==Chapter 117==

In late summer and early autumn, autumn tigers wantonly squander their heat and abuse the whole land.

At noon, dozens of miles away from Luoyang, a group of people were galloping.

Most of the knights on the horse were dressed in ordinary clothes, but when they were tall and muscular, and their eyes were full of fine light, they knew that they were not ordinary people. In the center of the caravan was a carriage that was completely black, and was nothing unusual in appearance, except that it was wider than the usual carriage.

"Chief, stop and rest, you can probably get to Luoyang before night." A knight dressed in blue and short brown wiped the sweat from his head and said.

Changfeng glanced at the tea shop on the side of the road not far away, nodded, and drove the □□ horse to gallop there.

The tea shop is very shabby, but it's nice to have a place to shade the sun in this kind of weather. A group of more than 30 people rode and a carriage stopped under the shade of the tree next to the tea shop, divided a few people to feed the horses with water and feed, and the others scattered and sat down in the tea shop.

The old man who guarded the tea shop wanted to pour tea and food for everyone, but they were all refused. When going out, the more cautious people will not eat food from unknown sources, and even bring their own feed and water to feed the horses.

The big men took out their own dry food and water and devoured them. Even in this case, most of the eyes were not idle, some were observing the situation nearby, and some were staring at the black carriage, very vigilant.

"Chief, would you like to bring some water and food to the wagon?" The blue-clad man asked hesitantly, staring at the carriage with a hint of fear in his eyes.

There was really no way not to be afraid, that time two teams of people and dozens of people were dispatched to arrest the old woman, I thought that an old woman living in the mountains was nothing to fear, but it was this unattractive old woman who made a group of people suffer heavy casualties and a miserable death, and in the end only escaped back He and the leader were two people.

If it weren't for the timely arrival of the master, careful layout, and the use of some sharp weapon, I am afraid that not only would they not have completed the task, but everyone would have died there. Even so, when this person was caught afterwards, they lost a few more people for no reason, all of them were poisoned and died, so that no one dared to come within ten meters of her. still ordered someone to cover the eyes, ears, mouth and nose, so as not to show a trace of skin, and searched out all the strange things on the old woman's body, which was a little more stable.

This time this person was escorted to Chang'an, but they took a lot of effort, the carriage seemed to be no different from the usual, but in fact it was all a cage welded with fine iron, and I am afraid that the most vicious prisoners in the world did not have this kind of treatment.

"Go, I'll be with you."

Changfeng grabbed the water bladder in his hand, and let the big man dressed in blue take two baked cakes in his hand, and the two of them went to the carriage together.

With the movements of the two, the big men who were scattered on the side all tensed up, and looked at the carriage with burning eyes, afraid that something would happen.

Changfeng stood in front of the carriage, the man in blue stepped forward and carefully opened the door, and between his eyes was a fence welded with fine iron, and it was pitch black in the carriage, and he couldn't see the situation inside.

"Are you dead? Eat something if you don't die. The blue-clothed man said in a rough voice.

He threw the water bladder and baked cake in his hand through the fence, and immediately took two steps back.

Changfeng looked at the behavior of the man in blue and laughed a little, but it was understandable, why didn't he do the same, he never knew what he was afraid of, and when facing this person, he also had a faint fear in his heart. Even though he knew that there was no poison on this person's body that could be used, because of his magical poison technique, he still couldn't erase this fear.

I have never seen this person poison her, and I never know how terrible she is.

In the black cavernous carriage, there was a hoarse laugh like the friction of wood, which was harsh and terrifying. "If I die, won't what you ask for be in vain, and you just want me to die?"

The blue-clothed man's face was extremely ugly, "Since you don't want to die, let's eat!" ”

There was another burst of piercing laughter, and a voice that revealed a bit of weakness in the old man sounded: "In this offspring, my poisonous girl has killed countless people, and there are too many people to kill me, and it is the first time that it has been planted in the hands of others." Can you tell me who gave you that thing in your hand? I'm very curious, old woman. ”

Changfeng's face froze, and he couldn't help touching the ring on his hand.

