Ah Yao got up lightly, picked up the candlestick on the table and hid it behind the door, and when someone outside pushed the door in, she was about to smash it with the candlestick.

"A-Yao, it's the king."

The familiar voice made her stop what she was doing and look up excitedly.

"Lord Wang?"

Rong Qianhan approached her, hugged her in his arms, and bowed his head and kissed her forehead.

"How did you end up here?" Yao asked.

Rong Qianhan let go of her and said softly: "This king is just here to try his luck, I didn't expect you to be here." ”

Ah Yao was taught by him, and naturally he knew very well that the most dangerous place was the safest place.

He wanted to come to Su Ji to have a look, but he didn't expect to really meet Ah Yao.

"How many days have you been in the palace?" Yao asked.

"Song Yi told you?"

"Hmm."

Rong Qianhan didn't speak, but pulled Ah Yao to find a place to sit down first.

Because no one could find out that there were people here, they couldn't light the lamp, and the room was always dark, and they could only see each other by the faint light coming from the window.

The late winter night chill had not yet completely subsided, and there were no heating tools in the house, not even a quilt.

Rong Qianhan opened his arms to hug Ah Yao, used his chest to warm her, held her cold little hands and rubbed them back and forth, helping her keep warm.

She looked sideways at Rong Qianhan, "What did you find in the palace?" ”

"Concubine Wan has a showdown with the emperor."

Ah Yao was a little surprised.

"Concubine Wan imprisoned the emperor in the palace and announced to the outside world that the emperor was seriously ill."

Ah Yao frowned, "Concubine Wan wants to seize power?" ”

"Hmm."

Finding that A-Yao wanted to get up, Rong Qianhan hugged her tighter, "Don't get excited. ”

"Will she hurt the emperor?"

"Not right now."

"Why did you get out of the palace? Why don't you stay in the palace to protect the emperor? Yao asked.

"Because this king is not worried about you."

Ah Yao left his embrace and stood facing him, "While it's getting dark now, you hurry back to the palace to protect the emperor." ”

"A-Yao, calm down first."

"Concubine Wan was forced to a dead end by me, so she dared to imprison the emperor, what else could she not do? I can't put the emperor in danger. ”

Wei Ming, Luo Yu, and the villagers of Qiaoniang Village, as well as Su Ji's shopkeeper and associates, and even the servants of Su Mansion were all locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department and tortured because of her.

Now even the emperor is not immune, how can she still calm down?

She wanted to kill Concubine Wan now and end it all as soon as possible.

Rong Qianhan hugged Ah Yao in his arms again, and said softly: "Ah Yao, don't worry, this king will find a way to solve it with you."

It doesn't matter who killed Chen and Qian, the most important thing now is to find a way to rescue the emperor and rescue the people who were locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

Right!

Rong Qianhan was right.

Now what they have to do is to find a way to save people, and after rescuing people, they don't have to be subject to Concubine Wan, and then find a way to compete with Concubine Wan.

"I've been to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment once, and we'll go together tomorrow morning to get them all out of the prison." Ah Yao said.

"Okay."

At the moment, any appeasement didn't work for Ah Yao, he could only follow Ah Yao.

Seeing that A-Yao's emotions gradually calmed down, he pulled her back into his arms again.

"Alright, there are still some hours before dawn, let's rest first, and everything will wait until dawn."

"Hmm."

The two of them used the table in the store and some thick cloth to make a simple bed.

Rong Qianhan hugged Ah Yao and lay on it, hugging Ah Yao as tightly as possible to give her more warmth.

Ah Yao took a deep breath and said with a little apology, "I'm sorry! Let you suffer with me. ”

"What stupid thing is the silly girl talking about? This king has also led troops to fight in the past, and his days outside are harder than now, and as long as you are by his side, this king will not feel hard. ”

Ah Yao drilled into Rong Qianhan's arms, and felt inexplicably relieved when she leaned into his arms.

It's nice to have him around!

"Sleep!" Rong Qianhan coaxed softly.

"Hmm."

The next morning, they were woken up by the commotion outside the door.

Ah Yao left in Rong Qianhan's arms, walked to the door, opened a crack in the door and looked out.

A lot of people were running in one direction on the street, and something seemed to be going on outside.

She returned to Rong Qianhan and told him the truth about what she had seen.

Rong Qianhan shook his somewhat sore arm and said, "No matter what, let's go to the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

"Hmm."

The two walked out of Su Ji quietly, avoiding everyone's eyes and ears, and planned to take advantage of the chaos to go straight to the prison of the Criminal Department to save people.

When the two of them passed by a few people, they overheard the conversation of the people.

"I heard that Lord Chu of the Criminal Department is going to be beheaded at the entrance of Dongjie today, and many people rushed to see the excitement of the real murderers of Chen and Qian's two families."

"What's so hilarious about decapitation? You're not intimidating. ”

"Hahaha......"

Ah Yao heard the words of several people clearly, and suddenly stopped in place.

Rong Qianhan also heard it, and returned to her with a gloomy face.

"What are you going to do?" Rong Qianhan asked.

"I can't see them die for me, I'm going to save them."

Rong Qian analyzed coldly: "Have you ever thought that this is just a trap set by Chu Yuan, which forced you to show up." ”

A-Yao raised her eyes to look at him, "Even if it's a trap, I'm going to take a look." ”

"Let's go! This king will go with you. ”

knew that he couldn't persuade her, so Rong Qianhan could only face it with her.

Ah Yao stopped him, "You don't have to go with me. ”

Rong Qianhan looked at her puzzled, "The affairs of Southern Xinjiang have nothing to do with you, you shouldn't be involved in these troubles, I'll just go alone, you wait for me in Suji, and when I save people, we will meet in Suji." ”

With that, she gestured to leave.

Rong Qianhan grabbed her hand, "This king is not afraid of trouble. ”

"You ......"

"Let's go!"

Rong Qianhan took her hand, and the two poured into the crowd and went to Dongjiekou with the crowd.

Generally, only the most vicious gangsters are killed on the street, and the people will go to watch and vent their anger.

The two followed the crowd to the entrance of Dongjie, and A-Yao saw the two people kneeling on the beheading table at a glance.

It's Luo Yu and Yali!

Luo Yu is an upright person and has no background.

And Yali is just the head of a small village, and she has a hot temper, and I'm afraid that she will have a lot of unpleasantness with the people in the Criminal Department.

Chu Yuan chose them, and Ah Yao was not surprised at all.

Chu Yuan had a saber pinned to his waist, and he was patrolling the crowd below on the decapitation table.

Fortunately, Ah Yao and Rong Qianhan had both disguised themselves in advance, and they were not familiar with them, so they couldn't recognize them now.

Rong Qianhan looked around the decapitator, lowered his voice and said to Ah Yao: "There are forbidden troops around the decapitation platform, and there should be people secretly staring at the decapitation platform, as long as we rush to the decapitation platform, we will be surrounded by layers." ”

Ah Yao also saw this, and it was a little difficult to save Luo Yu and Yali safe and sound.

Time passed minute by minute, Chu Yuan raised his eyes to look at the sky, and shouted to the people below.

"The hour is up, ready for execution!"

The executioner in charge of the decapitation began to sharpen his knife, and the sharp blade scraped over the whetstone one by one, and everyone was terrified to hear it.

Chu Yuan suddenly looked around and shouted at the top of his voice: "Ah Yao, I know that you are nearby, if you don't show up again, your friends will die because of you." ”

A-Yao in the crowd clenched her fists.

Rong Qianhan clenched her wrist and leaned into his ear and said, "Don't be impulsive! ”

She glanced at Rong Qianhan and slowly let go of her clenched hand.

Seeing that no one responded, Chu Yuan pointed to Luo Yu and Yali, who were tied up by five flowers and kneeling on the ground, and continued to shout.

"A-Yao, I heard that you are the most affectionate, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that, since you refuse to show up, then watch with your own eyes how they died because of you."

Yali glared at Chu Yuan viciously, "I'm bah! You are less yin and yang weird there, if you want to kill, kill quickly, don't grind and chirp, the old lady can come back after 20 years, the old lady is not afraid of death! ”

Luo Yu smiled at her, "The eldest sister is really courageous. ”

"You and I are on the road together today, and we can also have a companion on Huangquan Road, no loss." Yali said.

"With the eldest sister by your side, there is no loss at all."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Chu Yuan glared at the two of them and continued, "Ah Yao! Did you see it, your friends are sincere to you, and they are not even afraid of death, which is really touching. ”

Yali took a sip, and suddenly shouted loudly: "A-Yao, don't come out, my aunt is not afraid of death!" When your aunt dies, you just remember to avenge your aunt. ”

Ah Yao moved her lips excitedly, feeling very uncomfortable.

Rong Qianhan grabbed her hand, afraid that she would rush up to save people on impulse.

She broke free of Rong Qianhan's hand, "I'm going to save them." ”

"It's not the time yet."

She looked at Rong Qianhan suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”

"There's a turnaround."

"Where's the turnaround?"

The executioners have all started to sharpen their knives, what else can they turn around?

Seeing that the execution was about to be executed, A-Yao's heart instantly rose to her throat.

Rong Qianhan clenched her hand again, and said softly, "Don't be impatient." ”

The two looked at Chu Yuan on the decapitation platform at the same time.

Rong Qianhan analyzed in her ear: "Chu Yuan in the stands, he is even more nervous than us now. ”

"What is he nervous about?"

"He didn't really want to kill the two of them, he just wanted to use them to lure you out."

After his analysis, when Ah Yao looked at Chu Yuan again, he also found that he was nervous, he seemed to have deliberately let the executioner sharpen his knife to delay time.

After another moment, Chu Yuan shouted again: "Ah Yao, if you don't show up again, I will be executed." ”

The onlookers began to urge, and Chu Yuan couldn't wait.

He turned back and motioned for the executioner behind him to get ready.

The executioner took out a hair and tried the knife, and then stood beside Luo Yu and Yali with the knife.

"He's got serious." Ah Yao said.

Rong Qianhan held his breath, stared at the beheading platform intently, and whispered to Ah Yao: "When they do it, we will do it again." ”

"Hmm."

Chu Yuan shouted: "Execution!" ”