Chapter 76: The Storm Rises
Wei Chimu only had time to put on his middle coat before he got entangled with the black-clothed masked man.
Xiao Man hurriedly wrapped his body in the quilt and jumped off the bed, so he was not in a hurry to find the clothes in the cabinet, so he had to pick up the wedding clothes on the ground and hide behind the screen, worrying about Wei Chimu's safety, while putting on the clothes indiscriminately.
"Say, who sent you!" Wei Chimu quickly restrained the man in black, cut his hands behind his back, and clasped the vein on his neck with one hand and shouted.
The man in black did not speak, and there was determination in his eyes. I saw that his neck was suddenly crooked, and he had committed suicide. Yu Chi Mu pulled down his mask, a stream of black blood spilled from the corner of his lip, it seemed that he had taken poison, and searched his body again, but found nothing.
Chi Xiaoman had been hiding behind the screen just now before he walked out. She couldn't help in the fight, but she didn't want Wei Chimu to be distracted and take care of her, so she kept hiding. She came out only now that there was nothing to do, and she saw that the door of the new house had been smashed, the tables, chairs and furniture were in a mess, and what was even more odious was that her green jade cup had been shattered! She picked up the cup that had been broken in half, and stepped forward and kicked the man in black twice.
"Were the assassins sent by the Prince?" she asked, grimacing.
Ruining her wedding night and destroying her collection, she must settle this account with the enemy!
Although she was not sure who sent the man in black, she intuitively believed that she had nothing to do with the crown prince, and the purpose should be to kill Yu Chimu.
Because now she is the princess of Huai'an, the crown prince of Yasukuni kidnapped his younger brother's wife...... This can't be explained, only by letting King Huai'an die, the prince will feel that he has been relieved of the big trouble. has the opportunity to use power to force her to become his help in the future.
"Not sure. Although Wei Chimu also had considerable doubts about the prince in his heart, he still said conservatively.
He leaned over to inspect the man who had been wounded by the man in black and had fallen into the room. Those who fall to the ground are the new slaves of the king. It's already out of breath.
"The subordinates are late, please forgive the pavilion master and the lady!" Du Qingyang hurried over. Seeing that they were all right, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he still blamed himself for letting the man in black disturb the pavilion master and the pavilion master's wife in the cave room. The people of their Heaven Shaking Castle were the only ones among all the guests who stayed in the palace for the night, of course, the purpose was also to fear that someone would take advantage of the prince's newlywed business to come and make trouble.
Sure enough, what they feared came true.
"It's okay, what's the situation outside?" Wei Chi Mu straightened up, waved his hand, and asked.
"The fire in the west courtyard has been controlled. It should be that someone maliciously set the fire, fearing that it was a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain, so that everyone went to the west courtyard to put out the fire, so that the assassins could take advantage of the chaos to come to the east courtyard. Du Qingyang analyzed.
Yu Chimu nodded slightly, agreeing with his statement.
"Pavilion Master, do you and your wife go to the main altar first, I'm afraid it's not safe here in the palace for the time being. The ten guards sent by the emperor have all ...... Killed. Thinking that those ten people were all killed with a sword in the neck, Du Qingyang couldn't help but tremble at the high swordsmanship of that assassin.
"How many assassins are there?" asked Wei Chi Mu with a frown. The assassin who had just committed suicide was not very good at martial arts. It couldn't have been that he had killed ten of the guards, so there must have been more than one assassin.
Du Qingyang said: "The palace guards and their subordinates caught a total of three black-clothed people, but before they could ask the main messenger, they bit the poison pill under their tongue and committed suicide. And just when his subordinates wanted to inspect whether there were still black-clothed people hiding in the mansion. Suddenly, a man in black appeared, his body was different from other people in black, very weird. And the action is abnormal, and his subordinates chase him. He killed five guards in an instant, and then jumped out of the wall. Five other guards had already been killed by him. But when he jumped out of the wall, he fell on this. ā
He handed over a letter to Wei Chimu.
Wei Chimu didn't immediately open it, but asked, "Ten guards, all of them were killed?"
He was quite surprised by this result, the ten guards sent by his father to protect the Heavenly Machine Star were not weak in martial arts, even if he wanted to kill five of them in an instant, it would be difficult.
