Chapter 128: Prince Tai arrives
The matter of Qian Ming's death in the dilapidated Zen temple last night has not been discovered until the early morning of the second day.
At this time, the various prefectures were already sorting out their vehicles and preparing to return to Changping City together, far away from this temple of the dead repeatedly, so as not to be innocently implicated.
Now the courtyard is full of female dependents, and Xiao Yijun, the second young master of the Xiao family, also returned to the Beijing military camp from the new after sending the old lady to Guanyin Courtyard two days ago.
Therefore, Zhou Xianrui invited himself to take on the role of a guard, and returned to Beijing with this lady and lady, which can be regarded as having a care on the road.
Just when Zhou Xianrui was discussing with Mrs. Xiao, the travel order of the carriages and horses marching into various mansions, and how to properly place Huayang's body, suddenly the host of Guanyin Academy ran into the guest house in a panic.
As soon as everyone saw the appearance of the old abbot, they also knew that something must have happened again, but before they could ask the first half of the question, suddenly a team of guards who were well-dressed and armed with weapons rushed in directly, and then regardless of the screams of the women, they directly showed their weapons and surrounded everyone in the center.
And on the armor of the guards with more than 100 people, a striking Thai character also clearly shows that they are from the Prince of Thailand's mansion, and they are Zhou Xiantai is private soldiers, the most elite black-armored guards of the Prince of Thailand.
Sure enough, not long after seeing that everyone was besieged, Zhou Xiantai's figure, accompanied by Ji Lingfeng, walked quickly into the guest house.
This Prince of Thailand, after scanning everyone present with his eyes as sharp as an eagle, locked his gaze on Zhou Xianrui's face, and Zhou Xiantai's body also instantly exuded a burst of extremely threatening momentum.
"The fifth brother hasn't seen you for a few days, don't come to the emperor's house, why did the brother come today, we all know each other, if you are willing to hand over Huai'an Hou obediently, then we are still close brothers, if not......"
Zhou Xiantai didn't finish his words in the end, but the threat in his tone made everyone present hear it clearly, and his seemingly innate imperial momentum also made people frightened and frightened.
Xiao Jinxuan stood behind the old lady, and at this time she was also secretly observing the Prince of Thailand.
In her previous life, after Xiantai ascended the throne this week, she held a celebration ceremony in the palace, and she was already Princess Ling at that time, so she naturally participated.
But Zhou Xiantai was sitting on the dragon chair in an imperial robe, and there was a bead curtain in front of him, but Xiao Jinxuan didn't see the other party's face clearly.
And today, looking at the Prince of Thailand who broke into the Guanyin Courtyard directly with the guards, Xiao Jinxuan had to admit that it was no wonder that the other party was able to overthrow the prince in his previous life and seize the prince as the emperor.
Although Zhou Xiantai is imposing, Zhou Xianrui is not a character who can be manipulated casually, so I saw that His Royal Highness King Rui stepped forward a few steps, and he was not affected by the other party's aura at all, and said without humility or arrogance:
"The second imperial brother has not finished speaking, Xianrui is very curious, if the imperial brother refuses to hand over Qian Ming to you, will the imperial brother still have to make a move on me."
Zhou Xiantai's eyes narrowed dangerously, even if he was the prince among the princes, he had always felt that the other party was a mediocre scholar, and he had no talent at all, and there were only two people who could make him vigilant.
One is Zhou Xianyu, the seventh brother who uses soldiers like a god and holds military power. The other is the fifth brother Zhou Xianrui, who is as calm as ice in front of him.
It's a pity that neither of these two people can be used by him, otherwise Zhou Xiantai believes that if he gets their help, let alone the crown prince, it is the current throne, and he may not have no chance to win it.
Seeing Zhou Xianrui's calm expression, Zhou Xiantai also knew that it was difficult for the other party to be deterred, and immediately the momentum on his body subsided, and he said proudly with a smile on his face:
"The fifth brother is joking, how can my brother do something to you, I'm afraid that my brother just wants to do this, and my father will not do it. For my brother to ask you to hand over Huai'anhou, mainly because I heard that Aunt Huayang died tragically in the hands of Qian Ming, which is related to my royal majesty, so I rushed here and prepared to personally escort Qian Ming to the Ministry of Officials for trial. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Xianrui didn't say anything else, but just called one of his guards out and asked him to lead the way and take Zhou Xiantai to pick up people directly.
Seeing that Zhou Xianrui agreed so happily, Zhou Xiantai was stunned, and this fifth brother, it was not the first time he had fought against him, the reason why he even brought the black armor guard today, what he was worried about was that the other party would hold on to Qian Ming, and then he would take advantage of the advantage of force and directly forcibly take Huai Anhou away.
Therefore, Zhou Xianrui's abnormal behavior made Zhou Xiantai inexplicably a little uneasy, and when he was led to the abandoned Zen temple and pushed the wooden door open, he saw Huai'an waiting for Qian Ming hanging high on the beam in the house, and now the corpse has stiffened and hardened, Zhou Xiantai's uneasiness in his heart immediately turned into anger, and his expression became extremely hideous in an instant.
Seeing that the prince was about to be ousted from the position of prince because of his misconduct, worshipping and betraying the king, Huai'an Hou, who had all the evidence, is now more precious than golden beans in Zhou Xiantai's eyes.
But now that he is a good marquis, Zhou Xianrui said that he would kill him, and he had a great opportunity to bring down the prince, and he also turned into a boiled duck and flew away, Zhou Xiantai didn't want to get angry, but where would he still be able to control it.
directly pulled out his sword, and ordered the black armor guard to take down Huai Anhou's body, while Zhou Xiantai held the sword and prepared to go back to Zhou Xianrui to settle the score.
