There is a god in the sky

Chapter 342 Revenge 11

A horse-drawn carriage sped across the street.

Tong Yiwen, dressed in coarse cloth, was resting with his eyes closed in the carriage, holding two walnuts in his hand.

The driver had bright, piercing eyes and a burly build; he was clearly a capable and skilled warrior.

"Master, it's probably not a good thing that the Emperor summoned you to the palace at this time."

“Old Kong, you’ve followed me for decades, you should understand that the emperor’s heart is unpredictable. Otherwise, why would I have come down the mountain when the crown prince was confined to his quarters?”

"I heard the Crown Prince has also entered the palace. With the Crown Prince and the Empress there, Master should be alright, right?"

Tong Yiwen opened his eyes, lifted the carriage curtain, and looked at the scenery rushing past on the street.

Although the crown prince's position was secure, he had no real power.

Although the empress seemed to be favored, the emperor had long since lost any marital affection for her.

What holds this family of three together is nothing more than power and blood ties.

"The Empress is seriously ill, and the Crown Prince is too young; neither of them can influence the Emperor's decisions."

Kong Xiang was puzzled. Why would the emperor support a woman of unknown origin? Even if her accusations were true, a country girl like her could be executed without consequence.

"Oh no!...Whew..."

A little boy with his bare bottom was standing in the middle of the street, happily eating a candied hawthorn.

"Get out of the way!" Kong Xiang shouted, pulling hard on the reins.

The little boy turned around and stared blankly as the enormous thing crashed into him, forgetting even to cry.

"My son..." A woman who was buying vegetables nearby was so frightened by the scene that she dropped her basket and rushed over.

Seeing that the mother and child were about to die under the horse's hooves, Kong Xiang had no choice but to turn the horse's head to one side and crash it into a roadside stall.

The stall was broken, and the goods were scattered all over the ground.

The stall owner narrowly avoided it, and it took him a long time to recover from being so frightened.

"How do you drive? Pay up! I haven't even made a single sale today!"

Kong Xiang ignored him and turned around to ask, "Grandpa, are you alright?"

A silver ingot was tossed out of the car window. "This is compensation. Take it and leave quickly."

The stall owner rushed over, picked up the silver, and walked to the window with a smile to express his gratitude.

"Thank you so much, sir! You are truly a kind man!"

On the other side, the woman, carrying her son, walked towards the carriage, cursing and swearing.

"How could you drive like that? Didn't you see anyone on the road? If anything happens to my son, I'll fight you to the death!"

Kong Xiang was busy dealing with the woman and didn't notice that the stall owner who came to the car window changed his expression, pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed into the car.

Before the dagger could strike, a walnut smashed out, hitting the stall owner squarely in the face and leaving a huge bloodstain.

The stall owner died before he could even scream.

Kong Xiang roared, "Well, you dare to commit violence in the street!"

As they were talking, the woman holding the child also slashed at him with a knife. The boy in her arms jumped onto the roof of the car, and the long skewer of candied hawthorns pierced the roof.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a thin, long iron spike.

Tong Yiwen's carriages were very simple, made of wood, and could not protect against iron weapons.

But the iron spike couldn't even touch a hair on Tong Yiwen's head.

Kong Xiang quickly dealt with the woman, then turned around and saw a small, thin corpse lying on the roof of the carriage; it was already dead.

He used his knife to pry the body off, and only when he saw the face did he realize that it was not a child at all, but a short dwarf.

Tong Yiwen jumped off the carriage and looked at the chaotic scene and the three corpses on the ground.

"This is truly amazing. Bianjing is a place where hidden talents abound. Where did they find these people?"

"Master, you should go back to the carriage first. Who knows how many assassins are hiding around here."

Kong Xiang looked around warily.

But the sudden turn of events had already caused all the pedestrians on the street to flee, and many shops had closed their doors; there wasn't a single person left.

He asked, puzzled, "Sending someone to assassinate you at this time, could it be that they don't want you to enter the palace?"

Tong Yiwen replied calmly, "Maybe."

"Oh no! The master must be in danger in the palace!"

Tong Yiwen was not in a hurry at all. The emperor had summoned him to the palace, so it was impossible for him to sentence the Tong family to death so early.

Perhaps the people who came to kill him also knew that if he died, they could pin any crime on him.

"Let's go, let's hurry, let's go into the palace first."

They had only walked a short distance when they saw a troop of imperial guards coming towards them.

The young officer in charge explained his purpose, saying that he had been ordered to escort Headmaster Tong to the palace.

"You've come at just the right time. Let's go, I'm fine."

Headmaster Tong couldn't help but suspect that what had just happened was arranged by the emperor.

If he were just a scholar, those three people could have really taken his life by surprise.

"He really does know martial arts," Li Ge said after receiving the news.

This was just a test; this Headmaster Tong is far too mysterious.

Li Ge had been in the palace for so many years, and he had only seen him once.

Moreover, he seemed too normal; if it weren't for this arrangement, he wouldn't even know he knew martial arts.

It's somewhat unbelievable that a teacher could be such a master.

Lin Miaoniang didn't know much; she only cared about how Shen Lan was doing.

Will she be scared? Will it hurt? Can she win?

"Would his entry into the palace be detrimental to Shen Lan?"

"Naturally, the Emperor's mind is currently wavering between two options. If Tong Yiwen enters the palace, it won't be so easy for him to frame the Tong family."

unless……"

"Unless what?"

"Unless, at this critical juncture, the Crown Prince commits an unforgivable error."

Lin Miaoniang thought long and hard, then asked anxiously, "Don't beat around the bush with me, what should we do? We can't just sit here and wait."

She asked excitedly, "If I run in now and say I'm also from Guli Town, will that work?"

“No way,” Li Ge said bluntly.

Did the emperor sympathize with the massacred town?

of course not.

Over the years, he has consumed pills made with the blood of the Xie family's daughter as a medicinal ingredient. When has he ever felt a trace of guilt?

"Don't gamble on the emperor's feelings for you; you can't afford to."

Lin Miaoniang laughed self-deprecatingly, "I know that I can still tell whether someone is sincere to me or not."

Before Li Ge left, Lin Miaoniang suddenly called out to him.

"Li Ge, you know where Zhiyuan is, right?"

Li Ge smiled at her with an ambiguous expression and teased, "What, you still remember the marriage agreement from your childhood?"

"I want to see him," Lin Miaoniang said softly.

Li Ge stopped smiling, stared at her for a while, and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll arrange it."

Inside the main hall, many of the elders could no longer hold on.

A person can go without food and water, but they can't go without using the toilet.

Fortunately, the emperor is only human, and humans have to go to the bathroom. During the wait, he waved his hand and said, "Go to the side hall and rest for half an hour."

"That one... Shen Lan, right? Come with me."

The emperor took Shen Lan away.

Xiao Ji's worries were of no use; he was surrounded by a group of officials as soon as he stepped out of the main hall.