Zhao Xi didn't intend to give her a chance to explain, looking at her with a smile and a smile: "You also have a good impression of him, don't you? Or do you want to use him to achieve some goals?" Little sister, I know you too well, you must get what you want from childhood to adulthood, even if others don't give it to you, you will take it yourself, even if you know it's wrong, you don't care, because your father will always protect you." ”

Empress Zhao took a deep breath and said stiffly: "I am my father's favorite daughter, why doesn't he protect me?"

Zhao Xi stared at her for a long time and admitted: " That's right, you are his favorite daughter, even if you commit the big crime of rebellion, he will definitely forgive you, but the man who loves you the most is no longer there, I hope you remember this, no matter what virtue you have since you were a child, after all, we are all sisters, my father told me before he died that he wanted me to take care of you, and I stayed here to watch you and Zhao Wentian for the sake of the responsibility of the family, and try not to let your two sisters and brothers make a heinous mistake, but I also have a bottom line, I can treat today's words as if I didn't hear it, but don't provoke Tang Huang, understand？”

Empress Zhao felt that her sister's eyes were a little cold now, and without the slightest hesitation, she hurriedly responded: "I understand." ”

Zhao Xi sighed and said, "Should I say that you girl is a fool? But what's the matter, what does a girl like you who was raised by her father know?

"There's a big mess, I just found out that two people died in Sunset City. ”

Zhao Xi smiled and said, "When will there be no dead people in Luoyang City?"

Empress Zhao shook her head and said, "But the two people who died are not those untouchables, one is an elder of the Lingxiao Sect, and the other is a disciple of the Huoyun Sect, they both died in the thatched house of the same Qinglou, is it really not a place for the dignified martial arts master to die?"

"Could it be a dispute between the rivers and lakes?" Hearing this, Zhao Xi's eyes gradually became solemn.

"Although I don't understand the affairs of the rivers and lakes, I think that the martial artists of the rivers and lakes will not be so ruthless and skilled, listening to the people of Jinyiwei told me, the two of them seem to have been cut by a very fast knife, otherwise the incision of the bone will not be so complete, and there is not much movement, it will be discovered after about half an hour, the strength of the person who started must be extremely strong, otherwise he will not kill the two masters quietly. ”

Zhao Xi frowned and said, "Does Your Majesty know about this matter?"

Empress Zhao said angrily: "Your Majesty drank with the palace maid last night and hasn't woken up yet, but Jinyiwei handed me a piece of such a thing, saying that it was found at the scene, sister, you have traveled in the rivers and lakes and are well-informed, have you ever seen such a thing?"

Zhao Xi took a small piece of iron handed by Empress Zhao, held it up and looked at it through the sun, the end of this cross-shaped piece of iron has a reverse arc like a waning moon, just throw it lightly, the iron piece will rotate around its center in the air, and it can be light

It's easy to cut through**, but this piece of iron is meant to be thrown rather than killed, and the real weapon is hidden in a ring in the middle of the piece.

"What is this?" Empress Zhao leaned over and asked Zhao Xi, whose face was gradually becoming solemn and even terrifying.

"The two of them were killed by this piece of iron, and once the killer uses this weapon to set up a killing array, even I will have trouble breaking free, and this will be troublesome......

Zhao Xi took a deep breath, handed the iron piece to Empress Zhao, looked her eyes directly and said: "Your Majesty is still too young to do anything, you go and send someone to clean up the scene, suppress this matter as much as possible, once you find all such iron pieces collected and sent to me, I will personally send them to the Dao League, don't leave any clues, lest the masses cause panic." ”

"That's terrible...... Could it be that they are coming for the martial arts...... I hope there won't be any mess. Zhao Xi muttered.

"From now on, let the guards in His Majesty's dormitory on duty be doubled, no, tripled, and the best guards in the palace must be sent, and anyone who breaks into His Majesty's dormitory and whose identity is unknown will be killed on the spot!"

Zhao Xi's voice was not high, but it made Queen Zhao subconsciously have the idea of obedience.

In this palace, except for the woman who was called the Queen Mother, only Zhao Xi could order herself, and in vain a majesty emanated from Zhao Xi, as if the dragon that had been sleeping for many years suddenly opened its eyes.

According to the rules set by the Dragon Empress Zhao Yao, it should be Zhao Xi, the eldest daughter, who should inherit the throne of Daqing, not his younger brother who has not succeeded.

