The shadow of a cold plum on the blue screen window was swaying gently with the breeze, and the queen's face alternated between light and dark in this light brown shadow, looking mysterious and cold. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"What do you mean, this woman from the north is not trivial?" The queen's expression was a little erratic.

"Niangniang, you know the emperor's temperament. The emperor is not an emotional and reckless person at all, after so many years in the palace, apart from that person, when has the emperor behaved so impulsively? Xuezhu felt a little panicked when she thought that person would really come back.

The queen's face became more and more ugly. She originally asked Cheng Xin to help her find out the news, but she was not very worried that the emperor was in the north for Song Yunyang. Because this woman has not been heard from all these years, she must be dead, how could she come out of thin air?

But if it weren't for this woman, how could the emperor go directly to the north regardless of it, who is worth it for him to do this?

If the emperor really picked up Song Yunyang this time, then Cheng Xin's incomprehensible reckless assassination seems to make sense. If Song Yunyang came back, then he and the queen would not be able to hide the fact that he and the queen teamed up to search for Song Yunyang all over the city many years ago, and it is because of this that he would take the risk to assassinate this woman.

After all, the queen's worst fear is about to happen.

Now there are only three ways to make the situation less bad, either send someone to kill Song Yunyang, or send someone to kill Cheng Xinxin, or send someone to kill the emperor.

Xuezhu peeked at the queen's cold face, her eyes fluctuated several times, knowing that this matter was very important, and she must not say a word.

After a while, the queen seemed to have made up her mind, and dragged Xuezhu to her side and whispered a few words.

Xuezhu's face turned a lot paler after hearing this, and she asked a little weakly: "Niangniang, can this matter work?" ”

The queen glanced at her: "Look at your little bit of interest?" It's just to let you go out of the palace to pass a message to your father and brother in the palace, and not to let you go in person, to see how scared you! ”

Xuezhu settled down and said: "Niangniang is thoughtful, she has never made a mistake, and the slave has nothing to worry about at all." ”

"It's best to think like this, and you're not stupid. Think about it carefully, the combined power of my father and brother can call the wind and rain above the court, but what are you afraid of with them and the palace to support you? The queen glanced at Xuezhu and said with disdain.

Xuezhu hurriedly raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat on her forehead, and nodded again and again: "A person like a slave is really unacceptable, and he is scared like this." ”

"At this time, you must be fast, accurate and steady, and you must not be impulsive and spoil big things." The queen reminded with a grim expression.

Xuezhu is too familiar with the queen's expression, every time she wants to kill someone, it makes people shudder.

"Yes, mother, the slave will go and pass the word."

After Xuezhu left, the queen was stunned for a moment at the winter scenery dotted with ice and snow outside the standing window, and silently read in her heart: "It's not that I'm ruthless, the real situation forces me to choose this way, if there is still a choice based on him, I will definitely not make this decision." ”

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After Zhao Yuan repaired at the post station for three days, Yunyang's injuries gradually improved, and he was much more energetic, and he could sit up and talk, not as dizzy as he was every day before. The captain of the guard also transferred 10,000 elite soldiers from the nearby prefecture to escort him.

On the fourth day, Zhao Yuan ordered to drive back to the palace, and the royal convoy marched to the capital under the protection of everyone.

Due to the large number of people and the fact that Yunyang was injured, Zhao Yuan asked the convoy to go as far as possible, so that after walking for nearly five or six days, it was almost close to the boundary of Luoyang.

Late that night, Cheng Xin, who was specially locked to a prisoner car, woke up from sleep and found that the guards around him were asleep, and only one stood guard there. He said in a hoarse voice: "If you are thirsty, give water!" ”

The man nodded, took a kettle from his waist and handed it to Cheng Xin. Cheng Xin took a sip and felt that the water was quite sweet, so he said with a smile: "Yes, after being locked up for so many days, you are the only one who is so sensible, give me sip water to drink!" ”

The one kept his head down and didn't speak, but just stood still, silent.

After all, Cheng Xin has been a first-class member for many years, and he usually doesn't dare to be angry when he sees this kind of pawn, so he doesn't think it's strange. After drinking the water and being in a good mood, he fell asleep crookedly.

Early the next morning, Zhao Yuan heard a noisy sound outside, as if the captain of the guard and a few people were discussing things in a low voice, and the content seemed to be whether to report to the emperor.

Zhao Yuan knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and wanted to ask about it immediately, but he was afraid of waking up Yunyang, who was sleeping next to him. So he sat up slowly, walked outside quietly, and made a silent movement as soon as he saw the captain of the guard.

Then, in a low voice, he said, "Go farther away and talk again." ”

Walking to a secluded place, the captain of the guard immediately reported: "Back to the emperor, there may have been an assassin who mixed with Cheng Xin's side last night." ”

Although Zhao Yuan's expression didn't change much, his eyes were a little sharper: "In this case, there are assassins mixed in, it's really too underestimating the soldiers and horses of Daqi!" ”

However, this is only the minister's speculation. Because Master Cheng looks ruddy this morning, and he is sleeping soundly. Seeing that the emperor attached great importance to this matter, the captain of the guard hurriedly explained.

When Zhao Yuan heard this, the alertness in his eyes did not decrease by half a point. He calmly looked around and said, "Then how can you tell that someone from outside has mixed in?" ”

The captain of the guard replied, "The soldiers who were in charge of Cheng Cheng came back early this morning to report that after dinner last night, the whole team of them was so sleepy that even those who stood guard that night fell asleep. When they woke up this morning, the more they thought about it, the more wrong it became, and when they asked the soldiers on other missions, nothing happened, and they suddenly felt that things were not simple. Although they saw that Cheng Xin was not in danger, they still reported the matter to the minister. ”

Zhao Yuan listened carefully to the report of the captain of the guard, nodded and said, "Indeed, at such a critical moment, it is definitely not an accident that such a strange thing happened. Cheng Xin is a smart person, and he knows that if he returns to Beijing and enters the Hanging Lang Mansion, he can't let him die happily if he doesn't spit out a few people behind him. So now those behind it can't wait to kill people. ”

The captain of the guard nodded again and again: "This is also what the minister is most worried about." ”

"Okay, since the other party has already set up a position, then you can go with me to visit Cheng Xin and see if the person he worked for really hurts him like that." Zhao Yuan said and put up his hands, as if he already knew everything, and walked forward calmly.