Everyone was afraid of death, let alone the Emperor who ruled the world.
Judging from the figures of these assassins, they were probably all women. Xia Jian guessed that these assassins should be palace maids and female officials who had infiltrated the palace.
One of the female assassins looked at Xia Jian. She knew that if she didn't get rid of him, she wouldn't be able to take the dog Emperor's head, so she gave the order to the remaining assassins.
"Kill him!"
Xia Jian's Disorder Conquering Sword Qi had killed one of the assassins on the spot, leaving six people behind.
The six of them attacked Xia Jian together. As the saying goes, swords and swords have no eyes. After all, his body was not made of iron. When the long sword stabbed at him, he still had to dodge.
However, where could he hide? The Emperor and Imperial Concubine Wan were two hindrances, and he had to protect them at all times.
His face turned cold as he looked at the assassins charging at him and said indifferently,"You're courting death!"
He was just waiting for the sword to stab at him, and the skill would be activated.
The long sword pierced towards Xia Jian's eyes. In the blink of an eye, the long sword was snatched away by Xia Jian! He extended his finger and struck out with the Single Solar Finger without any sword Qi, piercing through the man's heart.
Previously, he had used sword qi because the distance was relatively far, and the effective distance of the Single Solar Finger could not reach him. Now, he was using the Yi Yang Finger to save some energy.
After being hit by Xia Jian's Single Solar Finger, that person collapsed powerlessly and died on the spot!
There were only five assassins left, and Xia Jian was no longer afraid.
Holding a long sword and using the Disorder Conquering Sword Technique alone did not consume much power.
Xia Jian held a sword in his hand. It was like the monkey holding the Golden Cudgel. It was ever-changing. The entire hall was filled with his sword intent.
With the Disorder Conquering Sword Technique and the Single Solar Finger, three of the five assassins in black were killed in a few moves. The remaining two were no match for them and escaped.
"Hmph, you want to run? Did you ask me?"
Sword Qi gathered in his right hand again and struck at one of them.
The sword qi entered her chest from her back and cut off her life force. Xia Jian killed another person.
Out of the seven assassins, Xia Jian had killed six of them in the blink of an eye. Only one of them was left, and he took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Xia Jian was about to give chase when he was called down by the Transformation Emperor. He was told to stay in the hall and let the Brocade Guard catch the assassins who escaped.
He was probably afraid that after Xia Jian left, another group of assassins would come and no one would be able to protect him.
Therefore, Xia Jian could only accompany the Transformation Emperor in the Yangxin Palace Hall and spend the night with him.
The Imperial Palace was brightly lit all night, especially the female assassin who had escaped. Emperor Cheng flew into a rage and ordered the East Chamber and the Brocade Guard to find her at all costs, even if they had to turn the entire capital upside down.
The commander of the Brocade Guard, Wan Tong, was responsible for finding the assassins who had escaped, while Shang Ming was responsible for investigating the identities of the assassins.
These two people were scolded by the Emperor because they were late, especially the commander of the Brocade Guard, Wan Tong. He couldn't even defeat an assassin and was demoted by the Emperor to become the acting commander.
Not being able to protect the emperor was a big crime, but Wan Tong was only verbally scolded a little fiercely by the emperor. In reality, he did not receive any punishment.
Even though he was demoted to an agent, in reality, the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'commanding authority was still in Wan Tong's hands!
There was nothing he could do about it. Who asked Wan Tong to be the Emperor's brother-in-law, the younger brother of the favored concubine Wan Shi.
After a night of investigation, Shang Ming, the Duke of the East Chamber, told the results to the Transformation Emperor.
It turned out that this group of assassins were Yao people.
A few days ago, a branch of the Yao clan had caused trouble in Guilin and was suppressed by the army sent by Emperor Chenghua. The adult men and women who were causing trouble were all killed, leaving only the children and young girls to be sent to the palace.
There were too many eunuchs, female officials, eunuchs, and palace maids. It was unknown how long they would take to investigate each of them.
Emperor Chenghua, Long Yan, was furious. He captured all the Yao slaves sent to the palace in the second year of Chenghua. Regardless of whether they were related to this matter or not, they were all sent to the imperial prison.
The next morning, Emperor Chenghua ordered all the slaves sent to the palace in the second year of Chenghua to be executed. No one in the court dared to come out to advise him.
At this moment, the Emperor was like an angry tiger. Whoever dared to step forward to remonstrate would definitely lose their official position.
Xia Jian was a eunuch with the seal of the ceremonial director. He had an official position, but he was not the emperor's personal eunuch. Generally speaking, he could not go to the Hall of Heaven's Tribute.
However, because he had saved the Transformation Monarch twice, the Transformation Monarch allowed him to listen to the government affairs and even had guards beside the Emperor.
Xia Jian thought for a moment and stood up."Your Majesty, this servant has something to say."
"My beloved ministers saved my life. In the future, you don't have to call yourself a servant, just like the civil and military officials of the imperial court. By the way, dear minister, what do you want to say?”
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a clear distinction between officials and slaves. Officials were officials, and slaves were slaves. Unlike the Qing Dynasty, there was no difference between Han officials and slaves.
"This humble subject. He wanted to plead for a female historian in the Hall of Cultural Splendor, Li Tangmei. She was a good friend of mine and could guarantee that she had absolutely nothing to do with the assassin incident.”
Transformation Monarch Cheng snorted lightly, clearly expressing his displeasure. However, Xia Jian had saved the Transmutation Monarch Cheng's life twice, so he didn't flare up.
"Allow!"
After obtaining the approval of the Transformation Monarch, Xia Jian finally relaxed.
Seeing that there was no one in the court to report, the personal eunuch shouted with the emperor's permission,"Retreat!"
Xia Jian thought that he had been freed after the Chenghua Emperor left the court, but he did not expect a group of officials to surround him and suck up to him.
Some of the honest and upright ministers in the cabinet scoffed at these people and left with a wave of their sleeves.
"Milords, I don't like the empty words you say.”
Xia Jian enjoyed compliments, but what was the use of compliments? Therefore, Xia Jian left after saying that.
He didn't know if these officials could understand what he meant. Anyway, he had already said what he needed to say. The next step was to see how they would perform.
After another two days, Xia Jian brought Li Tangmei out of prison. She continued to be her literary historian in the Profound Language Pavilion of the Hall of Cultural Splendor. Xia Jian would still go to the Profound Language Pavilion to read ancient books every two days.
"Thank you for saving my life, Eunuch." Li Tangmei bowed and said sincerely.
Xia Jian reached out to help her up. Of course, his hands would also " subconsciously " take advantage of her. After this incident, Li Tangmei did not resist Xia Jian's dirty hands.
"Miss Li Tang, I have something to ask you.”Xia Jian looked at her in confusion.
"Eunuch, please speak. I will tell you everything I know.”
"When I brought you out, I didn't see your name on the roster. Why is that?" Xia Jian asked.”
Xia Jian sat back in his chair and tapped his index finger on the table. Looking at Li Tangmei, Xia Jian's lips curled up slightly. He had a rough idea who the woman in front of him was.
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