Chapter Twenty-Three: I'll Pick You Up

Xia Zongxiao walked to Liu Niandan's side with vain steps, Gu Mancang followed with a thin rope tied to the shoulders and necks of the big man, and the little dice also followed to the side to support him.

Sun Shilu, the captain of the middle guard, Zeng Yi, the captain of the left guard, and Wan Sanguang, the captain of the right guard. They all gathered around the guards on both sides.

Xia Zongxiao handed the transcription document in his hand to Liu. Liu Niandan took the document with trembling hands, her eyes were full of tears, and her face was sad.

Xia Zongxiao waited quietly for her to finish reading, "Is there anything else you want to hide from me?" ”

"No... There is no Your Highness..."Liu Niandan, the pear blossom with rain was speechless.

"Is this paperwork true?"

"It's not... The concubine doesn't know... I don't know...", Liu sobbed.

The scene was silent, except for the occasional snort and plowing sound of the horses. Xia Zongxiao looked at the Liu family who was crying in front of him, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Xia Zongxiao himself didn't know his current mood.

Should I be angry? After all, like a fool, he was hidden by the people around him for so long.

Or pity the person in front of me who has been crying for a month by taking care of himself.

But more should still be at a loss for how to deal with this matter.

Not to mention that he has been sick in bed for more than ten years, since his body has improved somewhat, he has tried to avoid political affairs and stay away from the court. Spending a lot of money, spending all day and drinking, extravagant, debauched, and doing a lot of absurd things, the title of the first gentleman of Daqin is more like a "talisman" that he asked for himself, in this world where reputation and integrity are more important than life, a concubine of the first emperor who has done countless absurd things can make the emperor sitting on the dragon chair feel at ease, if he is a wise prince and has a deep reputation among the people, not only will the emperor not be at ease at that time, but he will also have trouble sleeping.

Over the years, he tried his best to avoid getting involved in the temple, just because he didn't want to arouse the suspicion of Emperor Jingxing, but he still fell into the pit.

It is true that a man sits in the house, and evil is brought from the sky. You can't hide if you want to.

A concubine who has something to do with rebellion and rebellion, if Emperor Jingxing really uses this as a reason.....

Just when Xia Zongxiao was in a hurry, dozens of sturdy men rushed straight from the hillside outside the south gate of Shuozhou, riding horses and straddle knives, and black scarves and masks went straight to Xia Zongxiao's frame.

Before the people in the shield array could react, the outermost rangers had already issued a roaring warning.

"Assassin escort! Formation! The soldiers all around surged up like a tidal wave, forming an army to block the attacking enemy.

Lang Ning, who got the news from the head of Shuozhou City, stood on the wall and ordered the soldiers to assemble and guard, he had been standing on the top of the city for a while, judging from the banner of this army outside the city, it was the general of Jingbei and the prince of Qinwei. Pioneer Battalion of the Northern Army.

Lang Ning stared at this army with abnormal behavior, this has already arrived outside Shuozhou City, how can it look like a great enemy?

I heard from the brothers who had just come into contact with Tanma, the leader of this army, that this was the escort of the three guards of the Wei King, and they also brought enough grain and grass for the entire army of border towns to eat for a month, but what happened to them? Could it have changed?

What's going on with a group of soldiers surrounding a woman?

Who was that sick and crooked young man who got out of the carriage? The people around him nodded to him and looked like a servant, could he be King Wei?

I don't know if it's a joke from rumors in the army, and it's more colorful than a woman? But this body is weak enough to fight with the woman, and you have to be supported by someone after walking two steps......

These soldiers are well armed, but their armor is too fancy and flashy...

What happened to the dozens of masked horsemen who attacked the Guardian Army's formation in the distance? Don't die, even the master of the martial arts no matter how strong he is, he will not dare to spread wild in the tens of thousands of troops, and he will kill them with just a few hundred or thousands of people.

What's more, Lang Ning didn't believe that these dozens of horses were all masters of martial arts comparable to the grandmaster, so wouldn't the grandmaster master become a big radish in a vegetable shop?

