Chapter 55: Who is the Cicada?
Seeing that Shui Hua agreed, Ruoxi smiled and said, "Your Highness, as long as Situ Ao wants to put me to death, you can add fuel to the fire." ”
Since Situ Ao already knew that Ling Ruoxi knew about his collaboration with the enemy, he would definitely not let her get out of the prison alive. "So whether I plead guilty or not, Situ Ao will make a false confession and put me to death."
"If this matter is reported to the Holy Hearing, I am afraid that there will be many variables, Situ Ao is cautious, and he will definitely do it before." Wah Shui Road.
"That's right." Ruoxi nodded, just as she thought. "Situ Ao has placed a lot of spies in both the New Army and the Red Flame Army, and I have instructed Changfeng, Jing Yuan, and others to pay attention to the state of the army. At that time, His Highness hinted that Situ Ao would cause turmoil in the army, and the two armies could be wiped out in one fell swoop. ”
It is easy to expose Situ Ao's true face, but it is not easy to find out Nancang's secret stake in Kyoto. These days, in the prison, Ruoxi has thought about this matter back and forth I don't know how many times. "As for Nancang's spies, I think I already have eyebrows." Nancang hid the hidden stake in secret, but in the end, he couldn't escape the eyes and ears of Fengqi Pavilion.
Shui Hua looked at the three words written on the table by Ruoxi dipped in water, and knew it in his heart. "Your Highness only needs to send someone to keep an eye on here, and you can follow the vine and touch the melon, and annihilate all the dark piles in the southern cang."
"You, you, you have a good plan everywhere, have you ever thought that now that you are in prison and seriously injured, you are the most dangerous person."
"Your Highness, rest assured."
Nangong Shuihua has been delayed here for a long time, and if he stays any longer, he is afraid that it will arouse Situ Ao's suspicion. "Then I'll go first."
"Your Highness," Ruoxi suddenly called out to Shui Hua, and only after half a sound did a word float out, and I don't know if Shui Hua heard it clearly, "Your Majesty's safety will be handed over to you." ”
As Ruoxi expected, Situ Ao was exposed to the old bottom, and he couldn't bear it, so after a torture, Ruoxi fell into a coma, and forcibly let her press her handprint and draw a detention.
"Xiangye, wait a minute." Situ Ao took the confession and couldn't wait to enter the palace. Wait a little longer, the more dangerous it will be, and he must get rid of Ling Ruoxi's scourge as soon as possible. But he didn't think about it, as soon as he entered the palace, he was stopped by Luo Feng. "I've seen Xiangye, my master said that you should move to the East Palace, and you have important matters to discuss."
Situ Ao recognized that the person in front of him was the prince's personal guard. Although he and the prince are in the same boat now, he now has more important things to do, where can he take care of the East Palace. "Please tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that the old minister has an urgent matter now, and he will visit him later."
"Xiangye stays. My master said that if you want to bring down the one in prison in one fell swoop, you better see him first. ”
Luo Feng's words successfully stopped Situ Ao's footsteps, followed Luo Feng, and came to the East Palace.
"Xiangye hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint, presumably he has already received a confession?" Shui Hua saw the confession hidden in Situ Ao's sleeve early, and asked deliberately. "Now that you and I are in the same boat, I don't go around in circles with the right side. Based on the confession in Xiangye's hand alone, I am afraid it will be difficult for Ling Ruoxi to die. ”
What the prince said, Situ Ao never thought of it. It's just that now that Ling Ruoxi knows his secret, just in case, get rid of Ruoxi as soon as possible, this risk is still worth it.
"What do you think, Your Highness?" When Situ Ao came, he was still thinking in his heart, worried that Nangong Shuihua would do bad things, but now it seems that he is too worried.
"I heard that Ling Ruoxi has a good way to control her, and the soldiers below have always forbade her, and they worship her very much. Xiangye, you said, if they knew that Ling Ruoxi was about to be executed, what would they do? ”
Shui Hua stepped down from the main seat, attached to Situ Ao's ear, and whispered: "The most taboo thing for the imperial uncle is that the military power is greater than the imperial power. ”
The two faced each other like this, and at the same time showed a smug smile. "Your Highness is thoughtful, and the old minister admires it."
Shui Hua was not polite, and accepted Situ Ao's praise with peace of mind, "Uncle Huang, he has his own Shui Hua arrangement." As for the rest, it's troublesome. ”
Ruoxi's guess was indeed correct, this Situ Ao did install people in the two armies. Just now, Shui Hua deliberately hinted that Situ Ao would start with the two armies, but Situ Ao did not hesitate at all. If it weren't for the internal response, how would he do it?
"Luo Feng, you go and listen to the Yuge staring in person, the front and back doors are tightly watched, and you have to report if there is any trouble."
"Yes."
On that day in the prison, Ruoxi wrote the three words "Listening to the Rain Pavilion". This Tingyu Pavilion has always been mysterious, and no one has ever known who the boss behind this is. It's not that no curious people have checked it, but they haven't found anything after checking it around, and after a long time, they gave up this idea. Unexpectedly, this would be Nancang's dark pile.
Other people's hidden piles, I wish they were hidden in the hollows of the trees, so that no one would find out, but Nancang did the opposite, so that this dark pile opened its doors with great fanfare, and it became the most luxurious restaurant in Kyoto. Also, it is a good place to listen to the news from all walks of life and officials from all walks of life here.
These many things were also figured out by Ruoxi after thinking hard for several days in the prison.
