One person waved the ghost head knife in his hand and shouted in front of him: "Shaodong, go quickly, I'll break the back." ”

When the saber was rattling, two people rushed out with their hands raised: "Don't let go of the arrow, your own people." ”

"I'm the sixth son!"

"I'm Bai Hui!"

The two took off their masks and waved desperately, Bai Hui was a middle-aged man, he walked up to the archers and suddenly found that most of those archers were dummies, each real person had bamboo poles tied to them, and several papier-mâché archers were set up on each side. The team of hundreds of people is actually only about 20 people, which is pure bluffing.

"Who the hell are you?" Bai Hui sensed that something was wrong.

Gu Shengchao, who was already "dead" on the ground, slowly got up and took off his blood-stained coat. It was then that people noticed that the arrow that had pierced his chest had only broken off and stuck in his coat. Gu Shengchao grabbed a "jailer's" leg and unscrewed it vigorously, it was just that his clothes were full of straw. Zhong Lei walked with a tiger, and the wound on his leg was naturally fake.

Bai Hui was dumbfounded, he carefully identified it and suddenly exclaimed: "Fake, it's all fake, Qi Tianzeng is deceiving us, this is not a prison of the Criminal Department at all." ”

The person Qi Tianzeng put down his back, this person is real, of course it won't be his father. Qi Tianzeng said awe-inspiringly: "Heroes and heroes, I really deceived everyone, just to let the traitor jump out by himself." In this way, let us see clearly what is right and what is wrong, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties in the future. ”

Some of the people are still in the clouds and fog and don't know why, but most of them are old rivers and lakes who understand the twists and turns. One person stepped forward and spat at Bai Hui, brandished a spear and stabbed: "You are a spy, almost let everyone accompany you to the funeral." Bai Hui raised his sword to parry, and the six sons behind him jumped up and wanted to flee when he saw the opportunity, but as soon as he jumped into the air, he was greeted by a dense number of arrows, and immediately became a hedgehog and fell from the air and died.

Bai Hui was forced to retreat again and again by the spear, Qi Tianzeng stopped the spear with his bare hands, and said angrily: "Shaodong, this person can't stay." ”

Qi Tianzeng said: "I know he can't stay, I just want to ask him a few words." ”

The gun glared at Bai Hui and said angrily: "Let you live a little longer for the time being." ”

Bai Hui took a few steps back, looking for an opportunity to escape, he threatened: "The surname Qi, today is planted in your hands, don't forget that your father is still in prison, it's a big deal, everyone is dead, and no one can take advantage." ”

Qi Tianzeng sneered: "You are also a small fish in the pond, it is difficult to protect yourself, everyone knows whose hands the net is, so don't deceive yourself." He arched his hand and said: "Brother Bai, forgive me for calling you for the last time, you and I have known each other for many years, and we were born and died together in the dart game, I just want to ask, I am not thin on you on weekdays, why do you want to do things that hurt nature?" ”

Bai Hui was stunned for a moment, and laughed at himself: "You and I are both small fish in the mud pond that can be slaughtered by others, why bother asking, if you want to blame it, blame your dart game for being too good, so that others will be blushing." ”

Qi Tianzeng realized: "They let my family ruin, what can you get?" ”

Bai Hui smiled bitterly: "It's the same as before, you and I are chess pieces, when have you seen a chess piece, there is still room for bargaining." In the face of absolute power, everything is like a pawn on a chessboard, at the mercy of others, and everyone else is just a spectator. ”

Qi Tianzeng shook his head, "Since they are all chess pieces, why don't you fight and fight for a better way out for yourself." ”

Bai Hui sneered: "What are you fighting for, is your family ruined like you?" No, you can kill yourself if you want to, I don't want to accompany you all the way to the dark. ”

He saw that Qi Tianzeng was slightly stunned, and suddenly waved out his hands, and countless steel needles as thin as cow's hair shot away, turned around and ran. However, it is difficult to speak alone, and the other party is overwhelming. Bai Hui had just run a few steps and was hit by a copper coin-shaped dart in his leg, he stumbled and was pierced by a throwing knife in his back, and before he could react, an arrow pierced through his chest from behind. He looked at the blood gushing out of his chest and looked back unwillingly. What made him even more desperate was that Qi Tianzeng had already erected multiple shields in front of him, blocking the deadly steel needle.

Bai Hui slowly fell, looked at the sky with a dead heart, and muttered to himself: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm not afraid of death, but why should I die, why should I die......"

The surrounding archers all quietly withdrew, and Fan Lixin arched his hand towards Qi Tianzeng and the others: "Take care." Then he disappeared into the night.

Zhong Lei led people to clean up the scene, Qi Tianzeng arched his hand to everyone and said: "I have worked hard to clean up the portal today, everyone has seen it just now, and it may be more dangerous in the future." There are those who are willing to accompany Qi to share weal and woe, I can't ask for it, and those who are not willing to take the risk to leave, I am not reluctant to send two pieces of silver. I don't need you to reply now, you go back and think carefully before making a decision, I will never force you. ”

Some people immediately expressed their willingness to follow Qi Tianzeng, some people were silent, and some people waited and watched. When everyone dispersed, the scene was also cleaned, and outsiders would never be able to see what had happened here.

Gu Shengchao returned to the Donglai Inn and told Liu Ximei what happened that day, Liu Ximei was also embarrassed, he rested for one night, and then went to Zhong Lei's newly built location to contact, and learned that the prince wanted to see him and asked him to go to the Gaosheng Inn. Gu Shengchao didn't know why, so he hurried to the Gaosheng Inn and went in through the secret passage to meet the Nine Emperor Princes.

