"Of course, your majesty's guess is somewhat feasible. I will investigate further."

After hearing what the man in black said, Li Kuo was silent for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"Forget it, there's no need to waste time on this matter. Since the prince consort has no intention of rebelling, we can just relax the surveillance."

"How's the prince doing?"

The man in black heard this and continued, "The Queen supervises the prince's etiquette every day. Although the prince looks a little depressed, he can't resist and is unwilling to do so."

"It seems that he has recognized the reality and given up struggling."

This seemed like a good thing to the man in black, but Li Kuo frowned when he heard it.

"Defa, after the morning court session tomorrow, ask the prince to come."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Kuo looked at the man in black and continued to ask, "Anything else? If not, please leave."

The man in black was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Your Majesty, Princess Wenhua brought a maid into the palace, and she seems to be a relative of the Queen."

"This incident just happened yesterday afternoon, and I am preparing to send someone to the Queen's hometown to verify it."

Li Kuo was silent for a moment before he asked, "How old are you? Are you here for the prince?"

"Your Majesty, I am about thirteen or fourteen years old and look ordinary."

"The informant reported that the family of the branch family was robbed by bandits on the way to Beijing. My father originally wanted to seek a small official position, but now he has nowhere to go, so he can only come to the palace to seek refuge with the queen."

Li Kuo frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Since Liuli brought it here, why didn't he do some errand at the Prince Consort's residence, but came to the palace instead?"

The man in black heard this and explained, "It is said that all the girls in the Prince Consort's house are good-looking, and the Prince Consort has no pursuit. If you can't get close to him, you might as well come to the palace."

"It is said that it is better to be the tail of a phoenix than the head of a chicken."

"After all, they are just kids. They just say whatever they want."

Li Kuo then relaxed his brows and asked, "Since there is nothing special about it, there is no need to make a trip. Just finish the task I asked you to do as soon as possible."

He doesn't have much time left, and it's not convenient to disperse the forces under his command, so he has to avoid some unimportant minor matters if possible.

The man in black responded immediately after hearing this.

"Yes, I will do it right away."

"I'll take my leave."

The task Li Kuo gave him was not simple. It was to inspect all civil and military officials to see who was dissatisfied with the prince.

This is paving the way for the prince and clearing away obstacles for him.

The next day was the day when the three bandits from Luliang Mountain were beheaded.

People being beheaded were common in the capital, so apart from those who just wanted to watch the fun, not many people came.

Are they just thieves and bandits? If they were ministers, would anyone still pay attention to them?

Li Xiuzhu came to the teahouse on the second floor opposite Caishikou early in the morning. He drank tea while looking out the window casually, as if he was lost in thought.

Although the thief may have already mixed in, Li Xiuzhu doesn't think he can catch him unless the real culprit shows up.

Suddenly, a noisy sound was heard. Li Xiuzhu looked downstairs and saw a team of soldiers escorting three prisoner vans.

The noise just now came from the people of Chaoyang. These idle people have nothing to do and their favorite thing to do is to throw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at people.

Many people even store a pile of rotten eggs at home, just waiting for this day.

Li Xiuzhu was distracted, observing the reactions of the three people while looking at the crowd.

Suddenly, the black-faced man who was cursing at the people in front of the carriage suddenly stopped. Although he continued to curse, his eyes were darting around as if he was looking for something.

Li Xiuzhu suddenly smiled when he saw this, recalled the direction of the other party's eyes just now, and then looked at the only man there who was not emotional and did not throw anything, and immediately had the answer in his mind.

After taking a look at the other party, Li Xiuzhu did not rush to take action.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. It will not be too late to wait for the other party to fight with the Yu Dao Guards of the Yu Dao Sect first.

It would be beneficial to him whether the other party could escape or not.

It’s not that Li Xiuzhu is afraid of the other party’s strength, but the other party has disrupted the situation, making it easier for him to take action.

The three men were escorted to the guillotine, and there was no change in their expressions.

The three of them saw their third in command and knew that someone had come to rescue them.

But as time passed, the three of them realized something was wrong. Why didn't they see anyone except the third brother (the third oldest)?

Is it hidden too well? Although the three were puzzled, they did not dare to think too much. After all, the third in command Hua Rong was here and would definitely save them.

However, when the executioner raised the knife, Hua Rong did not move.

At this moment the three of them finally realized that something was wrong.

"Third brother, if we don't take action now, what are we going to do..."

"Third brother, take action!"

“…”

“Puff~”

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“Puff~”

“Puff…”

Three sounds of blood spurting out were heard almost simultaneously, and there was still a half-finished sentence left.

At this moment, both the guards on the execution ground and the Imperial Sword Guards of the Imperial Sword Gate looked tense.

The sound of swords being unsheathed was heard constantly.

But after a few breaths, everyone was stunned.

So those three guys just now were trying to scare them?

My goodness, were we brought up to be scared?

Having relaxed their guard, everyone sheathed their weapons again.

"Take their bodies to the mass grave."

"promise!"

What Li Xiuzhu didn't expect was that the other party didn't make a move from beginning to end. This... this brotherhood seems to be just like that.

Li Xiuzhu put down the teacup and left two taels of silver before leaving the teahouse.

His steps were very fast, the kind that seemed slow but was actually fast. He was sitting in his seat one second and on the stairs the next. In the next breath, he was out of the teahouse.

However, after leaving the teahouse, his pace slowed down. One reason was that there were so many people around and he was easily seen by someone close to the execution ground. Another reason was that he had to keep a certain distance when following someone.

Li Xiuzhu followed Hua Rong all the way out of the city, and the other party walked into the woods five miles outside the city.

Li Xiuzhu followed without stopping, but as he got closer, the other party suddenly stopped, looked at him and said, "You've been following me all the way. Are you tired?"

"Are you from the Imperial Sword Sect?"

Li Xiuzhu didn't even use any Qinggong skills, so he knew he couldn't hide it from the other party.

Moreover, first-rate masters are all sensitive to line of sight within a certain distance. I have been staring at him for such a long time, it would be strange if he didn't notice.

"I am the boss of Yunzhu Tower. Since you were planning to save your boss from the beginning, you should know."

The owner of Yunzhulou? Hua Rong frowned. Wasn't it said that this shop belonged to the Fu family and was run by their second daughter?

Is this person from the Fu family? But there are no male descendants in the Fu family... Wait, is it him?

"Are you Champion Hou Li Xiuzhu?"

Li Xiuzhu nodded when he heard this.

"Yes, but it is just a humble title, and it is all thanks to your majesty's favor."

"I am still far behind the champion Hou Huo Qubing."

Hua Rong had never understood why his brothers didn't come, but when he looked at Li Xiuzhu in front of him, he seemed to understand.

"We have captured people from Luliang Mountain by you?"

(End of this chapter)