I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Seeing Chu Yuzhao appear at the stone gate, all the imperial guards knelt down on one knee: "The assassins have all been killed, it's because the guards are not effective, and the ministers deserve to die."

Chu Yuzhao's gaze flicked across their faces, and he said lightly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Hong Si said anxiously again: "Your Majesty, some of the assassins were killed, and those who were still alive also took poison and committed suicide. The speed was so fast that the subordinates could not stop them in time."

"Can you find out your identity?"

Hong Sidao: "The subordinates will investigate, but... they even have the most common weapons, and they should be able to manipulate their identities."

There were still several Imperial Forest Army standing at the entrance of the tunnel, and the leading officer stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the final general was dispatched by the Imperial Concubine Qin and led hundreds of fine cavalry from the Imperial Forest Army. It was late in the future, which surprised Your Majesty."

Chu Yuzhao raised his hand, and was about to speak, when he suddenly coughed twice, Hong Si noticed that he was wearing a robe belt on his chest, and his face changed immediately, and he said to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army: "Commander Chen, follow me The military medical officer will pass it in quickly."

The Royal Forest Army at the entrance of the corridor hurried out to inform the medical officer.

After the medical officer came in, except for Hong Si and Commander Chen of the Yulin Army who stayed behind, everyone else withdrew and removed the corpses on the ground by the way.

Chu Yuzhao took off his clothes, exposing his lean upper body, and sat on the marching horse that was brought in. While the medical officer was treating the wound, he was listening to Commander Chen's report.

"...The palace has also made arrangements. After receiving the message from Eunuch Cheng, the concubine immediately dispatched people according to His Majesty's previous instructions. She also kept a close eye on the person in Taiping Hutong, and took a strict look at the palace..."

Chu Yuzhao frowned and listened, the light outlined his handsome facial features more three-dimensionally, the muscles of his upper body were well-defined, containing powerful strength, and the skin covering it was like a layer of warm-colored velvet, smooth and flexible.

Luo Bai squatted on the ground opposite him, staring at the person for a moment, already dumbfounded.

Chu Yuzhao glanced at Xiao Bao who was squatting opposite him, and couldn't help but frowned.

The little leopard's originally snow-white fur was covered with red spots, and the fur on its face was also messed up.His favorite little jade crown had slipped off and was hanging around his neck.

"Hongsi, get a clean wet handkerchief."

"Yes."

Chu Yuzhao's wound looked scary, but in fact it didn't hurt the vitals. The medical officer applied medicine, and after a simple treatment, he gave Hongsi some precautions, and told the imperial doctor to treat the wound again after returning to the palace, so he retired. go out.

Chu Yuzhao didn't care much about his injuries, he casually put his robe on his shoulders, continued to listen to Commander Chen's report, took the handkerchief from Hongsi in his hand, and raised his chin to Luo Bai: "Come here. "

Luo Bai didn't know what he was calling him to do, but he got up obediently and went over.

Chu Yuzhao untied the tie on his jade crown, put it aside, then wrapped his head around the back of his head with one hand, and put the handkerchief on his face with the other, rubbing it involuntarily.

Ouch, oh, oh, it hurts.

Little Leopard grunted reluctantly, and shook his head trying to break free from under the veil, but Chu Yuzhao's hands were so strong that he tied his head tightly, not to mention he didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that Chu Yuzhao would Zhao's wound hurt, so he had to bear it with his eyes closed and his face wrinkled.

"Your Majesty, let the subordinate come down." Hong Si looked at the little leopard being rubbed crookedly, and was a little unsteady, worried that Chu Yuzhao would tear open the freshly bandaged wound.

"No need." Chu Yuzhao refused, and continued to concentrate on wiping the blood on the leopard's fur.

But he really didn't know the strength of his hands, when he pulled up the little leopard's ears to wipe the inside again, Luo Bai finally got annoyed, opened his mouth and bit his hand.

Hong Si and Commander Chen, who were on the side, were so nervous that they rushed over immediately.

"It's okay." Chu Yuzhao stopped them immediately.

Luo Bai bit the palm of his hand, didn't dare to use any force, but didn't let go of it, just secretly looked at him with his eyes.Finding that he was staring at her with lowered eyes, he loosened his mouth a little bit cowardly, and stuck out his tongue to lick the tooth mark flatteringly.

"Continue." Chu Yuzhao said without raising his head.

Commander Chen knew that this was telling him to continue reporting, coughed twice, and continued with what he said just now: "There are people watching at the border of Ningzuo, as long as there is any change in General Leng, people will be arrested here immediately..."

