It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager

Chapter 28 assassin

Taking advantage of the heat of the battle, Master Tang slid quietly from the other side, kneeling down.

At this moment, it was dark, and there were shadows and shadows in the woods, and the wind was blowing. Master Tang took the shelter of the woods and walked away quickly. When she left, the battle seemed to be more intense. Master Tang silently prayed for Zhao Zixun in his heart, and said softly: “Shizi, it is not that I escaped, but I chose the least harmful solution. You wait, I am called. People come back to save you.”

After Tang Shishi left the fighting field, he ran quickly without concealing it. At this time, a knife stabbed Zhao Zixun’s back, but Zhao Zixun didn’t notice, Zhou Shunhua gritted his teeth and furiously stood in front of Zhao Zixun.

The tip of the knife pierced into Zhou Shunhua’s abdomen, and Zhou Shunhua suddenly groaned. Zhao Zixun turned his head and found that it was Zhou Shunhua. Zhao Zixun kicked the assassin away, wrapped his arm around Zhou Shunhua, and quickly said: “Shunhua, how are you?”

Zhou Shunhua couldn’t speak because of the pain. She covered the wound with her fingers, and her hands were soaked with blood in an instant. She exhausted all her strength and said intermittently: “My son, go quickly.”

Zhao Zixun embraced her, looked around quickly, hugged her horizontally, and ran towards a place. The assassin leader waved his hand and ordered in Turkic: “Chasing!”

“Head, the other woman is gone.”

The leader of the assassin frowned tightly and said in a bad tone: “Who is she?”

“I don’t know, but she appeared with Prince Jing Shizi. There were originally two women, but now there is only one left, and the other disappeared.”

“Not good.” Someone in the team said, “She went back to rescue soldiers.”

The assassin leader’s face was gloomy, he was negligent and even missed someone. He originally didn’t look at the woman in his eyes, and dealt with Zhao Chengjun’s son wholeheartedly. He didn’t expect that the wild goose would be pecked by the wild goose all day long.

This woman was clever, did not faint in fear, and did not stupidly try to save Zhao Zixun, but knew how to go back to rescue soldiers. The assassin’s goal was originally King Jing, if they let her pass the news, they would have lost all of their efforts.

The chief had a gloomy look, and said, “Black Hawk, you go after that woman, and the others will follow me. You must kill Zhao Chengjun and his son.”

“Yes.”

In the camp, Zhao Chengjun was reading the newspaper in the tent, and suddenly heard a familiar voice. Zhao Chengjun put down the newspaper and listened attentively. This time the movement became more obvious, just outside his tent.

Zhao Chengjun opened the curtain with a cold face, and the soldiers on duty outside were catching the fox. When they saw Zhao Chengjun coming out, they hurriedly pleaded: “See the prince. Lord, have you been quarreled by this fox? Your subordinates neglected their duties, so they will be driven away…”

Zhao Chengjun raised his hand, and the soldier’s words naturally stopped. Feeling the familiar taste, the little fox squeaked and moved to Zhao Chengjun’s feet. Zhao Chengjun lowered his head and looked at this desperate little thing quietly.

Zhao Chengjun asked: “Where is Master Tang?”

“Miss Tang?” The soldiers looked at each other in surprise and said, “The subordinates don’t know. Isn’t Miss Tang actually here?”

Zhao Chengjun was silent. Master Tang said that she went out to find the fox, but the fox was in the tent and did not run out at all. So what did Master Tang do?

Zhao Chengjun said with a cold face, “Come here, search for Linzi.”

This lake is quiet and remote, and there is a distance from the camp, which is why Zhou Shunhua chose it in the first place. Unexpectedly, these advantages now become deadly poisonous arrows at Tang Shishi.

Master Tang ran halfway, and was horrified to find footsteps behind. She ran as hard as she could, but was still chased.

