Chapter Twenty-Eight: Beheading Tomorrow

Zhu Qing and others escorted Emperor Chongzhen and the ladies back to the palace on the way. Chongzhen's sedan chair suddenly came with a shout, "Niangniang! Empress! ”

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with Niangniang?" Uncle Guo and Wang Chengen hurriedly surrounded him.

"Quick, quickly carry the mother back to Kunning Palace, and quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" Chongzhen commanded anxiously.

At this time, Suzaku put Queen Zhou on her back and rushed to Kunning Palace, and the corners of Queen Zhou's mouth were already oozing blood. Don't look at Suzaku and the women, at this time, it was not difficult to carry the injured Queen Zhou, and there was wind under her feet, and she quickly ran to Kunning Palace. Chongzhen and the others followed closely, and it seemed that Queen Zhou was not lightly injured.

"What about the Imperial Doctor? Physician! Coming to Kunning Palace, Suzaku put Queen Zhou lightly on the show bed, Chongzhen looked at the weak Queen Zhou, and shouted at the imperial doctor, Wang Chengen and Uncle Tian hurriedly dragged the imperial doctor in.

"Quick! Save the queen quickly, if you can't save the mother, don't want to live! Wang Chengen pushed the imperial doctor to Queen Zhou's bed, and the imperial doctor knelt down in front of Chongzhen. After nodding again and again, he hurriedly healed Queen Zhou.

"Your Majesty, the mother is injured in the ribs. I also ask the emperor and the male ministers to recuse themselves. The Imperial Doctor said embarrassedly.

"Your Majesty, Wechen has learned some medical skills, so it's better to let Wechen help Niangniang loosen her clothes, treat wounds, and then let the imperial doctor prescribe medicine." Suzaku saw Chongzhen's concerns and arched his hand and said.

Chongzhen nodded helplessly, and waved his hand irritably to signal everyone to retreat.

Suzaku pulled down the bed curtain, very neatly helped Queen Zhou to widen her clothes and deal with the wound, Suzaku looked at the hidden weapon under Queen Zhou's ribs, shook his head, and pulled out the hidden weapon ruthlessly, only to hear Queen Zhou's "um" moan, and immediately fainted. Suzaku hurriedly took care of Empress Zhou's wounds, opened the bed curtain with a sad face and said to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, the wound is treated, it's just ......"

"Just what?" Chongzhen asked anxiously.

"It's just that Niangniang's body is weak, and this secret weapon is right under Niangniang's ribs, Niangniang has fainted, I don't know ......" After the imperial doctor accepted the treatment of Queen Zhou, he shook his head and said.

"I don't know what?! Hurry up and heal me, if anything happens to my mother, I will destroy your nine clans! Chongzhen was annoyed and yelled at the imperial doctor.

"The emperor forgives the sin, and the ministers must go all out." The imperial doctor was already paralyzed on the ground when he heard the words "Destroy your nine clans", and he got up tremblingly and continued to diagnose and prescribe a prescription for Queen Zhou.

"Mother, mother!" Chongzhen touched Queen Zhou's forehead and called, but Queen Zhou's eyes were closed, her lips were pale, her face was bloodless, and she was already unconscious.

Chongzhen looked at the already weak Empress Zhou who was suffering from this crime again at this moment, and was filled with grief and anger, and suddenly turned around and yelled, "Pull the green dragon out and behead it!" ”

"Your Majesty! The emperor is angry, your majesty! At this time, Lord Tian, Baihu, and Suzaku suddenly knelt down to intercede for Zhu Qing.

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Tian said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please calm your anger." Suzaku and White Tiger have been pleading, and Suzaku is crying even more.

"Hmph, as one of the four saints of the capital, the number one brocade clothes, even the mother can't protect him well, what's the use of keeping him?!" Chongzhen is obviously angry. At this time, two palace guards came in to take Zhu Qing away.

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, but this time, Qinglong will not bother the emperor." Zhu Qing said, shaking off the hands of the two guards and pulling out a knife from the back box.

"Presumptuous, you want to rebel? Ghost fire, the green dragon is going to assassinate me, you still don't take it down?! Chongzhen watched Zhu Qing draw his knife and suddenly said in a panic.

"Please calm the emperor's anger, Qinglong is guilty, Qinglong pulled out his sword and alarmed the emperor. However, the sword drawn by the green dragon is really benevolent! Hearing Onihuo say this, everyone was in an uproar. It turns out that this is the legendary Fengtian Chengren! It's the knife that Jinyi Guard uses to determine himself after failing the mission!

