Chapter 13 Danger lurks
"This celestial phenomenon isn't quite right," Lan Yan scratched his head, "This is going to be killed?" No way? So fast? β
At this time, the bright moon showed its face again, and there was a faint blue light in the white mist. Lan Yan was startled, and glanced down at his jade, and found that its color was no different from the moon.
"Could it be that this is my demonic power?" Lan Yan tried to use his skills, and sure enough, unlike the Blood Corpse Demon, the demonic power was much smoother, "Purple Cloud Demon, Suyue Immortal, Mom, this seems to be more than just demonic power!" But Lan Yan thought about it, he was originally a demon immortal, and the demon power immortal technique would naturally not be separated.
No matter what, let's go out first, Lan Yan closed his eyes, and with the help of the surrounding extreme yin qi and moonlight, he tried to bring his spell to the best state, and then focused on his fingertips: "Break!" Suddenly, a powerful force rolled up the grass and rushed straight towards the gate, but the gate seemed to absorb spells, and it didn't move.
"Your uncle's ......" Lan Yan scolded helplessly, and then sat on the ground in a daze. Looking around, I felt that the wall was not so high, why couldn't I get out? When she walked to the pavilion in annoyance, the chess pieces on the jade table moved, and the black and white chess pieces at this time were just tied, and the black chess pieces were like a storm, and the morale was rising.
"This move is amazing, but why is it so familiar......" Lan Yan tried to recall, suddenly, the shocking sea palm move given to her by Xuankong flashed in her mind, and the last palm was just like this move, first collect and then release, so Lan Yan clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I didn't expect it!" β
It must be the Shocking Sea Palm, and Iris loves the old guy in Xuankong so much. Blue Smoke's fingers flowed slowly, recalling what Xuankong had taught at that time, she swirled her palm into the air, stirring up layers of mud waves, and when she rushed to the door, the entire courtyard was reduced to nothing, and everything turned out to be just an illusory scene.
"Ah...... I can finally go, and Iris' back is going to strangle me. Lan Yan shook his head, and when the illusion dispersed, he saw that the world was open, and it turned out that he had been in this courtyard all night, and the sky was already bright.
"It's so scary, I'll never take this gloomy path again......" Lan Yan shuddered and continued to walk forward. At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves not far away, the first two and the last five, running in a hurry, could it be a chase?
Lan Yan spun around and jumped to the top of the tree, ready to watch the battle, and by the way, he also avoided the fight of other people's houses.
Of the two men in black who fled in front, one of them was shot by a poisoned arrow and fell off his horse and was killed on the spot, while the other dodged the poisoned arrow but also fell off his horse. The people chasing and killing behind were wearing Northern Song Dynasty military uniforms, like officers and soldiers of the imperial court.
One of the leaders shouted: "If you truthfully recruit the details of your Zhao Wangye, I will let you go." β
Lord Zhao? Is it Zhao Shu? Lan Yan was slightly stunned, his brows furrowed, and continued to listen to their speech.
"Who doesn't know that behind you is the Queen Mother, hehe, forgive me for having nothing to say, if you want my life, take it!" The man in black was holding his hands on the ground, looking struggling, obviously seriously injured.
"Toast and don't eat and drink," the leading officer and soldier sneered, "Come on, kill him." β
The four people behind him raised their bows and arrows, ready to shoot at the man in black, when Lan Yan jumped off the tree and sat on the leading officer and soldier, everyone was shocked. Lan Yan smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the little woman just caught a bird on the tree, and she fell down by accident, sorry, sorry." As he spoke, he smiled and dismounted.
"Bold," the leading officers and soldiers trembled with anger, "kill this girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, hurry up!" β
"Yes, yes, yes." The archers raised their bows and arrows again, aiming them at the blue smoke.
"Miss Fu? You ......" The man in black recognized Lan Yan, he had been following Zhao Wang Ye for a long time, and he had seen Lan Yan.
Lan Yan turned his head, looked at the man in black, and smiled slightly: "You are really Zhao Shu's person, wait, sister will help you get angry." β
"I heard that you are going to kill him," Lan Yan looked coldly at the five people in front of him, "Reason! β
"Give you a reason? Haha, this girl is really crazy, let go of the arrows! β
In the face of the arrows that came straight forward, Lan Yan calmly took out a long rope from his back, danced hard, and hit the arrows back, and the poisonous arrows pierced the throats of the four soldiers, and the soldiers were all killed, leaving only the leading officer and soldier. He trembled and prepared to ride away, but the blue smoke was another flying whip, which broke the horse's leg, and the officer and soldier fell directly from the horse.
"Why are you framing Zhao Shu?" Blue Smoke asked.
"No, no, no, it's not me, it's yes, it's the Queen Mother......"
"Queen Mother, what?"
"The Queen Mother ordered us to kill Prince Zhao's cronies and entourage, okay...... So I can send someone to infiltrate the palace directly. β
"And then?"
"Woman, I, I'm just a petty official, there are many people above me, the queen mother's order, where can I ask more......" The leading officer and soldier trembled and crawled on the ground.
"Hmm......" A cold light flashed in Lan Yan's eyes, and she saw ice needles flying out of her hand and piercing into the eyebrows of the officer and soldier, the officers and soldiers widened their eyes, and their bodies fell back heavily, and they didn't breathe anymore.
The man in black looked at this seemingly gentle girl in surprise, and couldn't help but feel a little panic in his heart.
