After the injury was healed, I went back to my study to work. Yuwen Wu first asked me if I was in good health, and then intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that Yuwen Yong had been visiting Tsukazai Mansion frequently recently, implying that Yu Wen Yong was interested in me, and asked me very implicitly if I was interested in Yu Wen Yong.

I quickly clarified that I only wanted to find the master, and I didn't think about anything else, Yuwen Yong's status is noble, not something that civilians like me can dream of, I have no other intentions for him, and even raised my hand and swore that if I had the slightest thought, I would be thundered by the sky.

Seeing that I couldn't avoid it, Yuwen Hu lightly revealed the matter and didn't mention it again.

I was going to go to a worry-free restaurant, and it happened that Jingjing was also going out, so the two of them went out together. When I went to the restaurant, I asked the owner, but no one came to inquire about me. Thinking about the months I have been separated from Master, but I haven't heard from Master, I can't help but feel a little depressed.

Seeing that I was depressed, Jingjing kindly offered to accompany me to go shopping and take me to see the beautiful scenery of Chang'an.

Chang'an Mo is planted with a sparse green tree elm acacia, the bluestone road is intersected into a street market, a hundred feet high, red eaves and green tiles, there are tea houses, taverns, inns, workshops, pharmacies...... All kinds of business, everything, ten miles of long streets, ten miles of prosperity.

There are many pedestrians on the road, most of them men. The women walking on the street are all middle- and lower-class people who carry water, sell vegetables, and push carts to transport goods. Jingjing and I walked down the street almost entirely with men, and it was a little strange that someone was watching us.

Walking to the crowd of onlookers, a clear and curling flute sounded, and the familiar tune made me can't help but stop and look back, it was a pair of grandparents and grandchildren performing on the street.

The old man blows the flute, the girl dances, under the accompaniment of the sound of the flute, the girl is light, the step is like the beginning of the green lotus, the sleeves are like clear waves and flowing water, the body is delicate, and the dancing posture is beautiful, which naturally causes the onlookers to cheer and throw money.

The grandparents thanked each other in unison, their accents were a little stiff, and I was a little puzzled, "Where are they from, and they don't sound like they are locals in Chang'an?" ”

Someone next to me kindly told me, "They are all from Qizhou, and they are all playing and dancing local folk songs and dances in Qizhou, which is very folklore." ”

After watching the street performance, I gradually became a little thirsty and walked to the stall selling tea soup on the street. After only a few steps, a horse suddenly flashed out of the vicinity, rushing and bumping, and the pedestrians retreated in terror, and I was squeezed into a secluded alley by the surging crowd. Suddenly, a large hand suddenly covered my mouth and nose from behind. I kicked the man in the back, and I spun around to break free, clenched my fist and smashed it over.

I was startled when I saw the face of the attacker, it was a man with a purple birthmark on his face, and the hideous mark was snaked on the left side of his face, which was very terrifying.

When I came to my senses, I hooked my fist again. It's just that as soon as I raised my hand, my hand became soft and weak, and even my feet were as soft as a puddle of mud, staggering as if they were about to fall, and my vision was foggy.

The moment I lost consciousness, I remembered the piece of cloth that had blocked me just now, and there was a strange fragrance on it. Could it be, that's a fan......

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In the small and lonely hut, the sparse daylight seeps in through the carved red lattice windows of paper paste, and is as thin as ice veil spread on the bluestone bricks, shallow and shallow, and the light and shadow are blurred.

When I woke up, my hands and feet were bound by ropes, lying on the cool brick board, and I was trembling in front of a pair of deep and cold eyes.

It's Tianwang Yu Wenyu! No, he's not a king anymore. The proclamation of the abolition of the Heavenly Emperor and the reform of the imperial system of the Zhou State has spread all over the world, and he is now the supreme emperor. But how did he arrest me in a good manner, and I have no grudge against him. Oh, he has a grudge with Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Hu is in power, Yuwen Yu is an emperor with no real power, and there must be a grudge in his heart. He arrested me, does it have anything to do with Yuwen Hu?

