Western Xia Palace, late at night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, sat in the side hall of the dormitory, and there were three rows of people kneeling neatly below, more than twenty people.

Li Qianshun was holding three pieces of paper in his hand, and every time he looked at one of them, his brows furrowed tighter, and the expression on his face became more and more gloomy.

The first piece of paper reads: Eldest princess, 50,000 stone of fine grain. Within two days, it was sent to the southwest of the Western Xia border for 200 miles, and there was a circular sign on the ground with stones. After the grain delivery team arrived, it immediately left on its own. After the food arrives, release the eldest princess, if you don't do it, I will definitely let the news spread throughout Western Xia.

The second piece of paper reads: Prince, 50,000 stone of fine grain. Within two days, it was sent to the southwest of the Western Xia border for 200 miles, and there was a circular sign on the ground with stones. After the grain delivery team arrived, it immediately left on its own. When the grain arrives, release the prince, and if he does not do so, I will surely let the news spread throughout Western Xia.

The third piece of paper reads: Queen Mother, 100,000 stone of fine grain. Within two days, it was sent to the southwest of the Western Xia border for 200 miles, and there was a circular sign on the ground with stones. After the grain delivery team arrived, it immediately left on its own. After the food arrives, release the Queen Mother, and if you don't do it, I will definitely let the news spread throughout the entire Western Xia.

Li Qianshun looked at the basically identical content on the three pieces of paper, and suddenly became puzzled in his heart. Why is it that everything else is basically the same, but only the people and the quantity of food are different? Then Li Qianshun thought about it for a while, and then understood the key, and his heart was suddenly shocked.

The target of this robbery is not only these three people, there must be others! This bold bandit, is he going to take the royal family of Western Xia into a pot?!

The young Emperor of Western Xia figured out this truth, and his face suddenly felt hot, as if he had been slapped several loud times.

Although Li Qianshun was young, he was not mediocre, and he did not anger the Praetorian Guards who were in charge of guarding the palace. He knew in his heart that these robbers could rob the Queen Mother and the eldest princess silently, and it was absolutely impossible for them to break through from the periphery and enter the palace.

The periphery of the harem is extremely well guarded, and the queen mother and the eldest princess are in the inner courtyard of the harem, and the position is almost in the middle of the entire palace. It is basically impossible to break through the defenses of the palace and the outer perimeter of the harem and run inside to rob people without alarming the Praetorian Guards at all.

Generally, men are not allowed in the inner courtyard of the harem, at most there are some good and clean chamberlains. If you can avoid the outer warning and reach the harem directly, the harem really has no power to stop this kind of robber with great powers.

Li Qianshun thought about it, and a very shocking thought suddenly popped up in his heart, could it be that these people would not be able to fly away?

When Li Qianshun was thinking about the problem, the chamberlain came in to report that Tuoba Wuli was coming and had something important to see.

Li Qianshun waved his hand to the chamberlain and motioned for Tuoba Wuli to come in.

After Tuoba Wuli entered the door, he walked quickly, came to a short distance in front of Li Qianshun, knelt on his knees, and said: "Your Majesty, all the blood-clothed assassins we sent out to pursue were killed, and not a single one was left alive. And...... And ......"

Li Qianshun saw Tuoba Wuli spitting and immediately understood what he meant.

Li Qianshun looked at the more than 20 people kneeling below, and said, "Except for Tuoba Wuli, all of them retreat and wait outside!" ”

More than twenty people agreed in unison, hurriedly got up and took a few steps back, and then quickly walked out of the door.

Seeing that everyone was gone, Tuoba Uri continued to speak: "Your Majesty, the death of these blood-clothed assassins...... Extremely weird! ”

Li Qianshun frowned and said, "Weird? How weird it is, you can hurry up! ”

Tuoba Uri hurriedly spoke: "These dozen or so blood-clad assassins I sent are all top fighters, and when I found them, their bodies were all frozen. Depending on the time of death and the current temperature, it is unlikely that it will freeze to that extent. Moreover, their whole bodies were white, and I probed them with a steel needle and found that all the blood in their bodies had been drained! ”

Li Qianshun was shocked, but the expression on his face did not change much, and he just said lightly: "Have you ever heard of any person or organization that kills people in this way?" ”

Tuoba Wuli pondered for a moment and spoke: "Among the information I have obtained, there is a mysterious sect in Tibet, and they seem to have used the means of killing people to obtain blood. But what I'm seeing today is different from theirs. More than a dozen blood-clad assassins appeared to have died at the same time, with only one wound of the same size. ”

At this point, Tubauri paused. But as if he remembered something, he hurriedly added again: "Except for one of them, his body is not frozen, and his blood is not drained, he just died from a steel cone in his chest." ”

Li Qianshun closed his eyes and leaned back on the wide back of his chair. The hall suddenly fell silent, and Tuoba Uri only knelt and did not speak again.

After a long while, Li Qianshun opened his eyes and said slowly: "Since you don't have a clue, then you can go and raise food." There's only two days, and I don't think you can think of anything good to do. ”

Tuoba Wuli was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we can't compromise!" This is detrimental to the national prestige of our Western Xia! ”

Li Qianshun's eyes narrowed, straightened up, stared straight at Tuoba Wuli, and said in a deep voice: "Uncompromising? Do you want to put me in a situation of unfilial piety and injustice?! If this news is made public, think about the consequences! ”

Tuoba Uri's body shook violently, and then immediately understood the key.

Tuoba Wuli hurriedly kowtowed his head and said, "The minister should die, it's the minister who didn't think it through!" But...... But once a compromise is made, if the bandits do not keep their promises and still make the news public, then are we not empty of both people and money? These people dare to take such a big risk, they definitely don't just want food, and they will definitely not let the Queen Mother go easily! Your Majesty think twice! ”

The words of Tuoba Uri's words are sonorous and piercing to the heart. It's not that Li Qianshun hasn't thought about this, but he really doesn't know what to do.

Li Qianshun leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. This time, he was silent for much longer.

Time passed little by little in this dreary atmosphere, and it was not until Tuoba Uri's legs were numb on his knees that Li Qianshun opened his eyes.

As soon as Li Qianshun changed his decadent attitude, the momentum on his body also rose instantly, and then he said loudly: "Gather all the ministers, enter the palace immediately, and go to the court immediately!" I'd like to hear them...... What the hell would you say......

Tuoba Wuli listened to Li Qianshun's words, and a strange smile quickly flashed on his face with his head down, and then flashed away.

Tuoba Wuli straightened up, clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”