I was taken aback and asked Ah Sleeve, "Ah Sleeve, who is he?" ”

Ah Sleeve stared at Qinglong with a cold expression and said, "He is my old friend when I was in the Tomb Mansion. ”

I instantly understood that these people were sent by Yuwen Hu.

"It's hard for you to remember that you came from Tsukazaifu, then do you still remember, those who betrayed Tsukazaifu will die!"

Qinglong looked at Ah Sleeve's eyes full of murderous intent, "You should have died a long time ago, you should have died seven years ago!" ”

Ah Sleeve's face was as gloomy as a gray sky, and she smiled bitterly: "I already knew that there would be this day." ”

"Qinglong, if you want to kill me, I can, but don't kill my sister!" At the mention of me, Ah Sleeve's voice shook.

"Don't worry, this sister of yours is older than you, Otsuka Zai is going to interrogate her personally, and she can't die for the time being." Qinglong said that, and then instructed the subordinates next to him: "You should be careful, don't hurt her life." ”

Ah Sleeve's expression was relaxed, but I became nervous, and shouted at Qinglong: "You can't kill Ah Sleeve!" ”

"Sister!"

As soon as I thought of what Ah Sleeve was about to face, I couldn't calm down anymore, and said to her: "Ah Sleeve, if you want to live, we all have to live!" ”

Ah Sleeve shook his head helplessly, "Sister, I can't survive, betraying Yuwen Hu is the only way to die!" ”

"You are self-aware. For the sake of us who once served Otsuka Zai together, I'll give you a happy death and drink it! Qinglong handed Ah Sleeve a small porcelain medicine bottle.

I saw Ah Sleeve resigned himself to take the medicine bottle, and hurriedly shouted: "Ah Sleeve, don't drink it!" ”

Ah Sleeve glanced at me, his eyes were full of sadness, and there was nostalgia, reluctance, and goodbye in his eyes.

Seeing that Ah Sleeve was about to drink the poison, my heart rose to my throat, "Ah Sleeve, don't!" ”

In desperation, I ignored the danger and pulled the sword off my neck. In the panic, my neck was scratched, my hand was cut, and I didn't feel any pain, and the intention to protect Ah Sleeve exceeded everything, I actually rushed to Ah Sleeve and knocked over the bottle of poison in Ah Sleeve's hand.

The powder was sprinkled on the ground, and Ah Sleeve exclaimed: "Sister! ”

"Ah Sleeve, my sister will take you away."

I took Sleeve's hand and ran away from the sword in desperation.

"Stop them, don't let them run!" Behind it was the shouting of the green dragon.

I ran desperately on the forest road with Ah Sleeve, and a man came up to stop me, and I kicked him over, grabbed his sword, stepped on him, and wiped his neck with a sword.

I have only one thought in my heart, I must protect Ah Sleeve's thoughtfulness, and no one is allowed to hurt my sister!

Another man rushed up, and I took Ah Sleeve behind me, and after a few strokes with him, a sword pierced his chest.

"Ahh

Ah Sleeve screamed, but it was another person who took advantage of my unpreparedness to hurt Ah Sleeve, I blocked it with a sword, and began to counterattack, I used treacherous swordsmanship to hit him so that he couldn't fight back, and a sword stabbed him in the heart.

"Ah Sleeve, let's go!"

Solve one, I pulled Ah Sleeve and continued to run.

However, those people ran so fast that they soon caught up and surrounded me and Ah Sleeve.

——

Inside the Zhengwu Palace.

"Your Majesty, are the Queen Mother and Mother all right?"

As soon as Yuwen Hu returned from Tongzhou after handling government affairs, he heard that his mother and the Queen Mother had fallen ill due to excessive drinking, so he hurriedly entered the palace to inquire.

Yu Wenyong frowned and said, "Now the Queen Mother and Mrs. Yan Ji have woken up, but they hurt their bodies." ”

Seven years ago, after Yuwen Hu's mother Yan Ji returned from Qi State, Yuwen Yong specially issued an amnesty to the world, and held a huge feast for her in the palace to wash her dust. When Yan Ji was not yet in the Qi Kingdom, he was quite good with the Queen Mother. After returning to the Zhou Kingdom, the old people reunited after a long absence, and they were even more affectionate, so they often gossiped with the Queen Mother. Yu Wenyong ordered that Mrs. Yan Ji be allowed to live in the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, so that for half a month, Mrs. Yan Ji lived in the Queen Mother's Hanren Palace.

