When Sima Jun saw that the person coming was Zhang Baihu, he hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around and cursed angrily: "Zhang Lian, it turns out you are a prisoner of the imperial court. I was worried about looking for you, but I didn't expect you to come to my door in person."
Come here, kill me.”
Zhang Lian couldn't help but lead his men to fight with the opponent. Zhang Lian's men were extremely brave. They slashed at the opponent with weapons one by one. Even if they were not the opponent's opponents, they still had to hold on to the opponent's body, even if
They all perished together and were unwilling to back down. Sima Jun's men were retreating steadily. Jin Dingguo withdrew all the soldiers and tried to kill Zhang Baihu and others with arrows. Zhang Baihu was obviously well prepared and quickly made a gesture.
The soldiers under his command immediately took off their bows and arrows from their backs, "Whoosh..." Jin Dingguo's team immediately fell on their backs.
Seeing Zhang Baihu's men becoming more courageous as they fought, while his own men fell one after another, Sima Jun thought that if he continued to entangle like this, he was afraid that he would be surrounded by the opponent, so he shouted, "Withdraw."
"
Although Jin Dingguo was unwilling, he had no choice but to pull his team back due to the serious situation, and turned around to break out with Sima Jun. Zhang Baihu was afraid of an ambush in front, so he only sent a small team of men in suits to pursue him. Sima Jun was like a frightened bird.
, not daring to look back at each other, he rushed towards the capital at high speed.
After defeating Sima Jun and his gang, Zhang Baihu walked up to Shao Yan, clasped his fists respectfully and said, "My subordinate Zhang Lian has met Mr. Shao."
Shao Yan pursed his lips and smiled, "At this point, Zhang Baihu is still polite to me. Thanks to Zhang Baihu's timely appearance this time, otherwise we would have been in serious trouble." After a pause, he asked again: "By the way,
Just now Sima Jun called you a prisoner of the imperial court, has Master Deng already..."
Zhang Baihu said sadly and angrily: "Yes, the last time Mr. Deng entered the palace, Wang Boyan falsely accused him of evil intentions and blamed him for everything before. Mr. Deng reported the evidence he found to the emperor, but
The current emperor is too cowardly in nature. He knew that you were wronged, but because of fear of Wang Boyan, he sent you to the sky prison and handed him over to the three divisions for trial."
"This emperor is quite comatose." Shao Yan asked hurriedly: "Where is Miss Ling'er now? Do you know?"
Zhang Baihu shook his head and said with a depressed expression: "My subordinates are really useless. When I rushed back to Deng's Mansion that day, the servants in the mansion fled and scattered. The entire Shangshu Mansion was in chaos. My subordinates searched everywhere.
I didn't even see the lady when I arrived at the Shangshu Mansion. Later I rushed to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and found that all the prisoners had been killed, the one-eyed dragon had been poisoned, and Bai Ruxue was nowhere to be found."
Hearing this, Yunyun thought that this was a premeditated action, and couldn't help but wonder: "Could Miss Ling'er have been kidnapped by Sima Jun and the others?"
"Probably not. Mr. Deng is also an official of the imperial court. Wang Boyan has not yet dared to order a search of the Shangshu Mansion when there is no conclusive evidence to convict him. Moreover, his subordinates have also asked the maids in the mansion, and they said that the young lady had been there early in the morning.
When you go out, ask everyone at home to disperse before leaving," Zhang Baihu said
"It seems that Ling'er has probably guessed that something will happen to Mr. Deng. In order to prevent the subordinates from being implicated, he dismissed them." Shao Yan was impressed. This girl is really clever.
"Before Deng Bingtang entered the palace, he ordered his subordinates that if something happened to him, he would take these brothers and move them to a safe area disguised as common people."
"Disguise?" Shao Yan saw that they were all wearing armor and blue hats, with a big word "Deng" written on their backs. Anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that they were generals of the Deng family.
Seeing Shao Yan's penetrating gaze, Zhang Baihu rubbed his head and chuckled, "I originally wanted to take my brothers to Tianlao to rescue the Lord, but I never expected to meet Mr. Shao here."
"What are you talking about? You want to go to the Heavenly Prison? Are you crazy?" Shao Yan secretly laughed. Since ancient times, the Heavenly Prison has been heavily guarded. Even if he could get in by chance, he would not be able to get out. Wang Boyan is such an insidious person. He might have been there long ago.
An ambush was set up over there, and Zhang Baihu's departure was tantamount to throwing himself into a trap, "Young Master is right, Brother Zhang, it is too risky for you to do this. The inner prison is heavily armed and no one can get close. You
Aren't you going to die if you go so rashly?" Yunyun said
Zhang Baihu smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency has treated me with great kindness, how could I just watch you being harmed by a traitor? Although I, Zhang Lian, am not capable of exonerating you, the only thing I can do is to fight for my
"Save the Lord with your life"
"Nonsense!" Shao Yan glared at him angrily and continued: "It doesn't matter if you don't care about your life, but you can't let these brothers follow you to die in vain. Master Deng asked you to disguise yourself as common people. Of course he has his reasons."
, Wang Boyan is in power, and anyone who stands in his way will die, including you Zhang Lian. In my opinion, you should do whatever Mr. Deng says, and don't act out of emotion."
