Chapter 137: The Provincial Governor's Corruption Case (3)

"No! They are going to attract the imperial guards in the city. Shoot them for me." The leader of the lurkers was shocked.

Several lurkers immediately picked up bows and arrows and shot at the three people. Unfortunately, all of them missed. Only one of the three people had his arm scratched by the flying arrow.

"What now?" Seeing that they had escaped, the lurker asked the leader.

"Speed ​​up, we must kill these people before the Jinwu Guards come over, and not a single one should be spared." The leader said.

At this point, they had no choice but to kill them. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. They have no way out.

"Yes!" The lurker received the order and said, "Brother, speed up and get rid of everyone here before the Jinwu Guards arrive."

The lurkers immediately speeded up the fighting, and the moves in their hands became more brutal. They even used injuries to speed up.

The guards were beaten back step by step, and they stopped not far from the carriage. They could not retreat any further.

At this time, both sides were bloodthirsty. One side was willing to risk its life to complete the task as quickly as possible.

The other side was even more fearless in order to protect the people in the carriage behind them. For a while, the two sides stuck together.

The three people who rushed out flew all the way and flew directly to the city gate.

The guards at the city gate saw someone daring to charge the gate, and immediately stepped forward to stop him, "Who are you? You dare to charge under the feet of the emperor, you don't want to live."

"Please!" The three of them hurriedly stopped their horses and said, "We are the guards of the Du Mansion. Princess Chengyang and her husband Du He have been attacked. Please send someone to rescue them quickly."

"What? Stop talking nonsense!" The Jinwu Guards were shocked! They didn't believe it at all, thinking that the other party was spreading rumors to confuse the public. How could the princess and her husband be in danger outside the city?

Who was so bold as to attack the emperor's beloved daughter, Princess Chengyang and her husband near Chang'an.

"I have the princess's token here. You will know if I am lying at a glance." The leader took out the token from the princess and threw it to the Jinwu Guard. After

taking it and checking it, the Jinwu Guard was surprised and said, "It is really the princess's token. Could it be true? Quick, send someone back to report to the higher authorities immediately and send more people. The rest of you follow me to rescue the horse first."

The leader of the Jinwu Guard said, and turned back to the guards, "Thank you three brothers for leading the way."

"Okay!" Please follow me! The guards said, turned their horses around and returned the same way.

Soon a large number of Jinwu Guards were driven out of the city and headed towards Du He. The lurkers did not expect the imperial guards to arrive so quickly. They were defeated and had to lay down their weapons and were captured.

Even the black-clad men who caught up from behind were not spared, and were all killed or captured alive by the Jinwu Guards.

Chang'an City, East Palace.

Li Chengqian, the regent prince, had just finished reviewing the memorials, stretched his waist, and muttered, "Ouch! I'm so tired."

Most of the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty were divided among the three provinces and six ministries, and the prime minister shared the government affairs for the emperor. Except for some that required the emperor's approval, they would be reported to the emperor for approval.

Compared with the Ming and Qing dynasties, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty had a much easier time. After all, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty did not have to do everything themselves.

Even so, Li Chengqian often complained about being tired. Li

Chengqian had just put down the pen in his hand when he heard footsteps. Li Chengqian looked up and saw Wang Quan running in in a panic.

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "You are so flustered, how can you be so flustered!"

"My dear, please forgive me!" Wang Quan wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "My dear, something big has happened!"

"What big has happened? Is the sky falling or the earth collapsing? Even if it is, you shouldn't be so confused and say it's nothing big." Li Chengqian was suspicious for a while. On the surface, he remained calm, but in his heart he was thinking about what big thing could happen to make Wang Quan so flustered.

"My dear! Princess Chengyang and her husband Duhe were killed by unidentified people not far outside Chang'an City." Wang Quan said.

"What? You, you say it again!" Li Chengqian was shocked when

he heard it. Wang Quan looked at Li Chengqian whose face changed drastically. After hearing the news, he was not much better than Li Chengqian.

"Princess Chengyang and her husband Duwei Du He were killed by unidentified people not far from Chang'an City." Wang Quan repeated.

"Damn it! They dared to assassinate the princess and her husband in broad daylight. These people are simply lawless. Do they still have the law in their eyes?"

"Immediately order the Jinwu Guards to rush to rescue the princess and her husband and ensure their personal safety." Li Chengqian said.

"After the Jinwu Guards learned about this, they rushed to rescue them as soon as possible. It is estimated that they have already fought with the gang

of thieves." Wang Quan said. Li Chengqian was relieved. As long as the Jinwu Guards arrived, they would be able to eliminate the thieves who assassinated the princess and bring Chengyang and others back.

Li Chengqian thought what happened recently? Not long ago, Wu Zetian was just dealt with, and Li Zhi was kept by his side, so he could keep an eye on his movements.

He thought everything would be peaceful from then on, but who knew that there were thugs who dared to commit crimes in broad daylight, and the target was actually the princess and her husband.

Li Chengqian couldn't figure out who was so arrogant that he assassinated the royal princess and her husband not far from the capital.

In fact, Li Chengqian guessed wrong! These people were not coming for Princess Chengyang and her friends, but for the Censor in the princess' carriage.

Who let the Censor have evidence of Xi Bian and his friends' crimes? If this evidence fell into the hands of the court, Xi Bian and his friends would have no way out.

In order to shut up the Censor, they had to kill him

to silence him. Only the dead in this world will not leak secrets. Only in this way can Xi Bian, the governor of Cangzhou, and others feel at ease and rest assured.

What a pity! No one would have thought that the Censor would meet the princess and her husband who were traveling incognito.

They were rescued by the princess and her husband. The people sent by Xi Bian saw that the princess and her husband were riding in an ordinary carriage, so they dared to order the killing of Princess Chengyang and others.

Otherwise, they might not dare to take action against Princess Chengyang and her husband.

It was also unlucky for Xi Bian and others. They encountered such a thing. Now, no matter whether Xi Bian was corrupt or not, he could not escape death.

Those who dared to attack and assassinate royal princesses and their husbands would have been killed several times, not to mention that Princess Chengyang was the beloved daughter of His Majesty Li II.

"Don't just stand there, go check what's going on. Report as soon as you get any news! If the princess and her husband come back, have them come see me right away." Li Chengqian ordered.

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order, turned around and left the hall, went to the Jinwu Guards to get information, to see if Princess Chengyang and the others had come back.