At this time, a masked assassin did not come out of nowhere, and he made a light effort, jumped up, and flew past the central guard soldiers who were surrounding the perimeter.

Six dark arrows suddenly shot out of the two cuffs and went straight to the people present, Xia Zongxiao watched the dark arrows shoot out, thinking about dodging in his mind, but his body did not obey the call. The little dice's eyes were closed in fear, and he stupidly blocked in front of Xia Zongxiao. Sun Shilu and the other three stepped forward to block the arrow and shot down the hidden arrow.

But they missed a dark arrow and came straight at Xia Zongxiao, Liu Niandan pounced hard to knock Xia Zongxiao down, the arrow passed by Xia Zongxiao, and the two fell to the ground together.

Wan Sanguang, Zeng Yi was frightened and hurriedly helped the frightened Xia Zongxiao from Liu Niandan's side to protect him, and Sun Shilu drew his sword and stepped forward to clamp down on the assassin.

Lang Ning's eyes above the city were wide-eyed, and his breathing was about to stop, if this Wei Wang was assassinated and died under his nose, then the entire border army of Jiuzhen would have to be unlucky, especially the four guards of Jizhen and the Bai family, who served as the guards of Jizhen, were the first to bear the brunt, whoever made him join the army of Jizhen.

In the change of Yongguan in that year, the first emperor dragon controlled Bintian, how many border towns were liquidated by the imperial court afterwards, and the soil at the mausoleum of the first emperor outside Yongguan is still red......

Lang Ning shouted to the Bai family behind him, "Quick! Go find the general! Let's just say that King Wei was assassinated, please come quickly! The rest of the soldiers of the Bai family army followed me out of the city to escort me! Fast! ”

To be able to become a soldier of the Bai family's army, the martial arts skills of the Bai family's family soldiers in Jizhen Town are required to be examined, and their extraordinary skills are stronger than those of the large town generals.

The masked assassin fell into the encirclement of the shield array, and when he saw Liu Niandan flying and saving Xia Zongxiao regardless of his own comfort, he was furious and said, "Senior sister! You are crazy! In order to save his life, there is poison on the dart! ”

"Senior brother? It's you? ”

The masked assassin landed on the ground, sword in hand, unfettered by the army. His eyes were like electricity, scanning the audience, and finally his eyes fell on Xia Zongxiao, who was protected by everyone.

His voice was hoarse and deep: "Why is King Wei hiding behind people?" Can you come out and see it? ”

"Your Highness, you can't go out? Your Highness, the assassin is so strong in martial arts that he can't step forward..."

Everyone persuaded and obstructed Xia Zongxiao, since it was Yiyi's senior brother, he felt the need to meet. The body was stiff, and the little dice helped Xia Zongxiao to step forward, his body slightly outward, ready to block the sword for Xia Zongxiao again, although he was very afraid...

Sun Shilu and the three of them also stepped forward, and the Mo knife in their hands clenched tighter.

Outside, the sound of armor leaves rubbing and swords colliding was endless, and the soldiers of the two guards on the left and right who were close to him threw down the grain and grass that had protected hundreds of miles of land, and surrounded the masked assassins under the command of the banner officer.

The knives and guns were unsheathed, and the bows and crossbows were wound, but due to the safety of Xia Zongxiao, they all threw rats and did not dare to act rashly.

"You're Yiyi's senior brother?"

"Yes!"

"What happened?"

"Take Nian Dan away!"

"Hmm..." Xia Zongxiao nodded wordlessly, walked up to Liu, and used all his strength to help the injured and languishing Liu Yiyi up. Come with him. ”

"Your Highness..."Liu's voice choked with a cry.

"Let's go! If you stay, the court will not give up, there are still people in the city who want to arrest you, you have also read the documents of the Criminal Department, now the military situation is urgent, and the slightest mistake will shake the morale of the army, stay, I can't protect you, or go with your senior brother! Xia Zongxiao gently wiped away Liu's two lines of tears, and his voice was gentle.

