From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

This is a large basement, but there is no window for ventilation. Only the light of several candles illuminates the surroundings.

It is dark, depressing, humid, and full of various rouge smells, which makes people faint.

Dozens of women are sitting or lying, with numb faces and cloudy eyes.

It is hard to believe that you can live in such a place for a long time. It is hard to imagine how these women can persist in the dark life.

Perhaps it is just as Chu Wanping said, the population here is very mobile, and few people can survive for two years.

When they rushed in, these women just looked at them numbly, without any other expression.

It seems that being broken into at any time has become the norm, and these women have long been accustomed to it.

They are not people here, just tools for stacking and a medium for making money.

"Sisters! Follow me! The court is here to save us!"

Chu Wanping shouted with all her strength, but the people around her kept shrinking back, their faces pale and their eyes terrified.

Zhou Yuan frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Chu Wanping said, "There are often drills here. The people from the gambling house often come down to deceive people, saying that someone is coming to rescue them. Whoever dares to follow them will die."

"So it's hard for them to believe us."

Zhou Yuan snorted and said coldly, "That's because the stimulation is not enough. Just see the blood!"

He jumped out of the basement and grabbed the person who had just been injured. He said sternly, "Look! This is the villain who bullies you all the time!"

When many women looked over subconsciously, Zhou Yuan swung his sword and directly chopped off the man's head.

Blood gushed out, and the women around screamed when they saw this scene.

Zhou Yuan shouted, "Shut up!"

His long sword was stained with blood, and he had his own momentum. The people around him dared not speak anymore, but just shed tears and trembled.

Zhou Yuan shouted in a serious tone: "I am a captain of the Jinyiwei of the Qianhu Division of Lin'an Prefecture. I am ordered by His Majesty to destroy the gambling den and rescue you."

"Everyone follow me now, no need to bring anything!"

"If you don't want to follow, stay here and wait for death!"

After speaking, Zhou Yuan heard the movement behind him and rushed out with his sword.

Chu Wanping said anxiously: "Sisters, don't you trust me? Come with me! Escape from this dark and dark devil's cave!"

Only then did screams come, and dozens of women cried bitterly, some even didn't have time to put on their shoes, and hurriedly followed Chu Wanping out.

Zhou Yuan held a long sword and chopped several people who blocked his way directly. His right arm was also stabbed, and he was sweating profusely in pain.

But this aroused his bloodiness even more. At the most critical moment, there must be no hesitation or hesitation.

Zhou Yuan knew this very well, so he didn't care about much, just tore off a piece of cloth to tie his arm tightly, and then rushed forward directly.

More and more people gathered around, Zhou Yuan could hardly hold on, and could not help but yelled: "Second Senior Sister, save me!"

"Do you still dare to resist!"

Ye Qingying quickly rushed over from a distance, holding a bloody head in her hand. It was the powerful man just now.

He was obviously very famous, so when the thugs around saw his head, they screamed in fear.

Ye Qingying looked indifferent, and said in a firm voice: "I am a female official of the inner court. I came here to destroy the gambling den under the order of His Majesty. Anyone who dares to resist will be charged with treason and exterminate all nine clans!"

It's over! Second Senior Sister, you are stupid! If you are going to exterminate all nine clans, people will fight you to the death!

Zhou Yuan shouted in his heart, it's time to use a conciliatory policy!

So he hurriedly shouted: "If you give up resistance and help the officers and soldiers, you can forgive the past."

"Bullshit, they have classified us as rebels, how can they forgive the past?"

"That's right, the worst that can happen to me is death, and I will never hurt my family."

"Brothers, fight these two bastards, and Master Snake will reward you handsomely!"

Amid the noise, everyone drew their knives and rushed straight towards Zhou Yuan and others.

Ye Qingying didn't expect these people to be so desperate, and immediately raised her long sword to resist.

However, no matter how high your kung fu is, you are afraid of crowds. Dozens or hundreds of thugs surrounded them, including masters, most of whom were crazy with blood on their hands, and it was impossible to stop them.

"Kill!"

At this moment, roars came from outside the gambling house, and one by one, female officials cooperated with people from the underworld to kill like a whirlwind.

They all had good martial arts, and at this moment, they were bloodshot, and their bodies were covered in blood, unstoppable.

Zhou Yuan forced the two men back with a sword, and when he looked back, he saw Zhuang Xuansu flying over from the rooftop in the distance. His internal energy was like a vast ocean, rushing outward along his meridians and pores. He raised a long sword and slashed straight down.

That powerful internal energy wasHowever, they gathered but did not disperse, condensing into a terrifying sword light, directly chopping more than a dozen thugs into pieces of flesh and blood.

This terrifying scene was so shocking that Zhou Yuan almost lost his legs, let alone others.

He was already scared to death and ran out.

Dozens of female officials were chasing him, and Zhuang Xuansu finally landed beside Zhou Yuan and said sternly: "According to the order of His Majesty, the gambling den will be destroyed. Those who dare to resist will be killed on the spot!"

"Yes!"

The masters carefully selected by the female officials were also ruthless and fierce in carrying out the mission at this moment, which made all the martial arts masters dumbfounded.

What sects, what popes, the biggest sect in the world is the palace.

No matter how powerful your master is, can you compare with the people in the palace?

Masters also need to eat. Who wants to be a shitty hero if they can eat the country's food and live in a big house!

Zhou Yuan was stunned by the situation and said, "Quick, Qingying, take these women to Kuixingfang!"

Ye Qingying shouted, "Follow me! I'll take you away from here!"

The women had been scared to tears and their legs were weak, but when they heard that they could leave, they didn't know where the strength came from and hurried to follow.

The battle was in full swing and was still going on. Although the inner guards of the inner court were powerful, they were few in number after all. Including the people from the rivers and lakes, there were only thirty or forty people.

The gambling houses around were still supporting this side, and more masters rushed over.

The battle had entered a white-hot stage.

Ye Qingying ran out with many women, but just as the fire was raging, a figure flew quickly from a distance, holding a long sword and stabbing straight at her.

How fast and abrupt was this sword, and the terrible killing intent enveloped Ye Qingying completely.

She subconsciously raised her sword to block it, but it was easily swung away by the opponent and stabbed her chest.

"Fuck!"

Zhou Yuan took a step forward and slashed his sword across, blocking the fatal sword.

The next moment, Zhou Yuan saw a dense rain of swords covering his front. This assassin had a terrifying swordsmanship.

"Be careful!"

Ye Qingying woke up from a dream and screamed. It was too late to support her.

Zhuang Xuansu in the distance also changed his face and shouted, "You dare!"

But she could only scream, but it was too late to rescue her.

But at this critical moment, the assassin's sword suddenly changed and rushed towards Ye Qingying again.

The man ignored Zhou Yuan.

With the help of the firelight, Zhou Yuan looked at her and was immediately shocked.

Damn, it's Cai Ni!

You girl, can't I recognize you with your face covered!

"Witch! It's you!"

Ye Qingying obviously recognized her and couldn't help but yelled, holding the sword and went to meet her.