Volume 6: Demons Rise from the East Sea Chapter 364: Never expected
The black sails were furled and the pirate ship slowly approached the port.
The people on the dock were already nervous, even though someone had previously reported with documents that this was a Daxuan official ship.
But looking at the old, bullet-riddled black ship, no one dared to relax.
At this time, as the imperial carriage came forward, everyone consciously made way for it.
Without waiting for the imperial carriage to come to a stop, Queen Kong Zhen had already climbed down from it in a panic and looked at the huge black ship.
There was an elusive light in her dark eyes.
oh……
When the soldiers saw that the person getting off the black ship was Xu Zun, who was wearing the Daxuan official robe, and many Daxuan sailors, they were obviously relieved.
However, the queen Kong Zhen narrowed her eyes slightly, as if she was thinking hard about something.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, ah..."
Unexpectedly, before Kong Zhen could think seriously, he was interrupted by Xu Zun's cry.
Only then did she realize that Xu Zun had disheveled hair, a charred body, and looked extremely disheveled.
Looking again, he saw that Xu Zun's entourage, guards, and those Daxuan sailors all looked like they had rolled out of a fire scene, all of them were covered in dust and looked in a miserable state.
this……
Kong Zhen was slightly stunned, but Xu Zun was already staggering towards him.
Out of courtesy, Kong Zhen quickly stepped forward and pretended to help.
Xu Zun naturally could not touch the ruler of a country, so he quickly approached him and bowed, while pretending to be dejected.
"Master Xu..." Kong Zhen was surprised to see that a large part of Xu Zun's hair had been burnt off. "What on earth is going on? Where is your Great Xuan battleship?"
"Oh! Don't mention it!" Xu Zun pretended to be injured and coughed deliberately, "We...we really encountered that sea monster!"
What!?
There were many people present who were proficient in the Daxuan language and they immediately exclaimed in disbelief.
"Ah?" Kong Zhen was also stunned. "Really? There really is a siren? You...you are..."
"We were no match for the Siren," Xu Zun said quickly, "so we had no choice but to turn around and flee. In the end, we even set fire to the ship, which was how we managed to escape death..."
"What?" Kong Zhen was getting more and more confused. "You set fire to the ship. Then how did you get back? Hey? Where did your ship come from?"
"Your Majesty, cough cough..." Xu Zun said painfully, "Many of our men died, and the remaining brothers are also injured. We still hope, we still hope... cough cough..."
"That's no problem. Treat him, treat him," Kong Zhen asked hurriedly, "but Lord Xu, why did you come back on such a pirate ship? What happened?"
"Pirate ship? Sigh!" Xu Zun sighed, "It's hard to explain! Your Majesty, in addition to this pirate ship, we have made a great discovery. Behind the attack on my Great Xuan Mission, I'm afraid that in addition to the demon dragon, there are other things... other things ..."
Before he could finish his words, Xu Zun pretended to have a heartache and actually fell down at Kong Zhen's feet, holding his chest.
"Master Xu..." Kong Zhen was so frightened that he no longer cared about the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects. He quickly reached out to support him, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Xu Zun pretended to hold on, and while Kong Zhen was supporting him, he quickly whispered, "There are too many people here, hurry back to the palace, I have something important to tell you! Oh, oops..."
oh?
Kong Zhen was slightly stunned, and realized that Xu Zun might be pretending to be sick. He did not answer his question directly, and it was obvious that there was another hidden story.
Thinking of this, she quickly ordered her subordinates:
"Someone, come! Send Lord Xu to the palace to recuperate, and find a royal physician. Oh no," she said, looking at the embarrassed followers behind Xu Zun, "Call all the doctors in the city to treat them!"
"yes!"
After receiving the order, a group of palace staff came forward, helped Xu Zun onto the carriage, and transported him to the palace.
As personal guards, Zhao Yu, Huo Anu and others naturally followed closely.
Just as Xu Zun got on the carriage, Kong Zhen suddenly saw a woman in gorgeous purple clothes, who, at the signal of Miss Yuanzhou Ani, also got on the carriage.
"This..." She immediately noticed that this woman was different and asked, "Who is this?"
"Your Majesty," Zhao Yu hurriedly whispered his identity in Kong Zhen's ear, "This is the Crown Princess!"
"Ah!?" Kong Zhen's eyes suddenly widened, as if he was frightened and at a loss.
