Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 58 Attack on the Palace
  There was such a big thing happening outside, but the East Palace was still quiet.

After Daqian encountered an emergency, almost all the important officials forgot about Emperor Jingwen and immediately reported anything to the Supreme Emperor.

Everyone knows that even if it is reported to Emperor Jingwen, Emperor Jingwen still needs to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions.

Without the Supreme Emperor's seal, Emperor Jingwen's seal alone would not be able to mobilize any troops or money.

While Emperor Jingwen was sleeping in the East Palace, war was going on in the capital.

At the same time, the South Palace Gate and the North Palace Gate were opened by two young eunuchs.

Although the sergeant guarding the gate discovered what the young eunuch had done, it was already too late. A large number of assassins rushed in from both the north and south palace gates.

Jia Qiang's ears twitched slightly, and he looked into the distance with a somewhat surprised look.

He seemed to hear the cry of killing, but this was the palace, how could there be the cry of killing?

At this moment, a eunuch rushed over covered in blood.

The eunuch lost his normal pace and ran almost as hard as he could, making his feet hit the ground hard.

"There is an assassin, please report to the emperor!" the eunuch shouted loudly as he ran.

Jia Qiang was suddenly shocked that there was actually an assassin.

Judging from the eunuch's appearance, this assassin must be quite numerous, otherwise it would be impossible to shock him like this.

"What's the fuss about?" Xia Shouzhong asked as he walked out of the door.

After the eunuch saw Xia Shouzhong, all his strength was gone and he collapsed to the ground.

"Manager, there are hundreds of assassins coming towards the East Palace!" He reported while panting heavily.

"Nonsense, how is that possible?" Xia Shouzhong roared.

This is the imperial palace, with a capital camp of 40,000 people. How could hundreds of assassins reach the East Palace?
  "Manager, hurry up and prepare before it's too late!" The eunuch almost cried as he kept saying.

"Guard Zhang, lead someone to block the front door!" Xia Shouzhong shouted in a deep voice when he saw that the eunuch didn't look like he was lying.

"Obey the order!" Guard Zhang bowed and responded.

I saw him rushing down the steps, shouting orders, and two hundred guards rushed out from the rooms on both sides of the East Palace.

Jia Qiang could tell that this should be Emperor Jingwen's last protective power.

These two hundred guards were wearing leather armor and wielding swords and shields. Under the leadership of Guard Zhang, they rushed to the entrance to the passage leading to the front from the square outside the East Palace, where they set up a defense line.

Jia Qiang was about to follow, but was stopped by Xia Shouzhong.

"Guard Jia, follow me in!" Xia Shouzhong said to Jia Qiang.

Jia Qiang entered the room. Emperor Jingwen was already awake at this moment. He stood in front of the window and looked at Guard Zhang.

"Jia Qiang, you are currently the strongest combat force in the East Palace, and my safety depends on you!" Emperor Jingwen said solemnly.

At this moment, Emperor Jingwen was in a very bad mood. Entrusting his own safety to others was the last thing an emperor wanted to encounter.

But there is no way, the East Palace is attacked, the only person who can rely on is Jia Qiang.

"Jia Qiang should protect the Holy Lord with all her strength!" Jia Qiang bowed and expressed her attitude.

"Shou Zhong, put the unicorn armor on Jia Qiang!" Emperor Jing Wen ordered Xia Shouzhong who was standing aside.

Since all the soldiers in the palace do not have heavy armor, especially in the East Palace, this is the safest place.

This only heavy armor was specially made by the Ministry of Industry when Emperor Jingwen ascended the throne.

As an emperor, he still had a dream to go to the battlefield and sweep across the grassland like the Supreme Emperor.

But after becoming the emperor, this set of unicorn armor became a decoration in the East Palace, which he could just take a look at when he was not busy.

Emperor Jingwen issued an order, and Xia Shouzhong called all the eunuchs in the East Palace and began to dress Jia Qiang.

At this moment, shouts of killing came from the door guarded by Guard Zhang.

Among them, the shouts of 'Vacuum hometown, no biological parents' exceeded the voices of the guards. It seemed that the defense line over there could not be defended for long.

Two eunuchs moved a little too slowly and were kicked away by Xia Shouzhong. He personally helped Jia Qiang with her armor.

"Go and help guard the door!" Xia Shouzhong ordered the eunuchs while helping Jia Qiang wear her armor. Even though the eunuchs knew that guarding the gate would lead to death, they still rushed out of the palace gate and rushed towards the guards.

