Jiaohua

Chapter 538
Xianghai Restaurant is on the southwest side of Yujie Street. Xia Zhaoyi went all the way north, and met many soldiers and horses on the road, most of them were Fang Chengwei.

The situation in the capital suddenly became like this, which she did not expect.

At present, besides Ouyang Jun, the only people who can be trusted are Beifu soldiers.

Before Bian Shizhi left the capital, he handed over the ancient jade with him to Zhu Xian. Although Du Yi, the captain of Zhechong, was a military general, he was picked up by one of Bian Shi. Moreover, the military system of the Beifu soldiers was different from that of other guards in the capital. The militiamen who were requisitioned did not have as much loyalty to the imperial court as the former guards and capitals.

She tried to avoid direct contact with them, and didn't want to cause too much trouble.When you find Master Zhu, you must leave the capital immediately.

Xia Zhaoyi rushed to the Xianghai Restaurant with a fast horse. There was no blood on the ground, no one around, and there was a crossroad in front of her. When she passed by, she didn't stop, ignoring the imperial palace in the north and the Beifu soldiers in the northwest, and ran straight to the long street in the east. go.

"Miss Ali!" There was a sudden voice from the building ahead.

Xia Zhaoyi raised his head with a serious and vigilant expression, and the sound of horseshoes continued.

The street is spacious, and the buildings on both sides are three or four stories high. In one of the buildings, three men are standing on the eaves outside the second floor.

The three men were all dressed in night clothes, one with a sword and the other with a knife.

"Miss Ali!" The tallest man shouted, "We belong to Lianfei Pavilion!"

"Are you looking for Master Zhu?" Another person said.

Xia Zhaoyi sized them up and said loudly, "Did Master Zhu pass from here?"

"Don't worry, just now General Lin Cao from Xiaohu Camp personally picked Master Zhu away. He passed through this way. He is safe."

"Thank you!" Xia Zhaoyi said, and slapped the horse again, "Drive!"

Horses come galloping, pass by, and leave.

The three men looked at her non-stop, and when they looked away, you looked at me and I looked at you.

"She didn't seem to respond when she heard that we belonged to the young master?" a man said.

"She's in a hurry," said another.

"Master Zhu is already safe, why is Miss Ali so anxious?"

The three men were silent for a moment, they were all startled, they didn't communicate any more, they quickly turned around and jumped back towards the other side of the roof.

The sound of horseshoes in the distance suddenly stopped at this moment, and they saw the girl reining in the horse, and the horseman who had stopped quickly stood up and let out a cry.

Xia Zhaoyi's face was pale, looking at the eight corpses with their hands bound in the open space.

But soon, she jumped off the horse.

Avoiding the visible corpse, she turned over a man with a half-broken neck, and wiped the dripping blood off his head with her sleeve. It was Cao Sihu.

Looking at the other corpses one by one, there was no Master Zhu.

Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand to close Cao Sihu's eyes, remounted his horse, and followed the bloody hoof prints on the ground to chase northeast.

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Lin Cao's face was solemn, and a group of 16 people stopped at the gate of General Zhen Guo's mansion at a neither fast nor slow speed.

He got off his horse, turned around and walked towards Zhu Xian who was lying on the horse's back, and said, "Lord Zhu, we're here."

Zhu Xian had Bai Ling around his mouth, his hands were tied behind his back, and his upper body was hanging upside down, making his face congested and the veins on his forehead swelled.

The soldiers who controlled him grabbed him by the back and lifted him off his horse.

"Does Master Zhu drink water?" Lin Cao asked.

Zhu Xian twisted his wrist, unable to break free, glaring at Lin Cao angrily.

"I'm just following orders," Lin Cao said, "I've offended you, Mr. Zhu."

As he said that, Lin Cao personally held Zhu Xian's back and escorted him to Qian's residence.

A group of people led the horses and hurried into the mansion, the gate was closed, and after the dull sound, it returned to silence.

The horseshoe blood marks on the ground became much dimmer. Xia Zhaoyi chased him all the way, but the blood marks gradually disappeared, and at the same time, three intersections appeared in front of him.

She pulled the reins, turned her eyes to look down, and found a tall building. When she was about to climb up the tall building to investigate, she heard the sound of horseshoes behind her.

On the empty and quiet long street, the sound of horseshoes was extremely clear and slightly messy, at least two people came together.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't intend to evade, but turned to look at them.

The two people who came were Fang Chengwei. When they came galloping, they saw a person and a horse standing horizontally in the middle of the road from a distance. When they got closer, they realized that there was a girl with a straight back sitting on the horse's back. A tall spear.

The two Fang Chengwei subconsciously reined in their horses. Although they had never seen her before, it was not difficult to guess her.

"You are the guards of the city, and you have protected the peace of the people in the capital. I don't want to do anything to you," the girl said, with a loud voice in the night, "Tell me where you are going, and come back in half a cup of tea after I leave. I won't mention you to anyone."

The two soldiers frowned and looked at her.

"If you don't tell me, you will die. I can still wait here for the next wave of people." Xia Zhaoyi continued.

"General Zhen Guo's Mansion." A soldier said.

"Okay, thank you." Xia Zhaoyi said, pulled the reins, turned and ran.

The two soldiers stood there, really not moving, watching her figure disappear.

The Qian Mansion occupies a very large area, and Lin Cao didn't go to the back house, only to the main room.

There were six people sitting in the main hall, one of them was Tianrongwei General Lu Mingfeng.

Besides Lu Mingfeng, Qian Xutian's sixth son, Qian Yuandeng, and Rong Guogong's eldest Sun Mutingyu were also in the house.

They all arrived in the capital in the afternoon, and Qian Yuandeng was leaning over there with a heavy exhaustion on his face, and he was about to fall asleep.

The rest of the people were on the west side of the lobby, around the long table covered with maps.

Lin Cao brought Zhu Xian in, Zhu Xian raised his head and saw the people in the room, his expression became sneering and funny, and he turned to look at Lin Cao.

Lin Cao glanced at him, ignored the contempt in his eyes, and looked at Lu Mingfeng.

"It's fast enough," Lu Mingfeng said, "Where are the others?"

"It should be coming soon." Lin Cao replied.

The other people mentioned by Lu Mingfeng were Song Du, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Ronghui, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Huang Mi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Dingbo, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and three other court officials who did not go to Hejing together. pour down.

Lu Mingfeng nodded, and pointed to another part of the hall: "Turn him inside."

Lin Cao looked over and realized that there was a big cage over there.

In his early years, he heard that Qian Xutian liked to train tigers, and he had captured three tigers, but of course, he failed to train them.

Such a big cage should have been used to keep the tiger in the first place.

After Lu Mingfeng finished pointing, he withdrew his gaze and didn't even look at Zhu Xian.

Lin Cao locked Zhu Xian in, and Zhu Xian sat down in the iron cage and closed his eyes.

The mouth cloth was still there, his hands were tied behind his back, his hair was messy, and there was a lot of blood on the official robe, which was splashed when Lin Cao ordered Wei Ye and Cao Sihu to be killed.

Lin Cao looked at him, then turned to look at Lu Mingfeng: "I'm going to find someone else."

Lu Mingfeng had withdrawn his gaze, continued to look at the map, and said calmly after hearing the words: "Go."

(End of this chapter)