Li Luoyan bit her lip, looked at Xu Zizhen, and whispered: "Brother Xu, do we...really want to leave?"
Xu Zizhen smiled: "That's your father, he won't harm you, don't worry."
Li Luoyan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. The guard led the way, walking in dimly lit areas. Xu Zizhen and Li Meng followed closely beside Li Luoyan, one on the left and the other on the right.
After a while, the three of them followed the guard and arrived in front of a palace. The guard stood still and whispered: "The emperor has decreed that His Highness will stay here for the night. Don't walk around casually anymore."
Li Luoyan nodded: "I know." After saying that, he stepped into the palace gate. Xu Zizhen and Li Meng followed closely without thinking too much.
The heavy palace door opened with a creak. It was dark inside, and you couldn't see your fingers. Li Luoyan frowned and was about to scold him, but then he heard a soft shout, and the lights in the palace suddenly brightened, causing pain in the eyes of the three of them. They subconsciously
Closed his eyes.
Xu Zizhen immediately drew the knife in his hand and reluctantly opened his eyes, but when he saw the surrounding situation clearly, he couldn't help but secretly scream that something was wrong.
I saw dozens of people surrounding them, each holding a short crossbow in their hands, with cold arrows pointing steadily at them. At the end of the hall, there was a person sitting upright, with a pink face like frost and phoenix eyes with evil eyes.
, looked at them coldly, but it was the current queen - Xiao Bao!
Before Li Luoyan understood what was going on, he heard Empress Xiao say coldly: "You two entered the Ai family palace at night with sharp blades. Do you want to assassinate the Ai family? Come on, take it down!"
Xu Zizhen was shocked: Damn it, I've fallen into a trap!
Li Luoyan exclaimed and stopped in front of Xu Zizhen and Li Meng. He glared at Empress Xiao and said, "You actually pulled this trick!"
Empress Xiao glanced at her lightly: "The Ai family doesn't know what Princess Yuping is talking about. These two people broke into the Ai family palace with sharp knives. Shouldn't they be captured?"
When Li Luoyan was about to say something, Xu Zizhen shouted: "Girl, stop talking!"
Dozens of crossbow arrows were aimed at him and Li Meng. No matter how powerful they were, they could not escape. Xu Zizhen cursed in his heart that he actually believed what the guard said and followed him all the way here.
, as fucking stupid as a pig!
Seeing that he had given up resistance, two guards immediately rushed over and handed over his and Li Meng's knives, and then tied them up with a thick rope made of beef tendons. Just as Li Luoyan was about to stop him, two guards came over and roughly
Pulled her aside.
Li Luoyan was shocked and angry, struggling and shouting: "Let them go!"
Empress Xiao walked up to her and whispered in her ear: "If you dare to leave the palace, I will kill them, do you understand?"
Li Luoyan's heart trembled and she looked at Empress Xiao in horror. She didn't expect that Empress Xiao had already listened to what Chongzong had just said to her. It seemed that she was afraid that there were hidden forces around Chongzong and that he would take action against the Xiao family in advance.
Empress Xiao also found out about it.
Empress Xiao smiled coldly, turned around and sat down on the couch, gently waving her hand: "Put them under escort before sending Princess Yuping back to the palace."
"yes!"
Li Luoyan no longer knew what to do, his mind was in a mess, and he was carried back to the palace by two palace ladies like a zombie, while Xu Zizhen and Li Meng were kidnapped by Wuhua Da.
The palace became quiet again. Empress Xiao was sitting on the couch, frowning slightly and thinking about something. Everyone retreated. There was only one palace maid beside her, but it was Li Luoyan's cousin Yun Shanglan. Her face was calm, as if nothing had happened.
As if he was doing anything else, he asked calmly: "Why don't you just kill those two people?"
Empress Xiao shook her head and sneered: "I don't know where these two people came from, but they obviously have a very close relationship with that girl. As long as I hold them captive, the girl will definitely not leave easily due to her temperament, and if she doesn't leave the palace, , Huh! How can Li Qianshun use his tricks? What can he do even if he is prepared? "
Li Qianshun was Xia Chongzong. Yun Shanglan was not surprised by Empress Xiao's behavior of calling the emperor by his first name. She just nodded and said, "Since you have already made a plan, let it go as you want. My master has made preparations. I hope you can Don’t make a mistake in your calculation, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted.”
Empress Xiao looked a little impatient and snorted: "Do I need him to teach me how to do things? Just let him rest assured."
Yun Shanglan said no more, turned around and left gracefully, holding Xu Zizhen's Tang Dao in her hand. Until she was very far away and saw no one around her, her face suddenly changed, and she gritted her teeth and stamped her feet bitterly: " You idiot, this will all fall into her trap, now let me see what you do!"
…
Although Xu Zizhen regretted his carelessness, he did not panic. Although the Xixia Palace was not as huge as the Forbidden City in Beijing, it was indeed grand and spacious. It was not easy to escape from here. He was escorted along the way. Walking towards the depths of the palace, although he said nothing, his eyes kept looking around, silently remembering the future in his heart.
I don’t know how long he walked, but he was taken to a quiet and deep place, surrounded by high courtyard walls, and a heavy door stood in the night, like a wild beast crouching there quietly, choosing people to kill. bite.
The two guards took them straight into the door, walked through the winding corridor, and finally came to a rockery. No one knew what was done, but the rockery suddenly moved half of the way, revealing a foot-wide area on the ground. I came from the entrance of the cave and walked down the entrance for a long time. After passing a corner, my eyes suddenly opened up.
This is a spacious basement, surrounded by small rooms made of thick bluestones. Each room has only one small door, with only a small window not much bigger than a palm left on the door.
In the gloomy corridor, there were only a few torches stuck on the wall, and the light flickered, just like arriving in front of the Senluo Palace. The two guards escorted Xu Zizhen to the end of the room and opened a door. Pushing Xu Zizhen and Li Meng inside, he shouted: "Go in!"
Xu Zizhen was caught off guard and fell straight in. The ground was cold and hard. Li Meng was thrown in right after him, and happened to fall on his chest. The collision made him groan and couldn't help but curse: "Mom." Yeah, you didn’t even lay some straw, I’ll fall to death!”
The guard ignored them and slammed the stone door. The footsteps gradually faded away, and the entire basement suddenly became silent.
Xu Zizhen reluctantly sat up and looked at the beef tendons on his hands and feet and smiled bitterly. Today was the most helpless he had been since he came to the Song Dynasty. His hands and feet were tied and he was imprisoned. Li Luoyan was also obviously under surveillance by Empress Xiao. , if I want to escape from this ghost place, it will be even harder than climbing to heaven.
Li Meng frowned and sat up, looked around, and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle, what should we do now?"
Xu Zizhen curled his lips and said: "Those two guys are going to pick onions, let's just wait to be punished."
Li Meng opened his mouth wide and looked at him blankly. After a long while, he said in a confused voice: "Uncle, you mean we are dead? Is there really no way to escape?"
Xu Zizhen said seriously: "Nonsense, there is still a way to escape."
Li Meng was surprised and happy: "Really? What can I do?"
Xu Zizhen chuckled and said word by word: "Shout! Help! Life!"