Chapter Eighty-Seven: This Is Destiny
Wen Xiang tried desperately to make some noise to remind the people outside that she was probably in this ox cart.
But she couldn't move her hands and feet, and tried to hit the plank with her five fingers, only to find that her fingers were firmly tied to the plank obediently, and she couldn't even bend her fingers.
If you can't use your hands, use your head.
But when she wanted to use it, she found that she couldn't move her head - she had a soft strip of cloth around her neck, which fixed her head so tightly that she couldn't raise her head and hit the plank to make a noise to attract attention, except that she could turn her head from side to side.
The strip of cloth around her neck was very skillfully tied, and if she didn't struggle and move, she wouldn't feel anything bound around her neck at all, but as long as she moved, the strip of cloth would be as if she was alive, and she would strangle her neck tightly.
Wen Xiang didn't believe in evil at first, until she was almost closed by the blank strip's eyes, she didn't dare to try again.
It can be seen that the person who tied her up had already thought of all the ways she could do to call for help.
Wen Xiang felt a burst of despair in her heart, this time it was estimated that she was not as lucky as last time.
But soon, she heard Song Nanzhou's voice.
originated from the self-proclaimed Zhuangzi's steward, who kept pleading: "Official, official, you can't do this, this forage is scattered, and it will be a trouble to load the car for a while." Be merciful, official. ”
Seeing that the officers and soldiers searching ignored it at all, the steward was sweating in a hurry, he swept into the field, and saw Song Nanzhou, which is all over Kyoto, and there are few people who don't know this living Hades, although they are very scared, but they still stepped forward and begged: "Lord Shizi, the little one really didn't commit any crimes, and our master is also doing his duty, you ...... For the sake of our lord, you will raise your noble hand, raise your noble hand. ”
As if knowing that Song Nanzhou didn't believe him, he hurriedly chattered: "Our family is honest and honest, and has rescued many people, a few days ago, our wife and young master also went to the city to help Jishantang, other ladies are just giving money, but our wife is doing everything herself." Lord Shizi, our old lady is a good person. ”
"I came to Zhuangzi two days ago and saw a hungry dog, and our young master ordered us to pick up the dog and take care of it. Such a kind-hearted master is good for our minions, but the rules are very tight, our master will not be a traitor, and we subordinates will not dare to do it. ”
The searchers over there thought it was too much trouble to lift the hay, and if there was something hidden in the hay pile, wouldn't it be faster to use a knife to probe it?
So someone drew a knife and stabbed it in the hay.
Song Nanzhou's eyes tightened, and he shouted: "Stop!" Who told you to go under the knife? ”
The officers and soldiers were startled, and when they saw Song Nanzhou glaring at them like a cannibal, they were scared and aggrieved, and one of them said: "Lord Shizi, there is nothing wrong with this ox cart." ”
Song Nanzhou and Xu Shen were caught off guard, and several officers and soldiers moved their knives against the forage, if there was really someone hiding under the forage, they were afraid that they had been stabbed, and the knife would be stabbed, if there was something unusual, they would not be able to hide it.
Xu Shen stared at the tired tall and thick forage, and whispered to Song Nanzhou: "You can't hide people under this forage, if you really hide people underneath, the forage can also crush people to death." ”
In fact, Song Nanzhou also knew that this oxcart was clear at a glance, and there was no mystery in it, and it was impossible to hide a big living person under the forage.
"Besides, this man can tell his own master's house, and he can't be wrong when he thinks about it." Xu Shen glanced at the long queue waiting to leave the city behind him, and frowned slightly, "This is too much trouble, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will really have no way to do good." ”
Dare to call the army without will, this alone is enough for Song Nanzhou to drink a pot.
"Besides, I think most of the people are still in the city." He said meaningfully: "Miss Song is stumbling on me here, and someone over there will have an accident, and most of this matter will fall on Miss Song." ”
Xu Shen didn't think it was so complicated, he thought that Song Huanting was jealous of Wen Xiang, so he deliberately tripped him and let people arrest Wen Xiang, so if he wanted to find Wen Xiang, he still had to ask Song Huanting.
