Dragon Queen

The next day, Zhao Zhouxing specially changed into a solemn and solemn dress. This suit was not the most solemn, but in order to conceal his identity, Zhao Zhouxing could not wear the most solemn clothes.

As soon as she was dressed, she left the palace.

A man was waiting outside the palace, with an ordinary appearance and an outstanding temperament.

Before Zhao Zhouxing could speak, this person saluted and said, "Little man Nie Ping, under the order of the little prince, specially brought someone to protect the safety of the saint on the way."

Although Zhao Zhouxing didn't want it in his heart, he could only let Nie Ping follow him to "protect" him.

Nie Ping is the commander of the army of Zhennan Wangfu.

As soon as Fu Zizhou's order came, he immediately led two teams of personal soldiers to escort Zhao Zhouxing to the Lotus Temple to offer incense.

Although Nie Ping still felt very strange in his heart, because today was neither the first day nor the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and it was not the day of offering incense, but he didn't ask anything, just like this, he took Zhao Zhouxing on the road in a mighty way.

The Lotus Temple is located on Lianhua Mountain. Since today is not a day for ordinary people to burn incense and worship Buddha, there are no people on the way up the mountain, which naturally saves a lot of trouble.They also arrived at the temple soon.

The abbot of Lianhua Temple heard that Yu Jia was coming in person, so he waited outside to greet him early.Zhao Zhouxing saw the abbot's creases all over his face and a hypocritical smile, and silently sneered in his heart.

On the surface, it is natural that the people are kind and the monarch is close.

After Zhao Zhouxing worshiped the Buddha, he donated 1000 taels of silver by the way.The little monk who was guarding the merit box had a face full of money confusion. Seeing that Zhao Zhouxing had donated so much money, his eyes almost cracked with laughter.

The abbot had told that important people would come today, so the little monk had to try to keep calm, although this made his expression even more funny.

Seeing how happy he was, Zhao Zhouxing asked, "How much do you receive each month?"

Before Zhao Zhouxing came, Fu Zizhou had already taken care of it. Except for the abbot, no one else in the temple knew what Zhao Zhouxing's identity was.So the little monk didn't think much, and was about to answer when the abbot next to him coughed lightly.

The little monk had no choice but to shut up. The abbot smiled and said, "The first and fifteenth day of every month is the day for offering incense, and the donations are the most during these two days. Roughly speaking, they are just enough for the temple's expenses."

Zhao Zhouxing nodded, "What kind of expenses does the temple usually have?"

The abbot said: "There are 130 seven people in Lianhua Temple. The daily food and clothing costs are a lot of money. Occasionally, things in the temple are damaged and need to be repaired. And the money in the merit box is often will be taken away."

"Oh?" Zhao Zhouxing wondered, "Who will take it?"

"Amitabha is a gentleman." The abbot said.

Zhao Zhouxing said: "Gentleman? How can a gentleman take money from a monk?"

"It's the gentleman on the beam." The abbot explained.

Zhao Zhouxing couldn't help laughing and said: "Master is right, the gentleman on Liang is indeed a gentleman."

Zhao Zhouxing hated this abbot very much at first, but now she has a little liking for this old monk.People who can make people feel happy will inevitably be loved by others.

She wanted to promise the old monk some kind of reward, but when she thought about her current situation, she really couldn't say anything.

Zhao Zhouxing left the Lotus Temple.

She can only leave.Now is the end of the day, if you don't go down the mountain earlier, I'm afraid you can only sleep outside for a night.

Although it is possible to stay at the Lotus Temple for one night, the old abbot is very happy to enjoy the dragon spirit of the emperor, but Zhao Zhouxing is the first to disagree when it comes to living in the Lotus Temple.

This is not because she is still dissatisfied with the abbot of the temple, but because everyone has one or two persistences that others cannot understand.

The sun was setting, and Nie Ping's team escorting Zhao Zhouxing was already approaching the city gate.The two big characters "Licheng" on the city gate are shining in the setting sun.

The soldiers in the city were already a little distracted, and now it was time to change defenses. They couldn't wait to go back to rest, and naturally they would no longer focus on the movement inside and outside the city gate.

Nie Ping had already clenched the seven-foot goose feather spear in his hand, his expression was calm, his eyes were calm, but there was a bit of chilling intent.

Did he discover something?

The setting sun had almost sunk into the distant mountains, and their team was still walking slowly at the most usual speed.A group of soldiers had already walked through the city gate, greeted the companions guarding the city gate, and immediately stood where they should be.

Nie Ping had also entered the city gate.

The breeze blows, the wind is very gentle, so gentle that people think it is the thick spring.In the southern country, such a day is not much different from the late spring in the northern land.

So everyone is intoxicated in such late spring, such tenderness, and such breeze.

A bright sword light flashed out in this gentle wind, and stabbed the tip of the Yanling Spear with a "ding".

The assassin missed a hit, and immediately turned back with his sword, but the goose feather spear followed closely like a boneless poisonous snake.Nie Ping stepped on the saddle lightly, and his body flew out.

