The sky is dark.
In the courtyard that looked like a small square, the royal guards in armor and armed with sharp weapons stood neatly in the corners on both sides, cold, solemn and silent.
The leader of the Imperial Guards, Yuan Zhong, stood there motionless, his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, like a stone statue.
In the corridor not far away, several eunuchs walked slowly with their heads bent.
On both sides of the corridor, ten tall guards wearing golden Qilin costumes, with tall statures, stern expressions, stood holding swords.
On the towering palace roof and the eaves on both sides, several shadowy figures stood in the wind and snow, looming.
In Yongyan Palace, everything seemed as quiet and peaceful as before.
"The leader of the Imperial Guards, Yuan Zhong, is at the perfect level of a great martial artist. The ten great guards are at the late stage of a great martial artist... The master of the spirit, Li Zhong, is at the lowest level of a grandmaster... The master of the Zijin Temple, Taoist Zijin, is at the late stage of the spirit separation level, and has an indestructible and powerful golden corpse... The Queen Mother has a nanny who is at the late stage of a great martial artist..."
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head slightly, walked slowly, and secretly recalled the news in his mind.
Snowflakes are slowly falling in the sky.
On the snow-covered bluestone slabs, his footprints extended forward step by step, and the slender footprints of the girl behind him just fell into each of his footprints, overlapping with his footprints.
The two people's footsteps were surprisingly consistent.
The cold wind blew, and snowflakes fell into the footprints of the two people. It seemed that something was flying up in the footprints, like white snow foam.
Luo Qingzhou suddenly stopped, turned around to look at the girl behind him, and then looked at the overlapping footprints of the two people, and couldn't help but ask: "Is it fun?"
Xia Chan stopped behind him, her two slender feet still stepping in his two footprints, she lowered her head slightly and whispered, "Good, fun."
Li Gui, who was following behind, saw this scene and suddenly showed a grim smile on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are such a fool. You still want to play at this time. Do you really think that His Majesty appreciates your talent and lets you be an official? Hehe, go ahead and play. There will be more fun things later."
“Bang!”
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
Unexpectedly, just as the thought came to his mind, he was suddenly slapped hard on the face several times, which made him see stars, stagger, and almost fall.
"you… "
Li Gui immediately covered his burning cheeks, shocked and angry, his eyes bloodshot: "Master Luo, do you really think that servants have no temper?"
“Pah pah pah pah!”
Who knew that just as he finished speaking, Luo Qingzhou waved his hand and slapped him a few more times, then kicked him in the stomach with a "bang", kicking him directly to the ground, and asked: "What about your temper?"
Li Gui was beaten so hard that he was dizzy and mad with anger. He immediately screamed, "Someone! Someone! Catch this little bastard!"
However, the guards around looked on coldly and did not make any movement.
Li Gui sat on the ground, holding his stomach, his face twitching in pain. When he was about to continue screaming, he suddenly remembered the emperor's order, opened his mouth, and immediately closed it again.
Luo Qingzhou stood in front of him, looking at him calmly.
Li Gui stared at him with resentment, endured the pain, and slowly stood up from the ground. Then he lowered his head again, and said in a trembling voice of humiliation: "Mr. Luo...Mr. Luo, no matter what I did wrong, please forgive me and go to see His Majesty first..."
He lowered his head, his body trembling, he gritted his teeth, his eyes full of ferocious hatred.
"All right."
Luo Qingzhou stood in front of him and murmured in a low voice: "You really are not a warrior."
Then he added: "No wonder he trusts you so much."
After saying that, he turned around and continued walking forward.
Li Gui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, a look of doubt appeared on his face, but he was in so much pain that he had no time to think about it. He immediately covered his stomach and followed him angrily.
“Crunch…Crunch…”
Luo Qingzhou stepped on the snow and walked up the stairs.
In the corridor at the entrance, there stood a tall and thin old man wearing a Taoist robe inlaid with gold, holding a whisk in his arms. He seemed to be resting with his eyes closed.
