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Chapter 67 Prison Robbery

Zhao Zhen watched Bai Yutang lead the people away, and when he looked up by chance, he found that the outside of the hall was already dimly lit, and it was a tossing all night.Xue Liang reminded that the morning court was approaching, and Zhao Zhen was afraid of missing the hour, so he didn't care about rest, so he wiped his face hastily, washed his face for a while, and then dragged his tired body to Wende Hall.

It was a lot of chattering and chattering, and Zhao Zhen felt that his whole mind was buzzing after barely getting through the morning.I planned to go back to the palace to take a nap, but who would have thought that someone would send a message to Khitan Red King Yelu Zongche to ask for an audience.Zhao Zhen learned that Yelv Zongche didn't wear Khitan court clothes this time, but came to the palace casually wearing a Song-style Hanfu. He was dressed so informally, presumably because of his private face.So the dignitary made some arrangements and summoned the other party in the gazebo in the backyard of Funing Hall.

Sure enough, after seeing the ceremony, Yelu Zongche took out a brocade box from the armband, put it on the stone table in the gazebo, and pushed it in front of Zhao Zhen.Zhao Zhen opened the brocade box, and saw a gold-plated wolf-head talisman with Khitan characters lying quietly in it. Although he didn't understand what was written on it, the style was quite similar to the tiger talisman used for military deployment.Zhao Zhen asked very puzzled: "What is the meaning of this, my lord?"

Yelu Zongche took out the wolf-head talisman and explained: "Before the death of my emperor, the first emperor of the Holy Zong, he divided the Khitan military power into two. In addition to the original gold-plated tiger-head soldier talisman, he ordered someone to create this gold-plated wolf-head soldier talisman. Hand it over to this king. To put it simply, I currently account for half of Khitan's soldiers and horses. This king came here today with the military talisman to clearly show his sincerity to His Majesty."

Zhao Zhen didn't answer, but Ren Yelu Zongche continued. "My new Khan of Khitan has always rejected the Han people, and recently he has frequently increased taxes and expanded troops. I believe His Majesty can easily guess why."

"Could it be that your lord wants to say that there are signs that the Khan of your country wants to provoke a war between Song and Liao?" Zhao Zhen didn't show the slightest surprise on his face, which just proved that he knew about it, but even though he knew it, he was still in his heart. Doubtful. "Then why did he send you to beg Deyi?"

"Your Majesty, Ming people don't speak dark words. Song Guo also buried a lot of spies in Khitan, right? This king believes that His Majesty has already understood the hostile relationship between me and my imperial brother. The reason why he hasn't had any His actions are because he is jealous of me. And the wolf-headed soldier talisman in my hand is the source of his jealousy. This king has been influenced by his grandmother, the empress dowager since he was a child, admires Song Wenhua, and devotes his life to the peace of Song and Liao. Speaking of which, this king does not agree to attack the Song Dynasty, and is more willing to promote the long-term development of the two countries through commerce. But if he is blindly persecuted by the emperor, this king really does not know how long he can resist."

Zhao Zhen smiled, different from the calmness of the smile, but a hint of sarcasm could be heard in his tone. "My lord says that people who are smart don't speak secretly, but in fact he doesn't want to show his heart everywhere. So how can I cooperate?"

There was an unexpected haze in Yeluzong's eyes.I thought that Song Emperor Zhao Zhen had a relatively simple heart, so he threw bricks out to attract the other party to pick up jade.Although both parties may have the intention of forming an alliance, there is still a huge difference in who opens the mouth first.The one who proposes first is naturally more urgently needed. In the future, the sharing of benefits will naturally be stripped by the party who seconded the proposal.

In reality, Yelu Zongche's situation is even more critical.The Empress Dowager Bodhisattva is seriously ill, and I am afraid that time will not be long. Without her support, the support from Xiao's mother clan will be reduced immediately. In addition, if the Khan makes his adoptive mother Yuan Taifei the Queen Mother, at least Half of the people may defect to the Khan's camp, and his situation may be precarious.But he was a little unwilling to be tricked by this seemingly mediocre Emperor Song, both for the country and himself, so he wanted to compete again.

Just when the two of you were coming and going, Xue Liang hurried over and whispered something in Zhao Zhen's ear, causing the handsome and graceful Emperor Song to change his face instantly.He got up suddenly, and said to Yelu Zongche lightly: "Please wait a little longer, my lord, I will come as soon as I go." He turned his head and walked away quickly without waiting for Chi Wang to respond.

When they got to the side hall, Imperial Physician Dong had already woken him up. After Han Mengfei woke up leisurely, the first thing he said when he saw Zhao Zhen was——

"Quick... quickly save... Zhan Zhao...."

