Chapter 204: Dark Forces
However, there were also many ministers who did not know what was going on, and only vaguely heard that Wang Qi, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, was a spy who tried to rebel while hunting in the paddock, but he did not succeed.
And Wang Qi is indeed dead, and Dongfang Lin, the new champion, is also a spy, and he is still arresting this person everywhere at the moment. As for the rest, they don't know.
For example, although they rebelled, it is not known who the mastermind is, who instructed them, and so on. They can only guess, but the exact situation will not be known until after investigation. Of course, it is also possible that nothing can be found after the investigation.
After the emperor Su Fan experienced the paddock hunting, the thunder was furious, especially the princess and the prince of Dingbei disappeared together, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
In the capital, many people speculated that Her Royal Highness the princess and the prince of Dingbei both fell off the cliff and may have died.
After all, Yanhui Mountain is a cliff, and it is almost impossible to survive. Besides, the Imperial Guards had searched the bottom of the cliff several times, but to no avail.
Although, a few corpses have also been found, but they have been gnawed beyond recognition by wild beasts. The lucky ones were all dressed in black, and they looked like assassins, which made the searchers breathe a sigh of relief, obviously not the princess and the prince.
The burden of finding the princess and the prince of Dingbei has been entrusted to Li Ziyan, the prince of Min'an, and his two friends are assisting him. It was the two sons of the Shi family and the Xia family, and of course the two personal palace maids beside Su Li, Yu Yan and Liu Yan, also stayed.
Li Ziyan already knew the situation in the cave, and by the time his people searched the cave, it was already the fifth day after the disappearance of the princess and the prince.
He and two friends had also gone to check on the situation in the cave.
Although the scene was a little tragic, several people were still relieved. Because the corpses in the mouth of the cave were basically assassins, and there were some hidden places outside the cave, there were also some corpses, but they were obviously disposed of.
From this, it can be speculated that someone should be going to assassinate the people in the cave, and judging by this number, it seems that there are quite a few. However, the Assassins did not succeed.
The corpses of the assassins outside the cave were probably thrown a little further away from the cave because they were afraid that the smell of blood would attract wild beasts.
So, why don't you just leave and stay here? Look at the traces in the cave, you must have stayed for two or three days.
If you are looking for shelter, there are other places to stay in this valley. Is it because you're hurt, or is someone injured so you can't leave easily?
And then he left, probably because there were too many assassins, and the injuries were too serious, and he needed medical treatment to have to leave?
Li Ziyan already had the result in his heart, and he sent someone to report the situation here back to the imperial city.
It's just that why do so many people want to kill the princess and Su Yu? Are these people coming for the princess, or Su Yu?
......
After Su Li and Su Yu left the cave, they did not go back to the palace directly, but went to Qishan.
First, the assassin's whereabouts were unknown, she was afraid that there would be an ambush on the way back to the palace, and Su Yu was now seriously injured and needed to be treated as soon as possible.
Yanhui Mountain is a day's journey from the palace, but it is very close to Qishan, only half a day's journey. Of course, it is also because there are no towns on the way back to the palace, and naturally there is no place to heal Su Yu.
Although she herself is half a doctor, she can indeed treat Su Yu, but she lacks materials. It's better to go back to Qishan Valley directly, there are a lot of good things there is in the old man Xiao Heng.
Although the decision was made, the road was too long. She forgot that she had to take an unconscious patient with her, and the journey dragged on for most of the day.
On the way, she asked a farmer to buy a cart, which was faster.
By the time she and Su Yu arrived at Qishan, Su Li had almost fainted from exhaustion.
"Yo~ The little girl is back?" Han Feiyu gloated and looked at the embarrassed Su Li, looked behind her, and said, "This is ...... Bringing your son-in-law to visit relatives?"
Su Li: "......"
Murong Jing: "Hahaha...... What a metaphor of your master!"
Su Li: "...... If you don't speak, there really won't be anyone when you're dumb......" Su Li said to Murong Jing with his consciousness speechlessly.
Along the way, Murong Jing teased her a lot, if it weren't for her bent on returning to Qishan as soon as possible, she wouldn't bother to bother with her.
"Hmph, you little girl really has no conscience. If I hadn't arrived in time this time, I'm afraid your life would have been lost, you know?"
"Yes, yes, if it weren't for our eldest lady Murong arriving in time, I would have almost died. Su Li didn't bother to refute Murong Jing.
Su Li said to Xia Qing, who came later: "Master, Su Yu is very seriously injured to save me, and I need to be treated as soon as possible. ”
Xia Qing also saw that Su Yu's injury was very serious, so he didn't say anything, and said, "Okay." He stepped forward and wanted to fly over the lake with Su Yu on his back.
Han Feiyu took the first step to block Xia Qing and said, "It's better for me to come, I don't want you to suffer." The tone seemed a little unpleasant.
