Lu Fang stretched out his right hand to touch Shen Liniang's cheek, but just as his fingertips were about to touch his wife's smooth skin, he retracted it again, as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping beauty. Then he took out a piece of fine silk from his arms and wiped it carefully. Remove the dust and blood on Shen Liniang's face. ***At this time, Shen Liniang looked peaceful and had a smile on her face, as if she was just sleeping peacefully.
"Liniang!" Lu Fang couldn't help but feel sad when he saw his dead wife as if she were still alive. He let out a low cry, and then started to choke and sob. Seeing this, the subordinates on the side did not dare to disturb her. At this time, a soldier came to the side of the city guard captain who was leading the team and whispered a few words in a low voice. The city guard captain thought for a moment, then walked to Shi Shude and reported in a low voice: "I'm telling you, father-in-law, the sergeant below said that he has captured a man alive, he may be an assassin!"
"What?" Shi Shude was immediately startled. After a moment's hesitation, he walked to Lu Fang's side, leaned over and said in his ear: "Your Majesty, we have captured a person alive. He may be an assassin."
Lu Fang raised his head, his eyes were as cold as ice, and said coldly: "Bring it up!"
Shi Shude hurriedly helped Lu Fang up and nodded to the captain. The captain hurriedly bowed and left. When he returned, two sergeants were behind him, holding a man in black who was tied up. The man's right leg was strangely twisted, and it was obviously broken. It turned out that this person and another assassin were carrying a wooden stake to hit the door, but Shen Liniang took advantage of the moment the courtyard door was broken to rush out and killed the person in front of her with a single sword. The wooden stake was originally The two people were carrying it, and suddenly one person was missing. The person was crushed to the ground, and his right leg was broken, making him unable to move. In a panic, Zhong Yangui thought he had been killed by Shen Liniang, and when he ran away, he forgot to silence him. Then Lu Fang led the city guards to kill him. The man was pressed to the ground by a wooden stake and one of his legs was broken. Unable to escape, he was captured alive by the sergeants who were searching in all directions.
"Kneel down!" The captain kicked the man in black on the inside of his left knee, forcing him to kneel down in front of Lu Fang. Lu Fang grabbed a spear from the sergeant on the side, pushed away Shi Shude's support, used the spear as a crutch and staggered to the black-clothed assassin, staring at him fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow him in one bite. Go down normally. Even though the assassin had already prepared to die, he still couldn't help but lower his head under Lu Fang's fierce gaze, not daring to look at him.
"I know you are not afraid of death!" Lu Fang whispered, his voice hoarse.
"But death is by no means the most terrifying thing in the world. I have enough ways to make you suffer countless sufferings before you die!" Lu Fang fiercely grabbed the assassin's collar, forced the assassin's head to rise, and faced him. Video: "Tell me who is behind the scenes, and I can give you a happy surprise. Tell me quickly!"
Perhaps because of Lu Fang's strong gaze and threat, or perhaps because of the cold-hearted Zhong Yangui's ruthless method of killing his companions before escaping, the assassin hesitated for a moment and then replied in a low voice: "My master is Zhong Yangui. He is planning secretly." After everything, he was the one who shot Empress Shen with his own hands just now, and he should not have escaped yet."
"Zhong Yangui! Very good!" The muscles on Lu Fang's face twitched. He nodded and said solemnly to the captain: "Send me the order to arrest Zhong Yangui immediately. All the city guards are at your disposal!" At this point! , Lu Fang took off the jade pendant that never left his body from his waist, handed it to the captain and said: "You can use this as a talisman. Remember, Zhong Yangui is going to live, do you understand?"
The captain quickly gathered his clothes and bowed down, raised his hands to take the jade pendant, and loudly replied: "The general is ordered to capture Zhong Yangui alive!"
Lu Fang nodded and made a gesture to ask him to step back. The captain stood up carefully, bowed and stepped back more than ten steps, then turned and left. Lu Fang turned his head, pointed at the assassin and said: "As for him, take him to the yamen in front of the palace and ask a doctor to see his injuries so that he can be given a life-saving treatment. You can't escape the death penalty, but for the sake of telling the truth, Come on, the pain before death can be avoided!"
Shi Shude on the side could not help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Fang was acting decisively and did not look like he was being stimulated or had a mental disorder. Seeing that he had finished handling everything, he cautiously stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's getting late and your body is not well. Why don't you go back to the palace first and wait for the good news? It's not a big deal for Empress Shen's noble body to lie here. , you should restrain yourself as soon as possible!"
