In the imperial city, in the Qinzheng Palace, Tang Chen, who returned quickly, informed the emperor Ji Chengying of the details of the tragedy in Rouyuan Palace.

Sanaroku is worried about being infected because he has fought directly with the carapace, so he needs to stay in the Rouyuan Palace until 10 minutes of sunset tomorrow. Therefore, Tang Chen can only be asked to come back to report alone.

Tang Chen also followed the agreement with Sang Luo, and said the matter of suspicion of Nanrong's family, and did not say anything about the corpse. Although this is a deception, it is much wiser for the courtiers to solve the emperor's problems in private than to directly present the problem to the emperor and let the emperor decide.

Of course, Tang Chen didn't know, the emperor probably already knew what happened in Rouyuan Palace, so he asked Tang Chen instead: "General Tang, in your opinion, how to solve this matter?" ”

Xiwang Ji Hanguang stood by and looked at Tang Chen, although he knew that Tang Chen had something to hide, he also knew the reason why he was hiding it.

Tang Chen replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the city of Tiangandao should be ordered to be under martial law immediately, but the matter of the tragedy in Rouyuan Palace cannot be spread outside, so the reason for martial law can only be a military exercise." ”

The military exercise is also the meaning of the exercise, the Dachang Dynasty put the army first, so the frequent military exercises are to ensure the quality of the soldiers, and will not slack off because of the peace on the surface.

Ji Chengying understood another meaning in Tang Chen's words: "Do I want to issue an order to let the observation envoys and Taishou of the cities of the Heavenly Trunk Road do their best to assist the horses to rescue the princess?" ”

Tang Chen hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the less people know about this matter, the better, since the horse has been chased out, then it is reasonable to let him do this matter." ”

The officials of the cities of Tiangan Road will definitely be curious, why did the princess leave? Tang Xiaohao can use the excuse that there is a conflict between the husband and wife, at least on the surface, he can cover up the past. Even those officials knew that things were not so simple, and they did not dare to ask in detail.

Sometimes self-deception and whitewashing the peace is also a last resort.

Ji Chengying already knew that Tang Xiaohao was not a gentleman as rumored, so he also felt that relatively speaking, it was more appropriate to let him take charge of this matter, and just when he was about to accept this matter, a voice came from outside the hall: "Master Ma has never left Shendu City, and he is not familiar with the situation of Tiangandao, so he still needs someone to supervise this matter." ”

After this voice entered the Qinzheng Palace, Ji Chengying immediately walked down, and Ji Hanguang also knelt down after Ji Chengying, because the owner of this voice was the Queen Mother Jiang Yuchen.

Ji Chengying and Ji Hanguang said in unison: "Erchen knocks to see the queen mother." ”

Tang Chen immediately changed his direction and knelt: "Minister Tang Chen knocks on the Queen Mother." ”

Jiang Yuchen said indifferently: "Excuse me, get up." ”

Ji Chengying got up and helped Jiang Yuchen to sit down, Ji Hanguang glanced out and found that Jiang Yuchen asked the palace maids to stand far away from the palace, and he also knew that this matter must be kept strictly confidential.

Jiang Yuchen sat down and said: "Although Tang Xiaohao is a concubine, he is dissolute and uninhibited, the most important thing is that he has never left Shendu City, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world, his courage to dare to chase him out is commendable, and he can also see his infatuation with the princess." It's just that if he is allowed to undertake this matter alone, it will be too embarrassing for him, and the magistrates below will only flatter him when they see the princess coming, and they may coax the horse to forget about finding the princess, so the mourning family feels that there must be a competent person with the emperor's will to assist him. ”

Jiang Yuchen's words were both positive and negative, for her, Tang Xiaohao was a gentleman, but she also doubted that Tang Xiaohao not only survived the attack, but also dared to chase him out, so Jiang Yuchen also had doubts about Tang Xiaohao.

As long as there is suspicion, then the Queen Mother will not be uneasy, because once Ji Chengying gives an order, Tang Xiaohao's power is like a messenger, and he can cover the sky with one hand in the Tiangandao.

The occurrence of the tragedy in Rouyuan Palace meant that even the imperial city was no longer safe, and Tang Chen was still the commander of the Iron Armor Guard who was responsible for the security of the imperial city, so she couldn't trust anyone in the current situation, not even Tang Chen, a loyal minister and his son.

The question now is, who should be sent?

Although Tang Chen believes that Sang Luo is the most suitable at the moment, Sang Luo must not set off until tomorrow evening, not only is it too late, but also, as a great strategist, he must stay in the imperial city at the moment.

Throughout the entire Shendu City, there is only one person who wants to meet the conditions of the Queen Mother, and that is Xiwang Ji Hanguang.

Just when the Queen Mother set her eyes on her youngest son, Ji Hanguang immediately understood, although she was reluctant, she also knew that she couldn't shirk it, so she had to say: "Queen Mother, let the sons go." ”

Jiang Yuchen looked at Ji Chengying: "What does the emperor think?" ”

Although Jiang Yuchen proposed, the final decision is still made by Ji Chengying, and others cannot be made to think that she, the queen mother, is listening to the government in the curtain.

Ji Chengying immediately said, "I think so too. ”

When Ji Hanguang raised his eyes to look at his brother, he found a smile with deep meaning on the corner of his brother's mouth.

Oops! Ji Hanguang chuckled in his heart, he knew what Ji Chengying was thinking.

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When Tang Xiaohao, Su Mu and Little Bell were riding horses to the village that was attacked by strange corpses, the sky was already white, and the sky was already faintly bright. Therefore, the three of them saw a man running towards him from a distance, and there was a man chasing him from behind.

