No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 292 Heresy (Part [-])
In the palace of the Empress Dowager, Yu Mingqiu stood indifferently in the courtyard and looked up at the night sky.

When his gaze slowly moved down from the sky and landed on the roof of the corridor opposite the main hall, he froze slightly.I don't know when there was a man in black on the roof. The man was wearing a black night suit, which was tightly wrapped from head to toe, only revealing a pair of naked and restrained eyes.

He should have just appeared, but he seemed to have been standing there for a long time.The outside of the Empress Dowager's palace had long been surrounded by soldiers and horses, but even so, no one found out how he appeared there, including Yu Mingqiu.

Now there are many masters in Shangyonghuang City, but masters of this level...

Yu Mingqiu raised the long sword in his hand and pointed it at the person on the roof, and said coldly, "Qu Fang?"

The man didn't answer, it's just that the soldiers guarding the palace at this moment also noticed something was wrong.The soldiers of the Zhen Guojun who were in charge of guarding the dormitory remained motionless, just looking at the opposite person vigilantly.The rest of the people had already rushed over, and countless arrows from the dark were aimed at the man on the roof.

The man took a deep look at Yu Mingqiu who was standing in the courtyard, his figure flashed, and before the general of the Zhen Guojun ordered to release the arrow, the figure of the other party had disappeared on the roof.

"General Yu?" Yu Mingqiu said calmly, "Be careful."

"Yes, general..." Before the words finished, there were several sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground outside the hall, and the general's expression changed slightly, "The soldiers and horses outside are under attack!"

Sure enough, the next moment there was the sound of fighting outside the hall.

Yu Mingqiu flew up to the roof, and there were indeed many black-clothed men outside the empress dowager's bedroom. These people's goals were very consistent, and their targets were the soldiers of the Zhenguo army, the imperial forest army, and the inner guards stationed outside the empress dowager's bedroom.

These people are not like a mob, they attack very methodically, but they are still not the opponents of the soldiers of the Zhen Guojun.The Zhen Guojun was originally the elite of Dasheng, but this time the personal guards who followed Xie Yan back to the capital were the elite of the Zhen Guo Army's elite.

Even though there were a large number of these men in black, it would be extremely difficult to break through the guards of the Zhen Guojun and enter the palace of the Empress Dowager within a short period of time.

"The Zhen Guojun really deserves its reputation." Yu Mingqiu stood on the roof watching the battle, and said with some emotion.

"The general is overrated." The man in black standing beside Yu Mingqiu said in a deep voice.

The man in black was none other than Xie Ying, one of Xie Yan's bodyguards.

"So, where did the regent go?" Yu Mingqiu asked.

Xiying said: "This subordinate doesn't know."

The veins on the side of Yu Mingqiu's forehead couldn't help but twitch, "Do you think I will really believe that Xie Yan didn't do anything at night, but went to learn martial arts with a group of people in the world?"

Xi Ying said cautiously: "Your Highness is not trying to learn martial arts, he has been besieged."

"Heh!" Yu Mingqiu let out a sneer, the majestic regent was successfully besieged by a group of people from the rivers and lakes in Shangyonghuang City, whoever believed it was a fool.Even if the Zhen Guojun employs a large number of people, it can still crush the gangsters to death and let their prince escape.

Since Xiying didn't want to talk about it, Yu Mingqiu didn't force it, and instead asked, "If you don't save your prince, what are you doing here?"

Xi Ying said: "Under the order of the lord, assist General Yu to guard the palace. The lord said that the general doesn't care about anything else, as long as no one breaks into the bedroom and disturbs the empress dowager and His Majesty."

Yu Mingqiu frowned, thought for a moment and couldn't help but said, "Why do I feel like I'm being targeted by Xie Yanshu here?"

Xiying glanced at him silently, the look on his face seemed to say: You are a target.

If Xie Yan was here now, Yu Mingqiu felt that it would be difficult for him not to raise his sword and slash him a few times.Taking a deep breath, Yu Mingqiu sneered and said, "I don't care what Xie Yan wants to do, but he's been back for several months, isn't this imperial city too chaotic? Fortunately, he can still sleep at night! "

Xiying looked at Yu Mingqiu silently, Yu Mingqiu raised his chin and nodded outwards, "Those people, do you think I can't recognize their identities because they are wearing black clothes? Imperial Forest Army, Ouchi Guards, Military Guards, and Dark Guards!" Mentioning this, Yu Mingqiu felt a little suffocated.

As the former commander of the hidden guards, although there are almost no hidden guards in the royal family now, as a hidden guard, he actually surrendered to the enemy!
Yu Mingqiu couldn't help taking a deep breath, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager are still alive, I really want to thank the ancestors and the late emperors for their protection!
Xiying was also a little helpless, "It's because it was too messy, so I couldn't do anything. The group that cleaned up the Qi clan's secret operations earlier may have scared many people, and the rest of them hid more secretly. Now it's... It's hard to say. It's not because I'm worried that the prince will have other actions in the future, so I jump over the wall in a hurry, after all, the prince may be stationed in Shangyong in the future."

Yu Mingqiu raised his eyebrows and said, "So, Xie Yan simply created opportunities for them, trying to lure all these people out?"

Xiying thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It should be so?"

"How many people have problems?" Yu Mingqiu asked.

