Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 259: Survivor
As everyone kowtowed to her, Empress Dowager Lin slowly walked out of the secret room.
After seeing the tragic scene in the hall, there was no trace of emotion on her face, but she walked straight towards the body of the Xuanmen assassin.
"We are late in coming to your rescue, and we deserve to die. Please forgive us, Your Majesty!" Lin Chaofeng threw himself before the Empress Dowager in panic, trembling as he begged for forgiveness.
However, Empress Dowager Lin ignored her and came to the body of the female Taoist priest, bent down and looked carefully.
But the female Taoist priest who committed suicide by taking poison had a hideous look on her face and she did not close her eyes before she died.
"Alas..." Empress Dowager Lin looked at the female Taoist priest and sighed, then she raised her head and glanced at everyone.
Everyone was terrified and lowered their heads. Only Xu Zun, who was leaning against the wall, responded to the Queen Mother's gaze.
The next second, Queen Mother Lin closed her eyes and thought for a moment before she stretched out her hand to Lin Chaofeng and said:
"Chao Feng, I'm tired. Take me back to the palace. Let Cai Kun handle this!"
"yes!"
Lin Chaofeng hurriedly supported Empress Dowager Lin in panic and helped her to the back hall. Several Qilin Guards followed closely behind, protecting her on both sides.
It was not until more than ten seconds after Empress Dowager Lin left the hall that someone in the hall asked Cai Kun:
"Cai Ge Ling, what do you think...how should we deal with this?"
Cai Kun was still confused. He didn't know why the Queen Mother suddenly asked him to clean up the mess?
Logically speaking, with such a big thing happening, either the Queen Mother should handle it personally or Lin Chaofeng should handle it. He is not qualified at all.
Moreover, the Queen Mother didn't give any instructions. If anything was not handled properly, I would be in big trouble.
However, Cai Kun has been the head of the Inner Guard Cabinet for so many years, so he is quite clear about the general process.
He first ordered the Imperial Guards to step up their alert and search for other remnants;
He also ordered a team of detectives from the Divine Detective Department to go down and search underground;
Then he asked the Jinwu Guards to deal with the bodies of their own people and rescue the wounded.
Finally, he ordered the inner guards to deal with the enemy's bodies to see if there were any survivors.
"Hmph..." Zhao Yu leaned against the wall, sat next to Xu Zun, looked at the busy soldiers at the scene, and said quietly, "I think that Chief Steward Lin may lose his position!
"Such a large-scale assassination operation that lasted so long, and yet the Internal Security Department didn't investigate it. I'm afraid his good days are over!"
"oh……"
As they spoke, Huo Anu and Ani slowly crawled to Xu Zun's side. Because of their serious injuries, they both grimaced in pain.
Just like that, from left to right, those leaning against the wall were Ku Niang, Xu Zun, Zhao Yu, Huo Anu and Ani.
Among the five people, Xu Zun was the only one with the least blood on his body, while the other four already looked like bloody men.
"How are you?" Xu Zun asked, "Are you two okay?"
Huo Anu didn't want to talk, he just waved his hand, which meant that he would not die.
After waving her hands, she found that only one umbrella pole was left of her iron umbrella, and she immediately threw it on the ground.
Annie didn't say anything, she just stared at one place in a daze.
The place she was looking at was the corpse of the female Taoist priest...
"Old Zhao," Xu Zun said to Zhao Yu, "Let's make a bet. I bet that Chief Steward Lin is fine!"
"Impossible," Zhao Yu said, "He just ordered his soldiers to attack fiercely and leave no one alive. Just for this, the Queen Mother will not forgive him!"
"What are you betting on?" Huo Anu leaned his head against the wall in pain and asked, "I'm with Lord Xu!"
However, Xu Zun did not say what he was betting on. Instead, he turned his head to look at Ku Niang. Only after he found that Ku Niang's life was not in danger did he feel relieved.