He was wearing a sapphire ring on his hand, and the shape was not peculiar, but if he looked carefully, he could find that since Changfeng came to this carriage, this was the eighth time he had subconsciously touched this ring.

This ring is not Changfeng himself, but the master gave him, what is strange is not this ring, nor the mechanism in this ring, but the silver needle in the ring. More seriously, it's the strong anesthetic attached to the silver needle.

The reason why I was able to catch this poisonous girl this time was to use a sea of people offensive, and then take advantage of her unpreparedness to shoot the silver needle in the ring and paralyze her and faint, otherwise it would be really difficult to catch her. And the reason why Fang Cai Changfeng came with the big man in blue to bring food to the poisonous girl was just in case, if something happened, relying on the things in his hand, he could also put it again, and the 'that thing' in the mouth of the poisonous girl was this.

"It's not a good thing to be too curious, and since you're fine, then it's better to stay alive."

Changfeng made a look, and the man in blue stepped forward to close the carriage door, and the carriage fell into darkness again.

*

Since the king of Chu came back, Jiu Niang has met him a lot.

Sometimes it's to go to the palace of the king of Chu, and sometimes it's to go to a private house. Jiu Niang didn't want to go because of some obscurity in her heart, but there was a motivation that drove her to go, maybe she always felt that she couldn't escape when she should come.

Jiuniang had expected a lot, but she didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

"This king is going to see a man, and she can heal this king's leg, do you want to go with him?"

Jiu Niang's body stiffened involuntarily, faintly and even trembled a little, she forced a smile, glanced at King Chu, and lowered her eyes again: "It's okay to go and see it." ”

The cold little hand was covered by the big palm, with a hint of warmth. The two got into the carriage, and the carriage drove out of Chang'an City.

Along the way, Jiuniang was stunned, she thought she was hiding it well, but in fact, she all fell into the eyes of the King of Chu.

Or the familiar small mountain villa in my memory, it is the Zhuangzi under the name of the King of Chu, this Zhuangzi is not big, and it can even be said that it belongs to the smallest kind of Zhuangzi, but fortunately, the location is remote, and it is not conspicuous in the manor on the outskirts of Chang'an, and it is far away from other manors.

In her last life, Jiu Niang had nightmares for a period of time, and those nightmares happened here, so the memory is extremely clear.

The carriage entered the gate of Zhuangzi, and gradually approached the building in the center, Jiu Niang's eyes became darker and darker, and her hands became colder and colder. But this impulse was suppressed by him, and there were things he had to figure out.

The carriage stopped, the two got out of the car, Chang Shun pushed the wheelchair, Jiuniang followed on the side, and the group went inside.

The more you go inside, the more strict the guards are, and when you come to a small courtyard, there are several people dressed as guards in front of the door, and when you see the queen of Chu, several people bow down and salute, and then open the courtyard door, and a few people walk in.

The small courtyard is not big, and there are three upper rooms on the face, not to mention the Chu Palace, and even the courtyard where a concubine of the Anguo Mansion lives is not as good, but there are dozens of guards with weapons in front of the door. Looking at the window lattices, all the sashes are nailed with wooden strips, leaving a few gaps in between, allowing sunlight to let in, but they cannot be opened.

A man who looked like a guard leader stepped forward and bowed and clenched his fists: "Your Highness." ”

"Open the door." King Chu said.

The man nodded, and then turned and walked towards the door, where the crowd of people guarding the door all looked ready to attack, as if some fierce beast was hidden inside.

Jiu Niang's smile was bleak, isn't it a fierce beast, that poisonous girl is a fierce beast. She suddenly felt a little cold and couldn't help but hug her arms.

The door opened from the outside, and from here, the room was a little dim, and there seemed to be no one inside. Along the slope in front of the door, the king of Chu's wheelchair was pushed up, and Jiu Niang followed him into the house, because there was some darkness in the house, and he couldn't see the situation inside clearly for a while.

"Coming?"

It's like a friend who is so plain and ordinary, but when it falls on Jiu Niang's ears, it's like a thunderbolt.

