Chapter 457 The Kind Queen

"who?"

The thugs around Li Yuan became alert instantly.

Huaying blinked her beautiful eyes slightly. She didn't recognize this voice. Who could it be?

Cheng Jiao walked out slowly from the darkness. His expensive clothes made several thugs look at Li Yuan instantly.

Li Yuan was so bewitched by Hua Ying that he didn't care who it was. Even if it was Huang Xie's son, he would beat anyone who dared to stop him.

"What are you all standing there for? Go ahead! Capture Huaying for me. Ten gold coins for each of you!"

The ruffians instantly became excited. Ten gold coins, if they spent them sparingly, would be enough for them to live a carefree life for several years.

"You guys go stop him! I'll take down Huaying!"

A thug who seemed to be the leader shouted loudly.

Li Yuan took a few steps back to avoid being affected. If it wasn't inconvenient to do it openly, he would have brought Huaying to his mansion with his servants.

After all, Ji Bu is also the captain of the Shadow Tiger Legion under the Xiang clan. In order to get rid of Huang Xie, he will need the support of the Xiang clan, so it is not appropriate for him to become an open enemy.

Cheng Jiao walked up to Huaying and looked at the young and beautiful girl at this time and the beautiful young woman later. They seemed to be not the same person and their temperaments were very different.

Huaying gathered her hair and looked at the gangsters who had gathered around her: "Sir, there are many of them, let's run quickly."

"Well, come with me."

Cheng Jiao snapped his fingers, instantly freezing the people who surrounded him.

This made the leader extremely shocked. He had some strength, but he could only bully ordinary people. He had never seen such scenes, which he had only heard about from the rangers.

Li Yuan was well-informed. As soon as Cheng Jiao made a move, he knew that he was an extraordinary master. His desire for Hua Ying was immediately weakened. He asked fearfully, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you in the capital?"

Although he had been powerful in the capital for several years by relying on his sister's identity, he was not ignorant. He knew clearly who could be provoked and who could not be provoked in the capital.

Cheng Jiao said calmly: "I am from Qin."

After saying that, he pulled Huaying and prepared to leave. These scoundrels were not worth his time.

"Would you mind telling me where you live? I am Li Yuan, the Queen's brother, and I would like to pay you a visit!"

Li Yuan was thinking hard and wanted to win over Cheng Jiao.

It is not so easy to kill Huang Xie. If there is such a master around, the possibility of success will be greatly increased.

As for women... Li Yuan looked at Huaying who was almost leaning on Cheng Jiao's arms, and didn't care. As long as this person was willing to do things for him, it would be fine even if he gave Huaying to him.

As for Ji Bu, a small captain of a thousand men, he had plenty of ways to deal with him.

"You want to know? Then come to Xiangguo Mansion to find me, hehe."

Cheng Jiao and Huaying disappeared into the darkness again. Li Yuan frowned deeply. Are they Huang Xie's men?

No, a Qin person, and still dressed like this... Could it be Chang'an Jun Chengjiao from the Qin royal family who just arrived in the capital?
Damn it!
Li Yuan felt deeply angry at the thought that his woman was taken away by a foreign young man.

Even a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake, let alone a mere prince of the royal family! So what if he has some strength, can he beat ten of them! ?

"A bunch of trash!"

Li Yuan walked away in a huff, without even looking at the thug lying on the ground, who was considered an elite among the gangsters.

A few hooligans who were frozen by Cheng Jiao were shivering and were about to run away when a figure flashed over.

He took a look at the scene and shouted angrily, "Where are the people?"

The gangsters looked at each other, then looked at the head in the hands of the person coming over. It was the head of a woman with a good-looking face. She was the sister who tricked Huaying into leaving in the middle of the night.

"Sir, I don't know what you are talking about."

A few hooligans almost cried, and a strong smell of urine suddenly appeared, making Ying Bu extremely unhappy.

He stretched out his Qi blade and placed it across a gangster's neck. "Tell me! Where's Huaying?"

"She, she, she...she was taken away."

The gangster was shivering, looking at Qi Ren with a cold look in his eyes, and he wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Who took him away? Where did he take him?"

Ying Bu's heart sank, and he felt something was wrong when he thought of the woman who had just threatened him with Li Yuan.

I didn't expect that I would encounter such a thing just when I was helping Brother Ji Bu to bring some local specialties and valuables to Huaying.

But he had nothing to be afraid of. At worst, he could kill him until a river of blood flowed, and then he could just pat his butt and walk away without getting pissed off!
"I don't know..."

The thug's memory improved immediately after being glared at by Ying Bu with a fierce look in his eyes.

"He didn't say who he was, he just said he was in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Oh, by the way, he said he was from Qin. Sir, that's all I know. Please don't kill me!"

Several thugs knelt down instantly and kowtowed continuously, knowing that if they didn't kowtow loudly now, they would not be able to kowtow in the future.

