Rebellious officials bow their heads

The incomplete Buddha hair on Qingci's body erupted, and he didn't lose his mind like Xie Linze. The poison entered his limbs and bones, like a huge force crushing the bones. Halfway through the torture, he passed out due to the severe pain.

In the evening, Xie Linze, Xu Yan and Ji Han sat in the courtyard drinking and it was a simple celebration banquet.

The guards next to him detained Qingci. His hands and feet were chained and dirty. The guards pressed his shoulders. He could only kneel on the ground and hang his head. His long black hair was scattered on his temples, so he couldn't see clearly. There is no sanity.

"Before He Liancheng leaves the royal city, you will set off for Dazhao tomorrow morning, stabilize the situation in the court, and send Mu He to Lingbei first. We can't wait for Pang Qing for now." Xie Linze tapped his finger on the table , exhorted Ji Han.

There was a strong aroma of wine flowing in the courtyard, and the branches were covered with unmelted white snow. Ji Han nodded, "He Liancheng let the convoy transporting grain and grass go first, and the army also went to rescue the refugees. He is explaining the affairs of Wangcheng at the moment, I guess We will be leaving tomorrow night at the latest, and it is really difficult to settle the refugees, and I don’t know how long it will take to come back, you should be careful if you stay in the king’s city.”

"This palace is full of He Liancheng's people, so don't worry." Xie Linze said, "The troops you brought are almost damaged, right? Before you leave, ask He Liancheng for an escort."

Even though the plan was so, the sent guards came back and spread the word that He Liancheng had brought the convoy to the gate of Wangcheng, and they were walking from the canyon close to Lingbei, and brought Ji's letter along the way.

None of them expected He Liancheng to leave so quickly, but it was indeed more appropriate to follow him back to Lingbei, and hurriedly sent Ji Han away.Xie Linze stood on the city wall, watching the convoy gradually go away. The cold wind howled at night, and a few cold stars were dotted in the sky like silver sand.

Standing beside him was Xu Yan. Although he was in a foreign country, the current situation had turned from desperation, everything was slowly improving, and his heavy heart gradually relaxed.

"The witch doctor said that Foluosan has almost been refined, and it will only take three days at the latest. We can leave then." Xu Yan turned his head to look at him.

Xie Linze laughed in the night, "From Beiluo all the way down to Lizhen, this winter should be over."

Xu Yan stretched out his hand towards him.

He put his hand in Xu Yan's palm, and the cold fingertips immediately warmed up, spreading to his heart.

The two of them went down the tower, but the torches gradually lit up in the distance. Countless people were walking around, as if they were inspecting something. A guard ran over in a hurry and said anxiously in Beiluo: "Qing Ci is gone, the soldiers who imprisoned him are gone. They were all killed by him!"

Xie Linze's mind suddenly buzzed, and a chill rose from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Yan was the first to react, and ordered: "Close the palace gates and send troops to guard around the palace walls. He has been hit by Florosan, so he must have not left the palace yet! There is still time, dispatch guards to catch him!"

The guard responded, and just took a step, but heard Xie Linze next to him say: "Once you see Qingci, you can kill him."

Xu Yan couldn't help but look at him, Xie Linze's head was in a mess, his intuition would go wrong, he staggered to lead the horse, but bumped into a soldier guarding the city, the other fell to the ground, his helmet tilted, it turned out to be Zhang Zhongyuan's face .

Xie Linze's heart skipped a beat, Xu Yan stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's front, "Who are you? How did you get in here?!"

When the soldier saw Xie Linze and Xu Yan, he wanted to run away but was caught. He shrank back tremblingly, obviously knowing their identities, "I...I..."

Xie Linze quickly drew out his sword and hung it on the soldier's neck, "You are from Qingci, right? What did he send you to Beiluo for?"

Facing the sharp blade, the soldiers trembled even more violently, and quickly flinched and said, "Don't kill me, I'll tell you! It's the country, the teacher of the country, he asked us to send a message..."

"What letter?" Xie Linze had just asked this sentence when he suddenly heard the sound of a sharp weapon piercing the wind from behind his head.

Big lumps of blood poured out from the corner of the soldier's mouth, before he could utter a word, he fell limply.

Looking along the path of the arrow, I saw an assassin lying on the city wall. After shooting the soldiers, he saw that he was found, and quickly turned around and fled outside.

Xie Linze was about to catch up, when Xu Yan pressed his shoulder, "They should all come to save Qingci, I'll go after him! I'll be back soon."

After speaking, he jumped up the stone steps and disappeared into the night.

Xie Linze watched him leave, turned around, got on his horse, and rushed towards the palace, constantly thinking about what the soldier said just now, Qingci asked them to send a letter, what letter?to whom?

Countless thoughts were chaotic and mixed, and suddenly a thought flashed through him, his blood was cold all over, Bei Rao had something important to tell—only He Liancheng and Ji Han who had just set off.

He reined in his horse abruptly, and the horse under his seat neighed a long time. He raised his head and he had already arrived at the gate of the palace. A few patrolling men and horses were clamoring and drinking, and countless torches flickered in the night.

Xie Linze saw at a glance that the man was Qing Ci, he rode his horse and rushed to the guards, and without waiting for the other party's reaction, he snatched the other party's bow and arrow, put the arrow on the bowstring, and aimed it at the figure above.

Across the high city wall, Qingci seemed to be aware of the movement here. Qing Ci looked down, and then his awareness of danger made him take a step back. A long arrow pierced through the clouds and fog and approached. Passed in front of him.

Xie Linze, who was below, had already hitched the second arrow, pulled the string and the moon was full, and when he was about to shoot it, he saw Qingci raised his hand, and there was a carrier pigeon under his sleeve.

