A group of sergeants brandished steel knives and blocked Wu Sansi's path. Wu Sansi's face was as dark as water. Liehu was originally a very majestic figure, and now that he pretended to be Wu Sansi, it really made people think that he had a majestic demeanor that was not angry.
He stared at the people in front of him coldly:
"Are you all blind? You dare to block my way!"
The leading sergeant bowed slightly:
"My lord, it's not that these little people are deliberately offending your lord. In fact, we have received a strict order from His Majesty the Emperor today. No one is allowed to enter the palace!"
"Anyone, including me?"
"Well." The sergeant was stunned for a moment, and then said, "To answer your question, Your Majesty did not specify who they were, but the order we received did say that no one is allowed to enter the palace!"
Wu Sansi sneered, suddenly approached the sergeant, and said in a low voice:
"I'm afraid this order was not given by the emperor, but by the queen!"
The sergeant trembled. He didn't know if it was because Wu Sansi suddenly approached him, which made him feel scared. He took a step back and said:
"Back to your lord, I don't know about these things. I only know that it is indeed an order from above. If your lord is really anxious to enter the palace, then it is better to do this. Please wait for a moment, and I will send someone to the queen.
Your Majesty sends the message, if the Queen agrees, then I will send someone in immediately."
Hunting Fox kept Mingzhu in mind, and there was no way he could wait for him to deliver the letter. He waved his hand and shouted:
"Tie up this blind slave for me!"
The attendants who were following Liehu immediately stepped forward and tied up the sergeants. Liehu said miserably:
"You have all seen that these people tried to falsely spread the imperial edict and trapped the emperor and the empress. I came to rescue them according to the empress' secret order. If any of you dare to cause trouble again, I will punish you all on the spot.
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The imperial guards in the palace originally received vague orders, and they themselves had no idea. They vaguely felt that something had happened in the palace again. At this time, they didn't know who to listen to.
And Wu Sansi has always been known for being cruel and ruthless, so now that Wu Sansi is really angry, people don't dare to stop him, and they all step aside and let the way out.
At this time, the sergeant who was entrusted by Mingzhu to deliver the message finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and walked up to Xie Hu, and bravely shouted:
"Master Wu."
Seeing that someone was trying to stop him again, Liehu couldn't help but feel irritated and shouted angrily:
"What are you doing!"
The sergeant panicked and forgot what he was going to say. However, he was quite clever. Since he was speechless, he simply stretched out his palm. In his palm, he held the pearl handed to him.
That string of tassels!
Even though he was very courageous in hunting foxes, when he saw this string of tassels, his expression almost changed. His mind was racing, and the first thought that came to his mind was whether this person was from the Pearl Sect.
The person who came to deliver the letter knew that something unexpected had happened, and this person deliberately used this string of tassels to deceive him.
After pondering for a moment, Liehu concluded that this person must have been sent by Mingzhu to deliver the message, because he knew Mingzhu and trusted Mingzhu. He knew that she was a good girl who was loyal and responsible, even if she did encounter an unexpected event.
She will not reveal all the secrets about herself, the patron saint, and the Fang family.
Thinking of this, Liehu's expression softened slightly. He took a step forward and said:
"Don't be afraid. Tell me slowly. Who gave this to you? Does she have anything else to tell me?"
The sergeant nodded:
"Fang Mingzhu gave this to me. She asked me to tell you..." The sergeant said Mingzhu's words exactly.
Following the sergeant's words, Liehu frowned more and more, and his fists were clenched tightly. He wanted to rush into the palace to save people right away. But Liehu knew that this was the palace after all, not the world. And he only
He is just a fake minister. If something goes wrong, not only will it be impossible to save Mingzhu, but it may also bring greater disaster to Mingzhu. So Liehu suppressed the anger in his heart and used a voice as kind as possible.
, said to the sergeant:
"It's great if you can send me this sentence. I will reward you well. How about you stay with me?"
Xie Hu's words came so unexpectedly that the sergeant didn't react immediately. He just looked at Xie Hu blankly, and Xie Hu then explained:
"You must also know that the words you told me today are of great importance. Therefore, if you go back to your original master, you will probably be in trouble. So, you might as well stay with me.
By my side, when this matter is over, if you don't want to be an official, I can give you a large sum of money to fly away and live a good life for the rest of your life." Liehu told the truth. Although the Fang family has been in decline for a long time, for
For these patron saints, it is still too easy to get some money.
Only then did the sergeant understand what Wu Sansi meant. He was moved by Wu Sansi's words. Yes, instead of getting involved in the battles of these royal families and dying without a burial place, it would be better to get some money and fly away!