The Liu family is nominally his concubine, but in the year she entered the palace, Xia Zongxiao hadn't seen her a few times and didn't feel anything. But these days on the expedition, Liu's personal care will have some feelings.

Besides, Xia Zongxiao himself is a person who attaches great importance to feelings and protects his shortcomings, and these days he really waits for the criminal department to come to the door to ask for someone, will he pay or not?

What the Liu family is involved in is not a trivial matter of stealing chickens and dogs, but a major crime of rebellion and rebellion against the nine clans.

It doesn't matter whether she participates in the knowledge or not, if she is involved in this kind of thing, the emperor's relatives and relatives have to be beheaded, not to mention the recklessness of the rivers and lakes......

The Criminal Department has been casting this big net for so long, Emperor Jingxing must know about it.

Maybe it was his will to do it in the war-torn north, to press the matter in the north and solve it secretly. Continue the "harmonious" relationship between the two of them. If it is revealed that the concubine of King Wei is a traitor, it will be known to the world, and Emperor Jingxing will not know how to deal with it, after all, there is a big mountain above his head - the queen mother!

Xia Zongxiao knew that even the Empress Dowager would not stand on his side, and this kind of great sin was intolerable to any ruler.

There are many examples of this in history......

"Let's go!" Xia Zongxiao helped the Liu family to the Liu family's senior brother and handed the Liu family, who was already unstable, into his hands. Liu's reluctance, pear blossoms bring rain.

Before handing over the Liu family to his senior brother's arms, Xia Zongxiao whispered: "It's still good to call Yiyi..."

"Woo... Your Highness..."

"Spread out! Let them go! Xia Zongxiao turned around and said softly to Sun Shilu.

"Your Highness!" Sun Shilu questioned unwillingly.

"Let them go!" At this moment, Xia Zongxiao used all his strength to roar.

Under Sun Shilu's unwilling wave, the flag commander issued a flag, and although the three guards were puzzled, they still carried it out very well. The army made a big way with a roar.

Fu Sheng whistled, and a handsome horse roared, raising a cloud of smoke and dust.

Xia Zongxiao waved his hand to fade away the smoke and dust, and when he looked at Fu Sheng again, he was already on the horse, and Liu was lying softly in his arms, as if he had fainted, but there were still tears on his cheeks.

Fu Sheng rode on the horse, looked at Xia Zongxiao condescendingly, and said, "Senior sister said that the days she lived in the Weiwang Mansion were the happiest days in her life. ”

“... That's good..."

Fu Sheng's crotch horse plowing the ground obviously couldn't wait to gallop, but Fu Sheng grabbed the reins to stop him. He kept staring at Xia Zongxiao, Xia Zongxiao glanced up at him but didn't stare at him, he didn't like the feeling of being looked down on, and turned his head.

Riding on the horse, Fu Sheng didn't say a word and didn't leave, and when the puzzled Xia Zongxiao raised his head again, he said in a deep voice: "In return, I will tell you a secret, from now on you and your junior sister will not owe each other!"

The king of Xixia is dead, the prince of Xixia hides it, and the rest of the sons of the king of Xixia have the intention of seizing the throne, and the commander of the Xixia army is the teacher of the prince of Xixia, and he has received the news and is ready to withdraw the army. The Liao army is still in the dark, and seizing the opportunity will be a great opportunity for the Qin army to break the coalition army! ”

After speaking, the horse galloped out, accompanied by the dust and dust Fu Sheng's voice faintly.

"And my sister didn't lie to you, the incident of killing officials and rebelling back then had nothing to do with the two of us. But this kind of thing may be related to us in the future... Drive..."

Knowing the secret news of Western Xia, Xia Zongxiao was shocked, as if he had been pointed, he didn't move, and ate the gray eyes raised by the horses to send them away...

At the same time, several banners of the border army waving high in the wind appeared under the city of Shuozhou...

There is a large flag with white characters embroidered with white lines on a black background, and there is a tiger flag tattooed with a tiger flag that selects people and eats them. A white tiger with a black background and white lines, not angry and self-assured, facing the wind and looking down on the vast earth......