Chapter 201: Conversation with Mu Baizhuo
It was almost noon, and Nan Qiao was dressed in a prison uniform and tied up with flowers, kneeling in the middle of Xingtai.
There was a lot of noise outside the execution ground, and there were more onlookers than ever before.
In addition to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the prison officials of this execution were also supervised by Prime Minister Liu Cheng and Yu Shi Dafu, and the main supervisor was the prime minister.
"Fortunately, the prime minister informed the lower officials in time to verify his identity, otherwise he would have been deceived by the lord of the Southern Jin Dynasty!" The criminal department Shangshu said.
"If someone hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of this!" Prime Minister Liu touched his beard and said with relief, "When this demon girl is killed, Chang'an City should also be at peace!" ”
Lord Yushi sighed, "I'm afraid that the King of Pingding will protect this demon girl!" When the time comes... I'm afraid it's not easy! ”
This question really gave several people a headache.
"It's better to execute us in advance before the king of Pingding comes!" The Criminal Department Shangshu proposed.
"But it's not yet three o'clock in the afternoon..."
"It's okay, the old man has already arranged people in secret, if things change, you can take advantage of the chaos to take the life of the demon girl!" The prime minister was clearly prepared.
In the crowd, Mu Baizhuo hurried over, and when he looked at the people on the execution table, his side hands clenched into fists.
He had gone to the prison to see Nan Qiao before, and he thought that Ji Wuyu would do his best to save Nan Qiao, but now that he was about to be executed, there was no new will from the emperor's side.
There was no way, Mu Baizhuo could only use a small private army in the Dongjun Palace.
The wind is surging on the stage, and the dark tide is surging off the stage.
Suddenly, Mu Baizhuo's wrist was grabbed, and just as he turned back vigilantly, a woman lifted the corner of the feather yarn hat, revealing a little bit of the delicate face of the little jasper, Mu Baizhuo had no impression of other women except for Nan Qiao.
Before Mu Baizhuo could ask, Liu Feiyan looked left and right and then introduced herself,
"My name is Liu Feiyan, and I am the third lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, can His Royal Highness take a step to speak?"
Mu Baizhuo remembered that Nan Qiao had made two friends before, one Qingyi and the other Liu Feiyan.
He looked at Prime Minister Liu Cheng in the stands, and then at Liu Feiyan, who was dressed so strangely, and in the end, he followed Liu Feiyan to a sparsely populated place on the side.
Liu Feiyan let go of his wrist at this time, "I accidentally learned about my father's plan, and I know that he has arranged a large number of masters around here, I don't want her to die, I know that His Royal Highness the Prince is friendly with her, so I specially came to inform about this." ”
Now Liu Feiyan doesn't know how to call Nan Qiao, so she only uses her instead.
Mu Baizhuo's eyes were blazing, staring at her and asking, "What you said is true, then do you know how many people your father arranged?" ”
Liu Feiyan shook her head, "Actually, I don't know how many people there are, anyway, there should be a lot, if things change, my father will take the opportunity to let people shoot them!" ”
Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend against, so it is a bit tricky.
Seeing him pondering, Concubine Liu Yan said again, "But my father is called a cup, that's all I know, His Royal Highness must find a way to save her, Qingyi and I don't want her to have anything to do!" ”
Although they did not interact with each other after Nan Qiao recovered their identities, they still silently hoped that the other party could live well.
Mu Baizhuo nodded, "Well, thank you!" ”
"I'm just doing my best." After saying this, Liu Feiyan put down the feather yarn, saluted Mu Baizhuo, and left in a hurry.
Seeing that it was about to be three o'clock in the afternoon, Mu Baizhuo suddenly stood up from the crowd,
"Prime Minister, I have a few words to say to Qiao'er, and please be accommodating!"
Prime Minister Liu Cheng saw that it was Mu Baizhuo, and after a few deliberations, he nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World should hurry, it will be time for the execution soon." ”
"Thank you!" Mu Baizhuo didn't say much, and went directly to the execution table.
From the moment Mu Baizhuo walked onto the execution platform, Nan Qiao's eyes were locked on him, and when she saw him walking towards her, she smiled slightly.
Mu Baizhuo squatted down, and said with some reproach in his tone, "You can still laugh?" ”
Nan Qiao said with some guilt, "I knew earlier, I should have listened to you in the first place, and I wouldn't have provoked those rights and wrongs." ”
"Are you afraid?" Mu Baizhuo frowned slightly, and put his palm on her shoulder, "Silly girl, you still have me!" ”
Seeing him so sensational, Nan Qiao couldn't help laughing, "What? I'm afraid I'll die like this and you'll be left here alone? ”
"Not really!" Mu Baizhuo's brows furrowed even tighter, "If you really die, I should be lonely again, so you can't die!" ”
She shook her head slightly, "I won't die, it's better to kill me than to take me to the front line, so I guess the emperor has other plans." Xiaobai, I want to ask you for one thing. ”
"You say." He tilted his ear slightly.