Ying Bu frowned. Qin people? Xiangguo Mansion? Not Li Yuan?

Feeling a little relieved, Ying Bu looked at the scum whose heads were pounded like garlic and grinned grimly. He put away his Qi Blade and, amid the scum's screams of fear, swung a few punches, smashing their limbs and crippling them directly. Then he threw them into the dark alley one by one, picking them up in one hand.

If it were not difficult to kill people on the streets of the royal capital, he would have let them bleed. He was not Ji Bu's brother, who would show mercy. Just beating them up would be too easy.

After briefly dealing with the scene, Ying Bu went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He won't give up until he is sure of Huaying's safety.

If anything happened to Huaying, he would be ashamed for the rest of his life and would never be able to raise his head in front of the Ji Bu brothers again.

Huaying's face turned pale at this moment. She hugged Chengjiao tightly and did not dare to look down.

Only then did she realize that she was afraid of heights.

What shocked her even more was that the young man in front of her could actually fly!

Is this a human being?!
After calming down, Huaying asked nervously, "Sir, are you Ji Bu's friend?"

She couldn't remember that Ji Bu had such a Qin friend.

Cheng Jiao laughed softly and said, "No, but I have always heard of Ji Bu and know that you are his sister."

Huaying smiled and said, "He always likes to stand up for the weak, alas..."

It wasn't surprising that Cheng Jiao had heard about her brother.

Around the capital, everyone knew that her brother kept his promise and stood up for justice.

To the extent that the family often had little food to eat.

Fortunately, she had extraordinary dancing skills. With the help of the farmer Qingnuo, she opened a Zuimeng Pavilion, taught dancing, and was able to live a stable life.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Qingnuo was transferred to Xianyang by a farming family. Without her support, Zuimeng Pavilion was now maintained by herself alone, and the other girls who taught dance were poached by other pavilions.

If Ji Bu had not been doing well in the army and was recently promoted to captain of a thousand men, so that he could support her a little, she would have wanted to sell Zuimeng Pavilion and find another way to make a living.

Tonight, the one who thought she was a sister said that the queen wanted to recruit someone to the palace as a court teacher to teach her dance, and the reward was at least three hundred gold coins, which made her particularly excited.

She had heard before that the queen was recruiting court dancers and the requirements were very strict, so she wanted to give it a try.

Therefore, he followed that sister out in the middle of the night without any suspicion and went to that fictitious assessment location.

It was almost defiled.

What good sisters!
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As Huaying continued her fragmentary description, Cheng Jiao finally understood why Huaying had foolishly gone out in the middle of the night.

"Do you really want this opportunity?" Huaying wrapped herself up. It was late at night in November and it was very cold.

"Three hundred gold coins, and I can dance. Of course I want this opportunity. If I can become the queen's court teacher, my Zuimeng Pavilion will be very famous, and I won't have to worry about students!"

Huaying became more and more excited as she spoke, her big eyes shining brightly.

Cheng Jiao chuckled and said, "The queen is the sister of Li Yuan just now, aren't you afraid?"

Huaying drank a glass of wine, warmed herself up, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course I am afraid! But the queen is very kind and will not help the evildoers!"

Cheng Jiao's mouth twitched slightly. Kind queen?

He has never seen one so far, but if Zheng Ge takes one as queen, there may be one.

"How do you know? What if the queen's kindness is just an act? Wouldn't you be dead?"

Huaying shook her head. "You are from Qin, you don't know what's happening in our Chu. If it weren't for the queen who worked for the benefit of the people and took the initiative to punish corrupt officials so that the food for disaster relief could be safely distributed to the victims, I'm afraid there would have been starving people all over the place in the past few years."

"Oh, you are talking about deeds and not the heart?"

"Yes, that's right! If the queen is really a hypocrite, I will admit it!"

Huaying drank another glass of wine, her tone showing confidence in her own judgment.

Cheng Jiao laughed inexplicably. Should he let Li Huan teach Huaying a lesson?

I didn't expect that Huaying would be so trusting at this moment.

This pair of siblings is really awesome.

Ying Bu dressed in black and sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He knew that Huang Xie had always been at odds with the Xiang family, and he was the captain of the Thunder Leopard Corps. If he went directly to their house, he would probably be kicked out.

But there is no time to waste. What if Huaying just escaped from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's bed? If I go back and explain to my brother Ji Bu like this, wouldn't it be too foolish?

"The Qin people..."

Ying Bu whispered, if he was really a Qin person, he would not be in the important area of ​​the Prime Minister's Mansion, but in the guest room.

Fortunately, there were not many guards at the Prime Minister's Mansion, and with his strength as a first-class master, he was able to sneak in easily.

He is not bragging. When it comes to survival in the wild and stealing skills, ten Ji Bu cannot compare to him.

