Then a wailing sound echoed through the courtyard: "Third Lady!"
Someone crawled over along the winding blood trail and took the little girl whose body was still warm into his arms, heartbroken.
Everyone dared to talk after seeing the bloody light. They were so frightened that they shut their mouths tightly and did not dare to take a breath.
The leader of the assassin became excited when he heard the cry. After laughing for a while, he lowered his eyes and scolded: "Whoever dares to talk about Yeping Kingdom again will be shot to death!"
Emperor Zhou frowned and stared at the little girl who fell to the ground for a long time before looking away. He asked unusually calmly: "Since you are determined to plan what happens tonight, your purpose must not be as simple as killing me."
"Tell me! What do you want from me before you let them go?"
The assassin leader's eyes were gloomy and he snorted coldly: "Emperor Dog! Do you still want to negotiate terms with me and delay the process? Open your eyes and take a good look! The upper and lower reaches of Changjing Mountain have been surrounded by our Yeping soldiers. Not a single piece of news can be released, and you won’t be able to wait until the reinforcements come to your aid! I won’t let go of anyone at the banquet tonight!”
"When my Yeping soldiers behead you and slaughter hundreds of families, then we can start a peaceful and prosperous era again!"
Emperor Zhou sneered: "How dare you, a yellow-tongued child, speak nonsense?"
After saying that, a dagger slipped out from his hanging sleeves, spun twice quickly between his fingers, flew out with a whoosh, and shot the assassin leader in the left abdomen.
The sword's light was so fast that almost no one saw it clearly.
The assassin leader suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, looked down at the dagger that was buried in his abdomen, and said frantically: "Xiao Mu! You deserve to die!"
After saying that, he used Qinggong and rushed towards Emperor Zhou.
When the killers who were holding the sons of the family hostage saw this, they turned their short blades and wanted to kill them. In an instant, several cold arrows flew out from the roof of Zixiang Palace, accurately shooting down the Qingyue Short Blade in the hands of the killers.
Then a group of people in dark blue uniforms, high crowns on their heads, and veils covering their faces appeared from the darkness, landed in the court like lightning, and fought with the remnants of Ye Ping with their swords. Their moves were like a dragon crossing the river in a sudden storm.
Everyone exclaimed: "It's Xuanlin Guard Shadow Attendant!"
When Su Ying saw this, he immediately ran out of the hall and rushed into the crowd. He cooperated with Xuanlin Guards to start a fight, guarding the entire Zixiang Palace behind him and not allowing Yeping's killer to get closer.
With flashes of swords and murderous intent, the battle became more intense.
The assassin leader did not expect that Xuan Linwei was ambush in the dark. He roared restlessly with red eyes, feeling that he had been deceived again, and shouted at Emperor Zhou: "Shameless Xiao family! Dirty noble clan! I I’m going to kill you all!”
After the voice fell, he became even more frantic and used all his strength to kill the Forbidden Army soldiers who were guarding Emperor Zhou. Just when the blade was about to hit Emperor Zhou, Concubine Xiang ran out of the palace, leaned forward and planned to stand in front of the emperor and take the knife for him.
But a slave appeared out of nowhere, suddenly pushed her aside, grabbed the emperor's arm, pulled the emperor behind him, and started fighting with the assassin leader with his bare hands.
Emperor Zhou was surprised for a moment, his eyes fell on the little slave, and he felt vaguely familiar.
Just as the two forces were fighting fiercely, the Silver Armored Guards finally broke through the enemy's defense halfway up the mountain and rushed toward the Zixiang Palace. The situation was instantly reversed.
Xiao Yuehuai stayed by Queen Zhou's side, holding her breath and observing the movements outside the palace. Seeing that Emperor Zhou was about to be injured, she was so frightened that she ran down the jade steps uncontrollably, trying to pull him into the palace.
Fortunately, Lin Bujing appeared in time and saved the day.
Xiao Yuehuai breathed a sigh of relief, stopped and stepped back. She glanced at the carved window on the left, looking at the sky and estimating the time, her expression became calmer.
At five o'clock in Xushi, the Yeping soldiers at the foot of the mountain were defeated. Yue Songzhang led the military department to arrive, met with Yue Muze who was escorting the prisoner, and led two troops to rush up to Changjing Mountain together with the soldiers and horses of Dali Temple.
The assassins were furious when they suddenly heard the sound of military uniforms and armor rubbing against each other. When they woke up, someone had a knife on their necks and their arms were tied behind their backs to prevent them from moving.
The courtyard was littered with corpses and a mess.
Most of the defenders of Zitang Palace were killed or injured. Panting and holding their spears in their hands, they all retreated and formed a formation around Emperor Zhou.
Yue Songzhang and Yue Muze took three steps forward and knelt down on one knee, clasping their fists and bowing: "I'm waiting for help to come too late! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
When Emperor Zhou saw the two of them, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Why are you two here?"
Yue Songzhang reported truthfully: "I received the message from Princess Huaicheng and the general Zhenguo. I learned that there was something wrong in Changjing Mountain, so I immediately summoned people to go there."
Emperor Zhou subconsciously turned his head to look at Xiao Yuehuai on the jade steps, and touched his chin thoughtfully.
But his attention was soon distracted.
The assassin leader, who was restrained by the imperial army, struggled desperately and shouted angrily at Emperor Zhou: "Emperor Dog! You are indeed ready! Wait for me, General Yeping, to jump into the trap! You Zhou people are so cunning and cunning! Howl!" You are disgusting! You! You deserve to die! Damn to you!"
Emperor Zhou frowned silently, moved towards him, stretched out his hand and grabbed his chin forcefully: "Tell me! Who revealed to you the formation of troops and defenses for tonight's music banquet?"
The assassin leader spat and cursed: "Bah! Dog Emperor! Who am I to tell you! Your Zhou Dynasty is already a rotten rafter! He wanted to use me to get rid of you tonight. Since he failed, he will continue to plot in the future. ! I must protect him! I will never let you have peace in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Emperor Zhou raised his hand and slapped him away, and said coldly: "You alone are trying to shake the foundation of Zhou Dynasty?"
After saying that, he turned back to the front of the palace and said lightly: "Since he refuses to tell the truth, there is no use keeping him. Leave him to the Xu family for disposal!"
A man emerged from the ruins of the courtyard. Hearing what the emperor said, he immediately jumped forward and thanked the imperial guards loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
That man was the eldest son of the Xu family in Fenglong Lane, and the brother of the little girl whose throat had just been cut.
At this moment, he covered up his sadness and grabbed the assassin leader's neck with anger, his eyes full of hatred, as if he wanted to tear the leader to pieces.
He casually grabbed a weapon lying on the ground and plunged it into the leader without hesitation.
There was a moment of silence in front of the court, and then a scream rang out, and the sound started up again before it even fell. After a while, the assassin leader was pricked with blood holes, and blood spurted out. He fell to the ground with a thud and gradually died.
Xu's eldest son's vigorous and resolute tactics made all the girls present cover their eyes.
Everyone watched and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Emperor Zhou had his back and did not see this scene, but he roughly guessed what was going on. After the commotion behind him subsided, he said slowly: "Xu Fuqin has made great achievements in killing the enemy. He will take up the post of chief of Dali Temple from now on."
