The speed of the knife falling seems slow but really fast.

Seeing that his head was about to be cut in half, Zhu Zhipan couldn't help closing his eyes.

At this moment he didn't think about anything.

At the last moment, I suddenly heard a clang, followed by an angry shout: "What are you doing lying there, looking for death? Get up!"

Zhu Zhipan opened his eyes in panic, and saw that Ji Rongheng was drenched in blood like a hell Shura, standing in front of him on a horse, and was pulling out the blade from the soldier's abdomen.The soldier spurted blood and fell heavily.

"I, I, I..." He immediately supported the ground with his hands, trying to get up, but after several attempts, he was still on the ground, "Legs are weak..."

Ji Rongheng scolded, got him on the horse, and didn't care if his stomach would come out or not, he patted the horse and galloped forward, facing a group of Habayashi guards rushing towards him, and shouted: "The traitor is right ahead, Qin Wang has made meritorious service, Just look at tonight! Anyone who kills twenty enemies will be made a baron!"

"Whoever abandons the sword will be judged leniently, and those who resist desperately will be killed without mercy!" He drew out his long sword and held it up high. "Where is the forbidden army, let me kill him!"

The soldiers responded like thunder, their horseshoes galloped, and they rushed into the Habayashi guard array like a tsunami, as if a sharp sword had been pierced into the throat.

Zhu Zhipan hung on the horse with his head down, the horse's hooves galloped, and he ate a mouthful of ashes.He said with difficulty: "First...put me down...the empress dowager..." It's a pity that his voice was too small, drowned in the sound of hacking and killing.

Ji Rongheng also had no time to take care of it, he held a long knife, opened and closed it with ease.Only Zhu Zhipan felt dizzy when he turned around immediately, the tip of the knife flashed past his eyes from time to time, and blood spattered all over his head and face.When Ji Rongheng finally controlled the scene and remembered to let him down, Zhu Zhipan was already covered in blood.Paralyzed on the ground, it can almost be confused with the corpse on the ground.

Zhu Zhipan exhaled more air than inhaled, tremblingly raised a hand: "Xiao Qingzi..."

Ji Rongheng put the saber back into its sheath, reined in his horse and frowned, and was about to speak when a clear voice came: "I'll take him there."

Behind Fang Youya was a group of Imperial Guards, who rode their horses and approached.Ji Rongheng paused slightly when he heard the words, and looked at him with unclear eyes, Fang Youya just smiled faintly.Ji Rongheng didn't say any more, left the beginning to leave a sentence to do it for himself, turned around and led the mighty people away one after another.

Fang Youya dragged Zhu Zhipan, whose legs were still limp, onto the horse without any delay, and hurried to the Empress Dowager's palace.When he was approaching the front of the hall, he saw that the palace was dark and full of lights, and there was already a group of people standing in front of the door. Fang Youya was immediately alert, but before he could move, someone turned around.

"Lord Lu!" Zhu Zhipan immediately got off his horse and rushed forward, "Have you seen Xiao Qingzi? Is she here?" Looking at the dark palace, just about to rush in, Lu Ji reached out to stop him Down.

"No one." Lu Ji's face was gloomy, "Don't look at it."

Zhu Zhipan seemed to have swallowed a piece of ice, and his face and throat were frozen: "Why...how can there be no one?!" He pushed Lu Ji away, rushed into the gate of the palace, and quickly ran out again. He searched frantically, and finally came to hold Lu Ji's shoulder again, "Why is there no one? She is here!"

Lu Ji looked at his blood-stained face, suppressed his irritability, and said patiently: "I don't know, the queen mother is also missing..." Zhu Zhipan let go of his hand in a daze, and fell to the ground.

Fang Youya watched from the side, and only now stepped forward and said: "The furnishings here are generally intact, the queen mother and the little princess may have moved to another place, Mr. Lu, why not go to other places to find more, I still know..."

Before the words were finished, Shen Zhiwei who had been silent all this time suddenly said: "Master Fang has the help of the Imperial Army, why don't you go to save His Majesty at this moment, but first find someone for Young Master Zhu?"

Fang Youya immediately smiled and said: "Master Shen, don't worry, Your Majesty has been moved to a safe place by me and the First Prince, and there are guards by the imperial guards around, so it is safe now."

Shen Zhiwei's tone was light: "Even so, I still don't understand one thing. In recent years, Mr. Fang has kept a low profile and kept his own life. Why did you take this muddy water for an unprecedented time?"

"The lower official just wants to fight for the Fang family..."

"To fight for the way out for the Fang family, it is best to do meritorious service in front of the imperial court." Shen Zhiwei interrupted him with cold eyes, "But instead of rushing back to the front of the imperial court right now, you want to lure us to continue searching in the palace. Dare to ask Fang?" grown ups……"

"Why delay time on purpose?" He took a step forward, full of coercion.The forbidden army behind Fang Youya drew their weapons as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and the cavalry guards drew their swords out of their sheaths not to be outdone, and the scene immediately became tense.

Zhu Zhipan looked blankly at the men and horses on both sides who were at war, and said in a panic, "What's going on?"

Lu Ji suddenly thought of someone at this moment.

"Where is Wen Jingyu?" His heart suddenly sank.

Fang Youya was silent for a long time, and finally sighed.

……

Ji Rongheng reined in his horse outside Yilan Hall.

The hall was not lit, and it looked quiet, but he knew there were people inside.