It's a pity that since the change of seizing the door, all the rules have changed, and whoever holds the sharpest knife in his hand is the rule.

Zhao Xi said in a deep voice: "In addition, once the martial arts start in a big way, the Sunset City will be completely blocked, and not a single bird will be allowed to fly into this city." ”

"Lockdown?" Empress Zhao was taken aback.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, these damn rats would dare to come back here, no matter what they want to do, this time we will catch turtles in an urn and completely eradicate them!"

At this moment, there was a wind, a dark golden flame rose from Zhao Xi's eyes, and the green silk flew and danced like a battle flag, and this woman actually exuded a huge majesty like a king, making people only dare to bow their heads in front of her.

Empress Zhao didn't dare to speak anymore, and even lowered her head a little humbly, and followed her out of the Dragon Palace Courtyard.

Empress Zhao knew in her heart that Tang Huang had undoubtedly become a bottom line in Zhao Xi's heart, as for whether the relationship between the two was just an ordinary master and apprentice and more excessive, now she didn't dare to guess and couldn't guess again, since Zhao Xi warned her once, then there would be no second time.

The entire Daqing Dynasty knew that the most powerful woman in the Southern Continent was not the emperor's mother, but Her Royal Highness the eldest princess standing beside her, who was dressed in red and walked with a sword

The stories of the rivers and lakes have fascinated women all over the world, so Queen Zhao has been very clear about what kind of woman she wants to be since she was a child.

The only woman in this world who can make her feel admired is Zhao Xi.

Once Zhao Xi begins to doubt her, she will lose the last sister who is willing to pay for her, which is her own sister, not some half-sister.

Empress Zhao followed behind Zhao Xi, her face was a little pale, and she even felt unwilling for her.

The succession to the throne should have been in her hands, why did she hand it over without the slightest resistance, and give up the chair above ten thousand people, what a stupid mistake in her opinion.

If there is such an opportunity in front of her in the future, she will definitely not miss it.

Men conquer the world by conquering power, and women conquer power by conquering men.

And she wants to be the woman who conquers the world.

Empress Zhao smiled as she walked, her eyebrows were sometimes as light as distant mountains, and sometimes as sharp as a sword.

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After leaving the Dragon Palace Courtyard, Chu Xuanzhao returned to the main courtyard of the Shen family's manor, and found that Shen Huayu did not wait for her to come back tonight as she did in the past, maybe she came back too late, she went back to her room to sleep.

It's rare to come back so quiet for the first time, which makes him a little unaccustomed.

Chu Xianzhao didn't go to bed immediately, but went to Shen Sanqian's study, which was full of all kinds of cultural and toy treasures, all of which were hard-to-find, similar to a crystal ball that would glow and an iron box that would sing when twisted slightly.

The furnishings in this are still the same as when Shen Sanqian left, time seems to have stopped, and the only thing that can move is himself.

The Apocalypse Sword Box was hung on the wall by Chu Xuan, even though the sword inside had been locked, the killing aura on the sword box was difficult to hide.

The five swords in the Apocalypse Sword Box are like bloodthirsty beasts, and only the runes on the sword box can suppress the ferocity of the ancient sword.

Chu Xiaohua said that the Heavenly Apocalypse Sword Box was blessed by the souls of their ancestors, so he could pull out the sword inside without any scruples and use it, if he called someone else to use it, if his own qi could not satisfy these greedy fierce swords, it was very easy to be drained by the sword soul of the qi in his body.

After Chu Xuanzhao used the Heavenly Apocalypse Sword Box again to fight with Wei Jing, he once again released the bloody nature that inspired this batch of fierce swords, and it was difficult for ordinary people to get close to it at all.

If Chu Xuanzhao forcibly drew his sword and used it again, he was afraid that he would be eaten by the power of this set of swords, so he would not be able to use this set of swords in this martial arts move.

In order to prevent the fierce aura in the sword box from accidentally hurting others, Chu Xianzhao hung the sword box in Shen Sanqian's previous study, anyway, no maid in this place would come to clean it up.

After experiencing the battle of Silk Street, Chu Xianzhao felt that he had a new level of understanding of the domineering sword, and the long-dormant Wang Xi in his body seemed to have begun

It's about to move.

