How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

Fortunately, Xu Chengling asked the waiter to fetch water in time, which solved the problem.

Although there were some minor incidents in the middle, fortunately both of them had a good meal and filled their stomachs.

According to the empress's request, Xu Chengling must accompany her during her incognito visits.

Xu Chengling had no choice but to obey the order.

After finishing the meal, Xu Chengling accompanied the empress to the downstairs of Wangyue Tower.

At this time, there was a noisy sound coming from downstairs.

"Let's go over and have a look."

Yan Qiaoling, who liked to join in the fun, couldn't help but say so, and the two of them walked over.

When I arrived at the scene, I saw a young woman holding a pipa and crying. The old man next to her was kneeling on the ground, begging the young man in front of him:

"Young Master, please let my daughter go. She only sells her art in this restaurant and not her body."

"Where did you come from, old man? Get lost now. It is her fortune to be chosen by Young Master Cao as his concubine. Just name your price and give it to him."

The follower behind the young man said in a very arrogant manner.

"My daughter and I have been dependent on each other for many years, I can't let her go!"

The old man knelt on the ground and kept begging, while the woman holding the pipa beside him looked anxious, and opened her mouth several times but no sound came out.

She has been a mute since childhood and depends on her father for everything. She makes a living by playing the pipa and performing in various restaurants.

But at this time, the young man called Master Cao was attracted by the beauty of the woman and wanted to take her as his concubine, but the old man refused to let him do so.

"Go away!"

When Master Cao saw the old man holding his legs, he kicked him to the ground with an unhappy look on his face, then bent down and patted his trouser legs to prevent them from being dirty by the old man.

The young woman at the side opened her mouth anxiously when she saw this, and then hurried to her father, looking at him with concern, tears streaming down her face.

"Take people away!"

"Yes!"

Young Master Cao immediately gave an order, and the two followers nodded and went forward to forcibly drag the crying woman and her elderly father away.

At this time, a group of people were watching nearby, but no one dared to step forward to stop this scene.

"This is outrageous! It's really lawless!"

Seeing this scene, Yan Qiaoling couldn't help but clench her fists, and immediately walked out of the crowd, pointing at Master Cao and the two arrogant followers in front of her and yelling:

"Why don't you let him go!"

"Wow, what a beautiful girl!"

Young Master Cao stared at the woman in yellow walking out in front of him and his eyes widened. He had seen so many women, but this was the first time he had seen such a beautiful one.

Especially the noble temperament of the other person, which was something that none of the women he had played with had. He was really lucky today.

Young Master Cao couldn't help but be attracted by her beauty, and he smiled at the woman in yellow before him and said:

"Hehe, you can ask me to let her go, but if you come with me, I will make you my wife."

"You... do you know who I am?"

Yan Qiaoling couldn't help biting her lower lip, and then she remembered that she was on a secret visit and didn't have many guards with her, and they were still outside the Wangyue Tower.

If she were the empress now, she would definitely drag this dandy boy away and behead him.

“It starts again.”

Xu Chengling, who was standing by, couldn't help but shrugged when he saw this scene.

Here we go again, the classic villain routine, the dandy young man is tempted by the beauty, and then the protagonist comes to the rescue and wins her favor.

Now that we have the villain and the beauty, where is the protagonist? Come out and save the situation.

Xu Chengling looked left and right, but there was no protagonist anywhere, and no one present dared to stop it.

To explain why, we can only say that Young Master Cao’s identity is extremely extraordinary. He is actually the grandson of the current Duke Cao.

Duke Cao had assisted the late emperor in the past and was granted a golden medal of immunity from death by the late emperor. That is why his descendants dared to be so arrogant and domineering, bullying men and women and committing almost all kinds of evil. It can be said that they are notorious.

At this time, Master Cao could no longer bear it and immediately ordered his men:

"You two, catch her!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two tall and strong men let go of the young woman and turned to grab Yan Qiaoling.

"court death!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Yan Qiaoling's eyes. She waved her slender hand and actually threw out a few silver needles from her sleeves.

But the two followers were no pushovers. The moment they saw her waving her hand, they grabbed the tables and chairs next to them to block the flying silver needles.

The skills of these two people are at least at the level of second-rate masters.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Qiaoling could not help but take a few steps back. Just when she was about to be caught, a big hand reached out and grabbed the two arms that were stretched out to her.

"Ling'er, leave the rest to me."

Xu Chengling turned around and said to the woman behind him with a smile.

Yan Qiaoling looked at the reliable figure in front of her, nodded slightly, then slipped into the crowd.

Young Master Cao, who was standing by, saw the man running away and immediately shouted in anger:

"What are you still standing there for? Go and catch him! If this guy dares to stand out, kill him!"

Anyway, relying on the golden medal of immunity from death, this Young Master Cao does not care about human life at all and is not afraid of anything happening.

Chapter 221: The monk can escape, but the temple cannot (Part 3)

The two sturdy men looked at each other, deciding to end the fight quickly, and they swung their fists at Xu Chengling with all their strength. The force of this punch was enough to kill someone.

But their movements seemed to be slowed down several times in Xu Chengling's eyes. He just turned sideways slightly and dodged them directly.

At the moment of dodging, Xu Chengling raised his right foot and kicked the two bullying men one by one, knocking them to the ground, leaving them speechless.

The two men became angry and attacked Xu Chengling again with weapons from both sides.

But now his skills have greatly increased and his physical fitness has been significantly improved. The speed of the two of them is far inferior to his speed, and their moves fail.

