Chapter Twenty-Three: Luo Shize Reappears
In recent days, there have been rumors among the people, all saying that the queen has fallen out of favor and is now under house arrest, and some people say that this is just a misunderstanding, and the truth is probably only clear to the one on the dragon chair.
In a mansion in the capital, Old Man Qiao was in a daze in the study, his favorite granddaughter was imprisoned in the palace for several years, in order to avoid it, they had not seen each other all these years, but this did not mean that he was not worried. He knew that Yanran's girl was in trouble, but he couldn't do anything.
"Grandpa!"
A slightly mature voice interrupted his thoughts, that was Qiao Yuzhi, although it was the lifeblood of the Qiao family, but he had never enjoyed the glory of the Qiao family for a day, for so many years, the old man Qiao had personally taught, especially the art of war and strategy, but he never allowed Qiao Yuzhi to meddle in the affairs of the court.
Qiao Yuzhi did not have a rebellious period, but during that time, he knew that his country and family hatred were hated, and he never showed the slightest dissatisfaction, his sister, she was still deep in the mud!
"Hey!"
With the long sigh of Old Man Qiao, Qiao Yu's heart increased a little sadness, they all knew that this was the emperor's dismount, after so many years, he finally tore off the veil of hypocrisy.
"We have to find a way to save my sister!"
"No!" Old Man Qiao angrily reprimanded: "My Qiao family has always been loyal, it was like this many years ago, and after many years, are you afraid of death?" ”
Looking back, he looked at the child who was growing up desperately at a young age, and his eyes were full of helplessness: "If your sister dies here, grandpa will also go with her, all these years, grandpa has never taken care of her, and grandpa owes her!" ”
"That grandson also went with his grandfather, and he will never live in the world!" Qiao Yu's words are on the ground, and through him, you can see the iron bones of the Qiao family back then.
"No!" Old Man Qiao interrupted him loudly: "Grandpa has lived for so many years, not to steal his life, including your sister, to endure humiliation and bear so much, just to wait for my lord to return!" ”
Qiao Yuzhi has never heard this, can the old dynasty return?
Closed his eyes and listened carefully to the movements around him, Old Man Qiao didn't know where he moved, a secret door on the wall opened in response, and the two entered the secret passage one after another, and the secret door was immediately closed, as if nothing had happened, and the study was empty.
This is the first time Qiao Yuzhi has walked into this secret room, the passage is very long, like a labyrinth, and there may be some formations, Qiao Yuzhi thinks, probably most of the mansion is like this.
The end of the same path is not a small room as you imagined, on the contrary, it is very large, so there are more things to put in. With the approval of his grandfather, Qiao Yu checked them one by one.
In those boxes, there were a large number of weapons neatly placed, swords, guns, clubs, axes, hooks and forks, and then some armor, but it was obvious that it was not new. After that, there will be no more of these weapons, but a lot of real money.
Qiao Yuzhi knew for the first time that his family was so rich, but he and his grandfather depended on each other, and there was only one couple around them to take care of, how could they have more than three dishes per meal?
Everything in front of him, Qiao Yuzhi never dreamed of!
She looked back at her grandfather and walked on.
There was a box in the middle of the secret room, Qiao Yuzhi was even wondering, was it the jade seal of the previous dynasty, but it shouldn't be, if it was such an important thing, the rebels back then would definitely not ignore it!
After opening it, Qiao Yuzhi was a little incomprehensible, and there was a piece of jade lying quietly in the box, no! Half a block, to be exact!
But even though it was only half a piece, Qiao Yuzhi still recognized it, this is the legendary tiger talisman! The Qiao family is an important minister of the previous dynasty, and it is almost a matter of course to have a tiger talisman, but after the fall of the previous dynasty, the old tiger talisman has lost its utility, and the new emperor has created it separately, what can an old tiger talisman do?
Just when Qiao Yuzhi wanted to take it out, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, there was still a mechanism in this box! Although he had not experienced actual combat for many years, the various mechanisms were not difficult for him, and he reached out and pulled out a thin wooden strip from the bottom of the box at a glance, and at the same time, suddenly there was a small hidden drawer in the box, where a small, bat-like thing lay quietly.
Qiao Yuzhi almost exclaimed!
It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that there is a thousand-year-old seal made of dark iron in the world, it is pitch black and bat-shaped.
"Bat Print!" Old Man Qiao sighed and explained, "It's been here for so many years!" ”
Looking at Qiao Yuzhi's confused face, Old Man Qiao finally began to tell the legend.
In fact, the bat seal is not the same as the legend, it is pitch black, but it has nothing to do with the thousand-year-old black iron, it is just an ordinary obsidian, but its function is the same as in the legend, holding it, you can indeed get the support of the Jianghu sect.
It turned out that this was all the road paved by Luo Ci and his master!
Back then, it was an indisputable fact that the old dynasty was riddled with holes, and the national teacher had long expected that there would be such a catastrophe. There was also a reason why he sent Luo Ci out of the palace back then.
