Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 236 Father and son reunited

Chu Shizhao used this trick to capture the leader first and successfully captured Xiao Yulin. Then he ordered his men to tie up all of Xiao Yulin's private army.

In the end, Xiao Yulin himself was pushed down from the city wall by Li Batian.

"boom!"

Xiao Yulin fell heavily to the ground with a "thump" sound.

He struggled to raise his head and looked at Chu Shizhao who was walking towards him step by step.

"Chu Shizhao, you...you will not die well!"

Chu Shizhao looked disdainful.

"The Xiao family colluded with foreign enemies and attempted rebellion. This is an unforgivable crime! Today is the day when your Xiao family is finished!"

He waved his hand and the soldiers behind him rushed forward and dragged Xiao Yulin away.

As the gate of Longlin Pass was opened from the inside.

Only then were Chu Shizhao and his group able to enter the city smoothly.

However, Chu Shizhao was able to take the city with the help of the system.

However, although Xiao Yulin was captured by himself, there is still a long way to go before he can bring down the Xiao family.

You know, it is now a foregone conclusion that the Xiao family is secretly colluding with Beidi.

Next, on the way back to Beijing, God knows how many ambushes and assassins are waiting for me!
The most important thing is that what he is worried about now is not himself but the Emperor Yongjin who is still kept in the dark.

Even with the system, he couldn't be 100% sure at the moment whether Concubine Xiao and her daughter would fight to the death when they learned that their conspiracy had been exposed!

After solving Xiao Yulin's troubles, Chu Shizhao led everyone to continue heading towards the capital.

With the previous lesson of Xiao Yulin.

"Your Highness, do you think Concubine Xiao has received the news?"

Li Batian followed Chu Shizhao on horseback and asked in a low voice.

Chu Shizhao frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "The father and daughter of Concubine Xiao have always colluded with the Northern Di clan, and this time is probably no exception."

Thinking of this, Chu Shizhao immediately summoned several trusted warriors.

"You should all head to the Beidi border separately immediately and make sure to find out what's going on over there."

Several assassins took the order and left. Chu Shizhao hurried on his way while anxiously waiting for news.

Three days later in the evening.

A carrier pigeon flew into the camp. Chu Shizhao quickly took down the bamboo tube, unfolded the secret letter and examined it carefully.

"As expected."

After reading the secret letter, Chu Shizhao's face turned gloomy.

"The Northern Di have gathered heavy troops at the border with ill intentions."

Li Batian took a closer look and exclaimed, "My Lord, this secret letter says that the assassins of the 'Black Snake' organization have also appeared at the border. What should we do?"

"Li Ke notified everyone and ordered the border guards to be on alert and strengthen patrols!"

"In addition, we must act quickly and try to resolve the trouble in the capital as soon as possible!"

"As long as there is no trouble in the capital, the crisis at the border will be solved naturally!"

After settling everything, Chu Shizhao immediately led everyone on the official road to the capital.

That evening, Chu Shizhao and his group were speeding along the mountain road.

Suddenly, he pulled the reins, dismounted, lay on the ground and listened carefully.

"Something's wrong."

Chu Shizhao narrowed his eyes and looked towards the pile of rocks in the southeast direction.

"Seven cavalrymen in light armor, equipped with Xiliang stirrups."

Before he finished his words, a cold light flashed from the pile of rocks and went straight for Chu Shizhao's throat.

Li Batian was quick-witted and swift-handed. He swung out his three-pointed knife and cut the looming tripwire.

The seven horses panicked and fell off the cliff with their riders.

Heng Yi fired the crossbow in his sleeve continuously. With two "puff" sounds, the two sentries hiding in the crevices of the rocks fell to the ground.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

Li Batian grabbed Chu Shizhao and avoided the iron cage that fell from the sky.

The three of them quickly retreated into the cave, but heard the sound of a mechanism turning behind them.

Hengyi kicked the protruding blue brick, and an iron cage suddenly fell from the top of the cave, trapping the pursuers outside.

A roll of drawings popped out from the secret compartment on the stone wall. Chu Shizhao unfolded it and found that it was a "Blackwater City Defense Map".

He dipped his finger in the blood on the ground, marked three abnormal places on the map, and sneered, "The Xiao family is so bold that they dared to sell the border defense map to Beidi!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden roar of wolfhounds outside the cave.

Thirty Mobei Mastiffs, each as big as a calf, broke through their defense line.

Li Batian split the pottery jar in the cave with a knife, and thick kerosene flowed down along the terrain.

Chu Shizhao threw out a fire starter and ignited the kerosene.

The raging flames instantly formed a wall of fire, forcing back the pack of mastiffs.

Hengyi seized the opportunity and shot the Mastiff King with three arrows in succession, killing him.