But when Ji Lingfeng on the side saw this, he suddenly stepped forward, stopped him at once, and frowned and said:
"Your Royal Highness, you have to be calm, now that the ladies of all the palaces in the capital are here, if you point your sword at King Rui, and spread it afterwards, it will only damage your reputation, and King Rui is the prince, we have no evidence to identify it, Huai Anhou is the other party killed him, no one can help him."
In fact, Zhou Xiantai couldn't understand these things, but he just couldn't swallow this breath.
"Ling Feng, could it be that your name is Your Highness, just forget it, if you let Huai An wait this time, his death is unknown, but he didn't hit Zhou Xianrui hard, then he will be even more unscrupulous when he goes against me next time."
Hearing this, Ji Lingfeng's eyes flashed fiercely, but his voice was as gentle as ever:
"Your Highness, we can't move King Rui, isn't there still that Xiao family girl, find a reason to dispose of her, Ling Feng promised, if Zhou Xianrui loses Xiao Jinxuan, it will definitely be like cutting off an arm, and if Xiao Jinxuan is not removed, sooner or later it will be a scourge, His Royal Highness Wanwang must listen to Ling Feng's words this time, and don't underestimate that Miss Xiao Si."
Putting the sword from the new sheath, Zhou Xiantai's eyes flashed with thought, in fact, from Ji Lingfeng rushed back to Jingshi to ask him for help, and said that Huayang died tragically, and when Huai'an was taken, he had already believed the other party's words, and he had not underestimated Xiao Jinxuan at all.
After all, Zhou Xianrui's whereabouts, he has always closely monitored, the situation in Guanyin Academy, Zhou Xiantai is sure that it is not the handiwork of this fifth brother, and there is no one else except Xiao Jinxuan who laid down this situation.
As soon as he thought that he had been ruined by a woman, Zhou Xiantai's face flashed with a burst of murderous aura, and he turned around and rushed back to the guest house where the ladies were located.
Since Zhou Xianrui killed his people, Zhou Xiantai was ready to listen to Ji Lingfeng's opinion, and also captured this Xiao Jinxuan, and then used the most cruel method to take this woman's life, which can be regarded as a warning to Zhou Xianrui.
After making up his mind, when Zhou Xiantai's figure appeared in the guest house from the new one, he saw that he didn't say hello at all, and ran to Xiao Jinxuan and walked over directly, stepped forward and grabbed the other party's wrist, and was about to pull her out of the Xiao family.
Zhou Xiantai is now eager to kill Xiao Jinxuan immediately, so she didn't show any mercy, Xiao Jinxuan even felt that her wrist would seem to be broken, her face was pale in pain, and her body shape couldn't be controlled, and she was directly dragged out by the other party.
Zhou Xianrui's brows furrowed together because of this change, but he wanted to stop him, but he didn't want to see Xiao Jinxuan, so he glanced at him again and again, signaling him not to move.
Seeing that Zhou Xianrui nodded lightly and did not act rashly, Xiao Jinxuan withdrew her gaze, and then glanced at Zhou Xiantai, who was full of anger.
Then I saw that she deliberately sank her body down, fell straight to the ground, the calmness on her face disappeared, and she changed to a frightened and uneasy look, and looked at Old Madam Xiao with tears in her eyes.
"Grandmother begged me, Jinxuan is so scared, you can't look at your granddaughter and be pulled away by His Royal Highness the Prince in front of everyone, otherwise your granddaughter's reputation will be ruined, and then I will inevitably disgrace the Xiao family, so Jinxuan might as well die immediately."
After saying this, Xiao Jinxuan's right hand was grabbed and couldn't move, but the free left hand directly took off the golden hairpin from the bun, and then stabbed it to the neck without hesitation.
She was very strong this time, and even stabbed blood marks directly on her neck, if Zhou Xiantai hadn't reacted quickly enough to knock down the hairpin in time, it is estimated that Xiao Jinxuan would really have pierced her throat and died on the spot.
Seeing the hairpin landing, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed with cunning, the moment she just stabbed herself, she did use a lot of strength, if not, where could this play be like, but she also expected that Zhou Xiantai would definitely stop her, and her life would not be lost.
After all, even if the other party is a prince and a prince, but he can't afford to kill a handsome daughter in public.
And Xiao Jinxuan's bitter trick, it was not played in vain, just seeing the old lady who had never liked her, she would stand up with an angry face.
How the Xiao family fights with each other, bored and suspicious of each other, it is all a family affair behind closed doors, if this granddaughter is taken away by Zhou Xiantai like this, the old lady feels that this Prince Tai is simply slapping the face of the Xiao family, and making the Shuai Mansion uncomfortable, which she absolutely cannot allow.
Therefore, I saw that the old lady waved the dragon's head cane and hit Zhou Xiantai directly, holding Xiao Jinxuan's wrist.
Seeing that the Prince of Thailand was in pain and had to let go of his hand, the old lady bent down and pulled Xiao Jinxuan up, and immediately protected her behind.
Then she said with a more cold expression: "Lord Tai, you first led the troops to surround this Guanyin Courtyard today, and now you can't help but say that you want to take my granddaughter away, although you are the prince and the prince, but my Xiao family is not by you to come presumptuously, do you really think that with these hundred or so black armor guards, you can act recklessly, then you really have to weigh and weigh to see if you are enough for this weight." ”