The guest of honor sat down, and the prince said straight to the point: "This king has negotiated with the dart bureau, and from today on, you will stay by my side to do things, I don't know what the young man wants." If the young man has a better plan, I will definitely go with the flow, and I will never be strong. ”

Gu Shengchao was also unexpected, he thought for a while and said: "I don't care, as long as I can rescue a death row prisoner named Ding Ying in the prison of the Criminal Department, the rest is up to His Highness's orders." ”

"Oh, what's going on?" The prince asked curiously.

Gu Shengchao told the prince about the situation when he went to the prison that day and met Ding Ying, and he took the case: "These bastards in the Criminal Department, not to mention framing the dart bureau for their own strength, are even more arrogant in disregard for human life. ”

"I have a question, I don't know if to say it?" Gu Shengchao couldn't help but ask.

"Say." The prince is still angry.

"Your Highness is the son of the Holy Dragon today, as long as you explain it to the Holy Lord, do you still bother His Highness so much?" Gu Shengchao spoke out the doubts in his heart.

The prince shook his head and said with a solemn expression: "Do you know who our biggest opponent is now?" ”

"Punishment Department?" Gu Shengchao was puzzled, he didn't understand the affairs of officialdom.

The prince sighed and said, "Wrong, the biggest enemy we have to deal with is the chief eunuch in the palace, named Wen Zhe. ”

Gu Shengchao didn't understand: "How much power can a little eunuch have to make His Highness bother so much." ”

The prince said solemnly: "It is the carelessness of the people in the past that has created this person's domineering position today, and even my dignified prince must meet the saint with his consent." As he spoke, he took out a small strip of cloth from his arms, on which he wrote five small words, "Save me, kill the thief".

"What is this?" Gu Shengchao looked at Yu Cheng, his heart full of doubts.

The prince said sadly and indignantly: "This is the saint's handwriting, as the Ninth Five-Year Emperor of the Dawu Dynasty, but he can only use this way to inform others, aggrieved!" He looked up to the sky and sighed, and then said:

"When I came back, I saw only my father, and that day I went to see him at the palace, and in the presence of many eunuchs, he just talked to me about inconsequential topics, and then gave me a cotton robe to wear in winter. Just as he handed me the cotton robe, he secretly put a ring on me under the cover of the cotton robe, and from his helpless eyes, I saw humiliation and grief. After a short time, Wen Zhe used the excuse that my father was not in good health and needed to rest, so he separated the two of us, and I wanted to stay longer, but the eunuchs insisted on helping my father to leave. The emperor who is full of words can't even do this, and he has to listen to the eunuch's arrangement, which is really indignant. That's it, they also carefully inspected and searched my body thoroughly, and cut the cotton robe with scissors, pulled out all the cotton, and let me out of the palace without finding anything unusual. Fortunately, they didn't notice the ring, and when they came back, they took out the cloth strip from the ring's mezzanine, and finally understood that in the palace, Wen Zhe was the real one who covered the sky with one hand, and even the saint who was in the limelight had to surrender to his obscenity and survive. ”

"In order to deal with the Hu people in the north, the Dawu Dynasty and the Xileng Kingdom often used the method of exchanging protons to form an alliance, so I was sent to the Xileng Kingdom since I was a child. When I was growing up in the country of Silang, I used to resent everyone here, but it was a blessing in disguise, and my other brothers have passed away for various reasons. There are those who died prematurely due to illness, those who died mysteriously for unknown reasons, and those who were executed by the order of their father. In addition to me, there is also a child of Concubine Lan, who is only seven years old. Concubine Lan has become the queen, and her child has naturally become the crown prince. ”

"I have experienced hardships on the way back to the capital from the Sirleng Kingdom, except for the night you and I met, I have been attacked many times, and it is a fluke to be able to come to the capital alive. The official department is my father-in-law, so he naturally fully supports me, and Brother Fan is my childhood playmate, and he also has a group of people to mobilize. Although Wen Zhe is the chief eunuch, he can mobilize 5,000 imperial forest troops, coupled with the support of the criminal department, his strength should not be underestimated. The other officials swayed from side to side, all of them unable to count on the sidelines. ”

"Now the attitude of the Martial King Hall is the most critical, but I have never replied after I sent someone to contact me, it seems that they will only decide who to support until the victory or defeat between me and Wen Zhe is clear. The palace of the martial king and the royal family of the Dawu Dynasty were originally connected by blood, and it is said that the founding of the dynasty was assisted by a master, who was invincible in the world with the sword technique of the phoenix. Later, the emperor did not want the family to be dominant, so he appointed his younger brother to open a sect and establish a sect to establish the Wuwang Palace, and resist with other sects to reduce the threat to the royal family. How do you know that today's Wuwang Palace is dominant, but the tail is too big to fall, forgetting the intentions of the ancestors and becoming mercenary. ”

"In a few days, it is the annual flower appreciation festival of our Dawu Dynasty, according to the custom of previous years, on the evening of this day, the Holy Lord will lead the civil and military officials to enjoy the flowers and the moon by the Luoxian Lake, as well as the excellent performances of Goolan and Washe, and finally the grand fireworks show, which can be described as an unprecedented grand scene."

The prince said with a firm look in his eyes: "Success or failure, just fight here!" ”