phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 136

Zichen Palace.

"Bai Libing has seen Her Majesty the Empress." Bai Libing walked into the side hall and gave a light salute, but after seeing him for a few days, his brows seemed to be a little more restless, and he was no longer as flattered as he was when he first met.

"National teachers don't need to be polite." Su Hailing had a half-smile on his face, muttering to himself.Could it be that the excitement of molesting him hasn't passed yet?
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Libing took a deep breath, raised her head, and a flash of determination flashed in her amethyst-like eyes.

"Excuse me, Mr. National Teacher, what advice do you have for sending someone to send this?" Su Hailing didn't talk nonsense, and raised his hand, holding a piece of plain paper between his fingers.

It was a young priest who sent it to Haiyue Food Store, specifying what he wanted to hand over to her.Meng Ruyan didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately sent it to the palace. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a letter of allegiance to the West Qin Temple.

"I don't dare to advise you, but Her Majesty the Empress is not clear about what is said in the letter, and Li Bing is willing to explain to Her Majesty." Bai Li Bing said expressionlessly.

"Don't you think I can't attack Xiqin without you and the power of the temple?" Su Hailing's tone revealed a hint of sternness, and with his fingers, the letter was immediately crumpled into a ball.

Bai Libing suddenly smiled and understood her thoughts.Back then, the power of the Great Qin Dynasty Temple far exceeded the imperial power, and even if it could ascend to the throne, it would only become a puppet.In today's Western Qin Dynasty, although the power of the temple is not as good as before, the status of theocracy in the hearts of the survivors of the Great Qin Dynasty is still high and unshakable.Without the cooperation of the temple, even if Dayong could take down Xiqin by force, it would be difficult to pacify the people of Xiqin.

"Your Majesty." In the silence, Zixin came in with a tea tray.

"Let's have a cup of tea first, the national teacher. This is the best rain tea that just entered the palace this year." Su Hailing smiled, and easily changed the topic.

Zixin obediently brought tea and a few plates of fresh fruit snacks, and then retreated.

"Continue the topic just now." Su Hailing took a sip from his teacup and said casually, "I heard that Xu Chunshui, the deputy envoy of the Western Qin envoy, is still a classmate of your empress?"

"What do you mean?" Bai Libing's expression darkened.

"Ming people don't speak dark words." Su Hailing laughed, but his voice did not contain a trace of laughter, "If Xu Chunshui didn't have a mission to monitor you, I wouldn't believe it."

"Really?" Bai Libing raised her eyebrows, and said with a half-smile, "I never thought Her Majesty would be so interested in a woman."

Su Hailing's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, then put it down calmly.Sure enough, this person's poisonous tongue was no less than the poison on his body.

"Yes or no, Li Bing only wants an answer." Bai Li Bing stared into her eyes tightly.

"Why?" Su Hailing frowned, and said directly, "Why did you betray your country? Today, there are three kingdoms in the mainland. Although Dayong is the strongest, if Western Qin and Southern Chu form an alliance, they will beat Dayong, not to mention I also heard that the Empress of West Qin Dynasty is wise, and she seems to be far from being in a hurry to find a way out."

"No reason." After a while, Bai Libing's voice was heard, "I hate that country, and I hate that cold temple, that's all."

Su Hailing was slightly taken aback, remembering what Mu Qingchen had explained to her about the selection of the national teacher, it seemed that except for the final winner, all other candidates would be sacrificed as blood sacrifices to the gods at the new national teacher's inauguration ceremony. Dried the whole body of blood to death while alive.

However, being able to understand Bai Libing's hatred does not mean that one can trust him.

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe my sincerity, you might as well make a blood oath." Bai Libing said calmly.

Another blood oath... Su Hailing couldn't help but have a headache, do people in this world believe in this?

After a long time, she was about to speak, but at this moment, there was a commotion outside the hall.

"What's the matter!" Su Hailing shouted.

Even if there is something, but Bai Libing is still here, isn't it just a joke for others to see?It's been too long since no one has rectified the palace, and everyone has turned upside down!Rumors continue, messy!
"Your Majesty! It's bad! The palace is on fire!" Zixin's anxious voice sounded outside the door.

"What?!" Su Hailing was stunned, ignored Bai Libing, strode out of the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Where did the fire start?"

"It's Leng Gong." Zixin said hastily.

"Lenggong?" Su Hailing was startled for a moment, then his expression changed drastically, he grabbed him and shouted, "Where is Jun Han? Where is he?"

"Mei Guijun is not in Hanxiang Hall, but at Queen Feng's place." Zixin replied.

Su Hailing breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned again.

There was no one locked up in her cold palace, and there was only the Hanxiang Hall where Mei Junhan lived nearby. The cold palace caught fire, was it an accident, a coincidence, or... a long-planned plan?
While thinking, a faint evil spirit radiated out, making Zixin flinch involuntarily, and took a few steps back slightly.

"Go and have a look." Su Hailing said.

If someone really dared to intentionally hurt someone she cared about, then... a thousand pieces of corpse would not be enough to vent her hatred!
"But Master Bai..." Zixin looked around the hall hesitantly.

"Go and ask Master Guoshi to rest in the side hall for a while." Su Hailing ordered without hesitation.

