Hearing the news, An Qingchen took the lead in arriving at the place where the sack fell, and Zhou Xiao followed closely due to physical reasons. There are two guards waiting next to the sack. Zhou Xiao gave an order, and one of the guards immediately stepped forward to open the sack, and suddenly a bloody breath rushed to his nose, and Qingchen's stomach rolled for a while: It can't be a dead cat or a dead dog. Qingchen looked at it, and couldn't help but rush out with an exclamation, followed by a burst of vomiting that couldn't help it, until the acid water in the stomach was gone. It's so cruel, in this sack is Han Xiangxiang's corpse, which is already a blur of flesh and blood, only a face is left, which is exposed miserably, full of horror, and even his eyes have not been closed.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiao immediately ordered someone to carry the sack down, and the guard was about to make a move, when he suddenly found that there seemed to be a red note in the sack, which was almost indistinguishable because of the similarity in color to blood. Zhou Xiao took the note in the guard's hand and looked at it, and frowned again: The jade mine collapsed, and it is difficult to escape the blame - Flame Alliance! It's the Flame Alliance!

He looked at An Qingchen, whose face was pale on the side, and said, "It was the Flame Alliance who did it." ”

"What? They are also too cruel. ”

"Han Xiangxiang's actions are indeed deserved, but Old Man Han ......" Zhou Xiao pondered for a moment and ordered: "First carry it to the remote place of the apse and find a few people to take care of it." Send someone to invite Old Man Han again. ”

An Qingchen endured the discomfort in his stomach, straightened up, and said, "Han Xiangxiang...... It is also being used by others, and the real culprit is probably someone else......"

"I understand. Ordered to go down, bury Han Xiangxiang well, and comfort the old man Han. ”

This trip to Nanyang is really a disaster. Zhou Xiao's trip was slightly hindered as a result, and he was finally able to set off two days later. Zhou Xiao's departure is also to facilitate Fu Tianling's investigation of the case, and when the criminals relax their vigilance, it will also be the day when the truth will be revealed.

A group of people, when they came quietly, but it was mighty, the emperor's royal car, followed by the queen mother's Fengluan, followed by the queen, that is, An Qingchen's carriage, after that, there was a slight carriage, in which Liu Sisi was seated. Although Liu Sisi committed a big crime, after all, she was a relative of the emperor, and Zhou Xiao still saved her face. From this point of view, half of the Great Zhou Dynasty is now in Nanyang. What made Qingchen feel strange was that behind such a team, there were actually two wooden carts, which were covered with straw, and I don't know what it was, but they actually pressed out the wheel prints of the official roads of Huangni one by one.

Behind the team, there were also officials who saw them off, of course, led by Fu Tianling, as well as wealthy businessmen from Nanyang, Xiaoyao and Tianlei were impressively listed.

Qingchen opened the curtain and glanced at the vigorous team, and was worried in his heart: such a big battle, if someone wants to assassinate the emperor, this is an excellent opportunity, the emperor has just recovered from a serious injury, the queen mother has no power to restrain the chicken, plus a "weak and windy" queen, the guards are estimated to be unable to take care of the end. It is estimated that with such a configuration, only three masters in the Flame Alliance can take them all. However, what she An Qingchen could think of, could the scheming Zhou Xiao not think of. Thinking of this, An Qingchen began to blame herself for worrying about it again, she put down the curtain, sat back in the carriage with peace of mind, and honestly became her "weak and windy" queen.

The royal guard of honor began to advance slowly in An Qingchen's drowsiness.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly Qingchen woke up from her sleep, she seemed to hear a strange sound, and then listened carefully, this strange sound seemed to come from the woods on the side of the road, could it be that she was really unfortunate to say. She hurriedly lifted the curtain, summoned the guards, and ordered: "You run forward and ...... with the emperor."

It didn't take long for the guards to turn around and report to Qingchensheng: "The emperor already knows, let the queen feel at ease." ”

Qingchen waved away the guards, and sighed in his heart: It turns out that she is worrying about it again, it seems that Zhou Xiao has already made arrangements. Anyway, being idle is idle, it is better to take this opportunity to practice the mental method, maybe it will come in handy later, she has to recuperate first, and try not to cause chaos for Zhou Xiao.

Walking and walking, the sky was getting dark, An Qingchen's heart moved, and the breathing of those people in the woods began to become cloudy, obviously it was not far from the time for them to start, and sure enough, before Qingchen could open his mouth to remind, a fierce murderous aura came to his face. This was followed by a rain of arrows, and swords whistled towards them.

