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But in Chen Pingping's opinion, these seven words do not mean the same thing.

He knew the power of the Grand Master, and also knew what kind of person Zhou Chen was. If Zhou Chen was really surrounded and attacked by the Grand Master, he would not ask him for help. Or, it would be useless to ask him for help. But Zhou Chen still gave him these seven words.

Chen Pingping, who was suspicious and extremely smart, quickly figured out what Zhou Chen wanted to tell him.

"Zhou Chen said that Hong Sixiang is not a grandmaster, so the grandmaster in the palace is His Majesty. If His Majesty is a grandmaster, then the murderer, could it be that back then..."

He immediately thought of the mastermind that he and Fan Jian had been looking for for the past twenty years. If Emperor Qing was the hidden Grandmaster, why was he hiding? And the upheaval in Kyoto that year, he could only think of one possibility.

"Ruohai, the capital is going to be in turmoil. Go and gather all the major organizers in Beijing now."

"Yes, Dean."

Yan Ruohai went to make the announcement without saying anything. He knew very well that if His Majesty really wanted to kill the Duke of Zhenguo, there would indeed be an earthquake in Kyoto.

After sending Yan Ruohai away, Chen Pingping immediately grabbed Yingzi.

"Your Majesty is a hidden Grandmaster. If he wants to kill the Duke of Zhenguo, he will definitely not let go of anyone related to the Duke of Zhenguo, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and the Grand Princess of Northern Qi."

When he said this, there was a gleam in his eyes.

"Shadow, go to the inn. If someone can rescue the Princess of Northern Qi, don't worry about it. If not, you help her."

Shadow nodded, and then asked, "Only save the Princess of Northern Qi?"

Chen Pingping looked indifferent: "Others have nothing to do with us, so don't bother with them."

Shadow asked hesitantly, "If Emperor Qing wants to kill Zhou Chen, he must have set up a trap. If Zhou Chen can't survive,

Chen Pingping said: "I helped him save people just to repay his favor. As for whether she can survive, I hope he can survive."

Having said that, he knew Emperor Qing very well. The fact that Emperor Qing chose to take action against Zhou Chen at this time meant that he had made all the necessary preparations. The possibility of Zhou Chen surviving was extremely low.

"Also, don't use the identity of Shadow."

"know."

'The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is under siege!'

The news spread throughout Kyoto at an extremely fast speed, and everyone who heard the news was shocked.

At the Crown Prince's residence in the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince looked incredulous and asked the subordinate who came to report the news, "What did you say? The inn where the Northern Qi princess lived was besieged by the army led by Ye Zhong, the garrison commander of the capital? The Duke Zhenguo's residence was besieged by the imperial guards led by Gong Dian? Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"

"Your Highness, it is absolutely true. The Duke of Zhenguo's wedding procession has already dispersed, but that street has been blocked and our people cannot pass through."

The prince was horrified: "The posthouse and the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion were besieged at the same time. In the entire capital, only Your Majesty can do this. Is Your Majesty going to take action against the Duke of Zhenguo? Isn't the Duke of Zhenguo now?"

The news was so shocking that he found it unbelievable after hearing it.

Isn’t today the wedding day of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Princess of Northern Qi?

Why did His Majesty suddenly take action against the Duke of Zhenguo?

The second prince also received the news, and his reaction was even more extreme than that of the crown prince.

"Why would His Majesty attack the Duke of Zhenguo at this time? And the Ye family, are they crazy? Attacking the Princess of Northern Qi and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, they..."

Having said this, he stopped abruptly and his pupils contracted.

"Could it be that Ye Liuyun and the Ye family, along with His Majesty..."

Thinking of this possibility, the Second Prince's face became even gloomier. He and Ye Ling'er were granted marriage by Emperor Qing, but such a long time has passed and the Ye family has not shown any sign of standing on his side, so he tried his best to win over Zhou Chen.

But now that Emperor Qing has taken action against Zhou Chen, wouldn’t everything he had done before be in vain?

What he couldn't understand the most was why Emperor Qing would take action against Zhou Chen at this time. Isn't this a self-weakening of the Qing Kingdom?

Although he couldn't understand it, at this moment, he didn't dare to move at all. He could only sit there anxiously waiting for news.

Fan Xian was about to go out with Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing when they were stopped by Fan Jian.

"The Zhenguo Mansion will no longer exist after today, so you don't need to go there."

"what?"

Fan Jian's words stunned Fan Xian on the spot.

"Because His Majesty has decided to get rid of the Duke of Zhenguo today, he should have already started now."

Fan Xian's eyes widened, he could hardly believe his ears.

"What did you say? Your Majesty wants to kill the Duke of Zhenguo? Why?"

"Why else could it be? The Duke of Zhenguo thinks he is a great master, disrespects His Majesty, and ignores the imperial power. His Majesty has tolerated him for a long time. This time, he has laid a net of heaven and earth, and the Duke of Zhenguo cannot escape even if he has wings."

Fan Jian had a puzzled expression. He didn't think anything of Fan Xian's disrespect to Emperor Qing, but as a subject, he felt that Zhou Chen's behavior was not that of a subject and was extremely hypocritical.

