[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 23 Sons and Daughters 12

There are corpses piled up all over the official road, including those of the imperial army and assassins...

In fact, to say that those people are assassins is really flattering them. When Wu Xu first saw this group of people rushing forward, he only thought of four words: rabble.

Therefore, the people who defended the Empress and the Crown Prince did not attract enough attention at first, especially after beheading more than half of the rioters, Lian Wu Minzhi relaxed his vigilance a little.

But at this moment, the real assassins hidden among the rioters made their move, and their target turned out to be Wu Xu.

When a man with an ordinary face who couldn't be found in the crowd raised a hatchet and slashed at Wu Xu, Wu Xu froze.

Not to mention that man even yelled: Demon Queen, take your life!

I rub!

It was really for her!

Wu Xu's face is full of bullshit, her combat power is only negative five, okay!

Even a hatchet can still kill her in seconds!

Even with the addition of Li Xiaojiu, at most, the negative value has just been wiped out. Why should he be singled out with other professional assassins? !

So, seeing that the momentum was wrong, Wu Xu pulled Li Xiaojiu and shrank back.

Wu Minzhi originally protected the crown prince and followed the two of them. Seeing that the assassin was coming towards the sky, he immediately swung a dagger towards him...

Then, the hatchet-wielding assassin was stabbed to death ==

Good...that's awesome!

It's Xiao Li Feidao!

After Wu Xu's meal, she was almost caught by the assassin's body, but fortunately, Li Xiaojiu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed her and got into the carriage.

Their carriage this time was specially made by Wu Xu. Not to mention the huge size of the carriage, the walls of the carriage were covered with iron sheets, so casual physical attacks would not be able to break through the carriage's defenses.

There is no safer place than in a carriage!

Seeing that the Emperor and Empress had entered the bunker, Wu Minzhi immediately handed over the prince to them, while he jumped out to deal with the assassins.

The imperial guards surrounded the carriage, and they all took out the secret weapon they had only recently acquired—the renju hand crossbow.

Although the assassins were fierce, their weaponry was far behind Wu Xu's, and they didn't have such ferocious long-range weapons like bows and crossbows. They were quickly crippled by the imperial army...

Those with a little bit of ability fled quickly, and those with insufficient force were killed on the spot, or captured alive.

When Ming Chongyan and Xiao Sanniang rushed back, the Imperial Army had already begun to clean the battlefield.

Although the previous fierce fight was suspected of being unilaterally abused by the Forbidden Army, the opponent was really not a mob.

The imperial guards lost nearly 20 people, and even Wu Minzhi was slightly injured.

After hearing Wu Minzhi's report, Wu Xu was very surprised.

"Da Lang, you go to heal the wound first..." Wu Xu saw that Wu Minzhi's arm was still oozing blood, so she asked him to go down to bandage it quickly, and then glanced at Li Hong's second son, she said again: "The remaining Let Erlang handle the next thing..."

Li Xian didn't have any objection when he heard his mother asked him to take charge of the overall situation. He immediately took orders silently and went out with his cousin Wu to clean up the mess.

Actually, Wu Xu was quite frightened just now, but her family's Da Lang was still lying down, and her family's Li Xiaojiu was also a little unwell, so she could only brace herself up and stay in the carriage to take care of her husband and son.

Li Xiaojiu's physical strength is a bit sluggish, and his double Q's are still extremely high. After less than an incense stick of rest, he has already analyzed and understood the group of people who pretended to be refugees and waited for an opportunity to assassinate Wu Xu.

"It's from Liaodong." Li Xiaojiu said with certainty.

"Why?" Wu Xu didn't understand how Li Xiaojiu came to this conclusion.

Speaking of which, that group of people obviously spoke a Guan Zhong accent, how did he tell that they were from the Northeast?

Moreover, it is also true that there was a small-scale drought in the southern part of Yongzhou. She only received relief from the Zhengshitang two days ago. It doesn't make sense that the assassins knew about it earlier than her, right?

Li Xiaojiu didn't explain why he came to such a conclusion, but looked at Li Hong who was still asleep, and said solemnly: "I'm afraid this time there will be big trouble!"

Wu Xu couldn't help but 'cut' when he heard the words, "Anyone who dares to assassinate the second sage will be in great trouble!"

While talking, the waiter outside announced that Zhenren Ming and a little lady came back...

When Wu Xu heard the news, he couldn't help being overjoyed: "Sanniang must have returned."

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu finally had a smile on his face: "Come in~~~"

Before the words were finished, the bamboo and bead curtains on the carriage were lifted one by one by the palace people, and a girl in Tsing Yi strode in.

Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu involuntarily stared up and down at the girl, but they didn't find any injuries, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Little Sanniang still had a trace of exhaustion and doubts on her face, she walked up to Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu, and asked directly, "Aniang, what's the matter?"

Wu Xu drove them halfway and met a group of people fleeing famine, and stopped to give them some dry food. In the end, the group of refugees turned out to be assassins.

Xiao Sanniang's mouth was wide open when she heard it, and she came back to her senses after a while, and said, "It's really similar to what happened to me!" So, she also met a group of lost people on the way. She kindly led the way, but was attacked. Said one by one.

"These guys are too bad!" Xiao Sanniang was very upset.