The scene in front of me became clear, and there was a person sitting on the couch under the window, an old woman. His gray hair is messy, his clothes are shabby, and he feels dirty. But his face is full of love, of course, this is under the premise of not looking at the other party's eyes, looking at his eyes, there is a kind of mockery and banter hidden in the indifference, as if the qiē in front of him is not in the eyes of the other party, or a kind of contempt for victory.

A black fog appeared in front of Jiu Niang's eyes, faintly separating everything in her sight, she could clearly see a qiē, but there was a faint feeling of unreality. My heart was beating hard, it ached faintly, and there was a voice in my head shouting, get out, get out of here......

"You captured the old woman?"

King Chu nodded indifferently.

"You're bold."

"I've always been bold."

The old woman laughed, her withered and emaciated hand was raised slightly, and Changfeng, who was standing on the side, stepped forward and stared at her fiercely.

"But your subordinates don't seem to be very bold."

The poisonous girl picked up the tea cup on the side and took a sip gently, squinting at Changfeng's eyes with a hint of banter. Changfeng's cheeks were slightly hot, but he still maintained his posture.

"He, where the duty lies, I don't think there's anything wrong with him doing this."

After a confrontation between you and me, the poisonous girl didn't seem to have the upper hand, she moved her gaze to the leg of the King of Chu, "Are you poisoned?" The doctor who treated you is not bad, but this way seals the poison on the leg, but it treats the symptoms but not the root cause. ”

"That's why I invited you to come."

"Did I say I'd cure you?" The poisonous girl looked away, looked at the void, and laughed twice, "The old woman is living a good life at home, but she was brought by your group of little cubs, and she also locked the old woman in a cage, why should I help you treat your legs?" Don't use threats to fool me, the old woman, I am about to die, and I don't have much time to live, there are no children in the upper hall, and the old woman is alone, and this kind of threat will not work for me. ”

The king of Chu was silent.

What the poisonous girl said is the truth, if a character like her, if it weren't for opportunism, I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy to arrest her. And she has never only killed people and never saved people, only poisoned people and never detoxified people, why did she help King Chu detoxify. As for means threats or something, not to mention, she lives alone in the world, and has no weaknesses at all.

The same is true in the previous life, the poisonous girl did not agree to detoxify the king of Chu, the king of Chu has always been high, and begging or anything will never appear in his life, at that time, Jiuniang did not know the specific inside, thinking that she was not a big person, and it didn't hurt if she didn't want to have a face, so she begged for the king of Chu a few words, and then she was targeted by the poisonous girl.

In this life, does she still have to speak? Could it be that if she doesn't speak, will it not happen at all? But what about the legs of the king of Chu? This is his only hope to stand up, Jiu Niang does not question what the poisonous girl said, this old woman has a strange temper, she said that if she can't be cured, she won't be cured, and it's useless to kill her. Before she agreed to test the poison in her previous life, she had used all kinds of means, and threats and temptations were completely useless.

Jiuniang clenched her fists tightly, and her palms hurt and she didn't feel it......

In a trance, she seemed to hear her own voice sound, "This old woman, you can help my master, so that you are good and we are good, why not do it." ”

"You don't have to worry that you won't be allowed to do it in vain, what you want, as long as we can do it, even if we do our best, we will find it for you."

The situation in the previous life was staged again, and when Jiuniang reacted, she had already gone to the poisonous girl's side, half-squatting in front of her, looking up at her. In the previous life, because of ignorance, he was not afraid, but at this time, when Jiu Niang approached this old face, her heart was pounding.

"Jiuniang, come here."

"Nine Ladies—"

Two voices sounded at the same time impliedly eagerness, one was Chang Shun and the other was King Chu.

"What a pink little girl."

The old and thin hand caressed Jiu Niang's delicate little face, the strange thing is that the palm is not rough, but very tender, faintly with a sense of slippery, and the cold hair on Jiu Niang's back involuntarily stood up.

"Jiu Niang, come here!" The King of Chu said again, with a hint of displeasure in his voice.

Jiuniang hurriedly stood up and returned to the King of Chu.

