Chapter 309: Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission and the truth of the Taicang case has been so
Chapter 309: Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission and the Taicang case has been solved!
Eunuch Hai took a step forward and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The thick fog suddenly rolled up, like an icebreaker pushing away the ice, and a raging fire burned through the darkness.
The old eunuch in the python robe almost left an afterimage as he ran like a ghost. The fog of war that was enough to trap the monks of the Divine Chapter seemed to be non-existent to him.
Soon, he approached a mountain top and looked up. He saw a thick pillar of cloud rising from the top of the mountain.
Under the pillar of cloud, a short, fat, ugly man was vigorously waving a huge flag.
Sweating profusely!
It is like the flag bearer waving the flag on the top of the city wall when two armies are fighting.
With every wave, a vast mist would come out from the banner with strange patterns drawn on it.
"Hmph." Eunuch Hai had a blank expression on his face and stepped his right foot on the mountain.
puff!
The sorcerer waving the giant banner on the top of the mountain suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with horror, and he pretended to run away.
But I just felt weak all over and limp as mud.
Eunuch Hai stepped onto the top of the mountain and raised his hand to press down on the ugly face of the sorcerer nicknamed "Fog Ghost" who had been rampant in the martial arts world for many years.
"puff!"
Like a ripe tomato bursting, the second body fell backwards!
Killing two people in a row was as easy as drinking water.
"You are just an ant in the world. Learn to be an assassin in your next life." Eunuch Hai took out a handkerchief, wiped his dirty palms, and was about to leave.
However, at this moment, a strong sense of crisis suddenly surged into my heart.
"Hai Chunlin."
A voice appeared in his mind out of nowhere.
The first person to serve the royal family, the eunuch in a dragon robe who had swept the world decades ago, narrowed his pupils and paused in wiping his hands.
His eyes were fixed on a person who had been standing on the opposite hilltop.
In the mountains, the thick fog slowly dissipated, but it was still thick around, and the ravine between the two peaks was filled like a sea of clouds.
Hai Chunlin saw a middle-aged man with a shaggy beard.
Cangran and middle-aged man... these two words appear on the same person.
He was a man wearing a common robe, with an ordinary face, calm eyes, a slightly graying beard, and long hair of the same color fluttering behind his head.
He stood with his hands behind his back, out of place with his surroundings. He was neither dressed as a sorcerer nor a warrior.
"God of Law?" The old eunuch, whose real name was Hai Chunlin, narrowed his eyes, trying to test the other party's identity.
The man with an ordinary face did not deny it and said with emotion:
"The empress was willing to spend so much money to send you out to protect that young man. I regret that I was unable to learn from you when you left the martial arts world in the past. I never expected to meet you here today."
Hai Chunlin sneered and said to the leader of the Fashen Sect:
"Haha, you talk as if you are worthy of fighting with me. You are just a loser with not much cultivation, but you are so arrogant. You dare to call yourself the 'God of Law'. Are you afraid that the wind will blow your tongue away? If you want to fight with me, come here in your true form first."
The leader of the Fashen Sect was not angry, but smiled and said:
"Master Hai, please take my move first."
After he finished speaking, this most powerful sorcerer among the martial arts masters waved his hand, and with a rumbling sound, the clouds in the sky condensed into shape, and a loud roar resounded through the sky.
In the mountains.
An angry dragon formed by clouds and mist, with a body nearly a hundred feet in size, circled around the God of Law, but the sorcerer who called himself "God of Law" did not make any moves.
The angry dragon opened its bloody mouth and, with the power of heaven and earth, charged towards Eunuch Hai.
"Playing tricks!" The old eunuch in the python robe spat, and used his right hand as a knife, slowly slashing through the air with the palm knife.
rumbling...
In the distance, on the official road.
"Sir, look over there!"
Qian Kerou's pretty face changed color and she pointed in the direction of the mountains in the distance.
At this moment, the surrounding fog faded at an extremely fast speed. Although there was still a layer, the vision had basically been restored.
Therefore, everyone saw it clearly.
There was thick fog and white clouds in the distant mountains, but it was difficult to see clearly what was happening inside.
All that could be heard was a faint roar, like the roar of a dragon or a tiger, followed by a mushroom-shaped cloud that slowly rose up and then collapsed and fell.
Until it disappears without a trace.
"What's that noise? Could it be that the beasts in the mountains are fighting?"
Censor Chen Hong muttered that as a mortal he had an instinctive fear of wild beasts.
The marquis hugged his arms, sheathed his sword, glanced at the censor, and said sarcastically:
"Censor Chen, why don't you guess that it's the gods fighting?"
Zhao Duan looked at the dissipating fog around him and the clouds gradually flowing away in the distant mountains, and seemed to be thinking about something.
After a moment, he turned around and said:
"Keep on going!"
It seems that the ambush by the Law God Sect was blocked by an expert... Strange, where did this expert come from?
Zhao Duan frowned, then relaxed his brows. At this moment, he was not qualified to take the risk and join in the fun.
He sheathed his sword and continued northward.
……
Mountain top.
Eunuch Hai stood with his hands behind his back. Before his eyes he saw a fog dragon being split in half in mid-air and slowly collapsing. On the opposite hilltop, only a pile of flesh and blood and dry bones was left.
"The Fashen Sect..." Hai Chunlin whispered softly, his eyes heavy. Although he destroyed the other party's incarnation, but...
This warlock is unexpectedly strong.
"I'm afraid it's not too far from the Heaven Realm."