"I'm afraid that this will attract my brother, if you find him, knock him unconscious and send him to the front before anyone else finds out, and stop this war. Qin Jian, who led the troops on the other side, is my master, and I don't have to worry about handing over people to him! ”
Seeing her so persistent, the corners of Mu Baizhuo's lips twitched, "It turns out that you always regard him as more important than anyone else in your heart." ”
She avoided his gaze and said in a low voice, "He can't be okay anymore, can't!" ”
Mu Baizhuo nodded, "Okay, I promise you, when this matter is over, don't worry about anything, let's find Ghost Face Bodhi together and go back to modern times together!" ”
"But..."
"Be obedient, don't think about it!" After saying this, Mu Baizhuo touched her head and helped her straighten her hair before getting up to leave.
Nan Qiao looked at his back, his lips moved slightly, "Thank you!" ”
At this time, the sun was shining, and around the roof, there were many people in ambush, and even the crowd under the execution table was mixed with many non-idle people.
"It's three o'clock in the afternoon, execution!"
When the words fell, the order in Prime Minister Liu Cheng's hand was thrown forward, and the token fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
The executioner held up the bright and dangling big knife, and as long as he cut it off, Nan Qiao's head fell to the ground.
At this moment, her eyes searched the crowd, as if she was looking for her brother's whereabouts, she was identifying, she knew that her brother was good at disguise, it could be a man, it could be a woman, even a beggar or an old lady.
After scanning around, she found no trace of Nan Musheng, and she didn't know whether it was fortunate or unlucky.
My brother has been missing for so many days, and even the emperor's people have not found his whereabouts, and he has not returned to the Southern Jin Dynasty, if he is really hidden, where can he hide?
If you are controlled by others, you will be in trouble.
For a second, a second, she could clearly feel the blade above her head approaching, and suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted,
"Keep people under the knife!"
The executioner hurriedly put away the knife, which was only a foot away from Nan Qiao's neck.
When he raised his eyes, the man with his hair scattered and a dirty face in the crowd stood out from the crowd, and just as he was about to tear off the rags on his body, Mu Baizhuo appeared behind him for the first time, knocked him unconscious with a knife in one hand, and then snapped his fingers at Nan Qiao.
Just when Nan Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, the dense array of arrows around him came out, and Nan Qiao shouted,
"Be careful!"
Mu Baizhuo reacted very quickly, grabbed Nan Musheng's collar and retreated, and the people he deployed in the crowd also drew their weapons to protect him and retreat.
At this moment, a dark arrow shot in the direction of Nan Qiao, and just when she couldn't dodge at all, the body. The floor suddenly emptied, and before he could react, he had fallen into a familiar embrace, and the lid on his head slammed shut quickly, like a trap, and the vacant space below was just enough to hide three or four people.
In the narrow space, the clear gasps of the person holding her could be heard, and it was a very nervous gasp.
As soon as Nan Qiao looked up, she saw that Ji Wuyu looked at her with a little more inquiry in his eyes, and Nan Qiao was surprised, how could he be here?
How long has he been here?
Was he in the underground tunnel all the time?
And how much did he hear her conversation with Mu Baizhuo?
A series of questions plagued Nan Qiao, but now the most concerned thing is not this, but the safety of her brother, fortunately, he appeared, and what worries her the most is that once her brother's identity is exposed, I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.
Nan Qiao avoided his gaze, "Jue, help me untie it!" ”
Ji Wuyu didn't rush to cut the rope for her, "What is the relationship between you and Xiaobai?" ”
"Now is not the time to talk about this, when this matter is over, I..."
"You're leaving, aren't you? Where are you going? Where are you and Xiaobai going? He strengthened his tone sentence by sentence, even if Nan Qiao didn't look at his eyes at the moment, he knew what kind of eyes he was.
"This matter can't be explained in a sentence or two, you help me untie it first, my brother is still outside, I can't watch him fall into danger again." Nan Qiao was a little anxious.
Ji Wuyu gritted his teeth, and finally unwillingly cut the rope for her, took out the chasing shadow and put it in her hand, and didn't say anything.
As soon as she showed her head, an arrow was fired, and she simply avoided it.
When the arrow came again, she had already jumped out of the place, and she was considered free.
At this time, the outside was already a mess, surrounded by corpses, each corpse was more or less inserted with arrows, I didn't expect that so many people died in this instant.
The air was filled with thick blood, and she stepped over the corpses, and the shadow in her hand was held extremely tightly, for fear that she would see the corpses of her relatives like last time.
The footsteps became faster and faster, and as soon as she walked a short distance from the execution table, a figure appeared in her sight, and the person in front of her walked slowly, and under the spacious cloak, she saw the golden mask on his face sparkling and becoming extremely dazzling in the sun.
Nan Qiao squinted slightly and stopped.
"What the hell do you want to do?"
She had never been so angry, especially after guessing his identity, Nan Qiao was unacceptable at the beginning to being defeated by reality in the end, and when she thought of those things before, she felt that he was such a terrible person.
He reached out and slowly took off his mask, revealing that familiar face, Cen Xi's gaze was still gentle when he looked at her, as if he had met for the first time.