Chapter 169: Auxiliary
Helian died overnight, and Cheng Ji, who broke into Helian Mansion, was captured alive by the garrison guards and charged with the crime of rebelling against the party, and Cheng Ji, who was the leader of the rebel party, was soon imprisoned for the crime of murdering important ministers of the court.
Until the moment when the heavy soldiers raided his home and went to prison in embarrassment, Cheng Ji has been regretting that he was carried away by hatred and acted too hastily, but he never thought that he was taking the blame for others, just because he was too different, the emperor naturally couldn't tolerate him.
At this point, the successive downfalls of the Liang family and Helian Note all mean that the political situation of the Western Dynasty is about to change dramatically, but some people in Shengning Palace are still unaware of it, immersed in self-fantasy and complacent.
On the barren mountain, the man stood near the cliff, and the salty wind rushed up from the bottom of the cliff, blowing through his peerless face, blowing the corners of his clothes and the flowing black hair behind him.
He was still wearing the wedding dress, and he was still holding the blood-stained Xipa tightly in his hand, and his cold gaze looked farther through the magnificent surface of the sleeping river, and finally slowly retracted.
"Although the rainy season has passed at this time, the water potential of the Mian River is not reduced when it rains, so turbulent, the undercurrent is dangerous, and this cliff is dangerous, no one can leave here alive!" The one who spoke was the general of the city defense battalion, who was close to the sixtieth year, tall and thin, and couldn't help but look like a wind, but he was a capable general under Wu Zuogu.
Helian Che didn't say a word, but the expression on his face was extremely heavy.
Tokyo City is not small, it is not big, there are only two ways out of the city, that is, the city gates are distributed in the east and west respectively, and Helian Mansion is located in the center of Tokyo City, if the person who robbed the blue kite wants to go out of the city, then whether it is the east gate or the west gate, there will inevitably be traces along the way.
Most of the city defense battalions are elite soldiers and strong generals, but they have searched all night with all their manpower and material resources, but there are no clues about her in the city.
Helian Che had also suspected that perhaps the Assassin had other accomplices who had taken the kite and left the city directly.
But it happened that before the closure of the city last night, except for those who delivered swill, no one entered or left the east gate and the west gate of the city.
Since there is no exit from the city gate, and there is no trace in the city, there is only one road to the cliff.
He didn't want to miss any chance he might find her.
The eyes were heavy and he commanded: "Come on, get the rope, the gondola!" Ben is going to sleep in the river! ”
"Lord Helian! This...... This is the hinterland of the Sleeping River, shaped like a ghost wolf, extremely dangerous, you are now a trusted minister in front of the palace, you must not act hastily! ”
"I don't have to persuade anymore!"
Even if he died, he must not let her be alone again!
"This ......" The old general couldn't stop it, so he could only sigh heavily, secretly saying that this young lieutenant was still too childlike after all.
At this moment, the herald trotted over and waved at Helian Che: "Lord Qiqi Helian, there is news from the city, Concubine Han Guifei invites you to go to Wangjiang Tower, there is something important to discuss, it is about the green kite girl." ”
"What do you say? Han Guifei? The old general was even more surprised than Helian Che.
There are three layers of garrisons on the periphery of Wangjiang Tower.
In the private room of the top pavilion, the concubine was close to the palace maid in lotus clothes, and her chin was lowered and her eyebrows were lowered to Helian Chefu, who walked in.
"Concubine Niangniang!" Helian Che made a gesture, his voice was calm, and he couldn't distinguish his emotions.
"Lord Helian doesn't need to be polite."
Han Shili was sitting behind the emerald feather curtain, raising his eyes to look at the tall figure of the man on the curtain.
"I don't know what the concubine is teaching?"
After pondering for a while, Han Shili finally spoke: "Lord Helian, it stands to reason that you and I have different identities, and it should be taboo to meet in private, but it is about Qingyu, she is my friend, I have to intervene, Lord Helian, please let her go." ”
This sentence is very pertinent and concise.
Helian Che raised his eyes sharply and looked at the thin figure behind the curtain, his eyes were cold, but his thin lips deliberately evoked a confused smile: "What is the concubine Niangniang talking about?" Please forgive your majesty for not understanding! The green kite is the wife of the subordinate Ming Media, what is there between the husband and wife that cannot be let go? ”
Han Shili took a deep breath, since he wanted to embarrass Qing Kite, as Qing Kite's friend, he must have helped her.
So he picked out: "Lord Helian, I know what happened last night, Helian Taishi is dead, the rebel party was arrested, although the soldiers are deployed all over the city to hunt down the remnants of the rebellious party, but in fact they are looking for someone, you and I know very well, I have not known Qingkite for a long time, but she is my only friend, I will never allow anyone to hurt her for half a point!" ”
The tone was sharp, and for the first time, a resolute look appeared on the sickly face.
Helian Che narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of speculation flowed through his eyes, and asked tentatively: "The noble concubine said that she had something to discuss with me about the green kite, do you know where she is?" ”
Speaking of this, Han Shili's resolute expression was slightly confused in an instant, and his eyes that were not good at lying were wandering, but thinking that the green kite was hanging by a thread, he forced himself to calm down again, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I know!" ”
"Where is she?" Helian Che asked nervously.
"I won't tell you, she doesn't want to see you."
"Concubine Niangniang!" Helian Che frowned, suddenly knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and said sincerely: "Your Majesty begs Niang Niang to tell Your Majesty!" ”
"Now you know what to ask me for?" Han Shili changed his previous weak appearance, sneered, and said sharply: "Why didn't you think about whether she would forgive you when you hurt her and used her?" Did you know that she almost died! Die at the wedding you promised her! So you don't deserve to know her whereabouts! ”
Every word was as sharp as a knife, piercing him in the heart.
