"See the emperor, it's too late to escort you, and I hope the emperor will atone for your sins!" Kuo Tianchen knelt down to the emperor behind the four guards.

"As the commander of the pro-army, you are not strictly guarded, so that I was held hostage outside the gate of the imperial city for more than half an hour, and it is indeed late enough!"

Kuo Tianchen leaned down and begged for mercy repeatedly: "The emperor atoned for his sins, just now Huo Jiteng dragged in and brought a secret letter over, saying that the emperor met an assassin on the riverside. The humble post did not dare to delay, and rushed over with a fast horse. If you are not effective in protecting your duties, please punish the emperor! ”

The body of the person who held Xia Qian hostage just now had been found by the emperor's guards from the ice, and the guards lifted the face towel on the man's face and saw that it was indeed Du Tianming that Huo Zun said.

The emperor sighed, and ordered Kuo Tianchen to interrogate the seven or eight live mouths he caught overnight, and dig up some clues by all means.

After the others retreated, his gaze fell on Huo Zun, and asked thoughtfully: "This person is dressed in black and masked, how do you know that he is Du Tianming?" ”

"Back to the emperor, this person suffered from arthritis in his early years, his knee joints were seriously deformed, his center of gravity was unstable when he walked, and he walked on the ice wearing heavy boots. More than five months ago, he lost a thumbs up while robbing a batch of official silver, which is why he held a knife in his left hand. ”

"His ancestral knife skills are good, he was the left forward of the Qianjun battalion under Xu Lian, and he fell into the mountain as a bandit after betraying the Qianjun battalion. Now that the matter of the previous dynasty must be instructed by someone, it must be related to the remnants of the previous dynasty, and you are right to leave a living mouth. The theft of official silver is a matter that the ministry should be in charge of, why do you care? ”

Huo Zun replied respectfully: "The theft of official silver is indeed not something I should care about, but as the emperor said, Du Tianming is the enemy, and the enemy of the Huo family. I knew that my ability was limited, and I couldn't capture them all while protecting the emperor, so I waited for the Grand Commander to come to my aid. ”

"I see, I still think that your prodigal son turned around and knew that he felt sorry for the woman?"

Huo Zun hurriedly knelt down and admitted his mistake, and seriously apologized to the emperor for the drunken disorder and disappointing the princess half a year ago, and expressed his loyalty to the royal family impassionedly.

The emperor looked at Huo Zun and fell silent.

Huo Zun had a drunken mess half a year ago, and the angry emperor was furious, if it weren't for the Zhuo Zhuo achievements of the Zhenguo General's Mansion and the majesty he erected on the Mobei battlefield, he would have been ordered by the emperor to divide the corpses of the five horses.

Later, Huo Feng did not allow him to join the Huo family's army, the Lin family cut off his economic expenses, and the Kuo and Lu families humiliated him many times in full view.

Xia Qian didn't get any benefits in the Huo family, but was humiliated everywhere and punished from time to time, although these were far from enough to calm the anger in the emperor's heart, but tonight's incident made the expression on the emperor's face a little complicated.

"Yes, half of this blood-stained country is your father's credit, and my enemies are also the enemies of your Huo family! The assassins of the Yi Kingdom and the remnants of the previous dynasty are rampant everywhere, I come out to enjoy a lantern, and you can meet assassins when you change into civilian clothes, and your Huo family appears in Qinglong City all day long, and the danger will not be less than mine! ”

"Remember the emperor's teachings, and in the future, you must be vigilant and strictly investigate the assassins!"

The emperor let out a long sigh and walked towards the bank of the pear-filled river.

Huo Zun followed behind him, and the other four guards also followed cautiously, keeping this appropriate distance from the two of them.

After a while, the emperor sighed and ordered: "What happened half a year ago, my anger has not subsided, you can start with a hundred horses." The official has a big responsibility, and at a critical time, he can report directly to me without the command of the pro-army. ”

The carriage sent by Kuo Tianchen stopped in front, and their group stood neatly on the riverbank, watching the emperor and Huo Zun talk from a distance, and they couldn't hear the content of the words, but the emperor patted Huo Zun on the shoulder before leaving, and everyone saw it clearly.

