The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 211 Zhu Shoujing

Zhu Shoujing stared at the shadow intently, his heart gradually sinking.

His loud shout was both a deterrent and a warning.

After the big fight between the three parties at the imperial mausoleum last night, how could he not be on guard against the possibility of a thief coming to the imperial mausoleum tonight? In order to prevent the other party from killing him first, all the celestial beings under the Xiaoling Guard stayed nearby, and would rush to help as soon as there was any unusual noise.

The guards of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, who were usually scattered all over the place, also gathered together, never taking off their armor, and ready to fight at any time. As long as the enemy was delayed for a short time, they would be surrounded.

His bedroom, which seemed to have lax security, was itself a trap.

Logically speaking, after he shouted like this, the celestial beings living nearby should have rushed over immediately and surrounded the place.

but no.

There was no sound.

His voice seemed to be locked tightly in this room, and outside the room, there was only the cold air of the twelfth lunar month and the silently flowing moonlight.

Zhu Shoujing held the knife in his hand and waited with bated breath.

Suddenly, the shadow slowly crawled down through the window.

Zhu Shoujing watched the shadow disappear outside the window.

Then he slowly stood up, listened carefully to the movements outside the window, and slowly walked to the side.

He suddenly raised his hand and pointed!
There was no special moves involved, just a stream of pure energy that opened the window with a "bang!"!

Bang!
As the window opened, Zhu Shoujing kicked the door open, rushed out, changed his body shape continuously, and finally flashed into the yard.

Holding the long sword upright in front of him and with his left hand across his chest and abdomen to protect them, Zhu Shoujing then glanced around.

The yard was empty, as if the shadow was just an illusion, and his actions just now were a battle of wits and courage with the air.

But Zhu Shoujing knew very well that he could not be wrong.

Click.

Suddenly, a slight sound came from behind!
Zhu Shoujing suddenly turned his head and saw a piece of clothing falling from the roof and disappearing from his sight.

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The eight priests slowly walked into the stationing area of the Xiaoling Guards. Before they took a few steps, they heard a loud shout.

"Stop!"

A man jumped down from his hiding place, holding the hilt of the knife, and looked at them.

A worshipper glanced around and thought to himself that something was wrong.

In the woods, on the rooftops, and in the corners on all sides, dense eyes were fixed on their vital points.

In the distance, there was a faint sound of dense footsteps, obviously attracted by the man's loud shout.

Several worshippers suddenly turned their heads and looked at the rooftops around them.

Several figures were standing on the roof, looking at them coldly. Without fighting, all the priests could see that these were the celestial beings of the Xiaoling Guard.

"No, there is indeed an ambush!"

"We stepped in!"

The worshippers secretly thought that this was not good.

The Xiaoling guards on the opposite side were also full of hostility, and one of them was impatient and spoke urgently.

"Where is the commander?"

"But you guys secretly kidnapped me!"

They recognized one of the worshippers who had come to the imperial mausoleum with Huang Jin last night.

The reason why the celestial being from Xiaolingwei said this started when the worshippers followed Emperor Jianwen to Tianshou Mountain.

And turn the time back a moment.

Zhu Shoujing arranged for the Xiaoling Guards to strengthen their defenses. Several celestial beings were meditating and regulating their breathing at night and did not sleep at all.

Suddenly, a secret sentry came to report that a loud noise was heard outside the imperial mausoleum, on Tianshou Mountain, as if there was a struggle between heaven and man.

The few people did not dare to neglect and hurried to find Zhu Shoujing to report, but they did not expect that after arriving at Zhu Shoujing's courtyard, they could not find him. After searching everywhere, they found Zhu Shoujing's sword in a ditch outside the courtyard.

Apart from this, there was no other trace, as if Zhu Shoujing had disappeared from the world.

The Xiaoling Mausoleum Guards were a comrade-in-arms for several generations, and their attitude toward Zhu Shoujing was just like Mei Qinghe's toward Li Miao - they would follow his lead and never turn back.

Seeing that Zhu Shoujing had lost all his weapons and was unknown whether he was alive or dead or whereabouts, he became extremely anxious.

one of them said.

"With the commander's martial arts skills, I don't believe anyone can take him away quietly without us noticing. So there is only one possibility, the commander - is willing to go with him."

The implication is self-evident.

Who could make the commander of the Xiaoling Guard leave voluntarily without notifying his subordinates or putting up any resistance?

Of course it is... the imperial court!
Last night Huang Jin suspected that the Xiaoling Guards were colluding with the Ming Cult. Although he did not take any action for the time being, he still found a few captains to interrogate them in detail.

Logically speaking, since such a big thing happened in the imperial mausoleum, it is only right to ask the people who were present.

But, when it comes to “asking questions”, it’s not just the person who asks the question who gets the answer.

Some questions are themselves a kind of answer to the person answering them.

The questions asked under the attitudes of "asking about the situation at that time" and "suspecting that you are a rebel" are different. No matter how much Huang Jin tried to cover up, he could not completely conceal his attitude.

At that time, a thousand households noticed this. Although they were dissatisfied, they suppressed it and answered one by one.

If this matter ended here, it would be fine.

But Zhu Shoujing disappeared the day after Huang Jin left.

Several people searched everywhere but could not find any trace of Zhu Shoujing.

Just then, several priests entered the imperial mausoleum, so they hurried over. They recognized one of the priests at a glance, as he was the one who came with Huang Jin last night.

In this case, it is not surprising that the Xiaoling Guard asked the question "Where is the commander?"

However, when several priests heard this, they were confused for a moment.

What does "We kidnapped Zhu Shoujing" mean?
"you--"

One of the worshippers was about to ask the other party what he meant when he had just said half a sentence.

Suddenly.

"careful!"

A worshipper beside him roared angrily, covered the wound on his waist and abdomen with one hand, and punched away a figure dressed in Xiaolingwei uniform with the other hand!
The figure used the force to retreat quickly and disappeared into the darkness.

The injured priest took down his hand that was covering the wound, and the blood flowing out had turned it black.

The man's weapon was poisoned! It was obvious that he wanted to kill him!
"Xiaoling Guards have indeed rebelled!"

"Thief!"

"Kill out!"

"it is good!"

"Don't leave! Where is the commander?"

"Go to the underworld and ask!"

"How dare you! Die!"

"kill!"

The already tense situation got out of control in an instant. For a moment, shouts, screams, the sound of weapons clashing, and the sound of bowstrings were all heard!

Blood splattered immediately on the spot!
The figure that had sparked the fight had quietly withdrawn from the battle circle under the cover of night, and walked for several miles before slowly stopping.

"Hmm--they finally started fighting."

She took off the helmet on her head, tore off her tight clothes, and let her hair fall down. She stretched out her hand and tore off a mask as thin as a cicada's wing.

Ji Tianrui's smiling face was revealed.

(End of this chapter)