Chapter 046: Secret Calculation
(Thank you Mu Jiuge for the peace charm, thank you for the battlefield girl, thelionking for the gift~)
Zhang Yong stared in shock, his body had collapsed, and he couldn't react at all when the sword light came to him.
"Ah......" A sharp cry for help burst out from the carriage, this is Yingzhen! She looked at the sharp sword passing through the carriage in horror like Zhang Yong, and while screaming, she subconsciously threw herself at Zheng Heng, wanting to block these sharp blades for Zheng Heng.
Yingshi, on the other hand, quickly picked up the cushion beside him, trying to block the sword that stabbed in from the other side.
With a "hiss", the sharp sword slashed through the cushion pillow, still stabbing towards Zheng Heng at an unstoppable speed. Ying Shi didn't think about it, and immediately blocked Zheng Heng.
Seeing that the sword was about to stab Yingshi, but who knew that Zheng Heng was too panicked to dodge, and he actually pulled Yingshi indiscriminately, causing Yingshi to fall down all of a sudden.
"Poof" and "poof" sounded twice, and the light of the sword dimmed, and then flew away, and there was no longer a shadow of the sword.
Zheng Heng's whole person paused, and then let out an unbearable snort, and suddenly, there was a slight smell of blood in the carriage.
Ying Zhen and Ying Shi were stunned, they looked at Zheng Heng in disbelief - looking at Zheng Heng's miserable white expression, they saw the two sword edges that were oozing blood.
Girl, it's hurt!
"Girl, help...... Help!" Ying Zhen let go of her throat and shouted in horror, only to find that her voice was wilting, as if she was humming.
Yingshi's eyes were red, and she was about to scream, when she heard Zheng Heng's hoarse order: "Don't ...... Don't scream, ...... Hurry back to Hou's Mansion ......"
Zheng Heng said these words bitterly, and raised his head, which had been hanging low since he got into the carriage, revealing a smooth forehead.
At this time, the curtain of the car had been torn by those sharp swords, and the light of the hazy moon reflected into the carriage, illuminating Zheng Heng's face.
Ying Zhen and Ying Shi's eyes widened all of a sudden, as if they were about to burst out of their sockets. The consternation in their hearts was even worse than when they saw Zheng Heng injured just now.
How could this be?
At this time, outside the carriage, Zhang Yong listened to those painful cries, his whole body was trembling, but he didn't dare to move. - There was a sharp sword pointed at his throat.
Zhang Yong knew that he was going to die, and he wanted to desperately shout for help to help the girl. It's just that he hasn't even shouted out yet, and there is a flicker in front of him.
The sword pointed at his throat was withdrawn...... I took it back!
Before Zhang Yong came back to his senses, these masked black-clothed men disappeared silently as when they came. All this was so fast that Zhang Yong thought it was an illusion, was he wrong?
......
In the silent Qianhui Building, there is also a room with candles. Zheng Heng stood upright, his face covered with frost, a touch of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and then he returned to calm.
"What does Concubine Shun want to do? Ambush me on the way back, is this her temptation?" Zheng Heng asked lightly, suppressing the anger in his heart.
Standing in front of her was Pei Ding. After the fat shopkeeper of Qianhui Building settled her here, Pei Ding immediately appeared.
As early as when he saw the changed warrant, Zheng Heng knew that Qianhui Building belonged to the Pei family, and now that he saw Pei Ding, he finally confirmed it.
No wonder, Pei Ding was able to take advantage of the gap in Concubine Shun's warrant to take the opportunity to remind her.
However, what she wants to know more now is what news Pei Ding heard that made this arrangement?
Against the backdrop of the candle flame, Pei Ding's originally slightly pale face had a hint of ruddy. After listening to Zheng Heng's questioning, he replied: "I received news temporarily, knowing that Concubine Shun sent someone to ambush you on the road. It just so happens that there is a subordinate next to me who is similar to you, so in order to avoid suspicion of Concubine Shun, I will plan and use my subordinate to replace you......"
He paused for a moment and added, "I think Concubine Shun is doing this to test whether you have a guard force around you. At the beginning, Wei Junxiang had a secret guard in his hands, if you really have a relationship with Wei Junxiang, when your life is at stake, maybe you will use the power of this secret guard. β
What Pei Ding said was the psychology of Concubine Shun. On the premise of suspecting that Zheng Heng is connected with Wei Jun, this ambush is very easy to understand. It can be seen that Concubine Shun has more information in her hands than he thought, and the flower words in Gan Tang Yaji did not dispel her doubts.
That's why Pei Ding will do the trick.
Only by letting this ambush go smoothly and getting a satisfactory answer from this ambush can Concubine Shun be prevented from continuing to probe and Zheng Heng will not be exposed.
It's a pity that he got the news too late, and this Li Daitaozhuang's plan was very hasty. Now that I think about it, the result of this plan ...... It's hard to say.
Zheng Heng was silent for a while.
Concubine Shun's plot, Pei Ding's plan, there is nothing to say. If she was Pei Ding, she would also make a plan in such a situation, so that Concubine Shun's ambush could go smoothly.
It's just that......
She looked at the dancing candle flame and said, "My two maids and the coachman are just ordinary people, without any force. β
However, if there were no two maids and a coachman, this plan would have failed, and then there would be no point in replacing Zheng Heng.
Zheng Heng's performance has always given Pei Ding an unusually smart and calm feeling. After learning that she was a disciple of Wei Junxiang, it was even more difficult for Pei Ding to treat her as an ordinary girl. He always felt that this girl had gone through a fierce and pickled life, and her heart was so resolute that she couldn't be compared with ordinary people.
But at this moment, he looked at Zheng Heng's immature face and couldn't help thinking: She is still a little girl, smaller than Xiaozhu'er. Those servants must have followed her since she was a child, how could she be indifferent?
His expression was a little complicated, and then he said, "Miss Zheng, I'm sorry. β
Although he told his subordinates to protect Zheng Heng's servants as much as possible, no one could guarantee the final result when killing with a sword. Now that the plans have begun, there is nothing to regret, he is not an indecisive person, and it is not a gesture to say sorry at this moment. ββAt this time, I thought of compassion, thinking about Zheng Heng's young age after all.
No, Zheng Heng shook his head and said, "The situation is like this, I have to do it." Why do you have to say sorry? There's nothing to be sorry for. β
People live in the world, and every step is mostly the result of choices and trade-offs. There are 3,000 Tao, but it is difficult to have 90,000, how can she be thoughtful about everything? If she really wants to say anything sorry, it is that she is too weak.
She was too weak, so Pei Ding found a subordinate to replace her; she was too weak, so she couldn't protect the people around her; she was too weak, so just one Wei Xian could force her to this extent!
That's a ...... No big deal.
Can it be weaker now than it was in the past? She knew early on that the common law in the world had to take one step back before she could take two steps forward. Wei Xian's plot can't even be said to be a small difficulty.
So, her mind gradually calmed down, and finally said indifferently: "Please send me back to the Hou Mansion first." β
She had to go back to the Hou Mansion first to see what had happened on the way home.
ps: Don't ask the author why he is a masked man in black, if he is a masked man in a flower dress, he always feels that something is wrong~ (βoβ)