"But, are you just going to watch your master being wronged and killed like this?"
"Of course not. Don't worry, I can guarantee that Mr. Deng is safe now. Wang Boyan dare not touch him for the time being."
"Why?" Zhang Baihu asked puzzledly
"It's very simple. Wang Boyan will not kill high-ranking officials without arresting Xueyu and Bai Ruxue. Their mother and daughter are the key figures in the whole case, and I have just released the oral message. I said that I have
There is evidence of Wang Boyan's crime. Sima Jun and Jin Dingguo will definitely believe it. Think about it, Wang Boyan is so suspicious. With his personality, will he let me go?"
Zhang Baihu nodded in understanding, "But..."
"Stop being a coward, listen to me and ask your men to change their coats quickly. Your outfit is too dazzling."
Zhang Baihu thought for a while and felt that what Shao Yan said made sense, so he asked his men to take off their coats and put on the civilian plain clothes that had been prepared long ago. Everyone turned into ordinary people.
"Mr. Shao, I, Zhang Baihu, have only admired two people in my life. One is Mr. Deng, and the other is you, Mr. Shao. You have always been resourceful. We will do whatever you say."
If this sentence had come from someone else's mouth, Shao Yan would definitely have thought it was flattering, but Zhang Baihu was a generous person, and his tone and attitude did not seem to be intentional compliments at all. Shao Yan admired this kind of courage the most in his life.
The wise hero said: "In this case, you and your brothers will find a safe place to hide for the time being, and leave the matter of rescuing Lord Deng to me. When I need your help, I will leave some codes along the way.
You can find me by following the code."
"All my subordinates listen to Mr. Shao." Zhang Baihu was convinced of Shao Yan's ability, so he led his men out of the woods, divided them into several groups, and distributed them in every corner of the capital.
After Zhang Baihu left, Yunyun asked: "Your Highness really intends to save Master Deng?"
Shao Yan smiled slightly, "People must be rescued, but not now. Mr. Deng is relatively safe in Tianlao. Even if he is rescued, Wang Boyan will not let him go."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
"To shoot a man first, shoot a horse; to capture a thief first capture the king"
Yunyun heard this very unclearly and said in surprise: "Shouldn't His Highness want to capture Wang Bohuo?"
"Catch him? What's the use of catching him?" Shao Yan touched her pretty face and said with a smile: "We will discuss this matter later. For now, we should go to Lian'er and the others first."
Just as he was talking, he heard Lian'er's voice coming from one side of his body, "Brother Shao, Brother Shao"
Shao Yan was so surprised that they turned around and looked in the direction of the sound. They saw Lian'er carrying Cheng Yang, Zhang Er, Zhang San, Bai Mei couple, Bai Ruxue and others walking out of the depths of the jungle.
Naturally, everyone was extremely happy to be together. Zhang Er and Zhang San were sweating profusely and laid the Baimei couple flat on the ground. Baimei's injury was much better, his eyes could open slightly, and he could occasionally say one or two words. However,
The injury on Xueyu's back seemed to be very serious. Wang Wu told Shao Yan that the arrow shot at Xueyu was laced with huge poison. In addition, he had been running nonstop along the way, and the toxin gradually spread to his body. At this time, Xueyu was already...
Dying to die, Bai Ruxue knelt beside her mother with tears in her eyes.
Xueyu raised his pale face, looked at Shao Yan, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shao, I know that you are not a creature in the pool. I have done many wrong things in the past, and now I am dying.
I hope you don’t blame Ruxue”
Seeing that the old nun's tone was very gentle, completely different from the arrogant and domineering one before. As the saying goes, a Taoist can speak well even if he is about to die, so Shao Yan leaned down, held her hand and said, "Master, you have made a big mistake.
It's useless to blame anyone. In fact, you and Ruxue are both victims. The real culprit should be the traitor Wang Boyan. Don't worry, I won't convict anyone."
"Thank you young master," Master Xueyu changed her words. On the way to escape this time, she found out Shao Yan's true identity from Bai Ruxue. Xueyu was born in Donglin and had deep feelings for Donglin. She learned that
Shao Yan was the crown prince, and she suddenly felt that she had committed a heinous crime that was unforgivable. She wished she could draw her sword and kill herself in front of the prince.
"Huahua, Huahua" Baimei heard Xueyu's voice and tried hard to sit up. He looked at his wife who had been away for many years with tears in his eyes, "Huahua, thank you for forgiving me."
Xueyu shook his head affectionately, "Mr. Master, actually if you think about it carefully, the fault is not yours alone, my fault is also my fault. The fault is that I am too paranoid, so that our family of three is destined to be separated by yin and yang."
"Huahua, don't say that. Today's situation is entirely caused by me Bai Mei."
"Mr. Huahua, I have no regrets about meeting you in this life. For more than ten years, Huahua has thought about you day and night, and finally waited for this day. I wanted to reunite as a family and live a peaceful life, but I didn't expect..." Xueyu's eyes
So wet, choked with sobs that I could no longer speak.
Hearing her parents' conversation, Bai Ruxue covered her mouth and started crying. Shao Yan let her head rest on his shoulder. Among the girls Shao Yan knew, Bai Ruxue had the strongest character. She never
I shed tears easily, but I never imagined that I would be crying so sadly right now