Chapter 140: The sound of killing inside and outside the imperial city(1/2)
In the main hall of Hanguang Hall, there was a silence like death. Everyone was open with their terrified eyes and looked at this scene. Except for the light sound of blood dripping on the bed, there was no sound.
Blood slid down Fan Xian's clothes and the sword was along the empress dowager's earlobe, wet half of the old woman's cheeks, and gradually penetrated into her clothes.
The sword shining with cold light was placed extremely stable and coldly on the empress dowager's neck.
This is the first time since the founding of Qing Kingdom, an assassin has been able to penetrate deep into the palace, and the first time someone can put the sword blade on the queen mother's neck.
Everyone, including those masters and eunuchs, was shocked and watched Fan Xian hold the empress dowager hostage, not knowing what to do.
All this happened too quickly. From the warning message outside the hall, to Fan Xianru's killing god descending from the sky, rushing straight to the phoenix bed, controlling the empress dowager, it was just a matter of time to count breaths.
Before, Fan Xian had not hit the wall before, but chose the wooden door first, and faced the eunuch master, slashed his head with a sword, successfully allowing the masters of the inner court to focus their attention on the corridor leading to the main hall of the side hall. However, he... directly bumped from behind the wall! Such unexpected surprise, he was willing to take a risk and resist the four old eunuchs to take action, and he had the success at this moment.
In such a short time, it is impossible to say that Fan Xian’s actions tonight were really powerful. And for some reason, everyone who was shocked to see this scene had a chill from the bottom of their hearts, as if Fan Xian dared to pull the sword at any time and let the Empress Dowager die!
Fan Xian's expression was too calm and too cold, just like he was just an ordinary person under his sword, not a queen mother who could influence the world!
"Transfer the guards outside to stop."
The hall was as quiet as death, but the screams of fighting outside the hall were becoming more and more bright. The six swordsmen in the Tu Palace were still tangling with the big inner guards.
After Fan Xian put the Empress Dowager under the sword, he leaned down his right knee slightly, carefully hid his body behind the empress dowager, and put his long sword on the empress dowager's shoulder, leaned against the blood-red cheek of the empress dowager and said softly.
The words were very calm, but they exuded the power that could not be allowed to refute, and everyone felt it. If the Empress Dowager did not order the guards outside and the eunuchs and masters in the hall stopped, Fan Xian might really be able to move his sword.
However... the Empress Dowager is not an ordinary person after all.
When the Empress Dowager Qingguo was the Princess Cheng, she had been in danger for many years. Her sincerity and stability were not an ordinary old woman. Later, she became the Queen Mother of the Empress Dowager who had been in the palace for decades, and lived in the palace with a sense of majesty and strong confidence in her heart.
The queen mother turned her face and looked at Fan Xian coldly. Her gray hair was a little messy, but her eyebrows were twisted together, revealing her innate prestige, and she said coldly: "Are you so ruthless! How dare you threaten the Ai family?"
The sound was like shattering gold and destroying jade. It shocked everyone in the palace!
Fan Xian felt a little nervous. He didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would be so embarrassed and in such a dangerous situation at this time, he would be so tough. But he knew in his heart that the Empress Dowager must maintain his momentum in order to gain more benefits in the next thing.
Even more unexpectedly, things were still behind, and there was only a snap! The Queen Mother actually slapped Fan Xian with her backhand!
A faint red palm appeared on Fan Xian's face. The queen mother seemed not afraid of the cold front lying on her neck. Looking at Fan Xian's pupils full of contempt and shame, she said coldly: "Do you dare to kill the Ai family!"
Everyone in Hanguang Palace was shocked. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager was controlled by Fan Xian Jianfeng and dared to provoke so powerfully. Wouldn't she be afraid that Fan Xian would really kill her? Looking at this scene, some nannies and palace maids were so scared that they fainted.
The Empress Dowager still looked at Fan Xian coldly and strongly.
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at the wrinkled face of the empress dowager without saying a word. He knew why the old woman was so strong, because she knew that if Fan Xian wanted to control the palace, then he would definitely not dare to kill him at this time.
What's more, she is the queen mother after all, and Fan Xian's bloodline is the grandmother. She expected that Fan Xian would not dare to act in front of so many people. Even if she really thought it wrong, she still had to maintain her momentum so that she could have the opportunity to reverse.
Just when the Empress Dowager slapped Fan Xian with extraordinary force, a sudden change occurred in Hanguang Hall. Eunuch Hou, who had been quiet by the palace, suddenly floated up!
It floated up extremely quickly, but it was not rushing towards Fan Xian and the Empress Dowager, but towards the big hole that Fan Xian broke through!
