Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 230 The Conspiracy of Concubine Xiao and Her Daughter
"Breakout!"

Qiao Mingyuan gave orders loudly.

The team was running westward in a hurry when they saw another group of men in black emerging from the hillside in front of them, all holding bows and crossbows.

"Turn around!"

Qiao Mingyuan pulled the reins hard.

But human figures appeared in the dense forest behind him, and there was murderous intent everywhere.

At this moment, an arrow "whoosh" hit Qiao Mingyuan's left arm.

He groaned.

"Protect the adults!"

The guards drew their swords and rushed forward.

Qiao Mingyuan used his right hand to tear open the sleeve that was torn by the arrow.

Show off the snake tattoo on your arm!

"you……"

The guards immediately understood what was going on and their faces turned very ugly.

"die!"

Qiao Mingyuan roared loudly and swept his sword across.

The two bodyguards closest to him fell to the ground with a thump.

All the men in black in the dense forest came out. They turned out to be the Xiao family's assassins who had been lying in ambush here.

Wow, these guys cooperated very well. In the blink of an eye, they killed all the remaining guards.

Looking at the corpses lying all around, Qiao Mingyuan, the imperial guard and leader of these personal guards, silently saluted to the dead soldiers.

Qiao Mingyuan jumped on his horse and shouted, "Let's go, follow the plan!"

The group soon disappeared into the depths of the dense forest.

All that remained on the ground was the torn imperial edict.

……

Qiao Mingyuan led a team of death warriors and traveled through the border mountains and forests for three days.

Finally arrived near the border military camp.

Qiao Mingyuan looked at the Great Zhou military flag in the distance.

“Everything went according to plan!”

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to the people behind him, and walked straight towards the border military camp with a few guards who came with him.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of a horn was heard again from the city wall of Beiyan Pass.

The city gate slowly opened.

Qiao Mingyuan rode a tall horse and entered the city with his head held high. The soldiers on both sides knelt on one knee to salute him.

Qiao Mingyuan shouted loudly: "Imperial guard Qiao Mingyuan, I am here to see His Royal Highness Prince Jin by order!"

In the military tent, Chu Shizhao sat with a blank expression.

Staring straight at Qiao Mingyuan.

Chu Shizhao asked calmly, "What is your Majesty's order?"

Qiao Mingyuan took a step forward and began to read the imperial edict.

The general meaning of the imperial edict is also very simple.

Basically, this kid Chu Shizhao is loyal to the country and has made many military achievements, which makes me very happy.

Now that the border is temporarily stable, I missed you very much, so I sent someone to ask you to return to the capital.

After listening to the imperial edict read out by the other party, Chu Shizhao sneered.

"Commander Qiao, I'm busy preparing for the battle. How can I escape from the battlefield?"

Qiao Mingyuan had already thought of an excuse, and quickly said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. His Majesty has already thought of this. To be honest, long before I left the capital, His Majesty had already arranged for new generals to take over your defense, and they will arrive in three days. Your Highness, you can rest assured and return to the capital to see the emperor."

"A new general?"

Chu Shizhao frowned slightly.

"Emperor Yongjin suddenly sent someone to replace me. There must be something fishy going on."

Seeing Chu Shizhao deep in thought, Qiao Mingyuan said quickly, "His Majesty is not feeling well and is anxious to summon you back to the capital. General, please don't delay."

Chu Shizhao reached out to take the imperial edict and carefully checked the sealing wax and seal. There seemed to be no problem.

He looked up at Qiao Mingyuan and said, "Alright, Your Highness, pack up and leave in three days. You should go back to the capital to report first."

Qiao Mingyuan was secretly happy in his heart, "His Majesty has specifically instructed me to personally escort you back to the capital safely. There must be no mistakes."

Chu Shizhao nodded, "In that case, Commander Qiao, you should rest for a while in the barracks, and we will leave together in three days."

Qiao Mingyuan saluted and stepped back.

Three days later, Chu Shizhao would definitely fall into the carefully set trap in Longji Gorge.

Prime Minister Xiao's plan is already half successful...

In the general's tent at the border, Chu Shizhao looked at the jade pendant in his hand, which was a relic left to him by his mother. It suddenly broke, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

He stood up suddenly, "Hengyi, let the Chiyu Camp set off early!"