Luo Bai shrank his neck and slid back a few steps, but saw Chu Yuzhao looking down at him, still holding the handkerchief in his hand, so he could only feel wronged and leaned forward, allowing him to continue wiping himself, but nothing happened. Revolt again.

Chu Yuzhao looked at the loveless Xiaobao, although he didn't make a sound, his movements were much lighter.

After Commander Chen finished speaking, Chu Yuzhao threw the handkerchief in his hand to Hong Si and said, "You all go out."

Hong Si glanced at the wooden coffin in the middle of the room, knowing that he wanted to open the coffin lid alone, he hesitated for a moment, and then exited the tomb together with Commander Chen.

Luo Bai also wanted to go out, but Chu Yuzhao grabbed the fur on the back of his neck: "Don't move." He said softly, then picked up the jade crown next to him, and put it on the little leopard.

His movements were very gentle, he fastened the two ties under Luo Bai's neck, and adjusted the position of the lower jade crown, then got up, put on the outer robe draped over his shoulders, and walked towards the coffin in the center of the room.

From Chu Yuzhao's words in the ear room just now, Luo Bai already knew that the one lying in the coffin was his younger brother Chu Yuce.Although he is afraid of ghosts, he is not afraid of the dead, not to mention that the dead is Chu Yuzhao's younger brother, so he also followed.

After Chu Yuzhao stood beside the wooden coffin in silence for a moment, he stretched out his hand to hold the coffin lid, but the coffin lid was pushed open without any effort.

A gust of cold air leaked out from the coffin, causing the temperature in the cold stone room to suddenly drop a lot.

Luo Bai stood at Chu Yuzhao's feet, looked up at his face, saw that the moment he saw clearly inside the coffin, his pupils shrank suddenly, his teeth were clenched, and his jaw collapsed from his jaw to his Adam's apple.In a pair of beautiful eyes, from unbearable to sad, full of rolling rage.

Luo Bai couldn't help but lightly jumped up the stone platform, grabbed the wooden coffin and looked inside.This time, the leopard's eyes widened, the hair on his face exploded, and the white beards trembled all the more.

I saw a small skeleton lying in the wooden coffin, lying at the bottom of the coffin in a strange posture, a part of the forearm bone exposed outside the sleeve had been broken from it, and his whole body was covered by a thick It was tied with a rope, and a yellow talisman was attached to the chest.

But this didn't shock Luo Bai. What shocked him was that the skeleton was dressed in the same clothes as a ghost doll, a small coat with red flowers on a black background, shoes embroidered with tufts of grass, and the neck was also wearing A longevity lock, with a small piece missing in the upper left corner, a peach carved on the milky white jade piece, and four words: I am a piece of jade.

!!!

This is a ghost doll! ! !

Luo Bai trembled, trying to look away, but was attracted by the ghost doll's head.The head protruding above the collar has no skin and flesh, only a small skull is left, and on the skull cap, there are three iron nail heads, shining cold metal light under the lamplight, and the rest of the nail body parts are Into the skull.

Before he could figure out what it was, Chu Yuzhao had already torn off the yellow talisman, and with a few swipes of the Fengxue knife, the yellow talisman crumbled into pieces in the air.

Then he broke the ropes that bound the bones, and the three iron nails came out of the skull as the blade moved upwards, and fell into the coffin with a few clangs.

Luo Bai moved aside, glanced at the ghost doll, and then at Chu Yuzhao.

The ghost baby is Chu Yuzhao's younger brother, and he obviously cherishes this younger brother, so well, he will stop blaming the ghost baby and try not to be afraid of his appearance.

Chu Yuzhao took back the Fengxue knife and began to arrange the bones, placing them carefully section by section, straightening the twisted posture of the bones.His movements were very gentle, as if the skeleton was just asleep, and if the hands were heavy, it would disturb his sound sleep.

It's just that there is no way to connect those broken bones, Luo Bai heard him muttering: "Yuce, after brother returns, catch those who hurt you, and then connect the broken bones for you..."

Chu Yuzhao's tone was very gentle, but it revealed deep hatred, which made Luo Bai subconsciously shiver.

After carefully tidying up the bones, placing the jade pendants in the middle of his chest, Chu Yuzhao lowered his head again, and looked at the dark eye sockets of the bones.

This moment seemed to have passed through the boundless years. He held the soft little hand of the little boy again, and led him to walk on the snow. He heard his happy laughter: "Brother, brother..."

It seems that a drop of water splashed on the jade surface, and it became a small ball when it became wet.

Chu Yuzhao took a deep breath, stopped looking at Chu Yuce's bones, and reached out to grope beside his skull, trying to feel the three long nails.