"The commander is right, the minister is guilty, the minister is the head of the four saints in the capital, and the protection is not effective, resulting in the queen being seriously injured, and the minister should decide himself to apologize!" As he spoke, Zhu Qing raised his knife and prepared to cut into his abdomen! At this time, Suzaku suddenly pounced to protect Zhu Qing, and the white tiger also stepped forward and snatched the knife from Zhu Qing's hand!

At this time, Queen Zhou suddenly coughed and exhaled deeply, Chongzhen hurriedly rushed to the bed and grabbed Queen Zhou's hand, "Niangniang!" Empress! Chongzhen shouted in panic. Empress Zhou opened her eyes slightly and didn't speak, but kept shaking her head at Chongzhen, wanting to speak and stopping. Chongzhen grabbed Queen Zhou's hand tightly, at a loss, Queen Zhou struggled a few times, but after all, she didn't speak, suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted again.

"!" Chongzhen and the ministers shouted in panic.

Seeing that Queen Zhou vomited blood and fainted, Chongzhen became angry again, he turned to stare at Zhu Qing angrily, and was about to make an order, at this time, Lord Tian suddenly said to Chongzhen, "The emperor is angry, the emperor, the queen is fainting, if you kill at this time, I am afraid it will be ominous to the queen, your majesty." Chongzhen glanced at Lord Tian and felt that his words were not unreasonable, so he waved his hand and shouted angrily, "Put Qinglong into the heavenly prison and behead him at noon tomorrow!" ”

"Yes!" The two guards set up Zhu Qing and took him out of Kunning Palace.

"Your Majesty...... Qinglong ...... The commander ...... "Suzaku watched Qinglong being pressed down, and wanted to listen to the beheading tomorrow, and continue to intercede with the emperor, Chongzhen ignored it, Suzaku turned around and pleaded with Ghost Fire again, wanting him to help Zhu Qing say something, Ghost Huo also shook his head helplessly, Long Yan was furious, who dared to say more. Suzaku and White Tiger had no choice but to chase them out. But being stopped by the guards, Zhu Qing has been escorted to the prison.

At this time, a room light suddenly turned on on the corridor of Chuxiu Palace, and a palace maid came out and grabbed a guard and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Jin Yiwei is not doing well, and he will be asked tomorrow." The guard left a sentence and left.

Somehow, the palace maid suddenly had a sad look on her face, as if the brocade guard who was going to be beheaded was very familiar with her. That's right, this palace maid is Chen Yuanyuan. Even if it is Zhu Qing, it is no wonder that she can perceive one or two.

After Zhu Qing was pressed into the prison. What rank did the jailer ask? Where to put it?

The guard said to the jailer nonchalantly, "Find a place to stuff it for the night, and we'll be on our way tomorrow." With that, the guards handed Zhu Qing over to the jailer and left.

Because he was traveling in civilian clothes, Zhu Qing didn't wear the clothes of the brocade guard, and the jailer couldn't see what Zhu Qing was coming from at a glance, but since he was on the road tomorrow, the jailer asked curiously, "I said brother, what did you do at such a young age?" ”

Zhu Qing knew that sooner or later he would die, and it was useless to say more, so he just smiled indifferently. The jailer shook his head helplessly, "Well, since you're on the road tomorrow, I won't embarrass you tonight, let you sleep well." Saying that, the jailer took Zhu Qing to a cell, and there was a person standing in the cell, with his back to the cell door, looking out the window at the night sky, without making a sound.

"Hey, Master Sun, there's a little brother on the road tomorrow, let's squeeze with you tonight. You're always on your side. The jailer said to the man in the prison, opened the cell door, and pushed Zhu Qing inside. The man in the prison had not moved, he stood firmly, and from his back, he had a bit of a backbone, and this kind of backbone could not be erased by the prison.

Zhu Qing entered the prison, glanced at the Lord Sun, did not speak, sat on the hay against the wall, took out the dart shot by the man in black just now from his sleeve and looked at it carefully.

"Crescent dart?" Zhu Qing muttered to himself.

At this time, Master Sun suddenly turned around, Zhu Qing guessed correctly, and Lord Sun really had a righteous face.

Master Sun walked over to Zhu Qing and looked down at Zhu Qing who was sitting on the ground, he was looking at Zhu Qing and the dart in Zhu Qing's hand.

