Gao Minglou was in a desperate situation, but he was still very calm. He was only filled with disgust for Fu Jiuqu. It was not hatred of the enemy, but disdain for the villain.

Under the sharp sword, the little princess stared with a pair of desperate eyes. She did not cry or beg for mercy. She stretched her body stubbornly and almost numbly. The moment she saw Fu Jiuqu, her eyes suddenly brightened.

"Cousin...save me."

Fu Jiuqu glanced at her face calmly, knowing how desperate a little girl would be when facing death. But Zhao Runian was too willful and escaped from the palace at this juncture, almost ruining his big event.

He couldn't give him a good look.

"madness!"

He didn't take into account Princess Zhao Runian's identity. Seeing Zhao Runian's expression change, he immediately looked at Gaoming Tower.

"You have chosen the stupidest path. But the Song Dynasty has always been kind to the foreign countries. If you let the princess go, as the king of Dongchuan County, there is still a chance of improvement..."

"Hmph! No need to be pretentious anymore,"

Fu Jiuqu personally told him that the identity of Prince Dongchuan was revealed, and it was Fu Jiuqu who restricted him from leaving the capital at the same time. Now that Fu Jiuqu came to tell him that there was still a chance of improvement, how could Gao Minglou believe it?

"No matter how much time you delay, you can't save her. If you delay it until daylight, more people will see it... That won't be the result you want."

Fu Jiuqu said: "You can't leave."

Gao Minglou raised his chin, clenching his teeth with utter hatred, "Then it depends on whether the emperor of the Song Dynasty is willing to let the little princess suffer."

Before his voice fell, he stretched out his hand to pull Zhao Runian over from his subordinate, and held her tightly in his hand. The cold saber was pressed against her neck, and there was a chilling anger in his laughter.

"Fu Jiuqu, let your people make way!"

Everyone could see that Gao Minglou had pent-up hatred in his heart, and the anger in his words almost burst out.

However, most people still don’t know why Gaoming Tower is like this?

The son of the powerful Gao Xiangguo of the Dali Kingdom, the Prince of Dongchuan County, the emperor's guest, and Fu Jiuqu's brother-in-law, he married his sister to the eldest princess' mansion at night...

No matter how you look at it, what Gao Minglou is doing right now is inappropriate.

So Cao Yi stepped forward on his horse, walked to Fu Jiuqu's side, and couldn't help but clasping his fists to persuade him.

"If the Duke of Dongchuan has any dissatisfaction, he can report it to the officials. If you and I sit down for peace talks, why bother to cause trouble, ignore the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and push thousands of lives into a sea of ​​fire?"

In Cao Yi's opinion, Gao Minglou did such a treasonous act because of some personal enmity with Fu Jiuqu, and the result of his impulsiveness was to draw the Song Dynasty and Dali into the whirlpool of war.

Once the Duke of Dongchuan kills Princess Fukang, the two countries will inevitably fight each other, and it will be the people of Li who suffer in the end.

Cao Yi wanted to use this to bring back Gao Minglou's reason.

Fu Jiuqu smiled, "That's exactly what he wants."

Cao Yi glanced at him and whispered in a low voice: "The most important thing is to appease. If it's a personal vendetta, Chonglou might as well bow his head first..."

Fu Jiuqu ignored him and his eyes fell on the group of fake monks in monk's robes behind Gaominglou.

After a pause, he turned around and said, "You said someone ambushed you and took your life?"

Gao Minglou said: "You know why you ask!"

Fu Jiuqu: "You should know that I disdain this."

Gao Minglou frowned.

In fact, after having a conversation with Fu Jiuqu in the garden of the eldest princess's mansion last night, he already had the idea of ​​leaving Beijing first.

It’s not that we should give up hatred easily, but we should keep the green hills and don’t worry about running out of firewood.

Fu Jiuqu knew his identity, but let him go because he was considering the future of Ayima and himself. However, the Emperor of Song Dynasty and other important officials would not let him go easily.

Having missed the best opportunity for revenge, it would be extremely stupid to confront the Song Dynasty head-on. Gao Minglou immediately ordered his subordinates to transform into monks who went to Beijing to participate in the Daxiangguo Temple massacre, preparing to wait for the massacre and take the opportunity to retreat...

Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, he was sniped and killed by an unidentified man in black. During the fight, the other party said, "With his own

"The way to heal the person's body will be cured", and judging from their killing methods, they are no different from those of the Imperial City Division.

Gao Minglou was immediately furious.

Fu Jiuqu letting him leave Beijing was a dangerous move in itself, and it was tantamount to handing the handle into his hands personally.

With Fu Jiuqu's shrewdness, how could he be willing to take such risks?

Only the dead can keep their mouths shut.

If you give him a chance to survive, how can you be sure of sending him to a dead end?...