When Luo Qingzhou took Xia Chan up the stairs, he slowly opened his eyes, and a scarlet light lit up in his eyes.
He just glanced at Luo Qingzhou indifferently, then looked at the girl behind him, and the light in his eyes suddenly flickered.
When Luo Qingzhou brought Xia Chan into the house, a devilish grin appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he grinned and said, "What a beautiful corpse embryo."
Li Gui passed by him and happened to hear these words, and couldn't help but grin.
"Your Majesty, Young Master Luo has arrived!"
He immediately entered the house, walked in front of the two of them, bowed his head, and spoke respectfully.
The room was quiet for a moment, and then Nangong Yang's slightly excited voice came: "Oh? Is Luo Qing here? Please invite him in."
"Squeak..."
Li Gui immediately stepped forward and opened the door.
A stream of hot air carrying a strange fragrance floated out of the house.
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head slightly and walked in with Xia Chan.
Li Gui also followed him in and closed the door, with an undisguised sneer on his face.
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said, "I am Luo Qingzhou, a humble citizen, and I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Nangong Yang was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and sitting in front of the desk, with a smile on his face: "Luo Qing, long time no see."
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and did not answer.
Nangong Yang looked at the sword-holding girl behind him, smiled slightly, and said, "Why, you came to see me with guards? Don't you trust me?"
Then he smiled and said, "But your female guard is really pretty, much prettier than the maids around me. Luo Qing, she won't be your woman like that Hua Gu before, right?"
Luo Qingzhou raised his head, looked at him and said, "Your Majesty, where is my elder brother?"
Nangong Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked, "Your elder brother? Who is your elder brother?"
There was a brief silence in the room.
Nangong Yang smiled and looked at Li Gui beside him, saying: "Li Gui, I have been too busy recently and may have forgotten something. Tell me, who is Luo Qing's eldest brother?"
Li Gui bowed his head and said respectfully: "Mr. Luo is the illegitimate son of Luo Yannian from the Luo family in Mocheng. His eldest brother should be Luo Changtian."
"Luo Changtian?"
Nangong Yang's face was full of surprise: "Lord Luo, Luo Changtian was the former commander of the Jinyiwei and the most favored minister around me. However, he has been killed. Do you want to look for him, Lord Luo?"
Luo Qingzhou looked at him calmly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm looking for Qin Lang from the Qin family."
"Qin Lang?"
Nangong Yang was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Gui.
Li Gui lowered his head, moved the corners of his mouth, and said: "Your Majesty, Qin Lang is the former commander of the Jinyiwei and the eldest son of the Qin family. Mr. Luo is the son-in-law of the Qin family, so Qin Lang can be regarded as his elder brother."
After listening to this, Nangong Yang suddenly realized and said, "So it was him."
Then he said, "Li Gui, where is Qin Lang now? Call him out so that Luo Qing can see him. Luo Qing is my most valued minister. Since Qin Lang is his elder brother and he has come to see him today, I will let him go and not pursue his crime."
Li Gui raised his head and looked at the young man next to him. A grim smile appeared on his face and he said respectfully, "Mr. Luo, I'm really sorry. Your elder brother betrayed His Majesty and has been... beheaded."
The room suddenly fell silent.
Luo Qingzhou looked at him calmly, without any emotion on his face, and he didn't say a word. It was so calm that even the sound of the wind outside seemed to stop cautiously.
Li Gui looked at him fiercely, but he didn't see the expression he wanted to see on his face. The grim smile on his face froze for a moment, and he sneered again, "Mr. Luo, your elder brother betrayed His Majesty, was disloyal and unjust, and failed His Majesty's trust. He deserves death. It was I who personally took the knife and cut his hamstrings and made him kneel down to apologize to His Majesty. It was His Majesty who personally cut off his head..."
"Li Gui!"
Nangong Yang's face suddenly darkened: "Do you not want your tongue anymore, or do you not want your head anymore?"