“My Lord, my Lord…”
At this time, Ah Xiu, Hou Zhen, Li Xing and others gathered around and asked about everyone's injuries.
Seeing that Zhao Yu and the others were seriously injured, Ah Xiu immediately ran to find a doctor without saying a word...
"Hou Zhen," Xu Zun and Zhao Yu stood up and pointed at a man with a broken arm under their buttocks and said, "This guy is not dead yet, please take good care of him!"
"ah!?"
Hou Zhen and others were greatly surprised. They did not expect that Xu Zun and Zhao Yu were actually sitting on the same person.
This person was none other than the Dark Shadow Demon Luo Jia. As early as when Lin Chaofeng gave the order, the two of them tacitly pulled him under their buttocks to cover him up.
"Remember," Xu Zun warned, "This may be the only survivor of the Xuanmen rebels, and he is a high-ranking figure, and may know a lot of information.
"Also, after you lock him up, place more secret guards. If someone comes to kill him, you will have done a great deed!"
"Oh... I see!" Hou Zhen immediately understood Xu Zun's meaning and ordered his men to find a stretcher...
"Luo Jia, the Dark Demon of the Sun Shadow," Zhao Yu said, "This person has no sect or school, is a master of strange and evil magic from the South Seas, and is good at using two swords. He has been causing trouble in Mingzhou, Yuezhou and other places for many years, killing countless people and committing many evil deeds.
“Not only is the government looking for him, but there are also people in the underworld who have offered a high price to take his head.
"I can't believe he actually joined Xuanmen!"
"So," Xu Zun asked, "this person is very powerful?"
"Luo Jia, the Saint Swordswoman Qu Zhenbai, and Gongsun Yelang are all top masters ranked within the top 20 and outside the top 10 in the world today," Zhao Yu glanced at Ku Niang, "Kuniang killed these three masters by herself. In my opinion... this level..."
Although Zhao Yu didn't finish his words, Xu Zun had already realized that Ku Niang's martial arts might be comparable to Yue Jinglei's, or even better.
However, from a feeling point of view, Yue Jinglei's martial arts are extremely masculine and strong, while Ku Niang's martial arts carry an indescribable evil spirit, which seems difficult to compare.
"But..." Zhao Yu said, "Don't forget Ku Niang's age. It is rare in this world for someone to have such martial arts skills at such a young age!
“I’m really curious, who is she?”
After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he found that Xu Zun was not listening to him, but went to Ani to comfort the Yuanzhou girl.
"Ani," Xu Zun asked, "this female leader is the Yuanzhou Daozun you mentioned, right?"
"Well," Ani nodded, "I don't know if what she said is right, but she is right about one thing. If she hadn't adopted me, I would have been tortured beyond recognition by now!"
As she spoke, Ani's eyes became moist and she looked quite sad.
"It's okay, it's all over!" Xu Zun patted her shoulder gently and consoled her, "There are many things that cannot be judged as right or wrong.
"You just need to remember one thing: you need to control your own destiny!"
"Yes!" Ani nodded and said, "They say beautiful women have short lives. Sir Xu, I still want to continue the challenge...oh..."
Ani got so excited that the wound was triggered and blood started flowing from her arm again.
"Old Zhao, Old Zhao!" Xu Zun shouted, "Come over here quickly to check on Annie, and bring me another pill..."
"Sir, don't joke around," Zhao Yu said, "That Jinyidan is a magic weapon passed down from my Zhao family. It's great that I can get one!"
"No, no..." Ani said stubbornly, "Did your Excellency forget ? Ani also understands pharmacology, I can treat it myself."
"That……"
As soon as Xu Zun opened his mouth, he suddenly heard the voice of Lin Chaofeng, the chief steward of the inner guards.
"Xu Zun, Xu Zun..." He ran back to the hall quickly, and when he saw Xu Zun, he waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, the Queen Mother wants to see you, come with me..."
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