The matter of Fengqi Pavilion, if someone hadn't reported it, it would definitely not have been known to Situ Ao. And in the entire Fengqi Pavilion, only six people who have seen their true faces and know their identities are Feng He, Jing Jiu, Su Ye, Changfeng, Shadow and Mo Ze. Feng He, Su Ye, and Jing Jiu are all people left behind by Haochu, and they are people in the rivers and lakes, so they can't get involved in Situ Ao's line no matter what. As for Shadow and Changfeng, one is Haochu's secret guard, and the other admires him, and these two have neither a position to help Situ Ao, nor a handle for Situ Ao to handle. The only thing left is Moze.
That day, Ruoxi happened to hear a comment from a subordinate, saying that Mo Ze was very close to Lu Wan. After a while, the figure disappeared, and he nervously searched around.
In addition, Mo Ze's state that night was really wrong, and he was absent-minded, Ruoxi suspected that Situ Ao might have threatened Mo Ze with Lu Wan.
Mo Ze has followed Ruoxi since the beginning when Ruoxi took over the Red Flame Army. What kind of character Mo Ze is, no one knows better than Ruoxi. That day, Mo Ze followed Qin Jingyuan to the prison, his expression was strange, his eyes were evasive, Ruoxi concluded that this matter had nothing to do with Mo Ze, and he was designed by his own pillow person.
In the final analysis, this matter is strange, after all, Mo Ze and Lu Wan are also a bridge for her.
When the new army was training, Ruochen secretly told Ruoxi in private that there seemed to be something wrong with Lu Wan.
The most needed medicinal materials in the army are hemostatic ones, such as Baiji, Panax notoginseng, and Ulmus vulgaris. These are just ordinary medicinal materials, not to mention doctors, but anyone with a brain, who has seen it a few times, can also recognize it. But Lu Wan, a miracle doctor who is not lazy or even good, has repeatedly made mistakes.
"Sister, although these two herbs look similar, they are good medicines for invigorating blood. If it is used for wounded soldiers who need to stop bleeding, I am afraid that it will aggravate the condition. It stands to reason that with Sister Luwan's medical skills, she would not make such a mistake, which is very strange. ”
Ruoxi pulled the stall of medicinal herbs in front of him thoughtfully. Whether this Lu Wan was an unintentional mistake or a deliberate act is really doubtful.
"Chen'er, don't make a noise about this matter. You just need to make sure that there are no problems with the medicinal materials in the military doctor's department, and leave the rest to me, and remember not to let Lu Wan see anything unusual. ”
That is to say, from that time, Ruoxi began to secretly observe Lu Wan, until Ruoxi found out that Lu Wan was secretly taking contraceptive drugs, and Ruoxi concluded that Lu Wan was probably deliberately placed in the general's mansion.
Because of Mo Ze's face, and because Lu Wan has not made any big moves, Ruoxi didn't pierce this layer of window paper, but just avoided her on confidential matters.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wan was able to design this scene to force Mo Ze to comply, and she can be regarded as a ruthless master.
In the past few days, the secret guards of the General's Mansion have restricted her movements, and Lu Wan guessed that her identity should have been exposed. However, Lu Wan didn't do anything, she continued as usual every day, and she didn't see any panic at all, but there was a little sense of decomposition.
On this kind of day, she has long had enough, and it may not be a good thing to get rid of it as soon as possible, the only regret is that she is afraid that she will lose Mo Ze.
As Ruoxi expected, Situ Ao followed Shui Hua's advice and spread the news of Ruoxi's imminent execution among the Red Flame Army and the New Army.
Qin Jingyuan, Yuan Hao, and Changfeng had already discussed it, and on the surface, they not only allowed but also encouraged these rumors, and behind the scenes, they detained the first personnel of each battalion to spread the rumors for interrogation. It is not in vain that Situ Ao has endured for so many years, and he has placed so many people in the two armies. From the generals to the Huotou camp, there are his people.
The atmosphere in Kyoto has been tense these days.
Ling Ruoxi was rescued in prison, and the emperor was furious and wanted the forbidden army to search for him throughout the city. These little people didn't know what was going on, but they also sensed a hint of nervousness, and all the families closed their doors early, guarding their wives and children.
This night, for ordinary people, is just an ordinary night; But for some people, this night is destined to be bloody.
The person who robbed Ling Ruoxi left physical evidence in the prison, pointing directly at the Red Flame Army. The emperor was furious and wanted to reorganize the Red Flame Army and the New Army, and removed several generals from their posts and detained them in a row.
And the generals of these two armies refused to admit the robbery to death, and insisted that the emperor killed loyal ministers indiscriminately and wronged their own commanders, and riots broke out frequently, and there was a faint tendency to rebel.
"Master, Murong Changfeng and the Red Flame Army have already besieged the imperial city, saying that as long as Nangong Chen releases Ling Ruoxi, he will immediately apologize with death."
A masked man sat in the shadows, through the mask, he couldn't see his true face, but he felt that the eyes that were exposed made people look cold.
"Hmph, I'm afraid that Ling Ruoxi has already become a lonely ghost at this moment, where are they going to meet people. Go and tell them that Ling Ruoxi had already been killed by Emperor Li. Also, how is Situ Ao's side? The man in black asked.
"Twenty dead soldiers have already followed Situ Ao into the palace, waiting for an opportunity to get rid of Emperor Lihuang and the crown prince."
"Good!" Everything was under control, and the man in black continued: "Let's go, take someone to rescue Lu Wan." "He has been lurking in this foreign country for so many years, and in order to complete his great cause, he even did not hesitate to send his own woman to another man's bed, this great shame, today, he will have to get it back several times.