"My subordinates have examined the corpses of ten guards, and all of them have been killed with a sword in the neck. Du Qingyang did not directly give a positive answer, but the answer to such a reply has been revealed.
"That person is so powerful......" So he was a little confused, that person was so strong in martial arts, it was easy to avoid the eyes and ears of the guards, and he came directly to kill him, but why didn't he do it? Could it be that that person was different from this man in black, and he didn't come to kill himself?
But if he didn't come to kill himself, why did he kill the guards of the palace? The more Wei Chi Mu thought about it, the more suspicious he felt.
"It is precisely because of this that the subordinates are worried about the safety of the pavilion master and his wife, so he hopes that the pavilion master can take his wife to temporarily live in the main altar of the shadow pavilion first. Du Qingyang said heavily.
Yu Chimu glanced at Chi Xiaoman and said, "Okay, let's go to the main altar immediately!"
In fact, he wanted to stay here, hiding has never been his style, but now he must take into account Xiaoman's safety, after all, the opponent is unfathomable, and he can't let Xiaoman get into danger.
Chi Xiaoman was a little surprised by his decision, she thought he would insist on staying in the palace!, but she was very happy with his decision, because she was full of curiosity about the Shadow Pavilion Altar.
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Twenty miles east of Kunshan County, Yasukuni is a dense forest, and after walking through the woods for about five days, you can reach the border between Yasukuni and the Shengxing Dynasty.
It was getting late, and it was too late to reach the next town, and the woods were low in defense and vulnerable to enemy sneak attacks, so Xuanyuan Yu stopped the convoy before entering the woods and camped on the spot for the night.
It has been four days since they left Qilin Villa, and in the past two days, they have repeatedly encountered people sent by the Yasukuni Emperor, who want to snatch the Heavenly Machine Star. The number of dead and wounded on both sides is in the dozens.
And Xuanyuan Yu was not very injured by the arrows in the fight.
He was extremely angry with Emperor Jinglie. Xuanyuan Liuxia was a person from his prosperous dynasty, and it was natural and righteous for him to bring him back to China, and he could not allow the people of Yasukuni to come and point fingers.
Xuanyuan Liuxia's identity as the princess of Huai'an, they will never recognize it in the Shengxing Dynasty!
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, your injuries have not healed, and it is not suitable to work, so it is better to go back to the car and rest quickly. Seeing Xuanyuan Yu get out of the carriage and walk towards the carriage of "Princess Liuxia", Liu Jintang, who was helping the injured guards who accompanied him to change the dressing and bandage, hurriedly stepped forward and said.
He didn't want the prince to have too much contact with Xiaolian. so as not to be seen by the crown prince.
Although Xiaolian has met with the prince in the past few days, due to the rush and the constant attacks. So even though the carriage was right in front of and behind, there weren't many opportunities to meet. Moreover, she deliberately stayed in the carriage as much as possible, and did not talk to anyone except Imperial Doctor Liu, so she had not yet revealed her stuff.
"It's okay, ahem...... Hongu just wanted to see Liuxia. Xuanyuan Yu held his chest with one hand and waved his hand slightly, his face was a little pale. He was wounded in the left chest, a small wound that reached deep into his lungs.
Liu Jintang wanted to stop it, but he was afraid that if he obstructed it again, it would make the prince suspicious. I had to walk with the prince to Princess Liuxia's carriage.
"Liuxia, are you still blaming the prince's brother?" By the side of the carriage, Xuanyuan Yu stood beside the purple-red brocade curtain and talked to her from a curtain. The sunset sinks beyond the distant mountains, it is already the beginning of winter, the cold wind blows at night, quite desolate, and the weakness of his tone and a touch of guilt make him even more lonely.
Xiaolian in the carriage. She sat on the soft couch with her legs bent and her knees folded, and never said a word, because she knew very well that she could not speak, and if she did, she would reveal her identity. Transfiguration can only change her appearance. But I can't change her voice.
"Liuxia, let's have a good chat. Xuanyuan Yu waited for a while, but couldn't get an answer from her. Lift the curtain and hop on the carriage. Sit down across from her.
Xiaolian tilted her head to the side, deliberately pretending not to pay attention to him.
