Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Chapter 170 My sister might still be alive

Qiao Xi paced back and forth outside the door for who knows how many times before the door behind him finally creaked open.

Su Que stood at the door, "Sister-in-law, you can come in."

Qiao Xi studied her expression, but before she could ask what was in her mind, she heard Su Que say happily, "It's done."

Secretly wiping the sweat from her palms, Qiao Xi smiled and said, "Thank you."

Su Que pulled her into the house and said, "We are family, why are you being so polite to me?"

The sensitive Lai Chijiao inexplicably heard something else and his eyebrows twitched.

Su Que was completely unaware of this and pulled Qiao Xi directly in front of Qiao Chengwang, "Brother Qiao, tell me, do you remember everything?"

Qiao Chengwang raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Xi. Unlike his previous calmness, this time, tears were faintly visible in his eyes. "Little Tiger, I remember everything."

That was Qiao Xi's other nickname besides Xibaoer, but only a few of her brothers and sisters called her that in private.

Qiao Xiyi's nose was sour, "Fourth brother."

Seeing this, Lai Chijiao pulled Su Que out.

When the brother and sister were alone in the room, Qiao Chengwang said, "That day was father's day off, and he was testing us brothers' lessons in the martial arts arena.

You know, my father has always been cautious in his actions, and he keeps a close eye on the important border checkpoints. Even on his days off, he would let several uncles take turns on duty.

It was my second uncle's turn to be on duty that time, but the barbarians broke through the checkpoints silently and headed straight to the north of Xinjiang.

My father noticed something was wrong, so he left my eldest brother to protect the elderly and children in the family, and asked my third and fourth uncles to take the sons of the Qiao family who were over thirteen years old and knew martial arts to guard the east and west gates. My father himself led the troops out of the city to repel the enemy.

But not long after they left, the eldest brother noticed something strange in his body. It seemed as if someone had taken away his strength. There were also a dozen other skilled guards in the same situation as him.

They all drank tea sent by the kitchen after training."

"Did the emperor's men sneak into the Qiao family?"

Qiao Xi asked.

The servants in the family are loyal servants for more than three generations. They share the prosperity and adversity of the Qiao family, so the possibility of betrayal is not high.

What’s more, none of the loyal servants of the Qiao family survived that battle.

Qiao Chengwang nodded and said, "Brother quickly found out that someone had killed Mrs. Du from the kitchen, disguised themselves as her, and poisoned the tea sent to the martial arts arena.

Father and the others had also drunk at the time, but before my eldest brother could send a message to them, Ji Chuan appeared with a group of black-clad assassins.

Qiao Chengwang closed his eyes.

My brother and his men were poisoned and their strength was restricted. They were no match for those assassins.

In order to protect their master, the servants of the Qiao family, regardless of gender, age or status, all took up arms to fight the enemy.

Qiao Chengwang remembered clearly that the housekeeper's five-year-old grandson picked up the broom by the door and hit the assassin, who chopped off his head with a knife.

Sister Lian from my second uncle's family had her hands cut off by the assassin and could no longer lift a weapon. She had to bite the assassin's trouser legs and was finally killed by the assassin's foot that crushed her internal organs.

In order to protect the children of his third and fourth uncles, the eldest brother blocked the door with his body and was hacked on the back by the assassins.

And those loyal servants who protected their master all died tragically.

When a cold hand touched his face, Qiao Chengwang realized that his face was covered in tears.

"Everyone who stayed in the Qiao Mansion was killed by the royal assassins. After they were killed, the barbarian soldiers entered the Qiao family."

Qiao Xi wiped the tears from his face and said in a hoarse voice, "I know."

She had already heard the following from Ji Chuan, and hearing it again now still broke her heart.

Qiao Chengwang continued, "After the barbarian soldiers entered the palace, the royal guards also killed many of them before taking me away.

When I passed the west city gate, I saw my eldest sister being knocked unconscious by a young barbarian general. Just as she was about to scream, I saw the young barbarian general kill a barbarian soldier and fell on my eldest sister.

At first I thought I was seeing things, but when I got closer I realized that the barbarians were also killing each other.