"If I'm not mistaken, this kind of crescent dart should only be available to Jinyi Wei and Liu Qingfeng, little brother? Who are you? Master Sun asked Zhu Qing.

Zhu Qing looked at Master Sun and said with a smile, "The one who is about to die." ”

Seeing that Zhu Qing didn't say anything directly, Master Sun laughed out loud, "Your little brother is a bit interesting, which is very much in line with my Sun Chuanting's temper." ”

"What? You are Lord Sun Chuanting?! Zhu Qing suddenly stood up and asked in surprise.

"Yes, since the little brother already knows the name below, shouldn't he also be honest with his brother's name?" Sun Chuanting stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Well, since I can see Lord Sun before I die, it's also fate, so it's okay to talk about it. In Xia Zhuqing, who joined Jinyiwei half a year ago, did not want to accompany the emperor and Niangniang on tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, but at this moment, Niangniang was seriously injured, and the emperor was angry, and he would be sent to the heavenly prison and wait for questioning. This is not? Squeezed in with Master Sun. Zhu Qing said, shook his head and smiled helplessly, a companion is like a tiger, this time he finally knows.

"Could it be that you are the green dragon they say?" Sun Chuanting looked at Zhu Qing and asked.

"Exactly down there." Zhu Qing replied.

"If you are born and then you are terrible, although Sun is in prison, the name of Qinglong has long been heard." Sun Chuanting nodded and said.

"It's all a false name, isn't it that the monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die?" Zhu Qing smiled and said.

Sun Chuanting has more experience of this than Zhu Qing, isn't this what happened to him? So Sun Chuanting just smiled and didn't speak, and after a while, Sun Chuanting looked at the dart in Zhu Qing's hand and said, "By the way, the dart you just held in your hand should be Liu Qingfeng's, right?" ”

"That's right, this dart was given to Zhu Qing by Lord Liu when he was playing the dart, I don't know how it got in the hands of the assassin, and it almost killed the emperor." Zhu Qing said, he couldn't help but be a little afraid.

"Since you said it was given to you by Liu Qingfeng, then how could it be in the hands of that assassin?" Sun Chuanting asked suspiciously.

This question woke up Zhu Qing at that time, "That's right, this dart was shot at that Gao Yingxiang by me at the crossing of the Yellow River half a year ago, what's the matter?" Zhu Qing suddenly had an eyebrow in his heart, "Could it be Gao Yingxiang?" ”

"Hahaha, Qinglong is really joking, that Gao Yingxiang died half a year ago, it was a fatal dart, I didn't expect it, everyone said that Gao Yingxiang was killed by Sun, although he also fought with Sun, but he escaped, it turned out that it was solved by Brother Zhu!" Sun Chuanting was surprised and delighted, he had been trying to find the person who killed Gao Yingxiang for the past six months, but Kill Feng and the others had been silent. I didn't expect to see each other in prison tonight.

"What do you say? Gao Yingxiang is dead? Zhu Qing was even more surprised, in addition to joining Jinyiwei for Chen Yuanyuan, it was to avenge Xiaobao, and suddenly heard that Gao Yingxiang was dead, Zhu Qing was a little unconvinced.

"Dead! Now the new king is Li Zicheng! Sun Chuanting said.

"I originally thought that my brother's revenge had not been avenged, his wish had not been fulfilled, and he would not be able to die, but it seems that God has cleared my doubts for me, and it is okay, I can also go to see my little treasure brother tomorrow." Zhu Qing said, and couldn't help but smile.

"Brother Zhu can't die, don't say that you saved the emperor's life, that is, if you killed Gao Yingxiang, Da Ming shouldn't let you die. Sun Mou is to pay for my old life, and he will protect you Qinglong once. Sun Chuanting suddenly said firmly.

"Lord Sun said and laughed, the emperor's golden mouth has been opened, besides, don't blame Qinglong for being unreasonable, Lord Sun is now in prison like Qinglong, I'm afraid he has more than enough heart and not enough strength, right? Hahaha. Being able to talk to Lord Sun before he died, Qinglong was fortunate to have three lives for a while. It's better to go to bed early, Qinglong will have to hurry tomorrow. Hahaha. Zhu Qing said, laughing.

Sun Chuanting saw the high-spirited self from the young man's laughter, and couldn't help but nod and smile, no longer speaking, but he had other plans in his heart.

Sun Chuanting looked at the Chinese New Year's Eve outside the iron window, and he never felt relieved.