A signal firework exploded in the sky above the palace.

Xiao Lian hugged He Jingying horizontally in the crook of his arm. In front of him were more than a dozen fallen guards, half of whom he had killed, and half of whom had been killed by the newt.

There was an eerie red in the setting sun, pouring down from Xiao Lian's solid back. Beneath the purple robe, his back was tense, half excited, half afraid.

He wrapped his arms tightly around the person in his arms, feeling the warmth of the person in his arms. This little bit of temperature made him feel that life had meaning.

Behind him, Dendrobium sat by the wall, and Wang Shaoming looked at them in horror.

Xiao Lian looked back at Dendrobium and said to Wang Shaoming, "Can you take him away?" ”

Xiao Lian's mask was still covered with blood, which scared Wang Shaoming.

Wang Shaoming stepped forward tremblingly, and resisted the dendrobium with some difficulty. Wang Shaoming was about to walk forward, but his footsteps suddenly stopped, because in front of her, the newt was chewing on the heart of a guard.

The cave newt raised its head, its blood-red eyes looked at Wang Shaoming motionlessly, and a warning sound came out of its mouth.

Xiao Lian glanced at the newt indifferently, raised his foot and walked forward.

Wang Shaoming's heart jumped suddenly, and he said in a panic: "Wait......"

As soon as the words fell, the newt turned around, ran after Xiao Lian, wrapped Xiao Lian's slender and sturdy calves on the ground, and climbed onto Xiao Lian's shoulders. Xiao Lian's tall body cast a shadow between him and He Jingying. The cave newt slowly crawled down and wrapped itself around He Jingying's arm, its body slowly turning white, and its eyes slowly closed to cover the blood-red eyes.

Xiao Lian looked back at Wang Shaoming, who stood in place like a frightened rabbit, still a little at a loss. "This thing is not very big, and if it is not for the protection of the Lord, it will not hurt people. You don't have to worry. ”

Only then did Wang Shaoming muster up the courage to carry the dendrobium and followed: "Heavenly Master, where are you going?" ”

Xiao Lian was not used to being called a Heavenly Master, so he reacted a little slowly.

He originally entered the palace just to find some clues, but he didn't expect to really find He Jingying herself.

Originally, the Dan room of the Heavenly Master Pavilion could hide from people, and the poisonous mist put by the ghost-faced Lang Jun outside the Dan room could block some people. But he couldn't bring them all in.

This matter involves Wang Shaoming, and Xiao Luan will take action soon.

Wang Shaoming followed Xiao Lian and said: "Today, the Queen Mother is going to Chong'an Mausoleum, and she should not have set off yet, and the carriage and horses are parked outside Zhengyang Gate." It should be too late now. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late, let's try." Xiao Lian hugged He Jingying and walked towards Zhengyang Gate.

Along the way, Xiao Lian walked very steadily step by step, as if he was afraid that if he walked in a hurry, the person in his arms would not be able to sleep comfortably.

From the cold palace to Zhengyangmen, no matter how you go, you can't avoid the guards. However, with Wang Shaoming following, the guards still didn't dare to do it directly when they saw them, so they could only follow them and send someone to inform Xiao Chen.

The surrounding guards gradually gathered and surrounded Xiao Lian in the middle. The tip of the knife flashed with a cold glow, and Xiao Lian looked at the guards indifferently.

Xiao Lian looked around, they had already alarmed the Yulin Army. Thirty or so Yulin soldiers surrounded him. If it was him, he might still be able to rush out, but now he is carrying the injured He Jingying, as well as the defenseless Wang Shaoming and Shi Dendrobium.

But it's all come to this point, how can it be caught?

"Goo-goo."

The newt wrapped around He Jingying's body raised its head vigilantly, and its eyes that had not opened were staring at the tip of the knife through the white scale armor.

The tail of the cave newt swept on He Jingying's face, He Jingying was uncomfortable, and subconsciously drilled into Xiao Lian's arms.

Xiao Lian lowered his head and saw He Jingying's long eyelashes rubbing against his robe.

