Unnoticed

The night was dark and full of stars.

Duanmu Chen didn't know that Gu Ling had been guarding him for two nights in a row. When he heard the sound of fighting outside, he immediately got up and took Chang'an to hide in the secret room of the palace.

"Your Majesty, Gu Hou was right. There is an assassin." Chang'an pricked up his ears, but the walls of the secret room were very thick and he could not hear the movement outside.

Duanmu Chen sat down, his eyes deep, "It should be Situ Xie's people. The war is about to start, and he wants to kill me."

Gu Ling, who was outside at this time, did not show up. He hid in a tall ancient cypress, holding his breath and concentrating, quietly observing the assassin.

At first, only two appeared and were blocked by four secret guards. Gu Ling knew that these secret guards were still the ones trained by Duanmu Yi.

The assassin was very strong, and the secret guards were not weak either, but the latter could hardly stop the assassin two to one.

Soon, two more secret guards appeared to support. This should be Duanmu Chen's strategy, and he can't reveal all his cards at once.

As a result, one more assassin was added. Obviously, this assassination plan was well-planned and must succeed.

The assassins were all wearing night clothes and identical iron masks. Their figures seemed to blend into the night. At first glance, they looked like three masks floating and shaking in different positions from a distance.

Gu Ling quickly judged that the three assassins were all "old monsters", and each of them was stronger than Lao Mu and comparable to Lao Bai.

In this way, Gu Ling suspected that these three people might not be Situ Xie's people, but more likely from that mysterious force.

So, whether Situ Xie wanted to kill Duanmu Chen or the leader of that mysterious force wanted to kill Duanmu Chen, there was a question mark.

Duanmu Chen's secret guards came out again, and together with the previous ones, there were a total of ten, divided into groups of three, three, four, and three to deal with the three assassins.

After about half a quarter of an hour, the imperial guards gathered around Duanmu Chen's bedroom, and the archers in the front were in position, but the more than ten people in the battle were all masters, extremely fast, and their positions were constantly changing, so it was difficult for the archers to aim at the assassins.

Looking at the three iron masks floating in his sight, Gu Ling thought of the gray-clothed old man who came to Beijing last year to investigate him and Su Liang. During the fight, the other party used a hidden weapon similar to a grenade.

This made Gu Ling a little worried at the moment. If these three assassins with high martial arts skills were in the same group as the gray-clothed old man, and were determined to kill Duanmu Chen, would they throw grenades directly at Duanmu Chen's bedroom?

But if so, they should throw the big killer weapon directly at the first move, so there would be no need to fight... Gu Ling thought he could wait and see for a while to see if there were any assassins who had not appeared.

Duanmu Chen's secret guards were injured one after another, and there was still no advantage with ten to three.

After four of the secret guards were injured, Gu Ling saw another iron mask flash through the shadows and rush to Duanmu Chen's bedroom.

It seems that the assassin gang is also testing how many secret guards Duanmu Chen has. There are almost so many in the palace now.

Gu Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his right arm, held a homemade nail gun in his hand, aimed at the "iron mask" that was about to enter Duanmu Chen's bedroom, moved down, and pulled the trigger!

The iron nail was not as conspicuous as the polished iron mask. It passed through the gap between the masters who were fighting at a very fast speed and disappeared from Gu Ling's sight.

The iron mask swayed, fell, and hit the ground... Gu Ling smeared a poison that could numb the whole body on the nail. Even if he missed, as long as it entered the human body, he could quickly knock down the enemy.

The three assassins who were attracting firepower saw their accomplices fall, and finally noticed the tree where Gu Ling was hiding.

One of the assassins broke out of the encirclement and flew towards the ancient cypress.

This finally gave Lin Bojun, who was transferred to the palace to guard yesterday, an opportunity. He immediately ordered to shoot!

The dense arrows were all aimed at the assassin near the ancient cypress. No matter how strong he was, he had to swing his sword to resist.

Gu Ling's nail gun moved with the assassin, and finally aimed at his right arm holding the sword, and fired again!

Four assassins, two fell.

The other two assassins saw that the situation was not good and planned to retreat.

Gu Ling shot one with a nail gun and deliberately let the other go.

Lin Bojun ordered another wave of arrows, but did not stop the assassin who escaped.

The ancient cypress shook slightly, and Lin Bojun did not see Gu Ling, but he guessed it. It seemed that the assassination was over, but just in case, the imperial guards did not retreat, but only asked the imperial physician to treat the injured secret guards.

Lin Bojun reported the situation at the door of Duanmu Chen's bedroom. Duanmu Chen heard it and asked Chang'an to go out and see, and he was still hiding inside.

Soon, after Changan confirmed the situation outside, he went back to inform Duanmu Chen.

"The three assassins were all knocked down by hidden weapons. I guess it might be the Marquis of Changxin." Changan said.

Duanmu Chen was stunned for a moment, "Gu Ling is here too? Did he come here specially to protect me?"

"I'm just guessing. An assassin escaped. If it's really the Marquis of Changxin, he must have gone to track the assassin." Changan said.