When holding all the spikes in his hand, he made a sudden movement, and slowly pulled it out, even pulling out a silk handkerchief from under the skull.

This silk handkerchief looks very ordinary, the fabric used is ordinary mulberry silk, dyed plain white, and a pattern is embroidered with gold thread at one corner, but it is not the usual flowers, birds and butterflies, but a pentagon, like a flower. Golden stars.

Chu Yuzhao held the handkerchief in his hand and looked at it for a while, then put it in his sleeve, pushed the coffin lid next to it, and slowly closed the coffin.

"Let's go, let's go." He hoarsely greeted Luo Bai beside him who didn't dare to show his breath, and strode towards the tomb door without looking back.

Luo Bai tightened his little paws, and followed closely behind him step by step.

Outside the mausoleum, the assassin's body was dragged aside, the imperial guards and imperial guards were waiting, and the few mausoleum officials who hid in the farthest distance during the fight also trotted back and knelt down. He was injured in the fight, and his thigh was still bleeding.

Chu Yuzhao walked up to him, looked down at him without any warmth in his eyes, Wang Zi trembled all over his body, and didn't even dare to utter a beg for mercy.

"Is this your handkerchief?" Chu Yuzhao took out the handkerchief, twisted up a corner and hung it on top of Wang Zixiang's head.

Wang Zixiang looked up with difficulty, and replied in a trembling voice: "Return to Your Majesty, this veil is not the official's, and the official has never seen it before."

Chu Yuzhao twisted the handkerchief and did not move, Hong Si kicked Wang Zixiang's thigh wound: "I will answer after thinking clearly."

Wang Zixiang blocked the scream in his throat, recalled it with cold sweat on his face, and suddenly said excitedly: "I remembered, at that time, after finishing the ritual, I was going to send Wuzhuo Immortal—that demon went down the mountain, and he was almost at the foot of the mountain. , he suddenly said that he forgot something in the tomb, and he wanted to go back to get it. But we had already been seen by the officers and soldiers guarding the entrance, and he thought that I was sending the housekeeper out, and if we turned back, it would definitely arouse suspicion, so he advised That's all for him, just wait until I go back and take it out. But... But then I didn't dare to go in alone, afraid of seeing, afraid of seeing... and I thought no one would enter the tomb, so I put the matter on hold. This veil should be It's him, it's him who fell in."

"Have you seen that person before?" Chu Yuzhao asked.

"Never, never."

"Did I find you again later?"

"Nor did I find it."

"What does he look like? How about your painting? Draw it for me."

Hong Si turned his head and shouted: "Prepare pen and ink."

Where would the accompanying officers and soldiers have pens and inks, but a mausoleum official who was kneeling aside had already rushed back to get pens and inks from their station.

Because he was worried about being implicated by Wang Zixiang, the mausoleum official cherished this opportunity very much. A thin civil official ran like a gust of wind. Holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Wang Zixiang was untied from the rope and lay down on the ground to draw a portrait. He knew that he would not have a good result, but he only hoped that his family members would not be implicated. Tears and snot flowed down his nose, fearing that the portrait would be stained, so he wiped it off with his sleeve.

He finished the painting quickly, and Hong Si showed the portrait in front of Chu Yuzhao, and Luo Bai also raised his head to look at it.

Wang Zixiang's character is poor, but his painting skills are not bad. A middle-aged monk with a thin face and narrow eyes appears vividly on the paper, and a shallow scar on his left lip is also clearly visible.

Chu Yuzhao stared at the portrait silently for a moment, then looked away, and Hong Si turned to the other soldiers: "Have you ever seen this man?"

"Never."

"Never seen."

Hong Si rolled up the portrait and put it away, Chu Yuzhao said in a serious tone: "Go back and ask the painter to describe it, post it all over Dayin, and let me find this person."

"According to the order."

Chu Yuzhao waited for the soldiers to re-seal the tomb, and stood in front of the tomb for a while, until Luo Bai rubbed his head restlessly against his legs, then he looked down at Luo Bai, and then leaned over to hold him in his arms .

"Go back to the palace." He said to Hong with a tired voice.

"Yes."

Chu Yuzhao took two steps, and suddenly threw something from his sleeve, and it rolled down in front of Wang Zixiang with a tinkling sound.

It was the three long nails that were taken out of Chu Yuce's skull.

As soon as Wang Zixiang saw the three spikes, he fell limply to the ground with a pale face, and a puddle of feces soaked up under his body.

