Great Zhou Empress

How cool the water is in autumn, no one who has not been sunken to the bottom will ever know.

It was the chill of death.

Xue Zhijing's chest was squeezed as if it was going to explode, and those pair of iron-like hands pinched her neck tightly, allowing her to struggle hard, and it was meaningless to splash the water heavily.

In the dark night, under the dark water, Xue Zhijing's eyes widened, but he could barely see the death-like calm face of the other party through the muddy water.

The vitality of life seems to be draining from his body step by step.

In another minute, or half a minute, or even less, Xue Zhijing knew that he would fall into a coma, and then die.

Finally, she couldn't hold it anymore, and her whole body softened, like a rag bag, sinking quietly in the water.

……

Suddenly, she opened her eyes suddenly, as if pulled back from the brink of death by willpower.

The strength holding down her neck just relaxed at this moment, she took this opportunity to struggle out of the water, her lungs, which had not seen air for a long time, breathed rapidly, accompanied by a strong cough, Xue Zhijing felt herself alive again.

Seeing that Zhijing Xue jumped out of the water again, the man who pinched her neck just now came over with the water dripping, trying to grab Zhijing Xue's collar and sink her into the water again.

This time, Xue Zhijing wouldn't let him do what he wanted, she almost exploded her potential, her eyes were bloodshot, she dodged sideways, and punched him on the bridge of the nose.

At the moment when the other party was in pain, Xue Zhijing ran towards the shore with all his strength, but how could he walk fast in the water, not to mention that she had just experienced a life-and-death experience, her feet were weak, but within a few steps, she was caught collar.

The moment she was caught by the collar, by the moonlight, she saw a figure in the opposite woods, and she shouted, "Help!"

As soon as the three words came out, she was pushed into the water again, and the cold water instantly burst into her mouth and nose, and penetrated into her body.

Xue Zhijing's hand grasped indiscriminately in the water, as if he had caught a rock, picked it up, and then slammed it back with his backhand indiscriminately, as if he had hit something.

Across the turbulent water, she seemed to hear human voices.

Finally, she was lifted out of the water again, and the man dragged her ashore, patted her on the back to make her spit out the water in her stomach, she coughed violently, and then heard clearly The anxious voice seemed familiar.

"Zhen Yuan?"

Time went back to the night when Xiao Liege was poisoned, Xiao Liege pretended to be nonchalant and met Yelu Mengnan who came here specially, and bluffed him.

"Princess, the royal court is under martial law. I don't know why?"

"I lost a female slave. I don't know if she had a tryst with someone or was snatched away by someone. I was quite happy today, but I was not very happy when I came back to see this. I don't want to find her. How can I be this princess." Xiao Liege said with a bad temper.

"Just for a small slave, isn't it worthy of martial law?" Yelu Mengnan kept observing Xiao Liege's expression hard.

Xiao Liege could really sit still, he didn't show any discomfort in his body.

Yelu Mengnan has been trying to see if Xiao Liege is really safe, Xiao Liege finally threw the dagger directly on his case, let it stand upright, and looked at Yelu Mengnan coldly .

"Who knows, has she been someone's spy? If we don't find out, the emperor and I won't be able to sleep well. Well, you can go back. If you find someone, Wang Ting will lift the martial law."

As soon as Yelu Mengnan went out, Xiao Liege collapsed, Xue Zhijing hurried over to support her, her neck was covered with sweat.

Helping her to lie down on the bed, Xue Zhijing wiped her face and neck with hot water, and fed her some milk.

"Hey, sleep a little longer, I'm here~"

Xiao Liege slept until dawn, while Xue Zhijing was listening to the reply from the guards from time to time.

Several elderly ministers were poisoned and died last night, and several doctors were found dead by the river.Because of the martial law, some small frictions occurred in some places, but they were all under control.

Finally, Xiao Liege woke up, and Xue Zhijing asked someone to cook some milk soup for her to eat.

"I need to hold a tribal meeting later, and talk about what happened last night." Xiao Liege said.

"So, what do you want to do about the follow-up of this matter?"

"It still needs to be investigated, but I guess this matter still has to fall on Yelu Mengnan. It's not him, but it has something to do with him." Xiao Liege's face was pale, but his eyes were bright. With a lot of experience, he naturally analyzed it. swift.

Xue Zhijing touched her forehead with some distress, "What can I do for you?"

When Xiao Liege heard these words, he showed a sweet enough smile, "No~ If you hadn't handled it well last night, I probably wouldn't have gotten better~ You saved my life~"

"Isn't it right to save you?" Xue Zhijing looked into Xiao Liege's eyes, conveying his affection to her.

Xiao Liege stretched out to hold Xue Zhijing's hand, and called her shyly, "Little slave~Little slave~"

Xue Zhijing pinched her fingers angrily, "Can't you change your name?"

"I like it~"

Xiao Liege is probably on the mend, and if she performed it again, the people in the meeting didn't really notice that she went through such a lot of pain last night.

Xiao Liege explained last night's martial law, and at the same time talked about the poisoning incident of several ministers, this matter must be thoroughly investigated.