Xiao Lian looked at it so intently that the guards around him looked at each other, if it weren't for Xiao Lian and He Jingying covered in blood, they would only think that they had caught the wrong person.

Such an atmosphere made the guards feel weird. Coupled with Fang Cai's eerie "cooing" sound, it actually made them feel a chill down their spines. "Heavenly Master, you can be caught quickly."

Xiao Lian turned a deaf ear, still looking down at the person in his arms.

"Are you awake?"

A low, magnetic voice poured into He Jingying's ears, and the other voices in this world were not important.

"Hmm."

The sunlight was a little dazzling, and He Jingying barely opened her eyes after getting used to it. She turned her head and saw the glittering knife.

Obviously this is the case, but He Jingying feels at ease.

She said calmly to Xiao Lian, "Let me go." ”

Xiao Lian didn't force her, and gently put He Jingying down. Xiao Lian untied his robe and draped it over He Jingying's shoulders. The purple robe wrapped He Jingying's emaciated figure.

The soles of He Jingying's feet were still a little soft, but she still stubbornly straightened her back. The newt crawled up from her back like a snake and over her shoulder. The newt's scale armor gradually turned black, glowing purple in the scorching sun. The blood-red pupils looked at the guard holding the knife in front of him as if they had been quenched with poison.

"Dragons?"

Yu Linwei subconsciously took a step back, but he didn't mean to retreat.

At the time of the stalemate, Xiao Chen walked over from a distance.

"Commander Xiao!" Yu Linwei seems to have found the backbone.

Xiao Chen got closer, and only then did he see that the person in the purple robe was He Jingying. Xiao Chen smiled dumbly: "It's you?" Are you actually in the palace? ”

Xiao Chen used to be the most trusted person between Emperor Qi Wu and Xiao Zhaoye, and he was also Xiao Zhaoye's friend.

When the palace changed, it was Xiao Chen who opened the city gate, and He Jingying always felt that this matter was reasonable and unexpected. "Xiao Yanfu, the first emperor took you a lot, why did you kill the first emperor?"

Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, and then corrected He Jingying: "It's King Yulin, not the first emperor." What's more, I didn't kill him, he killed himself in Weiyang Palace. ”

"Have you always said this to yourself, so that your conscience can pass?"

Xiao Chen said flatly: "There's nothing that can't get by." It's just that each is his own master. ”

"To each his own master?" He Jingying sneered: "Can a treacherous person also say the same about himself? ”

Xiao Chen looked at He Jingying calmly: "I have a wife and children in my house, and I am just an ordinary person. ”

Xiao Lian gently took off the mask: "Commander Xiao is right, people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves." You have your position, I have the people I want to protect, then we will fight again. ”

Xiao Chen's face changed when he saw Xiao Lian's face after seeing the mask. Xiao Lian went to the border pass, won several battles, and crossed the snow-capped mountains alone into Tuyuhun, in the capital, General Long Xiang has been rumored to be a myth.

He hadn't won before Xiao Lian set out to fight. If I fight now, I'm afraid I will only lose worse than before.

Even the surrounding Yu Linwei were stunned.

"General Long Xiang?"

"Is it General Long Xiang? How could he be in the palace? ”

For Xiao Lian, Xiao Chen still admired it in his heart: "General Xiao is really courageous, Master Hou is looking for you everywhere, and you are actually hiding in the palace." ”

Xiao Lian coldly glanced at these Yu Lin Guards, and sneered: "Yu Lin Wei has the responsibility of guarding the Imperial City, but now he is facing the queen mother with swords, betraying his righteousness, and admitting that the thief is the master. We are waiting for a bloody battle with the Wei army on the border, and it is you who are disloyal and unrighteous to protect. It's not worth it for me to die at the border! ”

The Blazing Sun Sword in Xiao Lian's hand flashed a cold glow: "We are waiting to repel the Wei army at the border pass, but you are waiting for your own selfish desires to rebel in the capital and slaughter my people!" Let my Da Qi Erlang's blood flow in vain at the border, and this general will collect this debt from you on behalf of my Da Qi Erlang, it is not wronged for you, right? ”

The Feather Forest Guard retreated. The military spirit is the same as the people's hearts, and once it collapses, it is difficult to pick it up again.

