Chapter 24: Catching the Turtle in the Urn (Part 1)
Everyone happily landed at the pier outside Shangyang Palace. Little did they know that Lu Shifu from the execution room was waiting for them.
Ling Yu took the pony and waited back to the flying cavalry camp first, and then went to the side to talk.
Lu Shifu said: "Two hours ago, Shifu received a secret order from the princess, saying that there were gangsters who were plotting something evil and intending to assassinate Lord Ying on his way back to the palace. As soon as I heard about it, I knew it was a serious matter and immediately reported it to Li Duozuo.
General, General, while reporting to the Holy One, he mobilized troops and horses to surround the suspected area."
The two of them were shocked. They didn't expect such a big battle to occur and even alert Wu Zhao.
Long Ying, on the other hand, had a different feeling. He knew that although Princess Taiping was determined, in fact she not only shed tears of love, but also expressed regret to herself through actions. She even expressed her stance to Wu Zhao. She was worthy of being Wu Zhao's daughter.
Ling Yu asked: "How many people were dispatched?"
Lu Shifu lowered his voice and said: "General Li only planned to mobilize 5,000 Yulin troops at first. Later, he asked the Holy Emperor to order more troops. In the end, more than 30,000 troops were mobilized to join the Imperial Guard and the City Defense Army. Hey! Holy Majesty
He also issued a secret order that anyone who attempts to escape will be killed without mercy. The most bizarre thing is that if a monk is caught who claims to be from Jing Nian Monastery and cannot explain the reason for going to that area, he will be taken back to the imperial city and beheaded."
Long Ying and Ling Yu looked at me, speechless at Wu Zhao's decisiveness.
Long Ying let out a breath and said, "What's the result?"
Lu Shifu said as if nothing had happened: "In the end, there were five or sixty monks who tried to escape, and they were all killed on the spot. Those who tried to escape among the civilian tourists, nearly three hundred monks were caught. Fifty-two of them were investigated.
They were obviously foreign monks or local monks, so they were released on the spot. But the others were not only from Jingnian Temple, but also couldn't tell the reason for coming to the city, so they were all beheaded. How brave, how dare you ignore the warning of the Holy One
, privately avenging Xue Huaiyi, Fa Ming must be in trouble this time. The best thing is that he found more than a hundred abandoned crossbows on the spot. Hundreds of crossbow arrows, as well as weapons such as knives, swords, and Zen staffs. I will start from this batch.
Trace the source of the murder weapon and never let the person behind it go unpunished.”
The two of them gasped when they heard this. If they relied on force, they would be the ones to die. However, listening to Lu Shifu's tone, one knew that no one of Yang Yan Leng's status had been arrested. They were just inferior in martial arts and there was nothing they could do.
People who escaped from the siege.
However, Wu Zhao fully demonstrated her tough tactics and used this opportunity to turn the entire situation around, severely weakening Fa Ming's strength. The most powerful thing was that she was left behind and could justifiably send troops to attack Jing Nian Temple at any time.
Killing Xue Huaiyi was the first threat Wu Zhao gave to Fa Ming. Now it was the second one. Fa Ming should have deeply understood Wu Zhao's methods and even regretted messing with her beloved daughter.
Ling Yu asked: "Do we have any casualties?"
Lu Shifu said: "Sixty or seventy people have been injured, and the search is still going on in the whole city. How dare you treat our Zhou army as if there is no one, you are just too brave!"
Long Ying said: "Has the Holy One summoned me to see you?"
Lu Shifu said: "There is no instruction. Lord Ying, why don't you go back to Gantangyuan and have a good rest."
Ling Yu was frightened and asked: "Did the Holy One blame us?"
Lu Shifu said with a smile: "You have served the Holy Lord for so many years and you still don't understand the Holy Will? Don't worry! It must not only be faultless but also meritorious service. How rare it is to lure a snake out of its hole and kill more than 300 arrogant and domineering fake monks in one fell swoop. From now on I will
You no longer have to worry about getting things done."
Long Ying laughed, said goodbye, put his arm around Ling Yu's shoulders and returned to Shangyang Palace.
Gantangyuan.
Bath.
In the steaming heat, the three women attentively washed him and showed him their delicate breasts like blooming flowers. Longying closed his eyes and felt the unusual sensitivity of his skin and the wonderful feeling it brought about, listening to the whispers of the three women.
Smiling happily because of his return.
Ling Yu and the others should have gone to sleep with their sweet dreams. Not to mention Wan Renyu, Nie Fanghua is indeed an extremely touching beauty. The most rare thing is her sweet orchid heart. If you have the chance, you must listen to her playing the piano and singing.
Qu. But Faming couldn't sleep even if he was willing to go to bed. Of course he was as happy as last night.
Renya leaned on him, leaned into his ear and whispered softly: "You are not allowed to close your eyes!"
Long Ying opened his eyes and smiled: "Do you want me to see your body?"
Renya nodded shyly, and buried her pink face into his neck. Lili was raising his hand to clean it carefully, and said with a sweet smile: "Our husband's eyes are like magic. Wherever he looks, there will be magic."
Warm it up."
Xiuqing giggled.
Long Ying didn't know that the three girls were in love, so he frowned and said, "I have to endure it for a little longer. If the Holy One doesn't summon me within half an hour, then we can rest assured and have fun."
Renya said: "It's so late! Your Majesty went to bed in the dragon bed this morning."
Long Ying's heart moved and he said: "There are two things I need to tell you. First, the Tibetan envoy gave me a beautiful blonde as a gift to my husband."
Lili said in surprise: "We have heard of her! We heard that she is very beautiful."