Qingchen hurriedly hid behind the wooden door, avoiding the vulnerable place, and dodged left and right with a keen sense, but it didn't take long for no arrows to enter her carriage, only the sound of "ding dong" outside was endless, obviously the sound of cold weapons colliding. Qingchen felt a little relieved, it seemed that Zhou Xiao was indeed well prepared, even the shield was brought, and it seemed that there were a lot of weapons hidden on the two wooden carts.

After a rain of arrows, a group of black-clothed people rushed out of the dense forest, coming quickly and lightly, obviously not weak in internal strength. Under the rain of arrows just now, the royal guards were not badly damaged, but as soon as the man in black came out, he was like a bamboo, and the guards of the escort team fell one after another. The man in black gradually approached Zhou Xiao's carriage, and when Empress Dowager Liu saw this, she exclaimed: "The emperor's heart!" ”

When Qingchen heard this, he was about to open the curtain and rush out, when he suddenly felt that another force was approaching, and at the moment when the sword of the man in black touched Zhou Xiao's carriage, another group of people appeared from the darkness, also covered in black, the only difference is that the scarves of this group of people are embroidered with a lifelike dragon, which is still golden, still shining golden in the dark, very dazzling. Qingchen looked at it and smiled secretly in his heart, this Zhou Xiao really loves stinky beauty, and even the secret guards are dressed up so fancy.

The man blocked the sword of the man in black, and mercilessly hit the opponent's eyebrows, and the situation was immediately reversed. And Zhou Xiao had already gotten out of the carriage and stood on it calmly to watch the battle, he wanted to see what the strength of this secret guard he had trained for more than half a year was.

Qingchen was still hiding in the carriage, listening to the screams outside, and he had no intention of going out to watch the battle, the sword had no eyes, in case a cold arrow flew and injured himself, it would not be good, not only would he suffer from flesh and skin, but also distract Zhou Xiao, here and now, the most helpful thing for Zhou Xiao is that she protects herself well and does not have any accidents. Besides, as I have just seen, it is obvious that the enemy should be more worried about his own safety.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sound of swords to subside, and Qingchen knew that they must have won without leaving the carriage. At this time, someone lifted the curtain, and Qingchen raised his eyes to see that it was Zhou Xiao.

"Are you alright?"

Qingchen smiled and replied, "Very good!" ”

Zhou Xiao lowered the curtain and said, "Stay in the car and don't come out, I still have some things to deal with." ”

Then he only listened to Zhou Xiao's instructions to the leader of the secret guard, and said: "Spread my word, Xiao Yao, a jade merchant in Nanyang, Tianlei assassinated the emperor with the intention of rebellion, and ordered Fu Tianling to take him into custody and bring him back to the capital for retrial." ”

Qingchen was puzzled when he heard this, how did Zhou Xiao know that these black-clothed people were sent by Xiao Yao and Tianlei, could it be that they wanted to add crimes, so why bother? Qingchen felt that with Zhou Xiao's character, it was very possible.

The secret guard disappeared into the night with a whoosh, leaving some guards to clean up the mess, while the royal honor guard continued to move forward, and Qingchen heard Empress Dowager Liu asking about Zhou Xiao's situation with anxiety.

Qingchen still listened to Zhou Xiao's words very much, and sat in the carriage and meditated quietly. The carriage was slow, stop-and-go, and there was no incident along the way. An Qingchen enjoyed the treatment of the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty and returned to Kyoto comfortably, many times more comfortable than when he came, except for the assassination, of course......

Finally returned to Kyoto, Qingchen did not enter the palace, let the carriage stop at the gate of the general's mansion, and went home to sleep directly, the bumps on the road are still not as comfortable as in bed.

When she woke up, Hua Yaoyun had already served a hot meal, watched her finish it with a smile, and brought a bowl of bird's nest porridge, looking at Qingchen with expectant eyes. Qingchen touched his round belly and said, "Mother, I really can't eat it." ”

"Chen'er, look at how thin you have become, eat more, the old lady can rest assured."

Qingchen reluctantly picked up the bowl, drank it in one gulp, and said, "It's delicious, thank you mother!" Hua Yaoyun went down with the bowl satisfied.

Qingchen walked slowly to An Mingxia's study with her stomach up, she heard her mother just now, her father was in the study, she felt that it was better to discuss Liu Sisi's matter with An Mingxia earlier.