Chapter 226 This is a big deal
The emperor is in the well?
This discovery made Jiu's little face turn pale instantly.
She couldn't imagine that an emperor, who was in a very high position, would be imprisoned in a dark and damp well like an animal.
Just as she was shocked and ready to further explore the wellhead.
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
Several sharp sounds of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.
Ajiu was startled and rolled on the ground almost subconsciously, hiding in the grass next to him that was more than a meter high, even holding his breath.
Just as she hid herself, she saw several black figures silently landing on the wall of the cold palace like ghosts.
There are four people in total.
They were all dressed in night clothes, their faces covered with black cloth, revealing only a pair of emotionless, dead eyes. In their hands, they held weapons that gleamed with cold light, and they exuded the kind of cold death aura that could only be cultivated through countless killings.
He is the Yun family's assassin.
Ajiu's heart instantly rose to his throat.
The four men in black looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, they walked straight to the dry well.
One of them picked up a thick rope from the side of the well, while the other took out a food box from his arms.
They tied the food box firmly to a rope and then lowered it into a bottomless dry well.
They didn't say a word during the whole process, their movements were skillful and their coordination was tacit.
Obviously, they have done this countless times.
This is it, that's right.
The emperor was really imprisoned under this well.
After confirming this most important information, Jiu didn't dare to stay any longer.
She suppressed the waves of sorrow and heaviness in her heart, and while the guards' attention was focused on the wellhead, she hunched over like a little civet cat and quietly retreated from this place of death.
She quickly returned in the direction she came from.
She wants to tell this news to her brother Xiongxiong immediately!
When Ah Jiu rushed into the study of the Prince Regent's Palace like a gust of wind, Xiao Yu was looking at a feng shui map of the imperial city with a frown on his face.
"Brother Xiong Xiong!"
The little girl's cheeks were flushed from running all the way.
"What's wrong, Jiu?"
Xiao Yu raised his head suddenly, stepped forward quickly and stretched out his hand to support her, but stopped in mid-air, and just signaled her with his eyes to speak slowly.
"I... I found them." Ah Jiu panted, clutching the corner of her clothes tightly with her small hands. "I found the Emperor and the Empress Dowager."
Xiao Yu's pupils suddenly shrank.
"Don't be impatient, Jiu. Take your time. Where did you find them? How are they?"
"In the cold palace," Ah Jiu's voice was a little weak with fear. "I shook off that maid and followed the direction of the dragon energy until I reached the cold palace in the northwest of the palace."
She swallowed, trying to make her description clearer.
"The Emperor... he... he's not in the palace. He's been imprisoned in a dry well in the cold palace courtyard. I saw bad guys in black clothes carrying food boxes out of the well and then back in. There must be a dungeon under that well."
"What?"
Even though Xiao Yu was a calm person, he couldn't help but roar in anger when he heard this.
Imprisoned in a well.
How dare they, the Yun family's father and daughter? How dare they humiliate the king of a country like this!
A surge of murderous intent erupted from him, and the temperature in the entire study seemed to drop by more than ten degrees.
Ah Jiu shrank back in fear, but mustered up the courage to continue, "And... and the Empress Dowager. She's been locked up in a small hall next to the cold palace. The doors and windows of that hall are all nailed shut with wooden boards and iron bars. I can feel... the Empress Dowager's breath is very painful and uncomfortable. She's being oppressed by so much black air..."
"Besides, the security there is very tight." Ah Jiu patted his chest with lingering fear. "As soon as I approached, several guards in black clothes appeared. They all had a strong murderous aura. I was so scared that I quickly hid and avoided being discovered."
"Bang!"
Xiao Yu punched the pearwood table next to him hard, and the heavy solid wood table top cracked.
"Yun! Wen! De!"
He squeezed out Prime Minister Yun's name word by word from between his teeth, and his deep eyes were already filled with a blood-red storm.
"Your Highness, Ajiu." Chu Xuanyi, who had been chasing Ajiu all the way, finally arrived at the Regent's Palace.
"Your Highness, now is not the time to be angry." Chu Xuanyi said breathlessly, "Ajiu's trip has already alerted the enemy. The Yun family father and daughter will definitely increase their vigilance. We must discuss countermeasures immediately."
Xiao Yu took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress the murderous intent surging in his heart.
"Xuan Er!" He ordered coldly into the air.
A black figure appeared silently in the middle of the study and knelt on one knee.
"I'm here."
"Send out all the people you can use to me. I want to know how many rats are hiding in that cold palace. Every visible checkpoint and every hidden checkpoint around it, even if a fly flies in, I want to investigate thoroughly."
"yes."
Xuan Er took the order and disappeared from the spot again in a flash.
In less than half an hour, a detailed defense map depicting the surrounding environment of the cold palace was delivered to Xiao Yu.
When he saw the markings on the picture clearly, even Chu Xuanyi couldn't help but gasp.
The seemingly deserted cold palace is actually an impregnable prison.
With the cold palace as the center, within a radius of 500 steps, there are three teams of imperial guards patrolling non-stop for 24 hours. Their routes and times have been precisely calculated, with almost no gaps.
And in the dark, there are no less than thirty top-notch assassins lurking.
They hid in rockery, rooftops, treetops, and even in the grass beside dry wells, forming a true dragnet.
Any forced intrusion will be discovered immediately.
"What a Yun Wende!" Xiao Yu sneered as he looked at the picture. "He's made every possible preparation, just waiting for us to fall into his trap."
"Your Highness, there's no way out of this situation." Chu Xuanyi's expression was more solemn than ever. "Any forceful attack would be instantly detected by them. The Yun family father and daughter are ruthless. If we take action, they will kill the Emperor and the Empress Dowager without hesitation. If the hostages are killed, we won't be able to defend ourselves, and it will be irrefutable evidence of treason."
"What should we do?" Ah Jiu listened anxiously, "Are we just going to watch the Emperor and the Empress Dowager suffer?"
"Of course not!" Xiao Yu paced back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back.
Mobilize the Xuanjia Guards from the suburban camp? No, that would be tantamount to directly announcing to the world that Xiao Yu was planning a rebellion. Without a legitimate reason, it would only make it easier for the Yun family father and daughter to strangle him in the name of "clearing the court of corrupt officials."
"How about luring the tiger away from the mountain?" Ah Jiu suggested in a low voice, "Can we find a way to lure those bad guys away?"
"I'm afraid it's difficult." Chu Xuanyi shook his head and rejected the idea. "The people guarding the cold palace are the Yun family's death squads. These people only obey orders and are not swayed by external factors. They are determined. Ordinary tactics of seduction are completely useless against them."
"What about digging a tunnel?" Jiu came up with another idea.
"It's even more impractical." Xiao Yu rejected it directly. "Not to mention the complex underground network of the imperial palace. The massive project is very easy to be discovered. We can't afford to wait. Every day of delay will increase the danger for my brother and mother."
Forced attacks won't work, luring them won't work, and sneak attacks won't work.
Time passed by bit by bit in suffocating silence.
Ajiu sat on the chair, his small body looking a little listless due to fatigue and worry.
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