Xiying pulled out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to him, "This is what we have found these days, so we can confirm it."

Yu Mingqiu took it and looked at it under the surrounding light. The expression on his face became more and more exciting under the night light. There are only so many things that can be confirmed, how many things can't be sure?
It's no wonder that Xie Yan wants to play so big. If it continues like this, even if Xie Yan and Luo Yun go out and kill the Qi people and even Gao Yu, the prosperous country will change hands in a few years.

Not long after Yu Mingqiu came back, although he felt some undercurrents inside and outside the court hall, at least on the surface it was still stable.If it wasn't for what happened tonight, how would they know that under the calm, those forces behind the scenes have grown into terrifying monsters?
Dasheng has only been established for thirty years, and Gaozu spent all his time fighting to unify the world.The first emperor inherited Gaozu's behest, although he also tried his best to restore people's livelihood and internal affairs, but he died after six years in office.In the following five years, the young master succeeded to the throne, the assistant ministers ruled the country, the regent left the court for a long time to go on expeditions, the empress dowager was old and weak, and the empress dowager was young and shallow, all the signs of the country's subjugation were gathered.

Yu Mingqiu sighed, that's all.

He also knew that it was no wonder Xie Yan, even Gaozu and the late emperor hadn't solved the problem, how could Xie Yan, who had been busy dealing with the Qi people, do?
With a sneer, the murderous intent on Yu Mingqiu's face gradually deepened, "These people have such a rebellious heart, they should have the consciousness to die." Even if there may be colleagues and old friends he used to work with among them.

While the two were talking, several black shadows suddenly broke through the defense of the soldiers of the Zhen Guojun and rushed towards the empress dowager's bedroom.

Yu Mingqiu and Xiying turned their heads quickly when they heard the sound, and a throwing knife in Xiying's hand had already shot towards the person in front.These people who can break through the defense without a sound are naturally not ordinary people. The person was in mid-air, and his figure moved out of thin air to avoid the knife coming from behind.

"Master!" Xiying said.

Naturally, he is a master. If he is not a master, how dare he come here?

Yu Mingqiu and Xiying were not in a hurry, seeing that those people were about to approach the stone steps outside the dormitory, a group of soldiers of the Zhen Guojun in fine armor appeared outside the dormitory door, and with them were countless cold lights. feather arrows.

Outside the dormitory where there were not many people, many people quietly appeared.On the top of the hall and around it, countless arrows shot at the man in black who dared to break into the empress dowager's bedroom.

The men in black were blocked by the sudden feather arrow, but they reacted quickly.Experts like them, even in the rain of swords and arrows, cannot be hurt for a while.And just this moment is enough for them to find a breakthrough.

One of them sneered, as if mocking the naivety of the soldiers of the Zhen Guo Army.

The man took the first step and flew forward, slashing horizontally at the soldiers of the Zhen Guo Army guarding in front of the hall.

He used at least [-]% of his internal strength for this knife, but a row of black iron shields suddenly rose in front of the hall, and at the same time, arrows shot out from between the iron shields like a rainstorm.

And that one knife with the [-]% power of a first-class master didn't even make those shields shake.

The man in black was a little surprised, he didn't believe that these ordinary soldiers could have such strength.

But before he could think about it, a huge net fell from the sky and covered the intruders who were resisting the rain of arrows on the ground.

A man in black raised his head, drew a few sword flowers from his long sword, and stabbed towards the big net that was pressed down on his head.However, this was of no use at all, the huge net was still suppressed with an unstoppable momentum.

A few quick-witted ones had already sensed something was wrong, quickly retreated towards the surroundings, and finally retreated before the big net crushed them.But the three of them who were less lucky and less skillful, and were restricted by the rain of arrows, screamed at the moment the giant net was pressed down, and were shot into hedgehogs the next moment.

The eyes of the few people who avoided them were also more serious. They didn't pay attention to these ordinary soldiers at first, but who would have thought that three of them would die in just one meeting.

For those who can come here, each other still has some idea of ​​their own strength.The hawks and dogs of the imperial court did not know what method they used to quietly lay such a large net over the courtyard, and even experts like them could not break through it.

In addition, it was night again, and the light was dim, so it was already too late to discover.

"Heretician!" One of them couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

The soldiers guarding in front of the dormitory paid no attention to him, and their gleaming arrows were still aimed at the intruders under the eaves, as if warning them not to approach the dormitory behind them.

One of them looked around, hesitated for a moment, and blew a sharp whistle.

The men in black seemed to have received an order, and no longer forcibly barged into the door of the dormitory, but rushed towards Yu Mingqiu who was on the roof.

Yu Mingqiu and Xiying Qiqi backed away to put distance between each other, these men in black really came for Yu Mingqiu, five of them rushed towards Yu Mingqiu, leaving only one person to deal with Xiying.

Yu Mingqiu was a little bored, "I hate the ways of people in the world."

Although he had been a secret guard, he still considered himself a general in essence, and naturally preferred to lash out at Fang Qiu on the battlefield, rather than fighting to the death with a group of people in the world.

However, although he considered himself a general, the men in black in front of him were obviously from the Jianghu.And their opponents are obviously not serious people who can fight on the battlefield, so they naturally use these side methods.

A more decent way of saying it is - capture the thief first and capture the king first.

(End of this chapter)