Li Gui's face changed, and he knelt down with a "thump". He raised his palm in panic and slapped his mouth fiercely. While slapping, he said in a trembling voice: "This slave deserves to die! This slave deserves to die! Please punish me, Your Majesty..."
After he had whipped her fiercely for more than a dozen times, Nangong Yangfang waved his hands in disgust and said, "That's enough. You've whipped her until her mouth is full of blood. How disgraceful! Can't you see Luo Qing and his wife are still here? You should know the etiquette in front of guests! Humph, you are a lowly-born dog slave. I guess you don't know what etiquette is. Even if you become someone's son-in-law, I guess no one will look down on you."
After that, he looked at the young man in the audience with a smile on his face and said, "Luo Qing, don't mind it. This dog slave is talking nonsense. Your eldest brother is Qin Lang, right? I remember that he is still fine. I didn't chop off his head."
After that, he said to the outside of the door: "Bring Qin Lang in."
Luo Qingzhou looked towards the door.
After a moment.
There were footsteps outside, and then the door opened with a creak.
Two eunuchs carried a huge wooden barrel and walked in step by step from outside. A disheveled head appeared from the barrel, and the face could not be seen clearly. At the same time, a strong smell of medicine and fishy smell came from the barrel.
"Put it up!"
Nangong Yang looked at the expressions on the faces of the young men below the stage and gave the order with a smile.
The two eunuchs immediately carried the wooden barrel and carefully placed it on the steps, then bowed their heads and retreated.
Nangong Yang suddenly exclaimed, stood up from the table, walked to the wooden barrel, looked suspiciously at the head sticking out of the barrel, and asked, "Li Gui, is this my former commander Qin Lang? How did he become like this? I remember when he first put on the Qilin costume, he was handsome, majestic, and awe-inspiring."
Li Gui got up from the ground and walked to the barrel. He stood on tiptoe and looked inside. He then covered his nose and said, "Your Majesty, this should be Lord Qin Lang. There are stitches on his neck. It looks like he is not dead yet."
Then he quickly looked at the young man in the audience and grinned, "Mr. Luo, aren't you looking for your elder brother? Come and see, this is your elder brother, he is still alive and well."
The person in the barrel seemed to hear something clearly and moved his head slightly but did not raise it.
Nangong Yang frowned and said, "Li Gui, what's going on? How can you let Luo Qing's elder brother stay in the barrel? Let him come out quickly so that Luo Qing can see him properly."
Li Gui immediately said respectfully, "Yes."
After saying that, he walked to the barrel, grasped a handle on the side of the barrel with both hands, and then suddenly twisted it with force, reminding: "Your Majesty, get out of the way."
"Card!"
The wooden barrel suddenly broke into pieces, and the black potion in the barrel splashed onto the ground with a "splash".
At the same time, a figure suddenly appeared in the wooden barrel, his body went limp, and he fell to the ground.
He was naked, his hands and feet were chopped off, his lower body had long since rotted away, there was a mark of stitching on his neck, and a big hole was rotten on his chest.
He lay there, squirming helplessly, as if he was in a panic because he had suddenly fallen out of the barrel, his entire face was covered in loose hair, and his bare limbs were trembling...
Luo Qingzhou's face turned pale.
Nangong Yang stared at his face for a few seconds, then frowned and scolded: "Li Gui, what's going on? Why did Qin Lang become like this?"
Li Gui bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Qin Lang betrayed you and had his tendons and veins cut off and his head chopped off. But in order to show your majesty's mercy, Taoist Zijin saved him and prepared to refine him into a human pig to let him live a few more years."
Nangong Yang was immediately furious: "Nonsense! How can I explain to Luo Qing how you treated Qin Lang? Luo Qing is meeting his brother now, but he can't even say a word. What should I do?"
Li Gui hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.
At this time, the Purple Gold Taoist, who had just been standing in the corridor with his eyes closed, walked in from the door and said calmly, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Lord Qin can still speak."
After saying this, the whisk in his hand flashed and lightly swept at the rotting figure on the ground.
The rotten figure suddenly trembled, as if it had a little more strength.
