Empress Chu

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"So, please don't worry, empress, just be your empress to your heart's content, and I will protect myself."

The lights in the room were flickering, the smile on Xie Yanfang's face was as pale as the moonlight, Chu Zhao opened his mouth to say something, but had nothing to say.

"Third Young Master, it seems to be fearless, but also seems to be generous." She said, with a mocking smile, "But in fact, this is just your punishment and revenge on me."

Xie Yanfang smiled slightly, but did not speak.

"Pieces that go against your will and refuse to fall on your chessboard, imprisoned and bound, full of resentment, are nothing but struggling beasts."

"Is there anything happier than watching a trapped animal struggle?"

Xie Yanfang seemed to think about it, and said: "Most of the time, it is indeed like this, but—" He stretched out his hand to press his heart, and shook his head, "For Miss Azhao, I am not like this, I really feel sorry."

Pity?What are you sorry about?Chu Zhao wanted to laugh, and wanted to say something, when there were footsteps outside the camp, and someone called out, "Master."

Xie Yanfang turned her head slightly and hummed.

Only those outside the door dared to continue talking: "There are things outside."

What's the matter?

Xie Yanfang glanced at Chu Zhao, got up and went out, with the door curtain raised, Chu Zhao heard noise coming from a distance, it seemed that there were many people making noise.

"The courtiers clamored to see the queen—"

Xie Yanfang walked out at this time, the curtain was lowered, blocking his figure and the sound of his voice.

Courtiers?Chu Zhao clenched the pen in his hand, and the ink on the tip of the pen dripped and shone coldly.

Chapter 96 Vortex

"I'll beg to see the empress."

"Empress Empress, I have been wronged."

Many people came from the periphery of the hunting ground.

Except for some arch guards and guards, most of them are officials.

They looked angry and said something, and some were crying, so it seemed noisy, but there was no threat.

Two men in black came out of the night and looked at the officials surrounded by soldiers and guards.

"What's going on?" They asked in a low voice, their eyes were a little wary, "Did they notice anything?"

If you notice it, then kill them all directly, don't waste time.

As the night fell, several hidden men in black appeared.

"No." They said, "It's that Zhu Yong, from the Guard Division, who caused trouble."

The eyes of the two men in black were concentrated, and they saw that the group of officials were not mixed together, but were clearly divided into two parties.

One of the official robes shone under the light of the torch, which was the python pattern on the robe.

At this time, there is no need for the guards in the hunting ground to stop, the guards will speak first.

"Lord Qiao, you're instigating everyone to make trouble like this." Zhu Yong said, "Even if you meet the queen, it's an extra crime."

Hearing his words, the officials were even angrier.

"Zhu Yong! Don't threaten me here." An official shouted, "I'm doing the right thing!"

Another official with a gray beard, with a hoarse voice, pushed away the official who was supporting him: "Even if the queen wants to inquire about the crime, this official must intervene with you first, Zhu Yong, you have abused your power to frame, frame, torture and extract confessions for personal gain—"

Zhu Yong was different from soldiers and guards like Ding Dachui. He was a civil servant, so even if the noise became like this, he didn't get angry.

"Master Huang, you need to talk about evidence." He said softly, "I have evidence for arresting Master Qiao. He has correspondence with the Wei family in Han County."

When his words fell, the officials on the opposite side were like water splashing in a frying pan.

"You're talking nonsense—" "You forged this—" "Zhu Yong! You colluded with others to seize the family's ancestral treasure——"

"The man has already admitted that you forged the document and stuffed it into Master Qiao's study with his own hands."

"You want to kill people to silence your mouth, but fortunately God has eyes for us to find out in advance—"

In the roar of so many officials, Zhu Yong's voice was drowned out.

The man in black inside also understood.

He knew that Zhu Yong was investigating the Wei family with Ding Dachui in Han County. After the case was settled, Ding Dachui came back first, and Zhu Yong is also back now. It seems that he was investigating Wei's associates in the capital again and was besieged by officials. .

The man in black is not interested in listening.

"Get them out," he whispered.

Then a man in black passed the news to the soldiers in front according to his words, but before it could be conveyed, Zhu Yong jumped over the soldiers and came inward.

"I'll go and explain to the queen." He said, waving at the soldiers and guards, "stop them."

Because these people were not threatening, the soldiers and guards were a little careless at first, but Zhu Yong moved so fast that he didn't stop him for a while, and when he was about to chase, the officials saw them and rushed over.

"We're going to-"

"Stop him, don't let him get away—"

"He's going to slander and frame her in front of his mother, don't let him go."

"I don't believe that the Empress really wants to protect him—"

The guards hurriedly stopped these people. These people were wearing official robes and did not carry weapons. They were either thin or old. Let alone beating, they dared not use a little force. For a while, their hands and feet were bound and they were in chaos.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhu Yong rushed in, followed by several arch guards.

"We don't know the location of the Empress." They asked anxiously, looking around eagerly, "Where is the Commander?"

Zhu Yong said: "You don't need to look for Mr. Ding, I know."

He didn't participate in the surveillance of the hunting ground, but he carefully looked through the records of the Arch Guard Division these days and found the approximate location.

There is no time to find Ding Dachui and the others now, as long as I see the Queen——

Zhu Yong felt that he had never run so fast in his life.

Hurry up!

The brightly lit camp was faintly visible from the lights ahead, but the road was blocked the next moment.

Many people, holding arrows and knives, are like a wall.

Zhu Yong stopped suddenly, and the others confiscated him and almost hit him.

what happened?

Zhu Yong watched the wall of people slowly move away, and a person came, his heart finally sank.

"Thank you, sir." He said, "It really wasn't you who was imprisoned."

