Chapter 1475 Zhou Chen's Counterattack, the Death of the Queen Mother

Zhou Chen was not going to stay in the darkroom underground for any longer. The most important thing now was to ensure the safety of He Qin and Zhan Pianpian.

"Lord, let me go."

Hearing Zhou Chen say that he wanted to inquire about information, Zhang Hu, a farm man, hurriedly persuaded: "The Dog Emperor must be looking for you everywhere now, and you are injured. You should not show up at this time. This is my hometown, and I am now another Farmer, I will go to Kyoto City to inquire, no one will doubt me."

Sun Yi also advised: "Master, Zhang Hu is right. You are injured and it is not appropriate to show up. No one knows that Zhang Hu is one of ours. Let Zhang Hu find out."

Although Sang Wen didn't speak, he held Zhou Chen tightly with both hands, his face full of nervousness.

Zhou Chen hesitated a little, but thinking that he had escaped, Emperor Qing and Ye Liuyun would definitely not give up looking for him. It was indeed not the right time to go to Kyoto City.

And after such a long time, he left Kyoto, and Sang Wen and the others also escaped. At this time, if Zhan Pianpian and the others were not caught, they would definitely have escaped.

"Okay, but don't worry. It's getting dark now. Entering Kyoto City at this time is more likely to arouse suspicion."

Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't insist on going by himself, Zhang Hu and Sun Yi were relieved. As for whether to go now or tomorrow, they didn't care so much.

"Zhang Hu, you go up first."

"Yes, Lord, I will bring you food later."

"good."

Zhou Chen nodded and saw Zhang Hu was about to leave, so he stopped him again.

"Zhang Hu, after this incident, the darkroom here will be destroyed. If you want to live a stable life, you can stay here in the future."

But when Zhang Hu heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he knelt down to Zhou Chen with a nervous look on his face.

"Lord, I am only willing to serve you in this life. No matter when and where, as long as the Lord needs me, I am willing to sacrifice my life."

Seeing Zhang Hu's determined face, Zhou Chen remained silent. He was not testing Zhang Hu, but really thought so.

It was enough to use the safe house once, and he was not going to let it exist again. Since there was no safe house anymore, Zhang Hu, who was responsible for guarding it, naturally no longer had to watch the safe house every day.

"Let's talk about this later."

After Zhang Hu went up, Zhou Chen gave instructions to Sang Wen and Sun Yi, and then he started to cross his legs to heal his injuries.

Sun Yi went to guard the exit of the darkroom, while Sang Wen sat not far from Zhou Chen, watching with concern.

Before, she had been living a stable life in the Zhou Mansion without any pressure. However, after this escape, she understood that even a great master like Zhou Chen was not absolutely safe, so she cherished her relationship with him even more. The days when Zhou Chen was together.

In the dead of night, Zhang Hu quietly came to the dark room underground and delivered meals to Zhou Chen and the others.

The night passed quickly. Fortunately, when this darkroom was built, it had a large space and various configurations. As long as there was enough food, one could live naturally for a period of time even without going to the ground.

Early the next morning, Zhang Hu pretended to be a vegetable farmer and drove a bullock cart with the villagers. He put a lot of vegetables on the cart and headed towards Kyoto.

It was not until evening that Zhang Hu returned to the village, and then he went to Zhou Chen to report the situation at night.

"My lord, today's entry and exit of Kyoto are under strict inspection, and there is some chaos in the city. However, according to my subordinates' inquiries, Her Royal Highness should not have been caught by the dog emperor, but she is currently hiding in Kyoto or has escaped. After arriving in Kyoto, my subordinates won’t know.”

Zhou Chen felt a little relieved when he heard this, although he felt that even if Emperor Qing caught Zhan Pianpian, he would most likely not do anything. After all, before seeing his body, he had to keep a trump card in his hand.

But not catching it is the best news.

"It's just that the Lord's star guards suffered heavy casualties. The situation was too detailed. My subordinates were afraid of attracting others' attention, so they didn't dare to inquire more."

When he heard that the Star Guards suffered heavy casualties, Zhou Chen's face turned cold and he clenched his hands unconsciously, while Sun Yi's eyes turned red. He was the leader of the Star Guards. Most of those people were trained by him personally and they were very affectionate. Deep, so now that he learned that they were dead, he felt the saddest.

"Brothers will not die in vain. I will avenge this."

Although I don't know what the situation is, Xingwei's death must have been to protect Zhan Pianpian, so this revenge must be avenged by him.