So the sergeant bowed deeply to Xie Hu and said:
"Thank you, sir."
"Okay, from now on, you are mine. I want to see who dares to touch you."
"yes."
"Now you don't have to be afraid of anything, just tell me who took the pearl away?"
It turned out that when the sergeant was transmitting the message just now, he had deliberately concealed Shangguan Wan'er's name. Now that the sergeant had surrendered to Wu Sansi, he had nothing to hide. He whispered:
"Sir, it's your Majesty Shangguan."
"I understand," Liehu pondered and nodded, his mind changing quickly. According to the sergeant, Mingzhu was in a very bad situation now, and as Wu Sansi, he couldn't keep up with Guan Wan'er in a head-on fight.
, she could hide the pearl wherever she wanted, but she couldn't find it. Since all this was instigated by Li Longji, she would simply capture Li Longji first. If the pearl could not be saved, she would simply kill him.
Li Longji, revenge for the Pearl!
Xie Hu's eyes had already flashed a fierce light. But at this moment, there was a sudden chaos in the distance. Xie Hu couldn't help but look back, and only heard the cry of killing coming from the palace gate.
"Go and see what's going on?" Liehu ordered.
One of the followers ran away, and he soon returned:
"Sir, it was King Linzi who led the army and rushed in. He said that Empress Wei and Princess Anle were in rebellion. He had an imperial edict to seize the rebels!"
Liehu secretly resented this, it was good, everyone said that they were following the imperial edict, he was, and so was Li Longji, but now only God knows where the unlucky emperor is.
Liehu was too lazy to care about the Li family's attempts to seize the throne. He was concerned about another thing at the moment - since Li Longji came in with an army, it would be too difficult for him to catch him.
Liehu looked around. The shouts of killing outside were getting louder and louder, and they were getting closer. It seemed that Li Longji had led his people to rush in. The palace was about to fall into Li Longji's hands.
It's under control. If that's the case, then simply stop caring about anything else and simply rush to Shangguan Wan'er's place, use torture to force her to hand over the pearl, and then kill her directly. Keeping such a woman is also a disaster!
Hunter Fox made up his mind and ordered in a deep voice:
"Let's go to Shangguan's residence!"
Although the sergeant didn't want to follow Shangguan Wan'er, he didn't dare to leave Wu Sansi for even half a step, so he had no choice but to follow behind and walk towards Shangguan Wan'er's residence.
But they didn't expect that they had just walked not far away when they saw Li Chengqi coming from a side road.
When Liehu saw Li Chengqi, he secretly gathered his energy because he knew Li Chengqi's abilities. Now that Li Longji was the culprit who killed Mingzhu, Li Chengqi had to be on guard.
But when Li Chengqi saw Liehu, he didn't look panicked at all. Instead, he looked very happy. He walked quickly towards Liehu, grabbed Liehu's sleeves and pointed him away.
After dragging him for a while, he saw that there was no one around him, and then he said in a hurry:
"I happened to meet you. Everything went smoothly here. When Taiping and I arrived at Empress Wei's place, Anle happened to be there too. The mother and daughter revealed their flaw without saying a few words, so I sent a letter to my third brother. Now
The third brother has already broken in, and Princess Taiping is in charge of the affairs in the palace. Let them go and save Mingzhu." Li Chengqi finished explaining what happened in a few words, and was about to leave, but he found the fox hunting nail.
He didn't move where he was, just looking at him coldly.
Li Chengqi felt very strange and asked:
"What’s wrong with you?"
Liehu stared at Li Chengqi:
"Do you know where the pearl will be?"
"I don't know." Li Chengqi replied. "Didn't your patron saint say that she was hiding by the lake in the Royal Garden? Let's go there to look for her."
Hunter Fox asked again:
"Do you really want to save Mingzhu?"
No matter how well-educated Li Chengqi was, he couldn't help but get angry this time, because he could tolerate everything, but he couldn't tolerate others doubting his feelings for Mingzhu. He shouted in a low voice:
"what do you mean?"
Liehu sneered, raised his hand to greet the sergeant, and said:
"Tell me again what you just said to me."
The sergeant did not dare to offend Wu Sansi, so he had no choice but to repeat it again. Li Chengqi's expression also changed, and he stared at the sergeant and asked:
"Is everything you said true?"
"yes."
Li Chengqi took a deep breath and looked at Liehu:
"I don't want to say anything more now. Let's go to Shangguan Wan'er first and rescue Mingzhu. I only have one thing to say to you. If someone really wants to harm Mingzhu, I won't let him go without you!