King Chu glanced at her and looked directly at the poisonous girl: "How can you be willing to detoxify this king?" ”

"Detoxification?" There was a faint light in the eyes of the poisonous girl, she laughed hesitantly, looked at King Chu, and then looked at Jiuniang: "The old woman can only be poisoned, but she will never be detoxified." You want to detoxify, you want to detoxify, hahaha......"

She laughed maniacally for a while, her voice rising and falling, and suddenly lowered, "Leave this little girl for me, and I will heal your leg." ”

She looked at King Chu and seemed to be smiling happily, "Leave this little girl to me, and I will heal your legs, and you can walk as usual like ordinary people." How, would you like to? ”

Jiu Niang's heart fell with a thud, there was a kind of fear, and more of a relief.

It's finally here, and it's actually pretty good, and it's always coming......

The king of Chu looked straight at the poisonous girl, his eyes were angry and with a hint of deep meaning, the poisonous girl smiled to herself, looked at the king of Chu, and then looked at Jiuniang, with a hint of yin in her eyes.

"Look after her." The King of Chu commanded with a gloomy face.

After that, he let Chang Shun push him away.

"Reluctantly?"

The door was closed behind him, and the last muttering of the poisonous girl was hidden.

……

Looking at the bright sun outside, Jiu Niang suddenly had a feeling of being in a different world, she turned her head sideways to look at the side face of the King of Chu, and the last sentence of the poisonous girl echoed in her mind: 'Reluctant? ’……

In her previous life, she had never understood the meaning of the poisonous girl's words, but at this time, she understood a little.

The king of Chu is deep in his thoughts, vicious in his means, and the most important thing is that he is decisive enough, never a woman's kindness, in his eyes, there is nothing that can not be used, and there is nothing that can not be given up by him, as long as there is a drive of interests. His obsession with that position is beyond imagination, and for this he can block people and kill people, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha......

But he never threw himself to that poisonous girl in his two lives, maybe if he hadn't taken the initiative in his previous life, he might have given her up in the end when he had nothing to do, but he didn't open his mouth after all, did he? And in this life, just like in the previous life, after the poisonous girl made such a request, he did not give up on her.

That's it, but her heirs are in the way, and since this is the case, she just has to spend that half a year......

Knowing that the poisonous girl was coming, Jiu Niang fell into a state of panic, and only then did she completely let go of all her psychological burden.

She straightened her waist and looked straight ahead, the expression on her face changing to that of Ran. This qiē, the king of Chu is all in his eyes, and his eyes are turbulent.

*

After Jiuniang went back, she waited for Chang Shun to come to her.

But the left can't wait, and the right can't wait.

Could it be that something is wrong? Jiu Niang thought about it and felt that it should not.

The king of Chu said that he wanted to go to the courtyard to relax, and ordered someone to come to pick up Jiuniang, Jiuniang took Lianfang Xiaocan and Xiaojiu'er, and followed the king of Chu out of Chang'an City in a carriage.

The courtyard is close to the outside of Luoyang City, not too far from Chang'an, departing in the morning and arriving in the evening.

At this time, it is the early autumn, it is the time when the maple leaves are red, this annex is close to Hongxia Mountain, the mountain behind Hongxia Mountain is full of maple trees, and the red maple leaves are overwhelming in the eye, and the scenery is extremely beautiful.

On the second day of the courtyard, the king of Chu took Jiuniang to enjoy the maple leaves.

Hongxia Mountain is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain, the back mountain is a huge maple forest, and the front mountain is a temple. This temple called 'Grace Temple', the incense is not very prosperous, in the end, there are a few sincere believers who come to worship, especially at this time when the maple leaves are in full bloom, it is inevitable that some tourists will come to enjoy the maple leaves.

Jiuniang and his party avoided tourists, and went to the front mountain while walking. When I arrived at the Enci Temple, because Jiuniang and King Chu were not believers, and they were not interested in burning incense and worshiping Buddha, they only looked in front of the temple and did not go in.

