Retreat, Retreat, Retreat! - Chapter 52

Almost everyone was attracted by the fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Amidst the lively bangs, a few dark shadows sneaked into the main hall of Cining Palace under the cover of the night, and appeared like ghosts, quickly twisting off the guards in front of the hall. The necks of several guards.

The corpse of the Forbidden Army was quickly dragged into the hall. The headed assassin in black was tall, with upside-down eyebrows, and the eagle-like eyes flashed with cold light. He raised his hand to signal the rest of the assassins to let the wind go, and he swiftly stepped into the hall, closing the door and calling out: “Niang Niang.”

Ci Ning Palace has lost its former glory, and is as silent as a pool of stagnant water. There was no light in the main hall, only a few red lights of fireworks penetrated through the window lattice, faintly cold feet square inches. For a moment, there was a sound of rustling iron chains from the inside, and a dull and aged female voice sounded in the depths of the darkness, as if terrified, she sternly said: “Huowei! You shouldn’t be here, go!”

“Niang Niang!” Huo Wei’s eyes were cold, and he walked quickly in the direction of the sound of the iron chain.

Pushing open the door of the inner room, Empress Dowager Liang was sitting on the bed with her head disheveled, wearing only thin plain clothes, her face was very haggard without makeup, her eye sockets were sunken, and fine lines appeared at the end of her eyes, as if she was ten years old. Where is the majesty and wealth on weekdays? She stood up quickly, the shackles on her hands and feet clinked, and said dumbly: “This is a trap, Huo Jie! You leave immediately!”

Huo Wei hesitated for only a moment, and then walked toward her more firmly. He drew his sword out of its sheath, and with a flash of cold light, he cut off the shackles of the Queen Mother Liang with brute force, and said to her: “I’ll save you.”

Empress Dowager Liang tickles her teeth with hatred, and grabbed his clothes and said cruelly: “You don’t understand what Ai Jia said? This is a trap! If even you fall into the hands of Shen Xuan, Ai Jia will really take a pragmatic plan. The crime of usurping the throne!”

Huo Jie hugged her and put on her shoes personally, and said, “Don’t worry, I will not betray you anyway.”

“you!”

“Time is running out, hurry up.”

Huo Que grabbed the Empress Dowager Liang and rushed outside the hall, but before reaching the door, he heard a few buzzing winds. Then, several black-clothed assassins outside the hall screamed one after another, and someone shouted: “My lord, We were in an ambush by Fanzi!”

As soon as the voice fell, a dozen feather arrows broke through the window and nailed into Huo’s feet. Just after a batch of arrow rains, another batch of arrow rains followed. Huo Jie was inevitable. He hurriedly picked up the case and threw it forward, blocking part of the arrows, cutting off the other part with a knife, and protecting the Empress Dowager Liang. Behind him: “Jump the window! Go through the back door!”

“Listen, Huo Xian!” Empress Dowager Liang pulled Huo Xian behind the screen for a while, her eyes were muddy and bloodshot, “As long as you are still alive, Xiao Huan dare not kill Lai Jia. Now Lai Jia can’t leave. My life’s hard work has remained on the court, and the Aijia will never let go until the last moment!”

“Hui Rou!” Huo Jie called her nickname, stretched out her hand to hold her thin shoulders, a look of sorrow was cast in the murderous pupils, “Don’t be obsessed, we have already lost. I can take you away. This, live the life of an ordinary person.”

“The Ai family doesn’t want to live the life of an ordinary person!” Empress Dowager Liang’s eyes flushed, and she gasped, “The Ai family is a phoenix that soars for nine days, and is a high god. The Ai family can’t lose or fall!”

In the darkness, Huo Wei stared at her closely, the sound of arrows bursting into the air in his ears.

“Okay. After we go out, we will consider the long-term plan.” Huo Hua held her with a rough, **** hand, and whispered to persuade her, “Xiao Huan is not a fuel-efficient lamp. You stay in the palace alone, fighting. But he.”