Master Tang didn’t dare to look back, she was too anxious, not paying attention to her feet, and accidentally tripped over a stone. At this moment, an arrow swept across her hair, and if it wasn’t for Master Tang suddenly fell, the arrow hit Master Tang’s back.

The Empress Master Tang was so frightened that she did not dare to stay on the ground, hurriedly got up and continued running. At this time, several more arrows passed through her, Master Tang staggered to avoid it, and finally slipped and fell onto the pile of fallen leaves.

Master Tang wanted to get up, but the people behind him had gradually approached. He pulled out the knife, and the blade reflected a slight light. He covered his face and couldn’t see his face clearly, but there was no emotion in his eyes, all with cold killing intent.

Master Tang kept backing up, still speaking, trying to divert the assassin’s attention: “This strong man, I’m just an ordinary maid in the team. I usually do some heavy work, and I can’t even see King Jing’s face. . It’s no use for you to kill me, but it’s a waste of time. Isn’t you working for others for money? I have money in my family, and we can discuss how much you want.”

The man in black turned a deaf ear to what Master Tang said. He approached Master Tang step by step, slowly raising the tip of the knife. The last trace of luck in Master Tang’s heart was also extinguished. She suddenly opened her throat and shouted: “His Royal Highness, there are assassins! Ah…”

As soon as Master Tang made a sound, the man in black was afraid that his deeds would be exposed, so he immediately swung a knife at Master Tang. Master Tang closed her eyes in fear. She thought that she was about to confess here in her life. At the moment of death, she was not thinking of the hero and the queen, nor the queen dowager she wanted, but the hometown of Linqing.

Holding her breath as she left, she refused to look back at Linqing. At that time, she was thinking about getting ahead in the palace, and then the scenery came back to life. She boarded the official ship going south, without hesitation or nostalgia.

It turned out that that was her last look? When things got here, everything was her own choice. There was nothing to regret. Master Tang just regretted that she could not go back to Linqing to see her mother and then to the Tang family.

The moment of life and death seems to have slowed down. Master Tang heard the sound of the blade breaking through the air, and even felt the wind from the tip of the blade sweep her face. There was a faint sound of arrows from behind, and then a muffled hum, a rush of heat rushed to Master Tang’s face.

Master Tang closed her eyes tightly, until the sound of complicated footsteps heard around her, she woke up like a dream and found that she was not dead. Master Tang opened his eyes, panting with big mouth, a white horse paced slowly to her side, and the horse’s hoof was curled up.

Zhao Chengjun put away the bow, sat on the horse, and said leisurely: “Come out to find the fox? Just walk in the woods?”

Master Tang was stunned for a while, a few drops of blood hung on her eyelashes and fell suddenly. Teacher Tang awoke from a dream, and hurriedly struggled to get up: “Master, there is an ambush in the woods.”

“I know.”

“The son is surrounded by assassins, and now I am afraid that there will be more and less luck.”

“Zhao Zixun?” Zhao Chengjun seemed surprised, but he felt it all made sense. No wonder Master Tang will appear here, no wonder she lied and left the camp.

It turned out that it was all because Zhao Zixun was there.

At a critical juncture, Zhao Chengjun did not pursue the deception of Master Tang, but asked: “Where are they?”

Master Tang wanted to get up, but he couldn’t use his hands and feet, and tried several times without success. She leaned back on the ground and tried to sign the direction with her fingers: “In a lake, the place is very remote, probably from this direction…”

Master Tang has been making gestures for a long time, but still can’t tell the direction clearly. She struggled to support the ground and said: “I will lead the horse, I know where the road is.”

“No need.” Zhao Chengjun said with a calm face, “There is no time. Reach out.”

Teacher Tang was not clear, so he looked at Zhao Chengjun in doubt, “What?”

Zhao Chengjun leaned over and stretched out his arm to Master Tang. Zhao Chengjun’s fingers are slender and well-proportioned, and the joints are even. There are slight cocoons in the mouth of the tiger and the belly of the finger, which is more powerful than grace.