Yuwen Yu walked leisurely in front of me, occasionally staring at me like ice, thinking for a long time before slowly speaking, "The study is an important place for Yuwen Hu to discuss secrets, and the guards around are sparse, but in fact, there are countless secret guards, and all of them are extraordinary, with superb martial arts, and they are as tight as an iron bucket. If an outsider trespasses, there will be no corpse. ”

"I have arranged for eyeliner to be mixed into the study many times, but Yuwen Hu is very suspicious, and no one is allowed to enter the study except for a few important cronies around him." After a pause, Yuwen glanced at me, "And you, because you saved his life and gained his appreciation, you have easily done what I have not been able to do all along. ”

"Yuwen Huken asked you to sort out the paperwork in the study, which shows his trust and respect for you. You must have learned a lot of secrets when you follow Yuwen Hu on weekdays. Yu Wenyu leaned down and sneered faintly.

I suddenly had a bad guess in my heart, and after Yu Wenyu untied my cloth, I asked, "Your Majesty doesn't want me to be your eyeliner and provide you with information." "I said what was on my mind.

"Not bad." Yuwen Yu happily admitted, "I want you to monitor Yuwen Hu's every move for me, and if Yuwen Hu has any abnormal movements, he will report to me immediately." ”

"What if I don't want to?"

Joke, since ancient times, when kings and powerful ministers compete, there must be an injury. Once caught in their treachery, turning the clouds and rain, and playing with power, it is a lot of murder, and one carelessness is the disaster of killing and destroying oneself, and I don't want to be a victim of their imperial power struggle.

"Even if you don't want to, I have a way to deal with you." Yuwen Yusenran's smile was sharp, and with a flick of his wide sleeves, he picked up a wine jug with a swallow pecking willow branch pattern on the small wooden table next to him, poured down a glass of clear wine, held the wine glass, and leaned into me coldly and dangerously.

I want to run away in a panic, but my hands and feet are tied, and I can only move a few inches away with all my might, what should I do?

My chin was pinched vigorously, and the cold porcelain cup pressed against my lips. I struggled to shake my head to get out of the way, but my other big hand pressed my head hard, and no matter how much I resisted, the bitter wine still poured into my throat. Cool and cool.

After a long time, Yu Wenyu removed the wine glass, I was choked by the wine and coughed repeatedly, my face was flushed, and I asked, "What did you give me to drink?" ”

Yu Wenyu smiled as warm as a warm breeze blowing willows, but the words he spit out were extremely cruel, "This wine is called intestinal wine, and the toxicity will occur once a month." Each attack will let you know what it means to have a broken liver and intestines. Within half a year, if you don't take the antidote, your intestines will rot one by one, and your body and mind will be painful, like a mad demon, and you will be tortured in a thousand ways, like purgatory, and you will die in endless pain! ”

"And the antidote, I am the only one in the world who has it. I can guarantee that no one but me will be able to save you! ”

I suddenly sneered, "I didn't expect that I, Xiao Qingqiang, would have such a big face, and I would work for Your Majesty to go out in person, it's really in vain." ”

A flash of disgust flashed in Yu Wenyong's eyes, "You overestimate yourself too much. I just want to see with my own eyes what kind of cruel and vicious woman she saved Yuwen Hu in Cuihua Mountain and destroyed so many samurai. I see you today, and you are no more than that. ”

I forced a smile and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is so interested in me saving Otsuka Zai in Cuihua Mountain, could it be that Cuihua Mountain's assassination plan is related to Your Majesty?" ”

When Yu Wenyu heard this, he said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! ”

"Qingqiang is just joking, why should Your Majesty be angry!"

I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't laugh anymore because of a cramping pain in my abdomen, and I was poisoned.

I barely covered my stomach with my tightly tied hands, soft as mud on the ground, cold sweat was dripping behind my back, and my intestines seemed to be twisted, twisted, and cut by something, and the pain was terrible, and the skin on my body trembled with pain.