But he actually didn't quite understand why Emperor Qing had to kill Zhou Chen just for this. Not to mention that Zhou Chen's death would be equivalent to a self-weakening for the Qing Kingdom. If the other two masters were also injured in the process of killing Zhou Chen, the loss of the Qing Kingdom would be too heavy.

He originally wanted to persuade Fan Xian not to worry about it, but after hearing this, Fan Xian became even more excited.

"No, I have to go see what's going on. The Duke of Zhenguo has helped me more than once, and I can't just sit there and do nothing."

Fan Jian grabbed Fan Xian and said anxiously, "Don't go. This is the plan of His Majesty himself. You can't save the Duke of Zhenguo even if you go."

Fan Xian's face looked grim. He had now reached the ninth rank in combat power, so he was more aware of the gap between the ninth rank and the grandmaster. The difference was like heaven and earth. If the grandmaster attacked and killed Zhou Chen, it would be in vain for him to go.

"The inn where the Grand Princess of Northern Qi is staying?"

"We have been surrounded by the Imperial Guards and Tiger Guards led by Ye Zhong. We are almost dead."

Fan Jian also had a heavy expression. Emperor Qing wanted to kill Zhou Chen. Although he felt that this was not a good thing, he did not particularly object. However, he could not stand the fact that Emperor Qing wanted to capture the eldest princess of Northern Qi to threaten Zhou Chen.

This method is really a bit despicable. What's more, the Princess of Northern Qi is not only Zhou Chen's fiancée, but also a princess of Northern Qi. By doing this, does Emperor Qing want to completely turn against Northern Qi? This is not a very wise choice.

"How can you do this, Your Majesty? She is a princess of Northern Qi, and she is just a weak woman."

Fan Xian couldn't accept this kind of thing. Another reason was that what Emperor Qing had done in recent times was really hard for him to accept and he felt very resistant to it.

Fan Jian was very determined: "You can't go anywhere today as long as I'm here. I can't watch you die."

Fan Xian looked at Fan Jian. If he forced to leave, Fan Jian would certainly not be able to stop him. But the problem was, even if he went it would be useless. Not to mention that he could not help Zhou Chen, even if he went to rescue the Princess of Northern Qi, with his ninth-rank combat power, he could not play much of a role facing the established imperial guards and tiger guards.

He hesitated for a while, said nothing, and took Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing back to his yard.

As soon as he entered the yard, Teng Zijing said impatiently: "We must go to help the Duke of Zhenguo. He saved my life."

Wang Qinian said: "But you have also paid, so it is a fair trade."

Teng Zijing immediately glared at him: "Wang Qinian, what do you mean, do you want to watch him die without helping?"

Wang Qinian said: "Of course I want to save them. But what can we do with just a few of us? This is the order of His Majesty. If we go to save them, we will be disobeying His Majesty's order."

Teng Zijing's expression froze for a moment. He was disobeying the imperial order. He might not care about his own life, but he still had a wife and children.

"Fan Xian."

"grown ups."

Facing the gazes and questions of the two, Fan Xian's face became heavy.

"Let me think about it first. Let me think about it."

Fan Xian walked into the room. Wang Qinian and Teng Zijing looked at each other, then left the yard, leaving the space to Fan Xian.

After a while, Fan Xian suddenly stood up and shouted loudly: "Uncle Wu Zhu, Uncle Wu Zhu..."

The next moment, a figure appeared out of nowhere, it was Wu Zhu.

"You're looking for me."

Fan Xian asked anxiously, "Uncle Wu Zhu, are there any Grandmasters fighting in Kyoto?"

Wu Zhu said: "Yes, and there are more than two, there are three, and the other one is very strange, but he does have the combat power of a grandmaster."

Fan Xian was shocked: "Four Grandmasters? Uncle Wu Zhu, how can there be four Grandmasters?"

"I don't know, but there were definitely four of them, three beating one. The one being beaten was Zhou Chen. I remember the other one was Ye Liuyun."

Although Wu Zhu's memory was somewhat lost, he still remembered many of the people he had known in the past. Ye Liuyun became a grandmaster under his whipping, so he naturally had an impression of him.

The street where the battle took place was not very far from here. When the battle just happened, he was attracted and took a few looks, but soon came back.

"Three against one Zhenguogong?"

Zhou Chen was frightened by Wu Zhu's words. How could Emperor Qing have such great ability? It was no problem for him to command the great masters in the palace. As a Qing countryman, Ye Liuyun might also listen to Emperor Qing. What about the other one?

"Who is the other one, Ku He? Or Si Gu Jian? Will they listen to your majesty and besiege the Duke of Zhenguo?"

"It's not Ku He, nor is it Si Gu Jian. It's a very strange person. He has no true energy and looks a bit like me."

"what?"

Fan Xian didn't quite understand what Wu Zhu meant, but he understood that there was actually another Grandmaster with fighting power, not one of the five Grandmasters.