Some people picked up swords for the sake of money, but there were also many more people who also wanted to protect their families and defend the country. If it were not forced by the world, no one would want to become a treacherous rebel and thief.

Xiao Chen's eyes were cold, Yu Linwei could retreat, but he couldn't retreat.

Xiao Chen stabbed at Xiao Lian with a sword.

The last time Xiao Chen and Xiao Lian were in school, Xiao Lian had a lot of reservations.

Because he still remembered that Xiao Chen had saved him by the river outside Stone City, and he had also let him go in Jiashi Road when Emperor Qi Wu wanted to poison He Jingying.

Xiao Lian didn't know many people in this world, and even fewer people he made friends. Because of these two things, Xiao Chen can be said to be his benefactor.

It's just a choice, and a person can change dramatically. In fact, no choice is absolutely correct, you can only live up to yourself and your loved ones.

Xiao Lian made a circle of long swords, and stabbed a sword obliquely towards Xiao Chen from top to bottom. It was the same move as that day on the school field, but the difference was that Xiao Lian did not let Xiao Chen make this move this time, and the Burning Sun Sword pierced directly into Xiao Chen's chest.

Xiao Chen shrank to the ground, the sword in his hand fell to the ground, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He raised his head and looked at Xiao Lian: "I knew that I would have today, and it is not unjust to die under your sword." Xiao Chen had tears in his eyes: "But I just want to protect my wife and children." If I do not open the gates, my wife and children will die. General Xiao, I, Xiao Yanfu, have unforgivable sins, and it is not a pity to die, so I beg General Xiao to spare my wife and children. ”

"I, I will spare you the sins of the Nine Clans."

Xiao Chen raised his head in astonishment, and saw the bright yellow figure walking slowly behind Xiao Lian. The young emperor's eyes were firm.

Since Xiao Zhaowen ascended the throne, Xiao Chen has not seen him again. He thought he would see the hatred in Xiao Zhaowen's eyes, but what he saw was a firmness that was rare in a young man.

The times did not crush him, and the captivity did not rub him.

His eyes were clear, as if he could penetrate the world. Xiao Chen's unbearable, dark thoughts were nowhere to be hidden under such eyes.

Xiao Chen suddenly felt that he had lived most of his life, but he was not as clear as these young people.

Xiao Lian has the people he wants to protect, and he has his persistence.

Xiao Zhaowen knew that the world was difficult, but he was not angry or complaining, but silently took the responsibility on his shoulders and accepted the injustice of fate.

Xiao Zhaowen took Wang Shaoming's hand and gently pulled Wang Shaoming behind him: "Are you okay?" ”

Wang Shaoming shook his head gently, and his heart that had been flustered finally settled down: "Your Majesty, why did you come here." ”

Xiao Zhaowen looked at Wang Shaoming gently: "I saw that you haven't come back for a long time, and I heard that there was a mess here, so I came to take a look." ”

Xiao Zhaowen looked at Yu Linwei with clear eyes: "Since you are forced by others, I will not take your life." But Ruo'er and the others are obsessed, and I am the nine clans such as Xu'er. ”

The Yu Linwei closest to Xiao Lian put down the knife in his hand and knelt on the ground. With the first, there was the second, Yu Linwei knelt down towards Xiao Zhaowen next to Xiao Chen's corpse.

At this time, Xiao Zhaowen's tense back relaxed.

Wang Shaoming asked softly: "Your Majesty, the things in the palace must have been rumored out of the palace, right?" ”

Xiao Zhaowen is also a little strange about this matter, if it is a weekday, Xiao Luan should have arrived in the palace early in the morning: "I came all the way and only the eunuchs of Weiyang Palace followed, it seems that there is chaos at the city gate." ”

Xiao Lian frowned. Before he entered the palace, he told Mrs. Qi that if he found a clue in the palace and needed to leave the palace, he would release a signal flare. Mrs. Qi can organize the homeless people in the city to stop Xiao Luan from entering the palace.

But Xiao Zhaowen said that there was chaos at the city gate? How could Lady Qi go to the city gate?