Chapter Eighty-Five: The Jade Seal of the Kingdom (Second Watch)
Gao Chi rarely saw Jiang Mei angry, and actually felt funny, he knew that no one could change what Jiang Mei decided, so he had to say: "Okay, Miss, I know I can't persuade you, but you just have to be careful." ”
Jiang Mei pointed to Jiuzhu in the corner and said, "It's enough to have him." ”
Gao Chi looked at Jiuzhu and saw that he was helpless, so he had to laugh dryly. Jiuzhu's kung fu is naturally relieved, he can be selected by the principal, and the person who is Jiang Mei's personal guard must be a leader.
Jiang Mei suddenly remembered something important, so she sat up straight and asked, "Can you let me see Yuan Zhen tonight?" I have something to ask him. ”
"Now? It's so late, isn't Miss Tomorrow still in a hurry? Gao Chi was a little worried, after all, it was cool in the middle of the autumn night.
"I slept all afternoon today, just so that I could see him at night, it's a big deal to sleep tomorrow as soon as I get on the boat, don't worry, I'm not that fragile." Jiang Mei was relieved that the most important thing she did when she came to Jiangzhou was to meet Yuan Zhen, who had been guarding the tomb for fourteen years instead of Yun Lingbo.
Gao Chi didn't have anything to do with her, he glanced at Jiuzhu again, and it happened that Jiuzhu also looked at him, and the two glanced at each other, as if they had a kind of helplessness to sympathize with each other.
Gao Chi sighed silently, thinking that there were a few people around her who could restrain her, if that was the case, she would not be Jiang Mei.
Just as Jiang Mei was pondering, Gao Chi obediently went back to the study to change clothes, and led Jiang Mei and Jiuzhu out of the secret room quietly.
In the Jiangzhou dungeon late at night, there was still a faint candlelight fluttering with the cold breeze, and the sharp sound of the dungeon iron door opening made the guards inside wake up from their dreams: It's so late, and there are still people coming to the dungeon? The cell boss was puzzled. I had to grab the candlelight and look at the door.
Just as he was about to walk towards the iron gate, a man in black came to him, holding a token dangling in front of his eyes, and said coldly: "Wait outside the door." As soon as the cell boss saw the token, he knew that it was from the General's Mansion, so he retreated outside the iron gate. And Jiuzhu also stood with him at the iron gate.
After a while, Jiang Mei, who was wrapped in a robe, and Gao Chi, who was dressed in a black shirt, came to the door. Jiang Mei glanced at the cell head lightly, and then strode in with Gao Chi.
Jiang Mei's steps were gentle, Gao Chi was a martial arts practitioner, and there was almost no sound in his footsteps, so when the two walked to the end of the cell, Yuan Zhen was still asleep.
After Gao Chi sent Jiang Mei to him, he followed Jiang Mei's wishes and left.
Jiang Mei took out a human skin mask from her sleeve, put it on gently, slowly turned around, and looked coldly at Yuan Zhen who was curled up in the corner of the bed, seeing that his hair was unkempt, his figure was a little rickety, and there was a hint of ridicule and sadness on the corner of his mouth. What is the difference between the former majestic general, who has now become a prisoner, and an ordinary bad old man.
"Yun Lingbo....How did he die?" Jiang Mei slowly called out in a deep voice, and the voice seemed to come from hell, cold as ice. Jiang Mei repeated a few sentences like that.
Yuan Zhen's body moved slightly, and after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw Jiang Mei in a white robe standing outside the cell, he was instantly frightened, thinking that he had seen a ghost,
"Who?" He panted in horror, "Are you a human or a ghost?" Yuan Zhen's pupils widened, and he touched the wall helplessly, as if he wanted to find a place to shelter, and finally had to wrap his body in a quilt, but he was still trembling with fright.
"Who am I?" Jiang Mei snorted coldly, "You don't need to know, if you want your son's life, answer my question obediently." Jiang Mei didn't plan to talk to him at all, so she got straight to the point.
"My son? What did you guys do to him? Yuan Zhen finally regained some sanity.