He opened the secret report sent from the capital, and his eyes fell on the sentence "The Cao Gang has increased its oil transportation volume a lot recently." "Is the old fox trying to burn the mountain? Pass the order down and prepare the fireproof cloth."

He walked to the sand table in front of the case and divided the black flag representing the royal guards into three parts.

Two of them turned towards the model marked "Dragon's Back Gorge".

When Hengyi heard this, he said anxiously: "Your Highness, this is too risky!"

"The Dragon Ridge Gorge is a strategically located place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If Prime Minister Xiao really set up an ambush there, wouldn't we be walking into a trap ourselves?"

Chu Shizhao looked determined.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs."

"Since the Xiao family father and daughter want to harm me, I will definitely catch them off guard!"

“Although Dragon Ridge Gorge is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not necessarily a bad thing for me.”

"As long as we prepare in advance, we can completely turn the tables and completely crush Prime Minister Xiao's conspiracy!"

Hengyi saw that he had made up his mind and knew that it was useless to persuade him any further, so he had no choice but to obey the order and go down to prepare.

After Hengyi left, Chu Shizhao directly summoned the [Emperor Growth Plan] simulator in his mind and began to deduce.

[Chu Shizhao and his personal guards walked into Longji Gorge. The wind was whistling in the valley, and the atmosphere was particularly depressing.]

[Not long after entering the canyon, a huge rock suddenly rolled down in front of us, blocking the road.]

[At this moment, many men in black suddenly appeared on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, holding powerful crossbows in their hands, and arrows shot at them like rain. ] [The guards quickly raised their shields to block, but some were still hit by arrows and fell to the ground. ]

[Chu Shizhao drew his sword and commanded his guards to fight back.]

[But at this moment, the ground beneath their feet suddenly collapsed, revealing a trap full of spikes, and many horses and soldiers fell into it.]

[The retreat route behind was also blocked by the falling boulders, and everyone was trapped. ]

[At this time, poisonous miasma slowly spread up from the bottom of the valley, and many people began to cough and breathing became difficult.]

[Chu Shizhao felt the situation was critical and wanted to fight his way out, but the men in black kept coming. Finally, under the siege of the poisonous miasma and the enemy, they slowly lost their strength...]

After the deduction was over, Chu Shizhao closed his eyes and carefully recalled every scene of the deduction.

I have to say that the enemy ambushing in Longji Gorge this time was very carefully prepared.

If Chu Shizhao didn’t have the system’s help, he might not have been able to get through it.

From the huge rocks that suddenly fell at the beginning, to the traps hidden underground in the back, and the poisonous miasma that permeated the entire canyon, every step was full of danger.

It can be seen from this scene that these guys who are behind the scenes really want him to die here.

And through this deduction, Chu Shizhao also discovered a key problem.

The enemy seemed to have known their marching route for a long time, and even the troop deployment was very clear.

If you want to pass through the Dragon's Back Gorge safely, ordinary methods will not work.

In order to suffer less losses, it seems that we have to send scouts to explore the way in advance, first find out where the traps set by the enemies in the canyon are, and then make targeted adjustments!

[Chu Shizhao sent out spies from the Chiyu Camp in advance and asked them to sneak into Longji Gorge to explore the way.]

[Before entering Longji Gorge, Chu Shizhao repeatedly reminded these people to be careful of the traps in the gorge.]

[In order to reduce the loss of manpower, he also specially equipped the scouts who went to explore the way with "gas masks" made of fireproof cloth and thickened shields.]

[The scout team walked forward cautiously along a hidden path.]

[After these people walked around a huge rock, they walked into a patch of grass that looked quite ordinary.]

[The next moment, countless ropes with barbs suddenly flew out from the bushes and wrapped around the scouts in the blink of an eye.]

[These ropes are coated with corpse poison, which is extremely poisonous and will kill people immediately upon contact with blood. People who are entangled by them will die in a short time. It is the deadliest death.]

[At this moment, the mute slave on the cliff above activated the rock-falling mechanism, and the boulder rolled down with a "boom".]

[When Chu Shizhao saw this, he quickly ordered his guards to break out to one side, but he never expected to fall into another trap set by the enemy in advance.]

[Swarms of wild bees suddenly appeared from all directions and swept towards everyone. ]

[Although the guards fought desperately, they suffered too many casualties and were unable to break out of the encirclement...]