"Ahh

It hurts, it hurts! I bit my lower lip and bit it open, my nails were deeply embedded in my palms, and I couldn't help but feel the pain, it was really like what Yu Wenyu said, my liver and intestines were broken.

No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die. Master, I haven't found Master yet, how can I die? I still have a lot of good years to do, and I still have a lot of things I want to do but can't do, how can I just die?

After the labor pain, I lay on the brick slab and gasped weakly, "Okay, I promise you." ”

"You know the times. As long as you obediently listen to my orders, when the matter is done, I will give you the antidote. Yu Wenyu turned around and ordered his subordinates beside him, "Shang Bai, you go and untie her rope." ”

The man with the hideous birthmark on his white face untied my rope, and I said coldly, "Can I go?" ”

Shang Bai stroked the tip of his nose, pondered for a moment, and said sharply: "You won't be a delaying tactic, you want to leave as soon as possible and go to the hospital for help, right?" Then you can go, the doctor will not save you from the poison you have suffered. ”

I said with a cold look in my eyes: "I said yes is yes." People in this world can not be moved by money, they can not be moved by love, but they cannot but be moved by life and death. I'm afraid of death, and I don't want to die. So, you succeeded. ”

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I limp back to the stall where I bought the tea soup. Jingjing was anxiously looking for someone, and when she saw me, she hurriedly asked me where I had gone. I told her that I had been swept away by the crowd and had accidentally gotten lost, and it took a long detour to come back. It was not too early, and the two of them were not interested in marching, so they discussed going home.

On the street, I accidentally looked back and saw an acquaintance. Li Ning was carrying a bundle of paper bags and walking slowly in the dense crowd, and I naturally greeted him, "Why is Brother Li here?" ”

Li Ning held a bag of items in a yellow paper roll in his hand, and said in a serious manner: "The weather has been dry recently, and Otsuka Zai's throat is uncomfortable. I went to the pharmacy to buy some dried chrysanthemums and mint to moisten Otsuka's throat. ”

I raised my eyebrows, and I couldn't help but snatch the medicine bag from Li Ning's hand, ignoring his serious face, and said with a smile: "I'll help you get the medicine bag, how can this little thing work Brother Li, leave it to me." ”

Someone helped take the things, Li Ning was happy to accept it, and he didn't refuse, and the three of them went home together.

At night, the lights and shadows in the study of Tsukasa Zaifu are endless, the candles are like beans, and the light is cast on the crystal purple bead curtain by jumping and jumping, reflecting the beads round and bright like the moon, and like the water color rippling under the light and shadow, clear and blurry, unpredictable.

Just like Yuwen Hu's unpredictable face in front of him, "Yuan Xi is nowhere to be found, neither can he find his person, nor can he find out his details." Who the hell is this Yuanxi, who disappeared silently like this. ”

"His subordinates have already plastered his wanted portrait all over the city, and all the city gates have been strictly investigated, and there is still no whereabouts. Otsuka Zai, what are we going to do next? Li Ning worriedly asked for instructions.

"Keep tracking." Yuwen Hu's eyes were gloomy and cold, "Sooner or later, the widow will have to find him out." Those who dare to deceive and betray the widows will surely have their corpses broken into thousands of pieces, and their bones will be reduced to ashes, so that they will die without a place to bury, and they will never be able to turn over from hell! ”

I couldn't help but tremble, but when I saw Yuwen Hu's cold light swept away, his eyes were aimed at me, and he said in a cold and piercing voice, "There are not many people who can be trusted around the widow, and you are one of the people who the widow trusts." The widow believes in you, and you will never betray the widow, right? ”

I was terrified to hear this voice.

Exegesis:

(1) From the Wei and Jin Dynasty poet Lu Ji's "Driving Words Out of the North", "In the past hundred years of hard work, relatives are like walking on ice. ”