Chapter 112: Heartbeat
"Wang, Wang!"
Xiao Bai, who has always been very docile, suddenly shouted at the approaching eunuch, with his front body low and his tail up, which made Yuwen Weicheng feel inexplicable, because eunuchs can often be seen in the palace, and Xiao Bai has never called eunuchs like this before.
Looking at his appearance, he seemed to be a little scared, Yuwen Weicheng didn't know what a few eunuchs were afraid of, and wanted to hug Xiaobai, but when he saw him turn around, he ran back, ran away and ran back, biting his trouser leg and pulling it to the other side.
Yuwen Weicheng felt inexplicable, and wanted to bend down to hug him again, but the playmate on the side hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Xiaobai - there seemed to be something wrong with this dog, and it would be bad if he went crazy and hurt the Son of Heaven.
However, Xiaobai was still shouting, and the sound of Wang Wang attracted the surrounding palace maids, eunuchs and guards to look over, Wu Ming, who was approaching Princess Xiyang, was crying bitterly in his heart, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no turning back.
Wu Minghe's subordinates were dressed in eunuch clothes, and they tried to imitate the behavior of eunuchs when they walked, at this time he was less than ten steps away from Princess Xiyang, and because the dog barked, the guards on the side noticed him, so they stepped forward to stop him:
"Wait, what's the matter?"
"Uh... This..."Wu Ming secretly said 'I'm sorry', and started acting, he showed an embarrassed expression, turned his head to look at the direction of Shanshui Pond, then looked at the direction of Princess Xiyang, and then looked at the guards: "Uh, this... uh..."
With such an expression, it was obvious that he wanted to speak and stopped, the guards knew that the Empress Dowager Fang Cai and Zuo Xiaogongbo went to the Shanshui Pond, and they also knew that the relationship between the two was a little delicate, and now this eunuch had this kind of expression, I am afraid that there is something over there that cannot be known to outsiders.
It's best not to know about this kind of thing, so as not to implicate yourself in case there are any rumors.
The guards thought so, and waved their hands to signal Wu Ming to approach alone.
After passing the test in a daze, Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, tried his best to stay calm, and slowly approached Princess Xiyang, who was sitting under the umbrella, and couldn't help reminding himself in his heart: "You have to call the princess Her Royal Highness, and you must not call it wrong." ’
Details determine success or failure, Wu Ming has always paid attention to details, he is worried that the princess will lose her words and reveal her identity when she sees him, or her expression will change and attract the attention of others, so he has already been prepared.
He has to speak one after another, so that the princess does not have the possibility of losing her words.
The distance was getting closer and closer, and he saw that the princess was talking to a woman, and the woman was facing Wu Ming with her back to Wu Ming, so Wu Ming couldn't see the other party's appearance, but only said which foreign woman was entering the palace to accompany the chat.
There were still a few steps left, a palace maid stopped Wu Ming, and was about to speak, but her movements froze, and at the same time, Wu Ming's heart beat faster: this person is the princess's henchman Cuiyun, and she is the steward of the backyard of Xiyang Palace.
Cuiyun and Wu Ming are familiar with each other, and seeing Wu Ming in front of them at this time, it is like seeing a ghost, but Cuiyun didn't blurt out his name anyway, he kept his face unchanged, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”
"The slave has something important to enlighten Her Royal Highness."
"Slightly... Wait. ”
Cuiyun took a light breath, only to feel that his heart was beating hard, and turned to the princess to whisper, whispering that it was Wu Ming, the palace guard, who was here, and Wei Chi Chi Fan's heart was also beating hard when he heard this.
When she was in the imperial camp outside the city, she found that the bamboo horse that her son was playing with had special markings, which meant that the guards of the palace were nearby, so now Wu Ming appeared in the palace and pretended to be a eunuch, which was unexpected and reasonable.
Yuwen Wen gave Yu Chi Chi Fan a confession, saying that the secret team of the palace was trustworthy, and last year she accompanied Princess Qianjin to Yecheng, and Sima Zhang Dingfa and Wu Ming, the guard, also came.
