Born short-lived

Dong Sheng saw blood at the beginning of this year, and he committed the crime of Tai Sui for several months, fearing what would happen.When he arrived at the Golden Luan Hall, he was hit by a "heinous crime".

Just as he expected, those Zhang family members who escaped came to him to collect their blood debts.Zhang Lunian, his wife and his daughter were weeping with haggard faces in the Jinluan Hall, saying that Zhang Lunian suffered a tragic accident on the way to his post, and someone was ambushing halfway, and when they appeared, they killed them by surprise. All the guards with him were dead, and Zhang Lunian also received a sword in the chest.The mother and daughter escaped narrowly with the protection of the dozen or so men.

"I...we ran all the way without stopping for a moment, Your Majesty...your majesty, my father... my father..." Zhang Yanran was sobbing that she could hardly catch her breath, her eyes were swollen like urine Xiao, the little face that was still white and tender before leaving, is now red and rough from crying, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please save us, Your Majesty..."

The queen's face was extremely gloomy, she raised her eyes to look at Dong Sheng, the slits at the end of her eyes were too dark to see any light, and she asked motionlessly, "Where is Mr. Ling?"

Zhang Lunian's wife, Liu Ying, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly cried: "When we escaped... my son, my son has disappeared, most likely with his father... oh my son..."

As he spoke, he burst into tears again.

The queen looked at the weeping mother and daughter, and felt the veins on her forehead twitch wildly, and the back of her head hurt like it was about to fall.

She took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Then who is the perpetrator?"

Zhang Yanran twitched and said, "It was too dark at that time... We couldn't see clearly... I remember the sword that killed my father very clearly... It was my father who blocked the sword for me..."

"The sword is about this long," Zhang Yanran gestured with her hand, which was about an arm's length, "It's made of bronze. It's rare to see a bronze sword these days...so I remember it very clearly..."

The queen's face was getting darker and darker. Dong Sheng glanced at her expression and knew that this matter might really go bad.

Zhang Yanran continued: "That's right... That's right, there seems to be a black bead inlaid on the hilt of the sword."

Seeing the situation, Liu Ying hastily added: "Yes, that is, there are only two assassins in total, and even a dozen or so of us can't beat them. With a single sweep of their sword energy, almost all of us are dead. One of them can kill us with a single blow." Sweeping out a ball of fire...it's not human at all! The person who killed Lu Nian seems to have a black mark on his forehead."

Dong Sheng thought, it's over.

He felt that he could almost see the desperately suppressed ferocity under the empress's stagnant face.

No matter how Qianmian changed, the black mark between his eyebrows would never disappear, and the only bronze sword left in the world is his Tiangang Lingwu?The mother and daughter had learned from Zhang Lunian, and they dared not say anything, but these highly directional descriptions were more powerful than Zhang Lunian's accusations and could arouse the Queen's anger towards Dong Sheng.

Most people trust their own inferences more than they listen to the results directly stated by others.

As a mother, the queen is also the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. No matter what, if she hears someone roaring and slandering her son, regardless of her majesty, regardless of the truth or falsehood, she will have a grudge against the accuser.

But what if it's side-by-side?

The majesty of the emperor cannot tolerate any offense, so if you lower your posture and cry to her instead of pointing it out directly, leave the choice to the queen, and completely classify yourself as a victim, an absolute weak, then you will neither Hurt the royal family's face, but it will make it easier for the queen to doubt Dong Sheng - the more she listens to these cries, the more she will believe them.

And the result of the fact is indeed the case, the queen really believed it.

But the truth is only clear to Dong Sheng himself. It is impossible for Wangsheng and Jiazi to intercept and kill Zhang Lunian halfway. Did not go, kept an eye on Jiang Kun for him without a break, and reported every four hours.

And do you need two sword spirits to kill them?There is more than one.Zhang Yanran said that her father blocked her with a sword, and that day Gang Lingwu's sword energy could be blocked by flesh and blood?

But none of these words can be said.

The corners of her eyes twitched a few times, and she almost felt that if she didn't pay attention, she would be so angry that she would vomit a mouthful of blood.

The son she gave birth to, the heir apparent she established, had made him below one person and above ten thousand people, but now it made people cry all the way to the Golden Palace.

The empress closed her eyes, forced herself not to look at that hapless son again, held on to the last sliver of reason, and waved at Zhang Yanran and Liu Ying: "You go back first, I will help you find out."

After the mother and daughter were busy thanking each other, they backed out impatiently, their heads sullen, and they didn't dare to look up when they passed by Dong Sheng.

On the huge golden hall, only the queen and Dong Sheng were left.Even if Dong Sheng didn't raise his head, he could almost feel the empress' anger rushing towards his face.He knelt down silently, and the moment his knee touched the ground, the queen finally broke out unbearably.

"I heard that your past life and Jiazi haven't been in the East Palace for several days. Where did they go?"

