"The first thing is that those two monks are not the real monks from Xiangguo Temple, but bandits from Hulang Mountain. They pretended to be monks and sneaked into the temple in order to set fire to Xiangguo Temple and cooperate with the assassination."
"But they were only the outermost personnel and didn't know much about the inside story of the assassination. Even the tung oil that started the fire was prepared in advance."
"After the arson was completed, the two fake monks wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape. However, because they did not know martial arts, they had to risk going out through the back door of the temple. As a result, they were discovered by the Forbidden Army and captured on the spot!"
"In addition, they also explained the specific retreat route, and they also explained the location of Duanlongpo."
Things have become obvious.
This was an assassination that had been planned for a long time and was attacked from both inside and outside.
The fake monks were responsible for setting fires and disrupting the view, while the real assassins took advantage of the chaos in the temple to carry out assassinations.
The plan is not complicated, but it is very thorough. It is obviously a plan that was laid out long in advance.
These people also arranged many secret tricks in advance, such as hiding tung oil in the temple, and transferring Zhan Beihan and Longlin Guards in advance, which weakened the defense in Xiangguo Temple. Ordinary imperial troops were no match for elite assassins.
Plus it happened suddenly.
One side comes prepared, but the other side is unprepared, so the success rate of the assassination is quite high.
However, these assassins never expected that there would be another "Shen Wan" in the temple.
If one person is negligent, everything will be lost!
"Shen Wan"'s interference directly caused most of their plans to fail, but it still almost killed Emperor Zhaoming and the Crown Prince. This shows that the planners were very thoughtful.
If "Shen Wan" hadn't intervened, none of Emperor Zhaoming, Prince Han, and the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren would have been able to escape tonight's assassination operation.
Emperor Zhaoming said in a deep voice: "According to your opinion, are the confessions of the two fake monks credible?"
Zhao Yi replied: "I think it is credible. They were so frightened that they would not dare to lie anymore."
Emperor Zhaoming didn't speak any more and closed his eyes in deep thought.
At this time, a burst of noise suddenly came from outside the hall, mixed with shouts of surprise.
Soon the Imperial Guard came to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yi is back!"
"Let him in!" Emperor Zhaoming suddenly opened his eyes, and his tense expression relaxed.
The palace door opened quickly.
Zhan Beihan, who was dressed in a dusty body, had gloomy eyes, strode in, knelt on one knee and said, "Father, I'm late."
"Just get back and talk." Emperor Zhaoming asked directly, "Do you know what the current situation is?"
"I have asked the Dragon Scale Guards to search for my eldest brother and sister-in-law nearby. Father, don't worry." Zhan Beihan explained in one sentence, his voice cold, "I heard that my father was assassinated and poisoned, what did the imperial doctor say?"
"I'm fine. Shen Wan arrived in time at the critical moment and saved me, but Hanhan was taken away by the assassin!"
Emperor Zhaoming's tone was cold, and he looked up at him: "You are a step too late, Shen Wan has already caught up with you."
"When did it happen?" Zhan Beihan's sharp eyebrows darkened.
"A quarter of an hour ago, Shen Wan captured two assassins alive, and the Forbidden Army captured the person who set the fire. She personally interrogated the assassins, forced out their retreat route and meeting point, and has now caught up with them," Emperor Zhaoming said bluntly.