Chapter Eighty-Five: Turning the Canopy
Blindfolded, the concept of time becomes more and more blurred. Su Huihui has always been a little resistant to drugs and the like, and she estimated that she opened her eyes under the black cloth in less than a day. However, the rest of the days were lived blindfolded, sometimes by car, sometimes by horse, sometimes by foot. The people of King Yue didn't embarrass her for some reason, but they watched her very strictly, and they were accompanied by female guards when they went to the toilet.
The guards rarely spoke, and the advantage of not using their eyes was that their ears were more sensitive than usual, and the slightest movement could make her scrutinize for a long time. She memorized all the guards' voices and tried to make out footsteps, so that as long as no one was trying to keep her silent, nothing would be missed.
Yan Xugui will never be able to believe it in the future, since he can pit her, it means that he and Sheng Yunyi have openly turned their faces, and the next step is to go to Fanjing. If Yue Fan wanted her life, he should have sent her to the West Heaven as soon as he got it, but now she is still stop-and-go, and she should go to the south.
It's a good thing that her left arm can be strained. She never took the initiative to speak along the way, and those people seemed to think that she had accepted her fate, and they didn't take a woman who couldn't pick her shoulders and couldn't resist to heart, after all, it was a waste for nine people to look at a person who didn't know martial arts.
Today I will enter the city, and I will take a carriage. She was pointed across the seat, and the mask on her face was impermeable, which was very uncomfortable.
The horse snorted, and the voice of the guards outside the curtain came: "Stop! β
The three southern provinces are the territory of the Yue Domain, and if the Nan'an soldiers show their waist cards, no one will dare to check them, they must be dressed in civilian clothes. A person half got into the carriage, pulled the strips of cloth from her eyes, untied the acupuncture points, and she quickly squinted to adjust to the light.
Luckily, it was dark and full of pretentious goods, and she lowered her head, wondering if she could see something iconic the moment she pulled the curtain up. As a result, the moment the curtain was raised and removed, she could only see the gray brick wall, and she could not even see the face of the city guard.
"The little ones are doing a small business, this is our host's wife, she is sick, and the boss asked us to bring her with us when we ship this shipment. β
"Where did you come from, where are you going?"
"From Jiaying, go to Lianyun City. Very honest answer.
It seemed that another city guard was speaking: "Wait, let me take a look again, our Yongzhou human trafficking case has not been solved recently, and the boss said that we have to be cautious." β
Su Hui's mind turned, maybe she could find a chance to ask for help?
The carriage turned at an angle, and a strong light came into the car from the outside, and she saw the words on the gate of the city that was not highβthe sun was too strong to open her eyes!
The female guard dressed up as an old mother, and said with a handkerchief: "Master Bing, you won't have to worry about our wife's condition." Why don't you let our lady prove it to you?"
Su Huihui happened to see her hand over a piece of gold leaf, and immediately dispelled other thoughts.
Who knew that the city guard was upright, and he held up a bribe and said: "What are you doing for this? A certain city that has been guarding Luoshan for several years will not eat this set! You are very suspicious!"
Su Huihui was so excited that he wanted to applaud him, this is what the city gate guards should have, and then if they think they are human traffickers, then it will be much easier.
The female guard was helpless, and turned to her, "Madame!"
Su Huihui wanted to open his mouth and scold who was your wife, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't make a sound at all. She barely suppressed her reluctance and resentment, shook her head, and pointed to her throat.
The city guard glanced around and casually clicked on someone, "You, come with me to explain." β
A guard walked over and said in a deep voice, "Yes." β
Su Hui was so frightened that he trembled all over, isn't this voice the one who talked to Yan Xugui? She hasn't heard him speak these days, it's okay if he's not in the team, if he's here, he's always on guard against her!
All her thoughts were disrupted, but fortunately she couldn't speak, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to save her life if something big happened!
The guard felt in his pocket and stuffed a whole bag of money over, "A small business, not a respect." β
Su Hui watched as the impassioned city guards pulled him away, and there were only a few people and chariots and horses left in his sight. She stared at their faces intently, just putting on makeup and not wearing a mask. The female guard thought she knew too much, pursed her lips and lowered the curtain, muttering a few words in a low voice.
After a while, the other side finally let him go: "Let's go, don't let people say that a certain class is favoritism, next time remember the rules when entering the city, a certain person has long eyes and a good fortune, I don't need your flattery!"
Su Huihui sighed silently, what kind of eyes is this.
The guards she knew returned to the group and said in a very low voice, "Go on." β
"Yes. β
It seems that he is the boss of the inside, and the city guard is really good at picking.
Su Huihui was blindfolded and tied his hands again, and the carriage traveled for a while, and the voices of people gradually drifted away, as if they had gone out of the city through a certain gate. The carriage was very bumpy, this was the countryside, the south was mountainous, and the roads in all directions were not easy to walk. She rested on her back for a moment, concentrating on what to do next.
The horses that were pulling the cart neighed long, and then the wheels shook violently, and the goods in the corners rolled towards the curtains. With a bang, the carriage fell to the ground, and she struggled to twist her body to hide behind the cargo, rubbing the strips of cloth on her face, and unexpectedly heard a few muffled sounds in her ears.
