Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wicked Man
The next morning, Shengge went out, and I was bored in the house, scratching my heart and lungs, and fidgeting.
At noon, Shengge came back and asked me for the cui whistle he got from Tang Zhaoyu, and left.
I forced myself to stabilize my mind and take care of the events of the past few days.
First, we must solve the matter of Gu poison in the body, and solve the problem of entering the palace.
Second, you must find out your own life experience, find Bao and Xiaomu in the solution, and approach King Zhannan to find clues
Third, we must help Shengge find treasure clues Solution··· Gain the trust of the King of Zhannan and get the help of the troops.
These three things are difficult, but they are intertwined and can be carried out in parallel and advanced at the same time.
Sheng Ge and Po are the only people I can trust.
Zhan Xiao and Tang Zhaoyu can also be trusted for the time being, but they can't expose too much.
After thinking clearly, my heart is at ease.
In the evening, there was a mess in the front yard, and I walked to the front yard, and no one stopped me along the way.
A strong smell of blood came to his face, and he walked into the house with the smell of blood, and saw a person lying in the inner room, covered in blood, and the second prince pressed him, and the person next to him seemed to be using a golden needle to stop the bleeding of the lying person.
"It's just an arm, and that's fine." The man on the bed was wearing a mask, but the voice was familiar.
The second prince frowned: "Nonsense! Seeing me come in, he said in a deep voice: "Come and help"
I hurriedly stepped forward.
"Hold him by the legs"
I grabbed the man's leg and looked up. The man on the bed had his left arm cut off from his shoulder, severed his muscles and bones, and showed signs of poisoning.
This arm is categorically unattached.
The golden needle pierced his left shoulder, and some of the black blood was removed.
"Can you bear it?"
The man nodded silently, turning his head away from his wound.
The golden needle pierced his wound eleven times, and finally no black blood came out.
The doctor finished medicating the wound, bandaged it, and then retreated.
The man in the bed was so tired that he fell asleep.
I looked at the mask on his face, and I was a little scared in my heart, this person's body shape and voice were a bit like Bao's.
The second prince left the bedside and walked to the outer room.
I rubbed my numb arm and walked over slowly.
"Are you afraid?"
"Some..."
I frowned, and my little face was serious: "Who is this person?" ”
"A Friend"
Oh...
"You're playing well."
Did he recognize me?
"Thank you..."
Zhan Xiao smiled silently, I saw that he looked strange, and I was a little suspicious in my heart, but I didn't dare to think deeply.
Since I saw him torture Li's mother that day, I always felt that he had a cloudy temperament and was a little afraid of him.
"Why are you so easily distracted?"
What the?
"Don't you want to know who the person in the bed is?"
I think, but I don't dare to mess with you, I'm not easy to be led astray, I simply don't dare to disobey you, okay?
"I want to..."
"Then why don't you ask again?"
"You don't want to say, and you don't necessarily tell the truth if I ask."
Zhan Xiao looked at me with his eyes like torches, as if he was looking at something rare.
This brother and sister are both human spirits, who knows what he is calculating now, I am a little annoyed that why he didn't inherit his mother's intelligence?
"I know what you're thinking," Zhan Xiao still stared at me with a fierce gaze.
"Oh?"
"If you want to know if he's your old friend, go and lift the mask yourself and see."
"Don't look at it, it's not"
Zhan Xiao raised his eyebrows again: "So sure?" ”
"If it's an old man, if he wants me to know, I'll know sooner or later. If you don't want me to know, then I don't want to know. ”
"Even if he wears a mask, he naturally doesn't want people to see his appearance, so why should I be strong?"
"I didn't even see it, you are also a wonderful person, no wonder Shengge likes you."
Zhan Xiao's voice was slightly feminine, and I listened to the hairs trembling a little, this person was really gloomy.
"In the future, you will also call me second brother with Shengge..."
"It's not appropriate, after all, the lord of the country hasn't recognized Shengge's identity yet."
I paused for a moment, and then said, "Even if I admit it, it's better for you and me to avoid suspicion." ”
Zhan Xiao stopped looking at me, and turned his head to look at the person lying on the bed in the inner room.
"You're smarter than you seem, but you're a bit stupid."
I tried to refute, but was interrupted by him.
"The great prince is coming tomorrow, let me tell you about the situation in the DPRK and China, since you are already an ally, don't drag me back."
Okay, you're the big guy, you're right.
The eldest prince and the eldest prince, you don't even call your eldest brother, and you're really not afraid of others saying that you don't respect your brother.
"In recent years, the health of King Zhannan has become worse and worse, and the matter of establishing a prince is imminent, and the highest voice in the court is the eldest prince, but the lord of the country does not want to set him up in his heart."
Don't even call your father? It seems that these two princes are not only not on good terms with their brothers, but also have a bad relationship with their fathers.
"Is that trying to set you up?" I shook my head and thought it was impossible.
If you want to set up a second prince, you won't push him to the border every year.
"Naturally it won't be me, my biological mother is not on good terms with him."
"That's the Third Prince?"
"Hmmm... The mother family of the third prince and concubine is quite powerful in the court, and Sheng Ge returned to the palace this time to make peace for her daughter. ”
"If you want to set up three princes, why do you want him to pick up Shengge?"
"The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits."
"The more fierce the battle between the eldest prince and the third prince, the more stable the throne of King Zhannan will be now."
It's really difficult to be a child of this royal family, and he intrigues every day to calculate his brothers and sisters and his own father.
"Sheng Ge went to great lengths to find this treasure to protect you as the throne, right?"
"I have no interest in this throne."
Creak? A prince who doesn't want to be an emperor is not a good prince!
"This world needs a lord who is aspiring to love the people, not a twitchy person like me"
This prince, you have analyzed your own positioning very accurately.
"You? Why bother to say this to yourself... Everyone is here to live... What's so treacherous..."
Zhan Xiao glanced at me with a smile and said, "You don't have to comfort me, just take care of yourself." ”
"You bring treasure tokens into the palace, and the attention of all forces is on you, not only the Warring States, but also other countries."
"The husband is not guilty, and you should understand the truth of guilt."
"Sheng Ge has already spread the news that you are going to enter the palace to offer treasures, although we are not at peace on the way back to the palace, but the forces of all parties check and balance each other, and there will be no big security problems for the time being."
"Sheng Ge has found a suitable escort for you, you must remember to protect yourself along the way."
It seems that Sheng Ge didn't tell Zhan Xiao everything, this suitable guard is Tang Zhaoyu.
"Don't get too close to me along the way, so as not to arouse suspicion."
Big brother, you're too worried, don't you dare to let me get close to you?
"I've arranged it over there in the pear orchard, if you go back tomorrow, the third prince will go to the pear orchard to pick you up, you just have to go with the third prince."
"After tomorrow, you will officially enter the battle for imperial power, and now it's too late to withdraw, have you thought about it?"
Sheng Ge didn't even tell Zhan Xiao about the Holy Gu!
Stand out, I've got to live!
"Don't worry, you won't regret it." What I said in this sentence is majestic and high-spirited, and I have to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire!
Zhan Xiao looked at me in a daze for a long time, and slowly exhaled for a long time: "Now that you have made up your mind, then let's go." ”
I bowed to him and looked up and smiled, "See you in three days." ”