Chapter 953: Hostage-taking
After all, it stands to reason that those people who appeared near the lotus pond yesterday happened to be the people who would appear in the Imperial Garden today, thinking about it, Shen Qianshan seemed to have some truth in saying it, and there must be someone in danger among those people.
The three explosions in the palace made everyone in the palace scramble, except for the concubines who he enjoyed.
These women are usually pampered at home, and when something happens, they only know that they can't shout badly and shout for help, but once things settle down, it's as if they have forgotten the pain after the scar is healed, and they don't remember what happened yesterday.
Shen Qianshan didn't have so much thought to deal with this, but he was still going to go to the garden to take a look, because the two guards were investigating by themselves and found that it seemed to be related to a concubine in the harem.
It's not a big deal, but everything can't stand up to investigation, if you continue to investigate, there will definitely be a lot of clues, and I don't know if it's a coincidence, the person I want to check today is Zhou Ziyuan's sister.
He had just met with Zhou Ziyuan, and if he blatantly checked his sister at this time, it would definitely cause him to be dissatisfied, so he could only take a look secretly.
The harem is still so extravagant, Shen Zhongbai is sitting in the middle, surrounded by so many beautiful palace maids and concubines, but the atmosphere is not very harmonious, these women all take Shen Qiangrose as a target, but they don't dare to offend Shen Qiangrose when they speak.
Looks ridiculous.
But I came here today not to find Shen Qiangrose, but to see Zhou Ziyuan's sister Zhou Ran.
Zhou Ran can also be regarded as a concubine in the palace, in fact, in terms of status, she is on an equal footing with Shen Qiangrose, although Shen Zhongbai does not favor Zhou Ran much on weekdays, but Zhou Ran's status is not much inferior to Shen Qiangrose.
Shen Qianshan understood too well why Shen Zhongbai arranged it like this, Shen Qiangrose and Zhou Ran were not from a family, and they didn't have any family members who were officials in the court, so it was easier to control.
originally thought it was just an ordinary party, but Shen Qianshan just didn't want to continue to show his face in front of Shen Zhongbai, so he secretly observed on the side.
Unexpectedly, at this time, in the pool on the side, the sound of explosion sounded again.
This time, the voice was louder than the previous one, making all the concubines hug their heads and run away, only Shen Zhongbai sat in place, quietly watching all this.
But Shen Qianshan could see that this matter must have nothing to do with Shen Zhongbai, he just wanted to sit here and see who was the calmest person, maybe today was also a Hongmen banquet, just to find out who did what happened yesterday.
Zhou Ziyuan's sister Zhou Ran was also panicked and fled everywhere, but at this time, a little palace maid who was doing chores not far from Zhou Ran suddenly grabbed her and directly pushed Zhou Ran into the exploding pool.
Shen Qianshan could see clearly in the dark, Shen Zhongbai was sitting in a good position, so he naturally saw it clearly, the explosion stopped for a moment, and Zhou Ziyuan on the side rushed up and picked up Zhou Ran who fell into the pond, and at the same time did not forget to order his subordinates to suppress this palace maid.
Unexpectedly, this palace maid took a risk, kicked off the knife in the guard's hand, and stabbed the man with her backhand.
Shen Qianshan didn't expect such a situation, and he was stunned for a moment when he was hiding in the shadows, but he still didn't show up when he saw such a situation.
There are so many palace guards here, even if this palace maid really has some skills, such a situation is not something that such a thin woman can escape.
The woman also seemed to be aware of her situation, and after looking around, Shen Qianshan saw the woman's appearance clearly.
I finally knew why Qi Bai said today that there was a woman who looked similar to that Lin Jiuyue.
Isn't this woman in front of her right now?
It turned out that this woman who looked similar to Lin Jiuyue was the palace maid in front of her who tried to assassinate Zhou Ran.
It seems that the purpose of this palace maid to create chaos has been very clear, when she pushed Zhou Ran into the water just now, she didn't have any affection left, so it proves that her ultimate purpose is to kill Zhou Ran.
It seems that his previous case is also related to the palace maid in front of him, after all, the two guards who died also have a certain relationship with this Zhou Guifei, it seems that there should be a deep relationship between them.
According to his own calculations, this Zhou Ran is definitely not simple, although the family only sells medicinal materials, but the degree of ruthlessness is no less than Shen Zhongbai.
Zhou Ziyuan finally picked up Zhou Ran from the water, and when he saw this palace maid doing it, he also hurriedly responded to it, but this palace maid was small and reacted quickly, quickly dodged Zhou Ziyuan's attack, and held Shen Qiang Rose hostage with her backhand.