Eunuch Hai shook his head, turned around and prepared to leave.
But the palm of his right hand, which was behind his back, was oozing with blood. …
……
After this little episode, the rest of the journey went smoothly.
A few days later, one morning, Zhao Duan leaned his head out of the carriage and looked ahead, only to see the majestic gate of the capital city right before his eyes.
"came back!"
After letting out a long breath, Zhao Duan showed a sincere smile on his face.
I hadn’t been away for long, but I felt an urgent urge to go meet up with people I knew and socialize.
"Sir, we are completely safe now." Qian Kerou and others also smiled.
Ever since they were ambushed that day, this group of people have been living in fear.
This will completely put us within the capital city, and a strong sense of security will come over me.
"What are you afraid of? The assassin is here to kill me." Zhao Duan complained.
Qian Kerou and the others in Jinyi stuck out their tongues, thinking that this would mean they would have to step over our dead bodies.
Yuan Xingjun and other cavalrymen who had escorted them all the way were also exhausted. Zhao Duan immediately handed them a token and asked them to go to the nearby Shenjiying to rest and then return.
With this little remaining distance, the imperial guards of Lihua Hall were able to safely escort the two prison carts into the city.
The city gate.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw Zhao Duan and his party returning, they immediately opened a small door to welcome them to avoid crowding with the people entering the city.
After half a month, Zhao Duan was in a good mood when he stepped into the streets of the capital again. The only regret was that it was almost Mid-Autumn Festival and the scenery in the city was much less beautiful.
"Take the prisoner back to the imperial prison." Zhao Duan ordered as he walked through the streets of the city.
Qian Kerou was stunned for a moment, then said in a silly way:
"Sir, don't you want to go back to the government office first?"
Beside him, Shen Juan smiled slyly:
"Why are you asking? For such a serious case, you must go to the palace first and report to His Majesty."
You'd better give a serious report... Zhao Duan smacked his lips.
The other Jinyi officers also showed smiles that all men understand.
——In their eyes, their master is the emperor's bedside companion.
I haven't seen you for so many days, so I have to report back to you.
Too lazy to explain to his men, Zhao Duan walked to the prison van behind him.
He ignored Wang Chusheng and looked through the cage at Gao Lian, who had become much more haggard after the hardships of the journey, and said quietly:
"Master Gao, we have arrived in the capital."
Inside the prison van, the drowsy Gao Lian opened his eyes. He remained in a cross-legged meditation posture like a monk, looking at the bustling streets and the towering bell tower in the distance.
His lips moved and he whispered:
"The court will clear my name."
Zhao Duan stared at him for a moment, nodded, and said with a fake smile:
"I look forward to that day."
……
After bidding farewell to the prison car, Zhao Duan drove alone and headed straight for the palace.
When he got outside the palace gate, the guards were surprised to see him:
"Master Zhao! Are you back?"
Zhao Duan smiled and got off the carriage, threw the whip to the guard, and said:
"Please inform me that I need to see His Majesty and report back."
After a while, a young eunuch came running in from the doorway, waving a whisk in his hand and smiling:
"Your Majesty is in the backyard. I will take you there."
"Thank you for your help, sir." Zhao Duan nodded.
I entered the palace gate with familiarity, crossed the Meridian Gate Square, and arrived at a garden called "Houting", where I saw palace maids stationed in the garden.
Because the weather had turned cooler, the palace maids no longer wore the bold, revealing white tulle palace skirts, but instead wore clothes with high necklines, which greatly disappointed Mr. Zhao.
It was not his first time to come to the back garden. After entering the door, he followed the winding stone path and, with the help of many guides, he arrived at the depths of the garden.
In autumn, the Imperial Garden also looked desolate and dilapidated.
However, in the dilapidated scene, a figure in a white long dress could be seen from afar, flowing like a fairy from heaven.
The empress is practicing sword.
She stood in the garden, holding a wooden sword in her hand, without a single bit of energy or magic power on her body.
However, when the wooden sword passed through the cold air, it made a hissing sound, and the grass and trees in the entire garden swayed along with it.
Xu Zhenguan's appearance remained the same as before, but because he had sealed off his cultivation and practiced sword for a long time, beads of sweat oozed out of the tip of his tall, white nose.
There was also a slight blush on the forehead and cheeks.
Zhao Duan stood aside with his head bowed, admiring the empress's sword dance. He felt that all the hardship and dust from the thousands of miles of journey were washed away at this moment.
"Woo——"
With the last sword strike, Xu Zhenguan turned his white wrist slightly and the wooden sword returned to its sheath.
She stood there, panting slightly.
Zhao Duan was quick-witted and snatched the tray from the maid next to him. Under her resentful gaze, he came to the side of the empress, holding a wooden tray filled with clean water, a towel and thirst-quenching pear soup.
"His Majesty……"
Xu Zhenguan had already caught a glimpse of him coming, and now he pretended to have just noticed him, staring at him quietly with his phoenix eyes.
Then, there seemed to be a smile on the corner of her mouth, not out of arrogance, but out of relief to see him return safely after a long absence.
Xu Zhenguan casually picked up a wet towel and wiped his face to remove the sticky sweat. He also wiped the sweat off his jade hands, then turned around and asked with a smile:
"How about this trip, Zhao Qing?"
Zhao Duan took a deep breath, held the tray, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission. The Taicang case has been solved!"
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ps: I am finally back in Beijing. It is still comfortable to write familiar maps. My typing speed has improved.
(End of this chapter)