Dragon Warrior

Chapter 183 Emperor's Edict
After Zhao Min came out from King Ruyang's camp, he hurried on his way again, and returned to Prince Ruyang's mansion in only one day.

After entering the mansion, without any delay, she ran to the back garden with a few people, followed Ah Da's instructions, and opened a secret door in the rockery in a short while.

Several people filed in and went down the stone ladder all the way to the bottom, but they were stunned for a moment by what they saw.Zhao Min, who was walking in front, even went blank for a moment, and only after seeing that the body lying on the ground was out of shape, he put back a heart that was about to jump out.

No wonder everyone was horrified. The scene at the scene was too horrifying. I saw a blood-stained corpse lying on his back in the dark underground. There was almost no good place on his body. It was either swollen or festered. , or flesh and blood corrosion, and some places are like charred charcoal.

And around the corpse, there were countless small animals such as cockroaches and mice lying densely. These small animals were motionless, obviously they had been dead for a long time.

A few people calmed down a little, walked over hurriedly and cautiously, took a torch to shine, and suddenly exclaimed, Ah Dao: "Princess, this person seems to be the old poisonous person from Baili Wuren."

Zhao Min suppressed his nausea and looked carefully, nodded and said: "It is true that there is no one in a hundred miles, but I don't know how he died here." Then his expression changed, and he walked outside the secret room, only to see that the railing at the hole in the secret room was broken , it was very quiet inside.

Ah Da frowned and said: "This railing is obviously intact, how could it be broken today?"

Zhao Min lay down at the hole and yelled several times, but there was still no movement.

Everyone looked at each other, Zhao Min pondered, and said: "There is no movement inside, either people have left, or..."

Ah Dao: "The princess can find a craftsman to cut open the iron gate, then you can see it at a glance."

Zhao Min nodded, and then asked his servants to go to the top blacksmith with the gold medal from Ruyang Palace.After working like this for a whole day, the iron gate was cut into a big hole for people to come in and out. Everyone got in and saw that the inside was empty and there was no sign of anyone.

Zhao Min looked happy, and said: "There is no one inside, it seems that we don't need to rescue him, although I don't know how he got out of it, but obviously he left by himself."

Ah Da nodded and said: "That's right, judging from the broken traces of the railing, it should have been broken by someone with great force. Such supernatural martial arts, the villain can't even imagine, I'm afraid Xiao Xiao's martial arts has made another breakthrough."

Zhao Min let go of his heart completely, and analyzed: "It seems that this old poison wanted to poison Xiao Lang to death, but just happened to meet him coming out of it. Instead, he was poisoned to death."

Shan'er smiled and said: "Those who are good at swimming drown, those who are good at riding fall, each of them takes what he likes and turns himself into a disaster. No one in Baili is always proud of poisoning skills, even in his dreams, he would never think that he would eventually die from his own poison." Next, the death is still so miserable."

Zhao Min said bitterly: "This is called retribution. Last time he attacked the two of us. If it wasn't for Xiao Lang's high martial arts skills, his poisonous hand would have been ruined. Now this guy is finally dead, the heavens really see."

Everyone came out of the ground again, this time in a good mood, and felt that everything between the heaven and the earth was a bit more beautiful.Zhao Min originally wanted to order his servants to find a place to bury Baili Wuren, but after thinking about it, he said, "Just throw it into the mountains."

Shan'er said: "Unexpectedly, the princess has such a big resentment towards no one in this hundred miles."

Zhao Min shook his head and said: "A person's death is like a lamp going out. It's not that I have much resentment towards him, but I heard the Buddhist saying, 'The person you marry in this life is the one who buried you in the previous life'. If this sentence If the words are true, then if I bury him, wouldn’t he want to marry me in the next life? How can this work, I want to be with my husband from generation to generation, this ugly ghost is better off far away.”

Shan'er covered her mouth and smiled lightly, feeling very relaxed for a moment.While a few people were talking, there was a sudden noise outside, and a servant came to report: "The palace sent someone here, saying that there is an edict from the Holy Spirit."

Zhao Min frowned and said: "Father and elder brother are not at home, and I have no official position, why did the emperor send me a decree for no reason?"

Shan'er said: "Master, why don't you go see the messenger first, and see what the emperor means?"

Zhao Min said: "Forget it, since the decree has arrived, I can't miss it." At that moment, he led everyone to the front yard to welcome the envoy.

The decree was the private will of Emperor Zhizheng, and it was not so solemn, it was just a verbal decree, saying that the emperor was very happy when Empress Qi Chengniang gave birth to a little prince, and in order to make Qi Chengniang happy, he ordered the noble daughters of all dignitaries and noble families Enter the palace to congratulate the queen, and at the same time accompany the queen to relieve boredom.