Who are these people? They are all taking advantage of other people's sympathy to harm others!

Wu Xu couldn't help but patted the back of Sanniang's hand, and said with a sneer, "Soldiers never tire of cheating! I'm afraid we will encounter many such things in the future!"

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu at the side shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Awu, your thinking is too complicated..." After saying this, he didn't speak again, just leaned on the couch and closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing Li Xiaojiu's appearance of not telling them what she knew to be inside, Wu Xu felt depressed for a while.

He simply ignored him, but together with Xiao Sanniang, he summoned Mr. Sun to detoxify Li Hong.

It's just that the antidote is not only taken internally, but also given to the poisoned person in a bath.

The car had to stay where it was.

After Wu Minzhi bandaged the wound on his arm, he ordered the imperial guards to set up camp around the car, and arranged for the guards to patrol the night.

Li Xian asked people to pack up a tent to torture the assassins who were captured alive.

Everyone is very busy, especially Mr. Sun, the doctor.

There is no need to worry too much since the prince has the antidote for Xiao Sanniang.

Grandpa Sun made a large bucket of medicinal soup less, and then threw the antidote brought back by Xiao Sanniang into the medicinal soup, and asked the prince to soak it for two hours.

The trouble is the guards who were fighting the assassins during the day.

At first, even Mr. Sun didn't notice it. It wasn't until a guard who had just been slashed on his thigh died suddenly that everyone realized that something was wrong.

The assassin's sword may have been poisoned!

Now even Wu Xu became nervous, urging Wu Minzhi to swallow a large amount of detoxifying pills immediately.

The other injured guards were also given some antidote pills by Wu Xu.

Grandpa Sun also personally ran to the nearby forest, picked a lot of herbs, boiled a big pot, and gave a big bowl to each of the injured...

This toss is another night.

Early the next morning, the state capital near Guandao sent three thousand elite soldiers to escort them.

It turned out that when His Majesty Li Xiaojiu saw that someone dared to assassinate in broad daylight, he immediately sent a secret decree to the surrounding state capitals, asking them to immediately send troops to protect the holy driver, and at the same time martial law on all official roads, and immediately arrest any suspicious gatherings.

With His Majesty Li Xiaojiu's move, the journey back to Chang'an will be very peaceful.

However, Li Hong's condition is still not very good.

Although the poison was removed, it left a lot of sequelae.

Mr. Sun communicated with Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu privately.

"The prince's health is fine, but..." Mr. Sun is a good doctor, but some words are still a bit difficult to say, especially these words have to be said to the patient's parents.

"Weng Sun might as well speak up if you have something to say!" Wu Xu felt that as long as Da Lang's life could be saved and neither disabled nor disabled, there would be nothing she could not accept.

Grandpa Sun glanced at Wu Xu, and suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with Li Hong's condition.

"The Empress Dowager knows when the crown prince first became refined?"

After hearing this, Wu Xu was stunned for a long time before realizing what Old Master Sun had said.

This question really made Wu Xu ask.

Her Dalang has always been self-disciplined. Since he was ten years old, he has not allowed them to interfere with his personal affairs...

Although Wu Xu arranged for palace servants to serve Li Hong, she had never heard any bad news.

Dalang is going to marry a wife next year, so he should have been born earlier, right?

Wu Xu couldn't help but glanced at Li Xiaojiu.

A father should know this kind of thing!

No, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu smiled wryly at Wu Xu.

Got it!

It seems that Li Xiaojiu doesn't know anymore...

Seeing the appearance of Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu, Grandpa Sun couldn't help sighing, and then told them with great regret that Li Hong was poisoned twice, and some functions in his body were greatly damaged, and he might not be able to have any more children...

Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu were both stunned after listening to Mr. Sun's words.

A crown prince who can't have any heirs, is his position still secure?

========================= Back to the dividing line in Chang'an ========================= ==========

In September of the seventh year of Xianqing, the emperor and empress couple who returned to Chang'an from the eastern capital brought a bad news.

Crown Prince Li Hong died of a sudden illness in Luoyang.

The crown prince passed away, and the whole country mourned.

The emperor and empress stopped court for several months because of this.

It was not until the end of the seventh year of Xianqing that the two saints, who were still grieving, returned to the court under the persuasion of the left and right prime ministers.

The first imperial edict issued by His Majesty Li Xiaojiu, who returned to court, was about the deceased His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The imperial edict praised Dalang's benevolence, filial piety and wisdom, and he was the most beloved son and successor of him and the Queen of Heaven. Unfortunately, Heaven was jealous of talents, and Dalang unfortunately suffered from a serious illness. He died suddenly after sleepless nights...

The second sage lost his beloved son, and his grief was unbearable. He planned to posthumously confer the title of "filial piety to the emperor" on the old prince Hong, and build a mausoleum for him to bury.

It was the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty that he was posthumously named emperor as a prince.

However, none of the civil and military officials jumped out to object.

This was not only because they were afraid of the anger of the second sage, but also because Li Hong, the crown prince, was so convincing to them. With such an excellent crown prince gone, everyone felt empty in their hearts.

But soon, all the officials were in no mood to grieve, because their Emperor Suspected to have convulsions...

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