The festive Winter Solstice celebration ended instantly with the screams of the little palace lady. There was no longer a calm and peaceful atmosphere. Fu Yingxuan ordered a thorough search of every corner of the imperial city.
The banquet was in turmoil. Xiahou Zhan stood at the place where Qing Luo disappeared, clenching his iron fist. Damn it, it was just a short moment, and he dared to attack in front of so many people!
Baili Yunzhi picked up the Qilin bone flute with a kerchief and whispered with worry: "General, I'm afraid it's someone from Yeyingqi. These people's purpose is not the bone flute. Qingluo must be in a very dangerous situation. We must find her as soon as possible."
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The Royal Guards escorted the Holy Emperor and all the guests back to the palaces of the Lords. Among the chaotic crowd, Xia Houzhan saw Xue Yixuan supporting the Queen Mother at a glance. Ye Yingqi always only obeyed the orders of Xue Yixuan and Fu Yanche to find Qingluo as soon as possible.
, we can only do it directly.
The cold wind blew up, and Xue Yixuan just felt a strong murderous aura. The black shadow came quickly and strangled her neck!
With a 'bang' sound, Xia Houzhan pinched her neck, raised his arms and pushed her against the red paint palace wall, staring at her with cold eyes, "Where is she?"
The empress dowager was frightened by Xiahou Zhan's murderous intent. After seeing the situation clearly, she immediately became furious, "How brave! Xiahou Zhan, how dare you kill the princess in front of the Ai family! Let go, let the Ai family go."
Drive her!"
"Where is Shen Qingluo? How could I know?"
Xue Yixuan never expected that Xia Houzhan would ask her directly like this, or in front of the Empress Dowager! It seemed that he was really anxious and crazy. This arrogant barbarian has always been defiant and domineering during the Great Week. When has he ever been so nervous?
Man, Shen Qingluo is indeed his fatal weakness!
"Come here, take Xiahou Zhan to the Ai family quickly!"
There was chaos all around. The loud bang and the angry voice of the Queen Mother instantly attracted the attention of many people. The Royal Guards immediately surrounded them with cold guns. Fu Yingxuan, Queen Zhao and others were already being escorted by the Royal Guards.
Just as I was about to leave the Royal Garden, I didn't see this horrifying scene.
Xia Houzhan remained unmoved, and slowly tightened his grip on her neck. His voice was cold and without warmth, "Xue Yixuan, you can try it. If you dare to kill Qingluo, I can ask you to die in her arms."
Front!"
The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this. This barbarian is probably a villain who can do anything. "Xiahou Zhan, you are so bold. Although you are from Jingchu, you are now a general of Zhou Dynasty. You turn a blind eye to the orders of the Ai family."
, do you want to rebel?"
Xue Yixuan, who was held high and strangled by the neck, was in great pain, his air cavity was compressed, and his face turned red, but there was a faint joy in his eyes that his plot had succeeded. Did he die in front of Shen Qingluo? No, she would live and wait for the two of them.
Collect the corpse! Turning to the Empress Dowager who had always loved her, she asked for help, "Queen Mother! Empress Dowager, save me!"
The Empress Dowager felt sorry for Xue Yixuan's pain, and her heart suddenly became extremely anxious, "Xiahou Zhan, let go of Yixuan quickly. What does the life or death of that civilian woman have to do with Yixuan? Let go of the Ai family!"
Seeing that he still had no intention of letting go, the Empress Dowager immediately shouted angrily at the Royal Guards behind her: "You are all deaf, why don't you help the Ai family capture Xiahou Zhan!"
"yes!"
The Imperial Guards shouted in unison, and just as they were about to approach with cold force, sharp arrows pierced the air above the Imperial Garden, and the sharp and cold arrows with silver light shot straight at the Emperor standing in the Imperial Garden at lightning speed.
The Queen Mother, everyone was shocked, the Queen Mother was also frightened and confused, "Ah!"
At the critical moment, Xia Houzhan let go of the hand holding Xue Yixuan, jumped up with agility, blocked the empress dowager before the cold arrow approached, and caught the cold arrow in mid-air with his bare hands! The cold arrow pierced Xia Houzhan's palm.
, it was just a hair’s breadth away from being inserted into his chest.
"The assassin is there!" The Royal Guardsmen spotted the figure of the archery assassin and immediately followed him.
"General!" Baili Yunzhi came over in a hurry, "How are you?!"
"It's okay." Throwing the cold arrow in his hand to Baili Yunzhi, Xiahou Zhan stared closely at the direction of the assassin's escape. He was waiting for this reaction, turned his eyes and glared at Xue Yixuan, and said coldly, "I
Go save Qingluo."
Baili Yunzhi immediately understood the general's intention. This assassin was clearly a trick by Xue Yixuan to lure you into a trap, but the general was anxious that Qingluo was in danger, and he actually wanted to break into the trap she had set up! "Wait a minute!"
Yun Zhi's nervous shouting failed to stop Xia Houzhan, who was full of anxiety. The next moment, the resolute figure had disappeared into the imperial garden. Baili Yunzhi sighed and followed quickly.
The frightened Empress Dowager was supported by a kind of palace eunuch. Although she was angry with Xia Houzhan for being so cruel to Xue Yixuan, he had just saved her at the critical moment without risking his own life. After calming down, he immediately said calmly, "
The Imperial Guard obeys the order and must capture those assassins for the Ai family!"