The man who fled also saw Tang Xiaohao and the others running on horseback, and shouted, "Help—"

Tang Xiaohao stared closely, and immediately found that the so-called person chasing the man was actually a corpse, and immediately said to Su Mu: "Save people!" ”

Su Mu opened the reins, stepped on the saddle and jumped directly behind the man, and directly cut off the head of the strange corpse with a knife in his hand.

After the alien corpse was cut off, he ran several steps and fell directly on the man who had fallen, the man was so frightened that he screamed, Tang Xiaohao turned over and dismounted, directly raised his foot and kicked the corpse of the alien corpse aside, and then asked, "Don't be afraid." ”

The man was so frightened that he lost his soul, grabbed Tang Xiaohao, and couldn't speak, just looked at the headless corpse with frightened eyes.

The little bell also squatted down and said, "This big brother, with us, don't be afraid." ”

The man who was still trembling all over, after seeing the beautiful face of the little bell clearly, instantly forgot his previous fear, let go of Tang Xiaohao, and looked directly at the little bell, as if he saw the fairy who saved the world.

Su Mu put away his knife and stepped forward and stood beside Tang Xiaohao.

Tang Xiaohao said: "Heh, man, even if you are dying, you have to change your appearance when you see a beautiful woman." ”

Su Mu glanced at Tang Xiaohao: "It's like you're not a man." ”

Tang Xiaohao said: "I'm a man among men, besides, that's my wife!" ”

Tang Xiaohao stepped forward and dragged the man over: "What about you, what's the matter?" Who are you? Where did it come from? How old is it? ”

The man's attention was still on the little bell, and it wasn't until Su Mu directly pulled out the knife and crossed his throat that he immediately came back to his senses and said, "I, I, I'm from Caijia Village, my name is Cai Xiaocai." ”

Cai Xiaocai? It's too perfunctory to write a book, isn't it? If you don't want to name it, wouldn't it be good for you to go directly to villager A?

Tang Xiaohao nodded and said, "Cai Xiaocai, what's going on with this monster?" ”

Cai Xiaocai wiped his sweat and said: "Half an hour ago, I heard someone screaming, woke up from his sleep, and when I went out, I found several such people, killing people everywhere, biting people when they saw them, and a few brave people went up to stop them and were also killed, and these people are not afraid of axes and knives, they look like monsters." ”

The little bell said, "You stay here, don't run around, let's go into the village to have a look." ”

Cai Xiaocai saw that Su Mu killed the strange corpse with one move, and knew that the three of them were not ordinary people, so he had to stay where he was and watch the three of them ride towards the village.

Su Mu rode on the horse and asked Tang Xiaohao: "Donkey, what do you think?" ”

After listening to Cai Xiaocai's story, Su Mu's first reaction was that Childa wanted to create chaos, but just five alien corpses attacked the village, how much chaos could be created? At best, it will only drag on a little.

Tang Xiaohao didn't answer immediately, but during the ride, he was also paying attention to the string of horseshoe prints left in front of him, and he was also thinking about Gelda's intention to do this, as far as he would use the intersection of virtual and real before, that guy was not a reckless man, but a person who knew how to understand the brain.

Gilda and Bao Meng are in the dark, they are in the light, chasing and fleeing, and it will be dawn soon, if they continue to hurry, the outfits of the two will definitely attract people's attention, and the good deeds may go to report to the official, so they can only hide.

Sending strange corpses to attack the village, causing chaos, delaying time is one of them, and another purpose is to let these monsters go by the way, and take the monsters on the road in broad daylight, completely looking for death.

Tang Xiaohao looked at Su Mu and said: "Gelda and Baomeng must be nearby, it is already dawn, they will be found if they continue to hurry, besides, after running all night, people are sleepy and tired, and they also need to rest." ”

Su Mu subconsciously looked around, and the three of them had already arrived at the entrance of the village at this time.

Tang Xiaohao said: "Save the villagers first." ”

Su Mu disagreed: "Donkey, now is a good time to find the princess, we should pretend to enter the village, and then disperse the search, there is no need to delay the business because of a few villagers." ”

Tang Xiaohao said with a straight face: "Saving the villagers is the right thing, and human life is at stake." ”

As he spoke, Tang Xiaohao rode in on horseback, and the little bell immediately followed, regardless of whether Su Mu followed or not.

Su Mu looked at the two of them very suspiciously, a person like him who was born as a Xuanbu thorn would never consider anyone or anything other than the mission target, whether it would hurt the innocent, whether there would be casualties because of the mission, it was not within his scope of consideration.

In short, the task comes first, and nothing else matters.

However, the task assigned to Su Mu by the emperor was to keep an eye on Tang Xiaohao and protect his safety, even if Su Mu had selfish intentions to break away from Xuanbu, he was not sure that he could get rid of Jingyuan's control, so he could only follow with him.

In the woods outside the entrance of the village, Bao Meng, who had been running all night, fell asleep against the tree, while Cherda stared at the entrance of the village, watching Tang Xiaohao and others rush into the village, judging that he should have gone to save people.

The colt actually chased after him himself, with a woman and a man who looked like an attendant, and there were no other pursuers? That's weird. Could it be that the princess was rescued, and the emperor didn't care at all? Or is it ......

Suddenly, Gilda turned her head to look at Bao Meng, and a terrible thought occurred in her heart.

Could it be that he didn't save Princess Baomeng? However, Childa quickly dispelled this doubt, knowing that he was thinking too complicated. Their actions will not leak in advance, and besides, it is not easy to find a princess stand-in in Huayuan.