Today, the king of Chu did not use a wheelchair, but sat on a sliding pole and let people carry him around the mountain. Because Jiu Niang was thinking about that incident in her heart, she couldn't help but look at the faces of King Chu and Chang Shun, but she didn't see any clues.

Thinking of that incident, the interest in continuing to shop faded, and Jiu Niang said, "Cousin, why don't we go back?" ”

King Chu glanced at her, "Don't want to go shopping for a while?" ”

In fact, he wasn't very interested in coming out to enjoy the scenery or anything, but he thought that every time he met her, he always seemed to be framed in the courtyard with high walls, so he thought about taking her out for a walk.

Jiu Niang shook her head.

The group went home, and when they returned to the other courtyard, it was only halfway through noon, so they had lunch and took a nap. In the afternoon, the king of Chu was sitting at the desk to deal with some paperwork, while Jiuniang was sitting on the side and reading the book leisurely.

After another two days, Jiu Niang finally couldn't help it, picked a gap and asked the king of Chu two sentences about the poisonous girl seemingly casually.

But the king of Chu didn't want to talk deeply, and he didn't even pay attention to what the poisonous girl said that day, only said that this person had some mental problems, so don't pay attention to it.

Jiu Niang went to explore Chang Shun's words again, but unexpectedly, Chang Shun didn't seem to know much, and he didn't want to reveal something to Jiu Niang like he did in his previous life.

For a while, Jiuniang was a little stunned.

Could it be that something really went wrong with this? But what the poisonous girl said that day is still in her ears, is it all her delusion?

Therefore, Jiu Niang's eyes when she looked at King Chu were even more complicated.

On this day, Jiu Niang took a nap at noon, but woke up to find himself in the arms of the King of Chu, he was half sideways, and his slender fingers rubbed his eyebrows.

For the King of Chu to appear on his bed every once in a while, Jiu Niang didn't feel anything surprised.

She raised her hand and stroked her eyebrows, "Cousin, why are you here?" ”

King Chu glanced at her, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”

Jiuniang was stunned for a moment and shook her head, "No, what can I do?" ”

"If you don't have anything on your mind, why are your brows locked?"

Jiu Niang remembered the action of King Chu rubbing her eyebrows for her before, and she didn't know what to say, so she could only talk to him left and right, "Maybe it's a dream, but I don't remember what I dreamed when I woke up." ”

The king of Chu did not speak, but pulled her into his arms, and his palm ran down her long loose hair.

Jiu Niang leaned on him and was silent for a while, but she couldn't help but say, "Cousin, did the old woman promise to help you heal your leg?" ”

"Nope."

"She said that day that if she left me behind, she would help you treat your legs, otherwise Jiu Niang would go. What can she do with an old woman, but to take care of her on weekdays, I am not pampered, and it is nothing to wait for her for a while. Jiuniang lowered her eyes and said with difficulty.

She didn't notice that the eyes of the King of Chu looking at her above her head were dim, and there was a faint flash of strange light in her eyes.

"No, you don't have to worry about this matter, this king has his own charter."

"But don't you heal your legs? Don't you want to stand up, finally have an opportunity in front of you, if you can't stand up, all your previous efforts will be in vain. Didn't you just test her for poison, I ......"

Jiu Niang couldn't help it, for a long time, she was irritable whenever she thought about the poisonous girl. Especially when she has made all kinds of psychological preparations, but it is much different from what she thought, giving people the feeling that she is stopped in mid-air in one breath, so that she can't spit out or swallow, which is extremely uncomfortable.

Jiu Niang said a lot of words in a row like a cannon, but it stopped abruptly in the strange eyes of the King of Chu. Only then did she realize what she had said, and hurriedly covered her mouth, not daring to look at King Chu again.

"What do you know?"

The king of Chu deceived him.

"I don't know anything!"

Can she sue him, she actually lived two lives? I'm afraid she will believe it, and he won't believe it, who would believe this kind of absurd and nonsensical thing, even if she did, she would be taken to the end of being burned as a demon.

Jiuniang buried her head, but she didn't look at the King of Chu, she faintly seemed to hear a sigh.

"No matter what you know or don't know, what you think will not happen, and this king will not allow it to happen."