"Yes!" The Imperial Guards shouted in unison, their footsteps vibrating on the ground.
The Empress Dowager was also escorted out of the Imperial Garden by a group of people. Beside the palace wall, Xue Yixuan stood up, rubbing her sore neck. She lowered her eyebrows and heard familiar footsteps approaching. When she raised her head, she was stunned for a moment.
On the verge of death just now, Xue Yixuan was even more trembling now, "Sixth Master."
The moonlight shone brightly, and the three figures that originally stood on the top of the palace wall had long since disappeared. In the middle of the night of the winter solstice, the entire palace was silent in an extremely tense search atmosphere.
Under the vast imperial city, in the darkness, Shen Qing was awakened by the cold feeling. He struggled to open his eyes. In the hazy state, he realized that he was tied to a huge wooden stake and was dizzy from the drug.
Shen Qing hit the back of his head hard several times, trying to refresh his mind.
Accompanied by the pain, the feeling of drowsiness finally dissipated. After looking around, she suddenly found that she was locked in a cage with three stone walls and one iron bar. What was even more shocking was the cold feeling that was still behind her when she woke up.
From under her feet, the water gurgled in from the five steps outside the iron fence and slowly covered her knees.
When he turned around to look around, he saw the iron chains and torture instruments on the stone wall. Shen Qing immediately realized, this... could it be a water prison?!
His whole body was tied tightly, and his mouth was tied with a black cloth that made him unable to speak. He didn't even have a chance to call for help. The water continued to flow in uncontrollably, and the water gradually filled up. It was over, it was over.
If this situation continues, she will definitely drown here alive!
Xiahou Zhan! In panic, Shen Qing's mind immediately thought of General, Xiahou Zhan, Xiahou Zhan, where are you?
Where are you?!
Above the water prison, Xia Houzhan followed the man in black to an exit of the Neihu branch. In the blink of an eye, the man in black suddenly disappeared again!
When he was anxious, he suddenly heard a loud sound of water flowing next to the branch. Xiahou Zhan followed the sound and found that there was a ladder going down on the horizontal wall of the branch exit, which led directly to a dark hole in the depression.
The rising water surface of the lake is rapidly filling the cave with water!
Xiahou Zhan frowned and immediately thought of the bluestone disc that appeared in the inner lake at that time. There seemed to be a huge mechanism hidden in the inner lake. There must be a connection between the two. Damn it, why didn't he notice this!
In the water prison, the sound of rushing water was rapid, and the water quickly reached Shen Qing's chest.
Shen Qing remembered that the general always said that she did not care about her life, but Xue Yixuan was so despicable and shameless that she could not guard against it. There were so many unreasonable disasters that she could not avoid.
The few times she was on the verge of life and death in the past, she died happily. She encountered a snow wolf while hunting, and almost fell off a wooden cable bridge while suppressing bandits. Even if she died in a car accident in her previous life, it was a matter of seconds. But this time, she only
Can helplessly wait for death to come.
There are always many things that need to be recalled before death, but the figure that appears most in the mind is still the figure of the general. Every time, he risked his own life to save himself. This time, I am afraid that he will not be able to wait. This water prison is so weird and hidden, and Xue Yixuan is so
Despicable, they definitely can't find her.
They said she was stupid and that she couldn't see her own heart. In fact, she knew it. He planted roots in her heart domineeringly, commandeered her thoughts, and influenced her behavior. She knew that he had succeeded long ago, but she
Dare not admit it...
The water reached her neck, and Shen Qing tried her best to stand on her tiptoes. She probably wouldn't have such good luck from God anymore. She had survived every desperate situation, and her shitty luck had probably been used up.
It's all gone, and I was thinking dully when I suddenly heard a clanging sound coming from the iron fence!
"Qingluo!"
When Shen Qing heard the sound, she raised her head and saw Xia Houzhan standing outside the iron fence! The despair that had started at first turned into excitement. He was looking for her, and he found himself!
Xia Houzhan tore off the chains on the iron bars with his bare hands, jumped into the water, pulled away the cloth covering her mouth, and then dived into the water to untie the ropes that tied her.
Shen Qing finally had a chance to speak. Xia Houzhan, whose eyes were red and soaked all over, her fear immediately dissipated the moment she saw him again, "I thought I was really dead. I thought you couldn't find him."
Me, I thought I would never see you again!"
Xiahou Zhan rushed forward and kissed her lips, "Your life is mine, I will not let you die!"
The sound of water flow gradually weakened, and the water poured in was almost filling the entire water prison. The cold lake water surrounded them.
The man locked the new chain, which was three to five times thicker than the chain that broke when pulled.
This was Xue Yixuan's trick, to use Qingluo to trap him and then kill them both! Xiahou Zhan frowned, it seemed that Fu Yanche had discovered his true identity.
Shen Qing also noticed the current situation, and felt vaguely uneasy. As the water rose, they could only try to float on the surface to breathe, but they couldn't hold on for long. The water was strong, the air was reduced, and the chain could not be opened.
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Looking at Xia Houzhan beside him, he remembered that he always caused him to be injured and in danger, and he immediately felt guilty, "General, I'm sorry, it was me who caused you trouble."
Xiahou Zhan turned his head and stared at the woman in his arms, "We are husband and wife, there is nothing to be sorry for! Besides, it is this general who has caused trouble for you this time."