At this time, Wu Ming appeared here, which meant that he wanted to save their mother and son out!
In that case, you will have a chance to get together with Yuwen Wen!
Wei Chi Chifan was very excited, and forced his composure to signal Wu Ming to approach: "What's the matter with you?" ”
Wu Ming replied: "Back to the queen, the slave maid came over on the order of the queen mother, and invited His Majesty and the queen to the mountain pool..."
"Huh? Wu Dianwei, are you here? ”
A child's voice broke the secret, which frightened Yu Chi Chifan, Wu Ming, and Cuiyun into dissipation, that is, Yuwen Weicheng on the side saw Wu Ming, and blurted out happily, this sentence directly exposed Wu Ming's identity.
"Dianwei" is the military adjutant of the palace, there is no such official position in the palace, Yuwen Weicheng speaks in a loud voice, and the nearby palace maids, eunuchs and guards can hear it.
The young Yuwen Weicheng didn't know his situation until now, so he was surprised to see Wu Minghou and asked this question, Wei Chi Chifan only felt that his whole body was cold, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and Wu Ming was in a cold sweat at this time.
Seeing that his identity was about to be exposed, he bent down in a hurry, squeezed out a smile and said to Yuwen Weicheng: "Oh, slave Wu Dianwei, please say hello to Your Majesty." ”
The word "Dianwei" is very important, Wu Ming wants to cover up the word "Dianwei" with this, seeing that Yuwen Weicheng is about to speak again, he is afraid that trouble will come out of his mouth, and suddenly pointed to the sky: "Hey, what is that?" ”
Many people heard the words and looked in the direction Wu Ming pointed, and Yuwen Weicheng also looked up at the sky, but there was nothing in the sky except white clouds, and Wei Chi Chifan, who was almost frightened, hurriedly picked up his son and began to coax and deceive:
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has set up a labyrinth in the Shanshui Pond, can I go and see it?"
"Huh? Okay, then Wu...."
"Your Majesty, centipedes rarely come out at this time, so there is no need to worry."
"Centipedes? It's not..."Yuwen Weicheng saw his mother glaring at him, and the words came to his lips but didn't say anything.
Yu Chi Chi Fan hugged his son, forced his composure and said to the princess who was sitting next to him to leave for a while, the princess noticed the expressions of these people from the beginning, and saw that Yu Chi Chi Fan was going to take the Son of Heaven to the mountain pool, and couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.
Princess Qianjin has experienced too many things, so her ability to observe words and emotions is not small, she found that Yu Chi Chifan was a little panicked, and the sentence asked by Yuwen Weicheng actually broke the identity of the eunuch.
The word "Wu Dianwei", Princess Qianjin had heard it before, and one day when Yu Chi Chifan brought his son to her to chat, Yuwen Weicheng mentioned that Wu Dianwei of the palace had brought a terrifying-looking strange monkey to the manor for him to see.
Based on all the circumstances, Princess Qianjin came to an astonishing conclusion: Wu Dianwei of Xiyang Palace, I don't know what means he used, sneaked into the palace to save the princess's mother and son.
Then, if she goes with her, maybe she will be able to escape from the palace and find her brother!
Thinking so, Princess Qianjin forcibly suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked to follow Yu Chi Chifan to the Shanshui Pool to see the 'labyrinth' over there.
Yu Chi Chi complained bitterly when she heard this, and she wanted to refuse but was afraid of attracting attention, after all, she had a 'very happy conversation' with the princess of the daughter one moment ago, and the next moment she refused the other party's request to travel with her, which was too abrupt.
Wu Ming on the side was shocked to realize that the woman who was talking to the princess was Princess Qianjin, and he was worried for a while, but he remembered that Princess Qianjin had never appeared in front of the other party when she was in Xiyang and when she went to Yecheng, so her identity should not be exposed.
Wu Ming knew that the Son of Heaven had reorganized the imperial court in Chang'an, and the princess was the sister of the Son of Heaven, if he could rescue him, there would definitely be no disadvantages.
