Chapter 29: Escape from the Dead
More than sixty sword-bearing warriors protected the sedan chair by Chu Qi and Zhang Zhier.
The samurai warriors glanced at Chu Qi's flying fish suit. They knew this symbol, which was the outfit of the middle and high-ranking officials of their sect leader, the Jinyiwei.
Chu Qi passed by the sedan chair, and in that moment, multiple thoughts appeared in his mind.
There is an ambush at Sakurada Gate ahead. If you make a reminder, the ambush will definitely take action early. The sword is without eyes, and Chu Qi cannot guarantee that he and Zhang Zhier can escape alive.
There is another option, to continue to let the sedan chair move forward, sacrifice the shogunate ministers in the sedan chair to attract assassins, and then have plenty of time for him and Zhang Zhier to escape from this place.
People don’t punish themselves for themselves, not to mention that they are just a shogunate minister who has never met each other. Chu Qi hesitated for a moment and remained silent, hugged Zhang Zhier away from the sedan chair, and turned into a street and alley.
However, Chu Qi did not relax his vigilance, because the sound of muskets and the samurai shouts of killing sounds soon behind him!
Chu Qi didn't need to see it with his own eyes to imagine more than 60 sword-bearing warriors and ambushers fighting each other, but he just didn't know how the unlucky shogunate minister was like.
Until he could not hear the shouts of killing, Chu Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one was following him.
Chu Qi turned to the back of a low flat house and said to Zhang Zhier who was close to him: "Miss Zhang, we should be safe."
Zhang Zhier buried her head in Chu Qi's arms, and her body was trembling.
He must have been frightened. Chu Qi said in his heart.
Zhang Zhier seemed to have taken a few breaths before looking up at Chu Qi. Her long eyelashes were shaking, and her face was rosy: "Young Master Chu, I was so scared just now, and I was so excited, excited..."
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Chu Qi really didn't understand why she was excited, but Chu Qi almost broke out in a cold sweat after walking in the gate of hell.
Zhang Zhi'er found that she was still close to Chu Qi, and hurriedly broke free, her earlobes were bright red: "Please don't tell me this."
Chu Qi was sure that the two of them were safe and let go of Zhang Zhi'er.
He regained his calmness: "Please rest assured, girl, I will keep silent."
Zhang Zhier seemed to be still in an excited state: "Who were those people just now? Is the target of their ambush the people in the sedan chair?"
Chu Qi said: "It should be the ronin who has made trouble in Edo Castle recently. They have reached their demands by assassinating the shogunate minister."
Zhang Zhier asked again: "Ah, everything is calm after we arrive in Edo Castle. Why is there such an assassination?"
"This is probably the peace before the storm. There must be someone behind the ronin. I think the patrol warriors will arrive at the scene soon. Damn it, he dared to almost kill us, and he must not let them go easily!" Chu Qi said with a fist.
When Zhang Zhier heard Chu Qi talking about "we", she couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.
"We go back to the place where the envoys stay, where there are Jinyiwei and Ming cavalry guards, which is absolutely safe. If you stay, I will take Jinyiwei to investigate the matter." Chu Qi said to Zhang Zhier.
"Yes." Zhang Zhier wanted to start, but she had been walking on Chu Qi before, but she actually tripped off her strength.
"Beware!"
Chu Qi caught Zhang Zhi'er in time, and the two of them were a bit charming.
Zhang Zhier's face turned hot again: "I..."
Chu Qi said: "It should be because of the numbness of feet. After being extremely nervous or excited, it may cause numbness in hands or feet. I'll take you back to the embassy."
Zhang Zhier had no choice but to say, "You are a laborious son..."
Chu Qi said nothing, holding Zhang Zhi'er horizontally with both hands. In his opinion, this posture is the most labor-saving and should be considered decent.
But in Zhang Zhier's opinion, this posture was very ambiguous. She could not have imagined that Chu Qi was so direct. She only dared to turn her face toward Chu Qi, not knowing what she was thinking.
There was an assassination of the Shogunate’s important officials in the Sakurada Gate in Edo Castle!
Nearly 100 samurai were fighting outside Sakurada Gate, and they used muskets. The sound of the sound of the yelling and the samurai sword colliding for a while.
This sensational assassination caused a major earthquake in Edo Castle!
The shogunate urgently dispatched hundreds of Akali teams, and the newly selected team blocked the scene. The Ming envoys who came to Edo Castle to visit the shogun were also shocked!
Zhang Wenzheng, the Grand Secretary of Dongge, responded to this matter immediately: "Where has Chu Qi gone?!"
He immediately thought of finding Chu Qi to participate in the solution to this matter.
As the Qianhu, Chu Qi, an expert in this field, should have done so.
Li Yanguang and Guo Yan, a hundred households of the Jinyiwei, were the subordinates of Chu Qi. They should have felt very honored to be called by Zhang Wenzheng at this time, but they are sweating profusely now.
Because they didn't know where Chu Qi was now!
Li Yanguang and Guo Yan stammered and replied: "Mr. Chu is missing... Maybe he has already gone to the site for investigation..."
The two of them were loyal to Chu Qi and smoothed out Chu Qi when he was not present.
Zhang Wenzheng was not very satisfied. He knew that Chu Qi, as a Jinyiwei Qianhu, could not go to the scene without saying hello to his subordinates.
At this time, the maid Xiaozhu found Zhang Wenzheng: "Master is not good, Miss, she is not in the dormitory!"
Zhang Wenzheng said anxiously: "Where have you been going to Miss?"
Xiaozhu shook her head quickly: "When I woke up, the lady was not in the dormitory, I really don't know."
When his daughter disappeared, Zhang Wenzheng was really anxious this time. A large-scale conflict occurred in the city about assassinating the shogunate ministers. If Zhang Zhi'er was involved, he would not be able to explain to the old man when he went back.
Just as Zhang Wenzheng was secretly anxious and the Jinyiwei was headless, Chu Qi held Zhang Zhi'er with both hands and returned to the place where the envoys were bedding, and happened to meet Zhang Wenzheng.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, and Chu Qi was holding the daughter of the Grand Secretary of the Dongge...
Zhang Wenzheng was even more depressed.
When he was anxious about his daughter's whereabouts, his daughter was carried back by a man outside.
This is in front of the Jinyiwei, the Minister of Rites, the General of Liaodong and others!
Zhang Zhi'er still looked to Chu Qi's chest, but she had a premonition that something had happened and she didn't dare to turn around to face her father and so many big shots.
Zhang Wenzheng had a gloomy face: "What happened to my daughter?"
Chu Qi had no choice but to answer: "Old Zhang Ge, she just happened to appear at the conspiracy scene. She was scared and was temporarily weak, just rest."
Zhang Wenzheng's face turned slightly clear, knowing that he could not embarrass his daughter in front of everyone, so he said to Chu Qi: "Xiao Zhu, take Chu Qi to the Miss's dormitory. Chu Qi, put her down and immediately lead the Jinyiwei to the crime scene!"
Chapter completed!