Empress Chu

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Ding Dachui looked at Chu Zhao who was blocking his back, and felt that Xiaoman in front of him grabbed his skirt.

"Send, pass on the news." Xiaoman murmured, she was already in a coma, but her hands were still holding him tightly, "Aunt, Aunt—"

She thought of Chu Zhao's words, it is enough to pass the news, if there is no chance to spread the news, it will be useless to have more people.

Spread the news, spread the news and there is still hope.

Ding Dachui thought, compared to Chu Zhao, his real boss is Mu Mianhong, and now that the boss is away, he listens to Xiaoman.

Ding Dachui hugged Xiaoman and shouted: "Chong——"

Dozens of imperial guards took advantage of the moment when the rain of arrows stopped and rushed forward.

But there were no arrows coming from the rear, and people from other places were still coming, approaching step by step, surrounded, and feathered arrows flew again.

Ding Dachui didn't hesitate in his footsteps, his eyes were staring straight ahead with scarlet eyes, as long as he rushed to the dense forest ahead, he could avoid the bow and arrow.

He has been investigating here for half a month, and he is very familiar with it. There is a steep landslide in the dense forest over there, as long as you rush down, you have a chance to escape from the pursuit.

The shield armor seemed to be heavily beaten by rain.

People kept falling.

Ding Dachui looked at the dense forest in front of him, as if it was right in front of him, but it felt so far away.

"Put down your weapons—" a young man's voice hoarsely shouted, "I order you, put down your weapons—"

The sound of horseshoes and crossbows seemed to stop instantly.

Ding Dachui saw a young boy rushing out from the diagonal stab in front, which was different from what he saw not long ago. At this time, the little emperor was covered with mud and looked in a panic.

A thought flashed across Ding Dachui's mind, isn't it a lie to beat wild boars?How does it look like it was arched by a wild boar.

The thought flashed by, and he passed the little emperor without stopping.

By virtue of the appearance of the little emperor, the surrounding people stopped their bows and crossbows, and he finally approached the dense forest.

A loud voice came from behind.

"Take Your Majesty down."

Then the horseshoes stomped again, and someone rushed over, accompanied by the little emperor's screams.

"Don't hurt sister—you all stand back—let me go—"

Chu Zhao looked back and saw Xiao Yu being picked up by someone and carried on the horse.

Seeing her looking over, Xiao Yu opened his hands and shouted.

"Sister, I was wrong, sister, I was wrong, Xie Yanfang, please stop—"

But the next moment, a hand covered his mouth and blocked his voice. He also saw sister Chu's gaze, and saw sister Chu moving her lips, as if she had said something.

That look, the eyes were strange that he had never seen before.

He seemed to have heard that sentence clearly.

My sister said, your life and mine will have nothing to do in the future.

Xiao Yu's tears welled up, and big ones rolled down.

He always remembered that he was ups and downs between life and death that night. Even if he stood in front of the familiar imperial city, he was dazed and ignorant. Then sister Chu held his hand, pulled him back, and said that your life and my Our lives are together, you die, I die.

Now my sister doesn't want him anymore.

Tears blurred his vision.

There was also the sound of feathered arrows piercing the air all around.

Ding Dachui plunged into the dense forest, and the dense forest isolated him.

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The sharp birdsong sounded in the forest, startling countless birds.

The sound of bows and arrows sounded again in the dense forest, mixed with the barking of hounds.

The birds seemed to be scared away, and the forest returned to silence.

Noisy footsteps quickly broke the silence, and a group of people stopped holding their swords, looking at the rolling rocks under their feet, the obvious landslide, and blood stains.

"People have escaped from here."

Accompanied by the slide of earth and rocks, it soon reached the bottom of the valley, but there were only traces of people rolling down, no one.

The sound of footsteps and the sound of hounds scattered again.

"Chase--"

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The mountains and forests in the capital are not peaceful, and the mountains and forests far outside the capital are also in a noisy state.

There was a big fire in the night, and the ferocity could be felt even a few ridges away.

The ground was shaking, as if there were soldiers and horses galloping, mixed with the sound of fighting.

"Is this here, suppressing the bandits?" Mu Mianhong said in a low voice, with surprise in her eyes, "It's so fast."

Xie Yanlai looked at the night ahead, there was no surprise in her eyes, only deep worry.

Yes, so fast.

Something happened to Chu Zhao.

Chapter 94 passing by

When the sky was bright, the fighting in the mountains and forests subsided, but the soldiers and horses did not disperse.

"There are checkpoints along the way." Pathfinder ahead brought news.

"Are you looking for bandits?" Mu Mianhong asked.

The person who came shook his head: "It seems that they want to investigate Xiliang's spies."

It was bandits and spies from Xiliang, Mu Mianhong said: "It seems that this road is not easy."

It's not impossible to go, but it's too time-consuming, and Kapok Hong's brows are frowned.

"Besides bandits and Xiliang spies." Xie Yanlai said, "We can have other identities."

Other identities?Kapok Red looked at him.

Xie Yan looked forward, although the man overlooked the chessboard, but she walked step by step to the present, and she still managed to survive.

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Outside the post station in Beicao town, the galloping soldiers and horses stirred up layers of dust on the road. Even standing in the post station, they were choked and coughed repeatedly.

"Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng." A postman came from behind holding a teapot, "The tea you want is ready."

Xu Cheng didn't care to cover his mouth and nose, and hurriedly turned around to protect the teapot: "You idiot, why send such a big dust here! I only have this pot of tea."

The postman chatted and looked at the soldiers and horses galloping outside: "Why are there so many soldiers? How many Xiliang spies are there?"

