Chapter 45: Unraveling the Fog 1
When Elegy returned to the house, Luo Yanchuan and Po had already left.
She was quite confused today, either sleeping or eating, and she didn't pay attention to the assassination and the sudden arrival of the eldest lady of the Bai family in Luocheng.
But she didn't expect that the next day, Ning Yuanxing would help her sort out all these things.
In the hall of the Castle Lord's Mansion.
An Ziyan's face was gloomy and almost dripping, Ning Yuanxing let Elegy sit next to him, Bai Ziru sat opposite, and next to her was Luo Yanchuan.
Elegy doesn't know what role Luo Yanchuan plays in this, but he seems to have a lot to do with An Ziyan.
Soon, a man in tattered clothes was lifted up by two guards, and then he was slammed to the ground, and the man coughed and struggled to stand up, revealing a face that was half so pale that there was not a trace of blood.
Ning Yuanxing asked her, "Do you remember this person?" ”
Elegy nodded in astonishment, she remembered that this person was Liu Quan, the deputy commander of the Red Guard, in her impression, this was a heroic young man, but now he looked like a wolf, and she didn't know what happened to him, "What did he do?" ”
"Fellow Assassins." Ning Yuanxing replied lightly.
Elegy was surprised and not surprised by this answer, she actually felt that something was wrong that night.
The first wave of assassins failed to assassinate, so he arrived with his man Shi Shiran, and directly asked for the long sword in her hand, so that when the second wave of assassins arrived, she didn't even have room to fight back.
This is not the point, the key is that there is such a big movement, but there is not a single pedestrian on the street, and the people in red clothes are like the world has evaporated, and they have not come to support at all, obviously they have been purged by a certain force, if it is not for someone who has a certain amount of power in Luocheng, it is impossible to do this.
And these two points are combined, and Liu Quan, who is the deputy commander of the Red Guard, happens to be able to do it.
Because of this, he became an accomplice to the Assassins, and Elegy was not surprised.
"Colluding with traitors to murder the princess, Liu Quan, who gave you the guts?" An Ziyan asked coldly.
Liu Quan coughed violently again, his mouth was full of blood foam, and his mouth was full of water, it could be seen that he had been tortured for a while, but he smiled and said, "City Lord, didn't you give the villain the guts?" ”
"What did you say?" An Ziyan's eyes narrowed, and her cold face was full of anger.
"Liu Quan is just a dog who works for people." Liu Quan sneered, "Princess Zhen Ning corrupted the atmosphere and was despised by the people of the world, taking advantage of her separation from the prime minister, she bought off the killer to get rid of her, didn't you tell Liu Quan to do it?" Why is it that now that things are in trouble, you have to cross the river and tear down the bridge? ”
"Full of nonsense!" An Ziyan slapped his palm on the table in anger, and the tea in the cup shook. He turned to the elegy and said, "Princess, the minister has never said these words, and please ask the princess to know it." ”
Elegy glanced at An Ziyan, ignoring his anger, then looked at Liu Quan again, and asked lightly: "Liu Quan, what is the reason why the city lord of An asked you to kill Gu?" ”
Liu Quan didn't expect the elegy to ask questions, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The city lord can't get used to your style, plus you contradicted him yesterday, and you hold a grudge."
"Really? It turns out that you hate Lonely so much, Lord Ancheng? After listening to the elegy, he turned his head and said to An Ziyan, his face was still relaxed and natural, and he didn't seem to be angry.
An Ziyan's face turned a little red, and he said in a deep voice: "No, the minister." ”
"But didn't you speak rudely to Gu the day before yesterday, and even had to send off guests on the spot?" Elegy touched his chin and looked at An Ziyan playfully, admiring his expression of daring to be angry and not daring to speak.
She knew that An Ziyan would speak ill of her that day in order to test her, obviously, Liu Quan didn't know about it.
"The princess is wise! The city lord has a grudge against you because of this, and he often says behind his back how immoral and unorthodox you are, and if you lose the face of the royal family, it can be seen that he has long had bad intentions. ”
"Princess, the concubine thinks that this matter is secretly strange, and the lord of Ancheng acts above board, and will never do such a villain's thing." Bai Ziru suddenly interjected, Elegy glanced at her, answered lightly, she turned her head and asked Ning Yuanxing, "What does Cheng think about this matter?" ”
Ning Yuanxing raised his eyes to look at her, smiled slightly, and said, "What's so difficult to get him to tell the truth?" Arrest all the children of his family in front of him, tell a lie, and kill a person. ”
Liu Quan's face turned white when Ning Yuanxing said this.
Obviously, the tone of the words was so gentle, but the content of the words was difficult to compliment, and the elegy couldn't help but shudder, and sneered: "It's too extreme." ”
Ning Yuanxing still smiled, "This kind of person will only tell the truth if he has to suffer a little." ”
"No, no, no, let's be gentle." Elegy hurriedly said.
"Whatever you want." Ning Yuanxing is still amiable.
Seeing Ning Yuanxing compromise, Liu Quan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He sneered in his heart, this Princess Zhen Ning is really as rumored, she is a good-looking man who can make her soft-hearted, plus he looks good, he will definitely be able to win sympathy, maybe he will also use this to get rid of An Ziyan and become Princess Zhen Ning's guest of the scene.
Unexpectedly, the next words of the elegy surprised him.
"One person does things and one person is responsible, and Liu Quan's mistakes have nothing to do with his family." Elegy is a serious way.
"So?" Ning Yuanxing looked at her.
The elegy said lightly: "If he says a lie, he will remove one of his arms, and if he says two lies, he will take off a pair of them, and besides, then cut off his feet together." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at her as if they were frightened, as if she were some kind of flood beast.
Where is this method gentle?
Liu Quan's face turned white, and his heart beat a drum, but he still had a glimmer of hope, because Elegy didn't know whether his words were true or not, otherwise, there would not be this farce.
And Bai Ziru also thought of this, and she asked softly, "But how does the princess know the truth of Liu Quan's words?" ”
Elegy smiled slightly, red lips opened slightly, and said, "It depends on the mood." ”
For this reason, everyone was silent for a while.
Liu Quan understood that Elegy didn't believe his words at all, and now, he was probably just holding a playful mentality.
He was assigned two tasks, one was to kill Princess Zhen Ning and blame An Ziyan for all the crimes, and the other was that when the first task could not be completed, he insisted that An Ziyan instructed him, even if he couldn't blame the trouble, he had to separate the relationship between these people and make them unable to form an alliance.
But now it seems that these people have seen through it early on, and it is impossible to blame the discord.
However, if you want to kill Princess Zhen Ning, there is still a glimmer of hope.
A sinister flash flashed in Liu Quan's lowered eyes, but his face was full of righteousness, and he said, "Princess, there is evidence below that the city lord instructed me to assassinate you!" ”
"Huh? What evidence? Elegy looked at him.
Liu Quan said in a deep voice: "That thing was placed somewhere below, and the city lord heard that he had destroyed the evidence first, so he asked the princess to come over." ”