It was he who foolishly believed Fu Jiuqu's words...

The anger of being fooled burned in Gao Minglou's heart, and he was so angry that he wished he could punch a big hole in Bianjing City.

Just then, he discovered Princess Fukang who secretly left the palace...

Gao Minglou kidnapped Zhao Runian last time. At that time, he wanted to use this method to threaten Zhao Zhen and turn the Great Song Dynasty upside down. Later, when someone persuaded him, he thought that all this was planned carefully, so that Zhao Zhen only lost a little princess.

Too cheap, and his true hatred cannot be vented by the innocence or life of a little girl. Finding an opportunity to make Zhao Zhen pay for his people is what a hero does.

Gao Minglou never thought that he would eventually take this path.

Taking the princess hostage is the only way for him to obtain the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.

Gao Minglou did so without hesitation.

However, before she could take the princess out of the capital, the Daxiangguo Temple was surrounded by the Imperial Guards - not those assassinating men in black, but the Imperial Guards from the Imperial City and Dianqian Divisions who took action upon hearing the news.

Fu Jiuqu wanted to kill him, so why did he split his troops into two groups and make so many twists and turns?

Gao Minglou had doubts. Before Fu Jiuqu made it clear that he "disdained such a thing", he had already doubted whether he had fallen into someone else's trap. But now that the princess was in his hands and the charge of kidnapping the Song royal princess was confirmed, he had no way of turning back.

.

"No need to talk nonsense." Gao Minglou stared at Fu Jiuqu and said, "Where is the ship? Ask your people to take me there."

Fu Jiuqu didn't say anything more and gave a low order.

"Cheng Cang."

"Let him lead the way." Gao Minglou pointed at the little Shatuo who had just sent the message, and smiled coldly, "You and your highly skilled guards are waiting here."

Fu Jiuqu remained silent and glanced at the young novice monk.

"Thank you, little master."

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The fog is thick at night by the Bianhe River, and the raindrops are falling in droves, making it almost impossible to open your eyes.

The Xiangguo Temple Bridge is only one mile away from the Great Xiangguo Temple, and it doesn't take long to walk there. There is a boat docked under the bridge, with two rows of wind lanterns hanging on the boat. It is as dark as a will-o'-the-wisp when blown by the river wind.

Zhao Runian turned around frequently, looking at the shadowy figure in the thick fog by the river, crying and struggling, and was dragged over by Gao Minglou.

"Cousin...cousin...I don't want to get on the boat...I want to go back to the palace..."

"Cousin...save me. I will listen to my father and you from now on..."

No response.

The woman's cry was soaked by the river wind and drizzle, making it especially sad.

Gao Minglou pressed the woman's shoulder with one hand, turned her around, sneered slightly impatiently, and said in a low tone, "Now you know how to call me cousin. Why don't you call me Zhang Lang?"

Zhao Runian stopped crying, turned around with tears on his face, and stared at Gao Minglou.

"Why do you know about me?"

Gao Minglou snorted and turned his face away. In his eyes, such an innocent and inexperienced girl was as transparent as if she had no clothes on. He really didn't need to bother to guess, and he didn't bother to answer.

The moment he stepped onto the deck, he turned back and looked at the endless night sky.

Thinking of the new bride in the eldest princess's house that he couldn't see through, he sneered.

"You're so stupid."

Zhao Runian seemed to have glimpsed something resembling humanity in his eyes at this moment, his eyes were full of hope, and his voice trembled slightly.

"You know Zhang Lang, right? Can you let me go? I'll ask my father to give it to you for how much money you want. You can have anything you want with me.

Father talks..."

Gao Minglou smiled, "I don't want money."

Zhao Runian flinched.

Gao Minglou noticed her expression and sneered.

"The princess is not stunningly beautiful, and I don't want to be a princess either."

Under his unscrupulous look of disgust, Zhao Runian's face was full of embarrassment and fear, and his voice almost collapsed, "Then what do you want?"

Gao Minglou said: "Fate. Your father's fate."

Zhao Runian's eyes widened.

Gao Minglou's voice was full of cathartic joy, "If I can't take his life, I can take your life. I heard that you are the emperor's favorite daughter. If you die, he will not feel well."

Zhao Runian's eyes dimmed.

"No. After tonight, I am no longer the most favored. Madam Zhou has given birth to a little princess for him... How could my father be short of children? There are always many ladies who give birth to children for him.

"

Gao Minglou looked at Zhao Runian with interest.

He really didn't understand the thoughts of the little girl's family. It was a matter of life and death, but she would care about such a trivial matter as whether she was her father's favorite daughter.

Of course, what made him even more confused was that Mrs. Zhou from Xiangluan Pavilion actually gave birth to a little princess, not the little prince he expected?

"Oh, that's really interesting."


Chapter completed!