Taoist Zijin said, "Master Qin, your family is here to pick you up. Don't you want to look up at them?"
The figure on the ground was trembling all over, and a hoarse voice came out of his mouth: "Go... Go... I am not... Qin Lang..."
Luo Qingzhou looked at him with a pale face, raised his feet, slowly walked in front of him, squatted down, and whispered: "Brother, it's me... Qingzhou."
The figure on the ground trembled, and hurriedly buried his entire cheek in the potion on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "I am not... not... Go away, go away..."
Luo Qingzhou looked down at him, his expression softened, and he said softly: "Brother, don't be afraid. Qingzhou came here today just to see you and tell you that everyone in the family is doing well, father-in-law, mother-in-law, Wei Mo, Jian Jia, and second brother. They are all doing well and they miss you very much."
The figure on the ground suddenly started crying.
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head slightly and said softly: "It's okay, I'm at home, as well as my second brother. My second brother has already broken through to the realm of a great martial artist and can protect the people at home, so you don't have to worry. Wei Mo's illness has also been controlled and will definitely be cured in the future."
After a pause, he continued to mutter softly: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are in good health. The eldest daughter is also very good, much more cheerful than before... The maids at home are also very good... Zhu'er is practicing flying knives, and she looks very powerful... Xiaodie and Qiu'er like to make clothes. They make all the clothes for the family. They are very beautiful... There is a hillside behind the house, and there is a fruit forest on the hillside. They often go there to play and pick fruits... Mother-in-law likes to eat sour hawthorn the most..."
The figure on the ground gradually stopped crying, and the trembling of its body also gradually calmed down.
He slowly raised his head, revealing a pale and rotten face soaked in medicine, and said in a trembling voice: "Qingzhou... you... you go... go quickly..."
Luo Qingzhou paused, looked at him tenderly, and said softly: "Brother, I will leave, my family is still waiting for me, I..."
"Go? Where to?"
At this moment, Li Gui suddenly smiled grimly and said sinisterly, "Mr. Luo, since you are here, don't leave. Isn't it nice to keep your elder brother company?"
Luo Qingzhou seemed not to have heard his words. He still looked at the rotten face with hair in front of him and whispered, "Brother, are you in pain?"
Qin Lang lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "Qingzhou, I regret it very much... I'm sorry to my father, to my mother, and to you..."
At this moment, Nangong Yang suddenly said with a sinister look on his face: "Do you regret trusting me?"
Qin Lang raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him, his face full of tears: "Qingzhou, I'm sorry for you... You shouldn't have come, you..."
Li Gui suddenly shouted angrily, "You bastard! Are you deaf? His Majesty is asking you a question."
After saying that, he suddenly rushed over, bent down, and punched him on the head.
However, his punch landed on Qin Lang's hair and did not hit him.
Luo Qingzhou's hand suddenly grabbed his neck, causing him to open his eyes wide, open his mouth, bend over, and freeze in place. A "ho ho ho" sound came from his throat, but he was unable to move.
Luo Qingzhou's eyes were still fixed on the rotting face in front of him. His expression was gentle, and he said softly, "Brother, since you are here, of course Qingzhou has to come. Actually, there is something that Qingzhou has been hiding from you..."
Qin Lang opened his cloudy eyes and looked at him.
Luo Qingzhou released the hand that was pinching Li Gui's neck.
Li Gui was immediately shocked and angry. He clenched his fist and smashed it on his head, cursing, "You little bastard! You still dare to be so arrogant even at this time!"
"Bang!"
Luo Qingzhou punched him on the head, as if a hammer was hitting a fresh watermelon.
“Bang!”
With a crisp sound, Li Gui's head suddenly broke into pieces and exploded.
Red blood and white brain matter splattered out, and the broken head fell to the ground in a mess.
Li Gui still stood there bent over, his raised fist frozen in mid-air, as if he still had enough strength, but he could no longer strike out...
"Plop..."
The headless corpse fell to the ground, spurting blood...