Zhao Chengjun’s face was cold and cold, with no special expression, as if in a hurry, and said, “Give me your hand.”

Master Tang was stunned, until Jiao Xue stepped on her horse’s hoof impatiently, she tentatively extended her arm and held Zhao Chengjun’s hand. As soon as Zhao Chengjun touched Master Tang’s arm, he immediately squeezed her hand to lift her up and put it in front of him.

Master Tang just sat on the horse in the blink of an eye, behind Zhao Chengjun. She froze immediately, and didn’t dare to move: “The prince…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, there’s no time. Show the way ahead.”

Master Tang can only turn his neck stiffly and stare at the road ahead like a puppet. She was sitting on Jiao Xue’s side, Zhao Chengjun’s arms wrapped around her waist and held the reins, as if he was holding her in his arms. Master Tang tried his best not to pay attention to Zhao Chengjun’s broad and powerful chest behind him, the warm and strong body temperature, and the ubiquitous breath.

She tensed her back and reminded Zhao Chengjun to “turn left” and “turn right” from time to time. Even if the horse in the forest can’t run fast, it’s much faster than a person’s feet. Soon, Zhao Chengjun and a group of guards arrived at the place where the Tang Master was attacked just now.

Master Tang sighed, he couldn’t avoid the suspicion, and he held Zhao Chengjun’s arm and looked to the ground: “Impossible, they were still here just now.”

Zhao Chengjun’s eyes were as bright as eagles. He quickly scanned the marks of fighting on the ground, quickly locked in one direction, and took the lead to pat the horse and said, “They ran here. Chase!”

Teacher Tang didn’t know what Zhao Chengjun used to judge the direction of the assassin and Zhao Zixun’s departure. He rushed out of the woods all the way, and even chased to the edge of a cliff.

Master Tang felt bad when he saw that cliff. The protagonist would be hunted down when he went to the wild, and would fall off the cliff as soon as he was hunted down. The plots of Zhao Zixun and Zhou Shunhua shouldn’t be so old-fashioned, right?

Zhao Chengjun paced Jiaoxue on the edge of the cliff and said, “Someone fell.”

Master Tang’s heart sank, and he blurted out, “Is it the elder son?”

Zhao Chengjun’s face was also not good, he calmed his face and said, “Is it right? You’ll find out if you go down and see. Come and search for people under the cliff. You will see people alive and dead or corpses.”

“Yes.”

The guards clasped their fists on the horse, then lined up in two rows and quickly ran down the cliff. A team of guards guarding Zhao Chengjun’s side, earnestly said: “Lord, you are rich and precious, and you can’t take risks. There is a humble duty here, you can go back to the camp and rest.”

Zhao Chengjun shook his head and said, “This king is not a woman, so why is it so delicate? Zhao Zixun hasn’t found it yet, what will this king do when he goes back?”

As Zhao Chengjun said, he glanced at the guard’s horse and ordered: “Get your horse out. Call a team to **** her back.”

Master Tang realized that Zhao Chengjun was referring to her, and immediately said, “No. The prince, the elder son and sister Zhou are still alive and dead. I can’t wait to take my own life, how can I go back to rest by myself? I also want to stay here to find the elder son.”

Zhao Chengjun didn’t believe a word of this, and still said, “Send her back.”

Seeing that beautiful words can’t fool Zhao Chengjun, Master Tang quickly said, “Master, no. You are outside, and the son is also outside. I’m the only one in the camp. If an assassin attacks the camp at night, wouldn’t I be more dangerous?”

The guards on both sides had just vacated their horses, and when they heard Master Tang’s words, they were subtly silent. This girl Tang… why is it different from what they thought?

Zhao Chengjun knew that this was the truth, he thought about it, and it made sense. Most of the staff were searching for Zhao Zixun outside, and the camp was indeed not considered safe. Zhao Chengjun changed his mind and said, “No matter, you should continue to follow. Fan Yong, bring the horse and watch her live.”

