The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 251 Chaos arises
Thinking back now, the solemn promises I made at that time seem somewhat ridiculous.

Tongdu lowered his head. Seeing this, Yu Qiansi whispered in a voice that only he could hear: "You think that if something happens to me, the Duke of Qi will cut ties with me. But I tell you, the young master will not. But your Majesty may not."

Jiang Jiqing couldn't see the expression of the man in red on the shore, but he sensed a probing gaze on his face.

He didn't like this kind of situation where one party was in the dark and the other party was in the light, so he handed the palace lantern back to Deming.

It was not until the light around him dimmed and he felt safe enough that he slowly spoke, "A person who cannot distinguish right from wrong and who falsely accuses a meritorious official should not be allowed to stay. But since this is an internal matter of the Ministry of Justice, I will hand it over to Lord Yu and let Lord Yu handle it."

Yu Qiansi said lazily: "I never kill my colleagues. Since this person is determined to be loyal to Your Majesty, he should be handed over to Your Majesty for disposal."

If he really cared about the people who worked for him, he should have accepted Tong Du, even if he had to change his identity in the future, to fulfill this person's loyalty. But he was afraid of being criticized, so he didn't dare to do so.

Jiang Jiqing noticed the inquiring gaze and gradually became colder. Just as he was about to speak, Wang Song came to his rescue.

"Since it is related to Lanshu, why not hand it over to the Dali Temple and deal with it together."

Before the word "bar" was uttered, a loud bang drowned out all other sounds.

Then, the ground beneath my feet began to shake and the wooden bridge made a painful creaking sound.

The earthquake became more and more violent.

All the lights of the candles flickered as they swayed, and strange noises came from the canyon, as if something huge had exploded.

The hills behind him seemed like a sleeping beast that suddenly woke up, roaring and venting its dissatisfaction.

Yu Qiansi turned around and looked, her pupils slightly dilated, but deep down she felt shocked and panicked like never before.

The movement was caused by the half of the formation in the canyon.

When the Lan family was framed that day, it was she who gave the tomb robber some pointers on how to activate the formation and create chaos.

Someone activated the formation!
Does anyone know how to activate this formation?

Every thought that came with the loud noise was too much for her to handle and she didn't know how to deal with it.

"Beware!"

The forest was pitch black, as if it had swallowed up everything. Bo Yi immediately pulled the woman in red, who seemed to be in a panic, into his arms, buried her against his chest, and blocked the falling rocks for her.

But others were not so lucky.

The court officials on the wooden bridge were pushing and shoving each other. Some wanted to run back to the imperial mausoleum, while others wanted to move away from the bridge. The situation became a chaotic mess.

Now rocks were falling from the sky, injuring many people, and many people fell into the water.

"Escort——"

The imperial guards drew their swords, protected Jiang Ji, Qingyu and Wang Song in the middle, and retreated towards the imperial mausoleum.

If these stones were replaced with tiny pieces of porcelain and Tongbao coins, wouldn't that be a re-enactment of the scene at the imperial tomb that day?

Bo Yi's eyes darkened.

Who was this person? He saw through the scheme they had set up that day, but revealed himself in this way.

Then, a faint "whoosh" sound was heard in the night sky.

That was the familiar sound of the enemy's sneak attacks on countless windy and sandy nights in the northwest.

Bo Yi pulled Yu Qiansi behind him with one hand and drew his sword with the other to meet the enemy: "It's a feather arrow! Everyone be careful!"

His reminder, accompanied by countless "clink-dang-dang" sounds of metal collisions, fell behind them.

Bo Yi looked back and saw that all the arrows that fell from the mountains and forests were sucked onto the two stone dragons in front of the mountain gate.

This stone dragon is actually carved from magnet.

No wonder weapons are not allowed to enter through this door.

Bo Yi breathed a sigh of relief and secretly estimated the distance. After entering the gate of the imperial mausoleum, they were out of the range of the bows and arrows in the canyon and forest.