"How could the Queen Mother and her mother drink so uncontrollably that they were poisoned and fainted?" Yuwen Hu's eyes were bright, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes when he looked at Yuwen Yong.

Seven years ago, he was suspicious of Yu Wenyong, and since he learned that Chen Ji and Xiao Qingqiang had met, he deeply felt that Xiao Qingqiang's experience was complicated, and he was afraid that there were many secrets. Sure enough, Wanxi replied to him, and he learned that Xiao Qingqiang not only knew Chen Qian, but she was also Chen Qian's concubine. When he was about to detain Xiao Qingqiang for interrogation, she suddenly disappeared. He suspected that Yu Wenyong was secretly doing something, and he was even more wary of him from then on. However, Yu Wenyong handed over all government affairs to him, obeyed him, and treated his mother very favorably, and his mother's food and clothing in the palace were no different from the queen mother. For so many years, I haven't seen any unusual behavior from Yu Wenyong.

Xiao Qingqiang disappeared for many years, he once thought that this woman was dead, until recently, his spy Qinglong on the side of Qi sent back a portrait of a woman, just like Xiao Qingqiang.

The suspicion of Yu Wenyong germinated again. He has already sent someone to arrest Xiao Qingqiang, and when he catches her back, he must interrogate her properly. Did her disappearance have anything to do with Yu Wenyong? What is the secret between her and Yu Wenyong!

When Xiao Qingqiang comes back, everything will be clear.

"The Queen Mother and Mrs. Yan Ji love to drink, and the palace people can't persuade them. The imperial doctor said that the Queen Mother and Mrs. Yan Ji were in a poisoning coma caused by excessive drinking. The queen mother is like this, I am also sad! Yu Wenyong looked very distressed on his face.

Yuwen Hu was also worried in his heart, he knew that his mother was good at drinking, but this time he drank with the Queen Mother until he was poisoned and fell into a coma. Her body was not good in the first place, so she was so hurt and died, what if something happened to make him a son?

Yuwen Yong said: "Drinking hurts your body, why don't you go and persuade the queen mother and Mrs. Yan Ji to stop drinking." ”

Yuwen Hu was cautious, and his face was puzzled: "Mother and Queen Mother have always been stubborn, how can the widow be persuasive?" ”

Yuwen Yong took out a roll of bamboo slips and said to Yuwen Hu: "I have an idea, recently, the queen mother and Mrs. Yan Ji like to read the "Book of Shang", and often ask the palace people to read it with them, they think that the "Book of Shang" can educate people's hearts. I heard that there is a "Wine Message" in the "Book of Shang", which is to persuade people to quit drinking. I want to ask Otsuka Zai to take this "Wine Message" and read it to the queen mother, there are teachings from the ancestors, maybe the queen mother and Mrs. Yan Ji will figure it out when they hear it, and they will no longer indulge in alcohol and hurt themselves. ”

Yuwen Hu was suspicious in his heart, but he said quietly: "Why does Your Majesty have to be persuaded by a widow, the Queen Mother should prefer to listen to Your Majesty's words than a widow." The widow thinks that it is more appropriate for His Majesty to read this "Wine Message". ”

Yu Wenyong said with a worried face: "I also want to, but I have repeatedly advised the queen mother not to drink, and she is annoyed when she hears it, and when she sees me taking this thing." I'm afraid I'm going to blast me out, where will I listen? ”

"I think about it, or Otsuka Zai, you are the most relieved to do this. If I can persuade the Queen Mother and Lady Yan Ji, I will be rewarded. You can still take this persuasion to persuade Mrs. Yan Ji to do your filial piety. Ke I and the Queen Mother...... Don't talk about it. ”

The Queen Mother and Yuwen Yong have always had a discordant relationship, and Yu Wenyong's move is reasonable, out of concern for his mother, Yuwen Hu agreed.

When he arrived at Hanren Palace, a guard reminded him that he was not allowed to bring a blade in the Empress Dowager's palace, and asked him to untie the sword on his waist.