A strange light flashed in Fan Xian's pupils, but he did not dare to leave the Empress Dowager's side. He could only watch Eunuch Hou and several other eunuch masters flirted around the cave and stopped a few people.
Eunuch Hou's palms tightly strangled the third prince's throat.
Concubine Yi was made by an eunuch.
Ning Cairen waved the black ground dagger, but was surrounded by several eunuchs.
"Young Master, don't be too impulsive." Eunuch Hou said respectfully, squeezing the third prince's throat, lowered his head.
Fan Xian held the sword with an extremely stable hand, and looked at Eunuch Hou, a strange color flashed in his pupils. It was only then that he realized that the eunuch number two ranked under Eunuch Yao actually had such a clever cultivation level.
The situation at this time was that Fan Xian controlled the Empress Dowager, while Eunuch Hou and other eunuchs controlled the three people Fan Xian cared about very much.
How will the situation develop?
Everyone was waiting for Fan Xian’s decision.
The queen mother's face was cold, but the blood that penetrated her clothes was a little cold, which made her fingers tremble slightly.
Fan Xian lowered his head and looked at the empress dowager's fingers. He didn't remain silent for long, but just took a deep breath. All the eunuchs and masters became alert, not knowing what he would do next.
Fan Xian raised his face, frowned, then raised his right hand and slapped the empress dowager's old cheek!
A crisp sound! This sound was louder than the slap of the Queen Mother’s previous slap on Fan Xian! The Queen Mother covered her face incredibly, and a trace of blood oozed out of the corners of her lips. The old man’s teeth were probably loosened.
Everyone in the hall looked at this scene with dumbfounded eyes, as if the slap not only hit the empress dowager's face, but also hit his own face and his heart!
Who was the one who slapped her in the face by Fan Xian? He was the Holy Empress Dowager, the biological mother of His Majesty the Emperor, and Fan Xian’s grandmother! And Fan Xian... dared to slap her in the face!
This is a humiliation that can never be eliminated. If Fan Xian slapped the Empress Dowager in the face, it proves that he has given up his promise. If he dares to slap you, he dares to kill you!
Fan Xian stared at the swollen face halfway up and said softly: "Let me go, stop, I don't want to repeat it again."
The empress dowager shivered all over, but she also felt a hint of coldness from the deepest part of the ground. She knew that she had underestimated this grandson who was not named Li, and underestimated the other party's coldness and strong spirit.
She felt the sword on her neck tighten again. Maybe it was just a moment. Maybe after a long time, the queen mother's eyes finally became a little lonely, and she said, "Do as he wants."
"The Queen Mother shouted in person, and the voice was louder." Fan Xian said.
The Empress Dowager stared at Fan Xian angrily, and had no choice but to shout out to the outside of the hall in an old voice: "The guards obey the orders, stop!"
For some reason, when the Queen Mother's order was released, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps Fan Xian's performance made these people too scared, for fear of witnessing a terrifying scene where the grandson killed the milk and the minister killed the queen mother.
Only Eunuch Hou, who strangled the third prince's throat, frowned slightly, and didn't know what was thinking.
"It seems that Eunuch Hou misses you very much." Fan Xian said coldly to the Empress Dowager.
The empress dowager looked at Eunuch Hou, and the four old eunuchs frowned and moved a step towards Eunuch Hou.
Eunuch Hou sighed and let go of his palm.
The third prince was still in shock. In the afternoon, the wound that was stabbed by the assassin began to bleeding again. He quickly supported his mother. Ning Cairen and the other two ran behind Fan Xian in panic.
As soon as the empress dowager's order was released, the sound of fighting around Hanguang Palace disappeared without a trace. It was obvious that the swordsman who followed Fan Xian into the palace had already received instructions. As long as the guards stopped taking action, they did not take the opportunity to fight back.
All the large wooden doors of Hanguang Hall were pushed open at the same time. With the creaking sound, the entire palace became extremely transparent. The people in the hall could clearly see the tense situation outside the hall. They saw the guards holding straight knives surrounding Hanguang Hall, as well as countless dead bodies lying on the open space outside the hall.
The early autumn night wind outside the hall also blew in. The coolness was deep, but it was hard to be quiet, because with the gust of wind, the smell of blood also entered the hall and rushed straight to everyone's noses.
Dozens of six swordsmen in black clothes retreated into Hanguang Hall as fast as possible and surrounded the eunuchs in the hall. Several powerful old eunuchs in the inner court had to accept this frustrating fact and were ticked by the special iron fingers of the Supervision Bureau.
In Fan Xian's hands, Fan Xian has proved that he dared to kill the Empress Dowager. Under this circumstance, how dare these inner court masters resist?
