kvmb Chapter 125 The Ultimate in High-Profile Spectacle!
Chapter 125 The Ultimate in High-Profile Spectacle!
During her two days at Hanshui Temple, Lu He heard too many outrageous stories about the Emperor from the Empress. She also received important information about the Thousand Machine Guard.
Lu He told the Empress that she wanted to help the Eldest Princess acquire the power of the Thousand Machine Guard, and the Empress gave her very important information.
The Empress's real name was Bai Li, and her maiden name was Bai. Her grandfather was a founding hero who was granted the title of Duke of Dingguo. The Bai family was skilled at training assassins and elite soldiers, and they were highly valued by the late emperor and enjoyed great prestige.
However, the current emperor, out of jealousy and hatred for the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort, took his anger out on the Bai family, secretly framed them, and ultimately executed the entire Bai family on charges of treason. The Duke of Dingguo was no longer in the court.
As for the emperor, he destroyed the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and took over the elite troops from the Bai family, and then trained the Thousand Machine Guard.
Both the sentries and the Thousand Machine Guards come from the Elite Military Academy. Teams from there are monolithic, strictly disciplined, and must all be from the Elite Military Academy; recruiting outsiders is forbidden. It's impossible to easily replace or insert new members. In this world, perhaps only the Empress herself could subdue the Thousand Machine Guards.
The previous plan won't work now; we'll probably have to get the Empress out of here.
The emperor was petty and vindictive. The empress instructed Lu He to be careful in her actions and not to let the emperor discover anything amiss.
For the past two days, Lu He had been pondering how to escape with the Empress. Blackbird had also been scouting around Hanshui Temple and discovered that many eyes were watching the area, making it virtually impossible to escape with anyone. Originally, Lu He had assumed that everyone here was a noble of high status, but it turned out that they were all nobles with criminal records, so it was impossible to disguise oneself as anyone and escape.
"Don't you know how to disguise yourself? Can you disguise the Empress as the woman you came in as and then find a way to get out yourself?"
“That won’t work. I can only help Her Majesty the Empress with her facial makeup, but I can’t help with her figure and voice. With the Thousand Machine Guards watching, they’ll probably spot her even if she’s a hair’s breadth away.” Blackbird rejected Lu He’s idea.
So, if the low-key approach doesn't work, then what about the high-profile approach?
"How many Thousand Machine Guards are there outside? Can you defeat them?"
“There are dozens of them. I definitely can’t defeat them all by myself. Besides, even if I could barely win, they would find a way to report the news that the sentries rescued the Empress. That way, the Emperor would know.” Blackbird still denied it.
That's true. On second thought, if the emperor knew about the spy's actions, his first priority would probably be to control Princess Li Cen, because Li Cen is the empress's only weakness. In that case, Li Cen would be in danger.
The only way is to keep everyone in the dark about who kidnapped the Empress.
"I understand. I'll think of a way. As long as you don't fight them, they won't be able to tell you're a sentry, right?" Lu He already had a plan in mind.
“Yes, as long as we don’t fight, I’m confident I won’t be discovered,” Blackbird said respectfully.
Lu He made up her mind and made detailed arrangements: "Okay, I'll go prepare now. In one hour, at noon, we'll..."
The sun was high in the sky, its rays streaming through the forest and casting dappled shadows on the earthen ground. The visibility was excellent, ensuring that every movement would be clearly observed by the Thousand Machine Guards – and, of course, that was exactly what Lu He wanted.
"They've arrived." Blackbird led the Queen to meet Lu He at the courtyard gate.
"What are they trying to do?" The Empress was both alarmed and worried. In broad daylight, they couldn't possibly be trying to escape like this, could they?
"We'll take you out," Lu He said calmly with a smile, reassuring the Empress.
This answer truly terrified the Empress. Instead of sneaking out under the cover of darkness, it was broad daylight, and she was about to swagger out like this?
"How could you possibly escape? Even if you manage to break through, the news of the spies intercepting people will reach that old dog's ears. How will my Cen'er cope?" Upon hearing this, the Empress retreated repeatedly, refusing to leave no matter what.
"Don't worry, they won't know who kidnapped you! Because we invited a deity! They'll be flying away on clouds!" Lu He smiled calmly, and then took the Empress to see the world.
"Huh? What?" Before the Empress could even understand what Lu He was saying.
Blackbird then took out dozens of smoke bombs, waved his hand, and threw them all out. Instantly, white smoke spread for dozens of miles outside the courtyard wall. Blackbird grabbed the Empress with one hand and Lu He with the other, touched the ground with his toes, and lightly leaped over the courtyard wall, disappearing into the thick white fog without a trace.
Ten dark figures suddenly emerged from the bushes surrounding the temple, and the three leaders drew their long swords and plunged into the white smoke.
The remaining men in black drew their hook swords and were about to step forward when a loud bang came from the smoke. The three men who had just rushed in were knocked out by something, crashing heavily out of the smoke and lying on the ground, spitting blood and unable to move. The three experts were knocked down just like that.
The remaining people immediately retreated on high alert, only to hear a strange rumbling sound coming from within the smoke.
Soon, a pair of terrifyingly huge eyes appeared in the white mist, getting closer and closer, making people panic. What kind of monster was inside?
With a long "whoosh," a huge, black, iron-box-like monster emerged from the white mist, leaping into the air like a white ribbon tied to its tail, exuding a powerful aura.
Before the Thousand Machine Guards could even get a clear look, the black iron monster had already disappeared, leaving only its exhaust fumes in sight.
"What, what is this?" The Queen, fastened with her seatbelt, sat in the back seat. She had never seen such a metal box before, and it was as solid as black iron as it had been crashing through the forest. She looked out the window, but the scenery outside was so fast that she could not see it clearly.
"This thing is a professional off-road vehicle, the Eastern Ironclad!" Lu He glanced at the rearview mirror, saw several black-clad Thousand Machine Guards huffing and puffing as they chased after them, gripped the steering wheel, floored the accelerator, and adopted the stance of a race car driver: "Hold on tight, we're about to take off!"
"Chase a car with your light-footed skills? See if I don't tire you out! Unless you somersault 108,000 miles in one go!" Lu He sneered, stepping on the gas and accelerating to 120 miles per hour...