The tip of the arrow trembled and drifted away from the two. Xie Linze gritted his teeth. Once Qing Ci let go, he would not be able to shoot the carrier pigeon in such an environment, but once the carrier pigeon flew away, it meant that the information would be spread.

Qingci seemed to be very aware of his hesitation, let go of his hand and let the pigeon fly.

The string between the fingers was loosened, and the arrow feathers flew into the night sky. At that moment, the tip of the arrow was very close to the fluttering carrier pigeon, but only brought down a few feathers. There, his figure was submerged in the thick fog.

Failed.

Xie Linze's heart sank completely, and he could almost imagine the smile on Qing Ci's face at this moment.

A group of guards caught up to the city wall, and the figures fought together. Xie Linze closed his eyes, maybe there was still time, the pigeons were not far away, Xu Yan was still at the city gate, and he might have intercepted the letter in the hands of the assassin.

He calmed down a little, the most urgent thing now is to grab Qingci and throw away the bow and arrow. He quickly rode his horse into the palace, and the guards retreated to both sides screaming.

Xie Linze jumped up from the horse's back, stepped on the stone steps with a little tiptoe, and within a few breaths of ups and downs, he landed on the palace wall, his clothes fluttering in the wind, and the sword in his hand was out of its sheath. Reflecting the icy cold light.

Qingci still had scars all over his body, and he was fighting with five or six guards. If he was not injured, these people would not be able to survive a move under his hands. , but as if he couldn't feel it, he held his sword to block the guard's attack.

When he saw Xie Linze, he kept moving his hands and stared at him with interest, "Ah Ze, you are here."

"Get out of the way!" Xie Linze sternly yelled at the guards, stepped on the stone wall, and fell into the air, the sword brought a thunderous cold light, wrapped in extremely sharp aura, and stabbed Qingci's chest heavily!

With Qingci's current state, he couldn't dodge it at all. He wanted to use his sword to move away, but he underestimated the opponent's strength. Touching Qingci's shoulder, blood splashed all around.

The severe pain hit the nerves like burning, Qingci took a breath, and could no longer stand still, his left leg flickered and fell to his knees.

Xie Linze looked at him with lowered eyes, his voice was very low, as if he was suppressing his anger, "Who did you send the letter to? What exactly do you want to do?"

Qingci raised his eyes, and there was a boundless starry night above his head. His eyes were black and white, reflecting the silver sand of stars. When he spoke, white mist overflowed and dispersed with the wind, "It's too late, you have no time to stop it."

"Really?" Xie Linze turned his sword around the opponent's shoulder with force in his hand.

The blade rubbed against flesh and blood, and the severe pain at that moment was like overwhelming, submerging all consciousness, Qingci's face was pale, and he stretched out his hands to hold the blade tightly.

Xie Linze originally wanted to continue exerting force, but he heard a sound of hoofbeats. He looked down, and Xu Yanzheng rode over. He raised his head to meet his eyes, and shouted anxiously: "—Linze! He wants to pass It's Helian Cheng's whereabouts!"

Xie Linze's guess became a fact, and he looked at Qing Ci immediately, before asking any questions, he admitted with a smile to Fang Fang: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch a tiger. Going to Mocheng, how can the ambushes destroy him?"

So, no wonder it was such a coincidence, the snow disaster in Mocheng was not a coincidence at all, it was he who lured He Liancheng into the trap, Xie Linze's pupils constricted, he stopped drawing his sword, and directly kicked the opponent's chest fiercely !

"Cough...!" Qing Ci endured the blow firmly, and even his bones made a muffled sound, and he knelt down on the ground, coughing while bleeding from the corner of his mouth.

Xie Linze completely lost his mind, his mind was controlled by raging rage, he pulled out the long sword from the sheath of the guard next to him, raised it high, and slashed down with all his strength!

Xu Yan saw this scene as soon as he got on the palace tower. Yi Qingci could only avoid it by retreating backwards, but behind him was the edge of the palace tower—a height of tens of feet.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Qing Ci stepped back without hesitation, and his figure suddenly fell down, like a bird with broken wings, his clothes were hunting in the strong wind, and suddenly his falling trend suddenly After a pause, the dagger in his hand pierced into a layer of ice on the stone wall, and the whole person was suspended in mid-air for several breaths.

Xie Linze was slightly taken aback, and frowned.

Soon the sharp blade continued to pierce the ice, and Qing Ci continued to fall, but it greatly buffered the falling force and quickly fell to the ground.

Before the guard on the horse could react, Qing Ci waved his hand, and the dagger swirled and flew towards him, cutting the guard's neck instantly.

Everything happened very quickly, Qingci threw down the body and got on the horse, and rode off into the distance without looking back.

Upstairs in the palace, Xie Linze clenched his fists, Xu Yan anxiously commanded the guards to chase after him, the guards started to move around in disorder, and the continuous torches kept shaking.

He stood still and shook his head, his voice dry: "It's useless to chase him any more."

In the process of chasing and killing several assassins, Xu Yan knew the news that had been sent by Feige. Qing Ci wanted to get rid of He Liancheng, the North Rao King. If He Liancheng died, what would happen? will be huge.

"This is why he captured Pang Qing..." Xie Linze looked at Xu Yan, "Once King Beirao dies, Fei Lianshu will definitely think that I did it, and then he will have no scruples and lead his troops to kill Lingbei, which has lost its main general, is in a state of panic."

When he spoke, he almost gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, "...the mountains and rivers are broken, with the flick of a finger."

Xu Yan took a step forward and grabbed the man's shoulder, "Linze, we still have a chance. Let's go to Fei Lianshu to explain the whole story and ask him to send troops to rescue He Liancheng!"

"But Fei Lianshu won't believe us at all. His hatred for Dazhao is too deep."