Chapter 389 The Secret Room
Ao Tianchen then reluctantly looked away, hummed, and turned around to get on the carriage that was driven over by the secret guards.
A group of people had not gone far when they suddenly heard nine bells ringing.
Ao Tianchen in the carriage froze, and then his face changed drastically, "Quick, speed up."
At the same time, on the carriage of the Chu family, Chu Cong saw that his master's expression changed after hearing the sound of the bell, and asked in confusion: "Master, what's wrong? There is something wrong with the bell?"
"The palace bell rang nine times, which means the emperor passed away."
This morning, the master also told her that as long as he didn't get angry, the emperor would live until next year. Unexpectedly, he died within a day.
If he died so quickly, she wouldn't believe it if there was no conspiracy.
Coupled with the assassination that Ao Tianchen encountered, I knew that someone couldn't wait any longer.
Someone took action a year earlier than in the previous life.
The emperor also died a year early.
So...
Where is the second prince?
Where is my aunt?
Only by arresting the aunt and the twins can Chu Xuanyu and his son be threatened.
Xia Zihan's face changed drastically, "Hurry, speed up, my aunt is in danger."
Then he yelled outside, "Hua She, go to Chu House to save aunt, hurry up..."
Now that Ao Tianchen has been assassinated, his aunt will definitely be killed as well.
Sure enough, as Xia Zihan expected, when Hua She and others arrived at Chu's house, they saw the inner courtyard of Chu's house filled with swords and swords. Hundreds of people were fighting in the dark sky, and it was hard to tell them apart.
There was Master Qi, Doctor Bai, and even Bai Yuexi, who had been walking around the world and rarely stayed in the Chu family, was actually there.
There are also guards from the Chu family, guards from the Chu family, Zhuo's black-clothed and masked secret guards, and a masked killer who is also wearing black.
These killers were in the same group as the people who assassinated Ao Tianchen before. They all wore the same clothes. Their sleeves were specially embroidered with a flame on a small piece of red cloth.
Hua Snake recognized them as soon as he saw them.
Hua She did not see Zhuo or Zeng, so she knew that they should be safe.
Without saying a word, he rushed into the battle circle with ten secret guards who could still fight, and another round of life-and-death struggle began.
Xia Zihan ordered the secret guard driving the car to send the seriously injured Silk Grass and Vanilla to another courtyard.
In the other courtyard, she placed pills for healing injuries. Chu Kuan and Qi Lan were there, and those pills were there, which was enough to save the lives of Silk Grass and Vanilla.
"Master, I want to go with you too."
Chu Cong was afraid that Xia Zihan would abandon her, so when he saw her getting out of the car, he followed closely and got out of the car too.
Chu Fei's expression didn't change and he jumped down as well. His expression was that he wanted to follow Xia Zihan to Chu's house.
Xia Zihan hummed, and the three of them quickly flew towards Chu's house.
Far away, I heard the sound of fighting in the Chu house. When I entered the Chu house, Xia Zihan's eyes were filled with tears.
I saw corpses lying on the ground, including maids, servants, and guards. Most of those guards were trained by He Donglin in the past few years. They are very rare. I didn't expect...
Xia Zihan's eyes were red and her heart ached.
Especially when he saw the dying Manager Lu, Xia Zihan rushed over and asked, "Manager Lu, how are you?"
He quickly took out a hemostatic pill and gave it to Manager Lu to swallow.
Mr. Lu said, "County... County Lord, quickly... hide... don't go..."
Before he finished speaking, his head tilted to one side and his hands dropped.
"Mr. Lu..." Xia Zihan hissed at the top of his lungs, tears falling down.
Chu Cong walked over calmly, waved his finger under Manager Lu's nose, and said, "Master, Manager Lu is not dead yet, he just fainted."
From Xia Zihan's hand, it turned out that Mr. Lu had just been slashed on the thigh. He had lost too much blood and could not hold on and fainted.
Chu Cong quickly dug out the medicine box placed on the bottom shelf of the hall, and bandaged Manager Lu's wound neatly.
Then, he was sent to lie down on the wooden couch in the side hall, and he was also covered with a blanket.
Xia Zihan ordered Chu Cang and Chu Fei, "You two, just look for anyone alive in the front yard and try to save them."
These people were all domestic slaves that her grandmother had painstakingly trained, and they were intended as dowries for her to take to her husband's family after she got married. Now that they were killed like this, she almost felt heartbroken.
"Master, as long as Chu Cong is here alone, I will go to the inner courtyard with you." Chu Fei said.
Seeing her stubborn face, Xia Zihan knew that she was going to follow her.
She didn't refuse, and after saying yes, the master and servant went to the inner courtyard.
In the inner courtyard, the Zeng family, the Zhuo family, and the twins are all in the inner courtyard. Is there anything going on at this moment?
Thinking of this, Xia Zihan felt even more worried. Qing Gong added more internal strength. In the blink of an eye, the master and servant arrived at the battlefield.
The entire back garden had long been changed beyond recognition. A flowerbed tended by Mrs. Zeng herself, in which the flowers were blooming beautifully, were all trampled into mud. There are also orchards. At this time, it is the season when the flowers are falling and bearing fruit, and the fruits are as big as a little finger.
