Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 27
Leng Junxie took the snowflakes with almost trembling hands, and then tightly clenched them in his palms. The ice and snowflakes melted into drops of blood in his fists. He gritted his teeth and said, "Li Palace is too deceitful! Send an order to seal off Xin'an City. This general will make Xue Rulai Shredded to pieces!"

Although Song Qingtong didn't know what the Li Palace was, he knew that it would be quite unlucky if something happened in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens. If it spread out, it would seriously shake the state, so he quickly stopped Leng Junxie, "No, this hunt should only be carried out secretly. , otherwise it will cause panic in the whole city, and we will try our best to block the news."

Leng Junxie took a deep look at Song Qingtong and nodded vigorously.

At this moment, the guards rushed over and reported: "General, something is wrong. The cotton clothes and quilts in the east of the city that were going to be transported to the disaster-stricken counties suddenly caught fire. There is no water source nearby, and the fire cannot be controlled."

When Leng Junxie heard the words, his thick eyebrows stood on end, he grabbed the guard's collar and shouted: "Say it again!"

The guard said tremblingly: "Shortly after Guangling Lord and Ji Liangren transported the supplies to Xin'an into the city, a strange wind suddenly blew outside the city, and a fire broke out in the carriage!"

Leng Junxie's hands trembled, and he suddenly let go of the guards. His fists couldn't stop shaking, he glanced at Song Qingtong with shame, knelt down on the ground, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, I'm not good at things, please forgive me !"

After Song Qingtong heard the guard's words, her heart was empty and she couldn't express any feelings. Leng Junxie knelt down to plead guilty, and then she woke up from the shock. The cotton-padded quilt that Ji Yunhe worked so hard to raise was burned like this?My heart hurts like a pinprick, and the slogan yelled by the assassin still echoes in my ears, "If you are a foolish king, you will be punished by the gods!" It has to be suppressed no matter what.

Bending down to help Leng Junxie, Leng Junxie said something and refused to get up, Song Qingtong said: "Ah Xie, the enemy is too cunning, I don't blame you for this matter, since it has already happened, we must find a way to minimize the harm, Don’t say anything about the burning of materials, do your best to fight the fire and reduce the loss, you get up first, find all the officials and musicians who participated in the sacrifice to heaven, and strictly order them to keep silent, I will lead them down the mountain as if nothing happened.”

Leng Junxie nodded with a heavy heart, got up and led his men to leave like a whirlwind. Just now, he estimated that the time was approaching. He commanded the officers and soldiers to maintain order at the mountain pass. When he saw the officials and musicians running down in a hurry, he knew something had happened. Fortunately, Dongfang Liang Still a bit politically aware, he silenced everyone and told Leng Junxie that there was an assassin in a low voice, so he came as quickly as possible.

Here, Shui Jing checked the injuries of Chi Xiao and Cheng Ying, and after feeding the two of them the elixir, he turned around and told Song Qingtong that there was no serious problem, but it would take a while to recuperate.Only then did Song Qingtong feel relieved, and ordered the guards to carry the two of them into the temple, and after a while, they would quietly send them back to the mansion.

At this time, Leng Junxie arrived with Dongfang Liang and others. Dongfang Liang's legs trembled and was about to kneel down. Song Qingtong shook his head at him indistinctly, and Dongfang Liang froze immediately.Song Qingtong walked slowly in front of the crowd, said a few words of consolation, and then got to the point, "Whoever dares to go out and make any noise, will be killed without mercy!" Everyone trembled, and Nuonuo agreed.

At this moment, a guard ran out of the Temple of Heavenly Kings, came to Song Qingtong and knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty, twenty naked men with plaster on their faces were found in the Temple of Heavenly Kings."

With a thought in his mind, Song Qingtong glanced at Shui Jing. Leng Junxie had already rushed into the Temple of Heavenly Kings first, followed by Song Qingtong and Shui Jing. Twenty men lay side by side in the ear room of the Temple of Heavenly Kings. On the ground, the guards had already covered them with clothes, Leng Junxie squatted down, put his index finger under the nose of one of them, and whispered: "I just passed out."

He ordered someone to bring water to wake one of them up. When he woke up, he was still dazed. After a while, he realized that he was weeping bitterly and begged for mercy. Delayed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, please forgive me." Obviously he didn't know anything.

The matter is very clear, but martial law has been enforced here since last night. Leng Junxie frowned. He checked the inside and outside of the Tianwang Temple no less than ten times, and he couldn't even find a mouse. How did the assassin get in?Could it be...

Song Qingtong and Shui Jing also thought at the same time that they most likely dug a tunnel to sneak in. The height of the road is one foot high and the height of the devil is ten feet high. Said: "It's getting late, Ah Xie, you stay and search the Tianwang Temple, I will go down the mountain first."

Leng Junxie nodded silently, and ordered the guards: "Even if you turn the Tianwang Temple upside down, you must find the secret way!"

Song Qingtong took a deep breath, straightened her clothes, and walked out of the Temple of Heavenly Kings dignifiedly, walking at the front of the team with her head held high, and a group of people walked down the mountain along the stone steps.

The people were still looking around at the foot of the mountain. Just now, sharp-eyed people had already seen a group of people in official uniforms running down the mountain in disheveled clothes. They were guessing. Suddenly, they saw Song Qingtong leading the team down the mountain solemnly and calmly. The doubts in their hearts were dispelled.

In the crowd that lined the road, many people held up the cotton-padded clothes that had just been handed out, and shouted long live. It seemed that the supplies sent to Xin'an had been saved. Jing boarded the carriage, the coachman gave a light scold, and the carriage moved forward slowly.

Without all the official musicians, without the onlookers, Song Qingtong took off her disguise, closed her eyes tiredly, and sat slumped in her seat. The supplies were gone, and the treasury was empty. What did she use to prepare?Do you still want to ask Ji Yunhe?Shui Jing saw it in his eyes, and his heart ached so much that he just wanted to hold her in his arms, following his heart, he stretched out his slender long hand towards Song Qingtong's arm, but unexpectedly Song Qingtong closed his eyes and asked, "What's going on with Li Gong?"

Shui Jing quickly withdrew her hand, her heart was beating wildly, she stabilized her mind, and murmured: "Li Palace has always been mysterious and has been active in the Southern Dynasty. He was only 14 years old when he took the position of Lord, and no one in the world favored him, but he did something earth-shattering at the beginning of his tenure, and since then the world has changed since he was lifted from the palace."

Song Qingtong opened his eyes and looked at Shui Jing, seeing his serious face, what did Xue Rulai do?I am very curious.

(End of this chapter)