Chapter 124: Various Hidden Forces
Chongzong is pondering the Three Peerless Hall, and Xu Zizhen is also pondering, he believes that the Three Peerless Hall cannot only have the strength that he shows on the surface, such as the Heavenly Wolf, although he took advantage of his unpreparedness to kill him by surprise today, but with the level of the Heavenly Wolf, he can only rank in the Three Absolute Hall, which shows that the true strength of the Three Absolute Hall should not be underestimated.
It's just that today's mission is clearly to send them to death, even if Chongzong doesn't have those palace maids with crossbows around him, with less than ten of them trying to assassinate the emperor and princess, it's tantamount to a fantasy, even a master like the wolf can give up and sacrifice at will, what kind of reputation is the Three Peerless Hall doing?
Xu Zizhen was frowning and thinking all the way, and Li Meng followed closely by the sedan chair and whispered to Li Luoyan, calculating the time, he hadn't seen his sister for more than a month, and this time he could meet under such an accidental situation, the excitement and surprise in his heart can be imagined.
The Xixia Palace is not too magnificent, but the grandeur is not inferior to the Forbidden City that Xu Zizhen saw in later generations, and the queue is moving forward at a very fast speed under the urging of Li Luoyan, but even so, it will take half an hour before returning to her own residence.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Luoyan reached out and tore off the crown of beads on his head, his eyes were already full of tears, he turned around and grabbed Li Meng's hand and said, "Xiao Meng, Dad...... Where is Daddy buried? β
Li Meng is no longer the Mengtong of the past, and he quickly reacted and said in surprise: "Sister, you don't plan to go to worship your father at this juncture, right?" The assassin has just appeared, and God knows if the Three Peerless Halls of the Dao have any backhand arrangements. β
Li Luoyan shook her head firmly: "No matter what happens today, I must also go to worship my father!" β
Although he was not really his biological brother and sister, Li Meng clearly knew his sister's temperament, so he had to look at Xu Zizhen helplessly: "Uncle, what should I do?" β
Xu Zizhen is also embarrassed, he can't not think of this, but he knows Li Luoyan's mood very well now, and he can see from the Empress Xiao who is proud of the world and the emperor that Li Luoyan is not having a good time these days, and Li Sheng was killed that day in order to protect her, this bad news is like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and finally defeated the strong Li Luoyan.
Looking at Li Luoyan who was holding back tears, Xu Zizhen felt distressed for a while, and couldn't help gritting his teeth: "Okay, I'll go with you!" β
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In the Yongcheng Palace, Xiao Hou sat on top like a sinking water, and there were more than a dozen officials standing in front of her, just more than half an hour ago, these officials were still standing on the mountain in front of the Chengtian Palace and shouting long live, but now they were respectful to the Empress Xiao in front of them.
Empress Xiao glanced coldly at the officials: "What do you think of today's events?" β
Everyone looked at each other, no one dared to make a sound, Empress Xiao's face became more and more ugly, and when she saw that she was about to explode, an old man in civilian clothes next to Empress Xiao coughed lightly and said: "There is really a hidden power around the faint king, and the mother is really wise, and she tried it out with just a little trick." β
Empress Xiao glanced at him: "What if you try it out?" Do you think that's all the hidden power of the faint king? β
The old man shook his head: "No, the old minister thinks that the faint monarch is as timid as a mouse and is afraid of death, and he must have already arranged many secret guards, although these palace maids are based on the benefits of arrows and crossbows, but they are definitely a long-trained army, not to be underestimated, even so, there must be more than these people around the faint monarch." β
"What Lord Xiao said is reasonable, and Weichen also thinks so!"
"Those palace maids have sharp eyes and sensitive bodies, they are definitely not ordinary palace maids!"
"Weichen thinks it's right to send someone to investigate Fang quickly......"
Since someone started the way, the officials below also began to be active, and they expressed their opinions one after another, but they were all the same as the old man, Xiao Hou listened a little impatiently, and shouted: "Shut up!" β
Everyone was stunned, and once again silenced, Empress Xiao snorted coldly, and looked at the old man again: "Uncle, what is the movement of Mu Xianting?" β
The old man's surname is Xiao Dan, who is Xiao Hou's own uncle, and at the same time, he is the secretary of the Western Xia State Military Department, in charge of all the soldiers and horses in the Western Xia, he frowned, shook his head and said: "There is no movement, even the attack yesterday morning has not been mentioned to anyone." β
Empress Xiao raised her eyebrows: "He can be so calm?" β
Xiao E said: "According to his temper in the past, I am afraid that the city has already been full of turmoil, but this time he did not move, I don't know what to plan, but it is the one who ......."
Empress Xiao's expression moved when she heard the words "that one": "Oh? What about that one? β
Xiao E said: "I don't know what evil has happened in the past few days, and that one has not even made any movement, even today's spying, he has only assigned less than ten people, and there are still two of them who have defected." β
Empress Xiao pondered for a moment: "This is an excellent opportunity, he would give up like this?" This is quite puzzling to me......" Speaking of this, she glanced up at Xiao E, and a cold light flashed in her eyes, "Did the two defectors find out?" Where did it come from? β
Xiao E smiled hesitantly: "There was news just now, I'm afraid that Niangniang will never guess who they are." He sold the pass, and after a pause, he said, "The 100,000 troops outside Jincheng Pass were blocked, and the reason why these two people led a team of 1,000 people to charge was the result of these two people, and in addition, the vanguard of the army made Poluge die at the hands of that old man. β
Empress Xiao's expression finally changed, and she exclaimed, "You mean...... The two of them are the two gods under Wen Chengyan's command? β
Xiao E nodded: "Exactly!" β
Xiao was like cold ice behind him, and said in a deep voice: "How could the two of them meet Li Luoyan's girl?" Have you checked? β
Xiao E said: "I don't know yet. β
Empress Xiao thought for a while, and beckoned to a palace maid behind her: "Quickly go and find out, and ...... Since they have come to my Great Xia territory, then don't let them go back again. β
The palace maid responded: "Yes, Niang Niang Chitose!" "That palace maid has a very pretty face, a pair of eyes are extremely smart, if Xu Zizhen is here, I am afraid that my eyes will fall to the ground, because this palace maid is no one else, it is the left envoy of the Three Peerless Hall who led him into the palace.
Empress Xiao was just about to say something more, when suddenly a person flashed in from outside the door, came straight to Empress Xiao's side, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, the villain just received the news that Princess Yuping has gone out of the palace." β
The footsteps of the left envoy who was about to step out suddenly stopped, and Empress Xiao was also stunned: "Out of the palace at this time?" Do you know what's going on? β
The man shook his head: "The villain doesn't know, but looking at the things that Princess Yuping ordered to prepare, they are all incense, candles, paper money, etc., and I think it should be a memorial service." β
Empress Xiao was even more strange: "Sacrifice? But she quickly sneered again, "Don't care what she's doing, since she dares to leave the palace, it gives me a great opportunity." As she spoke, she looked at the left envoy.
The left envoy suddenly understood, nodded and went straight to the outside of the palace, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Empress Xiao looked out of the door and sneered: "I can't help it, so I want to use his precious daughter to fight me, hmph, he is too naΓ―ve, wait for me to cut off his thoughts, see what he plans." β