inspire-indiana Chapter 352: Entering the Tiger's Den Alone
Chapter 352: Entering the Tiger's Den Alone
Chapter 352: Entering the Tiger's Den Alone
There were hurried and chaotic footsteps behind them. The palace maid who was being held by Xu Junjun had a dark gray face. She was fetching water from a wooden basin, panicked and timid.
“I didn’t know, I just heard them shouting for help.
The fire over there, Miss Xu, is fierce and very dangerous. Please stay in the hall and wait until the fire subsides before going over."
Xu Junjun's brows were tightly knitted. Just as she was about to ask about the situation, the palace maid had already hurried away with the wooden basin.
The burning palace was some distance away from the little emperor's bedroom. Xu Junjun's eyelids twitched, and without hesitation, he turned around and rushed into the little emperor's palace.
His heart was pounding as Xu Junjun looked up at the flames in the sky, feeling something was wrong.
Jun Xiaochen had just sent someone to deliver a message tonight, but the message didn't come back, and then a fire broke out in the palace.
No one would believe that there is no trick involved.
Xu Junjun rushed forward with her head down, and the personal guards who had been following her secretly jumped out from the shadows and quickly caught up.
The screams of palace maids and eunuchs were endless. Xu Junjun lifted the hem of her skirt, stepped on the dirty water on the ground, listened to her disordered heartbeat, and rushed to the little emperor's bedroom in one go.
Outside the palace, the same group of personal guards were still on guard. But when he looked inside the palace where there was no movement, Xu Junjun felt a chill all over his back.
Xu Junjun looked at one of the familiar guards, supported his knees with his arms, and asked loudly without catching his breath.
"Is the little emperor awake?"
The guards were confused about Xu Junjun's nervousness, but they still agreed honestly:
"Miss Xu, the Emperor has not summoned us, so he must not be awake yet."
"The fire outside was so fierce, and those people were screaming so loudly, but the little emperor didn't wake up?"
The guard shook his head dutifully:
"We have been guarding outside the hall the entire time and haven't heard anyone getting up from inside."
Xu Junjun secretly cursed and rushed into the hall without even taking a breath.
Those who stayed here were all Jun Xiaochen's confidants. When they saw Xu Junjun's posture, their faces changed and they immediately followed him.
This also includes the personal guards who followed Xu Junjun.
Xu Junjun's heart was pounding. She pushed open the palace door and a pungent smell of blood rose into the sky. What she saw were the corpses of four palace maids who died with their eyes open.
Xu Junjun's heart sank, and she turned her head abruptly, instantly meeting the eyes of the man in black who had knocked the little emperor unconscious and was about to take him away.
"catch him!"
Xu Junjun pointed at the man in black and shouted, and the guards immediately reacted by drawing their scimitars and rushing in.
Swords collided and fire flew.
Dozens of men in black who were hiding in other corners of the hall immediately showed up to block the guards. Dozens of people fought in a melee, and Jun Xiaochen's guards could only barely break through the black-clothed men's blocking line.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Junjun reached into his arms and chased directly after the man in black who was carrying the little emperor and fleeing towards the window.
"Miss Xu."
The guard shouted and watched Xu Junjun lift her skirt and jump out of the window, chasing the man in black and leaving.
There are twenty personal guards left here, plus the people who protect Jun Xiaochen and stay in secret to protect Xu Junjun, a total of no less than thirty.
But with so many people being entangled by the men in black, only five or six people were able to pull themselves forward to protect the pursuers.
Seeing five or six bodyguards chasing the man away, the remaining man in black swung his sword more and more wildly. The madness of dying together prevented the other bodyguards from leaving.
The man in black jumped out of the window carrying the unconscious little emperor on his back. Listening to the footsteps following closely behind him, his face under the black mask looked sinister and complacent.
He did not fly away, but carried the little emperor on his back and kept Xu Junjun hanging not far away until he turned a corner and went into a dark alley to meet up with his accomplices who were waiting there. Then he stopped and waited for Xu Junjun to catch up.
In less than ten breaths, Xu Junjun ran here and looked at the dozen or so black shadows standing in the long alley, and his feet stopped suddenly.
She stopped, and the guards who were chasing them also quickly arrived, raised their scimitars to protect Xu Junjun from behind, and confronted the dozen or so black shadows opposite.
There was no light in the entire dome of the Apocalypse Palace, and the light radiated from the palace to the entire imperial capital. The air in the entire city was filled with a dull and depressing atmosphere before a rainstorm.
Down the long avenue of palace walls, ghostly shadows danced in the distance, and the air was filled with the smell of burning wood.
A few walls away, the screams of palace maids and eunuchs calling for help in putting out the fire hit my eardrums hard.
Xu Junjun stood in the wind, and with her hand hidden in her sleeve, she opened the bottle mouth, letting the black powder fly to the opposite side with the wind.
"You deliberately set fire to disturb people's hearts, killed the palace maids and kidnapped the emperor. I guess your target tonight is not just the emperor, right?
Tell me, what else does the Queen Mother, the Black Widow, want you to do?
Did she say that besides the little emperor, she also asked you to capture me?"
“It’s convenient to talk to smart people.
Since Ms. Xu already knows, why is she still talking so much?
If you don't want us to strangle the little emperor right now, please come with us, Miss Xu."
The man in black opposite him just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by a guard beside Xu Junjun:
"Ms. Xu, don't listen to them.
The prince said that you are the most important thing in everything."
Xu Junjun pursed her lips, and the man in black opposite her said in a mocking tone:
"What a regent! To him, the emperor is already a discarded child. No wonder he wouldn't let Miss Xu take any risks.
However, if Miss Xu doesn't want to go with us, don't blame us for taking action now.
Anyway, I have only one life left, and having the Emperor buried with me before I die makes this life worthwhile."
Seeing the black-clad man carrying the little emperor throw him to the ground and grab the little emperor's neck with his big hand, Xu Junjun's pupils shrank and he immediately shouted:
"and many more!"
The man in black who was strangling someone turned around and said:
"Ms. Xu changed her mind?"
"Miss Xu."
The personal guard hurriedly stepped forward and stopped Xu Junjun behind him.
Xu Junjun took a deep breath and raised her hand to push away the guard's arm:
"I won't die, please get out of the way."
The man in black just now acted decisively and didn't seem to be lying, so Xu Junjun didn't dare to take any chances.
"Miss Xu."
"shut up."
Xu Junjun's face turned cold, and he turned his back to the man in black and scolded his guards:
"I said get out of the way, so get out of the way. Anyone who dares to stop me from saving the emperor will be executed when Jun Xiaochen returns!"
The guards all looked at Xu Junjun, and when they saw her face clearly, a strange look of doubt flashed across their faces.
In the corner where the men in black could not see, Xu Junjun had her back to them and was winking wildly at the guards. She cursed and kept curling her lips, which made the guards notice the black powder falling from under her wrist.
Those who are assigned by Jun Xiaochen to the palace to protect the little emperor and Xu Junjun are not stupid.
After two breaths of hesitation, one of the guards immediately bowed, seemingly frightened by Xu Junjun's scolding.
"I will follow Miss Xu's orders."
Led by the personal guards, the rest of the people looked at each other, saluted and stepped aside.
Xu Junjun swallowed, turned around and strode towards the men in black, silently praying that these bodyguards would be smart enough to receive the signal he gave.
Walking up to the man in black, Xu Junjun was about to say a few words to boost her morale, but she saw the man in black suddenly raise his hand and chop towards her neatly.
Xu Junjun felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck and cursed in his heart before losing consciousness.