Chapter 42: Pursuit
For the latest chapter, please Baidu click the pen とfun とZhai or manually enter the URL www.xstxt.org synchronous update without delay, "Brother Xiu, do you know where Qingling is now?" Qian Jin asked urgently.
"** Not far from ten!" As he spoke, Shangguan Xiu ran downstairs down the stairs and walked out of the library quickly.
"Brother Xiu, I'll go with you!" Qian Jin followed.
"No, Ah Jin, you can stay in the academy and wait for news. Shangguan Xiu frowned and said, "If I can't bring Qingling back, it's useless for you to go with me." ”
"But Brother Xiu, will it be dangerous?"
Looking at Qian Jin's expression of concern and guilt, Shangguan Xiu forced a smile at him, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't blame yourself, this time Qingling was arrested and it has nothing to do with you, don't worry about me, I'll be fine!"
It's a big deal for her to fight with Tang Ling, the person she wants is herself, if she dies, presumably Tang Ling will not be embarrassed by Qingling.
Shangguan Xiu didn't bring money into the library to go with him, and after leaving the library, he went to the layman.
His steps were infrequent and looked like he was walking slowly, but in fact he was walking extremely fast, not inferior to the speed of a normal person running with all his might.
If you look closely, he can walk two or three meters forward with one step, not so much as walking, but jumping forward on tiptoe.
The academy is located in the south of the city, and the eldest princess's mansion is located near the palace, not far away, but it is not close, it will take more than half an hour to walk by carriage, and Shangguan Xiu only took a quarter of an hour to arrive at the eldest princess's mansion on foot, which is still he was afraid of shocking the world, so he deliberately slowed down. Please Baidu pen ぴfun ぴ Zhai thank you!
Coming to the main gate of the princess's mansion, Shangguan Xiu raised his eyes and looked at the plaque above the main entrance, then took a few deep breaths and walked inside.
Before he could get to the front of the gate, a Praetorian Guard came up quickly, and asked in a loud voice, "Who is it?"
"I want to see Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" Shangguan Xiu said in a deep voice.
Several Praetorian Guard warriors looked at him twice, and said in a deep voice, "Is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess something you can see if you want to?"
"Trouble a few people to report to the eldest princess, and say that Shangguan Xiu wants to see her. Shangguan Xiu was anxious, and he said patiently.
"Are you deaf or can't understand human speech, and how can Her Royal Highness the eldest princess be seen by you and other civilians?" a warrior walked up to Shangguan Xiu, raised his hand, and pushed Shangguan Xiu the shoulder.
Shangguan Xiu took a step back, squinting his eyes, his gaze drooping, and landed on the saber at the samurai's waist.
Seeing him looking at his saber, the warrior sneered and said coldly, "What? Do you still want to take my sword?"
"If you dare to push me again. Shangguan Xiu raised his eyes, and his eyes that emitted a beastly light stared at each other without blinking.
The Praetorian Guard warrior was furious at his staring, and shouted "Bold!" As he spoke, he once again pushed Shangguan Xiu's shoulder.
But this time he pushed it into the air, and Shangguan Xiu's figure disappeared out of thin air in front of him, and he only felt a wind blowing past him, and at the same time, the sound of sand came from under his ribs.
He looked down and saw that the saber under his side was gone, and at the back of his neck, a chill came from him.
Instinctively, he looked at his colleagues around him, only to see that the other Praetorian Guard warriors present were all staring behind him in amazement.
He turned back suddenly, and the young man who had been directly in front of him ran behind him at some point, and the saber under his side also fell into his hand, and the blade was pointed directly at him.
"You ......" He was shocked, involuntarily retreated two steps, and looked at Shangguan Xiu in shock and horror.
At this moment, a carriage drove over and stopped in front of the gate of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and there were more than a dozen knights around the carriage, several of whom Shangguan Xiu had seen in the library, and it was the young men who went to find him with Tang Ling.
Since it was the carriage they escorted, then there was no need to ask, Tang Ling must be in the car. Shangguan Xiu threw the knife in his hand into the arms of the Praetorian Guard warrior and strode towards the carriage.
The Praetorian Guard warrior hurriedly caught his saber, his face turned red, he was furious, and shouted: "The thief wants to plot against His Highness, take him down!"
"Stop!" said Tang Ling as the curtain of the carriage lifted.
Hearing her words, the Praetorian Guard warrior hurriedly gathered his body, held his saber upside down, and intervened in the salute.
"Let him come. More than a dozen young people around the carriage dismounted, and one of them walked up to Shangguan Xiu and said expressionlessly, "The princess is invited." ”
Shangguan Xiu didn't look at the young man, strode past him, came to the front of the carriage, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, please let Qingling go." ”
"What?"
"Please let Her Royal Highness the princess release Qingling. ”
"Motogu doesn't understand what you're talking about. As the curtain of the carport was raised, Tang Ling walked out of it without hurry.
She looked at Shangguan Xiu with a smile and said, "This palace thought you had figured it out, but it turned out that you asked for someone from this palace." Who is that green spirit you are talking about?"