Helian Che's eyes showed deep pain, and he couldn't say half a word of prayer for forgiveness, Han Shili was right, all this was his fault, he deserved to die.
But he really couldn't just give up on the kite.
"Concubine Han, I beg you, please tell me where she went!"
Han Shili got up slowly, and Lianyi, the personal palace maid in front of the curtain, immediately went over to support her as soon as she saw her master move.
"Helian Che, Helian Che, why did you bother in the first place when you knew this?"
The woman's face was expressionless, and she slowly paced to the front of the curtain, looking at this man who had removed the mask and had a handsome face, his face was full of grief and remorse at the moment, and his heavy mood suddenly relaxed a little.
It is not difficult to see from his appearance that Helian Che really loves Qing Kite, she doesn't know what happened between the two at the wedding scene last night, but she guesses that most of it is a misunderstanding, these two are so concerned about each other, Qing Kite will forgive him one day.
But now, since the green kite has a request for herself, she still has to do what the green kite wants.
"Okay," after a long time, Han Shili sighed softly, and finally couldn't bear to say: "Don't look for her, she has already left Tokyo City, and you can't find her." ”
"What did you say?" Helian Che raised his head, looked at Han Shili's sickly pale face, and asked nervously, "Where did she go?" ”
Han Shili raised his head, looked out of the door, and said calmly: "I don't know, maybe the sunset on Cangshan Mountain enters the sea current, maybe the lonely smoke of the desert is accompanied by stars." ”
Hearing this, Helian Che fell into deep thought, and Huo Ran looked up slightly puzzled: "How do you know?" ”
"Because ......" Han Shili paused, and smiled lightly: "Because I sent her away, yesterday I sent the green kite to get married and then went back to Taicheng Mansion, and when I returned to the palace at night, I happened to meet the chivalrous man who rescued her, we hired a swill truck, and hid her under the car." ”
A word to wake up the dreamer.
Helian Che suddenly realized, and thought distractedly.
yes, swill truck, how did he forget such an important thing as a swill truck?
In the end, she was in a hurry, and she didn't associate her with the swill cart at all, but she forgot that now in her heart, he had become her murderer, and she couldn't hide from him and hate him, so how could she go out of the city gate openly?
No, he must chase her back! Otherwise, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
Helian Che's eyes were resolute, and he didn't have time to say goodbye to Han Shili, so he got up and left quickly.
Han Shili smiled, looking at the appearance of the man in a happy dress rushing out of the gate and going to the city gate in a hurry, there was a faint trace of envy in his heart.
"You say what a calm person Helian Che is on weekdays, it is just a trivial thing for him that the sky falls, and now he is so flustered, so afraid of losing someone, it is really rare. The green kite is really lucky. ”
Compared with himself, Han Shili's eyes that seemed to dissolve all the good things in the world showed a strong self-deprecation.
"Niangniang......" Lianyi couldn't bear it.
Dissipating the bad mood, Han Shili finally smiled weakly, and said tiredly: "It's been too long since I came out today, I'm tired, go back to the palace!" ”
Under the mouth of the barren mountain near the cliff, the Sleeping River is turbulent, constantly lapping the smooth wall of the cliff, flying up a layer of vast water mist, floating into a cave in the cliff leisurely, as if covering this mysterious cave with a veil, adding a mysterious atmosphere.
It is dangerous here, it is a stroke of nature's miraculous workmanship, it is only ten meters away from the barren mountain cliff mouth and the Mianhe River, and it is in the middle of the cliff.
Due to the knife-shaped plane of the cliff, this cave seems to have been dug into thin air, so when viewed from above, it is perfectly hidden, and nothing can be seen at all.
This is also the reason why Helian Che didn't find out.
At the beginning, Wanyan Naqi sneaked into Tokyo, in order to avoid the tracking of the Western Dynasty, relying on his mastery of water, he decided to let go and dive into the sleeping river.
Unexpectedly, when he climbed down from the cliff with his claws, he accidentally discovered this cave outside the world.
The four attendants from the east, west, north and south guarded the entrance of the cave, secretly glanced at Ye Lingyi, who was still unconscious, and then looked at Wan Yan Naqi, who was leaning on the stone wall and closing his eyes to recuperate, and said with a smile: "Third prince, you are really like a god!" If you hadn't sent that letter to the palace of the Western Dynasty to bring rescue troops, I'm afraid we would have been discovered by Helian Che. ”
Wan Yan Naqi slowly opened his eyes, and the bottom of his eyes was cold.
Memories of last night's broken house.
"I know a place where even immortals can't find it." After Yan Naqi said with a deep face, he glanced at Le Ya and Ye Lingyi, who was unconscious in her arms, and changed his words, and said: "But Helian Che's city is quite deep, Tokyo City is so big, and there is no trace of the east and west gates, so he will inevitably think of barren mountains, so, someone must help us divert his attention, this person should be close to the green kite, so that Helian Che will not suspect it." ”
"Close relationship? But apart from me and Ye Cheng, she doesn't seem to have a particularly good ......" When Le Ya was distressed, her eyes suddenly brightened: "There is!" Han Guifei! ”
"Concubine?" Wan Yan Naqi expressed doubts that a noble concubine would have a close relationship with a maidservant?
"Hmm!" Le Ya nodded like pounded garlic.
Wan Yan was suspicious and interested: "But do you know how to contact this Han Guifei?" ”
"That's easy!" Le Ya smiled happily, "I know her maid Xin'er, who is her maid, and I can write down the original situation and solutions one by one, and bring Tuo Xin'er into the palace." ”