Let Yelu Hongyi take the lead and lead several tribal leaders to form an investigation team to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Now that the target has been pointed at Yelv Mengnan and others, it is the best choice to use their family's Yelv Hongyi to investigate this matter.

This group of nobles investigated the case, it was a mess, it was more violent than Xiao Liege's martial law.

Why go directly into the tent to investigate, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, dragging slaves to torture and so on.

The entire royal court was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

Xiao Liege bluffed Yelu Mengnan that night, dispelled his plan to rebel that night, and launched an investigation the next day, which disrupted his deployment even more.

But it's not that he doesn't have his own channel, soon, he also knew everything about Xiao Liege's account that night.

Xue Zhijing also came into his field of vision.

Originally, Xue Zhijing's status in the royal court was just an ordinary female slave. Even if she opened a girls' school, she only taught a dozen female students, and she still had some messy knowledge, so naturally she didn't deserve the attention of outsiders.

But obviously, if it wasn't for her, Xiao Liege would have been poisoned to death that night, and even if he hadn't been poisoned to death, he would have been seriously ill.According to his plan, Xiao Liege was seriously ill, and he hijacked Xiao Liege in the name of visiting. It would be better if she died, and no one would issue orders to the guards, so he could take the opportunity to control the little emperor, and then the next year would It is a matter of letting the little emperor walk and give way.

Unexpectedly, all this was ruined by a little slave.

This little slave cannot stay.

He arranged for someone to go to Xue Zhijing in the name of Zhen Yuan. Xue Zhijing was hijacked when he went to the appointment. , Zhen Yuan secretly cried out that it was not good, and hurriedly took people to the river.

Xue Zhijing struggled out of the river, and the figures he saw were Zhen Yuan and others.

Zhen Yuan asked her attendant to carry Xue Zhijing out of the water and headed straight for the king's tent, while another attendant was arranged to chase the person who was about to drown Xue Zhijing just now.

When Xiao Liege returned to the Wang Tent, seeing Xue Zhijing's drenched body and pale face, he was a little flustered.

"what happened?"

Zhen Yuan briefly stated what she knew, and the female slaves over there quickly changed Xue Zhijing's wet clothes, dried her hair, fed her some hot water, and some female slaves went to boil the water for her Take a bath.

Xiao Liege exuded a violent aura, but Xue Zhijing said calmly, "I'm fine, don't worry."

It's just that she said she was fine, but the hideous handprints on her neck were hard to believe.

Xue Zhijing said softly to Zhen Yuan, "Thank you today, without you, I don't think I would be able to escape. It's getting late, let's go back and rest early."

Zhen Yuan's attendants didn't catch up with anyone, but Xue Zhijing didn't care, he was just a little guy.

It seems that Xue Zhijing's matter made Xiao Liege more angry than the last time he was poisoned.

"Don't worry, I will find out all the masterminds one by one."

Xue Zhijing nodded, "We must strengthen the security around us, arrest people, and kill chickens to make an example to monkeys."

You can't guard against thieves for a thousand days, you have to catch the thieves in order to live a safe life.

The female slaves boiled water and put it in the bathtub for Xue Zhijing to take a bath.In this day and age, catching a cold is a life-threatening thing, so it has to be dealt with quickly.

Xue Zhijing took a bath in the bedroom, while Xiao Liege kept giving various orders in the living room.

Strengthen the martial law of the royal court, focus on monitoring several members of Yelu Hongyi's family, and urge Yelu Hongyi and the others to investigate the case quickly, etc.

Those in power are not omnipotent, and holding great power does not mean that they can do whatever they want. Facing a family as big as the Yelu family, it will affect the whole body, not to mention that Yelu Mengnan is the most proud heir of the Yelu family. , the tribes, fiefdoms, and wealth he owns are all heavenly.

The last time they attacked Dacheng, Yelu's family was used as the vanguard, but it just wiped out their edge, and didn't even shake their foundation.

What Xiao Liege can do now is to divide Yelu Mengnan's family, try his best to cut off Yelu Mengnan's wings, and punish Yelu Mengnan and others for their mistakes.

If you want to completely subdue the opponent, you need an opportunity.

When Xiao Liege entered the room, Xue Zhijing had just put on his clothes with the help of the female slaves.After a night of life and death struggles, the adrenaline soared too much, and the sequelae were obvious. Now she is soft all over.

While resting on the bed, Xiao Liege came over and caressed the bluish marks on her neck distressedly.

"Does it still hurt?"

Xue Zhijing's hand covered the back of Xiao Liege's, and rubbed against his chin, "It's okay~"

This intimate gesture made Xiao Liege very useful.

Xiao Liege suddenly blamed himself, "It's all my fault. I should have someone protect you. You can't just have two female slaves following you. From now on, you must have a team of guards following you."

Xue Zhijing sighed, and said, "I'm really fine, let's forget about a team of guards. The Taixing division has mobilized many people, and it is easy to be hated. I should be more careful these days, and don't go to other places except for necessary places. gone."

Saying that, Xue Zhijing thought for a while and finally said, "However, Xiao Liege, we still have to pull out this cancerous tumor around us, otherwise, we don't know what kind of risks will be in the future."