Duanmu Chen nodded, "I think it should be him." When he thought of Gu Ling's presence, he felt relieved instantly. Judging from the fact that ten secret guards couldn't stop four assassins tonight, if Gu Ling wasn't there, it would be hard to say whether Duanmu Chen would be safe.

The royal family is very cautious in recruiting masters from outside, fearing that they will bring wolves into the house, especially those who are to be kept by their side. The higher the martial arts, the more they must guarantee absolute loyalty, otherwise they dare not use them at all.

Therefore, most of the masters who serve the royal family are trained by the royal family, and their backgrounds are clean and transparent. But this also limits the strength of the secret guards.

The real top masters must have both talent and strength, and most of them are old people. Only their lifelong accumulation can become the existence that crushes the younger generation.

Gu Ling is so young and has superb martial arts skills. It is rare.

Duanmu Chen planned to wait for Gu Ling to come back before he came out of the secret room. He cherishes his life and has always been cautious, but if Gu Ling hadn't reminded him this time, he would not have made such a careful arrangement. But the terrible thing is that even if he has made the most careful arrangements, it seems that he can't stop those assassins at all. Fortunately, there is still Gu Ling.

Lin Bojun dragged the three injured and unconscious assassins together, and did not do anything else, just guarding outside the palace.

...

Not long after Gu Ling chased the assassin out of the palace, another iron-faced man appeared.

Just when Gu Ling thought it was a one-on-two fight, a thick smoke spread, and he had to avoid it to prevent poison.

But in just a moment, the smoke was blown away by the night wind, and the traces of the two iron-masked men disappeared completely.

Gu Ling returned to the palace. When Lin Bojun saw him take off his mask, he knew it was you!

Changan told Duanmu Chen that Gu Ling was back.

Duanmu Chen immediately came out of the secret room, and the lights in the bedroom were soon turned on again.

Gu Ling went in, and Lin Bojun had the assassin dragged in.

Duanmu Chen asked Gu Ling as soon as he saw him, "You have been guarding outside to protect me? Were you there last night?"

Gu Ling said indifferently, "I am here to protect Changan."

Changan was carrying hot tea in, and he stumbled and almost fell when he heard it, "Marquis Changxin is really joking."

Duanmu Chen snorted, "You obviously care about my safety."

Gu Ling had already leaned over to check the three assassins, and ignored Duanmu Chen's words.

Lin Bojun: ... I somehow felt that Duanmu Chen's expression and tone just now were a bit like Lin Xi...

Take off the iron mask, the assassins are old as Gu Ling expected. The three assassins did not carry any special objects, nor did they have tattoos or anything like that. The clothes and masks were the same, but the weapons were different, but there was no particularly famous and owned weapon.

"Is it Situ Xie's people?" Duanmu Chen asked.

Gu Ling shook his head, "I don't know."

Gu Ling transferred the assassin to the side hall and said that he would interrogate him alone, and Duanmu Chen let him do whatever he wanted.

"Does the emperor want to rest?" Chang'an asked.

Duanmu Chen yawned, but shook his head, "Let's wait and see what Gu Ling can ask."

...

In the side hall, Gu Ling chose an assassin, tied him up first, and then stuffed the antidote into him.

Not long after, the assassin woke up and looked at Gu Ling.

"Who sent you?" Gu Ling asked.

The assassin's eyes became clear, and then, he died of bleeding from all seven orifices!

Gu Ling stared, opened the mouths of the other two assassins, and found poison pills hidden in the deepest part of the left lower teeth. The one who just took poison and committed suicide must have bitten through the shell of the poison pill.

Gu Ling didn't expect that the assassin with superb martial arts skills would rather commit suicide than leak secrets.

Gu Ling put away the poison pill and planned to take it home and study it with Su Liang to find out what kind of poison it was.

Then, he woke up the second assassin.

Gu Ling saw that the assassin had a very obvious gritting of teeth after waking up, and then his expression changed suddenly.

"Your poison is in my hands." Gu Ling said expressionlessly, "As long as you tell the truth, I can let you live."

As a result, Gu Ling watched the second assassin bite his tongue decisively and committed suicide.

In a moment, two of the three assassins died. Gu Ling did not wake up the last one, but dragged him out of the side hall.

"How is it?" Duanmu Chen asked.

Gu Ling shook his head, "They are all dead men, nothing can be asked."

Duanmu Chen frowned, "They are actually dead men."

"I'll take this back and let Su Liang find a way." Gu Ling said and walked out.

Duanmu Chen hurriedly said, "It's not dawn yet, what if the assassin comes back?"

Gu Ling looked back at Duanmu Chen, his eyes fell on the position between his eyebrows, and quickly moved away, saying indifferently, "The emperor is blessed with a long life, nothing will happen."

Duanmu Chen was speechless, and saw Gu Ling's figure disappear at the door.

...

Su Liang was awakened by her daughter. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Ling hugging Gu Xiaonuan and coaxing her.

Su Liang looked out the window. It was still dark outside. "Are the assassins here? Have they been dealt with?"

Gu Ling nodded. "Yes, they are. We'll talk about it in the morning. You can go back to sleep."

Su Liang sat up. "Everyone is awake. Let's sleep together later. How is the situation?"