"Your Majesty," Xu Zun said in the car, "Let's go to the palace first, and you will know everything later!"
"Oh, good," Kong Zhen panted heavily and ordered his men, "Hurry into the palace and send him to Changle Palace. We must protect the safety of the adults!"
"yes!"
Upon receiving the order, a team of silver-armored soldiers lined up neatly beside the carriage and escorted Xu Zun to the imperial city.
"Your Majesty," an official asked in the local language, "how should we place the remaining soldiers?"
"Need I say more?" Kong Zhen said without hesitation, "Send the doctor over with medicine to treat them.
"Also, send another team of Silver Armored Guards to seal off the docks tightly... um..."
Unexpectedly, when she got to this point, Kong Zhen suddenly stared at the huge pirate ship in a daze. Looking at the sharp gun muzzles mounted on the side of the ship, she seemed to think of something.
So, after weighing the pros and cons for a few seconds, she whispered to the official, "Send these injured people to the medical officer for treatment! The conditions there are better."
"Yes!" the official accepted the order.
"Similarly, send two teams of silver-armored guards to follow them," Kong Zhen added, "Don't let them run around!"
"Two teams?" The official was surprised. "You see, these people are just wounded soldiers. I'm afraid they don't need two teams of silver armored guards, right?"
"Huh?" Kong Zhen glared at the official.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The official's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat and he quickly nodded in agreement...
…
Changle Hall is the inner hall of the Banshee Queen's Palace. It is much smaller than the front hall and usually only receives royal relatives and close ministers.
The last time Xu Zun lived in the palace, Kong Zhen also met him here.
At this moment, a palace maid brought medicine to Xu Zun, and an old doctor with a Southeast Asian face was treating Xu Zun.
There were no external injuries on Xu Zun's body. The old doctor was very surprised and had to switch to taking his pulse.
"Hmm..." the old doctor said in a clumsy Central Plains dialect, "I have a bit of kidney deficiency..."
Hearing this, Zhao Yu beside him couldn't help but smile. Just as he was about to express his opinion, he saw torches flickering outside the palace. It was obvious that the queen had arrived.
At this moment, in addition to Xu Zun, there were also Ku Niang, Zhao Yu, Huo Anu, Ani, Dai Long and other guards, as well as the Crown Princess and two maids.
They saw that with a burst of noisy footsteps, Kong Zhen almost trotted into the hall.
Behind Kong Zhen were several officials from the Banshee Kingdom, and behind them was a team of palace guards wearing silver armor and with swords hanging from their waists.
"Master Xu," Kong Zhen asked Xu Zun anxiously before he even sat down, "Your soldiers have been properly settled and all sent to the infirmary for treatment!
"Is your injury all right?"
"Hmm!" Xu Zun nodded slightly and glanced at the old foreign doctor with a playful look.
"You guys go down!" Kong Zhen understood and immediately dismissed the imperial physician and the maid, then said to Xu Zun, "Don't worry, sir, the remaining people are all my confidants, you can speak freely."
"Oh," Xu Zun glanced at the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I have found out the real culprit behind the attack on the delegation. It turns out that the evil dragon was actually man-made!"
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Kong Zhen's face was full of suspicion and nervousness, and he asked hurriedly, "Who is it then?"
"That's it..." Xu Zun stood up suddenly and pointed to the direction of the dock outside the palace, "That's it..."
As a result, before Xu Zun could finish his words, Kong Zhen, who had just sat on the dragon throne, was suddenly strangled by someone behind him!
The man attacked ruthlessly and with great strength. He directly strangled Kong Zhen's neck and lifted Kong Zhen up from the dragon throne!
Oh oh oh…
The female demon officials present were horrified, and the silver-armored soldiers immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Kong Zhen at the fastest speed.
"Anucheh!"
A loud shout came from behind Kong Zhen, and with a flash of cold light, a sharp dagger was already against Kong Zhen's jaw.
"Don't move, or you'll bleed!!!"
ah……
The silver-armored soldiers were so frightened that they had to stop where they were. They finally saw clearly that the person who held Kong Zhen hostage was a tall man from the Western Regions with countless small braids on his head, and that person was - Huo Anu!
At the same time, Xu Zun turned his arm back and pointed at Kong Zhen, saying faintly: "Who is the real culprit behind this? You know it better than us!"