"Mu Heng!" He raised his voice, "The general situation is over, don't hold back any longer! You have committed an unforgivable crime of plotting chaos. If you confess your guilt earlier, I can ask my father for a favor to give you A joy!"

The branches of the trees in the courtyard swayed, and huge and treacherous black shadows were projected on the window paper and door frames. Someone walked out in a daze, but the door was still closed tightly.

Nobody responded.

Ji Rongheng squinted his eyes, and slowly raised his right hand.The next moment, the imperial guards lined up to surround the entire palace, hanging knives and taking bows, neatly arranged, and forest arrow clusters aimed at the front.

Ji Rongheng put down his right hand, and in an instant, arrows were flying all over the sky like rain, covering the clouds and the moon, all shooting towards the hall——

An arrow pierced through the door of the palace and plunged into the burning brazier. More arrows followed and landed on the wooden latticework of the doors and windows with a bang.

Like a visitor who was tired of waiting, he kept urging the host to open the door quickly.

But the master is still not in a hurry.

Mu Heng and Mu Xuan still sat opposite each other across the brazier as they did when they came here, the only difference was that the person who burned the paper was replaced by Mu Heng, while Mu Xuan's tears were still wet, looking at the quietly flickering flames in despair.

Mu Heng picked out the arrow and threw it into the last stack of yellow paper. The flame licked his side face. At this moment, another arrow brushed past his right shoulder and slammed into Mu Xuan's hand on the ground. The long skirt made Mu Xuan's face turn pale in shock, and she couldn't help shouting: "Brother..."

Mu Heng looked down at his bleeding right shoulder, patted the dust on it nonchalantly, and smiled lightly: "Do you regret calling me today?"

Mu Xuan stared blankly at him and smiled: "If I hadn't called, brother wouldn't have come..."

Mu Heng remained silent for a moment, then Mu Xuan grabbed him suddenly, panicked and hurriedly said, "Brother, run away, run away now, I'll hold them back, run away—"

Mu Heng looked up at her, still smiling: "Aren't you going to kill me?"

Two lines of clear tears fell down immediately, and Mu Xuan shook her head vigorously, choked with sobs and unable to speak.

Mu Heng sighed, stretched out his hand to touch her head, Mu Xuan froze, trembling all over, suddenly threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.

Mu Heng touched her hair bun covered with golden hairpins with his fingers, and smiled like a sigh: "Ah Xuan has really grown up... I remember that the last time you hugged me like this and cried, you hadn't tied your hair yet. Now But my head is full of emeralds... I have really lost my mind these years, and I have indeed lost some concern with you..."

Mu Xuan cried and shook her head desperately, only saying that it was not his fault, she killed Qin Zhao, if Qin Zhao was still alive, things would definitely not be like this.

The rain of arrows outside stopped for a while, and there was no sound for a long time. I don't know what happened.In the hall, the moonlight cast a clear glow through the carved mahogany doors and windows. Mu Heng patted the crying Mu Xuan comfortingly, and said softly, "It's not your fault..."

Mu Xuan suddenly wiped away her tears, and pushed him: "Go quickly, don't worry about me before they come in, I am the emperor's concubine after all, they dare not do anything to me..." Seeing that Mu Heng was still sitting there He didn't move, and immediately became anxious, "Let's go!"

Mu Heng was helpless: "Even if I have to leave, I can't just leave like this?" Seeing Mu Xuan's blank expression, he smiled softly, "You won't give me some money? I didn't bring anything with me when I came, and the prime minister's mansion must not return. ..."

Mu Xuan didn't wait for him to finish speaking before suddenly realizing it, told him to wait for a while, then hurriedly turned around and ran into the inner room with her skirt in hand.He rummaged through the box, emptied the dowry, packed up a bulging bag, turned around immediately, and ran to say: "There are a few clothes in it that I have sewed for you over the years, but I have never sent them to you. You wear them first..."

Suddenly, the package in her hand fell to the ground, Mu Xuan's eyes widened, and her voice changed: "Brother—" She rushed forward like crazy, snatched the flagon from Mu Heng's hand, and threw it away, tears had already flowed down. His face was covered and his whole body was trembling, "What are you doing, what are you doing!"

Mu Heng coughed twice, the clothes were wet with wine, and his eyes were watery: "It tastes good..."

Mu Xuan was confused, paused after a while, and muttered: "The antidote, yes, the antidote—" Turning around to crawl to find it, there was an angry shout from outside the hall, "Ji Rongyu, you are crazy!"

Both people in the hall were stunned, the sound of swords and soldiers colliding, followed by a muffled groan, and a forbidden soldier shouted: "Prince!" The armor collided, as if someone had been captured and was still struggling desperately.

"Ji Rongheng, my concubine mother is inside, if you dare to shoot another arrow, I will kill you!" Ji Rongyu roared.

Mu Xuan was stunned for a moment, but still wanted to get up and look for the antidote.The moment he got up, the neck suddenly fell into the hands of someone——

Ji Rongheng looked at Ji Rongyu fiercely, while biting the cloth strip in his hand, hastily bandaged the wound on his right arm.Suddenly, the door of the palace creaked, the sound was not loud, but everyone's eyes were on the past.

Mu Xuan, who was dressed in a red palace attire, stepped forward slowly. She raised her neck and frowned, a hand with a jade wrench was pinching her neck.

"Mother Concubine!" Ji Rongyu called out immediately.

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