Chapter 062: Showdown
"After hearing that Xiuxiu was unconscious, I visited famous doctors in the north, and finally found a witch doctor, and there were still two days to go to the capital. I have figured out the details of the witch doctor, it is the sister of the high priest of the Northern Qiang Reyi tribe, and this time I went south to Dayue to find my brother who traveled to Dayue nine years ago. ”
After returning to General Weiyuan's mansion, Lu Guishuo really put the farce at the city gate behind him and turned to business.
On the back of Dayue, Beiqiang was formed by a combination of multiple tribes, and it grew by witchcraft.
Nine years ago, Princess Beiqiang married Emperor Dayue and was exceptionally named Concubine Chen.
The concubine died of illness in the second year because she did not adapt to the climate of Dayue, but the border between Beiqiang and Dayue has been peaceful for several years, and many people attribute the credit to this princess who married far away.
Only generals like Lu Guishuo, who have been stationed on the frontier all the year round and are familiar with the situation in Beiqiang, know that the reason why Beiqiang has not violated the Dayue border in recent years is because since the princess married far away, the first king was accidentally killed or injured during a hunt, and several princes united various tribes to fight for power and profit, resulting in continuous civil strife in Beiqiang, and there was no time to take care of territorial expansion, so that the Dayue border could be temporarily calm.
After hearing the identity of the witch doctor, everyone in the main hall fell silent, and the expressions on their faces became serious.
"Shuo'er, you're too reckless! Before the witch entered the capital, send her away immediately! Half an hour later, General Weiyuan's wife broke the deadlock with a sharp voice.
Although she is a woman, she has grown up on the border since she was a child, and her understanding of the northern land does not have to be poor for the military generals who are guarding there.
The border between Beiqiang and Dayue has had frequent frictions in history, and it only lasted for 20 years when it was really peaceful.
This witch doctor, who is also the sister of the high priest of the Reyi tribe, has an unusual identity, and her witchcraft is even more indistinct, who knows what kind of purpose she entered Dayue with.
And the witchcraft of Beiqiang has always been rumored to be miraculous, and it is said that it can turn the living into puppets under a spell, and it can also bring the dead back to life, and it can also make the two people exchange bodies.
This kind of strange power and chaos has always been a taboo for emperors, especially in the Dayue Dynasty, because of the scourge of witches in all dynasties, many people have been connected.
Now believe in Buddhism, witch Gu is even more untouchable in this dynasty, and even after the princess who came with her relatives died violently due to illness, there was once a rumor among the people that this concubine Chen Guifei was discovered because of the Gu harm, and was secretly given death by the saint today, of course, this kind of rumor, because the government came forward to suppress and guide, was quickly covered by other rumors.
Although it is important to wake up Tong Shuang, General Weiyuan and Tong Jingxuan are the generals who guard the frontier, and the other is the commander of the 30,000 forbidden troops in the capital.
"Brother Shuo is kind, and he is very grateful for his brother. However, this shrine maiden's identity is too sensitive, and she is afraid that she should not show up in Kyoto. Tong Jingxuan saw General Weiyuan's wife speak, and said with a serious face.
"Then we don't care about embroidery? Since she is not fit to enter Beijing, can we send Xiuxiu out of the capital for this witch doctor girl to see? Tong Xue has been looking for these days, and she hasn't even seen the shadow of the "Jingzhen" monk, and now a witch doctor has finally appeared, and she wants to try it.
"The brother of this witch doctor girl is said to have disappeared in the capital, so she is determined to come to the capital, and we can't stop her."
How could Lu Guishuo not know the key, but he was a military general, who came from a bloody battle, and he was young and vigorous, so he was more unruly than ordinary people.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
"In that case, why don't you let this girl finish her business and find her brother first?" Tong Jingxuan pondered for a while and said.
"Hmmm! That's how it should be! Mrs. Weiyuan also said on the side.
Lu Guishuo was a little helpless on his face, but there was no room for refutation, so he nodded in response.
The Beiqiang people have high noses and deep eyes, and their facial features are more three-dimensional than those of the Dayue people, and they are also more beautiful.
If this shrine maiden enters Beijing, it will not be long before she attracts the attention of all forces, and it will soon reach the ears of Imagami.
If this is a resigned attitude towards this witch, then it will not be too late for the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion to come forward to welcome you into the mansion as a guest.
At that moment, Lu Guishuo wrote a letter, sincerely expressing his apologies to the witch doctor girl of the Reyi tribe, and invited her to come to the cold house as a guest after finding her brother.
For fear that the letter would fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives and cause unnecessary trouble, Lu Guishuo did not mention his name in the letter, nor did he mention the Weiyuan General's Mansion or the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Tong Xue knew that this matter was not easy to be in a hurry, so she kept her temper and did not act in private.
After talking about Tong Shuang, Tong Jingxuan and Lu Guishuo returned to the study to talk about other private matters.
Tong Xue was in the hall drinking tea with General Weiyuan's wife.
He Yongchan looked a little tired because she was frightened, and after sitting for a while, she said goodbye and went back to the house.
Tong Xue accompanied General Weiyuan's wife with a few pastries, and listened to General Weiyuan's wife complain about her uncle Lu Guishuo, so she mentioned it and went to the garden.
In June, the lotus flowers bloomed just right, and a lake was specially carved out of the back garden of General Weiyuan's mansion, which was full of lotus flowers.
It is no secret that He Yongchan loves Lian, so Tong Xue guessed that she would be in the Lotus Pavilion eight times out of ten.
When Tong Xue walked on the path leading to the center of the lake, she saw two little girls guarding outside the pavilion, and He Yongchan leaned on the pavilion pillar, looking at the slim lotus flowers in the middle of a turquoise lotus leaf in a daze.
"Aunt He?" The fragrance of lotus flowers came to her face, Tong Xue took a deep breath of sweet air, and shouted crisply.
"It's Ah Jin? Come and sit! He Yongchan turned her head and smiled at Tong Xue.
Her face is beautiful, her smile is gentle, her voice is soft, giving people a very gentle feeling, and at the same time, the whole person seems to be wrapped in a layer of shallow sadness.
Tong Xue approached briskly, intimately holding He Yongchan's arm, and sitting on the stone bench beside her.
"Aunt He, look! I found something amazing! ”
Tong Xue stretched out a hand and pointed to the lotus flower in the distance, with a happy look on her face, but her head involuntarily approached He Yongchan, her lips were almost close to her ear, and she said in a crisp and deliberately low voice unique to the girl: "My uncle who died early was killed by your own hands!" ”
He Yongchan originally followed the direction of her finger and looked into the distance, but suddenly became hazy.
She looked at the green and delicate in front of her with a dull face, and her eyes seemed to lose focus, and she couldn't see anything.
"Ah Jin is messing around again! There was nothing in the distance. He Yongchanqiang said with a smile.
However, Tong Xue was next to her, half of her body was almost attached to her, and naturally she didn't miss the moment when her arm suddenly stiffened.