"Don't always be so ruthless to women, after the ruthlessness, you will be the same as me, lonely for life!" Before leaving, the emperor said to Huo Zun earnestly.

When he said this, the emperor's tone was obviously slow and his voice was heavy.

That tone is not so much exhortation as introspection.

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, Huo Zun's hands were already sweating.

On the ferry, Xia Qian's words touched his fragile emotions.

In a fit of rage, he left her alone.

It wasn't that he didn't hear her call, but he was so distraught that he wanted to hide alone in the dark and be quiet for a while.

He didn't walk fast on the ice, and he could see her from afar.

Later, when he noticed that there was a fight in front of him, he instinctively leaned over and saw the emperor dressed as civilians and his close guards, as well as a group of masked black men who intended to assassinate.

After entrusting someone to report to Kuo Tianchen, he went to the rescue, thinking that Xia Qian would definitely eradicate the group of black-clothed people when he came over, but who expected that a Du Tianming suddenly appeared, and also kidnapped Xia Qian.

On one side is the emperor's order, and on the other side is Xia Qian, which puts him in a dilemma.

He had already angered the emperor because of Xingping's affairs before, and if he dared to protect Xia Qian at this moment, and even cared about her words and deeds, the emperor would get rid of Xia Qian for Xingping.

But if she didn't care about her, she would also die at the hands of Du Tianming.

Time passed, and he watched as the wound on her shoulder continued to bleed, as her snow-white fingers clenched and trembled on the ice, as the blood in her mouth stained the ice, her sleeves, and the back of her hands......

But I can only watch and suffer!

It wasn't until he noticed that several silent figures on the opposite side were approaching that he gradually relaxed his heart.

He recognized Situ Jun and others, and he was glad that it was Situ Jun and others who came, because at this time, if Kuo Tianchen brought it in, it would definitely be the Jin Ge Iron Horse that would cause a sensation in the city, and then Xia Qian would have the possibility of surviving.

Du Tianming has no chance to kill her, but the emperor has a chance, and even more a reason!

He had to continue to pretend to be heartless, ruthless, and unrighteous, so that the emperor felt that he was a merry man, so that she could have the possibility of survival.

Xia Qian's body was already weak, she was injured by Du Tianming just now, and she lost so much blood, and she was already in a coma before she reached the attic.

On the second floor, Yu Ming healed her injuries, and everyone else stood in the corridor waiting anxiously.

After Situ Jun went back and forth along the corridor for more than a dozen times, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Huo Zun, this bastard, Xia Qian followed him with all his heart, and he didn't care about her life like this!"

Tuoba Jin's eyes fell on the dark ice, and he said calmly: "You also saw the situation just now, the imperial decree is difficult to disobey, and if he doesn't kill the person named Du Heming, it is already a protest decree!" That person was hiding in the dark night, and he couldn't take his life at all with one move, so he acted recklessly, and could only push Xia Qian to death! ”

"Actually, the young master is still very attentive to the young lady!" Yu Nuan explained to everyone.

"Attentive?" Situ Jun looked at her angrily, "You tell me what Shangxin is, what was Xia Qian like when I came?" She is covered with injuries, she can't even walk steadily, she loves a woman so unsavedly, what is the difference between him and a beast? ”

"Lord Jun!" Yu Nuan hurriedly interrupted Situ Jun's words.

Finding that everyone was looking at her dumbfounded, Situ Jun was stunned, and she was even more upset at the moment, and with a wave of her arm, she sent everyone away.

Yan Ming, who was concentrating on her luck, was in a mess when she heard this, and the internal force in her palm suddenly increased, and Xia Qian spurted out of her mouth with a mouthful of blood.

"Young lady!" Yu Nuan heard something strange and hurriedly rushed into the house.