What is going on in this world? Aren't there only five great masters? It's fine if there are people like Uncle Wu Zhu, but how come another great master has appeared now?

But now is not the time to think about these things. When he thought about Zhou Chen being besieged by the three great masters and his life or death being in danger, he hurriedly asked Wu Zhu for help.

"Uncle Wuzhu, the Duke of Zhenguo has done me a favor, do you have a way to save him?"

"I can't help it. He can't survive the three great masters, and I am only responsible for protecting you. I don't care about others."

"But the Duke of Zhenguo has done me a favor. I beg you to help him, okay?"

"No, the lady ordered me to protect you. If I go, I might die and I won't be able to protect you anymore. I can't go."

Fan Xian was about to say something, but he was suddenly choked. Yes, three great masters. Even if Uncle Wu Zhu went there now, the Duke of Zhenguo would be in trouble. Although Uncle Wu Zhu was powerful, he might not be able to stop the three great masters at the same time.

Thinking of this, he could no longer bring himself to ask Wu Zhu to save Zhou Chen. At this moment, he really hated himself secretly. If he had the strength, he would not be so helpless.

The Zhou Mansion, as Zhou Chen's base camp, was surrounded by the Imperial Guards. At Gong Dian's command, the Imperial Guards rushed directly into the mansion. Many servants in the Zhou Mansion were in a panic. They wanted to escape but couldn't. They were all roughly controlled by the Imperial Guards.

After a while, Gong Dian listened to the reports from his officers with a gloomy face.

"Commander, no one is found."

"How is it possible? We were watching the whole time and clearly saw someone go in. How come we didn't find anyone?"

Gong Dian was the commander sent by Emperor Qing to besiege Zhou Mansion. His main target was Zhou Chen's woman, the prostitute Zhou Chen brought back from the brothel.

Although Emperor Qing didn't think Zhou Chen would care about a prostitute, what if? So he still gave the order.

But he didn't know that although Zhou Chen was proud of his martial arts and unruly, he was not the kind of person who thought highly of himself. Instead, he was well aware of the principle that a cunning rabbit has three burrows.

He had already built a secret passage in the Zhou Mansion, which led directly to a house on another street behind the mansion. This house was secretly bought by him a few years ago. Although they belonged to two different areas, they were actually quite close to each other, so he was able to open this underground passage just in case.

Originally, he thought that this secret passage would be of no use after he became a grandmaster, but today, it came in handy and served as a retreat for Sang Wen and the others.

Compared with the smooth retreat of Sang Wen and his men, the situation at the posthouse was not very optimistic, because it was really surrounded by the army and no one could get in or out.

Chapter 1472 Loyal Guard, a Moment of Life and Death

The inn where the Northern Qi delegation was temporarily staying had been surrounded by a large army, including two thousand elite troops and a hundred tiger guards.

The one who led the army to besiege the post station was Ye Chong, the garrison commander of Kyoto. In fact, he only received the order from Emperor Qing in the early hours of this morning.

When he learned what he was about to do, his face turned pale with fear. If he were to say which people in Kyoto he was most afraid of offending, Duke Zhenguo Zhou Chen would definitely be among the top three. However, facing the gaze of Emperor Qing, he could only bite the bullet and agree.

It was because he agreed that he realized that he had no way out and could only go down this path to the end.

It was precisely because of this that he launched a vicious attack on the inn where the Northern Qi delegation was located, just to capture the eldest princess of Northern Qi alive.

He started the attack at the time agreed by Emperor Qing, but after so much time had passed, two thousand elite soldiers plus one hundred and eighty-rank tiger guards had not been able to capture the post station.

Because there were already 500 elite soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the Northern Qi Posthouse. These elite soldiers were the guards specially given to Zhan Pianpian by the young emperor of Northern Qi. They were also the face of Northern Qi. However, Zhan Doudou himself did not expect that these people would play a role so quickly.

If it weren't for these people's desperate protection, Zhan Pianpian would probably have been captured.

But even so, under the attack of the Qing army, even though they were on the defending side, they still suffered heavy losses. In a short period of time, only two hundred of the five hundred elite soldiers were left.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, a group of men in black rushed into the army, and cut the Qing army into pieces like cutting melons and vegetables. It was the Tiger Guards who took action to stop the group of men in black.

This group of men in black is no secret in the eyes of the major forces in Kyoto. They all know that they are the thirty-six constellations under Zhou Chen.

However, this time there were obviously more than thirty-six people, but about a hundred. The most powerful one was a master swordsman. Even if seven or eight tiger guards surrounded him, they were no match for him. He was definitely a swordsman of the ninth rank.

It was under the leadership of this ninth-rank swordsman that this group of star guards broke through the blockade of the imperial guards and rushed into the inn.

After a short period of fighting, the elite force of 2,000 people was reduced to less than 1,500 people, which made Ye Zhong look extremely ugly.

At this moment, he really wanted to dispatch more troops. With just a few thousand more people, he could easily kill all of these people.

But the problem is that although he is the garrison commander of Kyoto, he does not have the power to mobilize troops at will without an imperial decree.

"Sir, how about we just use the military crossbow?"