Chapter 133 The lives of dozens of people in the Chu family

Chu Ang is becoming more and more crazy. He will not give up until he kills their Chu family.

Chu Ruohan has limited people at her disposal, and Song Ruyan is not around, so she can only ask Gu Junze to borrow a shadow guard for help.

On the one hand, he was secretly looking for Chu Ang's whereabouts, and on the other hand, he was going to sneak into the Dali Temple to exchange the Dongzhu.

But where could she find a pearl that was similar to the Dongzhu, big and round, in such a short time?

It's harder than climbing to the sky.

Pearl divers often risk their lives, dive into the deep sea hundreds of times, and go through countless hardships and dangers, but they may not be able to find even one of these pearls.

Not only is it rare, but it is also almost priceless in the market, and it is difficult to buy it even if you have silver...

Chu Ruohan was frowning because of this matter, and the sound of wheels rolling broke the silence of the night.

Chu Ruohan subconsciously turned her head and saw Gu Junze pushing a wheelchair towards her in the dim candlelight.

Gu Junze didn't say anything. He slowly stretched out his hand and took out an exquisite brocade box from his arms.

The brocade box is carved with exquisite patterns, and it is obvious at first glance that it is a treasure of great value.

"What is this?" Chu Ruohan frowned slightly and looked at Gu Junze in confusion.

When she opened the brocade box, a round and plump pearl appeared in front of Chu Ruohan.

The pearls emit a soft glow, like the brightest stars in the night sky.

A hint of surprise flashed in Chu Ruohan's eyes.

She took the pearl and looked at it carefully. Although this pearl was not a real Dongzhu, its size, shape, color and texture were 90% similar to Dongzhu, and it was almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Chu Ruohan raised her head and asked, "Where did you get this pearl?"

"My mother's legacy."

It turned out to be the eldest princess's stuff. Her stuff was naturally very good.

But won’t it arouse the emperor’s suspicion?

She couldn't care less about anything right now. Princess Anyang had helped her once again...

The night was dark, like a huge piece of black silk, tightly covering the entire capital city.

The high walls of the Dali Temple looked particularly eerie in the night, and the guards on the walls patrolled back and forth like sculptures.

One of the shadow guards, like a ghost in the dark night, easily avoided layers of guards and sneaked into the secret room where the Dongzhu was stored silently.

And there are three people outside the high wall, waiting for support.

He quickly replaced the real Dongzhu, hid the Dongzhu close to his body, and quietly left the secret room along the same route.

The whole process was smooth and without any sound, as if it had never happened.

At the same time, Chu Ruohan was waiting anxiously in Hongmeng Courtyard.

She paced back and forth in the room, every step seemed to be based on her own heartbeat, and her eyes looked out the window from time to time.

Gu Junze sat quietly aside, his eyes always following Chu Ruohan's figure.

Finally, he couldn't help but speak: "Han'er, don't worry too much. You have seen the strength of the Shadow Guards. Although the Dali Temple is heavily guarded, it is nothing but a mere formality for them."

Chu Ruohan nodded. The Shadow Guards were feared by the enemy countries.

I heard that the eldest princess, along with her shadow guards, confronted an enemy army of 100,000 for half a month and made great achievements.

They penetrated deep into the enemy camp as if they were in an empty space, killing and defeating the enemy troops, leaving them in disarray.

Not only was no one injured, but the 100,000-strong army was stopped in its tracks and not an inch of territory was occupied.

Just as the two were talking, a slight strange noise suddenly came from outside the window.

Chu Ruohan and Gu Junze became alert instantly and looked out the window at the same time.

A dark shadow flashed by like a ghost, and then the door was gently pushed open. A shadow guard knelt on one knee and said respectfully, "Master, the mission has been accomplished."

As he spoke, he presented the Dongzhu with both hands.

Chu Ruohan reached out and took the Dongzhu. When her fingertips touched the warm surface of the Dongzhu, her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.

She breathed a sigh of relief, but soon her eyes became serious again, because she knew very well that this Dongzhu was now like a hot potato.

Therefore, this Oriental Pearl must be disposed of as soon as possible and all traces destroyed in order to completely eliminate the hidden danger.

Gu Junze looked at the shadow guard and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

The shadow guard nodded slightly, and his figure disappeared into the night in a flash. The door closed silently again.

Chu Ruohan didn't hesitate at all and immediately ordered someone to find tools.

She personally supervised the servants to place the Dongzhu on a special stone mill. As the stone mill slowly turned, the Dongzhu made a slight friction sound.

Such a priceless treasure gradually turned into fine powder...

Two more days passed, and there was still no trace of Chu Ang, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.

The Dali Temple has never opened the trial of the Chu family's case.

Chu Ruohan couldn't wait any longer. The Autumn Examination would be held in seven days. If this matter was not resolved as soon as possible, it would delay Chu Chenyu's registration for the imperial examination.

In her previous life, her younger brother lost his life for her. In this life, Chu Ruohan also wants to help him realize his dream.

But the emperor refused to see her, and now she couldn't even enter the palace.

Chu Ruohan planned to go and beat the drum to file a complaint to the emperor.

There are clear regulations in the laws of our dynasty that as long as the drum for reporting is struck, the emperor must summon the person who beat the drum.

This was a privilege granted to common people by the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty so that they would have the opportunity to appeal to the emperor when they suffered injustice.

Although this is a road full of thorns and dangers, Chu Ruohan has no choice at this time and she decides to go all out.

Gu Junze disagreed, saying that not everyone could strike the Dengwen Drum if they wanted to.

"The previous emperor established a rule that anyone who filed a complaint in the capital was considered to be defying the imperial authority. To sound the drum for hearing complaints, one must pass three levels. Only after passing these three levels would one be qualified to do so."

Gu Junze took a deep breath and said in a heavy tone, "Beating with a stick, rolling on a board of nails, walking through hell. Which one of them is not fatal?"

"The royal family wants to let the people know that the imperial power is supreme. For ordinary people, seeing the emperor's face is harder than climbing mountains of swords and descending into seas of fire."

Chu Ruohan's face turned pale, and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists, her knuckles turning white.

She never thought that it would be so difficult to file a complaint to the emperor by beating the drum.

Gu Junze continued, "In the more than two hundred years of our dynasty, only two people have ever attempted the Three Gates, and both were men. One died on a nail board, his body pierced by nails and covered in blood; the other died in a sea of ​​fire, his face burned beyond recognition..."

Hearing this, Chu Ruohan felt a chill in her heart.

She had finally had the chance to live again, so naturally she didn't want to lose her life so easily.

But how could she retreat when the lives of her parents and dozens of people in the Chu family were at stake?

Ying Qing, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly stepped forward and said, "I'll go."

The young lady is weak, and as a man who knows kung fu, he is the most suitable person to go.

He had been worried about Chu Yueshu these days. He wondered how she was doing in prison. She must not be used to it. The little girl was most afraid of the dark, and she might cry...