The named guard clasped his fists and responded loudly: “Subordinates obey orders.”

Master Tang switched to another horse, led by Fan Yong, and slowly draped behind the search team. The wind at night was very chilly, and Master Tang hugged his arms, feeling a little cold.

Zhao Chengjun noticed that, on the surface, he was calm, but he took off his cloak and threw it on Tang Shishi. A piece of red thing suddenly flew in front of Master Tang, and she was shocked. She was surprised to see that it was Zhao Chengjun’s cloak. She secretly looked at Zhao Chengjun, Zhao Chengjun looked ahead, her face was cold, and she couldn’t see any emotions. Had it not been for Zhao Chengjun’s cloak in his hand, Master Tang would have thought it was an illusion just now.

Master Tang thanked him in a low voice, and wrapped the cloak around himself. The cloak also carried Zhao Chengjun’s body temperature, and it was warm and generous inside, with a hint of fragrance faintly infiltrated.

Master Tang didn’t know what the fragrance was, the smell was very weak, but the stamina was long and quiet and elegant, which was the smell of Zhao Chengjun. Master Tang secretly sighed, a person’s origin and class cannot be concealed. Zhao Chengjun guards the frontiers and often deals with warriors. His reasoning is rough, but his every move carries the fineness unique to the palace.

Incense is a habit of the forbidden city courts and wealthy families.

Master Tang was in a daze, when a soldier’s cry suddenly heard in front of him: “Master, there is blood here!”

Blood? Master Tang’s spirit was shaken, and all his thoughts returned instantly. She knew that Zhao Zixun was injured. Was this pool of blood left by Zhao Zixun?

Zhao Chengjun also had the same suspicion, and he said solemnly: “Follow the blood stains and keep looking.”

There are sometimes no blood stains, and it is not easy to recognize in the dark. They followed the bloodstains to a stone cave, and the soldiers who had opened the way ran back to report: “Master, the bloodstains have disappeared in the cave.”

The cave was black and compact, and it looked like a natural cave. Zhao Chengjun dismounted, stood at the entrance of the cave and watched for a while, then whispered: “Line up and be vigilant, search in slowly.”

“Yes.”

The men were all around the entrance of the cave. Master Tang was worried about Zhao Zixun’s whereabouts, so he dismounted along with him. She saw Zhao Chengjun stopping in front of a stone, and stepped forward and asked, “Master, what’s the matter?”

If Zhao Zixun entered, there should be blood stains around the area. Zhao Chengjun stared at the blood on the edge of the stone, did not speak, but slowly frowned.

The bloodstains are long and slender, and the edges are radiating, which is the shape that only splashes. If these bloodstains were really left by Zhao Zixun, they should be dripping, not splashing.

Zhao Chengjun realized that it was not good, and immediately said loudly: “Withdraw, there is an ambush here.”

Zhao Chengjun suddenly said, the assassin realized that their whereabouts had been exposed, and immediately began to attack. Master Tang was concentrating on finding traces, and without warning, many people suddenly jumped out of her, and many arrows came towards her.

Zhao Chengjun reacted abruptly. It was dark and couldn’t see clearly. The assassin couldn’t see who was giving the order, only that it was King Jing who was wearing a red dress. Now, it is Tang Shishi wearing his cloak.

Zhao Chengjun said a bad heart, and immediately grabbed Tang Shishi and dragged her behind him. Master Tang didn’t even know what happened, and his wrist was suddenly held. She staggered, and vaguely heard Zhao Chengjun say to her: “Take off the cloak.”

Master Tang didn’t know why, but he still went to untie the lace immediately. However, it was too late, and the assassins discerned the direction and attacked her together. Zhao Chengjun had no problem getting out of it alone, but to protect Master Tang, he immediately fell behind. Zhao Chengjun was forced to retreat by two steps and entered the cave with Master Tang. At this time, there was a bang, and a huge rock fell quickly from the entrance of the cave, sealing the exit firmly.