Chapter 4: Sword Theft
However, the sharp arrow also followed the shadow, he immediately raised his left hand, with the scabbard of the Haotian sword, and suddenly knocked forward, and immediately made a "ding" sound, narrowly shooting down the first two sharp arrows, but when he wanted to avoid the third one, it was too late, not that he was too slow, but that the speed of the sharp arrow was too fast. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
I only heard a "poof", and the black arrow broke through the flesh, entered his right thigh, and stuck on the thigh bone.
Only to hear the man in black "ah" sound, in response to the sound of the fall, the pain of his cold sweat immediately came out of his forehead, he gritted his teeth, immediately put the arrow out of his leg, found that the blood has turned black, years of experience in the rivers and lakes told him that the arrow is poisonous and very toxic, if not dealt with immediately, I am afraid that there will be a life at any time.
But now, neither time nor conditions allow him to do this, the guards must be alarmed, and they will arrive in a moment or three, if they do then, they will really be unable to escape.
Thinking of this, the man in black didn't dare to delay, and immediately clicked a few times on the acupoint of his right leg, temporarily sealing the flow of meridians and blood, doing a good job of stopping bleeding and preventing the spread of toxins, and finally still felt that some were not very relieved, so he tore off two strips of cloth on his body and tied them at both ends of the wound to further prevent the poisonous blood from swimming, and after treating the wound, he endured the severe pain caused by the wound, picked up the Haotian Sword and left the secret room quickly.
As soon as I got out of the secret room, I heard noisy footsteps around me, as well as shouts one after another: "Hurry, hurry up and surround the imperial garden, don't let the thieves escape."
Although these sounds were covered by the sound of rain, they were still clearly visible, and the man in black did not dare to stop longer, so he immediately started his speed and dived outside the palace along the same road.
Just as the man in black left the Imperial Garden, in less than twenty minutes, a team of about 100 Mo Lin Army, followed by the Imperial Garden, led by one, burly, wearing a golden helmet, wearing battle armor, about fifty years old, square face, high eyebrows, high nose bridge, and a goatee on the chin, the most characteristic is his eyes, blazing eyes like electricity, containing a cold and murderous aura, which makes people dare not look directly.
This person is none other than Xia Shoujun, the commander of the Molin Army, when Xia Zhiming was still the crown prince, this person followed him, and he has always been deeply trusted and relied on by Xiao Zhiming.
After entering the imperial garden, the first thing he saw was that the secret passage under the rockery had been opened, and he was shocked in his heart, and an ominous premonition instantly hit his heart, and immediately, he ordered the other Molin troops to guard outside, and then entered the secret room alone, and immediately found that the secret grid was wide open, and the Haotian Sword was gone, and suddenly a cool breath rushed straight to the heavenly spirit from the soles of his feet in an instant, which was frightened, and at the same time completely confirmed his ominous premonition.
There was a bloody arrow on the ground, and seeing this, Xia Shoujun knew that the person who stole the sword had been seriously injured and should not run too far. He has absolute confidence in the poison on the arrow, because it is all made by his own hands, and without his antidote, even if he is a powerful master, he can only wait for death.
Thinking of this, Xia Shoujun hurriedly got out of the secret room, and casually sealed the secret passage to prevent the news from leaking, and then instructed his subordinates: "Come on, the emperor's favorite Canglong Ball is stolen, immediately ring the warning bell to close all the palace doors and arrest the thieves, before the thieves are caught, no matter who is only allowed to enter and not leave, those who violate the order will be beheaded."
The order was issued that all the doors in the palace were immediately closed, because the emperor was not in the palace, and this kind of major event of losing the Zhenguo Divine Sword was not something that he Xia Shoujun, a small commander of the Molin Army, could do, so he immediately went to the Wanshou Palace and reported the loss of the sword to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother was even more shocked when she heard about it.
At the same time, it also confirmed her hunch, first Princess Ziling was killed, and now the Haotian Sword has been stolen, which shows that someone has carefully planned all this, but now I just don't know, in addition to killing the princess and stealing the sword, there are any other conspiracies, the Queen Mother pondered for a while, and did not come up with a reason, and finally could only shake her head and simply don't think about it first, or act at the opportunity.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother asked: "Do you know why the emperor left the palace and where he went."
Xia Shoujun immediately replied: "The specific reason is not clear to the subordinates, the place where I went can basically be determined, it is Donglong Mountain, and I should be able to come back before noon tomorrow, this is what the emperor said before leaving."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother was very angry, but she was also very helpless, the emperor was willful, this is a thing known to the world!
Anyway, dealing with the matter in front of her is a top priority, but now that she is in chaos, she has no longer paid attention, so she can only turn to Xia Shoujun for help, so she asked: "What do you think we should do next?"
Xia Shoujun thought about it for a while, the two things that happened at night, not only were he shocked, but he also felt that things would never be so simple, but now recovering the Haotian Sword is the first priority, thinking of this, he immediately opened his mouth and replied: "Empress Dowager Qi, the minister thinks that the princess was killed and the sword was stolen, and it is by no means something that can be completed by one person, the thief must have internal and external aid, and now the palace is short of manpower, it is not appropriate to move lightly, it is the top priority to stabilize the palace first, in order to prevent the thief from coming to the rescue, or using other methods to get out of the palace and be escaped, now you should immediately block the nine gates and make a double insurance, It is best to borrow some manpower to patrol outside the palace and arrest immediately if there is a situation."
After listening to Xia Shoujun's words, the Queen Mother couldn't help but nod her head and said: "Just do what you want, once there is a situation that allows you to choose the opportunity to move, if anything happens, the palace will give you the top."
Xia Shoujun saluted and said, "Yes."
After Xia Shoujun received the decree, he immediately ran outside the palace.
Blocking the nine gates, that is not something that the Queen Mother Yizhi can do, except for the emperor, then only the current crown prince Xiao Jinyu has this right, so Xia Shoujun left the palace and went straight to the prince's mansion.