Huo Hua took the Queen Mother Liang and turned it out from the window. Behind the window was the flowerbed. After walking more than ten steps along the path, it was the back door. The four guards guarding the door have been killed, and the black assassin who responded opened the door and said to Huo Stall: “The horses are ready. Empress, go, our queen!”

As soon as the words fell silent, the assassin snorted, and a **** arrow pierced through his left chest and shot him to the ground.

“Be careful, there is an ambush!” The assassins hurriedly formed a circle, protecting Huo St. and Empress Liang in the center.

Then, there were three arrows in a row, and several assassins screamed and threw them down.

“It’s Jiang shot the archer team…” Mrs. Liang turned pale and said dumbly, “We can’t go.”

“Come on.” Huo Wei whistled, calling for his well-trained mount, “The lady is on the horse and go first!”

“how about you?”

“Get out of the side door, and my people are there to meet you! Go ahead and leave me alone!”

Seeing that Huo Wei had decided, Queen Mother Liang stopped talking, turned on her horse, and ran away all the way. Huo Wei returned the sword into its sheath, and motioned to his subordinates: “Give me the bow and arrow, find out where Jiang shot is hiding, and kill him!”

Just as he said, another arrow came through the air. Huo Wei looked at the right time and quickly bent his bow and set an arrow. One arrow shot out and collided with the arrow shot by Jiang. Both of them shattered into chips, leaving only two iron arrows falling on. ground.

On the back of the roof, the arrow shot by Jiang was shot down. He quietly catted in the dark, turned around and changed direction, and the arrow pointed directly at the Queen Mother Liang who was riding a horse.

call out-

Three arrows were fired, the steed hit the arrow, and fell over with a long hiss. Empress Dowager Liang also fell off the horse and rolled a few times on the ground.

“Niang Niang!” Huo Wei’s eyes were cold, and unprecedented murderous aura shot out in his eyes.

He dashed forward, while avoiding the arrow shot by Jiang, he flew forward and threw himself down in front of Liang Tai’s back, picked her up and said, “It’s okay?”

The back of Liang’s face was pale, one hand rubbed the skin, blood gurgled down, and she didn’t know if she had a broken bone or a dislocation. She gritted her teeth, her forehead was full of traces carved by the years, and she trembled: “Foot…can’t move.”

Both the Queen Mother Liang and Huo Wei knew what it means to be unable to move their feet at this time…

“I’ll carry you.” Huo Wei said immediately.

Empress Dowager Liang firmly grasped Huo Jie’s hand and said sternly: “Huo Jie, you go! The Aijia will never let you fall into their hands! Hurry!”

“I’m afraid it’s too late.”

As a calm voice came, the surrounding torches were bright, and the fans’ neat footsteps heard the sound of the fans. They moved forward quickly and surrounded Huo Xian and his group. Then they separated two lanes automatically, revealing a not far away Shen. Xuan’s tall figure.

Shen Xuan had just gone through a fight, the blade had not yet been sheathed, and there were still bloodstains on her head. There was no need to think about who the thick blood came from.

“Commander Huo and Niangniang don’t worry, the miscellaneous fish in the palace has been cleaned up by the Governor, and neither of you can leave.” Shen Xuan walked under the fire, with two drops of blood splashing at the corner of the eyebrow bone. , Like two cinnabars, but it does not appear feminine, but adds a bit of oppressive evil spirit.

Huo Wei’s forehead was raised with blue veins, showing a look of hideousness, and slowly drew his sword and said: “Very well, but I don’t know if Admiral Shen also cleaned up the’miscellaneous fish’ around her when he left Xiao Changning. Woolen cloth?”

Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan’s complexion changed slightly.

Huo Jie laughed loudly: “Then look at who has a harder life between her and the empress!”

In the Fengtian Hall, the emperor and empress left the banquet first. The banquet had come to an end, and the relatives who attended the banquet gradually dispersed, leaving the table full of mess.