But Song Nanzhou made such a big fuss, and left Song Huanting alone, Xu Shen was a little annoyed.
At this time, Song Nanzhou waved his hand and ordered the officers and soldiers who inspected it to let them go.
The ox cart started again and again, followed by the cattle and sheep, and it was lively and noisy out of the tall city gate.
Wen Xiang noticed the movement under her and sighed silently.
Oh my life!
That's fate!
I wanted to hide from Song Nanzhou and run away, but it turned out to be good, I didn't wait for her to run, and I was caught first.
The search continued, but a team of people and horses ran over quickly, and the person who came was dressed as a Praetorian Guard, and as soon as he got off the horse, he said to Song Nanzhou: "Lord Shizi, Your Majesty is urgently calling!" ”
……
The ox cart swayed all the way, I don't know how long, and finally stopped.
Wen Xiang had calmed down at this time, missing the best chance for help, no matter how anxious it was, it was better to save her strength and wait for the kidnappers to come.
At first, she and Xu Shen had the same thoughts, and their intuition was that this kidnapping case had nothing to do with Song Huanting, but the ox cart went straight out of the city, and Wen Xiang felt that something was wrong - Song Pingting kidnapped her out of love and hatred, and there was no reason to send her out of Kyoto without torturing and humiliating her.
Since it wasn't Song Pingting, Wen Xiang thought of the people from the Western Regions who wanted to snatch her away before.
Immediately shuddered, if it was really this person, then he was so staring at himself, no matter whether he was a wrench or a person, he would not give up or abandon it, what was he going to do?
Moreover, she changed from a wrench to a human secret, and the person who knows can't count it on five fingers, how does he know?
Was there a net on top of her head a long time ago?
Wen Xiang thought a lot along the way, and was panicked for a long time. But when the carriage stopped, the footsteps around her faded away, Wen Xiang was not in a hurry, and took such a lot of trouble to rob her and tie her up instead of simply killing her, it can be seen that the other party is not coming for her life.
In this case, she just needs to wait for the other party to show up and explain what he wants.
Someone began to disassemble the forage.
After a while, the forage seemed to be unloaded, and then, there was a sound like a pry box in my ears, and soon, someone started to untie Wen Xiang's hands and feet.
As soon as Wen Xiang's hand was free, she couldn't wait to tear off the black cloth on her eyes, and the long-term blocking made her subconsciously raise her hand to block it when she saw the light.
After a moment, she removed her hand, and her vision gradually became clear.
At this time, it was already night, the night was like ink, and the light she had just seen was firelight.
The circle around her, with torches in their hands, silently surrounded her.
These people were all dressed in black and masked in black scarves, not like the Zhuangzi stewards they heard at the city gate.
The one among them was indeed the man from the Western Regions who snatched her that day.
When he saw her looking at her, he smiled slightly: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't hurt you." ”
"Huh." Wen Xiang sneered, raised her hand, exposed her wrist, and mocked him with those two fresh strangulation marks, "I have no grievances with you, why are you arresting me?" ”
"I said that I would take you back to the Western Regions, and I was very sad to let you get away last time, but fortunately there were no accidents this time." He was still smiling, as if he hadn't seen the strangulation marks on Wen Xiang's wrists, "You've been lying down for a long time, you have to get up and move your hands and feet." ”
He was so light and light, but Wen Xiang's heart was shocked-this person, he really knew that she was a finger wrench!
Wen Xiang couldn't bear the uneasiness and sat up, and she realized the mystery of this ox cart.
It turned out that there was a mezzanine in the ox cart, and she was so small that even if she lay on it in a large shape, there was still room for it, and she was nailed on all sides with planks about ten centimeters high, and finally the planks on top were covered with heavy hay, and nothing could be seen from the outside of the ox cart. It is an inspection, as long as all the forage is not unloaded, there is no mystery in it at all.