It was good to be happy that Zhan Pianpian was fine, but the deaths of so many of his subordinates made Zhou Chen's mood difficult to get better at all.

After thinking about it all night, Zhou Chen found that even though his sister Ruyi's healing effect was very good, it would still be a long process to fully recover.

If you want to speed up recovery, you have to change places. The best place is the old place, Dadongshan.

A few days later, Zhang Hu finally found a sign left by his own people near Kyoto, confirming that Zhan Pianpian and the others were not only alive, but also safe.

Following Zhou Chen's order, Zhang Hu also left a safe signal and did not continue to search.

For Zhou Chen, the top priority now is to recover from his injuries first. Recuperating in this place is too inefficient. He needs to go to Dadong Mountain to recover from his injuries.

But before going, you need to arrange things first.

Sang Wen wanted to go to Dadong Mountain with Zhou Chen to help take care of Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen refused. It was a long way. Emperor Qing would not give up looking for him. He was still injured, so he took Sang Wen with him. It would be very inconvenient and not good for them. It would be safest for him to act alone.

So after the wind calmed down a little, Zhou Chen took Sang Wen and Sun Yi to leave Zhang Hu's village and headed to the east sea to take a boat.

Zhou Chen's disguise skill was so popular that Ren Ruyi had never used it before, just because it was not necessary. After using it, the three of them immediately changed their faces and turned into another face.

Qing Kingdom is no longer safe. Zhou Chen is planning to send them to Qi Kingdom. He has a way to contact Haitang Duoduo and plans to send them to Northern Qi by sea.

It is a pity that there has been no news about Zhan Pianpian and the others in recent days, but he also understands that not showing his face at this time is the best choice. Now that he knows that they are safe, it is enough. When he returns to Kyoto next time, he will definitely be able to meet them.

With a new look and a new identity certificate, they quickly boarded the ship from the east sea and headed for Beiqi.

On the boat, Zhou Chen looked towards Kyoto.

"Li Yunqian, I can't kill you now, but I still left you a gift. You will definitely like it."

Kyoto!

A few days passed, and there was still no news about Zhou Chen, nor any information about Zhan Pianpian and Sang Wen. Emperor Qing did not sleep well for several days.

The injuries on his body were almost healed, but his left eye was already disabled. As a result, he had not gone to court in the past few days, and his orders were sent directly from the imperial study room.

Every time he lay in bed, he felt a dull pain in his left eye. Whenever he felt pain, he thought of Zhou Chen, and then he had trouble sleeping and eating, and couldn't fall asleep.

Although he seemed calm on the surface, in fact, he was still very panicked in his heart, because Zhou Chen had created many miracles. Intellectually, he told him that Zhou Chen would be useless if he didn't die, but mentally, he couldn't stop worrying.

It is really rare in the world for a dignified emperor to be so frightened by a minister.

In the past few days, he had heard a lot of rumors, but he didn't care. Those people were just rats in the gutter and could not threaten him at all.

And because he 'killed' Zhou Chen, everything was calm in Kyoto these days. The problems caused by various things in the past seemed to have disappeared for a while.

The biggest thing in Kyoto right now is the Spring Festival in the near future, and preparations are now in full swing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Suddenly, Eunuch Hou rolled in from outside, his face full of fear and panic.

Emperor Qing narrowed his right eye and looked at Eunuch Hou with murderous intent.

"What happened again?"

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Queen Mother..."

Emperor Qing's heart skipped a beat and he stood up suddenly: "What's wrong with the Queen Mother?"

"The Queen Mother passed away."

"What?"

Emperor Qing looked shocked. Although the Queen Mother was already quite old, her body had always been relatively strong and she was always cared for by an imperial doctor. How could she die suddenly?

"What's going on? The Queen Mother was fine, why did she suddenly die?"

Eunuch Hou knelt on the ground and explained in a panic: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother was killed..."

Emperor Qing was even more horrified and couldn't care too much. He immediately rushed to the Queen Mother's bedroom, and then saw a scene that made him tremble.

The Queen Mother was indeed dead, but it was not a normal death. The Queen Mother was hung from a hanging beam by Bai Ling. Her face, mouth, hands and feet turned purple and black, and there was a dagger stuck in her heart.

"Three feet of white silk, poisonous wine, and dagger."

"It's him! It's him."

Emperor Qing immediately thought of Zhou Chen. These three items had appeared on the Queen Mother's bedside, and now they appeared again, but not on the bedside, but on the Queen Mother's body.

You don't need to think about it to know that this must be Zhou Chen's masterpiece.