Now, as long as he can integrate the dragon qi of the Dragon Sword, even in the absence of Wang Xi, he can return to half of his former peak state, and even if he uses the Tai'a Sword, he can kill most of the martial arts powerhouses in this city, and it is not impossible to go directly to the palace to assassinate the king.

Qing'an Dragon Immortal soaked himself in dragon blood many times in order to master the sword of the dragon, the dragon blood was extremely hot and poisonous, and the aura emitted was the same as that of dragon flame, which could destroy all things, but it was difficult to break the means of protecting the body.

Now that he has cultivated the body of dragon blood, although he can't use an ability similar to "dragon transformation" like Queen Zhao, it is inevitable that the dragon qi will hurt to the bones, but this is also within his tolerance.

Chu Xuanzhao can now gain a foothold in Luoyang City, although he has luck and background, but he has also put in a lot of unimaginable efforts for ordinary people, and in the face of a situation that is difficult for many ordinary people to resist, if he let other people be his son of the Yin Kingdom, he would have been reincarnated more than a dozen times.

Dare to ask the heroes of the world, who dares to lead hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen to conquer two dynasties in less than a year?

If he can get that Qimen Great Basket through martial arts this time, maybe he can reawaken his long-dormant Wang Xi, then he will have the confidence to defeat the little emperor and the dragoon army behind him, so that they can only dare to bow their heads in front of them and dare not raise their heads.

The man who stood in white under the moonlight, why was Helian by his side in the first year, and how did he know who he was? There were too many questions in his mind.

Now there are two more people in Luoyang City who know his true identity, this person points out that he has the bloodline of the ancient gods, and he is the person who holds the sword of Qin Tai'a, he will definitely be able to set off a bloody storm in Luoyang, and tell himself that if he wants to awaken Wang Xi again, he needs that Qimen big basket.

The man wanted to help him, but he didn't think of himself as his fellow traveler, although he promised himself that he would never reveal his identity, which made him feel like he had an invisible sword hanging over his head after all.

The originally calm mood was instantly broken, and the qi in Chu Xianzhao's body suddenly skyrocketed, and his expression became more and more distorted, and finally even revealed a bit of hideous color, and even the purple pupils glowed with a strange luster, like the pupils of a giant dragon.

The air in the house is rippling and dancing, and the white paper is flying like heavy snow, but the moon and stars outside the house are scarce, and they are not affected at all.

One inside and one outside, like two worlds.

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The joy on the Qinhuai River is endless, the slender long boat is like a long knife that cuts through the night, and the black and filthy things rise and fall on the dirty water, as if those sins hidden under the river will float to the surface of the water at night, and all kinds of stench linger on the nose, which is disgusting.

Luoyang City is the largest city in the world, the population is very dense, and the people who also live in this city seem to live in two worlds, the Qinhuai River

The downstream is dirtier and more ugly than the upstream, and the stench of garbage in the river can be smelled outside the city walls, and people living downstream have to live in the lower podium in order to find more living space.

The light shines through the square wellheads, which are covered with long slabs made of bronze casting, and in the early morning, the people who live on the piers pour all kinds of overnight manure and sewage into the wellheads, and even naughty children run to the wells to relieve themselves.

At that time, all kinds of filthy liquids fell into the pu mound like a downpour, and poured on the drunks who fell to their deaths after getting drunk, and the rats that gnawed on the corpses scattered and fled, splashing everywhere, and all the filth gathered.

The man who was holding the boat in this mound was wearing a long black robe wrapped from head to toe, and his pale five fingers firmly grasped the long pole inserted into the sewage, and the bow of the boat rose and fell along the sewage stream, and the spots of light falling from the wellhead fell on the man's black robe from time to time.

The propeller tilted his head slightly, and could even see through the mouth of the well the fat lady carrying a bucket over his head, her thighs like a dead piece of flesh lacking water, but there were occasional surprises, such as the sight of the bottom of the skirt of a beautiful woman, which was one of the few pleasures in his disgusting errand.

In this place, which was regarded as hell by the entire sunset magnates, the boatman looked up at the women's thighs, hummed a vague boat song, his expression was calm, and his smile was relaxed, as natural and ordinary as passing through the verandah.

The Boater didn't know if it was Hell or not, but he knew that the real Hell was above his head.