This is actually very risky, if Song Nanzhou insisted on unloading all the forage and inspecting it carefully, the car would be exposed immediately.
But at that time, there were many people waiting to leave the city at the gate of the city, and the steward who was driving the car, it was not easy to arouse suspicion that he could tell so many things about the lord's house. Under all these factors, in the end, the officers and soldiers were allowed to go.
This also shows that this man is very bold and careful.
This time, I want to escape from him, but I am afraid it will not be easy.
"Do you have anything to eat, I'm hungry." Wen Xiang sat for a while before getting up.
As she spoke, she looked around at her surroundings, and her heart sank again.
The surrounding black shuttle, although there are torches, but in this play without moon and stars, Wen Xiang has lost the blessing of the perspective eye, at this time can only listen with his ears, and the sound of leaves can be heard in his ears, one after another, like a sound wave, and also heard the strange sound of the night owl, which is very infiltrating.
It can be inferred from this that the place where they are staying now is in a huge forest.
What is the intention of this man, who is not in a hurry to travel, but who stays in the woods?
"In order to avoid people's eyes, we don't get much food, only water and steamed buns, and the girl should not dislike it." When he said this, this person was really apologetic, and handed the steamed bun and water bladder to Wen Xiang with his own hands.
Wen Xiang looked up at him, he smiled and groaned, exactly the same as when he first saw him, as if he was very kind and easy to speak.
Even this apology is full of sincerity.
Wen Xiang took the water and steamed buns and took a bite slowly: "You won't tell me that on the way to the Western Regions, only steamed buns and water will be prepared." Don't say I don't like steamed buns, even if I really love to eat, I can't eat every day. ”
"This is nature." The man hurriedly said: "It's just that I have to wronged the girl these days, and when it is safe, the girl can eat whatever she wants." ”
Wen Xiang raised her eyebrows and deliberately found fault and said: "It's so easy to talk, it's not like an attitude towards meat tickets." ”
"Meat ticket?" The man chuckled when he heard this: "The girl thinks too much, how can the girl be a meat ticket, you are our honored guest." ”
"Huh." Wen Xiang sneered again, and mocked mercilessly: "Then your attitude towards distinguished guests is really eye-opening to me." Is it just that this is the treatment of me, the 'distinguished guest', or is this the treatment of all the distinguished guests in your country? How much do you have to be a heartless person to want to be your 'honored guest'? ”
The man was not angry, and said with a smile: "The girl is angry, all this is an expedient measure, if not, how can you invite the girl to drive?" Don't be angry, girl, haven't you always wanted to go back? ”
Wen Xianghuo raised his eyes and stared at him.
The man was still smiling, his gaze was firm and gentle, "Girl do us a favor, and we will send you back." ”
Wen Xiang squinted, this person played his hole cards so quickly, but this hole card, is it true or false?
If the Great Witch in his mouth was really that weird old monk, how could he easily send her away after he had gone so hard to get himself here?
Wen Xiang didn't believe what he said, but couldn't help but waver.
What if, what if what he said is true, and that old monk really has a way to send her back?
"Really?" Wen Xiang quickly calmed down from her excitement and looked at the man with suspicious eyes.
"The girl is so clever, if I deceive you, you can see at a glance that it is not good for me to lose your trust." The man said patiently, between words and deeds, polite and flattering, clearly had the meaning of pleasing Wen Xiang, but people could not feel the slightest flattery.
Even compliments are so quiet, how can such a person be a simple role.
