Chapter 16: Old Favors and New Hatreds
Yang Hao left Luoyanchuan at the beginning of Shen Shichu, and Suo E had already prepared a boat for him.
Before leaving, Yang Hao looked at Suo's anxious and expectant eyes, and then said with a sigh of relief: "People are not sages, who can be without fault, don't take the past to heart anymore." Luoyanchuan is a good place, take good care of it, I will come back in the future. At this point, Suo's hanging heart finally fell into his stomach.
After Zhu Qi accompanied Yang Hao to the opening ceremony, he escorted the female assassin to the ship for interrogation. By the time Yang Hao returned to the ship, Zhu Qi had already finished his interrogation, and he came to Yang Hao with the transcript of the interrogation and a letter he had found on the Assassin's body.
Yang Hao roughly flipped through the transcript, but it was just some clichΓ©s and empty words, and there was no actual content. The letter aroused Yang Hao's interest, although there was not a word on the envelope, but looking at the paper and style, it was a special envelope in the palace. On the gold lacquer at the seal, the seal of Princess Li Qing of Yichun is impressively signed. The letter was indeed written by Princess Li Qing of Yichun, the assassin called "Little Tsing Yi" by Zhu Qi, who was actually the most favored palace maid by Li Qing's side, Jin Taoyin.
Yang Hao had seen her twice when he was in Jin Wuwei, and although it had been a year, he still had some impressions. Although Zhu Qi didn't know her, he could guess from her martial arts path that she was from the palace. There are not many women in the palace who can do martial arts, and Li Qing's flower clothes guard should be the most famous.
At the beginning of the year, Emperor Wenzong specially ordered Li Qing to form his own guards, but as for the reason, outsiders do not know. The guards are named "Huayi Guard", and there are a total of eighteen palace maids, all of whom have played with Li Qing since childhood. The head of Huayiwei was sent by Jin Wuwei, and the drills and martial arts he learned were exactly the same as those of Jin Wuwei. Zhu Qi was the head of Jin Wuwei before, so as soon as he saw Jin Taoyin's martial arts path, he knew that she was a person from the palace. Jin Taoyin's dagger was indeed quenched with poison, but she didn't shoot ruthlessly. In fact, her martial arts are far below Yang Hao, and even if she tries her best, she may not be able to kill Yang Hao.
"Let her in." Yang Hao frowned unconsciously after reading the letter.
Jin Taoyin waited outside the door, and when he heard the summons, he rubbed his wrist and walked in. When Zhu Qi escorted her into the torture room for interrogation, Jin Taoyin did not identify herself at first. Zhu Qi only gave her two sets of torture instruments, and Jin Taoyin barely survived the first set, but did not survive the second set. Her screams let everyone in the ship know that Zhu Qi had grabbed a little Tsing Yi and was locked in the bottom compartment to torture him to extract a confession.
Jin Taoyin, who couldn't survive the torture, hurriedly identified himself and handed over the handwritten letter from Li Qing sewn in his boots.
"You've been wronged, please take a seat." Yang Hao pointed to the chair behind the bookcase.
Jin Taoyin sat down unceremoniously. Yang Hao noticed that her face was a little pale, and there were still sweat stains on her forehead, but the flower dress on her body was not stained at all, and there were no wrinkles at all. Yang Hao subconsciously looked at the interrogation transcript on the desk, and then glanced at Zhu Qi who was standing at the door, he didn't understand what torture tools Zhu Qi used, but he was able to let her open his mouth without any damage.
"Why did the princess suddenly think of coming to Fengzhou?" Yang Hao's words shocked Zhu Qi, who was standing at the door, but his concentration was really good, and his eyelids didn't even blink.
"Is the general really unaware, or is he pretending to be confused with me?" Jin Taoyin asked aggressively with a sneer on his face. This arrogant attitude made Yang Hao dislike it very much.
"Ask the girl for advice." Yang Hao replied coldly. Jin Taoyin seemed to realize something, and her tone immediately softened: "Your Majesty has a decree, in March next year, the princess will marry Wang Chongwen." Now the princess's mansion has been built. But the princess hated this person very much, so she wanted to hide in Toyosu for a while. β
Yang Hao couldn't smile bitterly, this kind of absurd idea could only be thought of by Li Qing.
"Since the princess sent you, why did you pretend to be an assassin to assassinate me?" This is the mystery in Yang Hao's heart.
"The princess wants to know if you are still faithful to her." Jin Taoyin seemed to answer the question.
"I don't understand what the girl said." Yang Hao was straightforward, he really didn't understand what connection Jin Taoyin's assassination of himself had to do with whether he was loyal to Li Qing.
"It's simple. If you are willing to save me, it means that you are still faithful, and if not, it means that you have changed your mind. "Jin Taoyin said seriously. Yang Hao couldn't cry or laugh in her heart, Li Qing's brutality and willfulness were naturally famous, and there were countless whimsical ideas in her head, but she couldn't figure out the logic in it anyway. Fortunately, Yang Hao understands that with Li Qing, there are some things you can never expect to think clearly.
"Is this the princess's intention, or is the girl on her own?"
