"Zhao Lei?"

The empress was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "I don't know what the emperor uncle is going to do, so let's come forward and take a look." ”

With that, the empress lifted the curtain and walked out, standing on the wheel, with Narcissus and Camellia standing on either side.

The empress stared at Zhao Lei, first silently, and finally sneered: "Uncle Huang, is there something wrong?" ”

Zhao Lei looked serious, nodded and said, "Something." ”

"Oh? What's the matter with more than just the emperor's uncle? ”

Zhao Lei strode up: "May I ask Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, what is the reason for leaving Beijing without authorization?" ”

The empress smiled and waved her hand: "Uncle Huangzu, you also know that Xiao Laizi and Uncle Huang eliminated Huyan Zhuozhuo and made immortal contributions to Sui Yang, as the Son of Heaven, I should welcome it, right?" What else can make sense? ”

Zhao Lei shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't dare to agree with what you said. ”

"Why?"

"Even if Wang Xiaolai and the Eighth Prince have established miraculous achievements, they are courtiers after all, why do you need Your Majesty to greet them in person, you only need to send a minister. Moreover, the minister heard that only Wang Xiaolai returned to Beijing this time, and the eighth prince was not among them. ”

"That's right, and then?"

"Your Majesty, how can you do such a despicable little thing?"

The empress's face turned cold, and she looked at Zhao Lei and smiled: "Uncle Huang, do you think that it is a trivial matter for me to go to meet my Sui Yang?" ”

Zhao Lei nodded, not shying away from it at all: "That's right." ”

The empress laughed: "Then I ask you, treat the heroes who have eliminated the grassland like this, isn't the emperor's uncle afraid of the cold hearts of the people in the world?" ”

Zhao Lei was stunned, and then said: "Even if the world is cold, Your Majesty must not go to greet that Wang Xiaolai." ”

"Uncle Huang, pay attention to the way you speak." The empress narrowed her eyes and said.

Zhao Lei didn't see it, and caught up with him again: "Your Majesty, that Wang Xiaolai has a heart of disobedience, and let the people publicize his ascension to the throne as the emperor without authorization. According to the old minister's humble opinion, when he met Wang Xiaolai, he could order the left and right internal guards to rush up, tie him up, and relieve him of his military power. If so, Sui Yang can be guaranteed, the world can be safe, and people's hearts can be determined. ”

The empress's expression was already difficult to see.

But Zhao Lei didn't seem to see it, and still chased after him: "Your Majesty, it's not that the old minister spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that he Wang Xiaolai is not my Zhao family, so you can't trust it." ”

"Enough!"

The empress roared violently, startling Zhao Lei.

At the same time, the internal guards of the Yulin Army, who had retreated twenty paces away and had their backs to the dragon chariot and were in a circle, also subconsciously glanced back.

The empress narrowed her eyes: "Uncle Huang, chewing the root of people's tongues behind your back, and it is also the root of the tongue of my great hero of Sui Yang, if it is passed out, are you not afraid of unstable people's hearts?" Xiao Laizi's personality knows that he will never betray Sui Yang and betray me. I don't want to hear the same thing anymore. ”

After speaking, he went directly into the dragon chariot.

Zhao Lei was stunned when he heard this, and then staggered and knelt in front of Long Yuan: "Your Majesty, you can only do it according to the minister's method, and Sui Yang can last forever, Your Majesty!" ”

In the middle of the dragon, the empress slammed the table in front of her hard, she was furious, she took several deep breaths, and finally said tremblingly: "Go, call Zhao Lei to me, don't stand in my way." ”

Narcissus nodded, turned and went out.

The streets were restored to smoothness, and the royal driver drove out of Daxing City, looking at the rows of elite Yulin Army internal guards, Zhao Lei, who was held aside by Narcissus, was like a noodle, and directly softened, he shook his head uncontrollably: "It's over, it's over, this world is going to be surnamed Wang, everything is over." ”

Narcissus frowned and looked at Zhao Lei, let him go, and turned to catch up with the holy driver.