He walked forward to check and found the mark of the Xiao Mansion on the neck badge of the Mastiff King.

At this moment, the sound of the Beidi army outside the cave suddenly changed its tune, and the heavy armored infantry began to form a tortoise shell formation and slowly advanced towards the cave entrance.

"It seems that the Xiao family is determined to put me to death."

Chu Shizhao sneered, "However, they underestimated me too much."

When the tortoise shell formation advanced to the cave entrance and crossbow arrows rained down like raindrops, Li Batian roared.

He immediately swung the heavy black iron sword in his hand to block all the arrows that were coming at him.

However, passive defense is not his character.

Wait until the rain of arrows outside slows down.

Li Batian took advantage of the situation, grabbed the arrows scattered on the ground with his backhand and threw them out directly.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Dozens of arrows carrying murderous aura instantly pierced through the shield formation at the cave entrance.

Immediately afterwards, screams came one after another from outside the cave.

Taking advantage of this gap, Chu Shizhao led his men to set up wire mesh, tripping up the heavily armored soldiers in the front row.

Heng Yi ejected the Emei Spear, targeting the enemy's knee pits, and every move was deadly.

The three hundred elite soldiers were instantly defeated and fled in all directions.

Deep inside the cave.

Chu Shizhao used a steel wire to carefully scrape away the moss on the rock wall, revealing the engraved text hidden underneath.

He examined them carefully and found that they were actually a set of tiger talismans for mobilizing troops.

Li Batian looked at the fortress map and exclaimed, "This is the location of the Beidi Zuoxian King's garrison!"

Suddenly, black liquid seeped out from the cracks in the rocks, emitting a pungent smell of sulfur.

Heng Yi's face changed and he stepped back hastily: "Oh no! This is the raw material for the Beidi's secret Flowing Fire Bomb!"

At this critical moment, Chu Shizhao discovered a hidden river in the mountain.

He acted decisively, disassembled Li Batian's three-pointed, double-edged sword, and assembled it into a simple boat.

The falcon trained by Li Batian led the way in front, skillfully avoiding three dangerous undercurrent whirlpools.

Hengyi used a crossbow to fire a grappling hook, and everyone rushed out of the encirclement along the turbulent torrent.

As soon as they landed, they ran into a Beidi messenger with a badge on his waist that read "July 15, Xuanwu Gate"

few words.

Chu Shizhao's heart sank.

An ominous premonition came over me.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Li Batian released the black-feathered falcon and used a bronze mirror to reflect the secret message.

Beacon towers a hundred miles away lit up one after another, and the border troops began to clean out the granaries secretly marked by the Xiao family.

Chu Shizhao spread out the captured defense map, circled five fortresses with a red pen, and sneered, "The city defense map sent by the Xiao family is just the right place for the Beidi people to be buried!"

Just when they thought they were temporarily safe and were preparing to take a break, an elite Black Snake force suddenly appeared and surrounded them.

Chu Shizhao pretended to be shot by an arrow and fell off the cliff. The wire net caught the pursuers, while Li Batian leaped down from the pine branches growing on the cliff, and his three-pointed, double-edged sword pierced the chest of the Ghost-faced Commander.

A secret letter was found on the Ghost-faced Commander, on which was written: "Imperial City Secretary Zhao Huancheng has been marked by the snake."

Chu Shizhao’s face turned pale.

Even the emperor's guards had been infiltrated. It seemed that the Xiao family's conspiracy was more far-reaching than he had imagined.

Hengyi disassembled the snake-patterned arrow of the Ghost-faced Commander and found that the forging marks on the arrowhead were exactly the same as the records of the theft case in the Military Arms Administration three years ago.

Chu Shizhao sneered: "When the old thief of the Xiao family was supervising the repair of the armory, he actually dared to hide the killing weapon!"

Suddenly, Li Batian pointed in the direction of the imperial city, and saw billowing smoke warning of unusual movements in the direction of Xuanwu Gate.

July 15th, Xuanwu Gate...

Could it be that the Xiao family wanted to... Chu Shizhao was shocked.

The Xiao family is about to launch a palace coup!

He immediately realized that Emperor Yongjin was in danger!

"Batian, Hengyi, hurry back to the capital immediately!"

Chu Shizhao jumped on his horse and said, "We must get there before July 15th!"

The three of them rode their horses at full speed, galloping all the way.

Killers from the Black Snake Organization kept appearing along the way, but they were all dealt with one by one.

Chu Shizhao was extremely anxious. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he was a step later.

Two days later, they finally arrived at the outskirts of the capital.

From afar, the city gates were closed and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"It seems we are still a step late."

Heng Yi's face was solemn. "The city gates are closed. I'm afraid the Xiao family has already taken control of the palace."

"No, we still have a chance."

