Chapter 156: The Price of Desertion

Xu Rulie's face was cold, and he patted Su Lian's shoulder and comforted, whether today's play is true or not, he has his own calculations in his heart, but it is not good to really quarrel with the queen, so as not to hurt the relationship between mother and son, and he is also very embarrassed in his heart.

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness, then I have to ask my subordinates to help send Aunt Su back."

"No need, His Royal Highness will personally take Li'er back to the Lotus Temple." The guard lowered his posture, Xu Rulie glanced at him lightly, then put his arm around Su Lian's waist and led people to turn over on horseback.

"The subordinates send off His Highness, and the subordinates retire." After all, he didn't face Xu Rulie, and what happened next, Xu Rulie would naturally explain to Huang He and the others, and the guards were relieved, and went back alone with the tattered carriage.

Xu Rulie sat behind Su Lian, hugged her waist, held the reins with both hands, and was very distressed After grinding with Su Lian's ears and temples for a while, he waited for the guards to go away, and then he slowly walked on this country road.

"I'm sorry Li'er, today is not the best time for you to go back to the capital, I am worried that the queen mother will do it, so I have to send you back to the Lotus Temple first, it is really hard for you."

Su Lian shook her head, curled under his arm like a kitten, one hand gripping the back of his hand holding the reins softly. "The concubine is not bitter, the concubine is just worried about His Royal Highness, how should she explain to the queen mother after she goes back?"

"You and I have already repeatedly backed down for the queen mother's request, but the queen mother is so bent on going her own way, after today, I have to be tougher, you wait for me, I must find a legitimate reason to take you back openly."

Xu Rulie pursed his mouth, just as Su Lian turned his head, there were still undried tears on his face and chin, and after the two lingered for a while, they rushed to the road to the Lotus Temple.

At the same time, Xiao Huai'an, who was escorting the prisoner alone, was still walking on the street, and most of the people were the most lively at this time, most of them did not know right from wrong, but when he saw a person being locked in the prisoner car, he carried rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs that had not been thrown away for a long time, and vented the pressure in his heart by condemning the murderer on both sides of the road.

The babbling curses in their mouths, although they didn't say it to Xiao Huai'an, but Xiao Huai'an walked in the forefront, and there was still a feeling of being affected.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling helpless about the madness of these people, but he also began to worry about the large number of people here, in case this assassin still had accomplices, I was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with.

There is a saying called what is it, saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Xiao Huai'an simply wanted to come to something, and the worry in his heart had not had time to put down, and there was a commotion in the crowd, which frightened the horses transporting the prisoner cart out of control.

Under Xiao Huai'an's crotch is a dark horse raised by himself, Xuanli, and like a veteran who has experienced a hundred battles, he naturally will not mess up for this level of turmoil, but only he is calm and to no avail.

It seems that he heard someone shouting in the crowd that he had killed someone, and then a pool of blood splattered out, which happened to be sprinkled in front of Xiao Huai'an, and this color should not be human blood, but this is undoubtedly the biggest mockery and provocation for Xiao Huai'an.

"Don't panic, evacuate the people, protect the prisoner car!" Xiao Huai'an was so angry that he shouted and pulled out the wide knife at his waist, turned the horse's head to guard the prisoner cart so as not to be robbed.

But at this time, there were no less than four or five sturdy masked men, armed with long knives, gathered around the prisoner cart and cut the chains of the prisoner cart.

Xiao Huai'an raised his eyebrows, stood up on horseback, and directly killed the four or five assassins. Xuan Li slowly walked in front of the frightened horse pulling the prisoner cart, probably because of the aura of Xuan Li's murderous battlefield, the two horses actually quieted down.

Looking at the killers who came to rob the prisoners are good, but they are all rampage with brute force, it should not be a special royal training, but a civilian samurai.

Although it is said that the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable, it does not mean that you can win by fighting indiscriminately, Xiao Huai'an dealt with five killers alone, and he did not necessarily fall into the disadvantage.

Moreover, soon the movement had spread to all parts of the capital, and the doctor was the closest person to the Tai Lieutenant, and when he heard the news, he rushed over in time.

Xiao Huai was secretly relieved, thinking that the situation was already under his control, but he never thought that those killers were suddenly not in a hurry to save people, but tried every means to escape.

He was surprised, and when he turned around, he saw that the assassin who had slipped away had picked up a knife and wiped it on his neck, and before leaving, he was still shouting "Long live the Japanese kingdom", and the blood that flowed down stained his white prison clothes, which looked very conspicuous.

The murderer sentenced to death usually serves as a deterrent to the people, and if he makes a decision in advance, it will be equivalent to a great humiliation of the royal family.