Even those who want to resist like Eunuch Hou cannot make too many extra actions due to the general trend.
Fan Xian looked at his subordinates with wounds, his brows beat again. With a glance, he knew that although the sniper battle outside Hanguang Hall was very short, there were still more than a dozen loyal subordinates who returned to heaven.
It is impossible to break into the palace without dying. If you can only pay such a small price, you will temporarily control the Hanguang Palace and wait for an impossible task.
Fan Xian lowered his eyes and said to the Queen Mother under the sword: "You know, I won't kill you... If I just want to kill you, there are countless ways to make you die but don't know how to die."
The Empress Dowager coughed violently, held her chest, and a trace of blood was wiped out from her neck under Fan Xian's sword.
Looking at this scene, the eunuchs and palace maids who were loyal to the empress dowager showed panic on their faces. They wanted to go forward to serve, but they did not dare to move.
The Empress Dowager turned her head and stared at Fan Xian with a resentful look: "You are the same as your mother, and you are ambitions! The Ai family wants to see what you can do in this palace."
Yes, even if Fan Xian caught the Queen Mother and controlled the palace at this time, what should he do next? Everyone, including those black-clad swordsmen, stared at him, waiting for his next order.
Fan Xian was waiting for news from the other three groups in the palace and waiting for the movement in the imperial city. He knew that success had not yet arrived yet, and if things were not in line, he would fail.
But while waiting, he was not idle. He looked at Eunuch Hou, surrounded by swordsmen, coldly.
Eunuch Hou's heart trembled and he secretly vented his true energy.
Fan Xian nodded.
Eunuch Hou was shocked and flipped his sleeves and prepared to fight! Unexpectedly, he raised his eyes and saw more than ten small crossbows shining with dark light facing him!
The 200 people brought to the palace were afraid of disturbing the enemies outside the palace, and they put a lot of effort into disguising them and could not carry crossbows for everyone. But among the dozens of people who followed him, they carried ten secret crossbows.
And these dark crossbows were facing Eunuch Hou at this time.
Eunuch Hou shouted violently, and his body protruded. However... just raised one foot, he turned into a hedgehog. Ten crossbow arrows pierced deeply into his body, sucking blood from his body.
With a bang, Eunuch Hou fell to the ground and twitched twice. He opened his eyes that were unwilling to close, and died.
Fan Xian looked at this scene indifferently. Although he did not know that Eunuch Hou was the eldest princess' confidant, his intuition and the previous scene made him alert, so he suddenly attacked at this moment and asked his subordinates to shoot Eunuch Hou to death.
At such a critical moment, Fan Xian was not afraid of killing people and would rather kill the wrong one than lose money.
The death of Eunuch Hou was shocked by the shock of the hall. Chuchu calmed down a little and was a little chaotic. The guards surrounded outside the hall also became nervous and rushed toward the Hanguang Hall.
Fan Xian was not confused. He slowly took off the sword from the queen mother's neck and swept the scene. No one dared to look directly at the place where his eyes could reach. Everyone bowed their heads.
He sat down next to the empress dowager, lowered his head and listened to the noise everywhere in the palace. He knew that the three groups must have encountered strong resistance. Fortunately, he rushed into the Hanguang Hall and attracted the most eunuch masters and most of the guards in the harem. Jing Ge and his three parties should be a little more relaxed.
The Hanguang Palace was quiet, and Fan Xian and the Empress Dowager sat side by side on the bed. The grandparents and grandchildren were stained with other people's blood and their own mood was cold. The scene of the grandparents and grandchildren sitting peacefully made everyone feel disappointed.
The guards outside the hall did not disarm, and Fan Xian had no extra people to carry out this important matter. All the swordsmen in black had returned to the hall. He did not want any change in the situation at this time. The problem of the guards of the Great Inspector should be that the eldest prince would later resolve the problem of the imperial guards and hand it over to him.
He was just waiting, he believed in the strength of his subordinates and the Black Knight.
Before waiting for a long time, the big inner guards outside the hall suddenly felt a little noisy, as if something shocking happened behind the camp.
Fan Xian did not get up and said to the empress dowager beside him: "Let them make way for the road."
The empress dowager's gray hair hung on the bloody cheeks, and half of her cheeks, which were not bloody, had already been swollen by Fan Xian's slap in the face, looking extremely desolate. Listening to Fan Xian's words, she glanced outside with some unconscious eyes and nodded.
The straight leader of the guard squad looked at the situation in the hall, gritted his teeth and pulled the encirclement out of a hole.
More than a dozen black-clad assassins walked into Hanguang Hall with a disheveled concubine!
To be continued...