"It's a friend of mine, just now, she was arrested near the academy, Lang Lang Qiankun, dare to do this in broad daylight, I think, there will be no one else except Her Royal Highness the Princess, right?!"
Without waiting for Tang Ling to speak, the young man on the side shouted angrily: "Presumptuous!"
Shangguan Xiu didn't look at him, his gaze kept falling on Tang Ling's face.
"Do you think this palace took away your friend named Qingling?"
"Isn't it?"
"Haha!" Tang Ling smiled on his back, and Shangguan Xiu's face became more and more ugly.
She laughed for a while before holding back her laughter, leaned back with one hand, and gently stroked a few strands of hair hanging down her sideburns with the other hand, and said: "Shangguan Xiu, you look down on yourself too much, in the eyes of this palace, you are no different from an ant, the reason why this official went to look for you today is just to think that you have a life-saving grace for this palace, if you don't know what to do, this palace will not force you, let alone take away your friends to blackmail you." You, it's not so important, and this palace won't be so boring. ”
Shangguan Xiu was silent in thought. Tang Ling had just looked for him, and threw down the threatening cruel words, and then Gu Qingling was arrested, if this was a coincidence, it was really too coincidental, but Tang Ling was the eldest princess, and even more so the imperial princess, with such a noble status, it was indeed a bit unbelievable to hold a weak woman from the Imperial Academy hostage.
"Qingling, wasn't you sending someone to arrest you?" Shangguan Xiu stared at Tang Ling.
Tang Ling shook his head slowly with a smile on his face, and said, "If this palace did it, this palace will naturally admit it, if it wasn't done by this palace, do you still have to force this palace to admit it." As she spoke, she was helped out of the carriage by two young men.
She said again: "Shangguan Xiu, don't think that you have saved the life of this palace, you can be presumptuous in front of this palace, and even run to the princess's mansion to make a fuss, only this once, if there is a next time......"
Speaking of this, she stopped, turned her head, looked at Shangguan Xiu, and said softly with a smile: "This palace will let people skin you alive." With that, she continued to walk towards the gate.
After taking a few steps, she suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "Your friend is a woman?"
"Yes. ”
"What's your name?"
"Gu Qingling. ”
"Oh. Tang Ling responded indifferently, didn't say anything more, and walked into the gate of the eldest princess's mansion. The young men followed quickly.
Walking towards the main hall in front of him, Tang Ling turned his head sideways and asked, "Who is Gu Qingling?"
"My subordinates don't know. A young man bowed and said.
"Check it out and see who took her. Tang Ling yawned lazily.
Let's say Shangguan Xiu, standing at the gate of the eldest princess's mansion, did not leave for a long time. His mind was racing.
If Qing Ling was not captured by Tang Ling, then who was taken away? Qing Ling was just a student, and she had no enemies, so who would arrest her?
Calm down and think about it carefully, the other party's actions were so fast, it was obviously carefully planned and prepared, and Tang Ling only met himself last night, and it is estimated that his identity will be found out as soon as this morning, inferred from the time, this is indeed not like Tang Ling's doing, so who will it be?
Shangguan Xiu couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it, he left the Eldest Princess's Mansion and returned to the Imperial Academy, he didn't go back to the Academy, but went to a gambling house near the Academy.
This gambling hall is only one street away from the Imperial Academy, and the venue is not large, and there are many customers, coming in and out, in an endless stream.
After Shangguan Xiu came in, he looked around the casino and saw a young man in his twenties sitting in the casino, and several big men with shoulders around him, and he walked over quickly.
"Are you a ghost head?" The ghost head is the most famous bastard in this area of the Imperial Academy, and the restaurants, taverns, teahouses, gambling halls, and other places near the Imperial Academy are all under his cover, and he also makes a living by collecting protection fees from these places.
Shangguan Xiu knew that there was such a person as him, but he had no contact with him.
The young man sitting on the rattan chair raised his head, glanced at Shangguan Xiu, and said to the side, "If you want to borrow money, go over there to sign and draw a pledge, and the civilian students of the academy can borrow five taels of silver in the end." ”
"Ghost head, can you take a step to speak?" Shangguan Xiu asked.
"Boy, be polite to Brother Ghost Head, is the Ghost Head also called by you?" a big man standing beside the Ghost Head crossed his arms and reprimanded him dissatisfiedly.
Shangguan Xiu ignored him, and his eyes only fell on the ghost head. The ghost tilted his head and asked without a smile: "What are you going to tell me?
"There's an alley behind the casino, it's quieter, let's go there and talk. ”
"Fuck! Don't you understand what Lao Tzu is saying? It's right here, there's something to say, there's a fart, or you'll fuck off!"
"You don't dare to go to the back alley with me, do you?"
"Boy, I think you're here to find fault!" In this area, the ghost head has never been afraid of anyone, he suddenly stood up from the rattan chair, and at the same time, the big men around him also surrounded Shangguan Xiutuan. For the latest chapter, please Baidu pen とfun と Zhai or manually enter the URL www.xstxt.org no delay synchronous update