Xiao Changning picked up the stuffed lotus root tongs and eight treasures of meat, gently placed them on the white jade carving fence outside the hall, and said to Lin Huan, who was sitting cross-legged on the carving fence, and said: “You haven’t had any meals yet? This is for you.”

Lin Huan was naturally very happy to have some delicious food delivered to the door. He hurriedly used his uninjured right hand to pinch a piece of lotus root into his mouth, his cheeks bulged, his eyes bent into crescents and said, “It’s delicious! Thank you, madam. !”

Xiao Changning laughed and asked, “Are your hands better?”

“It’s better,” Lin Huan said, “It’s not a problem to take something to eat.”

Xiao Changning looked at the two maids standing in front of the steps, and then asked, “What about the fight?”

Lin Huan followed her gaze and said with a mouthful of food vaguely: “It’s enough to deal with these small fishes and shrimps.”

Xiao Changning nodded, and then sat on the white jade fence like Lin Huan, and called to the two palace maids under the steps: “Dong Sui, Xia Lu, come here.”

“What’s your command?”

Dongsui trot over very wisely, Xia Lu hung his head and followed behind her, and when he was approaching, he called out nervously, “Your Highness.”

Xiao Changning tilted her head slightly, looking at Xia Lu’s uncomfortable appearance, and said for a long time: “You have been with this palace for five years. There are some things that don’t need to be hidden. Xia Lu, do you have something to say to this palace? ?”

Xia Lu shook her shoulders, buried her head lower, and twisted her fingers together.

Dongsui realized that the atmosphere was not right, and his voice was lower, and asked carefully: “His Royal Highness, what’s wrong with Xia Lu?”

Xiao Changning raised his hand to signal Dong Sui not to interrupt. She didn’t give Xia Lu a chance to buffer, and she said straight to the point: “The news that the Queen Mother was imprisoned in Ci Ning Palace, but you told Huo Que?”

“Your Majesty, slave servant…” Xia Lu bit her lips, and the teeth marks on her lips showed pale marks.

Xiao Changning went on to say: “The location of the Queen Mother is a secret. This palace has only told you one person. You just told this palace a few days ago. Today, Huo Wei came to rob people. It doesn’t seem like a coincidence. “

Xia Lu’s eyes reddened, her right hand subconsciously grasped the sleeve of her left hand, and he choked: “Your Majesty, the servant girl never thought of betraying you.”

Xiao Changning returned her small movements to the bottom of her eyes, and the smile in her eyes gradually faded. She got up with her sleeves, walked around Xia Lu, and then suddenly grabbed her wrist.

Xia Lu was in pain, and when her right hand was loosened, an unsheathed dagger fell out of her left sleeve and fell to the ground with a bang.

“Ah!” Dong Sui never expected Xia Lu to hide the weapon, and exclaimed: “Come here…”

Lin Huan stood up quickly, pinched Xia Lu’s neck with one hand, and within a short while, she opened her mouth wide and couldn’t breathe, and her flushed face showed a painful look.

“Lin Huan, let go first, I have something to ask her.”

Seeing Xiao Changning’s dignified expression, Lin Huan let go and threw Xia Lu to the ground.

Xia Lu fell to the ground, clutching her throat and coughing, her Qingli face was full of tears.

The excitement of New Year’s Eve disappeared, only the red lanterns under the eaves were still on tirelessly. Xiao Changning squatted down, picked up the dagger on the ground, and looked up at Xia Lu, who was embarrassed and embarrassed. “You came with the dagger, do you want to kill this palace?”

Xia Lu was holding her throat, speechless, she could only shake her head desperately.

“My palace has always felt strange, why the queen mother always knows my actions well? When I arrived at the Dongchang factory, this feeling of being monitored became stronger. At first, my palace thought it was the fanzi in the hands of Shen Xuan who was secretly monitoring. Later, it was discovered that it was not. That day, the queen mother and Huo Wei forced the palace, and Yu Yunqing hijacked the palace and protected the palace. The fanzi died nine out of ten. But you, a weak woman, survived unscathed. Since then, Ben The palace became suspicious. Until the first two nights, you quietly asked the palace about the whereabouts of the queen mother, and I strengthened my guess.”