The other people in the room were shocked!
No one expected that this young man would suddenly kill someone in front of the emperor! No one expected that...
"Your Majesty, be careful! This kid is a warrior!"
Taoist Zi Jin's face suddenly changed. In a flash, he was already on the stairs, protecting Nangong Yang.
Nangong Yang's face was stiff, and he stared dully at the frail scholar in Confucian robes in front of him, with an expression of disbelief on his face. For a moment, he was unable to react.
Luo Qingzhou still squatted there quietly, looking at the rotting cheek in front of him, and said softly: "Brother, in fact, Qingzhou is not only a scholar, but also a... warrior."
After he finished speaking, his figure flashed, and a thick red lightning flashed all over his body with a "sizzle", and he instantly rushed to the steps!
Taoist Zi Jin suddenly roared angrily, and light burst out from his body, forming a thick protective shield.
At the same time, a khaki light curtain suddenly lit up above the steps, like a wall, protecting Nangong Yang and him behind it.
Taoist Zijin immediately shouted outside: "Someone come! There's an assassin!"
"boom!"
A loud bang!
The fist light carried red lightning, instantly shattering the khaki light curtain, and then smashed into the thick shield condensed by the Purple Gold Taoist without any pause!
"Card!"
The shield condensed by Taoist Zi Jin was shattered in an instant!
"Bang!"
Before he could react, Luo Qingzhou's fist had already hit him hard in the chest with unstoppable force, knocking him flying!
He was flying in the air, and he shouted in horror: "Master...Master..."
“Sizzle—”
A thick red lightning bolt appeared on Luo Qingzhou's fist again, and with a "bang" it smashed the shield condensed by the treasure in Nangong Yang's hand, and then hit his chest without pause!
The enormous force instantly broke through his protective light shield and the armor he wore under the yellow robe, and hit him directly in the chest!
With a crisp sound, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from Nangong Yang's chest!
Luo Qingzhou suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes and pain in his arm, but he did not retreat at all, and hit up again with his other fist!
"boom!"
With a loud bang, Nangong Yang was knocked away by this punch!
Red lightning, specifically designed to break armor!
Nangong Yang's chest suddenly made a "click" sound, and his ribs caved in, but the power of the fist did not penetrate into his body, but was intercepted by a golden light.
"Bang!"
Nangong Yang hit the wall behind him heavily, spitting blood, and fell to the ground in a mess, his face full of fear.
It happened in the blink of an eye!
From the time Luo Qingzhou suddenly took action to the time when Nangong Yang's several protective shields and body-protecting treasures were all destroyed, it only took a moment!
The master’s attack is as fast as lightning!
However, as the emperor of the entire Da Yan, the life-saving treasures on him are naturally extremely luxurious!
The guards and royal guards standing outside reacted very quickly.
However, no matter they jumped in through the window or broke into the door, they suddenly jumped into a dense swarm of sword shadows!
The first three guards who came in were among the ten great guards in the palace, and they were all in the late stage of the Great Martial Master realm.
However, as soon as they jumped in, they were pierced through the throat by a sword that appeared out of nowhere and died instantly!
Xia Chan, alone with only a sword, guarded the windows and the door.
After Luo Qingzhou knocked the Purple Gold Taoist away with one punch and severely injured the emperor, he rushed towards the emperor again without any pause!
But at this moment, the soul guarding on the roof and the soul of Taoist Zi Jin suddenly held treasures and protected the emperor.
At the same time, a terrifying aura, like a surging wave, suddenly swept in from the palace outside!
The strongest master in the palace, the old eunuch with the cultivation level of a master, finally noticed something was wrong and rushed over quickly!
at the same time.
After the eldest princess received the news that there was a disturbance in the aura in Yongyan Palace, she immediately put on her wedding gown, let her long hair down, and hurried out of Yaohua Palace.
The emperor's study, on the steps.
In the pool of smelly black liquid, Qin Lang's rotting body lay there, his cloudy eyes staring blankly at everything that happened before his eyes...