Gu Ling gently rocked Gu Xiaonuan to coax her to sleep, and whispered to Su Liang about what happened in the palace tonight.

"Four old guys, one ran away, and two committed suicide?" Su Liang was also surprised. "Why didn't the one who released the poison smoke attack you in the end?"

In terms of the overall strength of the assassins tonight, it is not impossible to fight Gu Ling two to one. Of course, we have to put aside the influence of hidden weapons and poisons.

"Maybe their mission target is only Duanmu Chen, and they don't want to cause trouble. Or maybe it's that group of people." Gu Ling said. It refers to the group of people who "someone wants Gu Ling alive."

"Is Duanmu Chen's crisis resolved?" Su Liang asked. The assassination attempt tonight failed. If Duanmu Chen's life is still in danger in the next three days, Gu Ling should be able to see it.

Gu Ling nodded, "It's okay for now."

"It seems that the other party may only have those two people left in the city, and they will not take action easily. After all, such masters are not big cabbage, there are not so many." Su Liang sighed, "Bring that one back, once you wake up, I will definitely try my best to commit suicide. Unfortunately, the 'Emperor's Heart Medicine' mentioned earlier cannot be made."

Earlier, Duanmu Chen wanted to test Situ Yao, but Gu Ling gave him an "Emperor's Heart Medicine", which was just a cover and a psychological tactic.

Su Liang asked Lao Bai if there was any drug that could control people's hearts. Lao Bai said there might be, but he didn't know it. He hoped Su Liang would research it soon...

"Keep it for now." Gu Ling said.

No matter how much she was coaxed, Gu Xiaonuan refused to fall asleep, babbling and pointing outside.

Gu Ling and Su Liang simply went to the garden with their baby daughter. Lao Mu, who was sleeping in the study, heard the noise and confirmed that it was Gu Ling who was back, so he ignored it.

In the darkest hour before dawn, the stars in the sky are still twinkling and the wind is cool.

Gu Xiaonuan thought about it, but when she got outside, she felt sleepy again and fell asleep in Gu Ling's arms.

Gu Ling and Su Liang walked slowly around the lake without saying anything, each thinking about the current problems they encountered.

When the morning light faded, the family of three returned to Yuanming Pavilion.

…

Ji Xiaoshu and Zheng'er got up early and went downstairs quietly, fearing to disturb Gu Ling and Su Liang.

After waiting for a long time, Gu Ling and Su Liang got up. After washing and having breakfast, Chang An came and asked if there was anything wrong with the living person Gu Ling brought back last night.

Gu Ling shook his head, "No."

Chang'an didn't know what to say. He waved to Gu Xiaonuan and planned to say goodbye and go back to the palace. When he walked to the door, he remembered something again and turned back to ask, "The emperor asked his subordinates to ask if Gu Hou will come to the palace tonight." If you go again, the emperor will prepare food and wine to play chess with Gu Hou. "

Gu Ling shook his head, "I won't go."

Chang'an: ...Okay. Anyway, after what happened last night, Duanmu Chen was very convinced that Gu Ling was his good friend and cared about his safety.

Just after Chang'an left, Doctor Gao arrived. Gu Ling was asked to go to Min's house together, and he had to give Min Rui acupuncture for half a month.

After Gu Ling left, Su Liang took out the two poison pills that Gu Ling brought back last night and began to study their ingredients. As for Gu Xiaonuan, she was taken on a lake tour by Cen Man and had a great time. Su Liang was sitting by the window and he could see her when he looked up.

Min Shangshu Mansion.

When Gu Ling saw Min Rui, Mrs. Min was not there, and Min Rou was taking care of him.

Min Rou asked Gu Ling a question with a serious look, "Did Marquis Chang Xin's medical skills be taught by Divine Doctor Su, or was it the other way around? Or are you all originally miracle doctors?"

Gu Ling looked calm and said, "It has nothing to do with you."

Min Rou's expression froze and she went out silently, not noticing the airplane pattern on the purse around Gu Ling's waist.

Outside the door, Min Rou muttered, "I'm just curious, so fierce..."

Gu Ling left after administering the acupuncture to Min Rui. When he left the yard, he saw Mrs. Min walking towards her. His eyes settled on Mrs. Min's eyebrows for a moment and then looked away.

After leaving Shangshu's Mansion, Gu Ling told Dr. Gao that he was going to visit Mr. Qin in the Duke's Mansion, and they left.

Gu Ling did enter the Duke's Mansion, but when Mr. Qin got the news, he waited and waited but could not see him. The servants said that Gu Ling said he had something to do and left midway, and did not go through the main door.

Mr. Qin was a little confused, "I'm still waiting for him to come and fish together. I'll go alone this afternoon!"

At this time, Gu Ling had secretly returned to Min Shangshu's mansion, avoiding the sight of his servants, and quietly approached Min Rui's room.

His hearing was so good that no one else would be able to hear what the people in the room were saying, but he heard it.

"The man named Qin likes fishing... When he fishes by the water, I will lure the servants away and push him into the lake... It will only be regarded as an accident, and no one will notice..."

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