Uncle San was pinned to the city gate by a halberd. Countless soldiers from the Qiao family were killed or wounded, and the city gate was in chaos. Ji Chuan saw me struggling and knocked me unconscious. After that, I didn't know anything.

Hope flashed in Qiao Chengwang's eyes, "But I always feel that my elder sister might still be alive.

I saw it clearly. The young general knocked the elder sister unconscious with the back of his knife, but did not kill her.

After that, there are several more corpses of barbarian soldiers covering the area. As long as Big Sister wakes up and doesn't show up, with her skills, she should be able to escape."

A glimmer of hope appeared in Qiao Xi's eyes. "My eldest sister followed me to guard the city gate. She knew that there was something fishy about this matter. If she were alive, she would definitely not dare to show up rashly.

But when we avenge the Qiao family and kill the dog emperor, she will definitely come looking for us once she gets the news."

But why did the young barbarian spare the eldest sister's life?

She has a close relationship with her eldest sister, and I have never heard her say that she has any contact with the barbarians. Could he be from the Shatan family?

But Shatan only promised not to kill soldiers under the age of ten, and my eldest sister was already fourteen that year.

Qiao Xi couldn't figure it out for a moment, and then she heard Qiao Chengwang say, "Fifteen years."

Hatred welled up in his eyes. "I've been waiting for fifteen years..."

While the brother and sister were talking, Su Heting reluctantly brought Xia Ya and others into the Qiao family.

Xia looked around the Qiao family, but didn't see Qiao Xi. She sneered, "Why, didn't the King of Xinjiang tell Qiao Xi that I was coming here?

Or is it that the Qiao family is afraid of our Shatan clan and dares not show up? "

Yongshou smiled and said, "My elder sister is very sad about Madam Qiao's death. She has not been feeling well recently and is currently sleeping. We did not want to disturb her and did not inform her that there were any unexpected guests coming to the mansion."

Xia glanced at him and said, "I heard that the entire Qiao family died in the battle. Which family's brother are you from?"

"enough."

Su Heting said sternly, "This king has been fighting against the barbarians for many years. Although the two countries have reconciled now, I still remember the blood debts incurred in the past.

Father has given orders, and this king must obey, but the queen had better stop and not challenge this king's bottom line."

Su Yingqiu secretly looked at his expression, then lowered her eyes.

"I heard that the King of Jiangbei fell in love with Qiao Xi at first sight, so he abducted her as his concubine. Now seeing you protecting her like this, it seems that you have some affection for her."

Xia stroked the screen wall of the Qiao family, on which were engraved the four large characters "Loyal to the Emperor and Protect the Country", and sneered.

"I don't know how much of this affection is real or fake."

Su Heting's face darkened. "If the Queen doesn't want to stay in the Qiao family, then I will send you away."

When they were in the palace, he and Xia Ya were acting for the emperor, but that didn't mean he allowed Xia Ya to talk about Qiao Xi again and again.

And he noticed that Xia seemed hostile to him.

This hostility was not because he repelled the barbarians, because Shatan himself hated the barbarian royal family. If he cared about what happened in the past, he would not cooperate with him.

While Su Heting was thinking, he heard Xia Ya say, "I was just joking with the King of Jiangbei, please don't be offended.

Could you please ask Qiao Xi to come out and show me around the Qiao family with the King of Jiangbei?"

After a pause, she looked at Su Yingqiu, "Miss, you appear to be a maid from the Qiao family? Then I'd like to trouble you to help me find my adoptive father."

The old man is old and very tired from traveling long distances. He needs to rest."

Su Yingqiu was ordered to follow the two of them, and was treated as a servant by Xia. She could hardly maintain her expression.

Before she could refute, she saw Wuyou yawning, "Girl, hurry up, our playboy is also sleepy. If we don't let him rest, he will get angry, and it won't look good when he gets angry."

"but I……"

Before he could finish his words, Huahua flew to Su Yingqiu's head and pecked her fiercely.

Su Yingqiu's headdress fell off, leaving her hair in disarray, truly explaining to everyone what it meant to be ugly when making a scene.

Xia curled her lips, her eyes cold.

Su Heting had something important to discuss with Xia Ya, so he didn't need Su Yingqiu's imperial eyes. He said, "Excuse me, Miss Su."

Then he took Xia and her son to Qiao Xi's yard.