They were agile and wielded sharp swords, clearly well-trained assassins.
Although the guards were brave, they were somewhat overwhelmed by the unexpected attack from the men in black.
In an instant, close combat ensued, with swords flashing across the battlefield.
Zhao Zhi listened in the car with trepidation, wondering if it was Yun Chao's group coming for her.
But weren't those people all arrested and thrown into jail by Shen Hanshan?
Outside the carriage, the men in black quickly gained the upper hand.
A guard whispered to Zhao Zhi, "Princess, hurry up and leave!"
Just then, a man in black suddenly leaped onto the carriage.
He held a long sword and thrust it straight at Zhao Zhi.
Zhao Zhi dodged to the side and took the opportunity to use her internal force to pierce the black-clad man's acupoints from a distance.
The man in black groaned and fell off the carriage.
But after she forced the first one back, a second man in black quickly came up.
The guards were busy fighting with the other men in black and could only watch helplessly as Zhao Zhi was led away by the men in black and disappeared into the morning mist.
Knowing the seriousness of the situation, the guards dared not delay and immediately rode back to the palace to report to Zhao Yi.
Upon hearing the news that Zhao Zhi had been captured by the men in black, Zhao Yi was furious.
He initially intended to immediately order a city-wide manhunt for the men in black, but after a moment's thought, he changed his mind and ordered a secret manhunt instead.
Whether it's Princess Zhao Chunhua's identity or the second daughter of Grand Secretary Zhao Zhi, it would damage her reputation if people found out that she had been kidnapped by a group of people of unknown origin.
On the other hand, Zhao Yi secretly sent someone to invite Shen Hanshan into the palace and told him about Zhao Zhi being captured by men in black.
The guards escorting Zhao Zhi led Shen Hanshan to the place where they had encountered the men in black fighting. Shen Hanshan carefully searched the area for clues, but found nothing.
But he knew that as long as Zhao Zhi insisted that the box was not in her possession, or that the box was in his possession, the person behind the scenes would not harm Zhao Zhi for the time being.
At the Zhao residence, Zhao Shouzhen, who had been away from home for several months, finally completed the task entrusted to him by the Emperor.
Seeing Zhao Shouzhen return, Liu Yun swayed and followed behind the mistress, her eyes brimming with tears, "Master has been gone for two months, I've missed you so much!"
Zhang Wan glared at her, thinking: Your death is indeed near.
Zhao Shouzhen was weary from his journey. After washing up and changing into clean clothes, he went to Zhang Wan's room feeling refreshed.
Zhang Wan was reading medical books in the room when she was suddenly hugged, which startled her.
When Baozhu saw the master embracing the mistress, she quickly lowered her eyes, withdrew, and closed the door behind her.
"What are you looking at?" Zhang Wan asked shyly.
"Before I leave, I'll tell you that I've acquired a few new erotic paintings. Let's admire them together." Zhao Shouzhen had been holding back for two months and was about to go crazy.
Zhang Wan glanced at the sky outside and said reproachfully, "Master, it's still light out. Why don't we wait until tonight?"
Zhao Shouzhen quickly drew the curtains shut and coaxed Zhang Wan, "Madam, please have some understanding of me! I haven't had any meat for two months!"
Zhang Wan couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she had to agree.
Zhao Shouzhen took out the erotic paintings he had prepared beforehand from his pocket and slowly unfurled them. Zhang Wan nestled in his arms, and the two admired the lifelike erotic paintings together. As time passed, Zhao Shouzhen's breathing became rapid.
He tackled Zhang Wan and said urgently, "Madam, just looking at paintings is so boring. We should be good students and imitate them more!"
Zhang Wan liked this aspect of Zhao Shouzhen the most. When he put on his court robes, he was the imposing Grand Secretary Zhao Shouzhen of the Great Xuan Dynasty; when he took off his official robes, he was the witty and charming Master Zhao in the bedroom.
“Madam, how can you be distracted while doing something like this?” Zhao Shouzhen noticed Zhang Wan’s half-heartedness and was somewhat unhappy.
Zhang Wan quickly apologized, "I just thought that you were a very capable official and a very capable husband. How could I have met such a good person?"
Zhang Wan's words of praise delighted Zhao Shouzhen. He set aside the few erotic paintings he had already imitated and casually picked one from the remaining ones for the two of them to admire.
However, when he saw the man and woman in the erotic painting, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
He was all too familiar with the mole on the woman's chest that was painted on the painting.
Zhang Wan also sensed something was amiss. Feigning ignorance, she asked curiously, "Master, look at this woman and the monk, they seem quite romantic!"
"You bastard! You bastard! You bastard! I'm going to fill that wretched Liu Yun's well with my blood!" Zhao Shouzhen trembled with rage and cursed loudly.
Zhang Wan stopped pretending and hurriedly helped Zhao Shouzheng put on his clothes, advising, "Master, to catch a thief, you need to catch him red-handed; to catch an adulterer, you need to catch them in the act. Right now, we can't convict Liu Yun with just a erotic painting!"
Zhao Shouzhen also realized that he had been too hasty.
He held Zhang Wan's hand and asked, "Madam, I don't know much about matters concerning the inner quarters. What do you suggest we do?"
Zhang Wan whispered a few words in his ear, and Zhao Shouzhen nodded repeatedly.
During dinner, Liu Yun noticed that Zhao Shouzhen was not there, so he asked where the master had gone.
Zhang Wan sighed and said that the master must have offended some villain, because he had just arrived home and was sent to another place again.
Upon hearing this, Liu Yun was secretly delighted.
She and the monk Yunqian had been inseparable for over a month, spending every day together, not wanting to be apart from him for even a day. However, she was also wary, fearing that Zhang Wan was deceiving her.
Therefore, she did not let Yunqian stay in her room during the first half of the night.
It wasn't until late at night that she had Yin Huan find out that the master really hadn't returned. Only then did she feel relieved and call Yun Qian to her room. The two of them took "Spring Never Ends," and their lovemaking in bed was incredibly pleasurable!
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