The next moment, the sound of bows and crossbows sounded all around, and the soldiers and guards who followed fell to the ground before they recovered their senses, leaving only Zhu Yong in the blink of an eye.

Xie Yanfang looked at him: "It's you." She nodded, "That's right, the empress didn't misread you, she was able to detect something wrong, and dared to rush in."

Zhu Yong held down the waist saber in front of him, although he was only a civil servant, the saber was only the symbol of the Gongwei Division, he had never used it.

"Xie Yanfang." He shouted in a deep voice, "You want to rebel!"

Xie Yanfang smiled: "The emperor is my nephew, half of the blood on my body is my Xie family, why should I rebel?" After saying that, she waved her hands, "You are the one she chose, and you have done a good job, so I won't kill you. With you, she can still use it in the future."

But before he finished speaking, Zhu Yong had already drawn his sword and rushed towards him, shouting: "The traitor will die."

Of course he couldn't kill Xie Yanfang, and he didn't even get close. Accompanied by his shouts, several men in black jumped out, raised their hands and knocked the knives in his hand away, and kicked him to the ground. just behind his neck.

"Since—" Xie Yanfang frowned, before she could finish speaking, there was a noise behind her.

"Young master." A man in black shouted, "It's the queen's side."

Xie Yanfang had already turned around and walked away quickly, her robe flying.

The man in black didn't pay any attention to Zhu Yong who was on the ground, and quickly chased after him.

Zhu Yong got up from the ground, a little unsteady, the man in black almost kicked his leg just now, these people are more powerful than Ding Hammer——

Ding Dachui and the others should have encountered misfortune.

Zhu Yong looked to the front where the camp was, there was a lot of fighting, the weapons collided and sparks flew, who came to save the queen?

He grabbed his knife from the ground, and although he could be kicked down with one kick, he still ran towards that side without hesitation.

……

……

The long knife and the iron whip met in the air, and with an ear-piercing sound, the long knife broke in two and the iron whip flew out.

This blow caused both of them to step back, taking two steps and three steps, sliding a ditch on the ground before stopping.

The young man wrapped in black raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth, but the blood from the corner of his mouth was not wiped off, instead half of his face was covered with blood.

The jaws of the tiger in his hand were shattered, and there was blood in his hand.

"Okay, Du Qi." He said, shaking his hand, "I haven't killed less these few years, and it's getting more and more powerful."

Du Qi looked at the person in front of him with shock and anger in his eyes.

"Xie Yanlai, you've got a lot of skills, play dead!" He said and pulled out a pair of soft swords from his waist with both hands, "That's fine, I just let you die in my hands today!"

Xie Yanlai twirled and leaned over, avoiding Du Qi, retreating quickly with the light of the sword, one step, two steps, three steps, and stood up again with a bloody long sword in his hand, the cold light flashed by, Du Qi let out a muffled groan, his arm Blood splatter.

The sounds of fighting around were like a whirlpool, involving the two of them.

Chu Zhao, who ran out of the camp with a pen in his hand, only had time to see Xie Yanlai's back, and the next moment his back was mixed with the shadow of sword, light and sword, and his eyes seemed real and unreal.

Without the slightest hesitation, she picked up a knife from the ground and was about to rush towards the whirlpool, but was knocked down by the flying short knife the next moment, and she also staggered back and hit the camp tent.

Xie Yanfang strode over from the side.

"You don't have to end the game yourself." He said, "So many people are working hard for you. If you die, everyone will pay for it."

Chu Zhao looked at him, turned and ran.

But how could she run, she was caught by Xie Yanfang within a few steps.

"I thought you should at least tell me not to fight and let them go." He was a little amused, and said, "Why did you turn around and run away?"

"That's because you will never let them go." Chu Zhao gritted his teeth and struggled hard.

Her struggle had no effect at all, Xie Yanfang held her arm firmly, turned to look at the fighting in the camp, there were people everywhere, blood and flesh flying everywhere, but he still saw the figure of the young man.

"You hid him." He said, smiling, "That's right, Xie Yanlai is dead, it has nothing to do with Xie Shi, the one who is alive is yours, you see, he is here to save you now, if he still Xie Yan came, but I can't come."

Chu Zhao sneered and said, "I have something even better—"

Accompanied by these words, the girl, who was desperately trying to break free, slammed close to him by his pull, hugged his waist tightly with one hand, and stabbed his neck fiercely with the other.

A pen landed on Xie Yanfang's neck. The white skin and the blue nib of the pen had a strange beauty in contrast. If there was another drop of red blood, it would definitely be more beautiful.

It's a pity the nib couldn't get any closer.

Xie Yanfang embraced the girl with one arm, held her hand with the other, and looked down at her neck.

His eyes seemed to be as indifferent as before, but he seemed a little surprised.

"Chu Zhao." He said, "You want to kill me?"

Chu Zhao exerted strength, and the hand holding her wrist was like iron tongs, and she couldn't move at all.

"Of course I'm going to kill you." She gritted her teeth.

Xie Yanfang was still looking at the pen close to her neck: "I still see the poison of blood sealing my throat, you really want me to die." His voice was a little sad, and he looked at the girl in his arms, "I didn't want you die."

Chapter 97 throw away

This side of the hunting ground was raided, and there were still officials from the imperial court making noise to rush in, and even people who had been resurrected from the dead appeared.

But Xie Yanfang didn't care, he was asking this question seriously, as if confirming whether Chu Zhao really wanted to kill him was the most important thing in the world.

"When you saw me, you held a poisoned tea last time, and this time you held a poisoned pen."

"I reminded you earlier that it is superfluous to be on guard. Chu Zhao, you are really on guard against me."

When he said this, he shook his head again.

"No, you are not on guard, you are going to kill me."