"It's not him. There are actually people of his in the palace."

Emperor Qing knew very well that Zhou Chen's injuries were too serious and it was absolutely impossible to recover in just a few days. If it was Zhou Chen, it would be impossible for him to just kill the Queen Mother.

The person who did all this must be someone from the palace, a secret agent that Zhou Chen had placed in the palace a long time ago.

"All the eunuchs and maids in the Queen Mother's chamber were tortured. I want to know who they are."

The Queen Mother was dead, at the hands of an assassin. This news soon spread out of the palace and caused an uproar in Kyoto.

Thinking of what happened a few days ago, it is not difficult to guess that the people who attacked the Queen Mother were most likely members of Zhen Guo Gong's party, but no one expected that Zhen Guo Gong actually had such a method.

When investigating the death of the Empress Dowager in the hospital, Emperor Qing did not ask Chen Pingping to investigate.

Chen Pingping burned the note in her hand after reading it.

"We have all underestimated the Duke of Zhen. In addition to his own strength, he is not bad in other aspects. I thought there might be a follow-up, but I never thought that he would come so quickly and so cruelly, and he would actually attack the heavily guarded Queen Mother. In the bedroom, kill the Queen Mother."

"Hong Sixiang still didn't show up. It seems that what I expected is right. Hong Sixiang should have also participated in the siege of Zhou Chen, but it seems that he has been killed. Otherwise, the Queen Mother would not have died so easily. Shadow, what do you think? , is there a possibility that Zhou Chen is still alive? "

Shadow said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. If he is really still alive, then he owes you a big favor."

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "Your Majesty has begun to doubt me. We don't have to do anything these days. I have already made arrangements for Chen Yuan."

No one would have thought that the eldest princess of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Zhan Pianpian, who had been searching for her, would be hiding in Chenyuan outside Kyoto.

Xinyang!

When the eldest princess Li Yunrui received the news that the Queen Mother had been assassinated, she drank two bottles of wine in a row and was very happy.

"Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen, you really didn't disappoint me at all. Even in this situation, you can still do such a shocking thing. But compared to this, I want to know more, are you really dead?"

Emperor Qing joined forces with Ye Liuyun to surround and kill Zhou Chen in Kyoto on the day of Zhou Chen's wedding. She really didn't receive any news about this. Otherwise, she would definitely send someone to inform Zhou Chen. After all, she and Zhou Chen can be regarded as allies to some extent.

Without Zhou Chen, it would be more difficult to deal with Emperor Qing.

Northern Qi was not calm at this time, because they also received the news quickly, and also received a letter of threat from Emperor Qing of Qing.

The content of the letter was very absurd, indicating that Northern Qi joined forces with Zhou Chen to assassinate Emperor Qing and asked Northern Qi to cede land and pay compensation. If Northern Qi disagreed, the Qing army would go north soon.

This incident caused a great uproar in the court of Northern Qi. Originally, the marriage between the eldest princess of Northern Qi and Zhou Chen, the Duke of Nanqing, was a good thing for Northern Qi, but who would have thought that it would turn into a disaster in the blink of an eye.

All the ministers and officials were uneasy, but in the court, the emperor of Northern Qi, Zhan Doudou, was unprecedentedly strong, saying that Emperor Qing was framing the emperor, and Da Qi would never surrender.

And asked Emperor Qing to hand over the eldest princess Zhan Pianpian and Da Qi's son-in-law Zhou Chen, otherwise even if Nanqing did not go to war, Northern Qi would go to war with Nanqing.

Zhan Doudou, who always appeared as a coward, suddenly became so strong that all the officials of Northern Qi were very surprised, but soon they were excited and said that Da Qi would never surrender to Qingguo, and they would fight if they wanted to...

The imperial palace of Northern Qi, the harem.

Si Lili has been pregnant for more than five months, and her belly has bulged. As a pregnant woman, she should not be in a bad mood, but now, she is very depressed and uncomfortable.

After the news of Zhou Chen's death reached Northern Qi, she had not slept well. She cried alone all day long, but for the sake of the child in her belly, she had to force herself not to do so, which made her mental state very bad these days.

Just as she was stroking her belly and mumbling to her child, Haitang Duoduo and Zhan Doudou suddenly walked in.

"Lili, don't be sad first, Zhou Chen sent a message, he is not dead."

Haitang Duoduo walked quickly to Si Lili and said to Si Lili with some emotion.

Si Lili stood up excitedly: "Duoduo, you didn't lie to me, Zhou Chen is really not dead?"