Now, a group of people were flying and fighting on the fruit trees, flying from one tree to another. Under the light of swords and swords, branches were everywhere, fruits were falling to the ground, and the entire orchard was completely destroyed.
Xia Zihan was so angry.
She was so angry that she took a big knife and slashed at the man in black with flames on his sleeves as if he was crazy.
Chu Fei followed her, picked up the killer who was injured by her and continued to chop.
She was also very angry. You know, her little master loved fruits the most. As a result, a good orchard was destroyed by this group of men in black.
You said you were angry or not, you were so angry that you wanted to kill them.
No, just kill him.
After they arrived, the fighting became more intense.
The war lasted until the evening. Xia Zihan was also slashed on the arm. The wound was deep enough to see the bones, but the tendons were not injured.
At that time, she and Chu Fei were fighting against four men in black. If Bai Yuexi hadn't seen her in danger, flew to her side in time, and blocked a few attacks for her with his sword, she might not have died or would have been seriously injured.
Chu Fei was also hit with a knife in the back, five ribs were cut off, and if it was deeper, it could hit the heart.
Fortunately, she is lucky.
The guards also suffered heavy losses. The Chu family only had seventeen guards left, and the Chu family only had nine guards left. There were also secret guards. Zhuo's secret guards were left with eight, and Xia Zihan's secret guards were left. , only five remain.
Master Qi was also injured. He was slapped by the leader of the man in black and suffered internal injuries.
Doctor Bai is so powerful that he didn't get hurt at all. It can be said that of the three hundred killers in black who came today, more than half of them were killed by Doctor Bai.
When he dropped a packet of poisonous powder, dozens of killers fell to the ground.
The poisonous powder entered the body along the pores of the sweat. Even if the killer held his breath, he could not avoid Doctor Bai's poisonous powder.
It's a pity that he didn't make much poison powder. After killing more than a hundred killers, the poison powder was gone. Otherwise, he could kill three hundred killers with one person.
The Chu family and the Chu family would not suffer so many casualties.
After the battle, Xia Zihan hurried to an amp in Zeng's yard.
The amp was used as a toilet. However, no one would have thought that the wall of this toilet was connected to the side room of Zeng's house.
There is a secret door embedded in the wall. As long as it is opened, one can enter the toilet. There is also a secret door on the other wall of the toilet. When opened, it is a secret room.
The secret room is not big, only about thirty square meters. There are four beds, two wooden couches, a wooden shelf, and an Eight Immortals table. There are many books on the wooden shelf, some dried fruits, and a large vat. water.
Next to the wooden shelves, there are several wooden boxes containing barbecue, fruits, and pastries.
The quantity is not large, but there is enough for ten people to eat for a week.
Zeng and Zhuo, as well as the twins, Su's mother, Hongmei, Qingya, Yuejin, etc., and several maids and women who were waiting close at hand, were all inside.
Everyone was silent and sat or stood silently. Even the third child, who always liked to make noises, snuggled into Zhuo's arms with a look of fear and did not make any fuss.
Hearing the noise on the wall, everyone felt nervous and stared at the wall door.
When she saw that the person who came in was Xia Zihan, Zeng's tears immediately fell, "Yu Niang, my precious granddaughter, you..." she choked, and her thousands of words turned into four words, "Just be alive. ”
Like Mrs. Zhuo, although she was hiding in the secret room, she was always thinking about Xia Zihan in her heart.
Especially after hearing the muffled bells outside, I felt even more worried.
When Xia Zihan approached, Mrs. Zhuo smelled the strong smell of blood on her body, and her heart suddenly lifted again, "Yu Niang, are you injured? Is it okay? Is it serious?"
"I'm fine, I just suffered some minor injuries."
At this time, Xia Zihan was very grateful to Bai Yuexi, holding her down and bandaging her before letting her come to her grandmother.
Her clothes were covered in blood and torn. Then, she was afraid that her grandmother would be worried if she saw her, so she hurried to her yard and changed into clean clothes.
However, she didn't take a shower, and she still smelled of blood, which was picked up by her aunt's sharp nose.
"What's going on outside? Are there any assassins?" Zhuo asked.
"No more, they are all dead." Xia Zihan said, "Today, at noon, in Baiweiju, Ao Tianchen, Princess Qinghui and Princess Mingzhu were also assassinated. Later, I heard the bell, aunt , I am afraid that what happened today has been planned for a long time and is just waiting for this day.”
I don’t know what is going on in the palace now. I hope the person who wins is the eldest prince. Otherwise, her aunt and the twins escaped today. Maybe someone will come to arrest them tomorrow.
Moreover, if the Lu family takes power, the Chu family will no longer have a place in the capital, and the Xia family may also suffer the same fate.
And her father...
In her previous life, after the second prince became emperor, her father was framed every two years and the Xia family was ransacked and exiled.
In this life, she didn't want her father to go any further, and she didn't want her and her grandmother to leave the capital.
She must keep this home.
(End of chapter)