"Take this man back and put him in prison. His whole body's bones will be broken, and all the spikes will be driven into his skull." Chu Yuzhao walked down the mountain with Luo Bai in his arms, but the deep and cold voice still echoed: "Don't let people die!" , I want him to live forever, to feel the bone-eating pain."

It was windy in the mountains, but Chu Yuzhao walked steadily when he descended the mountain. Luo Bai stayed in his arms, wrapped in his cloak, only showing his head.

Luo Bai smelled the breath on his body, which was mixed with a strong smell of blood - it is true that he is a leopard, but he never eats raw meat, and he thinks it smells bad - but when Chu Yuzhao was wearing When he smelled it, he actually thought it smelled good.

Because Chu Yuzhao was injured and could not ride a horse, the carriage was already prepared at the foot of the mountain.When he got into the carriage, the guard standing beside him reached out to pick Luo Bai up, but he refused, so he hugged Luo Bai like that, bent down and got into the carriage.

The carriage was covered with thick fur cushions, Chu Yuzhao put Luo Bai beside him, and watched the distant mountain ridge through the curtain of the carriage.

The imperial mausoleum on the ridge was covered by trees, and only the spire of the majestic mausoleum gate could be seen.

Chu Yuzhao looked normal, with one hand still on Luo Bai's head, his face turned pale, but when the carriage started slowly, he suddenly swayed, and a mouthful of blood spewed out of his mouth.

The bloodstains scattered on the dark fur cushion, and they disappeared in an instant, but Luo Bai was shocked, and suddenly stood up from the cushion where he was lying on his stomach.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter." Chu Yuzhao didn't bother to wipe the blood around his mouth, and turned his head to comfort Luo Bai first: "This is the silt in my heart, but it's easier to spit it out."

There were guards on horses at the front, back, left, and right of the carriage, and they were flying back to the capital. Seeing that Chu Yuzhao was still sitting upright, Luo Bai raised his paw, and touched his uninjured chest with some disapproval. Pressed on.

Zhen, you are tired, don't sit so straight, lie down and rest.

Chu Yuzhao saw what Xiaobao meant, slightly hooked his lower lip, and lay down obediently, but held Xiaobao's front paws in his palm.Luo Bai was driven to move his hind heels, and also took advantage of the situation to lie on his shoulders.

Chu Yuzhao closed his eyes slightly, and with his thumb, he gently fiddled with the little leopard's pad, but he didn't know where he touched it. The little leopard suddenly jerked and his claws retracted quickly, but Chu Yuzhao firmly grasped it.

"Don't move, what happened to the paw? Let me see."

Chu Yuzhao stood up again, held the paw in front of his eyes for a closer look.Just now when he wiped the little leopard's body, he didn't wipe his paws, only then did he realize that the tender pad was covered with scars, several places were scratched by hard objects, and red blood oozes out.

"Did you come all the way from the capital?" Chu Yuzhao only remembered this question at this time.

The little leopard suddenly appeared in the tomb, presumably following him secretly, running from the capital to Longpan Mausoleum.The distance between these two places is several tens of miles, Xiaobao should take a shortcut, and follow them from those mountain streams and jungles. One can imagine the hardships along the way.

Luo Bai remembered that his mother was going out before, and when he secretly followed, her mother would always grab him and beat him up, and then drive him back. If he admitted that he was chasing him, his brother might be angry too.

"Huh? Did you come all the way from the capital?" Chu Yuzhao scratched Luo Bai's chin with his fingers.

Luo Bai shut up and didn't speak.

Chu Yuzhao saw Xiaobao's eyeballs rolling wildly, as if he was guilty of not looking at him, and suddenly sighed, without asking any more questions, he lifted the curtain of the car and gave a few instructions to Hongsi outside.

After a while, a clean white towel and a ceramic medicine bottle were handed in from the car window.

"I'll give you medicine, it may hurt a little, so don't move around if it hurts." Chu Yuzhao frowned and ordered Xiaobao, but his tone was surprisingly gentle.

Just as Luo Bai nodded, he heard the words that it would hurt a little, so he quit immediately.

He hugged his paws and desperately shrunk to the corner of the mat, curling himself up into a ball, but Chu Yuzhao grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up.

"Aww." Luo Bai struggled and twisted a few times in the air, seeing Chu Yuzhao gasping in pain, he stopped his movements again.

"Don't move, be obedient." Chu Yuzhao held him tightly in his arms, uncorked the medicine bottle, and was about to put medicine on his paws.

Luo Bai was held by his claws, and he didn't dare to struggle any longer, fearing that he would touch the sword wound on Chu Yuzhao's chest, so he stared at the claws in horror with his eyes, and let out a scream.