In order to avoid the princess's worry, he took the initiative to lead the way, pun intended: "Please also invite the queen and nobles to come with the slaves and maids." ”
The meaning of the words is to ask the princess to rest assured, even if she lets the princess go with her, don't arouse the suspicion of others because she is nervous.
Yu Chi Chifan hugged his son and walked in the direction of Shanshui Pond, his heart was excited, and so was Cuiyun, who followed closely, and the princess Qianjin who was sitting on the cart, holding a cane and pretending to be calm, was also excited in her heart, and her heart was beating faster and faster.
The other eunuchs, palace maids, and guards did not know where they were, some stayed in place to pack their belongings, and some followed the Son of Heaven and the queen to the mountain pool.
didn't go far, the direction of the main gate suddenly became noisy, more than ten guards poured in, seeing the Son of Heaven and the queen, the leader ran quickly: "Your Majesty, Queen, the lower officials have something urgent to report!" ”
"Ho... So alarmed? ”
The panicked Wei Chi asked a question, and the guard then said: "The princess of Shu is held hostage by the rebel, and the rebel said that he wants to see the eldest princess, otherwise he will kill the princess!" ”
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Outside the garden, Agnès walked on the passage with the pale-faced Princess Cui Shi, approaching the garden, thirty-four paces away from each other, and there were a large number of guards and forbidden troops.
Agnès kept moving from side to side as she went, avoiding always having her back in a certain direction, and she was holding Choi hostage alone, with no helpers and no one to guard the rear back to back, so she had to do this to interfere with those who might sneak attack.
Not only that, but she can't get close to walls, windows, doors, and other objects while she is moving, lest someone hide behind these obstacles and make a sneak attack.
The method of sneak attack may be to shoot arrows, maybe to hit with wooden sticks, maybe to hit with stones, or maybe to pounce directly and knock her unconscious with your hands, so you have to guard against it.
This kind of knowledge was taught by the teacher invited by the master Truss back then, in order to take hostages to protect himself and wait for the opportunity to escape when he was besieged, Agnès received relevant training, so although it was the first time to experience it today, he was very familiar with it.
The guards and forbidden troops in front and behind them didn't think about waiting for the opportunity to release arrows to save people, but Agnès's constantly shaking figure made them dare not act easily: if they shot Princess Shu, it would not be good.
Therefore, Agnès hijacked Cui Shi and moved here from the side hall where he stayed, and he was not poisoned, the only problem was that she lacked physical strength.
The figure of the Cui family, the princess of Shu, is not thin, and Agnès has to beware of a sneak attack while ensuring control of the Cui family, constantly changing positions left and right, and having to drag the other party to the garden.
Along the way, Agnès consumed a lot of physical strength, and his spirit was in a state of high concentration, and he began to get tired after a long time.
In fact, her physical strength was close to exhaustion, and now it was impossible for anyone to save her, and even if she escaped from the palace, she did not know where to go, and there was no place for Agnès in the world.
The only strength that has sustained her until now is her last wish to see the princess.
Agnès always thought that Princess Qianjin was dead, so at the beginning of the kidnapping of the Cui family, she asked to go to Princess Qianjin's cemetery, where she planned to kill the enemy's princess, comfort Princess Qianjin's spirit in the sky, and then commit suicide.
Died next to the princess.
As a result, the eunuchs all said that the princess was still alive and living in the palace, and Agnès didn't believe it at first, but when he saw that everyone swore that he would say so, he wanted to meet him.
Even if she dies after seeing her, she is willing.
It is said that the princess is now in the garden, just because she is lame and has difficulty moving, so Agnès wants to go and see with his own eyes, as long as the princess is still alive, Agnès is relieved, she can't drag the other party down, Cui can not die, she can die.
Agnès, who had exhausted most of her physical strength, finally took Cui Shi to the main gate of the garden, but she did not rush in, because there were excellent ambush locations on both sides behind the door, and she held hostages alone.
At this moment, Agnès would not believe anyone's assurances, so he stood outside the door and asked the princess to come over.
Then her heart beat sharply, because she really saw the princess coming.