Seeing that the man in black didn't speak, Lan Yan asked, "What's your name?" β
The man in black replied honestly: "My name is Li Yi, and I am the name given to me by the prince." β
Lan Yan smiled: "Hello, Brother Li." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pulled Li to come along.
"Thank you."
"Zhao Shu's situation turned out to be so dangerous, he saved me, so I can't see death without help," Lan Yan looked at Li Yi and said, "Brother Li, can you still rush back to the palace now?" Do you need me to find you a doctor first? β
Li Yi shook his head: "Miss Fu, don't worry, I have medicinal wine with me, this injury is not in the way." β
"Okay, then I'll go back with you."
Li Yi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Lan Yan returned to the capital with Li Yi, although it was a horseback ride, but it lasted more than ten days on the way, and in these ten days, the defense of Zhao Wangfu was more tight, and Zhao Shu had already guessed the queen mother's murder plan and was secretly preparing.
"Lord Wang," the butler brought an incense burner and stepped forward, "Lord Wang has worked too hard today, you must take care of your body, the old slave ordered some sandalwood for you, and you smell it more comfortably." β
"The housekeeper bothered," Zhao Shu smiled and put down the scroll in his hand, looked at the curling green smoke rising from the incense burner, and asked, "The smell of this incense is very special, it doesn't seem to be from our house, right?" β
The housekeeper replied with a smile: "I know that the prince is cautious and will not easily use the things that come in from outside, but this is sent by General Cao Wei, General Cao is an upright and honest person, and this fragrant old slave has also been used, which does have the effect of calming the nerves." So I had the courage to bring it to the prince. β
After hearing this, Zhao Shu nodded and said, "Okay, you can put it down." β
"Yes."
The butler stepped out of the room, glanced at the guards on either side, and left.
- Inside the Royal Palace
"A bunch of trash!" A gorgeously dressed middle-aged woman knocked the sleeve of the jade cup marigold on the table to the ground and smashed it, and the people around her did not dare to come out, but just lowered their heads and knelt on the ground.
"A little attendant, you can't catch it, what does Da Song want you to do?!" The woman's face was full of anger, glaring at the trembling person in front of her, and she hated to cut him directly, "The surname Duan, the mourning family saw that you were pitiful, so they accepted you into the palace, I thought you could be loyal to the mourning family, but you can't even do this little thing, how do you say you should punish it?" β
Duan Shi knelt on the ground, raised his head with a flattering smile, and said: "Queen Mother, you are kind-hearted, you accepted the slave regardless of your previous suspicions, your great kindness, the slave will definitely repay with his life, it's just that this Li Yi, it doesn't matter if you catch it or not......"
"Huh? How do you say that? Didn't you come up with the idea in the first place? Let's catch Zhao Shu's handle first......"
"Queen Mother, this is just to blind the eyes of outsiders, the minions have already made people plant eyeliner in King Zhao's mansion, and now everyone's attention is on the attendants beside Prince Zhao, but sometimes, the more loyal people are, the easier it is to be ignored......" After speaking, Duan Shi glanced at the Queen Mother and showed a sly smile.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she smiled with satisfaction: "It turned out to be a good job of transferring the tiger away from the mountain." β
"Empress Dowager Xie."
The Queen Mother glanced at Duan Shi, sneered again, and said, "The mourning family remembers, you were also the magistrate of Danzhou at the beginning, right?" At that time, the Liao army suddenly invaded the border of our Song Dynasty, you escaped, you are used to being a big master, but now you are willing to be a eunuch to serve the mourning family, you should not feel very comfortable in your heart, right? β
After hearing this, the corners of Duan Shi's mouth twitched a few times, and then he replied with a smile again: "It's just for survival, the Queen Mother has a great favor for the slave, how dare she be resentful." β
"That's good......" The Queen Mother yawned and waved her hand lazily, "You stand down." β
"Yes, the minions are retired." Duan Shi slowly withdrew from the hall, and after walking a long way, he breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly cursed in his heart: What an old witch, cut. Walking out of the palace gate, his entourage handed him a note, which read: Everything is ready, and the second watch will meet.
"Hmph." Duan Shiyin smiled and crumpled the note, stuffed it into the mouth of his entourage, ordered him to swallow it, and then got into the carriage and returned home.
ββDuring the second watch, in the palace of King Zhao.
"Yo, this is the dark room of King Zhao's Mansion, well, not bad!" Duan Shi stepped forward with a smile, "Steward Li, hello." β
The butler glanced at him coldly: "I can only do so much, and you must also do what you promise." β
"Yes, yes," Duan Shi nodded, "Your son Li Yi can let him go now, in fact, you said that you were willing to cooperate, and Ling Lang didn't have to suffer so much, right?" β
The butler snorted and scolded, "Phew! That's not what you forced to do, I really don't know what it means to live for people like you. β
Duan Shi replied with a hippie smile: "It doesn't have to be interesting, I'll be in charge of watching the play, hahahaha......" After speaking, he swaggered away.
The housekeeper looked at his departing figure and couldn't help sighing, looking like this, he would definitely do it tomorrow night.
In the evening of the next day, Lan Yan and Li Yi finally arrived in Bianjing, and the streets and alleys were very lively, which was really prosperous. Lan Yan looked at the brilliant lights in front of him, and couldn't help but revel in it, and then reacted to today's business, so he put away his playfulness and continued to move forward with Li Yi.