A line of bloody qi lingered on the tip of her nose, she didn't dare to move again, her vision was still blocked, and her hands and feet froze because of the fear of the unknown.
Someone dragged her out of the car and threw her on the ground, and the stones hurt her, and she shrank back, and her eyes suddenly brightened.
The person who ripped off the strip of cloth stood in front of Su Huihui, looking down at her condescendingly, as if he was looking at a dead object.
Around the carriage, nine guards dressed as merchants were lying in the grass, already out of breath. A small pool of blood oozed from under them, and there were no unnecessary wounds, which showed that this man's moves were ruthless.
Su Huihui tried his best to speak, but he couldn't even β‘β‘ it, and cold sweat immediately oozed from his forehead.
The man compared the bloodied knife in front of him, and approached step by step. Her heart beat wildly, since she was hijacked, she didn't listen to the call, and her limbs were numb and weak after lying down for a long time, and there was really no way to avoid half of the knife. I can't speak, I can't move, and the medicine powder on my body has also been searched, isn't this waiting for death?
Her wrists had worn the skin against the sharp stones, but the sturdy rope was intact, and her brain was blank, and her wheezing was much heavier. How could the other side kill their own people? Could it be that they have infighting?
The man, as if sensing her doubts, raised his hand to remove a mask and smiled coldly. Su Hui reacted in an instant, it was the leader who dropped the bag to others, and it was time to enter the city!
She had only been away for a short time among the guards she had seen at the mansion, and the city guard had deliberately named him to come with him! he lowered his voice because it was someone else who had returned...... But why did he want her life, could it be that King Yue had other political enemies who wanted to sabotage their plans?
Su Huihui suddenly thought of a possibility, maybe this assassin was sent by Yan Xugui, because she knew his movements, just like the person who talked to him would die sooner or later.
She had never been so scared as she was now, because the dangers of the past had been borne by her, but at this moment, there was no one around her who she could trust.
"Zhuyi County. The man said word by word.
Su warms his pupils tightened, he is from Liang Guoren!
He wiped the blood of the blade from the inch-long decaying grass, "On the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I will let you be a ghost." If you are just an ordinary deputy envoy of the Nanqi Pharmacy, you can still give you a good time," with a knife, the hemp rope in her hand was split in two, and the guard's iron pincer-like hand pinched her left wrist, "The princess visited Yuxiao Mountain and learned that she had been deceived by you and that majesty, but she was very angry. His Royal Highness sent a message to order a day and night to keep an eye on the Yan family's convoy, from Fanjing to Yuanping, and those secret guards around the county lord were really difficult to deal with. β
Su Huihui looked at him coldly.
"There are many inconveniences in acting in Southern Qi, but if the people who unite with Sheng Fuyu can't even deal with a few secret guards, then they will lose the face of my big beam. The left hand of the county lord had to be brought back, and it was thousands of miles away, so he had to replace the person with his hand, and by the way, he returned the chryson to the royal family. β
He raised his knife, "The county lord can go to see the prince of Jingbei with peace of mind, when you go underground, you must remember that it is not the villain who intends to commit this great crime of punishing the nine clans." β
Su Huihui took another step back, the car wall behind her shook violently, and she turned around to find herself on the edge of the mountain road, suspended underneath.
Such a scene seemed familiar, and she made a decision in an instant. The mountain is not high, and I heard a loud sound of water on the road just now, and the trees are extremely luxuriant, so it is better to jump down than to wait here for him to cut off his hand.
After a few words of secret prayer, the assassin of the Liang Kingdom slashed down with lightning speed, and she used all the strength of her life to jump!
The other party seemed to snort coldly, and then she couldn't hear anything. The mountain wind blew in her ears, and she spread her arms, hoping to catch something she touched, branches, rocks, but it didn't take long for her fall to stop. She felt that her previous medical ethics were used today, and the tree under her waist was the best proof of this, but before she could cry with joy, the branch that supported her snapped and broke. She mustered up the courage to look down, and the rushing water of Baihuahua was getting closer and closer, and she could only hold her head, and fell into the roaring waterfall with a snap of her fingers.
Su Huihui never thought that he would be woken up by the smell.
A chickadee jumps over the shallows, its feathers showy in the setting sun. She stared silently for a long time, making sure she was alive, closed her eyes and breathed a few times, then tried to move her fingers. It hurts, but you can move, so you can move your arm again, and you can do it. She brushed it gently over her waist, and with great difficulty put her hand above her nose.
Tick.
It is viscous blood.
It turned out to be the smell of blood.
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Luoshan is a small city located on the edge of Yongzhou, and many woodcutters live outside the city. Recently, a part-time fortune teller came to the city, although the people are a little obscene, but the medical skills are superb and do not need to diagnose money, so that everyone flocks to the rice market in the city.
The doctor does not sit in the infirmary, but lives in the best inn, and every day he sells and boasts on the street, and there are always people who look at him and ridicule him, and then leave in disgrace.
"Little girl, who are you looking for in the city these days, tell your brother?"