Wen Xiang nodded, pretending to trust him completely, "Then what's your name?" Who are you who want me to do for you? ”
"The girl can call me Hengzhi, Tong Hengzhi, this is my Central Plains name." He paused, saw Wen Xiang nodding, and then continued: "Our country is not big in the Western Regions, and it is called Gumo, I don't know if the girl has heard of it?" ”
Wen Xiang shook her head very dryly: "No." ”
Tong Hengzhi didn't care: "Because it is a small country and has perennial civil strife, it is not as extensive as Da Zhou, and it is normal that the girl has not heard of it." As for the need for the girl's help, I don't know much, because this is the order of the great witch, and we can't ask more. ”
"Great Witch? The one who got me here in the first place? Wen Xiang asked him.
He answers questions like this, and he doesn't reluctantly dodge at all, so that people can't be suspicious if they want to be suspicious.
However, Wen Xiang didn't believe that he really didn't know what the inexplicable witch wanted her to do, he just wouldn't tell her.
"Yes." Tong Hengzhi said.
Wen Xiang thought hard about it, she and the old monk had only one conversation, that is, the old monk had a brief conversation with her before pouring a bowl of blood on her.
He knew that she was not the original soul, and the original soul was naturally Xu Wenxiang. But he also said that he took a lot of effort to recruit her, and he didn't bother to pay attention to who she was - so the person he originally wanted to use was actually Xu Wenxiang, because Xu Wenxiang couldn't recruit her back, so he got her by mistake, but he told her clearly at the time - she couldn't go back!
I'm a big grass!
Sure enough, this person just wants to deceive himself into something, and he doesn't know how to use it. said that he could send her back, but he was just taking advantage of her desire to go back to coax her to follow him willingly without making noise!
For now, it is the best policy to resist me and not move, pretend to believe him, obey him, and wait for him to relax his guard!
……
In the palace.
Halfway through the night, Gonggong Zhang looked under the corridor with the palace lamp, and saw that the black shadow was still kneeling there motionless, and he was anxious and worried.
"Lord Shizi, just listen to my advice and go to rest quickly. The old slave has already asked people to clean the Lanting Hall where you used to live, you can rest for a night, and if you have anything to say, you will talk to Your Majesty tomorrow. ”
"I appreciate my father-in-law's kindness." Song Nanzhou still only has this sentence.
Grandpa Zhang frowned, sighed and anxious: "Lord Shizi, you still don't know Your Majesty's temperament?" Your Majesty is very optimistic about you, and he boasted to the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, saying that it is this year's autumn hunt, maybe the Wuxiang camp will really have a good performance. How can Your Majesty not be angry at this moment? ”
Gonggong Zhang remembered the anger of Emperor Jing in the afternoon, and he still has palpitations to this day.
I don't know what kind of woman she is, so that Song Nanzhou, who has always been successful, is so careless, not only privately ordered a strict investigation, but also ordered the dispatch of troops, and the people who made trouble were panicked, without the usual caution and calmness.
His Majesty summoned him to give him a chance to defend himself. He didn't say anything, only that he wanted His Majesty to remove him from his position as the commander of the Wuxiang Battalion, and that he would go out of Beijing to chase people and chase a woman!
For the sake of a woman who insisted on resigning from his official position and giving up his future, Emperor Jing was angry at that time, and he was no longer as indulgent as usual, and smashed all the things on his desk, still unable to understand his hatred, and ordered him to kneel outside the hall to reflect, when he figured it out, when he got up again.
This kneeling has been kneeling until now.
Father-in-law Zhang had a headache, and after talking for a long time, Song Nanzhou was still silent.
"Lord Shizi, you go to be soft with Your Majesty, for the sake of an irrelevant person, it will ruin your friendship with Your Majesty, this ...... Think about it, is it worth it? ”
"Father-in-law doesn't need to persuade anymore, she is not an irrelevant person." Song Nanzhou said in a deep voice: "I have already told Your Majesty that she is the person I want to marry. She is now gone, and if I don't try to find her and get her back, I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
Even now, he still says so.
Gonggong Zhang couldn't help but sigh again, shook his head, and finally carried the lamp and slowly returned to the inner hall.