Yu Qiansi stared at the dense array of arrows on the wall and murmured, "Assassination? Why not use a killing formation?"

Bo Yi was busy resisting and didn't hear her words clearly. He lowered his head and glanced at her: "Aru, are you okay?"

The woman in red was still in a daze and turned her head to look at the wooden bridge.

The people lying in ambush in the woods seemed to have also discovered the strangeness of the stone dragon. The archers adjusted their direction, and the second batch of arrows headed towards the wooden bridge.

Yu Qiansi suddenly woke up and reminded him, "Lan Shu is missing."

Bo Yi looked back for a long time, but not only was Lan Shu gone from the wooden bridge, but the other several gray-clothed men who were with Lan Shu were also nowhere to be found.

That group of civil officials all wanted to hide back in the imperial mausoleum, but their way was blocked by feather arrows.

Near the mountain gate, there were several people lying, and it was unclear whether they were injured or dead. They were piled up in a haphazard manner, making the wooden bridge extremely crowded.

"Turn off the lights, retreat." Yu Qiansi stepped out from behind Boyi and gave a calm order, "I'll go find Lan Shu."

Those people in the dense forest simply relied on the candlelight reflected in the river to determine their location.

While Yaoguang was giving loud orders, Yu Qiansi took a lantern and was about to leave.

Bo Yi felt a space behind him and his heart skipped a beat for some reason. Without thinking, he turned around and held her arm.

"The Lan family is the key. We can't let Lan Shu go."

Bo Yi's eyes were dark, his lips were tightly pursed, and he felt indescribably flustered.

But he also knew that what she said was true. On this trip south, everything along the way was suspicious. No matter what the purpose of the people in the deep forest was, Lan Shu could not leave.

After a long while, he slowly let her go, "I am here to protect the young master, but you have to promise me that you must be careful."

He knew that the person she was most worried about must be Wang Song, so he would take good care of Wang Song for her so that she would have no worries.

Yu Qiansi didn't know what he was thinking. He nodded randomly, held the lamp, and went down the river.

From time to time, one or two faces appeared in the dark water, and occasionally one or two cries for help were heard.

Those were the court officials who had been pushed into the water earlier.

But before they could even look at their location, these people were swept into the depths by the chaotic water flow and disappeared in an instant, leaving only a few piles of foam swaying, gasping for breath under the faint candlelight, and then swallowed by the invisible water flow.

There is actually something mysterious in this water.
She didn't dare to stop and went down the waterway. From the corpses that appeared and disappeared from time to time and the people calling for help, she roughly understood the layout of the river.

Even the stone dragon at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum was carefully designed. Naturally, the only river that could get close to the imperial mausoleum would not allow it to be like this.

I guess stone piles were set deep down when the canal was first dug, which is why the canal appears calm on the surface but with turbulent undercurrents deep down.

Far away from the entrance of the imperial mausoleum, it was quiet all around, with only the occasional painful cry for help from someone in the river, which was swallowed up by the river the next second.

She held the lamp in her left hand and took out her sword in her right hand, standing on guard.

If those people in the woods could activate the formation, they could naturally hide here and ambush her.

Late at night, the unknown road ahead was particularly difficult to discern. She walked around the high wall outside the imperial mausoleum for an unknown distance before she saw the small wooden bridge at the end of the candlelight.

The wooden bridge spans the water, just enough for one person to pass through. At the end of the bridge is a small, half-open door.

This was the side door through which weapons passed before, and it was also the door that the Lan clan members usually used to enter and exit.

Yu Qiansi blew out the candle in the cage, threw the lamp aside, hid in the woods, and slowly approached.

There was a dark water stain on the wooden bridge, and several wet ropes twisted into countless small knots were thrown carelessly on the bridge.

She hid in the woods and looked around for a moment in the dark. Just as she was about to move closer, she heard footsteps approaching from inside the door and the sound of a woman sobbing.