Dong Sheng thought of the strange little eunuch who came to bring him breakfast that morning, saying that the princess wanted him to bring the past life to the banquet, but he only said that the past life was not here... This is really shooting himself in the foot.

But it can't be said that he sent the two of them to stay in the capital, right?

"Do you know why I didn't call someone else today?"

Indeed, the queen only summoned him, and none of the other ministers came.

The queen roared furiously: "My Dadong Dynasty, I can't afford to lose you!"

Dong Sheng; "Emperor Mother..."

Before he could react, a wooden pen container was thrown straight at his head, making him experience what it means to be staring at gold stars.Dong Sheng was stunned for a moment, his figure couldn't help shaking, and then he felt a warm liquid meandering down from his forehead.

He looked down and saw a few drops of blood dripping from the ground.

Dong Sheng was beaten to the head by his mother, and he didn't even wipe it off, and he didn't move even with the blood on his head and face.

It may be that his appearance is too frightening. A long-lost feeling called maternal love in the Queen's heart finally brought her sanity back a little bit.

The queen took a deep breath, and suppressed her voice: "Before Zhang Lunian said you were collaborating with the enemy, and you said you were wronged, what about this? Huh?"

Dong Sheng thought, he did have that motive. Zhang Lunian slandered him in court, which can be said to be a great disadvantage to him. If he was out of revenge, or because he was afraid that Zhang Lunian would come back and make things difficult again, it was indeed justified. .

No one had more motivation to kill Zhang Lunian than him, and even he himself once hoped for Zhang Lunian's death.

Murdering an official of the imperial court, even the royal family, would definitely not be kind if it came to light.

Dong Sheng might have become numb, his face remained calm, and he said in a deep voice: "Emperor Mother, this matter is indeed not my son's fault."

"It's not you?" The queen told him to laugh angrily, "Who is it if it's not you?"

The empress finally calmed down some anger and was ignited again. She slapped the table hard and said angrily: "How dare you argue with me?! Zhang Lunian's body has been found, and Liu Ying and Zhang Yanran are women and children. Can I wrong you?"

She yelled out a series of shots, like a cannonball: "You have only been back for a few days? You have learned to eradicate dissidents?! Is that what Zeng Fenglei taught you?!"

"Dong Sheng! What on earth do you want to do?!"

The crown prince is yours now, what dissatisfaction do you have?

"Your Majesty!" Dong Sheng said, "This matter was really not done by my son."

Dong Sheng: "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, ask Xu Erchen to leave for a while, and Erchen will definitely find out the real culprit for Your Majesty."

"Give me some time?" The Queen raised her voice and said angrily, "Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are going to finalize the case this afternoon!"

This matter is too appalling, and almost everyone knows about it. If the queen shields and delays it, no matter what the reason is, it may not be convincing.

"Come here!" the queen shouted out of the hall, and then several silver-armored guards came in, "I will take him to the black water prison!"

Dong Sheng secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhou Zirong's attack on pirates at night was as easy as picking something out of a pocket. A group of elite soldiers from the East China Sea quietly touched the pirate ship and detained them all before dawn.

But what he couldn't figure out was that most pirates knew that attacking the fleet easily was tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble, so why would they do it knowing they couldn't do it?

Could it be that they feel that they have brought a clumsy and heavy main ship, so they are powerless to fight back?

There were about fifty pirates on a ship, nearly half of them had already been killed, and the remaining half were tied up with bruised noses and swollen faces.

The little soldier who was in charge of questioning was stunned for a while, and ran over to report with a sad face: "General, it seems that they are all Japanese, and they don't understand what we say."

"They're all Japanese?" Zhou Zirong frowned.

Pirates are generally cobbled together by desperadoes from all over the world, there are everyone, and it is rare to see that they are all Japanese.

Zhou Zirong secretly thought that it was not good, he pushed the soldier away with one hand, and walked towards the group of detained pirates.

"General." Seeing that his expression was very bad, the soldier hurriedly followed him, but before he could speak, Zhou Zirong kicked one of the pirates in the chest.

The pirate groaned and vomited a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Zirong's face darkened, and he checked the pirates around him.

But as he expected, with the physique of these people, they are definitely not ordinary gangsters—they are all soldiers.

Zhou Zirong cursed secretly in his heart, and said to the little soldier beside him in a deep voice, "Get rid of them all."

The little soldier didn't react for a while: "Huh? Killed them all?"

Zhou Zirong turned around and left without looking back, and ordered without looking back: "Yes, don't keep any of them. After killing them, throw them into the sea, and the boat will be burnt with oil later."

The sky-reaching fire continued to burn until the sky was bright, and the clouds were glowing red.Zhou Zirong returned to the sea fleet and ordered to quickly catch up with the main ship ahead.

He held a meeting that night to consider preparing to return.

But all plans were interrupted by a letter sent urgently by Yuan Li.

——"Prince is in prison, don't go back to Beijing."