Xiao Huai'an was shocked, and the five assassins behind him took advantage of the opportunity to explore the gods and escaped very skillfully, and disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye.

For a while, the killers and people who intercepted prisoners, as well as the Taiwei forbidden army who rushed over to reinforce them, filled this street with drums, so that people didn't even have room to move around.

Xiao Huai sighed with peace of mind, although he was not satisfied, but the law did not hold the public accountable, and he could not force the search. It was the doctor who hurriedly came, called the forbidden army to evacuate the people on the street, and then walked slowly to Xiao Huai'an's side, swept the mess on the street, and finally stopped his eyes on the assassin who committed suicide.

"Congratulations to Lord Xiao for successfully preventing the criminals from escaping."

As soon as he heard this, if he didn't know what kind of person the doctor was, Xiao Huai'an would almost think that he was deliberately sneering, and almost coughed up a mouthful of water.

"Lord Taiwei, don't joke with this official, this prisoner committed suicide, how can the adults not know what the consequences are."

"Rao is going back for a while, Your Majesty will be angry, it's better than being rescued, at least this person is also because of your care, Lord Xiao, so that he won't let him escape."

It was the doctor who waved his hand, his expression looked light, his tone was more plain and boring than his expression, he put his hands in his sleeves, and on this hot day, he was wrapped tightly like an old man who was afraid of the heat.

He walked beside Xiao Huai'an, watched him go to check the prisoner's death, tilted left and right, and asked again. "By the way, I heard that the third prince didn't escort the prisoner with Lord Xiao today, why didn't he see him?"

Although this sentence was just an ordinary greeting from Taiwei, it really pierced Xiao Huai'an's heart. Xiao Huai'an searched for a parchment scroll from the dead prisoner, frowned before he could open it, and got up with some resentment.

"Understood." It was the doctor who looked at Xiao Huai'an's appearance, and suddenly understood, and nodded understandingly, "What is this?" ”

It was the doctor's topic that jumped very fast, he was so old, but his brain was still very good, Xiao Huai'an was stunned when he heard it, lowered his head and opened the parchment scroll in his hand, only to see that it was densely filled with the names of nearly 1,000 people, the name of which was the petition of the people of the Japanese State, refusing to join the Daze Federation, and proposing to overthrow the imperial power of the Japanese State and annex Daze.

Rao is like this, it is just like this, it is like a fantasy to annex Daze, but in this petition that made Xiao Huai's heart calm for a long time, there are actually many names of the people of Daze.

In other words, someone in Osawa has now begun to collude with foreigners.

Xiao Huai'an was shocked, and from the beginning to the end of this list, his eyes were about to be dazzled, and he couldn't sweep all the names, which shows the magnificence of the number of people in it.

Seeing this, the doctor didn't react in surprise, just sighed faintly.

Then, the robbery of the prisoner car on Zhuque Street was reported to the palace, in addition to the prisoner's suicide and Xiao Huai'an's unfavorable care, Xu Rulie's charges of sudden disappearance who should have been in the escort team were also clearly listed in front of the emperor.

The emperor was furious when he saw it, and if it weren't for the fact that one of the witnesses was the doctor and the lieutenant who had also arrived in the main hall, he would almost have been unable to hold back his temper.

In order to praise him for his contribution to the Quartet, the emperor specially allowed him to visit him every day, and today he is willing to take the initiative to come, which is really unusual.

"It's just bastards, this group of people are so bold, is it really that I have no one?" The emperor couldn't sit down in anger, straightened his chest, and slapped the petition on the table several times, but his anger spread to the captain, he only turned his eyes and glared fiercely in the direction of Xu Rulie.

"Look at this, what is this, there are people who dare to make such a thing under my nose, if you don't catch all the names of the people on it, wouldn't you lose royal face."

"Your Majesty is angry, the dragon body is important, and the law does not blame the public, and the person who is the leader should still be caught, but this list can be used as a reference to exclude the use of people."

It was the doctor who sighed lazily, his two eyes were only staring at the ground, and he was still holding his hands in the old grandfather's class, looking much more comfortable than Xiao Huai'an and Xu Rulie next to him.

Hearing this, Xu Rulie looked at the emperor's gaze, and also stubbornly agreed, "What Lord Taiwei said is extremely true, my father is angry. ”

"Do you still have a point?!" The emperor scolded angrily, snorted coldly from his nose, and then turned sideways and sat down, still staring only in the direction of Xu Rulie.

"What do you hear about what I have specially told you, and where do you want to go? Could it be that if I ask you to do a little thing, you will complain and deliberately disobey me like this? ”