Chapter 12: Assassination in the Woods
Fu Heng's face sank.
He glanced at Shen Chuchu and said coldly, "What do you mean?"
Shen Chuchu was stunned by Fu Heng's cold gaze, she looked down at the tips of her shoes, "I just want to move out." I've lived in the General's Mansion for so long, and I've been a problem for the General. ”
"Huh. Fu Heng sneered, "Where are you in the General's Mansion, you can come if you want, and leave if you want?"
Shen Chuchu had a headache, "Do you still want to forcibly detain me in the General's Mansion?" Believe it or not, I'm going to report to the official?"
"Go, do you need me to send someone to send you to Jingzhao Yin Mansion?" Fu Heng said coldly, "I told you that you are not allowed to go anywhere until I find out what is going on!"
Fu Heng dragged Shen Chuchu's hand back to the tent.
"Fu Heng, who do you think you are?" Shen Chuchu was really angry, "You let go of me!"
Fu Heng let go of his hand and looked at Shen Chuchu coldly, "If you don't want me to send someone to send you back to the General's Mansion to be locked up now, just be honest and obedient!"
Shen Chuchu gritted his teeth and didn't say anything.
Fu Heng glanced at her, turned around and left.
As soon as Fu Heng left, Cui'er brought in tea, "How dare Miss Jiang quarrel with the general? You don't know the general's temper, if you really anger him, if the general is angry, I will give you ......."
"Kill me?" Shen Chuchu sneered, "He'd better kill me quickly!"
Cui'er sighed, "Why should the girl talk angrily. Actually, the general is very good to you, and this winter hunt brought you here......"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice at the door.
"Miss Jiang. The princess of the county, please come over. ”
Listen to the voice...... Is it Mama Cui?
Shen Chuchu was slightly stunned, the princess of the county also came to hunt in winter? Since the last palace banquet, she has not seen the princess of the county.
At the beginning, the princess of the county wanted to poison Fu Heng, but it was Shen Chuchu who made an obstacle, and I don't know if the princess of the county found out.
"The general won't let me go out...... Trouble Mama Cui to bring a message to the princess of the county. ”
There was silence outside for a while, and then Mama Cui's voice sounded again.
"The princess of the county is also the general's mother. Miss Jiang will not get in the way when she goes on a trip. If the general asked, the princess of his own county told him that Miss Jiang didn't have to worry. ”
Having said that, Shen Chuchu couldn't excuse himself.
She lifted the curtain and walked out, "Then I'll go with Mama Cui, it just so happens that I haven't seen the princess for a few days." ”
Mama Cui glanced at Shen Chuchu with a smile.
Shen Chuchu followed Mama Cui to the princess's tent, the princess was drinking tea inside, and smiled when she saw Shen Chuchu, "I called you here at this time, delaying your rest." ”
Shen Chuchu blessed his body, "I've seen the princess." What the princess said, I haven't seen you for a few days, and I've missed you for a long time. ”
The princess waved her hand and asked Mama Cui to retreat.
"Do you really miss me?" The smile on the princess's face faded, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, "Why do I see, you wish you would never see me again?" I heard that Fu Heng has been very fond of you recently, it seems that I will slap you in the future, right?
What is this? Interrogating her?
Shen Chuchu pinched his palm and forced himself to calm down. She took a deep breath, slowly knelt down, looked up at the princess, and spoke with a sincere face.
"I know that I have today thanks to the princess. I don't dare to be ungrateful, not to mention the title of the general's wife, I don't dare to take it, the general has only come to my house to eat recently, and the others are no different, just now, the general reprimanded me......"
The princess looked at her quietly for a while, and suddenly smiled. She walked over and helped Shen Chuchu up, "Look at you kid, I just said casually, how can you make such a big gift." ”
Shen Chuchu tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"As long as you remember my kindness. If it weren't for me, you would still be staying in your hometown now, maybe you would have married a poor man before you married casually, how could you live in the general's mansion like you are now, and enjoy glory and wealth. ”
Shen Chuchu was shocked.
Don't...... Jiang Chu came to Beijing to find the general's mansion at that time, was it the handiwork of the princess of the county?
"I didn't have anything else to do when I called you this time. The princess said lightly, "Your Majesty will be a draft in the palace after his birthday, I mean, let you go too." ”
Shen Chuchu was taken aback.
"Mother, didn't you ask me to please the general......"
"But you have been in the General's Mansion for so long, does Fu Heng mean to accept you as a concubine?" the princess glanced at her lightly.
Shen Chuchu choked.
