C985 985 Temple of the Protector of the Nation

"Your majesty, leave this matter to Sixth Brother and I to handle. There are many things that are still unclear, and we won't be in a rush for the time being."

"Alright, I'll leave this matter to the two royal uncles. If there's any progress, inform me at any time."

After leaving the palace, Yan Yuan and Yan Xiao went to the Prince Lu's Mansion to see Yan Jue. Although the situation was getting better and better, they did not wake up.

"Sixth Brother, what was the situation when you were assassinated?"

Exiting the Prince Lu's Mansion, Yan Yuan asked Yan Xiao.

Yan Xiao thought back to what happened that day and explained the situation back then to Yan Yuan in detail. Seeing Yan Yuan's gloomy face and not saying a single word, he lightly knitted his brows and asked: "What did you think of?"

Eighth brother was assassinated by someone close to him, and so was I when I was in the East China Sea. Sixth brother, you sent people to assassinate them, and although the three assassinations seemed to be unrelated, their killing methods were very similar.

Yan Yuan's conclusion did not surprise Yan Xiao at all, "That day, I had also made the same judgement. But now, those assassins all committed suicide, and we simply did not have the slightest clue as to why they would have done so."

"Not necessarily."

Yan Yuan shook his head, "There is still one more clue, and maybe we can extract some clues from it."

"What clue?"

"The poison I was poisoned with when I was stabbed."

"The poison Ye Man concocted?"

Yan Yuan nodded, and explained the answer he got from Ye Man in detail to Yan Xiao, causing him to frown.

"Yizhou …"

Yan Xiao pursed his lips, and an undetectable haze flashed past his eyes as he thought of something.

"What's wrong, Sixth Brother?"

Yan Yuan noticed that Yan Xiao's expression was strange, he frowned and asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking that Yizhou is second brother's fiefdom. If there was such a power in his territory, how could second brother not have noticed it?"

Yan Yuan had thought about it before, thought for a while, then said: "Second brother has never liked matters of the imperial court, adding that the other party has hidden himself, if they do not make any movements in the Yizhou, second brother will naturally not easily discover it."

Yan Xiao nodded his head, he seemed to be somewhat absent-minded, but Yan Yuan did not notice it, and continued to speak to Yan Xiao: "Our current speculation, for the time being, we cannot let anyone know. Regarding the Yizhou, we must find an opportunity to secretly investigate."

After he finished speaking, and seeing that he could not get a response from Yan Xiao, Yan Yuan turned to look at him. Seeing that he was looking into his eyes with an absent-minded expression, Yan Yuan frowned: "Sixth brother, what's wrong?"

He had already felt that there was something strange about the Sixth Brother's expression.

Yan Xiao regained his senses, he kept the thoughts in his eyes and shook his head at Yan Yuan, his expression perfunctory, "Nothing, I'm just thinking about something."

Yan Yuan looked at him for a while, feeling that Yan Xiao was being a little strange, but did not ask any further, he only said: "Sixth Brother should be tired after returning to the capital, let's go back and rest, for this matter, we have to consider the situation carefully, and not act rashly."

"Alright, I'll be leaving first."

Yan Xiao was indeed not in the mood to talk about this matter. He discovered that his originally chaotic affairs had begun to become clearer and clearer.

Yan Yuan did not leave immediately. Looking at Yan Xiao's back figure that was growing further and further away, he had a nagging feeling that something was amiss.

Another half a month had passed but Yan Jue still did not show any signs of waking up.

On this day, when Liu Tian Xin came to King Jing Palace, he looked extremely haggard. Her eyes were surrounded by a dark green color and his entire face looked as if it had been sharpened.

Her eyes were bloodshot. From the looks of it, she had not rested for a long time.

"Why did you make yourself look like this? "If you go on like this, when eighth brother wakes up, you will become sick yourself. Do you want eighth brother to worry until he dies?"

Liu Ruo Qing looked at Liu Tian Xin's current appearance and frowned. Her reproachful words did not conceal the worry in her heart.

"Ruo Qing..."

Liu Tian Xin opened her mouth and because she had not rested for a long time, her voice was especially hoarse.

Seeing her like this, Liu Ruo Qing could not bear it anymore. His tone of rebuke softened a little, "What's wrong?"

Liu Tian Xin looked at Liu Ruo Qing with her scarlet eyes and said softly: "I want to go to the National Guardian Temple to pray for Yan Jue's blessings, can you accompany me?"

"You want to go to the temple?"

"En!"

The sadness in the depths of Liu Tian Xin's eyes deepened as he said: "Yan Jue has already been back in the capital for a month and has yet to wake up. I wish to request Buddha for help."

Liu Ruo Qing knew that Liu Tian Xin was already a little out of sorts. It would be better for her to pay her respects to Buddha for comfort than to stay in Prince Lu's Mansion all day and watch Yan Jue pass out while daydreaming.

At the moment, Liu Ruo Qing agreed, "Alright, sit down first, I will have someone arrange something, I will accompany you."

"Yes."

Liu Tian Xin nodded, her entire being was even more taciturn than before.

After Liu Ruo Qing had her servants prepare the incense and other offerings, she accompanied Liu Tian Xin onto the carriage and out of the city, to the National Protector Temple.

Ever since all of these things had happened, Yan Yuan had arranged for quite a few secret guards to stand by Liu Ruo Qing's side. A few of the shadow guards were brought over by Yan Yuan and Kaiser, thus, although Liu Ruo Qing no longer had any martial arts, she was not worried about the dark guards on this trip.

The King Jing Palace's carriage left the city gate of the Jindu in a low-key manner and headed towards the National Protector Temple.

The National Protector Temple was located on the mountain outside of the Jindu. Because it was a royal temple, and because there were many people who said that the temple was especially effective, every year, no matter what time it was, it would burn a lot of incense.

When the carriage reached the foot of the mountain, it was already filled with people, let alone those on the mountain.

The hidden guards soundlessly separated the people around them and protected Liu Ruo Qing and the other two as they walked towards the direction of the temple.

The two of them went on for an incense stick at the Buddha. After that, Liu Tian Xin said that she would go and get a lot of straws, so Liu Ruo Qing went and waited outside.

The scenery around the National Protector Temple was very beautiful, especially during the April season. The mountain was filled with red hills and peach blossoms. From afar, it looked like a sea of red. It was truly beautiful.

Suddenly, a figure flashed past Liu Ruo Qing's eyes. Because there was a great distance between them, Liu Ruo Qing could not see clearly who it was.

However, that person left very quickly. By the time she looked again, that person had already disappeared.

Liu Ruo Qing did not mind such a small interlude, as she withdrew her gaze from afar. She turned around and was about to look for Liu Tian Xin, when she saw that Liu Tian Xin had coincidentally come out from the hall. His expression was even uglier than when she came over, and it was filled with an unconcealable paleness.

"What's wrong? Why does your face look so ugly?"

Liu Ruo Qing frowned, and said worriedly.

Hearing that, Liu Tian Xin was startled for a second, she slowly raised her hand to rub her cheek, then forcefully smiled and shook her head, "No …. It's nothing. Maybe it's because I've been kneeling inside for too long, and I haven't been able to rest for the past few days. "