The post station is the place with the best information. They received an urgent order last night and passed it on along the way.

Xu Cheng's small eyes narrowed, with a hint of meaning. In addition to the official news, he, as a postman, also got a piece of undisclosed news.

The residence of the emperor’s grandfather Xie in the capital was besieged, guarded by soldiers and horses, and everyone was locked up. At the same time, General Liang’s Travel Notes was also besieged. That’s right, the one who had been besieged once and just recovered Leung's.

Xiliang spies, Xu Cheng took a sip of tea, who knows if the empress wants to investigate Xiliang spies, or find an excuse to get rid of Xie.

That little girl, after leaving the inn, in just a few years, she already has power over the world.

I wonder if she still remembers him?A thought came to Xu Cheng's mind, and he immediately threw it away, don't forget him, anyone next to Miss Chu will end badly.

Just as he was thinking wildly, another group of seven or eight people galloped, instead of passing by the post station, they stopped and walked in.

Postman?Xu Cheng wanted to look over, and saw that the soldier robes of this group were messy and dirty, their faces were wrapped in scarves and only their eyes were exposed, but there was nothing strange about it. The soldiers covered their heads and faces in winter to keep out the cold and snow, and in summer they covered their heads and faces to protect them from sun and dust.

The postman has already greeted him tactfully.

The postman also wanted to check his identity, but the postman said a few words over there and returned with a strange expression.

"Xu Cheng." He said, "They don't have official badges."

No official badge?Xu Cheng's small eyes suddenly became sharp, and his chubby body tensed up. Now the mobilization of soldiers and horses is all about catching spies—whether they are spies or others.

Officers and soldiers will not be transferred for no reason.

Nor will there be soldiers and guards without official badges for no reason.

He, Xu Cheng, has been a postman for more than 30 years, and his body is not for nothing——

"They gave this." The postman continued, taking out a seal, "They said it was a secret decree."

Xu Cheng looked down, and his eyes froze. It was a seal engraved with the characters of phoenix. What's more, he had seen this token before. About two years ago, he sent down a new post order template, except for various passwords and words. , and a password.

"This phoenix seal pattern." The military guard who came to deliver the news said in a deep voice, pointing to the pattern to let him remember, "It is the queen's secret decree, and someone will use it."

But never seen it.

Did not expect to see it at this moment.

"Xu Cheng, is this true?" the voice of the postman asked next to his ear, "What is the secret decree?"

Xu Cheng's body tensed even more.

Officers and soldiers will not be transferred for no reason.

Nor will there be soldiers and guards without official badges for no reason.

He, Xu Cheng, has been a postman for more than 30 years, and his body is not for nothing——

He can't meddle in the fight between the gods above, especially when it comes to that girl.

Xu Cheng took a deep breath and said, "What can the decree be! Of course it is the imperial decree!" He glared at the postman again, and gave him the seal, "The secret is that you can't ask, don't tell! Just go and entertain according to the rules!"

After being sprayed with tea on the face of the postman, he hastily answered yes and went back.

Xu Cheng still didn't approach. As a post-cheng, he was not in charge of entertaining, and he would not approach at this moment. He only watched the group of people out of the corner of his eye while drinking tea.

What are those people talking about with postmen.

Xu Cheng could guess it even if he was not in front of him. If he wanted horses and food, he would leave immediately without stopping. This is also a normal habit of the postmen, and the postmen are also used to it, calling other handymen to prepare what they want.

While talking, another group of people came over, this time it was not soldiers and guards, but a group of local officials and servants.

"Xu Ling—" the leading official shouted before entering the door.

Xu Cheng hurriedly put down the teapot to greet him: "Qi Duyou, why are you here in person?"

Qi Duyou rode a horse wearing an official robe, and he had to pay attention to his demeanor, not holding an umbrella or wrapping his head and face. He was flushed from the sun, sweating profusely, and was covered with a layer of dust.

In this kind of summer, Qi Duyou never leaves the door.

"Why can it be? Isn't the superior suddenly wanting to suppress bandits and investigate spies—" Qi Duyou said angrily, his eyes slipped away, and he saw the people standing in the post station, "Xu Ling, are there any idlers waiting?"

Xu Cheng said with a smile: "We can't come here for idlers, they are all post soldiers."

Qi Duyou snorted: "So you have entertained idlers a lot, for example——"

Xu Cheng hastily bowed to Qi Duyou and interrupted: "Stop mentioning those old things, Master Qi, what happened to me, my old man, how dare I provoke idlers again."

Thinking of what happened back then, Qi Duyou was also a little bit embarrassed, and also a little inexplicably excited. He almost caught the empress with his own hands——

"Master Qi, come in and have a seat." Xu Cheng invited, "Here I can keep an eye on the intersection and strictly check the secret defense."

Of course Qi Duyou didn't want to run outside, so he got off his horse and walked in, telling the others: "Check here carefully."

Xu Cheng took Qi Duyou to go inward. When he entered the hall, he looked back and saw the supplies collected by the unidentified soldiers and guards in the yard, and a dozen horses that were used as spare horses were also brought over. They were preparing After getting on the horse, one of them raised his head to meet Xu Cheng's gaze.

The sight was as sharp as an arrow, and Xu Cheng hurriedly avoided it with a tremor in his heart. He heard the noise of horseshoes and shouts, and a group of people left.

Only then did Xu Cheng look up again, and saw dust and smoke billowing from the road.

That pair of eyes, the tails of the eyes are slanted, are swarthy, like a deep pool, and like beautiful jade.

He has seen.