At this time, Xu Chengling remembered what Luo Xinlian had said to him, so he concentrated his attention, circulated the Qi in his Dantian, and poured it into his hands.

"boom!"

Xu Chengling swung his fist fiercely, hitting his opponent right in the chest. The opponent's chest collapsed instantly, and the whole person flew backwards, blood spurting out of his mouth. He was only left with one breath on the spot.

The power of this punch was far beyond his imagination. He didn't expect that internal strength was so powerful. No wonder no matter how powerful one's external strength was, he could not beat those who practiced internal strength.

Seeing this, the other strong man couldn't help but gasp, but he didn't dare to retreat, so he swung his fist at Xu Chengling again.

"court death!"

Xu Chengling raised one foot and used the same method to gather the energy in his dantian at the sole of his foot, then kicked out suddenly.

With a loud "bang", the strong man was kicked in the chest. He flew backwards on the spot, blood spurting out of his mouth. His end was exactly the same as the strong man just now.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Chengling dealt with the two men.

He couldn't help but clap his hands. As expected of the White-haired Witch's power, even if it was only 10%, it was already so amazing.

If this skill is at full strength, I'm afraid he could kill someone with one punch from a distance.

One can imagine how terrifying the white-haired witch's power is.

At this time, the crowd watching on the side were already stunned. They did not expect that this young man was so strong that he could take care of the two followers in just a few moves.

Then, Xu Chengling set his sights on Young Master Cao, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and slowly walked towards him.

Young Master Cao's face turned pale, and there was no breeze as before. He could not help but take a few steps back and shouted at him:

"What are you going to do? I'm the grandson of Duke Cao. If you dare to touch me, I'll have my grandfather execute your entire family!"

"Execute the whole family? That's interesting. You can let him try it."

Xu Chengling couldn't help but shrugged, not taking it seriously.

He was the Duke of Cao, and there were at least dozens of wild geese, if not hundreds, while there was only one prime minister.

In terms of official position and status, what is he, Duke Cao? And what is your position as his grandson?

Seeing that Xu Chengling was about to beat him to a pulp, Young Master Cao quickly shouted to the crowd:

"Li Qing, why don't you take action?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue figure rushed out from the crowd, with a cold light flashing in his hand, and went straight to Xu Chengling's vital points.

But at this moment, the opponent changed his position and aimed at his chest.

The opponent attacked extremely quickly. At this critical moment, Xu Chengling reacted suddenly and dodged the sudden attack by turning sideways.

At this moment, he finally saw the person who made the move. It was a young man in a blue suit, holding a long sword in his hand, and the sword emitted a faint cold light.

This young man named Li Qing was very skilled. If he had not stopped, Xu Chengling would probably have been injured.

"Li Qing, what are you doing? Hurry up and kill him!"

Young Master Cao, who was standing by, saw that the young man named Li Qing had not taken any action yet, and he immediately became angry and shouted at him.

"Yes."

Li Qing hesitated for a few times, then nodded, raised his sword and slowly walked towards Xu Chengling in front of him.

Xu Chengling looked at the young man in front of him. This man had profound inner strength and excellent swordsmanship. He was afraid that he was no match for him.

Now that Your Majesty has escaped, it is not advisable to stay here for long. Among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.

Just as he was about to slip away, he saw a burst of sword light, which instantly made Xu Chengling's eyes go white and he could not see anything.

But when he regained his sight, a long sword instantly stabbed forward, only inches away from him.

At this time, Xu Chengling had no possibility of escaping. He could only try his best to avoid vital parts, but he would inevitably get some injuries on his body.

At this critical moment, a snow-white sword came out horizontally and pushed away the long sword that was stabbing at Xu Chengling.

A graceful figure fell from the sky, with neat short hair and a golden kite headdress that rang softly. A crystal ring was worn on the middle finger of her slender hand that held the sword.

"Mr. Xu, are you okay?"

The short-haired woman turned around and smiled at him.

This person was none other than the Empress's personal bodyguard, Xue Yuan.

Xu Chengling looked at the short-haired woman in front of him and immediately felt a sense of security, as if nothing would happen as long as she was there.

"Master Xu, please stand back and let me deal with him."

As soon as Xue Yuan finished speaking, she stepped on the ground and her figure instantly flashed in front of Li Qing, and at the same time swung a sword at him.

"So fast!"

Li Qing was shocked. He didn't expect the opponent's movement to be so fast. He quickly retreated to defend himself, but was constantly forced back by the opponent.

After more than a dozen rounds, Li Qing began to feel overwhelmed. The opponent's swordsmanship was obviously learned from a famous teacher, and was completely not on the same level as the swordsmanship he had learned on his own.

"boom!"

The two men faced each other, Xue Yuan stood still, while Li Qing took two steps back with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

In terms of internal strength, the other party's is much more profound than his.

Now Li Qing finally realized that he had met a real master, and definitely a top-level master.

"You win."

Li Qing bowed his hands and admitted defeat on the spot. He felt that there was no need to fight any further. He would definitely lose if he continued to fight. The gap in strength between the two sides was too great.

"Li Qing, you are such a loser that you can't even beat a woman. What use are you!"

When Master Cao saw that Li Qing actually lost to a woman, he became so angry that his face turned pale and he pointed at him and cursed.

But Li Qing didn't care. Instead, he turned around and grabbed Young Master Cao by the collar, and the two of them fled.

Xue Yuan did not continue to chase after him upon seeing this. Her main responsibility was to protect the safety of Xu Chengling and His Majesty, not to chase after the opponent.