Xia Qing's face was expressionless, and he seemed to be shaken for a moment.
Su Li was stunned for a moment, did she find something?
However, she didn't have much time to think about it now, and then flew over the lake to the bamboo house.
Su Yu's injuries became more serious because of the delay of a few days, but fortunately it was not life-threatening, which somewhat relieved Su Li. It's good to recuperate from her injuries next, but she doesn't know when Su Yu will wake up.
After Su Li helped Su Yu treat his wounds, he had time to officially visit his master Xiao Heng.
Although she is used to being polite to Xiao Heng, she still has to have the number of courtesies, after all, Xiao Heng is also the mentor of his father.
So, Su Li simply cleaned himself up, changed his clothes, and went over to meet Xiao Heng.
However, it is probably because she has grown up a little bit, and when she wears the clothes she used to wear, she seems to be a little smaller.
"Apprentice to meet Master. She made a formal disciple salute.
Xiao Heng knew of her arrival, his gaze still stopped on the scroll, and said, "Dingbei Hou Shizi's injury has been dealt with?"
Su Li nodded and said, "Yes, it has been dealt with." ”
"I heard the white shopkeeper say, you take good care of the Xuanbao Pavilion?" Xiao Heng finally put down the scroll in his hand and asked casually.
Su Li was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "It's just to fulfill the responsibility of the pavilion master and seek his own government in his position." ”
Xiao Heng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Why, after staying in the palace for a while, there are a lot of rules." You're so disciplined, but you're a little unaccustomed to being a teacher. ”
Su Li: "......" Is this old man looking for abuse?
However, Su Li also thought about it, and sneered: "It is also appropriate for apprentices to respect your old man, I used to be ignorant in apprentices, and I hope that the master will forgive me for being young and ignorant." ”
Xiao Heng was stunned for a moment, but he returned to normal in an instant, picked up the scroll again, and said clearly: "Say, what do you ask of me?"
Su Li smiled flatteringly, slapped his beard, and said, "Master is really discerning, but the apprentice has one thing to ask for." ”
Xiao Heng smiled helplessly, knowing that this girl must have asked for something, so she would be so polite to herself.
"I wonder if Master can borrow the secret force of Xuanbao Pavilion as an apprentice?"
Xiao Heng's hand holding the scroll was slightly stunned, and he looked at Su Li with some surprise, and said, "How did you know?"
Su Li smiled slyly: "I didn't expect it to be true, in fact, I just said it casually......"
Xiao Heng: "......" almost didn't come up in one breath. Dare to love this girl just to test herself, and she even fell into this girl's trap.
Xiao Heng coughed and said, "Actually, that force does not belong to the Xuanbao Pavilion, but it can do things for the Xuanbao Pavilion, but only my token can use them." I originally wanted to wait for you to be the pavilion master of Xuanbao Pavilion for a few years, and then hand over this force to you after you have a certain foundation. ”
"But since you've found out for yourself, it's okay to leave it to you now, but you'll have to tame them on your own. They are currently managed by Xia Qing and Feiyu. ”
In fact, Su Li didn't have this request, but since Xiao Heng said so, she was not polite, but she was not very clear about the role of this force.
"What is this force master generally used for?" She didn't see it, if it was other ministers cultivating these forces behind their backs, Su Li would definitely doubt this minister's thoughts, but Xiao Heng was different, Nantang was afraid that there was no one more honest and honest than Xiao Heng.
However, these are also because after experiencing the change of dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty in the previous life, Xiao Heng's loyalty and patriotism were clearly understood.
At that time, the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, and in addition to the martyrdom of Prime Minister Han Qian's hall, there was another person who also died vigorously, and that was the emperor Xiao Heng.
Because Su Li was imprisoned, he didn't know the specific process of the matter, so he only pieced together a rough idea from the scattered information in the jailer's mouth.
Xiao Heng jumped down from the city wall several feet high and died in the country. And after that, there seemed to have been a few turmoil, probably arranged by Xiao Heng with his own forces before his death.
Su Li was trapped in the dungeon at that time, and her heart was already dead, and it was difficult for anything to make waves in her heart. When I heard about the deeds of Prime Minister Han Qian and Emperor Xiao Heng, I was obviously very sad in my heart, but I couldn't cry anymore in my eyes......
"There are many things in the DPRK and China, and it is inconvenient for the people of Xuanbao Pavilion to inquire about them, after all, they are the forces of the rivers and lakes. Even if the Holy God allows it, it will inevitably be criticized by the rivers and lakes. So he cultivated this force and used it to secretly investigate the affairs of the DPRK and China. So although I have stayed away from the court, the affairs of the court are still very clear. ”
Su Li suddenly felt that she seemed to have captured something, and she was a little surprised: "Master just said, 'Even if the Holy One allows'? Could it be that my father also knows about these Jianghu forces cultivated by Master?"
Xiao Heng stroked his beard and smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence.