Chapter 17: Assassination
On an errand for the emperor? Su Mo'er almost thought that she had heard it wrong, how could she be virtuous, a few catties and a few taels, she was very clear, she really had no skills, where did the emperor see that she was suitable for "being an official"?
She also knows very well what kind of talent can leave a name in history, either understand military affairs and be brave and good at fighting; Either understand political speculation and support a new monarch in troubled times; Either she understands learning, enters Hanlin, and can study in the prosperous era, but no matter which one it is, it is impossible for it to fall on a female streamer, so she becomes even more at a loss, not knowing whether the emperor is serious or not. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"I don't know what errand Huang Baye is referring to? It's just that the slave is despicable, immoral and incompetent, and he is afraid of humiliation. Su Mo'er can only tell the truth, in front of the monarch, the most taboo is that there is no self-knowledge, you treat the leader as a fool, in the eyes of the leader, you must also be a fool, this sentence is very familiar to people who have been in the workplace for many years.
Seeing that Huang Taiji turned his head, Tu Mohai moved the Taishi chair next to him behind him, Huang Taiji sat on the Taishi chair and looked at Su Mo'er, and then said: "You won't, I want you to be my eyeliner, secretly spy on Dolgon, codenamed 'Vermilion Bird', this is a secret mission, only you know and I know, and no third person must know, but the choice is yours." The Emperor was sitting precariously, his eyes as sharp as a falcon revealing a hint of anticipation, and a hint of irresistible heavenly might.
Su Mo'er stood with her head down, her heart was extremely complicated, being the emperor's eyeliner, wouldn't that be tantamount to being a spy? The emperor didn't give a deadline, which year is the head? The profession of spy is not an open-faced job, once it is discovered, it is not a Manchu ten tortures one by one, death is certain, I am afraid that I will not be half dead, and I will live with my head every day, and the pressure is too great and the spirit is easy to collapse.
Think about the good days of the palace maids, why do you have to pick this hot burden, although the palace maids also have to beg for life in fear, but it is better than doing something to stab people in the back, besides, it is still the future queen mother, long-term potential stocks, Huang Taiji has not lived as long as Dolgon, and when it is time to settle accounts after the autumn, he is definitely the first soul under the knife.
Thinking about these clearly, Su Mo'er raised her head slightly, and then knelt down and pleaded: "Thanks to Huang Baye's love, Su Mo'er knows that she is stupid, and she is really not qualified for such a big task, so you are wrong to love." ”
After learning Su Mo'er's answer, Huang Taiji's expression did not change significantly, he always maintained a charitable smile on his face, I saw him nod, looked at Su Mo'er and said: "Since Miss Su Mo'er said so, then I also respect the girl's meaning, the future is long, if the girl has figured it out, she can come to me at any time." ”
Su Mo'er didn't expect the emperor to agree to herself so readily, she had already made up a hundred reasons in her stomach to imitate the "Chen Qing Table", waiting for the emperor to disagree, she would talk at length about it with emotion and courtesy, this time it was all saved, and it was effortless.
Coming out of the Thousand Buddha Temple, Su Mo'er always had a strange feeling in her heart, she should have been relaxed and happy after putting aside her drudgery, but she couldn't be happy, but she was preoccupied, and she always felt that something was going to happen.
On this day, after Concubine Zhuang went to bed, Su Mo'er carried the sheep's horn lamp from Concubine Zhuang's bedroom back to her residence as usual, and the palace lamp suddenly went out on the way, and the sudden darkness really frightened Su Mo'er, she was wondering how the palace lamp was blown out in the windless weather, while lighting the palace lamp with a fire tongue, and then continued to walk forward until she returned to the residence, and nothing unusual happened.
Su Mo'er thought she was thinking too much, just as she was about to lie down and sleep, as soon as she lifted the quilt, a piece of metal-like thing fell to the ground, making a crisp "clang" sound, Su Mo'er stepped forward strangely and picked it up, it turned out to be a black copper token, but when she looked carefully at the totem on it, she couldn't help screaming, and the black copper token fell to the ground by mistake.
"What's wrong with my sister? What happened? Yao Huang Weizi was also startled by her screams, and looked at Su Mo'er with a look of eating melons and asked.
Su Mo'er took advantage of the fact that the two of them had not seen the situation clearly, hurriedly picked up the copper token on the ground and quietly hid it in her sleeve, and said with a relaxed face: "Hey, I saw a cockroach, I scared myself, it's okay." ”
If she could see her expression at this moment, she would definitely cry stupidly by herself, because her pretending to be calm and laughing was really very unacting, but this sudden fright really couldn't calm anyone, because the totem on the black copper token was Suzaku.
Not long after the emperor secretly summoned herself, this bronze medal appeared in her residence, which had to make people afraid, in this seemingly peaceful palace compound, it turned out to be so unfathomable, under the whole world, it was not the king's land, not to mention that a small palace maid's bedroom can come and go freely, the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, it turns out that I have long been targeted.
If there was no third person who knew about the secret conversation between her and Huang Taiji, then it was very likely that this bronze medal was placed here by the emperor, did he do this to warn himself or threaten himself? But either way, she is destined to have something to do with it.
Since experiencing this incident, Su Mo'er has become inexplicably afraid every time she sees Huang Taiji in the palace, lest the emperor will insinuate mentioning this matter to her when he summons her, because he is still waiting for her, waiting for her to reply.
Spring is short, the spring in Liaodong is fleeting, before you have time to put on a light spring shirt, you have to change into a thin silk clothes, this day Su Mo'er was instructed by Concubine Zhuang, to go to the palace to buy rouge gouache, and specified to Kyoto's most famous splendid workshop, Su Mo'er rode on a horse and ran to the splendid workshop outside the palace.
Splendid Workshop will produce new products every year when the seasons change, this year as usual nineteen models, Su Mo'er asked for a copy of everything, and after packing, she rushed back, and just walked to Osmanthus Lane when she was stopped by a man in black.
The man in black was vigorous, and with a little light effort, he forced Su Mo'er off the horse, the comer was not good, Su Mo'er knew that she couldn't fight hard, so she could only flee forward one by one, but unfortunately, she fled into a dead end, and the front was blocked by a wall, there was no way out, she had to turn around, and saw the man in black approaching step by step with a cold knife in his hand.
"Can I die before I die?" Su Mo'er asked suddenly.
The man in black shook his head and didn't speak, I don't know if it was because he couldn't tell her or because even he didn't know who his employer was, Su Mo'er began to despair, she began to question history, couldn't she live to be ninety years old? And who created the history that followed? Why did the killer in front of him put himself to death? Who is behind him? Is it the emperor or the concubine of the Lintoe Palace? Is it for her or for Concubine Zhuang?
When Su Mo'er retreated to the point where there was no way out, she silently closed her eyes, only to feel a flash of cold light, blood splashed, and a human head had fallen to the ground, but Su Mo'er was still alive, the human head was the man in black just now, when the remaining body of the man in black fell, Su Mo'er saw Dolgon standing behind him, wielding the goose-winged knife he was carrying, but at this time, the knife had been sheathed.
Su Mo'er had no way of knowing who was behind the scenes, she could only watch the headless body gradually fall, the black veil was torn off, but it was a strange face, suddenly, her eyes stopped on the waist of the man in black, and suddenly her expression was extremely frightened, Dolgon saw her suddenly frightened expression and asked, "What's wrong?" Do you know who this person is? ”
"I don't know." Su Mo'er didn't intend to tell him the truth, but she already had the answer in her heart.