"That's all!" Lu Fang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I have to wait beside Liniang. I want Liniang to see her murderer suffer in front of her and pay for her life before giving up! "
"Well, we can't let Empress Shen's noble body lie on the ground like this! Your majesty also needs to deal with your injuries as soon as possible!" Shi Shude said quickly. Lu Fang nodded, Shi Shude turned around and gave some instructions. A moment later, a dozen servants brought a coffin that they got from nowhere, and it was covered with fine mink fur and silk from her room. , placing Shen Liniang's body in it. As for Lu Fang, he also had a doctor take care of him.After treating his injuries, he lay down on a moved brocade couch. A temporary bamboo shed was set up around him, and several large fire pots were placed around him for heating.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the fourth watch, which was the coldest time of the day. A gust of night wind blew by, causing the flames in the surrounding braziers to form strange shapes and dancing shadows on the surrounding walls, as if they were ghosts. Under the blowing of the night wind, even the city guards standing around the bamboo shed, even though they were young and strong, could only feel the bone-chilling chill and stamped their feet from time to time to keep warm. Shi Shude looked at Lu Fang who was leaning on the brocade couch, and several times wanted to persuade Lu Fang to go back to the room to rest first, but looking at Lu Fang's cold face, he swallowed his words again.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the wall, and the city guard captain who had been ordered to capture Zhong Yangui was seen rushing towards this side with a face full of excitement. Outside the bamboo shed, he crossed his hands and saluted Lu Fang: "Your Majesty , Zhong Yangui has been captured and is waiting outside, waiting for His Majesty¡¯s fate!¡±
Lu Fang's eyes flashed with cold light. Shi Shude, who was standing beside him, could vaguely see the two blue veins on the back of Lu Fang's neck bulging out with the help of the weak firelight. At that moment, he almost thought that Lu Fang would jump up from the brocade couch, but This is just an illusion. After a while, Shi Shude clearly heard Wu King Lu Fang ordering in a calm voice: "Bring Zhong Yangui to the widow!"
"Here!" the captain responded, bowed and took two steps back, then turned around and retreated. A moment later, several capable sergeants pushed up a man who was tied up like a rice dumpling. It was Zhong Yangui. . With the help of the firelight, it could be clearly seen that except for a few scratches on his face, his whole body was intact. It was obvious that Zhong Yangui did not put up any unnecessary resistance after being found by the pursuers just now.
Lu Fang¡¯s eyes swept across Zhong Yangui¡¯s body, and finally stopped on his face. Zhong Yangui did not avoid Lu Fang¡¯s gaze, and looked at him with a very calm look. As time went by, Lu Fang's gaze became more and more fierce, so much so that Shi Shude, who was standing aside, couldn't help but feel a little unbearable, and instinctively moved to the side to stay away from Lu Fang, but Zhong Yangui continued He kept looking at Lu Fang.
After about half a cup of tea, Lu Fang's shoulders finally began to tremble violently, and his piercing eyes gradually turned crazy, but Zhong Yangui still maintained his calm expression. Shi Shude on the side was about to step forward to persuade, Lu Fang suddenly exerted force with his hands, sat upright from the couch, and shouted angrily: "I wish I had killed this lowly slave earlier, and caused trouble to this day!"
Zhong Yangui smiled slightly and replied: "If Mr. Yang knows something underground, he will definitely nod and say yes!"
Hearing Zhong Yangui's answer, a sickly blush suddenly rose on Lu Fang's pale cheeks. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a surge in his chest, and then he felt a stream of hot water pouring out of his mouth, but it was bright red blood. He fainted immediately. Seeing this, Shi Shude on the side quickly stepped forward to support Lu Fang and shouted with a cry: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you okay!" He called anxiously for a while, and Lu Fang finally woke up and whispered: " Send me to the palace first, and quickly recruit Privy Chen, Gao Changshi, Fan Liushou and General Lu to enter the palace. Also, let Shishi Lang rush to Luoyang and recruit the children with good sex back to Jianye. Remember, you must be good. Sex boy must lead the troops back to the capital, do you understand?"
"Old slave, remember!" Shi Shude quickly took the paper and ink from the side, wrote down the edict that Lu Fang had just issued, dried the ink and sent it to Lu Fang. Lu Fang tried his best to read it by the firelight on the side, and then from He took out the jade seal and seal pad from his arms, stamped the seal and handed it to Shi Shude. Then, he whispered to Shi Shude: "There is a girl named Ma Xuanhua in the square. She is the daughter of Ma Yin. She has a life-saving grace with me tonight. You will bring her into the palace later and treat her well. As for this Hu!" Lu Fang's eyes turned to Zhong Yangui opposite him, and suddenly he became cold and cold: "Send capable personnel to watch, don't let him die!"
"I understand!" Shi Shude asked in a low voice: "What about Empress Zhong? And how should we deal with this in the house?"
Lu Fang hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Yuan Cui must block the news. Don't let him know the truth first. As for everyone in this house, take them into custody and put them in jail. Don't leave anyone!" At the end, Lu Fang was already gritting his teeth and his face was filled with murderous intent.
"Here!" Shi Shude responded, stood up, and said in a long voice: "Come here, please send this prisoner to the Imperial City Department first. Treat him well and don't let him die!" As soon as he finished speaking, Then he heard Zhong Yangui suddenly shouting loudly: "Lu Fang, don't even think about torturing someone for fun!" Then Zhong Yangui suddenly broke free from the hands of the two soldiers behind him, and then he fell to the ground and twitched twice. , and stopped moving. The soldiers on the side quickly turned him over and saw that Zhong Yangui's eyes were wide open, his mouth was bleeding, and he had chewed his tongue to death.
In panic, Shi Shude hurriedly shouted: "Quick, call the doctor, we can'tLet this guy die so easily! "He had just shouted twice when he suddenly felt something was wrong behind him. When he looked back, he saw that Lu Fang had closed his eyes tightly, his face was pale, and he was lying unconscious on the brocade couch.