Hanhan: "Do you mean my father was also assassinated?"
"Not necessarily, it's also possible that he was lured away." Beibei explained, "The temple was suddenly flooded, and the hidden assassin also showed up, which proves that the time is ripe for assassination. Your father is either not in the temple, or he is entangled by someone.
Otherwise, these assassins would not attack rashly."
The reputation of King Yi of the Northern Qin Dynasty is as thunderous even among the people.
With him at Emperor Zhaoming's side, few assassins would dare to act so blatantly.
Hanhan reacted and frowned even more tightly.
Xiao Lingyue landed lightly on a big tree. Covered by the thick branches and leaves, not far ahead was the main hall of the Buddhist temple.
The fire broke out from the side hall and burned along the pillars to the beams, sending thick smoke straight into the sky.
Heat waves billowed in the air, mixed with the pungent smell of tung oil.
"Hurry up!"
"Come get water, hurry up and get water!"
In the square in front of the Buddhist temple, there are a lot of people.
The imperial troops, the monks in the temple, the officials and their families who had been alarmed and rushed over were all densely packed together.
Many monks carried buckets of water and rushed into the Buddhist temple without fear of death. Some even rolled out with fire on their bodies, screaming in pain. The people next to them hurriedly beat the flames, and buckets of water poured on them.
All the officials and family members were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and many of the female family members were frightened and cried.
Xiao Lingyue looked around quickly and suddenly frowned: "Strange, they are all busy putting out the fire, why don't they see the assassin?"
Although there was chaos in the main hall, there was no blood.
The Imperial Guards and monks were busy putting out the fire, and officials also came to help.
Xiao Lingyue even saw the father and daughter Shen Zhijiang and Shen Yuting who were punished to kneel. They were so frightened that they shivered and huddled in the corner, and no one cared about them.
"Why isn't Emperor Zhaoming here?" Xiao Lingyue had a flash of doubt in her heart, "Besides, the number of these forbidden troops is too small. Where are the others?"
Beibei also realized something was wrong: "Why are there only so few people putting out the fire?"
He clearly remembered that when Emperor Zhaoming was traveling, there were 20,000 Imperial Guards accompanying him. Although most of them were responsible for guarding the area around Xiangguo Temple, there were not only such a few people around.
unless......
"Grandfather is not here!" Han Han said in shock.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Lingyue's sharp eyes saw a figure running out from the side of the side hall. Her face could not be seen clearly, but she could only see that he was wearing a forbidden army armor and holding his abdomen tightly, with blood gurgling out.
The man opened his mouth as if he wanted to shout something, but no sound came out and he fell heavily to the ground.
The surrounding crowd was in chaos, all busy putting out the fire.
No one noticed that the seriously injured Imperial Guard fell not far away, and was about to die.
Xiao Lingyue's eyelids twitched.
The assassin's target is not here, and there are hundreds of forbidden troops in the square, so it is safe enough.
"Hanhan, Beibei, let's go down first." Xiao Lingyue jumped off the treetop with the two children in her arms, walked quickly to the fallen Imperial Guard, put down the two children, and immediately asked: "What happened?
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"..." The imperial guard who was about to faint heard the voice and suddenly opened his eyes. A hand full of blood grabbed Xiao Lingyue's hand, his face turned purple and his veins popped out.
He tried his best to open his eyes wide and wanted to say something, but all he could make was a hoarse, broken sound from his throat.
Xiao Lingyue frowned, it was obvious that his throat was hoarse from the poisonous smoke.
"He's so seriously injured!" Han Han saw the pool of blood flowing under the imperial army and asked hurriedly: "Did you meet an assassin? Where is the emperor's grandfather?" Hot 『』 This chapter has been completed!