Chapter 340: The Crisis in the Western Frontier
The sky before the rain poured was as gloomy as night.
In the back hall of the Assassin's Mansion, in the room with the doors and windows closed, it was dim and dark that it was impossible to see the outline of things.
Yi Liu's shirt was dressed in a black shirt, and her head was tightly wrapped with a handkerchief of the same color, and she stepped on soft-soled light boots, and quietly stepped on the scarlet ground entwined branches and crocus pattern unicorn playing beads.
The short knife in his hand is coated with black lacquer throughout, and it is dark and does not emit any reflection, which is most suitable for the environment in front of him.
She squinted slightly, so as not to be noticed by her opponent for the brilliance between her bright eyes.
The thunder outside the house had been surging for a long time, and the confrontation between her and her opponent had lasted even longer.
She's not in a hurry.
In addition to the fact that this is the Thorn Mansion, which is your own base camp, it is also because in the training of the Wuyi Battalion, patience is one of the most important lessons.
However, this time the opponent is obviously very calm as well.
The two of them have been going back and forth for a long time in the three connected rooms, and when they listen carefully, the sound of each other's breathing is still inaudible, which shows that they are still calm.
"He's a master. Yiliu secretly thought in her heart, "I don't know who sent it?" When Fang Cai was close to each other, he didn't smell the fishy smell on the grassland, maybe it wasn't sent by Na Fuzhen...... Well, but not necessarily, the doctor in the Wuyi camp said before that some herbs can be used to eliminate the smell of the body when it is latent, so that the hound's sense of smell is useless. Maybe that's how this man did it?"
"After all, among the current enemies of the county king, there are not many people who can send such good hands......
The thought is not endless, and suddenly the hairs on the back of the neck stand upside down!
Yiliu instinctively lowered her head, and at the same time, the back of her head was light, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a strand of her hair falling from the air!
Just a little bit, the other party's blow slashed her neck!
Yiliu was suddenly alert and didn't dare to be easily distracted.
…… After a long while, the dark clouds that gathered over the Thorn Mansion were finally so thick that they were unbearable, and with a thunderclap, they poured down!
Thumb-sized raindrops fell like projectiles, and in an instant, a green mist flew on the roofs far and near.
Yiliu frowned, carried a head, pushed open the door with a little difficulty, and limped out.
There was a stain of blood on her pale cheek that was clearly splattered from the front, and it had not yet dried, but was slowly flowing down her smooth skin.
This maid from the Wuyi camp was originally beautiful, but now she is lined with this blood stain, which makes her more and more enchanting.
It's just that the murderous aura around the body has not yet been completely reined in, so that the three or two people guarding outside can't raise the slightest disrespectful idea at all.
"Sister!" Ni Yanying, who was wearing a crimson short shirt and a goose yellow pleated skirt, took the lead and asked with concern, "Your legs ...... Does it matter?"
Yiliu threw the head towards her, Ni Yanying hurriedly reached out to catch it, held it to the front and looked at it, a little surprised, "It's a woman, can you still talk to your sister for so long, even if your sister doesn't want to alarm too many people, it's very powerful!"
"Draw a portrait like this and show it to Mr. Leyang. Yiliu ignored her euphemistic compliment, frowned, and said, "This woman is really powerful, I just got hit on the leg, I'm afraid it will take a few days to get better...... Is there any response from the Western Frontier? What happened to the county king, the county princess, and the little prince? Can the county king get away and come back in the near future?"
When the two people on Ni Yanying's side heard this, they hurriedly replied: "In the letter sent back by the county king recently, it was said that the county princess and the little prince were very safe. It's just that since the king of the county took the time to go to the western frontier at this time, he naturally had to contact General Huaihua and others, and discuss how to deal with Meng Boqin by the way. For a while, I'm afraid that I won't be able to come back...... Well, the county king also told us to be on guard against movement on the grassland!"
"That Fu Zhen is very ambitious, and when he was still working hard, he was eyeing my Da Mu!" Yi Liu's eyebrows were difficult to spread, nodded slightly, and said, "Now that I am a khan, it is more and more convenient to act, and it is only a matter of time before I offend my Da Mu!"
"I'm just worried about this!"
"Ruru hasn't called again at this time, in the past few days when the king of the county has called himself sick, the uninvited villains have not been broken!"
"We can't do anything in the past two days, it's all in the Qinghe Mansion!"
"Although I can barely cope with it now, but after a long time, people are not stupid, how can they not see the clues?"
"At that time, it will be seen that the county king is actually not in the western frontier, whether it is to take the opportunity to invade the western frontier, or to guess the current whereabouts of the county king, and go to the north to intercept and kill the county king, it is not a good thing!"
"Sister Yiliu, do you want to discuss with Mr. Le Yang and send more people to guard the Assassin Mansion?"
Yi Liu frowned and said, "This is not appropriate! Why did you say that I would rather confront this assassin in the house for a long time, and kill her with my own hands, and kill her silently and without alarming people? Could it be that I am trying to sharpen my skills? In the final analysis, I just don't want to make a big deal out of it!"
"After all, the county king Weifu went to northern Xinjiang to visit the princess of the county and Xiao Shizi, and the reason why he didn't appear in front of people these days was that he was accidentally injured when he accompanied the Western Xinjiang army to practice and needed to recuperate for a few days. ”
"Send someone over from outside at this time, let's solve it quietly, how much can make them unsure of how these people don't have it, so they are jealous and can't figure out our details. ”
"If we make a big move to increase the number of guards and guards, how can we not let people see that our external strength is in the middle, and we can't even deal with the manpower of the Shi Mansion at night, and then we may spread rumors that are unfavorable to the county king and shake people's hearts!"