A girl who looked like a village girl blushed and muttered, "I don't know, the big family is looking for a young lady who eloped, and it is said that she ran away from the city with someone." Now, there's a portrait over there. β
"Fortune telling?"
The girl shook her head again and again, she had no money on her, so she hurriedly went to the side to buy rice.
The doctor stretched, paced to the candy seller's stall and touched a portrait, and sighed regretfully: "I thought it was a beauty, hey." β
"Divine Doctor, Divine Doctor. β
The doctor turned around, and a gray-haired old man was carrying a few catties of firewood on his back, looking at him anxiously, "Divine doctor, can you go to the house, the price is negotiable." β
"Huh, what's wrong with my mother-in-law at home?"
The old man looked around, "It's my granddaughter, poor thing, that child has been lying in bed for three and a half days, I'm afraid it won't be a ......."
The doctor said impatiently, "I'm busy." β
The old man wiped his tears and said, "My granddaughter is like a flower, a famous girl from ten miles and eight towns, how can she ...... She will marry in the city next month, how can she explain to her wife!"
The doctor then turned his head and put on an earnest smile, "Oh, what a coincidence," he clapped his hands twice, "Look, I just left business and you're here." Let's go, how far away?"
"Not far, not far, the road outside the city gate with incense. β
The doctor's stall was no longer accepted, and Hang Erlang walked with the old man with the medicine box on the spot, his eyes bent into crescents. The others looked and pointed in their eyes, and the guy who bought the candy shouted:
"Old man Fan, don't be sold, and help others count the money!"
"Didn't their eldest daughter come here with a girl to buy rice last month, why is it not good now?"
"Divine doctor, slow down, slow down. The old man whispered, "Well, I want to say ...... to you."
The doctor put his face on his nose, "What? Actually, your granddaughter is a pockmark?"
"No, no. β
The old man pulled him to the base of the uninhabited wall, took out a portrait in his hand, and waved it in front of the doctor: "Chen Dashanren's elopement girl, I picked it up when I went up the mountain to chop wood." That girl was seriously injured, I am afraid that it is dangerous, so I will hand it over to the city, and they may still complain about me, if you can pull her back from the ghost gate, we will divide the reward in half, how about it?"
The doctor turned the portrait upside down, "It's not worth it, it's not worth it." β
The old man made a tiger face: "You still don't think you have enough money?"
The doctor sighed, "The world is hot and cold, the world is hot and cold. Well, let's get over it. Not...... Ten taels of silver, not bad. β
He looked up at the sky, it was still early, what the old man said before was all nonsense, and he was afraid that he would enter the mountain this time.
Into the mountains...... It's a good opportunity, but I don't know if those guards in the shadows have the ability to catch him in the wilderness.
The two walked for an hour, and the old man rushed to the hut at the foot of the mountain in a hurry, and it seemed that the money was earned. The doctor had good legs and feet, and wanted to see the play with great interest, but the girl did not know how to compare it to the portrait, and if it was even more ugly, he was not even interested in asking for money.
Standing at the door of the hut, the old man asked again: "Are you sure you can be cured? If the man dies, we will assume that no one knows about it." β
The doctor was annoyed: "This miracle doctor is out, and there is still a time when it can't be cured? As long as the girl still has a breath, we can squeeze out a second bite for her." β
There was a well in the courtyard, three wooden barrels, the water in the buckets was slightly orange, and a blood-stained coarse cloth was placed on the handle. His gaze stayed for a moment, and then fell on the vegetable bed, the south is good, and the winter is green.
"Old woman, old woman, open the door, I've invited a miracle doctor!"
There was no answer inside.
"This woman, did you go up to the mountain to pick herbs? The old man pushed the door, only to find that it had not been bolted from the inside, "Come in." β
The pungent smell of the oil lamp made the doctor sneeze, and he saw several firewood knives hanging from the mottled walls, wooden tables and bamboo chairs, and three missing porcelain bowls resting on the edge of the table. There was a pile of firewood in the corner, but there were only a few bits of charcoal in the brazier, and it seemed that he was reluctant to use it for the sick. The house was cold, and the woodcutter's life was quite hard, so it was no wonder that he had to find some money to make ends meet.
As soon as the curtain was lifted, the old man cried out in surprise and pushed the doctor away with his hand, "Wait, wait!"
The doctor clasped his hands on his chest and sneered, what is the name of the show? His mind returned to the unusual bucket of water, the color of which was beautiful.
He closed his eyes and recuperated, and after a while, he walked straight into the simple bedroom, and shouted: "It's not curable! Why is it so troublesome!"
I saw the old man chopping wood standing on the edge of the couch with a surprised expression, carrying a soft and collapsed object, almost looking into it. It dawned on the doctor that it was a crude mask, the kind that would discolor the water when soaked in water. Have you been deceived? The treasure you picked up has become a worthless stone?
It's really funny.
"Jean, look at your unseen appearanceβ" His eyes touched the bed, but they straightened all at once.
"Let her go!"
The old man's fingers flicked off the trail behind the girl's ear.
"-Let me come!"