

At this time, the carriage was driving on the street. It was broad daylight outside. The streets were lined with pedestrians coming and going from the capital. It was bustling and prosperous. Were we going to fight here? !

Before he looked outside, a loud shout was heard!
"Dog official Yue Heng!"

"Today is your death day!"

(End of this chapter)