In the early years, although he was young, he picked a lot of fields under the leadership of Su Su, and some of them were not in the climate, so they directly adopted them and slowly managed them, such as the night building. But there are many more, who are already famous in their own right, and they will never give in to others, so Su Su came up with such a method, they make bat marks, and only ask those sects to help when necessary.
This bat seal is very important, even if the old dynasty is destroyed, it is not easy to use, only to wait for the future, broken, and re-established!
The Qiao family has always been valued, and Luo Ci even directly handed over this thing to the Qiao family for safekeeping, that is to say, she handed over fifty percent of the hope of the restoration of the previous dynasty to the Qiao family. Burdened with such a heavy responsibility, how dare the Qiao family die easily!
"Why bats?" Qiao Yuzhi was very curious, "Could it be that this shape has any special meaning?" ”
"I don't know, when the eldest princess sent it, she didn't explain much!"
In fact, he didn't explain much, Qiao Yanran committed suicide back then, and after quietly meeting her, Luo Ci came to Qiao's house, and without saying a word, he directly gave Old Man Qiao a purse, which didn't seem to matter.
Just after Luo Ci left, Old Man Qiao found out that it was the legendary bat seal, and the moment he opened it, he burst into tears. He understands that this is the eldest princess giving herself a reason to live, such an important thing, ordinary people are afraid that it will not be safe to hide, but she gave it to herself casually!
This eldest princess!
"Doesn't mean anything!"
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice came in.
Qiao Yuzhi looked at Old Man Qiao and found that he was also confused, it seems that he is not a familiar person!
"Come out!" Qiao Yuzhi protected his grandfather behind him and scolded towards the place where there was a voice.
"What are you nervous about!" After that, the person who came coughed a few times, and it seemed that he was not in good health.
The footsteps are getting closer and closer, and at the corner, a corner of the clothes is revealed, snow-white and snow-white!
"Is Old General Qiao okay?"
Finally the man stood in front of them, smiling shallowly, without the slightest malice!
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Old Man Qiao was pleasantly surprised: "You are still alive!" ”
Before Qiao Yuzhi turned around, Old Man Qiao bypassed him, stepped forward a few steps forward to hold the man's hand, and when Qiao Yu stepped forward, he found that his grandfather, who had always been serious, was already full of tears!
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Old Man Qiao was about to kneel, but was picked up by the man: "Old General Qiao, please get up quickly!" My aunt refused to accept the old general's worship, so how could Shi Ze be? ”
Someone is coming, it's Luo Shize!
General Qiao is not a person who can't understand the importance of things, he didn't insist on kneeling, but asked another thing: "The prince is unwell?" ”
"It's okay, it's just an old disease!" Luo Shize didn't like to talk about this topic, so he said bluntly: "This time I came here, there is something important to discuss!" ”
The three of them came to the table and sat down, and on the table, an oil lamp burned quietly, making the shadows of the three people big to the wall, and it looked extremely powerful!
"I wonder what the prince commands?"
"Presumably the old general also knows that the world is probably not peaceful today! I just don't know if the old general is willing to enter the battle again? Luo Shize looked into Old Man Qiao's eyes.
"I've been waiting for this day for too long!" Old General Qiao looked at Luo Shize, and then looked at Qiao Yuzhi: "Xiao'er is also willing to smear my king's liver and brain!" ”
Hearing this, Qiao Yuzhi hurriedly knelt down!
"No politeness!" Luo Shize dodged and avoided it, but this move made Qiao Yuzhi incomprehensible, grandpa didn't kneel, why did he worship himself, and the prince should avoid it?
Looking at grandpa again, he seems to be equally puzzled.
"Shi Ze came here for this purpose!"
That day, the three of them talked for a long time, and Old Man Qiao was very excited at first, but he slowly calmed down under Luo Shizede's appeasement.
Finally, the matter is over.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you must take care of your health!" Old Man Qiao said worriedly.
"Shi Ze has another thing here!" Luo Shize smiled, didn't answer his words, but said something else, "It's about Sister Qiao." ”
"Your Highness!"
"Sister Qiao was wronged this time, and in order to show her mind, she slaughtered the entire Jiaofang Palace!"
Although they knew that something was wrong in the palace, the people of the Qiao family didn't expect it to be like this!
"Lin Chen'an knocked on the mountain and shook the drum, and after killing the insiders, he threw them all into the Jiaofang Palace, where there was no living creature except for Sister Qiao and the cat!"
Qiao Yuzhi couldn't tell how he felt, in his impression, he had never seen this sister, everything was said by his grandfather, he knew that his sister was a fierce woman, but he didn't know that she could be so fierce.
Looking at Old Man Qiao again, he was also shocked, and at the same time a little distressed.
"These days, Lin Chen'an goes to Jiaofang Hall every day, and we don't have a chance to rescue Sister Qiao!" Luo Shize's face was full of self-blame.
"That's it! That's her life! ”