Zhao Min made an excuse to take a bath and change clothes first, and returned to the backyard, displeased: "The empress gave birth to a prince, what does it matter to us? Do you want me to accompany her? What a wonderful idea."

Shan'er thought about it and said: "I feel that things are a little strange. I heard that the relationship between the Queen and His Majesty is not good. It's okay to give birth to a prince, but they even made such a big battle to let the princess wait for the golden branches and jade leaves to go. Accompany her to relieve boredom. You must know that His Majesty has more than one prince, has the princess heard of anyone who was born with this honor?"

Zhao Min said: "Even when the crown prince was born, it was not as grand as it is today, so there is something strange about it."

Shan'er said: "Perhaps it is false to congratulate the prince and congratulate the queen, but it is true that the emperor wants to take the opportunity to do something."

Zhao Min was startled, and said, "Could it be that the emperor intentionally tricked me into entering the palace? How dare he?"

Shan'er said: "This is just a little conjecture of the servant, maybe I am worrying unfoundedly."

Zhao Min's thoughts turned sharply, and he said solemnly: "No, I think your consideration is very reasonable. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. If I don't pay attention to it, I'm afraid something unexpected will happen."

Ah Dao: "The prince is leading the army outside, the emperor should not dare to do anything to the princess, otherwise it will make the prince chill. Isn't this forcing the prince to go on the road of rebellion?"

Zhao Min said with a gloomy face: "If the Holy Majesty really wants to harm me, then I'm afraid that something will happen to the father first. The emperor has been jealous of my Ruyang Palace for a long time, and he has been holding back before, but now he may not be able to bear it anymore." .”

Shan'er said: "Princess, what shall we do?"

Zhao Min said: "Don't worry, wait for me to test it out for a while. If it is true, we must not sit and wait for death." Immediately, he put on new clothes, walked out, and said to the eunuch drinking tea in the hall: "Did your majesty tell me what to do?" Time to enter the palace?"

The eunuch said: "After receiving the order, enter the palace immediately, without further delay."

Zhao Min's heart trembled, wondering why: "I originally wanted to congratulate the queen and prince earlier, but it was really a coincidence that I suddenly remembered that I had contracted a cold these days, and it has not recovered so far. I am afraid that it will be passed on to the little prince after entering the palace. The little prince is ill, how sad will the emperor and empress be? So the angel can go back and report to the emperor and explain to me." Ah Da promptly took out a bag of gold and silver and handed it to the eunuch.

Unexpectedly, the eunuch pushed the silver away, and said solemnly: "The order received by our family is that the princess must be brought into the palace. If the princess has difficulties, he can explain it to the emperor himself. Please don't make things difficult for me, a slave. .”

Zhao Min showed helplessness, and said: "In that case, let me go back and take the medicine with me so that I can continue decocting it after entering the palace." The eunuch nodded.

When they returned to the backyard, Zhao Min said with a frosty face: "Sure enough, there is a ghost. If you really love the little prince so much, how dare you let a sick person enter the palace? His purpose is obviously to bring me into the palace."

A Dao: "The princess must not be in danger, if it is not possible, the villain will protect the princess and go out of the city."

Zhao Min said with a sullen face: "Since I know there is a problem, I can't just arrest him without a fight, but I don't know what is going on with my father now."

Shan'er said: "If the emperor really intends to attack the palace, the prince's place is probably the first place to attack. He will only attack the princess if he is restrained. If we are alive, we still have hope to rescue the prince. If we also fall into the hands of the emperor, I'm afraid it will really be over."

Zhao Min's eyes turned cold, and he said: "In this case, let's leave the palace first. If this is a misunderstanding and the emperor didn't decide to take action against the palace, then I just disobeyed his command, and it's not a big deal."

Shan'er said: "Then what should we do specifically?"

Zhao Min said: "I'm afraid the group of eunuchs brought by the emissary are not Yi Yi's generation, so let's leave through the back door."

The few people were about to leave Ruyang Prince's Mansion at that moment, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and a voice of a male duck said: "The princess is so courageous that he dared to violate the emperor's imperial decree, isn't he afraid of punishing the nine clans?" As soon as the voice fell, the messenger led a group of eunuchs into the backyard.

Zhao Min said angrily: "So bold, how dare a mere servant break into the backyard of my Ruyang Palace?"

The eunuch smiled and said: "The backyard of the palace? No, it is no longer. Ruyang King colluded with the rebels and intended to rebel. The evidence is solid. The emperor has decreed that all the official positions and titles of Ruyang King will be stripped and killed. Go to prison to wait for trial. So, you are no longer the princess, if you dare to resist the order today, don't blame our family for being cruel."

(End of this chapter)