He walked up, hugged Zhao Lei, and shouted softly: "Lord Wang." ”

Zhao Lei raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that it was evil, as if he had thought of something, he grabbed the hand of the evil, and shouted excitedly: "Xi, for today's plan, only you can help this king." ”

He immediately understood what Zhao Lei said, hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord Wang, as a general, Wang Xiaolai must have a lot of guards around him, and it is difficult to start in a hurry." ”

Zhao Lei gritted his teeth and said: "That king can't watch Sui Yang fall into the hands of that thief, unless I die!" ”

Moved, he took a deep breath, nodded and said, "That is the case, that little one does his best." ”

Zhao Lei nodded like pounding garlic: "If you need anything, you can say it, and this king will agree." ”

He smiled: "Give me a dead soldier of about 100 people." ”

···

At the gate of the Qingzhou prefect's yamen, the empress had arrived here three days ago, and the Qingzhou prefect, who had already received the holy decree, did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ordered someone to set up a line next to the yamen.

The day before the empress arrived, the line had just been built.

Qingzhou has always been the nest of the Qingzhou Party in the middle of the court, and the empress will not come to Qingzhou under normal circumstances, but the collapse of the Qingzhou Party before it led to the execution of the Qingzhou Party in the imperial court, and the Qingzhou Party, under the leadership of Fan Lin Lu Yiping, returned to the empress.

In February, the Empress was smiling like a flower, and she sat in the middle of the walk, watching the fish swimming back and forth in the pond. Her mood became excited as she was about to meet Wang Xiaolai.

Hearing the sound of footsteps around her, the empress didn't look back, so she smiled and said: "I often hear people say that although Qingzhou is poor, it has the arrogance of literati that other states and counties do not have, but after observing these days, Qingzhou is also the same as other places, and the so-called literati style and bones, I haven't seen it." ”

Narcissus walked up with a worried face, and hummed softly: "Qingzhou is involved in the Zhao Sui Rebellion because of the relationship between the parties, where do they dare to be arrogant, and it's too late to be busy with Your Majesty, after all, not everyone's head is not afraid of the guillotine." ”

The empress laughed, turned her head, and asked, "Okay, what's the situation?" Xiao Laizi should have arrived in Qingzhou, right? ”

When the empress's words fell, she saw that Narcissus's expression was wrong.

The empress frowned at the time and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Narcissus opened his mouth for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the report just sent by Jin Su said that Wang Xiaolai was assassinated by bandits on the way back, and he was stabbed three times in the body!" ”

When the empress heard this, she stood up directly: "What! ”

Narcissus was afraid that the empress would be excited, so she hurriedly said: "Fortunately, Wang Xiaolai is fine, and the gang of bandits have also been captured, and the leader of the thieves has been ordered to be executed." ”

Although Narcissus said this, the empress was still furious: "The bandits from there are so bold and dare to assassinate my general of Sui Yang." ”

As she spoke, the empress suddenly stopped, turned her head and asked Narcissus; "Isn't Sword Immortal Li Baiyi with Xiao Laizi? Could it be that the strength of that gang of bandits is even more powerful than Li Baiyi? ”

Narcissus shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, it is said that Li Baiyi has exhausted his skills in order to save his daughter Hongxiang's life, and he is already like an ordinary old man." ”

"What about the soldiers who accompanied him? Isn't Jin Su just following Xiao Laizi? There are also Shen Xiping, Liu Mianyi, Ning Xi, what do these people eat? Could it be that he watched Xiao Laizi being assassinated by the bandits? The empress asked, raising her eyebrows.

Narcissus scratched his head: "It is said that the thief used a bitter trick to deceive Wang Xiaolai, and then when the two of them were alone, they made a killing move, if it wasn't for Xian Jingyu hearing the movement, I'm afraid that Wang Xiaolai has been killed!" ”

"Pass on my order, all the secret guards will go to find it, even if they turn Sui Yang over and over again, they must find out the origin of this gang of bandits for me!"

Seeing that the empress was really angry, Narcissus didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around.

The empress walked outside, and when Narcissus saw it, she asked the empress what she was doing.

The empress didn't look back: "Just in case, I want to pick up Xiao Laizi in person, he should have entered Qingzhou by now, right?" ”

Narcissus nodded: "It's only four or five days away." ”

After hearing this, the empress didn't speak, she shouted the camellia directly, and didn't inform the internal guards of the Yulin Army, so she hid it from everyone, took one hundred and ten secret guards, went out of Qingzhou, and went to see Wang Xiaolai in advance according to the route set before.

galloped all the way, four or five days away, and was stunned by the empress for two days.

When I saw the county seat where Wang Xiaolai's department was temporarily stationed from afar, the empress, who had not rested for two days, had red eyes and was covered with wind and dust.

She gritted her teeth: "Go in." ”

After saying that, he rode alone, broke away from the large team, and entered the county town called Anqing.