In fact, she was very scared. But she knew that she must not show the slightest uneasiness, because it was impossible for the young lady to be afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......
Calculating the time, Miss should have already paid a visit to the court with the prince of Huai'an yesterday, right? As long as Miss can be happy, she is willing to pay a qiÄ for Miss!
"You really are still blaming the prince's brother......" Xuanyuan Yu said with a strong helplessness in his tone: "Liuxia, do you know that Yasukuni has always had strong ambitions for the Shengxing Dynasty, if you marry the King of Huai'an, Emperor Jinglie will definitely not let you live in peace, and will definitely use you to help them attack the Shengxing Dynasty." Do you want to see your country invaded by war?"
Xiaolian didn't know what to say, if it was Miss, there would definitely be a way to refute the prince's words, but she had no way, even if she had a way, she couldn't say it, and as soon as she opened her mouth, the prince would know that she was not Miss.
"Liuxia! look at me!" Xuanyuan Yu stretched out his hand and pressed her shoulder, forcing her to look at herself, and said angrily: "No matter what you think of my brother, it is an indisputable fact that you are a member of the Shengxing Dynasty, since you have the identity of the Heavenly Machine Star and the ability to magnify the Shengxing Dynasty, then you can only serve our Dynasty!"
Xiaolian glared at the prince, feeling sad for the young lady, the prince was just trying to use the young lady.
"Huh...... Ha ha...... Ahem......" Xuanyuan Yu laughed at her stares, pulled the wound on his chest, choked a few times, and said with a hideous face: "Hate me, hate me, you think I am despicable or ruthless, how can a person who does great things be indecisive, soft-hearted and tender." ā
Liu Jintang was nervously pacing back and forth with his hands outside the carriage, he was very worried about Xiaolian, now the prince was overwhelmed by the desire for power, and became a little unreasonable, Xiaolian blindly kept silent, if he angered the prince, I don't know what the prince would do.
And just when he was at a loss, a guard came to report and said to the carriage: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is a group of people coming here five miles away, and it should be from Yasukuni again." ā
"Oh, but the people of the King of Huai'an?" Xuanyuan Yu's voice came from within.
"Exactly, in addition to the King of Huai'an, the people who are used to following the King of Huai'an and the people of Qilin Villa are also here. The guard said.
"Hmph, does King Huai'an want to take advantage of the fact that the people of the palace and Emperor Jinglie have been seriously injured before coming to seize the Tianji Star?" Xuanyuan Yu jumped out of the carriage and sneered: "There is nothing so cheap in the world!"
"The palace will meet them, Chen Xuan, and lead twenty guards to go with the palace, and the rest of the people are optimistic about Princess Liuxia. ā
"Yes!" the guards said in unison.
After the prince led the people to leave, Liu Jintang lifted the curtain of the carriage, but did not enter the car, but stood outside the car with suspicion, looked at Xiaolian with a worried face and said, "Are you okay?"
"Little ...... I'm fine. Surrounded by the prince's people, Xiaolian moved closer to Liu Jintang, and asked quietly and carefully: "The person chasing after is really the king of Huai'an?"
"I don't think so, it should be someone from King Huai'an's side. ā
"But the guards said that they saw the king of Huai'an......"
"It should be the people around King Huai'an pretending. ā
Hearing this answer, a touch of uneasiness flashed on Xiaolian's face, and her heart jumped suddenly, could it be Ji Minzhi who was chasing her?
Seeing that his face was exactly the same as Chi Xiaoman's and had such an uneasy look, Liu Jintang couldn't help but reach out and touch her face.
Xiaolian was stunned and looked at Imperial Doctor Liu with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry, Iā" Liu Jintang retracted his hand in embarrassment, his face cramped and flustered.
Xiaolian was stunned and looked at him with a complicated expression. It turned out that Imperial Physician Liu also liked Miss.
"Don't tell her, I don't want her to be a burden. Liu Jintang knew that Xiaolian had seen it, and said with lowered eyes.
Xiaolian nodded lightly and said, "I want to get off the carriage and take a walk, and when the prince comes back, I'm afraid he will know my identity." "How will the prince send himself?
Helping Xiaolian get out of the carriage, Liu Jintang was silent. (To be continued......)