"This matter has nothing to do with Shen Guifei, you let 0 go."
Shen Zhongbai, who was watching the excitement in the group, probably understood what the situation was now, this palace maid rushed straight to Zhou Ran, which is enough to prove that there must be a certain relationship between these two women, and he, the emperor, also wants to see this good show.
"Do you think I'm a fool? If I release this concubine of yours now, will I shoot me with arrows from all directions? ”
After Shen Qianshan heard this, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, although it was true to say so, but the object was wrong, this situation was tantamount to a threat to Shen Zhongbai, but he never wanted to be threatened by others.
Even if this palace maid now has Shen Qiangrose as a hostage in her hands, maybe Shen Zhongbai will still directly order his archers to release arrows after a while.
It doesn't make a difference in the outcome, it's just the death of one person or two deaths.
But today's Shen Zhongbai was unusual, supporting his chin with his hand and starting to watch the show, "Then you should tell me, why do you have to kill Zhou Guifei, if your reasons are reasonable, I can't help you." ”
Zhou Ziyuan and the palace maid confronted each other face-to-face, and suddenly put down the knife in his hand, "Yue'er! ”
Zhou Ziyuan followed those eyes and looked over, the more he looked, the more familiar he felt, and after a long time he tentatively shouted a word of Yue'er, but this park didn't have the slightest feeling, "Don't call me, I'm not Yue'er, I'm thirteen months!" ”
This woman named Thirteen Moon doesn't just seem to hate Zhou Ran, but even hates Zhou Ziyuan very much, and Shen Qianshan, a bystander on the side, can see it.
Shen Zhongbai also listened to it for the first time, and even asked the girl to say a few more words from time to time.
"You go on and say, if it's really the two of them who are unfair to you, I will definitely make the decision for you."
"Yue'er, don't do stupid things, okay? The concubine is innocent, you let her go, I'll be your hostage, okay? ”
Zhou Ziyuan seemed to be very excited when he saw the emotions after thirteen months, and Shen Qianshan couldn't guess what the relationship between them was for a while, he only felt that it was like a very complicated past.
"Why? You all deserve to die, but I just didn't drown you. ”
Thirteen Yue's attitude towards Zhou Ran is particularly wrong, it seems that things are not so simple at this time.
But in Thirteen, he finally caught a hostage, and he was unwilling to let go no matter what, which made this innocent Shen Qiangrose suffer.
"But you have to let my concubine go, and if you hurt her, you won't be able to get out of here alive."
Shen Zhongbai was speaking unhurriedly at this time, but it didn't look like he was trying to save Shen Qiangrose at all, but it seemed like he had been watching the excitement, Shen Qianshan felt a little unable to sit still, this thirteenth month is so emotional now, maybe it will really hurt Shen Qiangrose after a while.
"Zhou Ziyuan, if you are really afraid of hurting this noble concubine, you put down the knife and don't force me to say it a second time."
Zhou Ziyuan was quick-sighted, quickly put down the knife in his hand, picked up a piece on the ground, and threw it in the direction of Thirteen Moon.
Thirteen Yue is left-handed, and when he saw something thrown towards him, his first reaction was of course to block it with his left hand, and the knife left Shen Qiangrose's neck, and Shen Qianshan, who had been in the shadows, also took advantage of this opportunity to rescue Shen Qiangrose.
Seeing that he had no hostages in his hands, Thirteen Yue also panicked, but he didn't panic, "Zhou Ziyuan, you killed the people around you, and then cut off an arm yourself, otherwise, the people in the entire palace will bury the two of you." ”
Thirteen Yue was still very arrogant when she spoke, so much so that at this time, she was still very confident that she would be able to kill Zhou Ran and Zhou Ziyuan today.
"Yue'er, I'm sorry for you, you can't joke with so many people's lives."
As soon as Zhou Ziyuan's apologetic tone came out, Shen Qianshan knew that now was probably the time to reveal the secret, nine times out of ten, I am afraid that this thirteenth month was originally a member of the Zhou family.
After Shen Qianshan rescued Shen Qiangrose, Shen Qiangrose did not return to Shen Zhongbai's side, but chose a distant place and quietly watched the situation here, she didn't want to continue to be involved.
Shen Qianshan and Shen Zhongbai, as two people who have nothing to do with this matter, are quietly waiting for the development of this matter.
"In the end, it's still the Nine Emperor Uncle, at this time, his skills are still so good, I don't know how long the Nine Emperor Uncle has been hiding in the back just now?"
Shen Zhongbai's lukewarm words did not arouse Shen Qianshan's disgust, and he didn't even pay attention to it, he now wants to know whether this matter will be related to this thirteenth month, this is the most important thing.