Therefore, she simply did her best to reveal the whereabouts of the Queen Mother to Xia Lu, and then let Shen Xuan stand by and wait for Huo Wei to cast herself in the trap.

Although the strategy was successful, it didn’t feel good to be betrayed.

Xiao Changning sneered, with a bit of sorrow in his heart, and slowly said: “Now it is unnecessary to say anything about ‘my palace treats you not badly’. It’s better to ask directly, are you the queen mother or Huo Jia’s person?”

Xia Lu just cried.

Xiao Changning said: “Don’t you tell me, Dongchang has a way for you to tell me.”

“His Royal Highness…” Xia Lu struggled to speak, and said in a dark tone, “The slave and maidservant really have no way, Your Highness! Master Huo grabbed the slave’s family, and also cut off the younger brother’s **** as a threat. The slave and maid really didn’t mean it on purpose of…”

“Are you a fool?” Xiao Changning’s eyes were dizzy with a thin layer of anger, “Huo Jie is holding your family hostage, you will not ask for help from the palace, but surrender to Huo Jie?”

“The slave and maid didn’t want to do this, but the slave can’t take the life of the whole family at risk, Your Highness!” Xia Lu knelt down, banging his head fiercely, and banging his forehead against the floor tiles, making a dull sound of ‘dong dong’. She pleaded, “Kill your servant, your maid, as long as you can save the servant’s family, you can treat the servant anyway!”

Xiao Changning frowned and raised the dagger in his hand.

Xia Lu leaned on the cold floor tiles and closed her eyes resignedly.

With a flash of cold light, the dagger fell to the ground, rubbing Xia Lu’s fingers on the floor tiles.

Xiao Changning got up and looked at the trembling Xia Lu said, “My palace understands your decision, but it won’t forgive you. Xia Lu, what qualifications do you have to make to my palace now?”

Hearing this, Xia Lu collapsed her shoulders instantly as if her spine had been taken away. She fell into a cold sweat, and lay down on the ground and wept bitterly.

“Lin Huan, take her down and follow your rules.” After the instruction, Xiao Changning rubbed his eyebrows again and glanced at Dong Sui.

Dong Sui was scared tonight by the events of the night, and hurriedly waved his hands: “Xia Lu, the servant does not know anything! The servant is absolutely loyal to His Royal Highness!”

“My palace knows.”

Xia Lu was dragged away by Lin Huan’s subordinates, Xiao Changning hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, “Her family, if you can save it, please save it.”

Outside the Ci Ning Palace, the silence was gloomy and the atmosphere was tense.

“If Commander Huo is referring to the palace lady named’Xia Lu’, then you don’t have to worry about it.” Shen Xuan smiled shadyly on horseback. Who sneaked into the palace today and set up an ambush in advance?”

Huo Que’s eyes became cold, and his teeth creaked.

The queen mother immediately understood everything and said bitterly: “The Aijia said that you were in the middle of the trick, Huo Wei. Shen Xi knew that Xia Lu was a meticulous work, and only then will the trick be tricked and lead you into an ambush!”

“I gave my life here today, and I never thought about going out alive.” Huo Wei was not afraid, with blood red under his eyes, he leaned over and squatted down, putting Mrs. Liang’s back on his shoulders, and said in a deep voice, “I will die. get out!”

“It’s useless, Huo St….”

There were clammy tears dripping on his neck, and the Queen Mother Liang leaned on his muscular back, her voice trembling from the extreme pain, and said: “Huo Jie, don’t hate the mourning family, the mourning family will do it for you. Revenge!”

With that, she revealed a broken arrow hidden in her sleeve.

Shen Xuan first discovered that something was wrong with her, and shouted in a deep voice: “Jiang She, stop her!”