Chu Shizhao clearly felt that these guys hiding in the dark were more difficult to deal with than he had originally expected.

It seems that the enemies coming this time are obviously not the same as the gangsters we encountered at the border before.

These guys have mastered the timing of activating every mechanism and trap they set up. This level of tacit understanding cannot be trained in a short period of time.

It’s clear at first glance that the guys who came this time have all received professional training.

Whether it is action deployment or the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, ordinary people cannot compare with him.

"It seems that Concubine Xiao and her daughter have put a lot of thought into preventing me from returning to the capital."

[Chu Shizhao specifically instructed the scouts who were going to explore the road to pay more attention to checking the route.]

[In addition, he also specially prepared fire-proof cloths and insect repellent powder for these scouts.]

[After the scouting team entered Longji Gorge, everyone moved forward cautiously.]

[When they came to the place where there seemed to be a trap, these people followed Chu Shizhao's instructions and tried it with long poles first, and they really managed to avoid the rope trap and wild bee trap hidden in the grass in Longji Gorge.]

[The Pathfinder team continued to move forward.]

[After walking for a while, they saw a river in front of them. The water looked calm, but there was something fishy going on.]

[The scout leader was about to order a detour, but at this moment, a shout of killing came from behind them.]

[The members of the imperial edict-announcing team that were secretly replaced by Prime Minister Xiao suddenly turned against them under the leadership of the commander of the imperial guards.]

[These people suddenly attacked, catching Chu Shizhao and his team who were following the pathfinder team off guard.]

[Just when these guys suddenly took action, the scout team in front who was responsible for exploring the way also encountered a group of men in black who suddenly emerged from the river.]

[These people were already prepared. Each of them held a long knife and rushed towards Chu Shizhao and his men together with their accomplices who were lying in ambush.]

[Faced with this sudden change, Chu Shizhao and his men had never expected it and were immediately caught in a tough battle.]

[Although Chu Shizhao fought desperately, more and more enemies came to reinforce him, and the situation gradually became out of control...]

Chu Shizhao's face became gloomier than before.

I clearly made adjustments according to the system's deduction results, but the final outcome did not change.

However, this deduction was not in vain.

Although he still couldn't escape the murderous situation, he did get some particularly important information.

The commander of the imperial guards who followed him back to the capital was actually a mole!

Before, I only focused on the traps and plots in Longji Gorge.

He never noticed that the real danger was actually hiding beside him.

With this reminder, Chu Shizhao immediately began to look at the entire military camp again.

You know, there are all kinds of people in this military camp. Prime Minister Xiao has been in the court for many years. God knows whether this old fox has extended his hand to this border military camp.

What if this old guy has spies around me? I can't be sure what will happen if he suddenly attacks me.

It seems that I should re-examine those guys who often walk around me.

Moreover, in addition to Qiao Mingyuan's problem, Chu Shizhao also discovered a key problem in this deduction.

These were the black-clad killers who suddenly emerged from the river and were encountered by the scouts who were responsible for exploring the way.

If this problem cannot be solved, even if he can prevent the conspiracy of Qiao Mingyuan and others, if he cannot find a way to cross the river safely, based on the arrangements of these people, even if he can finally pass through Longji Gorge smoothly, he will probably lose a lot of manpower.

This was not something he wanted to see.

If you want to get through the Dragon's Back Gorge smoothly, you have to come up with a comprehensive plan to cross the river!
[After knowing that there might be a spy planted by Prime Minister Xiao around him, Chu Shizhao immediately started to secretly investigate the people around him. ]

[While secretly investigating, he accidentally discovered that the commander of the imperial guards, Qiao Mingyuan, had a snake-shaped tattoo on his wrist.]

[Following this clue, he finally discovered that not only Qiao Mingyuan had this mark, but also several of the personal guards who followed him back to the capital had the same snake-shaped tattoo on their wrists.]

[Chu Shizhao concluded that these people were probably secret agents planted by Prime Minister Xiao around him.]

[The next morning, he called one of the guards with the snake tattoo over for questioning under the pretext of checking their weapons.]

[After some probing and indirect attack, the other party was exposed soon. ]

[After confirming the other party's identity, Chu Shizhao did not hesitate at all and secretly asked someone to deal with the hidden dangers around him in advance. ]

(End of this chapter)