He went in lightly, and if Emperor Jing was already asleep, he would quickly withdraw. As soon as he entered, he heard the sound of Emperor Jing turning over and sighing on the dragon bed, and knew that he hadn't slept yet.
Emperor Jing heard the movement, got up and asked with a straight face, "Did the stinky boy go back to rest?" ”
Gonggong Zhang shook his head and said, "The prince refuses to leave." ”
Emperor Jing's face became even more ugly, and he slapped him on the dragon bed, and even the bed curtain trembled, "Then let him kneel!" I want to see how long he can kneel! ”
"Your Majesty is angry." Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly knelt down, "The prince of the world is affectionate and sexual, and you also know it." Today...... For the sake of a woman, he made such a move, and collided with you, it was indeed his fault. It's just that...... It's just that you also know that over the years, the prince has not paid attention to other women, and even the seven girls of the Jian'an Hou Mansion, he refused to marry. Now that I'm finally willing to take care of it, this is naturally ...... is more concerned than others, which is also due to temperament. ”
Seeing that the emperor was still snorting angrily, Gonggong Zhang boldly said: "Actually, the pure heart of the prince is the same as his mother, don't you say?" ”
Emperor Jing sneered: "You old thing, now you are getting bolder and bolder!" ”
Gonggong Zhang was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare...... It's the slave and maid who have overstepped it, begging Your Majesty to spare her life! ”
Seeing his sincere and desperate begging for mercy, Emperor Jing's stomach also dissipated a lot, he sat cross-legged on the dragon bed, and said lightly: "That's it, I will forgive you this time." ”
Father-in-law Zhang wiped his cold sweat and kowtowed to thank him: "Slave and maid, thank Your Majesty." ”
In this way, he didn't dare to say another word, for fear of upsetting Emperor Jing again.
"What are you afraid of?" Emperor Jing glanced at him: "You old thing has been with me all my life, if I really want to abandon you, I would have let your head fall to the ground." ”
Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly laughed: "The slave and maid are stupid, thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, you can tolerate the slave and maid talking nonsense in front of you at this time......"
"Alright, you're not wrong." Emperor Jing sighed: "If it weren't for Aqiao desperately saving him back then, how could I be where I am today?" Ah Qiao is also a pure heart, so he will lead people to rescue me desperately. Azhou is her son, so naturally he is like her. Just ......"
The tenderness on Emperor Jing's face that emerged because he thought of Da Qiao's family dissipated, and he said with a deep brow: "A woman who can't tell her identity, he is so obsessed with it, and he does not hesitate to leave the Wuxiang camp that he finally brought out." What is this called? His mother used to give up her little love for the sake of righteousness, but he, he was clearly for that little love...... He lost his mother's face! ”
He was angry at the woman who made Song Nanzhou like this, and gritted his teeth and said: "It is best for that woman to die outside, even if she is lucky enough to come back, I will not allow her to live!" How innocent is a captive woman? If she was a chaste woman, she should have been killed headlong. ”
Saying this, Emperor Jing's expression became more and more ruthless.
Father-in-law Zhang's heart sank, knowing that this matter would not turn around, he was more and more worried about Song Nanzhou.
……
Will Wen Xiang kill herself as Emperor Jing said?
Of course...... Not really!
She didn't know what happened in the Kyoto Palace at this time, and she didn't know that after Song Nanzhou knelt in the palace for her all night, he still couldn't get Emperor Jing to approve his request to go out of the palace to find someone, so he dragged his kneeling numb legs and left the palace gloomily.
She was lying in the carriage galloping in the night, sleeping soundly.
She was too obedient, she didn't cry or make trouble, and she didn't have the slightest intention of running away, just under Tong Hengzhi's nose, she slept peacefully with the quilt.
So much so that Tong Hengzhi kept staring at her, and he didn't dare to blink his eyes.
I always feel that she is not such an obedient and gullible person.
So, is she going to brake statically?
Tong Hengzhi understood this, smiled slightly, and finally closed his eyes with confidence.