An arrow flew out and brushed the Queen Mother Liang’s shoulder, but after all, it was a step too late.

The broken arrow in Empress Dowager Liang’s hand has penetrated Huo Yan’s neck. In a flash, blood splashed more than three feet high, bursts of blood sprayed on Empress Dowager Liang’s old and tired face, setting her off like a ghost in the middle of the night.

Huo Que’s eyes widened, as if he didn’t believe it until he died, the man who had to defend himself desperately killed him personally!

He made a sound of’hoh ho’ in his throat, and his body twisted backwards stiffly, as if he was about to take a last look at his cruel and merciless femme fatale…but he did not succeed, and his tall and strong body turned weakly to the side. Throwing down, a splash of dust.

The thick blood gurgled out and gathered into a pool of blood beside Huo J’s corpse, which was infiltrated into a deep dark purple by the night.

For a while, the surroundings were so quiet that the needle dropped.

The Empress Dowager Liang clutched her dislocated arm, struggling to sit up from the ground, her concubine’s blood splashed on her face, her eyes flushed, and she said sternly: “Huo Jie has hijacked the Ai’s family, and the Ai’s family has been taken by the Lai’s family… Dharma! Shen! Xuan, don’t help the Aijia back yet, and crush this rebel… to pieces, ten thousand pieces!”

She has a terrible face, like a ghost, but there is no trace of sadness in her words, as if her hands are covered with ordinary chicken blood and duck blood.

What a broken wrist to survive! Shen Xuan squeezed the handle of the knife, and slowly twisted her eyebrows.

It took a lot of time to clean up the aftermath, and when Shen Xuan reported to the emperor about the changes tonight, and arranged everything in order, it was near the time.

On the carriage returning home, Xiao Changning had a complicated mood and asked, “The Queen Mother really killed Huo Stall?”

Shen Xuan sat on her knees, her sharp eyebrows and eyes condensed like frost, and her temples swayed gently with the carriage, saying: “As originally planned, as long as you grab Huo Jia and let him confess that the queen mother is the mastermind, everything will be over. Now the Queen Mother insists that she is being held hostage by Huo St. There is no evidence. This matter is much more difficult and it is difficult to deal with it clearly.”

Xiao Changning simply didn’t know what to say.

Huo Que died in the hands of such a vicious woman for more than ten years, and became a victim of her power manipulation.

Xiao Changning snorted, “I really responded to a sentence, it’s a thousand years of harm.”

“Don’t worry, the queen mother has the emperor’s own disposal. After all, your scheming brother is not a good person to deal with.” After that, Shen Xuan laughed, and the hostility between her eyebrows dissipated a lot, and she held Xiao with one hand. Changning’s waist said lowly in her ears, “Now, we have more important things to deal with.”

The carriage swayed, the two bodies were next to each other, and it was impossible to hide each other’s slight changes. Xiao Changning stared at him in a daze, his face flushed.

Both of them have been suppressed for too long and waited for too long. This kind of thing is only a matter of time.

Xiao Changning absently finished the bath, and when he returned to the dormitory, he was slammed and hugged by Shen Xuan, bullying himself onto the bed.

His kiss was eager and ardent, and extremely aggressive. His slender fingers rubbed her wet face, followed the sideburns-into her loose and silky hair, and his tongue drove straight in, constantly touching her mouth until Forcing her to whimper in her mouth.

Xiao Changning’s hands grasped his half-open skirt in a daze, and in a daze, he only felt that his clothes had been stripped clean, and a winter chill swept through his body. She shivered, and she hadn’t been cold for too long, and a solid body that was hotter than charcoal fire was covered, dispelling the cold.

“Shen Xuan…” Xiao Changning called him anxiously, with water in his eyes rippling, and he was a little anticipating and a little worried about the next thing.

Shen Xuan withdrew from her mouth, wiped the water stains from the corners of her lips with her thumb, and said dumbly, “Undress me.”