"Yes...... The general recently ...... You've already eaten at my place, so maybe you'll be ...... in a few days."
Shen Chuchu tried hard to argue, although she didn't want to have anything to do with Fu Heng, she didn't want to enter the palace draft.
"I know what you mean. But this draft is mainly for a few princes, if you can enter the prince's mansion, it is much better than being a general. ”
Yes, she can see that the princess of the county just treats her as a brick, where she needs to move.
But she still doesn't know what Jiang Chu still has in the hands of the princess of the county, and she doesn't dare to tear her face with the princess for a while.
"That's it. The princess said lightly, "You go back first." ”
Shen Chuchu pursed his lips and turned to go out.
She didn't dare to imagine how angry Fu Heng would be if she knew that she was going to enter the palace for the draft.
In the evening, Fu Heng did not come to her tent to eat, but only ordered someone to bring a plate of roasted mutton. Shen Chuchu didn't ask much, and ate a beautiful meal. She was already tired after a day of tossing, and after eating, she climbed up the soft collapse and slept in the dark.
Early the next morning, Cui'er dragged Shen Chuchu, who was sleeping in a daze, up, "Girl, get up, the general is waiting for you." ”
Shen Chuchu sobered up, "So early, what is he going to do?"
"Today is the first day of winter hunting!" Cui'er hurriedly spoke, "You forgot?"
Shen Chuchu hurriedly turned over and got up casually, and took his clothes and put them on casually.
According to the rules, on the first day of the winter hunt, His Majesty should shoot the first arrow, and then everyone can start shooting.
After Shen Chuchu went out, Fu Heng led the horse and waited for her. Fu Heng wore a dark riding uniform, and the neckline was embroidered with gold thread.
"Grinding. Fu Heng frowned.
Shen Chuchu was still angry, bowed his head and didn't say anything.
"Come up. Fu Heng grabbed Shen Chuchu's wrist and pulled her onto the horse.
Shen Chuchu frowned, "I don't need you to drive me over!"
"What, everyone is winter hunting today, do you want to stay in the camp by yourself?" Fu Heng raised his eyebrows.
Shen Chuchu was silent.
Fu Heng raised his whip and drove the horse away.
In the clearing outside the forest, rows of horses are arranged, and a middle-aged man in the center wears a golden crown and holds a curved bow.
Shen Chuchu was slightly stunned.
It's Emperor Kangcheng.
The emperor has always been a kind character in Shen Chuchu's heart. Shen Chuchu's parents died when she was a child, and His Majesty took her into the palace, and she was pampered and pampered, no worse than a princess.
I don't know if Your Majesty will be very sad to learn about his death.
"Your Majesty, please shoot an arrow!"
A man in a bright purple brocade robe on the side said loudly.
This is His Royal Highness King Jing, the second prince, he is the most noble of all the princes, his mother died when he was born, and he was raised under the queen's knees since he was a child, and he is no different from his son-in-law.
Emperor Kang Cheng nodded lightly, picked up a feather arrow, and shot an arrow into the woods, and the cheers and gongs and drums around him rang out.
The winter hunt begins.
"Let's go. Fu Heng said lightly.
Shen Chuchu was stunned for a moment, she thought that Fu Heng just brought here to wait for the winter hunting ceremony, but she didn't expect him to take her with him when he hunted later!
"The general took me hunting?" Shen Chuchu smiled reluctantly, "It's inconvenient, right? I don't know anything, I'll drag the general down." ”
Fu Heng raised his eyebrows, "Do you believe it or not, even if General Ben takes you as a drag, he can win the top spot in this winter hunt?"
Shen Chuchu was silent.
"Drive!"
Fu Heng let out a cold snort and drove his horse into the woods.
It was about the night they came in, and the place was also remote, and there was no one around, and it was very secluded. The surrounding trees withered, leaving only bare trunks with a thick layer of snow on them.
Shen Chuchu rode a horse with Fu Heng, still feeling uncomfortable, she thought about it, and then considered, "General, otherwise I'd better go back to the camp." ”
"What's the hurry, I still have something to ask you. ”
Fu Heng said lightly, "These days, have you still dreamed of Shen Chuchu?"
Shen Chuchu's body stiffened.
She remembered the clumsy lies she had told to Fu Heng when she first became Jiang Chu.
"Ahem, ahem. Shen Chuchu cleared his throat, "Recently...... Didn't dream anymore. ”
"Yes. Fu Heng opened his mouth with a smile.