The whole room fell silent, and only the soft and crisp sound of the nails hitting each other could be heard from time to time.

After a while, the Kirin Armor was put on.

Jia Qiang found that this set of unicorn armor did not expose any part of the body from head to toe, from front to back. On the left and right shoulders were unicorn beast heads, and the whole body was golden yellow with red silk embellishments in the middle.

This set of unicorn armor is not heavy. He feels it weighs almost thirty kilograms. It is made of a special alloy. A buffer is added behind the armor pieces, making the unicorn armor even more powerful.

"It's a pity that without a war horse, this waist sword can't fully unleash your combat power!" Emperor Jingwen said helplessly as he looked at Jia Qiang's body.

He placed his hope on Jia Qiang. It was Jia Qiang who saved him in crisis last time. He hoped that Jia Qiang could still do it this time.

"Your Majesty, I want to choose my own weapon!" Jia Qiang also felt that the waist knife was unreliable, so he requested.

"That's right, if you like it in the East Palace, go and get it yourself!" Emperor Jingwen waved his hand and said.

At this time, as long as Jia Qiang's combat power can be brought into play, even if Jia Qiang carries the dragon chair to fight, he is willing to let Jia Qiang use the dragon chair.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Qiang was overjoyed. He walked out of the palace gate without any hesitation, came to the statue of a goddess, grabbed the neck of the goddess statue, and picked up the statue.

Then he walked to another goddess statue and grabbed the goddess statue in his other hand in the same way.

"Shiwei Jia, are you planning to use these two statues as weapons?" Xia Shouzhong couldn't help but ask in shock.

Although a fifth-level master possesses a thousand catties of strength, having a thousand catties of strength and using a thousand catties of weapons are two different things.

Thousand catties of huge strength means that the ultimate strength is a thousand catties, and the weapon needs to be used freely, which requires enough remaining strength to be used to swing the weapon.

The weight of the weapon is preferably one-tenth of its own strength. This is the most labor-saving and can be used for a long time in battle.

Of course, there are also strong people who use heavy weapons, but heavy weapons are only about one-third of their own strength, otherwise heavy weapons will become a burden to the strong.

"I think it's just right!" Jia Qiang waved the goddess statue in her hand twice and replied in a deep voice.

He still had some energy left, and used the goddess statue on his right hand to gently move the visor of the Qilin Armor to close it.

This action made Xia Shouzhong couldn't believe his eyes. It meant that Jia Qiang's strength was far more than a thousand kilograms, but he couldn't tell how many kilograms of strength she had.

If his strength is at level four or level five, he might be able to tell the difference, but higher levels would be difficult.

Jia Qiang said no more, bowed to Emperor Jingwen, and then rushed towards the battle.

"Shou Zhong, tell me where the capital camp is?" Emperor Jing Wen asked calmly.

Xia Shouzhong was startled. He glanced at Emperor Jingwen secretly and found that Emperor Jingwen was looking in the direction of Daming Palace.

Assassins came to the East Palace, and even the capital camp did not come to rescue them.

Either Jingying participated in the assassination, or Jingying went to protect a more important target.

In the palace, there is only one more important target, and that is the Supreme Emperor.

"When such a big thing happened, where is your intelligence network?" Emperor Jingwen asked again.

This time Xia Shouzhong couldn't hold it any longer and knelt down in front of Emperor Jingwen.

"Master, let's leave through the back door first!" Xia Shouzhong couldn't help but plead when he heard the shouts of killing in the distance getting smaller and smaller, and the slogans of the White Lotus believers getting louder.

He couldn't completely trust Jia Qiang to resist hundreds of assassins by herself.

Even if he didn't see the strength of those assassins in person, they could not be weak if they could kill from outside the palace to the East Palace in a short time.

If Jia Qiang had a war horse and a big gun, she might still be able to fight with him, but at this moment Jia Qiang only had a suit of armor and a pair of goddess statues that were not considered weapons.

"Since the founding of Daqian, has there ever been an emperor who retreated?" Emperor Jingwen asked calmly.

"No!" Xia Shouzhong lowered his head and replied.

"I am the emperor of Daqian. No one in the palace can make me retreat!" Emperor Jingwen's voice was loud and echoed in the tall and open room.

"I swear to protect my master to the death!" Xia Shouzhong stood up suddenly. He stood in front of the door and guarded the East Palace.

(End of this chapter)