Chu Shizhao's eyes were firm. "Xuanwu Gate is the last line of defense to protect the imperial palace. As long as we can break through Xuanwu Gate, we can stop the Xiao family's conspiracy!"

They disguised themselves and sneaked into the city.

The city was in chaos, with the Xiao family's private soldiers everywhere.

They carefully avoided the patrolling soldiers and moved towards Xuanwu Gate.

As night falls, the Xuanwu Gate is brightly lit and heavily guarded.

Chu Shizhao hid in the dark and observed the enemy's situation, thinking about how to break through this iron wall.

Suddenly, he noticed a relatively weakly guarded spot on the city wall.

There is a drainage canal there that leads directly out of the city.

Perhaps, I can sneak in from there...

Just as Chu Shizhao was about to take action, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him: "I didn't expect you to be able to sneak in here. It seems that I underestimated you."

Chu Shizhao turned back suddenly.

They saw a man in black standing behind them.

And he was holding a dagger in his hand.

"who are you?"

Chu Shizhao asked vigilantly.

"It doesn't matter who I am."

The ghost-faced man sneered, "The important thing is that your whereabouts have been exposed. Now, you can't escape even if you have wings!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of assassins in black rushed out from all directions and surrounded them.

A fierce battle is about to break out...

Chu Shizhao and the other two stood back to back.

He acted quickly and started fighting with the black-clad killer on the opposite side.

Li Batian swung his giant axe, knocking down the approaching killers one after another.

Heng Yi shuttled through the crowd, and his Emei spear accurately stabbed the enemy's vital points.

The battle was extremely fierce, with assassins in black coming one after another.

Although Chu Shizhao and the other two were highly skilled in martial arts, they gradually felt physically exhausted.

The man with the ghost face stood aside, watching the fight coldly.

Suddenly, he noticed that Chu Shizhao's eyes fell in the direction of the drainage ditch.

He was shocked. Could it be that Chu Shizhao wanted to...

"Stop him!"

The man with the ghost face shouted and rushed towards Chu Shizhao first.

Chu Shizhao was well prepared.

He dodged the attack of the ghost-faced man and then leaped into the drainage ditch.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

The man with the ghost face chased after him relentlessly.

Chu Shizhao leaped and jumped into the drainage ditch.

Seeing this, the ghost-faced man jumped in without hesitation.

The drainage ditch was dark and damp, and emitted a foul odor.

Chu Shizhao moved quickly along the current, while the man with the ghost face followed closely.

The two men started a chase in the narrow drainage ditch.

The water here is very fast.

From time to time, there would be stones passing by.

Some sharp ones directly cut the body.

But at this time, there is no time to care about these.

Finally, Chu Shizhao saw the exit of the drainage ditch.

However, just as Chu Shizhao was about to reach the exit, the ghost-faced man suddenly pounced on him from behind and grabbed his ankle.

"Get down here!"

The ghost-faced man pulled Chu Shizhao down with force.

Chu Shizhao could only struggle with all his might.

But this man with a ghost mask was incredibly strong.

So much so that he couldn't break free at all.

At this critical moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out and hit the ghost-faced man's wrist.

The ghost-faced man screamed and let go of his hand.

Chu Shizhao seized the opportunity, swam forward with all his might, and finally rushed out of the drainage ditch.

He looked back and saw Hengyi standing at the exit of the drainage ditch, holding a bow and arrow in his hand with a serious expression on his face.

"Your Highness, are you okay?"

Hengyi asked with concern.

"I am fine."

Chu Shizhao shook his head, "Where's Batian?"

"General Li is blocking the pursuers. Let us go first."

Hengyi said, "We must get to Xuanwu Gate as soon as possible!"

Chu Shizhao nodded. He knew that now was not the time to delay.

He followed Hengyi and ran wildly towards the Xuanwu Gate...

The Xuanwu Gate stood majestically, flames shot up into the sky from the city walls, and the shouts of killing were deafening.

The Xiao family's rebels have launched a fierce attack on Xuanwu Gate. The defenders fought desperately, but they were outnumbered and the situation was precarious.

When Chu Shizhao and Hengyi arrived, Xuanwu Gate was already crumbling.

The defenders suffered heavy casualties.

"Quick! Open the gate!"

Chu Shizhao shouted at the defenders on the city wall.

The defenders recognized Chu Shizhao and their morale was immediately boosted.

They tried their best to slowly open the heavy city gate.

Chu Shizhao led Hengyi and Li Batian who came to support.

And the small number of elite troops they brought with them rushed into Xuanwu Gate.

Li Batian, holding a giant black iron sword, charged forward and killed the rebels one after another.

Both sides were furious.

At this moment, an army suddenly rushed in from outside the city, led by the commander of the imperial guards, Qin Feng.

"Your Highness, I am too late to save you!"