"In the letter sent by the king recently, he didn't say when he would come back, in case there are still a few days, after this rumor spreads, we can't immediately refute the rumor...... The county king's coming to Xijiang is just a matter of the new year, and the foundation is still shallow, how can he be so big?"
Ni Yanying suddenly said apologetically: "It's still my sister who is smart, I'm too stupid." ”
When she entered the Wuyi camp before, Yiliu was extremely harsh, and scolding and scolding were common.
It's been a long time to get along with each other at this time, because of hard work and a good attitude, Yiliu has some sincere love for her, and when she heard this, she said with a pleasant face: "Our Wuyi Camp is very busy now, except for me, no one else has the kung fu to teach you." When I have a chance to turn around, I will introduce you to Xu Lianshan and a few others, I have learned a lot of things, and many things, so I naturally thought about it. ”
After saying this, Yiliu touched the blood stains on her face that were almost dry, and went to clean up in the yard where she lived.
At the end, he ordered someone to inquire about Le Yangwen's whereabouts, and learned that he had just finished handling some official business and was eating tea and taking a nap in the small flower hall in the front yard of the Assassin's Mansion, so he went over to discuss with him the matter of Rong Sleeping Crane's long-term non-return...... It's just that the top and bottom are already suspecting that the so-called 'injured recuperation' of the county king has an inside story!"
"Now no one thinks that the county king has actually left the western frontier, and probably thinks that the county king's injury is not at all able to recover after a few days of recuperation, and it may even damage his life. ”
Others suspect that the gentlemen wanted to take advantage of the injury of the county king to usurp power and put the county king under house arrest. ”
She frowned, "None of these claims are to be underestimated...... I wonder what the gentleman can do?"
"No matter how wrong we say this kind of rumor now, we can find flaws to refute it. Le Yangwen listened to it, frowned and said, "The best way, of course, is for the county king to return immediately, show his face, and everything will be self-defeating!"
"However, the king of the county is dealing with General Huaihua against Meng Boqin in the northern Xinjiang, and he will definitely not be able to get away for the time being!"
"Therefore, first send people to supervise public opinion, and those who dare to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army will be beheaded and displayed to the public, and the scene will be suppressed!"
Yiliu was a little worried: "Will it be self-defeating?" After all, I suspected that something was wrong with the county king, and I didn't even let them say it at this time, maybe I thought it was confirming their guess?"
Le Yangwen shook his head and said: "Don't worry about this! If you dare to say this, you will join the family, and all men will be beheaded at the age of 16, and they will be made slaves at the age of 16! All female dependents will be sold as prostitutes...... Let me tell you, jumping out to make these speculations at this time is actually a kind of temptation, and if you don't show them enough color, you will have to jump up and down more and more!"
He sneered, "What's more, now that the Western Xinjiang is in ruins, who is not eager to break one person into two envoys, where is the effort to spread rumors and speculate about the Lord?!"
"This kind of fear that the world will not be chaotic is the !! should be killed"
Yiliu frowned and thought for a while, then got up and said, "When the king of the county left, he said that there is a big matter that needs to be dealt with in a hurry but he doesn't know how to deal with it, so he came to ask you." Since you said so, then I will do it!"
When Yiliu and Le Yangwen stabilized the situation in Western Xinjiang with thunderous means, outside Chang'an City, Shanglin Yuan.
Emperor Xuanjing and Shu Zhaoyi looked at the corpse under Danqi in disbelief, which was unrecognizable, and still emitted an unpleasant smell despite the use of ice and spices around it: "This ...... This is a concubine?!"
"Chongxin Hou, don't talk nonsense!!" Shu Zhaoyi was particularly unacceptable, almost hysterically shouting, "The sister of this palace is deeply blessed, and she wants to serve His Majesty with this palace for a lifetime, how can it be...... How could it be that after only a few days of not seeing each other, he fell into the lake?!"
The reason why Emperor Xuanjing and Shu Zhaoyi were a few days after the death of Concubine Shu, and when they were soaking in the lake water was very terrifying, realized that something might have happened to the concubine, mainly because the Shu sisters were at this age after all, and they had been accompanying Emperor Xuanjing all night to have fun all night as adults, and they had to maintain a girlish and delicate and gorgeous appearance, and they could barely support it before.
However, Emperor Xuanjing, who was also frightened, did not hesitate to take secret medicine to help his fun, and almost intensified his immersion in the sound of dogs and horses, in order to forget his troubles and fears.
After a few days of companionship, the sisters felt that they could not bear it, so they agreed to take turns to coax him.
And the night of the concubine's death, it happened to be after serving Emperor Xuanjing, and Shu Zhaoyi was in charge of the next two days.
Two days later, I didn't see the concubine to replace, Zhaoyi because now Shanglin Yuan is also a mess, only that her sister is very lacking, out of the idea of feeling sorry for her sister, and Emperor Xuanjing can't leave the beauty for a moment at this time, she can't get out, so she continues to serve.
When she finally reacted, she was afraid that she didn't come over because she wasn't in good health, and she sent someone to see where the concubine lived, and even the attendants were gone!
Shu Zhaoyi suddenly became anxious, and tried every means to wake up the hangover Emperor Xuanjing, crying to explain the situation, and Emperor Yang Xuanjing managed to find the concubine...... At this time, after Meng Guiyu was ordered, he fished the corpse from Chunbo Lake and came back to his life.