"Didn't you let your son Yuan Tao come to Jiangzhou to join you? Now that he's coming soon, do you want to see him? The corners of Jiang Mei's lips hooked up a touch of mockery, and she stared coldly at Yuan Zhendao.
Yuan Zhen's heart ached, could it be that Tao'er was captured?
"Who the hell are you? Who sent you? Gao Chi or Pei Yun? Yuan Zhen finally realized that the white-robed woman in front of him was not a ghost, but a human.
"Gao Chi? Pei Yun? Jiang Mei's tone was contemptuous, "They still instructed me not to move." Jiang Mei said as she walked back and forth in front of the prison door, "If you want your son to come to see you alive, cooperate with me honestly." ”
"Why should I trust you?" Yuan Zhen also sneered, he had gradually understood the situation at this time.
"Oh..."Jiang Mei seemed to react as well, "That's right." She said that she agreed with what Yuan Zhen said.
But in an instant, she flicked her fingers and shot a pill towards Yuan Zhen's nostrils.
Yuan Zhen didn't react for a while, choked on the pungent smell, and shivered.
"You... What are you doing? Yuan Zhen held on to the wall with one hand and pointed at Jiang Mei with the other, questioning.
"Hmph... You have been poisoned by the rivers and lakes 'phoenix marrow incense', if you don't tell the truth, you will die early tomorrow morning," Jiang Mei chuckled: "By the way, I'll let you see something again." ”
Jiang Mei opened a bag that Gao Chi had prepared earlier, and inside was a robe that Yuan Tao often wore, the robe was stained with blood, and Yuan Zhen was terrified for a while, because he knew that the robe was a garment that Yuan Tao's mother had sewn for him personally. After his mother died, he always carried it with him and wore it at all times.
"If you don't believe me, I'll show you another letter." As he spoke, he handed Yuan Zhen another letter, Yuan Zhen looked at the envelope by the faint candlelight, and saw at a glance that it was his son's handwriting, "Father opened it himself." ”
Yuan Zhen closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, only now did he regret a little, he shouldn't have let his son be involved, and at this moment he finally believed that Jiang Mei was holding his son's life in his hands.
After being silent for a long time, he finally spoke: "Say, what do you want?" The tone was tired and helpless.
Jiang Mei sneered leisurely: "It's very simple, where is the seal of our country?" ”
Yuan Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and his gray pupils shrank suddenly, "Guoxi? What is the state seal? "For many years, no one has mentioned this matter anymore, why did the woman in front of her ask about the whereabouts of the national seal.
"What other national seal can there be, of course, the national seal lost during the war in the Central Plains." Jiang Mei explained a little impatiently.
"Are you referring to the national seal that Yun Lingbo had in his private possession back then?" Yuan Zhen asked hoarsely in a low voice.
As soon as he mentioned the word 'Yun Lingbo', Jiang Mei's heart felt like being stung, "Exactly, after the death of the Yun family, won't the national seal fall into the hands of your Yuan family?" Jiang Mei sneered.
Yuan Zhen was a little foggy when he heard it, he thought carefully about Jiang Mei's words, and asked, "So you think that after Yun Lingbo's death, we won the national seal, and you threatened me with my son's life in order to get the national seal, right?" ”
"Didn't Yun Lingbo die under the calculations of your Yuan brothers and Pei Yun? You should have got it already, right? Jiang Mei had a hint of darkness in her eyes, and deliberately provoked him.
"Hmph..."Yuan Zhen was a little annoyed by her, "You're looking for the wrong person!" There was someone else who killed Yun Lingbo, and the national seal was not in our hands, my brother and Pei Yun were just pushing the boat down the river. Yuan Zhen pondered a little far away, this was more than ten years ago, and it seemed that he had to dig some distant fragments from the depths of his memory when he thought about it again.
Jiang Mei suppressed the pain and anger in her heart, and said contemptuously: "Who else can there be besides you?" After his death, the two of you brothers occupied Jingzhou, and Pei Yun was in charge. ”
Yuan Zhen straightened his unkempt hair and sneered: "Do you think that our brother wants to take Jingzhou?" ”
Jiang Mei squinted slightly, looking at him, thinking in her mind that his words were somewhat credible.
"Who else?" (To be continued.) )