"Yes." Zixin agreed.

Su Hailing strode out of Zichen Palace, looked up, and saw that the sky in the direction of Lenggong was all red, as if the sunset had come too early, and the screaming of people and horses could be faintly heard in his ears.

"When did it happen?" Su Hailing asked the guard beside him in a low voice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the fire is not yet ready for a cup of tea." Seeing that the Queen actually asked her a question, the guard quickly puffed up his chest and replied respectfully.

"It burns so badly in less than a cup of tea, it seems that someone set the fire can't be wrong." Su Hailing clenched his fists and said to himself.

"Hailing!" A voice shouted from behind.

When Su Hailing turned his head, he saw Mu Qingchen and Mei Junhan coming hand in hand, obviously alarmed by the fire.

"How much kerosene and firewood is needed for such a big fire? Could it be that the guards of the palace can't be arranged?" Mei Jun said coldly.

His cold gaze swept around, and all the guards he saw lowered their heads in panic.

"That's because the place where the fire started happened to be the wine cellar!" Haoyue's voice came from afar.

"Yue, you're back?" Su Hailing raised his head, and saw Haoyue flying over gracefully.

Haoyue fell in front of her, her face was a little heavy, apparently she had discovered something.

"What's wrong?" Su Hailing asked.

"The fire has been brought under control, let's talk about the rest." Haoyue said softly, looking around cautiously.

"Go back to Bixiao Palace." Su Hailing nodded.

There is still Bai Libing in the Zichen Palace, not to mention that the two palaces of the emperor and empress were built next to each other, but only a few steps away.

The four entered the study, and the last Haoyue closed the door casually.

"What's going on?" Su Hailing asked impatiently.

"There was an assassin who sneaked into the palace. After being discovered, he set fire to it when he escaped. It accidentally burned the wine cellar built near the cold palace. The wine fueled the fire, so it got out of control." Haoyue said slowly.

"Are you kidding?" Su Hailing sneered, "Assassin? The Leng Palace and the Zichen Palace are one east and one west, almost on both sides of the palace. Which assassin is so stupid, could it be that he is a road idiot?"

"There must be some mystery." Mu Qingchen pondered, then looked at Mei Junhan and remained silent.

"Where's the assassin? Did you catch him?" Mei Junhan said.

"There are no survivors." Haoyue shook her head and said, "They all have poison hidden in their mouths. Once they realize that they cannot escape, they immediately bite through the poison and kill themselves. No one is left alive."

"Dead man." Su Hailing let out a soft breath.

"Where's the corpse?" Mei Junhan asked again, "Can you find anything from the corpse?"

"The faces of all the assassins have been scratched in a mess by sharp weapons, and we can't see their true colors." Haoyue smiled wryly, paused for a moment, and added, "Look at the scars, it's not recent, at least it's been a few years. The old one is hurt."

"That is to say, they are dead soldiers specially trained by certain people for a certain purpose." Su Hailing said in a deep voice.

"That's right." Haoyue responded, opened her mouth again, and stopped talking.

"Why, what else? Is there anything else that cannot be said directly?" Su Hailing wondered.

"I fought a few tricks with two of the assassins, and I always feel..." Haoyue frowned, as if thinking about her words, and continued after a while, "The moves they used seem to be vaguely familiar, but they couldn't think of them for a while. Where have you seen it before?"

"Oh?" Su Hailing raised his eyebrows, feeling something strange in his heart.

"What we need to know now is, what is the purpose of those assassins?" Mu Qingchen said.

"That's right." Su Hailing glanced at Mei Junhan, and was a little hesitant. Could the assassin's target be Mei Junhan?Apart from him, there is really no other target near the Lenggong.But... what to do with Mei Junhan?Even if he wanted to threaten her, wouldn't it be more straightforward to deal with Mu Qingchen?Or……

The more she thought about it, all kinds of possibilities came up, which made her dizzy.

"Could it be related to King An's remnant party?" Mei Junhan said, "I still don't think it's aimed at me."

"Su Yuling?" Su Hailing shook his head, and said helplessly, "Apart from scaring the snake, what's the use of her doing it?"

There was an instant silence in the study.

"By the way, where's Bai Libing?" Mei Junhan asked suddenly.

"I left him in the side hall of Zichen Palace." Su Hailing slapped his forehead, and said with some nerve-wracking, "I didn't expect Bai Libing to join me in the army and pledge allegiance? No matter how you look at it, it looks like a poisonous bait, wrapped in sugar poison!"

"So, are you going to eat it?" Mu Qingchen said quietly.

"Eat, why don't you eat!" Su Hailing laughed, "I already have your invulnerable physique, so I'm still afraid of taking some poison? Maybe it will be a great tonic!"

"Zichen Palace... How about the current guards?" Mei Junhan asked suddenly.

"There was a fire in the palace, and most of the guards were gathered near the cold palace." Su Hailing was startled, and then his face darkened.

"Bai Libing?" Mu Qingchen said.

Without waiting for an answer, Haoyue grabbed the sword and swept it out of the window.

"Bah!" Su Hailing slapped the desk heavily, it's better not as she imagined!
(End of this chapter)