Looking at the slightly pale sky outside the prison, Zhan Zhao sighed deeply.This night was very difficult. After Bai Yutang left, although he closed his eyes and rested his mind for a long time, but he had plans in his heart and was always worried about the development of things outside the prison, so he couldn't fall asleep anymore.If Bai Yutang finds Han Mengfei, it will definitely be a great help to Zhao Zhen in setting up a trap, but for some reason, although he has confidence in his own deduction, deep down in his heart, he always unconsciously feels uneasy, as if everything is still a little unknown Things are out of control.

Just when his mind was disorganized and he was sorting out some doubts and clues that were too scattered, the prison door was opened again.Only this time there were no visitors, only the cell boss.He carried an exquisitely crafted food box, smiling all over his face, quite flattering. "Lord Zhan has been wronged. Fortunately, His Majesty always remembers you. I believe that Lord Zhan will be able to get his wronged out soon."

"I accept your good words." Zhan Zhao said politely.Seeing that the jailer didn't leave, he put down the food box, opened the lid and took out a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus and red date cake.Zhan Zhao looked uncertain and asked, "This is...?"

The head of the prison rubbed his hands, and said with an apologetic smile: "This is sent by someone from the palace. It is said that His Majesty is afraid that the prison of the Ministry of Punishment will neglect Mr. Zhan, so he specially sent him the food that he likes."

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, his brows drooped slightly, and his eyes showed a different kind of demeanor, which made the cell boss very dazed.There was a shallow arc across the corner of the mouth, and the smile was light and clear, as if there was nothing.He picked up a piece of cake, nodded and said: "Your Majesty really has a heart. If the people in the palace are still there, I hope the prison boss Dai Zhan can chat and express his gratitude."

"It's easy to say, easy to say, master Zhan use it slowly."

Seeing Zhan Zhao biting his lips, the prison chief didn't dare to disturb his eating, so he hurriedly bowed and retreated.Dai Zhanzhao thanked the servants who brought food from the palace, and after sending them away, he turned back again.I saw that the pastry plate was empty and was placed outside the cell door.The cell boss carefully put away the empty plates, secretly amused in his heart that the famous exhibition guard actually likes to eat sweets, and all the plates were wiped out in a blink of an eye.However, when I thought that this dessert was sent by someone sent by today's emperor, I was very impressed.He muttered to himself: "Lord Zhan really deserves to be the big celebrity in front of Long Live. I am afraid that no one can match the prosperity of Long Favor. This is the only one in prison. His Majesty will visit the prison in person. Forget it, I still have to ask the palace to deliver snacks.” He shook his head speechlessly, and peeked at the red-clothed guard who seemed to be sleeping in the prison behind the light, fearing to disturb the other party’s rest, he left lightly .

Not long after the cell boss left, several black shadows rushed in one after another.When they came to the door of Zhan Zhao Prison, they cut off the lock with a steel knife and went inside.One of them cautiously approached and inspected it, and happily said: "It's done." Then he picked up the person and carried it on his shoulder.

Just as he was about to retreat quickly, he saw a white figure flying towards him like a thunderbolt in the distance.Before anyone could catch up, the sword light had arrived, striking from a distance, and the sword energy split a deep mark on the bluestone ground.The men in black were frightened and retreated in a hurry, but the swordsman in white relentlessly engaged in a fight, so they were outnumbered and did not lose the wind in the slightest.The handsome face was always somewhat arrogant and frivolous, but now the incarnation of Shura was extremely fierce, especially when he saw one of them carrying the unconscious Zhan Zhao on his shoulders, the anger that had been touched by the taboo was even more terrifying. The unstoppable murderous aura overflowed like a spring.

"If you dare to touch him, don't blame the fifth master for killing him today." Bai Yutang said coldly, "Surround him and don't let any one go", followed by ten hidden guards He rushed over and surrounded the men in black.

Bai Yutang ignored no one, and only focused on the man in black who was carrying Zhan Zhao.This person's martial arts are far from those of the famous Chinchilla in the world. If Bai Yutang didn't care about Zhan Zhao's safety and deliberately kept his hand, he would have been no match for him.Even so, Bai Yutang greeted him with swords several times.Knowing that he was no match, in order to save his life, this person suddenly threw Zhan Zhao on his shoulder towards Bai Yutang, then turned around and left.

Bai Yutang caught him in the air and hugged him in his arms.He lowered his head and glanced at the ignorant appearance of that person, and his heart was in a mess: I was afraid that something would happen to this silly cat, but it turned out to be true.He didn't care about chasing the escaped man in black, so he barely ordered a hidden guard to intercept him, and he carried the man to a safe place and put him down to check for a while, after confirming that Zhan Zhao had just passed out and everything else was fine. tone.