Cheng Jiao, who was drinking with Huaying, fixed his eyes slightly and looked into the darkness not far away.

There is a violent and bloody aura, as well as a lot of evil spirit.

You wouldn't expect this kid Li Yuan to be so efficient in revenge. In less than half an hour, he found a killer who was quite powerful and easily sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was obvious that his target was him.

After drinking several glasses of wine, Huaying no longer felt cold. Seeing Chengjiao looking at a place not far away, she asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is there someone there?"

"Yes, and he is a master. He seems to be here to assassinate me."

Huaying's face, which had originally regained its rosy complexion, turned pale again.

"Is it someone from the Li Yuan faction?"

She became uneasy and couldn't help but waver in her idea of ​​going to the palace to become the queen's court dancer.

How could Li Yuan, who is so petty and quick to take revenge, take action just because the queen doesn't take action against her?

Cheng Jiao stood up and said, "Why don't we go and take a look together?"

Huaying hesitated for a moment and followed him. She made up her mind that if he was really someone sent by Li Yuan, she could not be the queen's teacher no matter what. She would have to sell Zuimeng Pavilion and run away overnight. It was too dangerous to go to the royal capital.

Ying Bu squatted quietly on a trimmed tree, carefully observing the patrolling patterns of the guards in the Prime Minister's Mansion, waiting for an opportunity to rush into this large courtyard.

Cheng Jiao stood in the air holding Huaying, and patted Ying Bu's shoulder with a smile.

He had already recognized this guy. Who else could it be but Ying Bu?

"Get out of the way, I'm busy...dong——"

Ying Bu suddenly fell from the tree, and his big face came into close contact with the ground.

But for Ying Bu, whose strength has reached that of a first-class master and whose entire physical strength lies, this is no problem.

He jumped up instantly and looked at Cheng Jiao vigilantly. He was able to sneak up behind him silently without being noticed by him. He must be a top master.

"Hmm? Flower Shadow?"

Ying Bu shouted subconsciously, and after realizing that something was wrong, he looked at Cheng Jiao nervously. Oh! I was careless and exposed my purpose. This is a big taboo!

Huaying didn't recognize it was Ying Bu at first, she just felt that he looked familiar. It was only after hearing the voice that she realized that this voice could only belong to that silly boy Ying Bu.

"Young master, he is not an assassin, he is the brother of Ying Bu and Ji Bu." Huaying hurriedly explained.

"Yingbu, what are you doing here?"

Faced with Huaying's question, Ying Bu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that nothing had happened.

"Well, I drank and slept all day, and I have to go back to the barracks tomorrow. I almost missed something that Brother Ji Bu asked me to do.

I took Brother Ji Bu with me and prepared to deliver it to you at night, but I saw a strange woman looting things in your house, so I arrested her and tortured her, and then I realized that you were deceived. I was furious and killed her, and then I went to find you..."

As Ying Bu finished speaking, Hua Ying understood and said reluctantly, "She is actually not a bad person, she is just a little greedy for money."

Ying Bu snorted coldly: "I have seen many people like this. If we kill them one by one, at least most of them are not innocent."

Huaying looked at Cheng Jiao, "Um, sir, Ying Bu, it was just a misunderstanding."

"No problem, I can see it."

Ying Bu looked at Cheng Jiao, and from Huaying's few words, he already knew that this guy was a prince of the Qin royal family and the one who rescued Huaying.

"Brother, you saved Huaying, so I, Yingbu, owe you a favor. If you encounter any trouble in the capital, just call me!"

Cheng Jiao smiled and said, "If that's the case, then you're welcome."

With such a person, being polite won't work.

Ying Bu took off the bloody bag on his body and handed it to Huaying.

"I have finished what Brother Ji Bu asked me to do. I will go back to the barracks first. Don't go back home or Zuimeng Pavilion these days. Wait until Brother Ji Bu comes back."

After saying that, Ying Bu quietly slipped away again. He had already confirmed that Huaying was fine. It was safer in the Xiangguo Mansion than in most places. Judging from Cheng Jiao's temperament, he would not ignore her. There was no need for him to stay.

Huaying opened her mouth and wanted to say, "Did you forget to take me away?"

Looking back at Cheng Jiao, she saw that he was smiling and seemed to be thinking about something. Ying Bu seemed to want her to stay with Cheng Jiao first, but... wasn't this a bit too much trouble for him?

Huaying was struggling and followed Chengjiao to the courtyard.

"Sanniang, arrange a room for her."

Mei Sanniang, who was taking a nap against the carriage, saw Cheng Jiao bringing back a woman and thought to herself, "Niang Rong is really amazing. She can guess what Cheng Jiao is going to do at once."

"understand!"

Huaying followed the heroic Mei Sanniang. She didn't know where Cheng Jiao found this female guard from, but she felt so safe.

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