Yuwen Hu was still suspicious in his heart, after all, as soon as he came back this time, he heard that his mother was sick, so he hurriedly entered the palace. Didn't take any precautions, if ......

Yu Wenyong only waved his hand and said no, agreeing to let him bring a sword into the hall.

Yuwen Hu was a little relieved, seeing that Yuwen Yong did not have a sword on his body, and only brought an inner servant He Quan, and the palace guard was Yuwen Shenju in charge, there was really nothing to worry about, so he entered the Hanren Hall with confidence.

As soon as Yuwen Hu entered the hall, his mother Yan Ji was very happy, called him by his nickname, pulled him to his side, and asked for warmth.

In stark contrast to their mother and son are Yu Wenyong and the Queen Mother, as soon as the mother and son entered the hall, except for the usual greetings, they didn't say a word, and their faces were lukewarm.

Yuwen Hu knew that their mother and son had been estranged for a long time, and he also felt embarrassed when he saw this situation, and saw that the queen mother and his mother had a copy of "Shangshu" in front of the case, so he knew that Yuwen Yong did not lie to him, and he was ready to take out the "Wine Message" immediately.

Yuwen Hu sat next to the desk and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother and her mother like to read "Shangshu", and the widow also likes it. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, and her mother was also very interested, Yuwen Hu immediately took out the bamboo slips, unfolded the "Wine Message", and read it seriously: "Wang Ruo said: Ming is destined for Meibang." Namu Kauvin King Zhaoguo in the Western Soil. The less the scholars of the state are doing the royal affairs, the day and night say: Worship the wine. But the heavens descended to cause my people, but the Yuan worship. The heavens descended mightily, and our people lost their virtues in a great chaos, and they did nothing but wine; The smaller the larger the state, the more innocent it is not wine (2). ”

He Quan quietly walked behind Yuwen Hu, and Yuwen Hu looked back vigilantly, but it was He Quan who came to buy tea for him with a cup.

Yuwen Hu secretly laughed at his suspicions, and continued to read: "King Wen taught the boy to have something right: no Yi wine. Yue Shu country: Drink only worship, and the virtue will not be drunk. However, it is said that my Mindi boy only loves the soil and things, and he is heartbroken. Cong listens to the legacy of the ancestors, the younger the greater virtue (3) ......"

He Quan stepped back gently after adding tea, Yuwen Yong looked at He Quan, his eyes were unusually sharp and sharp, He Quan was hinted, and quietly lifted the Ruyi pattern cloud carpet covered in the hall, took out a sword from it, and stabbed Yu Wenhu in the back.

Yuwen Hu was reading "Wine Message", suddenly felt a cold light flashing behind him, hurriedly turned over and dodged, He Quan saw that he was not stabbed, and stabbed Yuwen Hu on the ground with a sword, Yuwen Hu rolled over and over again to dodge, his clothes gradually messed up, and he hurriedly pulled out the sword at his waist to block He Quan's attack.

The Queen Mother and Yan Ji were frightened, especially Yan Ji, seeing that her son was in danger, she hurriedly shouted: "Come on, help!" ”

Yuwen Yong saw that He Quan missed the stab again and again, and was attacked by Yuwen Hu, so he also pulled out a sword from under the blanket and jumped straight towards Yuwen Hu.

As soon as Yuwen Hu saw that He Quan wanted to kill him, he understood in his heart that it was Yuwen Yong's arrangement, and now that he saw Yu Wen Yong killing, he spared no effort to parry. After a few moves, he realized that the mediocre martial arts that Yu Wenyong had shown before were all illusions. Right now, this martial artist is superb, and the one who makes a good swordsmanship is the real him.

The Queen Mother was frightened by the scene in front of her, and Yan Ji was even more frightened and fell soft, and suddenly, the emperor suddenly drew his sword with his son, killing each other to the death. Yan Ji couldn't bear such a fright and fainted.

Unexpectedly, Yuwen Yong's martial arts were so powerful, Yuwen Hu's body was slashed a few times, and he gradually couldn't parry, he was knocked to the ground, and a sword was about to cut his throat.

"Wait!"

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Du Fu's "Spring Hope" in the Tang Dynasty: "When I feel the tears, I hate the birds." ”

(2) (3) from the Book of Shang