He flew back in no time, still in the saddle.The gun in his hand danced into a watertight circle, blocking all the hidden weapons that were shot back.

If it was an assassin who came, then he should leave quickly at this moment.After an assassin is discovered, if he does not escape quickly, then there is only one end for him, death.

But the assassin didn't leave immediately, he even turned back and stabbed out again.

This sword actually succeeded.

Nie Ping was very sure of blocking this sword at first, and he was also very sure of catching the hidden weapon that was shot out with the sword, but he didn't expect that the hidden weapon shot this time was not an ordinary hidden weapon. But a projectile.

A projectile that bursts when touched, and when the projectile bursts, it emits a large amount of smoke.

This projectile was really not what Nie Ping expected, and his injury was normal.

The escort team suddenly panicked, not because Nie Ping was injured, but because Zhao Zhouxing had disappeared.

Her maid is still there, but her people are gone.The four-horse carriage was still parked there, and the driver was still coughing.Because there was also a thick layer of smog just now, and the smog made everyone cough. As soon as the smog cleared, Zhao Zhouxing disappeared.

Nie Ping frowned. Regardless of his bleeding arm, he raised his whip and rushed back to Zhennan Palace as fast as he could.He had to tell Fu Zizhou about it quickly.

Fu Zizhou was drinking with Fang Shuo when Nie Ping came in.

No one knows why people who were tit for tat the day before can sit together and have a good time today.

But Fu Zizhou has this kind of ability, if he doesn't have this kind of ability, how can he talk about ambition and grand plan.

One of Nie Ping's sleeves was already stained dark with blood. As soon as he entered, he knelt on the ground, as if he wanted to apologize.

He didn't say anything, just glanced at Fang Shuo when he came in.

Fang Shuo understood in his heart, before Fu Zizhou could say anything, he stood up and left: "You two want to discuss something important, so I will leave first."

Fu Zizhou immediately said: "Brother Fang, don't blame me. If the matter was not too urgent, Xiao Wang would definitely let Brother Fang have a good drink. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

Fu Zizhou waited for Fang Shuo to go far away, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately. He turned around and glanced at Nie Ping's blood-soaked sleeve, and said, "What's going on?"

Nie Ping told the story of what happened when he entered the city, "This subordinate did not recognize the identity of the assassin, so he was willing to accept the punishment."

"Assassins shouldn't be recognized by others." Fu Zizhou said, "This is the best medicine for wounds. You should heal the wound on your arm first when you go back."

Fu Zizhou took the white porcelain medicine bottle from the Baibao Pavilion, he was more or less preoccupied with this matter, although Nie Ping did not escort Zhao Zhouxing back completely, it was not considered dereliction of duty, he should have cared about his subordinates.

"Thank you, my lord."

Nie Ping has left.Fu Zizhou looked at the sky outside the window, took a few steps slowly in the room, and sat back at the table.

There was also a blank piece of paper on the table, Fu Zizhou always had such a piece of paper on his desk.There are always words on the paper, but the paper with words is always quickly replaced by the paper without words.

He grabbed the pen holder, hesitantly sucked up the pitch black ink in Panlong's inkstone.

He didn't write, but called the servants to light the lamp.

As soon as the girl who lit the lamp left, the tip of Fu Zizhou's pen landed on the pale paper.As soon as the tip of the pen fell, Fu Zizhou's hesitation seemed to have also fallen, and a few neat small letters were drawn.

The king of Nanzhao proclaimed it.

Nanzhao King Li Jingxiao had an aggressive heart for the Central Plains in his early years, but he was not as gentle as he appeared on the surface.

Nanzhao originally dispersed many countries and annexed many small countries in the war.In the end, ten countries were left with equal strength.

In order to unify the Ten Kingdoms without compromising his military strength, Li Jingxiao came up with a method called the Ten Kingdoms Alliance, and he himself was the Lord of the Ten Kingdoms, so he was called the King of Nanzhao.

But within a few years after the alliance, the kings of the remaining nine kingdoms fell ill and died. Soon, the ten kingdoms of Nanzhao became a distant story, and became the great achievements of Li Jingxiao.

What Li Jingxiao is good at is intrigue and deception.

In the early years, Fu Zizhou had some contacts with Li Jingxiao.Fu Zizhou was young at the time, and although he didn't say it, it was written on his face.Li Jingxiao saw that he had rebellious intentions, so he followed the temptation and used Zhao's throne as a bargaining chip, intending to unite the forces of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion to attack the capital in one fell swoop, and promised to divide Zhao's country equally after the event was completed.

With such a wolfish ambition, even Fu Zizhou would have to back off three points.So gradually there was no contact.

Now, it is no secret that Zhao Zhou went on a tour in micro-clothes and came to southern Yunnan.Of course he can stand the mouth of Zhennan Prince's Mansion, but he can't stand that Fang Shuo's mouth.

Nannan and Nanzhao have been neighbors for several years, and Li Jingxiao knows about every trouble.

He has motives and means, and it is not difficult to kidnap Zhao Zhouxing.