Jin Taoyin thought for a while and asked Yang Hao: "What is the princess's opinion?" What if it's my claim? β
Yang Hao smiled bitterly, "It's just nonsense." β
"You're bold!" Jin Taoyin's apricot eyes widened, and he pointed at Yang Hao: "You dare to insult the princess, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?" β
Jin Taoyin's voice was sharp and thin, and the guards outside the door broke in when they heard the sound. Jin Taoyin sneered: "You can pull me out and kill me now, it's better to tie a stone and throw it into the river to feed the fish, just because I've never been to Fengzhou." β
Yang Hao really can't cry or laugh, this is really a master and a servant, it is really in vain that she is Princess Yichun's favorite maid: impatient, arrogant, arrogant, unreasonable, and self-righteous.
Zhu Qi drove the guards out, and he himself took the door and left.
Yang Hao looked at the bulging Jin Taoyin and couldn't help but smile, and said helplessly: "Have you ever thought about it, the princess hid in Fengzhou, can she hide for a while?" Your Majesty's decree has been issued, who dares to disobey it? Who would dare to hide the princess? I'm afraid that Her Royal Highness the princess won't even be able to get out of Chang'an City. β
Jin Tao groaned: "You don't have to worry about it, you say a happy word, agree or not." β
Yang Hao smiled: "It's a big matter, you can let me think about it." β
Jin Taoyin trembled when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said: "I know that you people are unreliable, for your own glory and wealth, what else can you take care of?" Speaking of this, Jin Taoyin's nose was sour, and tears flowed down, "The poor princess still thinks that you are a person who values affection and righteousness, and what do you say, 'Compare your heart to your heart, I saved him, he will definitely help me', it's really stupid and pitiful, how can people have any conscience now, and their hearts are eaten by dogs." β
"What did you just say? Did the princess save me? Yang Hao asked in amazement.
"Do you still have a conscience? If it wasn't for the princess who saved you, would you have survived to this day? β
"You, don't be in a hurry, speak slowly, you said that the princess saved me, what is going on?" Yang Hao felt that his brain was a little messy, and a doubt that had been hidden in his heart for a long time suddenly turned over. At the end of last year, he was still a lieutenant of the Shence Army. He once accompanied Qiu Shiliang and Wu Chen to round up Han Yue, Nian Hao and other palace masterminds in Zhenzhu Town, a suburb of Chang'an.
At that time, Qiu Shiliang asked Nian Hao to identify his comrades who were hiding in the Shence Army. Nian Hao identified himself, but Qiu Shiliang laughed it off and did not pursue himself. At the time, he was puzzled, and later guessed that someone in the Thorn Horse camp might be secretly helping him.
never expected that the person who saved himself was Li Qing, the princess of Yichun. Thinking about it, at that moment, the Thorn Horse Battalion couldn't even protect Han Yue, Nian Hao and other palace generals, let alone protect themselves. Li Qing is the princess favored by Empress Dowager Guo after all, and she is the only one who can make Qiu Shiliang have a little scruples, but it is ridiculous that she didn't expect this at all.
Yang Hao's heart was full of remorse, for his carelessness and stupidity, and for what he had just said.
"What's the matter, conscience finding?" Jin Tao teased. There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart: The princess was right, this Yang Hao was indeed a little different.
"You can stay in peace for two days, let me think about it."
Seeing the truth of what Yang Hao said, Jin Taoyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his mood relaxed, and his voice suddenly became soft and charming: "Then you just think about it slowly, and don't get tired." β
Yang Hao got goosebumps when he heard this.
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Boulder Fort, the first moment of the child.
Zhang Ren was drunk, looking at the pile of white flowers on the carpet, he suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. It's been three days and three nights, and he's been indulging in this psychedelia and madness. He and his twelve sworn brothers, and, of course, the sixteen beautiful Uighur women.
In contrast to the singers in the Qushe, who spend their days in wine glasses, the Uighur women have an enchanting healthy beauty, with full breasts, thin and firm waists, and invariably fat and large hips. They don't have the pretentiousness of the singers, and the way they express their feelings is direct and hot. Although many people have a smell of sheep on their bodies, who cares about these drunk men.
Zhang Ren stumbled to his feet, leaning against the wall and walking out, he had drunk too much, and he needed to go to the side room next door for convenience. His twelve sworn brothers were continuing their game with the women on the carpet, and no one noticed him walking out, and no one cared if he could find the side room on his own.
"Bang!" Zhang Ren had just gotten into the side room and stood up, and before his belt was unfastened, he heard a kick on the door behind him.
"Ahh ......" There was a scream from inside the house.
Zhang Ren was shaken all over, and the wine suddenly woke up halfway. He dodged behind the side door and pulled a delicate dagger out of his boot.
The door to the side chamber was gently pushed open, and a Uighur soldier poked his head in, and Zhang Ren dashed behind him, his left hand covering his mouth, and the dagger of his right hand pierced into his heart......
After a cup of tea, when the resentful Uighurs had slaughtered twelve of Zhang Ren's sworn brothers, it was only after they remembered that there should have been thirteen men in the room. The Uighurs nervously searched for Zhang Ren's whereabouts, and soon found a naked male corpse in a side room not far away, with a bloody hole poked in the heart with a sharp blade.
"Kill these poor people who have been defiled by demons." A strong Uighur man shouted as he brandished his scimitar. Sixteen unclothed women knelt before him.
The bright scimitar drew a cold arc, and sixteen human heads rolled to the ground.
A young man threw a candle from the wall on the carpet, and the fire raged. The flame was like a torch in the night sky, illuminating the sky obscured by darkness.
"God of Light, open your eyes and punish the demons!" Thousands of Uighurs prayed in unison to the torch, brandishing their scimitars and roaring en masse.
The Uighurs' long-standing anger exploded in an instant.