With his backhand, he hugged Zhan Zhao's upper body tightly into his arms again, feeling the body temperature passing and blending with each other even after a few layers of clothing, and his throbbing heart slowly calmed down.Bai Yutang smiled wryly and said to himself: "You dead cat, you made trouble for me if you didn't pay attention at first glance. If you make trouble a few more times, are you going to ask Master Wu to shorten his life?"

The hand on Zhan Zhao's back froze suddenly, his brows were furrowed, and Bai Yutang's eyes suddenly shifted to the battle not far away.Although the number of men in black was not as many as the hidden guards brought by Bai Yutang, their skills were not weak, and the hidden guards were gradually exhausted and became disabled.Bai Yutang stared at him coldly, with a bit of murderous intent gushing out in his eyes - although the emperor assigned him a temporary job, since it was in his hands, there was no reason for him to be ruined.Fu Erdou said "Cat, I'll come as soon as I go", then lightly put Zhan Zhao flat, and Bai Yutang picked up Yunlang again and jumped into the battle situation.

With Bai Yutang's joining, the situation immediately changed dramatically.Wherever Yunlang passed was like no one's land, he frequently rescued the seriously injured hidden guards.Bai Yutang also finally discovered why his dark guards lost to these men in black. It turned out that these men seemed to be fighting independently, but in fact they formed a team, communicating with each other, and often filling in each other's gaps.Those men in black were going smoothly, but they were disrupted by Bai Yutang's unruly behavior, and Yunlang's sword light was too sharp, causing chaos.Several people fought and retreated, retreating all the way to the outside of the prison passage.Bai Yutang and the rest of the hidden guards were overjoyed when they saw this, they hurriedly chased them out, making up their mind to catch them all.

Just as the clashing sound of swords and swords disappeared from the sky prison, several black figures suddenly descended from the sky above the sky prison strangely.It turned out that during the chaotic battle just now, the five men in black kept holding their breath and hid in the dark until Bai Yutang and the others disappeared.When he came to Zhan Zhao's side, one of them was just about to reach out to pick him up, when a white light suddenly flashed from the corner of his eye, if he hadn't noticed that he withdrew his hand so quickly, his wrist would have been crippled.Looking in amazement, I saw a short boy with a youthful figure and a black mask flying towards him like a swallow.

This kid's lightness kung fu was extremely high, and he stopped in front of Zhan Zhao in a blink of an eye.It holds thirteen chains in its hand, which is commonly known as the nine-section whip. Because the number of sections has increased to thirteen, it is longer, softer and harder to command than the ordinary nine-section whip.But this short boy is not only able to use his arms and fingers, but also dances vigorously.I saw thirteen steel whips swinging, sweeping, wrapping, winding, hanging, or throwing, flying up and down, flexible and changeable, and lightly turned all attacks into invisible, forcing several people to get close .He even took advantage of the opportunity to pick up Zhan Zhao. Seeing that Zhan Zhao was still in a coma, the young man couldn't help complaining, "That hairless mouse is really a pig's brain. He left Zhan Zhao here without paying attention, and he was easily lured away from the mountain." It's a plan. If it's not for the young master, I have to come here, and I don't know what to do." Hearing the voice, it was undoubtedly the servant next to Yelu Zongche, Xiao Qi.

When the five men in black saw Cheng Yaojin, who ruined the whole plan, they immediately became ruthless, and ran towards Xiao Qi with frequent killing moves.Xiao Qi's kung fu is not weak, but he can't beat four hands with two fists, and he has to protect Zhan Zhao, who is a head taller than him, the pressure can be imagined.Not daring to fight at the moment, he picked up Zhan Zhao and yelled, "Young master won't play with you anymore", and fled away with light work.

After leaving the passageway of the dungeon, except for a few corpses lying on the ground, Bai Yutang and his party were nowhere to be seen.Xiao Qi couldn't care so much, and only wanted to save Zhan Zhao to a safe place, so he walked out of the prison with a few ups and downs.

He wandered back and forth in Bianliang City, originally intending to return to the Khitan embassy in Dutingyi, but then he thought about taking Zhan Zhao so rashly and wondered if it would bring trouble to Chiju. Told Wan to tell him not to care about Zhan Zhao's affairs.So after some calculations in his mind, he turned around and headed for the outskirts of Beicheng.And the five people behind him followed closely behind, until they left the outer city, the number of pursuers became four at some point.

After all, Xiao Qi is young, and with Zhan Zhao as a big living being on his shoulders, his skills are a little weak, and he feels a little exhausted after chasing and fleeing all the way.The breath was chaotic, and he was surrounded by the people behind him.The four of them each drew a soft sword from their waists, and stood in the southeast, northwest, and the swords were flying dragons and snakes, with a cold light shining.When two people attack, there must be two people assisting them. The combination of offense and defense is almost perfect.

Xiao Qi flipped his wrists repeatedly, and whipped out a chain of whips. The sharp head of the whip "噗噐噐" seemed to have eyes to block the three swords one after another.But the missed sword seemed unable to withstand it, Thirteenth Lianhuan swung in an arc in the air, and blocked the last blow with the whip body.

Xiao Qi was drenched in cold sweat. Although he escaped a catastrophe, if he continued to be besieged like this, it might be a bad luck.In fact, if Zhan Zhao is put down, with his lightness kung fu and physical skills, even if he is no match, it will not be difficult to retreat with his whole body.But they have already rescued people here, so there is no reason to give up halfway.Xiao Qi gritted his teeth, and hugged Zhan Zhao's body with his left hand, a strange look flickered in his eyes.He screamed and pierced people's eardrums, causing the four people to hesitate a bit in their attack, and what he had been waiting for was this moment, he jumped high, and whipped a chain of whips to the branches not far away, unexpectedly using this to swing In the past, forcibly break through.

One of the men in black was the first to react. Seeing that the two had drifted away, he suddenly jumped up and chopped off the branch wrapped with a chain whip.Xiao Qi only felt his body fall, but luckily he was old, and he was well prepared. After he landed firmly, he retreated quickly while turning around and danced the thirteenth chain tightly, making the three people who came after him unable to hold on for a while. he.

At this moment, the man in black who had cut off the branch suddenly squatted on the tree and shouted: "Launch the Liannu!" The four of them took out a small Liannu one after another and held it in their hands, cooperating with the uninterrupted offensive , I saw a sneak attack with a continuous crossbow.Xiao Qi was caught off guard by the attack, and he was so embarrassed that he rolled around on the spot to avoid it. He, who has always loved cleanliness the most, couldn't help but curse in his heart.

The man in black who looked like the leader rolled his eyes, and while Xiao Qi was distracted, he shot an arrow at Zhan Zhao. It was too late to dodge.With no choice but to turn sideways, Xiao Qi used his right shoulder to block the fatal killing intent.

The sharp arrow came with great force, not only pierced through the shoulder, but also made Xiao Qi let out a miserable scream, and the whole person retreated a few steps and fell to the ground.Zhan Zhao was thrown out, while Xiao Qi looked pained, and even the thirteen rings in his hand fell to the ground.

I saw the leading man in black approaching slowly with a sneer, and suddenly raised his sword, and flew Xiaoqi's black scarf away.The man was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Cheng Yaojin who appeared inexplicably to save Zhan Zhao to be such a young and beautiful boy, but when he thought that he and his party almost fell into the hands of this boy, he felt resentment in his heart, and said in a strange way: "Bad Some good things were ruined by you kid, even if you die here today, you can't blame us, who told you to meddle in your own business?"

Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows coldly: "Do you dare to kill me?"

"Why don't you dare?"

With a loud laugh, Xiao Qi's eyes were exceptionally sharp, and he was not afraid of death. "Then you are not far from death. If I die, you and the master behind you should be ready to bear Chishu's pursuit from heaven to earth."

"What red technique? I haven't heard of it. I only know that those who died early are mostly nosy guys who overestimated themselves." After finishing speaking, without giving Xiao Qi any time to react, he just slashed down with a sword.

With a little tiptoe, Xiao Qi kicked the first sword that swung away from the sword, and then rolled to Zhan Zhao's side to avoid the second sword that came in the middle, but the third sword fell immediately, and the pale sword glow The reflection in Xiao Qi's pupils finally turned into a trace of fear.Seeing that there was no way to avoid being slaughtered, a powerful hand stretched out from nowhere, and firmly grasped the wrist of the man in black holding the sword, making him unable to slash any more.

The clear and clear staring eyes are like stars, and a pair of pupils cut the autumn water into pieces.It was like a cluster of bean-sized sparks on the wick suddenly ignited, blazing for an instant, but without compulsion, and finally returned to calm.The man in black was stared at by such a pair of eyes. He obviously couldn't see the slightest deterrent force, but a drop of cold sweat fell unconsciously on his forehead, which made people shudder.

"Zhan Zhao?!—"

The author has something to say: the first update in September.

This week is the busiest week, and this article was written almost intermittently, especially for dramas, so I always feel that the writing is not coherent at all, so please feel free to read it.