The princess was wearing a satin dress, looking good, sitting on a two-wheeled cart pushed by the palace maid, holding a cane in her hand, Agnès saw that the princess was really fine, and almost cried with joy at that moment.
"Daughter! Daughter! It turns out that you are still alive, I thought you were dead! ”
"Ahh Agnès? Is it really you? ”
The princess sitting in the cart saw that Agnès was still alive, and she couldn't help but stand up in shock, and became emotional, and when the guards came to report that the Persian orchids were taking hostages to see her, the princess still didn't believe it.
The two looked at each other, each with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Since the great change last year, the princess who was lucky not to fall to death thought that the helpless Agnès was either dead or reduced to someone else's plaything, and Agnès witnessed the princess fall from a height and always thought that the other party had fallen to her death.
As a result, now, the two of them have met again, more than a dozen steps away, but they don't know if they can catch up and chat together again.
Seeing that Agnès was still alive, and seeing that there were mottled blood stains on Cui's dress, Princess Qianjin took the lead in coming back to her senses and shouted, "Don't hurt her!" ”
Agnès smiled when she heard this, she knew that her actions would cause a lot of trouble to Princess Qianjin, so since she already knew that Princess Qianjin was fine, it was time for her to break off.
If you talk too much, you will be more implicated in the princess, Agnès nodded to the princess, let go of Cui Shi with a smile, and then wiped the dagger on his neck.
The princess was shocked when she saw this, but the distance determined that she had no choice but to exclaim, and at this moment, the freed Cui Shi slapped Agnès in the face with a backhand.
Caught off guard, Agnès was beaten to the ground, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground, and the angry Choi pushed her away, and then bent down to pick up the dagger.
As the princess of Shu and the future queen of the new dynasty, Cui felt that it was a great shame for her to be held hostage in front of everyone, she was held hostage by orchids, at her mercy, and was stabbed a few times by the other party, crying in pain and fright, desolate and helpless.
All this is seen by the palace maids and eunuchs with humble status, just like looking at a beggar begging for food on the street!
Having lost so much face and suffered so many injuries, Cui, who was born in a famous family, was so angry that he lost his mind. I can't even care about being afraid, I just want revenge.
Looking at Agnès, Cui Shi shouted hoarsely: "Slut! I'm going to tear you to pieces! He then swung his dagger and slashed at the other party.
Agnès dodged hastily, the blade slashing across her cheek, provoking a bloody light.
There was a tingling sensation on her face, Agnès snorted in pain, covered her face and staggered to dodge, she couldn't kill herself without a knife in her hand, because she didn't want to involve the princess, so she didn't do anything to Cui's.
Cui Shi's eyes were red, and he began to swing wildly with the blood-stained dagger.
"Agnès, come here! We escaped with the princess! The princess blurted out in a hurry, threw her crutches and ran forward, wanting to take Agnès with her and escape with Princess Xiyang's mother and son.
As soon as these words came out, Wu Ming, who was following him, only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
Entering the palace today, the bad things encountered one after another, in order to let the princess and the prince take the first step, Wu Ming took the risk to follow the princess to see the Persian orchid, so as not to entangle the princess.
As a result, things have come to this point, and the possibility of retreating is getting lower and lower, Wu Ming only hates why Fang Cai didn't make a decision.
Glancing behind him, he saw that his subordinates were about to enter the small gate of the mountain pool with the princess, and then looked at the puzzled guards and forbidden soldiers around him, as well as the daughter princess who ran to the Persian orchid crying, and he made a decision in an instant.
Pulling out the short knife and rushing forward, just as Cui Shi was holding the dagger and stabbing at the fallen Agnès, Wu Ming rushed to the front of the guards and forbidden soldiers who rushed up, punched Cui Shi in the face, and then held it in front of him.
At this moment, three feather arrows hit his back almost at the same time, and Wu Mingcai was not killed on the spot because he was wearing ring lock armor, he stabbed Cui's knife, and roared hoarsely:
"All stand down! Otherwise, I will die with Princess Shu!! ”