The boatman whistled, turned his head to look at the man who had been shivering at the stern of the boat, and chuckled: "People who come here for the first time are afraid, but when they taste the sweetness, they are not afraid, and they will even stay here for a long time, until their families think he is dead." ”

The man was slightly stunned, not daring to answer, and the boatman laughed while shaking the pole: "This is the dirtiest and disgusting place in Sunset City, because the people and magnates who live in the city will dump what they are disgusted with here, but no matter how dirty it is, the wool comes from the sheep after all. ”

"This is the nature of human beings, they only like what they like, they hate what they hate, they define what they hate as evil and filth, and finally they abandon it where they don't want to see it, and even this place is defined as dirty. The propeller swept away a corpse floating towards the bow of the boat with a pole and smiled: "I don't want to believe that this filthy place is under my own filthy feet." ”

The man shivered at the corpse, and hugged the cowhide bag full of gold, feeling that only these yellow gold could warm him in this yellow spring-like place.

He looked at the filthy underground mound, where the water was darker than ink, and the light falling from his head would point them in the right direction, and the stench lingered at the bottom of his nose

The anger made him almost suffocated.

In this feeling of suffocation, the face of the man lying in the stern of the boat was occasionally distorted, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing, and all kinds of hallucinations appeared in his eyes, as if the image of his life flashed under his eyes.

The man's name is Zhou Geng, the family has been in the tea business for generations, there are several tea farms in Liuyi Mountain outside Luoyang City, there is only one son under the knee of the widow in the early years, although the family business is dull, he doesn't ask for much, just hope to live a good life, raise his son to grow up to inherit the family's tea farm, and his concubine is not a few years older than his son, with excellent appearance, although the background is not good, but it is also a clean family.

After Zhou Geng included her in the house, he wanted to have a daughter with her, and it was enough for him for the family to live well without seeking to be rich and rich, but his son didn't like his concubine very much, Zhou Geng wanted to make up for his son's guilt, so he doted on this only son very much, and even often gave Qian Yin to let his son go out to drink and watch the play to be happy, as little as a few hundred taels and more than a few thousand taels.

Really responded to the old saying that kicked his nose in the face, the son often went in and out of casinos and restaurants with some children of the family in Luoyang City, and finally lost all the money, Zhou Geng also turned a blind eye, the year before last he and a certain family joint venture to do Shu forging business, it is said that the family has a way to get good quality and cheap Shu forging materials from Shu Yue, compared to the Gu family firm, the cost of a thousand gold Shu satin is much cheaper, and a lot of money is needed to invest in this business.

So his son suggested that he mortgage the tea farm, and the money earned from selling a horse Shu forging is not comparable to the same catty of tea, Zhou Geng was very hesitant at that time, because the family industry is those tea farms, if this business fails, maybe the tea farm will be taken away by the loan shark shop, but the son insists on doing this business, because the tea farm can no longer make any money, in order to let his son have a place in the city of Luoyang, Zhou Geng is willing to gamble so once, mortgage the tea farm to the shop owner recommended by his son's friend, borrow a sum of money from the shop owner, and then put all the money into this business。

Then Zhou Geng received the biggest blow in his life, they mortgaged the family's tea farm, and let the bodyguard convoy send the silver to Shuyue, just when the Empress of Shuyue went to Yinguo to form an alliance, but she did not expect that Tantai Ninghua usurped the throne of Shuyue, which eventually led to the outbreak of the war between the two countries of Yinshu, and because of the battle of Concubine Pass, Qingguo's dragoons participated in this war, so after the war, the new empress of Shuyue terminated all trade with Qingguo. As a result, not only did they not get any Shu satin, but the money invested in Shuyue was not returned, and the father and son finally woke up from their dream of getting rich overnight, and when they opened their eyes, they were covered with dark reality.

The son who regretted not being at the beginning chose to hang himself to apologize, and Zhou Geng didn't have time to deal with his son's funeral, so the loan sharks came to collect the debts every day, and the workers in the tea farm

Worried about getting into trouble, they resigned and didn't do it.

Even the one who loved him in every way was going to leave him, and left with the son of the family who killed his son, Zhou Geng begged her hard not to leave him, but the concubine shook her head and sneered and gently threw down a sentence saying that she was pregnant, and the father of the child was not him.

When the shop owner sent someone to reclaim the land, it happened to be the day of his son's funeral, and Zhou Geng watched the tea farm that had been inherited by the family for hundreds of years being burned down.

The fire burned all night, and now the place had been turned into a poppy field, and now the poppies were in good shape, and soon the time for the harvest was coming.

(End of chapter)