Long Ying thought that Li Duozuo was right. The speed of news transmission in the palace was unimaginable to outsiders.
Renya said excitedly: "Why didn't you see her being sent to Gantangyuan?"
Longying never thought that not only were they not unhappy or jealous at all, but they were also very excited. Then he thought that it was the custom and it was normal for the master to accept concubines. Like Mei Xiunafu's words to Hengkong Makino.
He picked two of his beauties to be his concubines, and there was nothing strange about them.
Long Ying said: "It will be three years before she can come and be your sister. She is a person who has no chance and is sincere and frank. She should get along very well with you."
Renya said: "What about the second thing?"
Long Ying said: "In the past two days, I may go to the south to carry out a secret mission for the Holy Lord, and I may not have time to come back to say goodbye to you. Just wait for my husband to come back, don't worry, it could be one month as soon as possible, or three months as late as possible.
My husband will come back in good health."
The three women screamed and refused.
At this time, Eunuch Li anxiously shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty has urgently summoned Lord Eagle, and the flying cavalry guards are waiting at the main entrance."
Long Ying boarded the empty horse that the imperial guards brought for him, and galloped with them. After a while, he arrived at the building with the river sluice to the west of Shangyang Palace, and dismounted with doubts in his mind.
After a while, he followed the imperial guard back to the boating pond, and Wu Zhao's beautiful figure came into view. He stood facing the pond with a murderous look on his face, and his phoenix eyes flashed with cold light. He wore a white warrior uniform with a black robe hanging down to the floor.
Her hair is styled in a heroic short bun, which makes people’s hearts tremble upon seeing her.
Behind her stood eighteen men, tall and short, dressed in night clothes and armed with various weapons, bows and arrows. Long Ying glanced at them and couldn't help being secretly surprised.
He has definitely never seen any of them, but judging from his calm demeanor and the brilliant light in his eyes, any one of them is a first-class master, who can compete with him. This is
Wu Zhao's real escort team.
Wu Zhao said: "Let's go! Mr. Long will hold the boat for me."
The eighteen masters responded with a roar, and within a few blinks they all boarded the speedboat.
The sluice was raised and the speedboats filed out.
Long Ying was confused and boarded the boat. After Wu Zhao was seated, he followed the team into the valley water. The speedboat group formed a formation, protecting their boat in the middle, and looked south.
This time Wu Zhao sat facing him, his face softened, he looked at him with interest, and said softly: "Why don't you ask me where I want to go?"
Long Ying smiled bitterly and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, where are we going now?"
Wu Zhao looked up at the magnificent night sky dotted with stars, took a breath, and said calmly: "Jing Nian Zen Temple!"
Long Ying was taken aback and said incredulously: "What?"
Wu Zhao was still admiring the beautiful starry sky. A crescent moon appeared in the east. It matched perfectly with the starry night. No one could take away the other's brilliance. He said tenderly: "Longying! You know why I can see through it." Are the fat father-in-law and you already united?"
Long Ying secretly sighed, Wu Zhao is always so elusive, his actions are unexpected, and his words are even more unpredictable and difficult to resist. He said: "Your Majesty, give me guidance."
Wu Zhaofeng's eyes returned to his face and said gently: "Because I personally inspected every injured person seriously injured by the female assassin, found clues of the Immortal Seal, and also knew that the fat father-in-law had fought with her at that time. Alas! He did it on purpose. Let her go, right?"
Longying was speechless.
Wu Zhao's eyes fell on the river and said sadly: "I have no intention of blaming my father-in-law at all. I understand what he is thinking. When the Holy Sect was founded, it was indeed a sect with ideals, ambitions and vision, but later it became more and more extreme. ,, and gradually decayed and deteriorated, and in the end, except for a few outstanding people, they all turned into selfish people who behaved evilly. Look at Du Ao and you, who are from the same sect, you should understand what I am talking about. "
Longying still didn't know how to respond to her.
Wu Zhao's eyes moved back to him, his beautiful eyes full of loneliness and melancholy that could not be dismissed, and he slowly said: "There are many things that I don't want to do, but I have to do them. These people are not worthy of being heirs of the Holy Sect. If they are allowed to keep The Holy Sect's classics will only harm the common people. I am cleaning up the sect, and of course my father-in-law will never accept it, so I have to hide it from him. This is the first time in more than thirty years that I have concealed something from my fat father-in-law."
He added: "Mingkong owes him too much! Please tell Mr. Long to tell my father-in-law for me. I only hope that my father-in-law will stay with me and enjoy the rest of his life. I will never do anything to displease him again. This is what I say from the bottom of my heart." Without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
Long Ying smiled bitterly and said, "I hope he believes it!"
Wu Zhao did not feel dissatisfied and said: "Long Ying, do you believe it?"
Long Ying said dejectedly: "I really don't know."
Wu Zhao sighed quietly, was silent for a moment, and said softly: "One day, my father-in-law will understand my feelings for him."
Long Ying said: "The common people will convey the Holy Master's words to my father-in-law verbatim."
Wu Zhao said happily: "After saying these words, I feel much better. Dragon Eagle! You are truly worthy of being the most outstanding figure in our holy sect besides Xiang Yutian and Shi Zhixuan. You only let it slip from Taiping." In a word, if you deduce the whole situation from what you have witnessed, the best thing is to avoid fighting, so that I can use the method of sealing off the entire Luohe District and strengthening the city defense to catch turtles in a jar and catch almost all the gangsters who are scheming. Did you know that one of the beheaded people was actually the Little Buddha?" (To be continued)!~!
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