"Do you know that on my birthday, you made the noodles that were delivered, and they tasted the same as Chu Chu's. You have lived in poverty since you were a child, why can't you even use black charcoal, but you want to use silver carbon? Why did the ninth princess still hate you before, gritting her teeth and being close to you like a sister in a blink of an eye? And ......" Fu Heng paused, his voice a little hoarse, "That day you had a high fever and fell into a coma, and you called a name in your dream, do you remember?"
"Ah Liang. Tell me, how did you know the name. ”
Shen Chuchu's whole body stiffened, and his heart beat violently in his chest. Cold sweat dripped down her cheeks. She didn't dare to look back, she didn't dare to see Fu Heng's gaze.
She thought she was hiding it well, but she realized that there were so many flaws before she knew it.
"I ...... I made noodles because I heard that it was my cousin's birthday, so I didn't know it would be the same as my wife's. Because I was not in good health when I was young, I was sick and couldn't smell dust, so I would feel black charcoal choking. The Ninth Princess suspected that I had harmed Madame before, but I had already explained it to her, and it was I who dragged the Ninth Princess when the sun set into the water. The ninth princess thanked me, released her past suspicions with me, and became friends. Shen Chuchu's throat was dry and uncomfortable, she bit her lip and tried to calm herself down.
"As for the name Ah Liang...... It's that I have had a cat since I was a child, my name is Ah Liang. Then it died, and my heart ached, and I often dreamed of him. I don't know if my cousin misunderstood something. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "boom", and a feathered arrow flew past his ear and stuck straight into the trunk of the tree behind him.
"Be careful!"
Fu Heng almost instantly pressed Shen Chuchu's back and made her bend down, and at the same time, several black-clothed assassins came out of the snow on the side and killed them in this direction.
"Drive!"
Fu Heng galloped at high speed.
"On the hillside in front of you for a while, you jump down and hide first, and I'll attract them!"
"No!" Shen Chuchu frowned, "Then what should you do?"
"I'm fine, you're only going to drag me down if you stay here. Fu Heng said in a deep voice.
There was a hillside in front of him, Fu Heng squinted, "Get off the horse!"
Shen Chuchu bit his lip, jumped off his horse, and rolled into the snowdrift on the hillside. Overhead, there was the sound of horses' hooves running, Shen Chuchu didn't move, and after a while, there was another rustle, and it was the group of assassins who chased after him.
Shen Chuchu held his breath, for fear that they would find out.
Fortunately, the assassin quickly chased Fu Heng away.
Shen Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief, but soon, when she thought of Fu Heng, her heart rose again.
There are so many assassins, how can Fu Heng deal with it alone.
But if she goes, what can she do to help!
Shen Chuchu waited until evening, but he couldn't help it, got up and climbed up the hillside, and walked forward along the horseshoe prints on the ground.
Finally, Shen Chuchu found Fu Heng under a tree.
There were traces of a fight all around, and the scarlet dots on the white snow were particularly noticeable. Fu Heng fell to the ground, angry and unclear.
Shen Chuchu was frightened, and almost ran over and pounced on Fu Heng.
"Fu Heng, how are you!"
Shen Chuchu shook Fu Heng, and his voice was crying, "Wake up, don't scare me!"
Fu Heng still closed his eyes.
Shen Chuchu's heart sank, she sobbed, and tremblingly stretched out her fingers to put them under Fu Heng's nose.
It's okay, and breathing.
Shen Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief.
She gritted her teeth, picked Fu Heng on her back, and staggered forward. It wasn't safe, and the nights were too cold, so she had to find a place to shelter from the wind.
I don't know how far I walked, how many times I fell, Shen Chuchu's hands and feet were numb, and he finally found a cave.
Shen Chuchu laboriously carried Fu Heng into the cave, untied the cloak on his body and covered Fu Heng's body.
There are some dry branches around it. Shen Chuchu picked up some and lit them. The cave instantly lit up, Shen Chuchu was roasting the fire, and there was finally a trace of warmth on his body.
It was pitch black outside the cave, but inside it was full of fire.
She tilted her head slightly, looked at Fu Heng, who was unconscious on the side, and was worried. She thought about it for a while, and simply walked over, intending to unbutton Fu Heng's clothes to see where he was injured.
Her hands trembled slightly, and as soon as she unbuttoned Fu Heng's neckline, the first button was grabbed by someone's wrist.
Shen Chuchu was taken aback.
She looked down and met a pair of dark eyes.
"Do you want to insult me while I'm unconscious?"
Fu Heng's voice was a little hoarse.
Shen Chuchu stood up suddenly, her cheeks were hot, she took two steps back, and stammered.
"You...... When did you wake up!"