Chapter 49: A wave of unsettled waves rises again
Qing'er arrived in Yongfeng at dusk on the first day of the new year, and Yang Hao placed his new home in a two-entry courtyard in Hengduan Lane in the north of the city, which was originally a real estate purchased by Meng Wei for a singer he privately accepted. After the chaos in the early morning of the first day, the singer rolled up and fled with the child servant without a trace.
The newly appointed Yongfeng assassin Hu Qinglian is still on the way to Yongfeng in Chang'an at this moment. Yang Hao temporarily took charge of Yongfeng government affairs as a long history. He was busy for a while, and he didn't return to his home in Hengduan Lane until late at night.
The old guard who guarded the door was transferred by Zhang Cheng from the original patrol camp, surnamed Guan, known as Master Guan, who was a little inflexible when he was old, but loyal and diligent, and when he saw Yang Hao coming back in the snow, he said: "Madame has been waiting for the adult to spend the night." ”
Yang Hao heard that Qing'er hadn't slept yet, so he was a little upset, so he hurriedly took off his coat and walked inside. Qing'er was sitting in the hall, and when she heard the sound, she came out, and before Yang Hao could speak, she suddenly gave Yang Hao a slap. Yang Hao was slightly stunned, and immediately returned her a warm and long kiss. Master Guan was taken aback by the strange behavior of the two, and it took a while to come to his senses, and he hurriedly beckoned a few guards to quietly withdraw from the courtyard.
Qing'er desperately dodged Yang Hao's chasing kiss, her eyes became flustered and confused, and her hands were weakly guarding her chest, trying to separate a wall between the two. Yang Hao kissed her face and lips frantically, and the defense line was broken in an instant. Qing'er's cold heart suddenly melted, her whole body became numb, and the arms guarding her chest finally hung down weakly.
Yang Hao carried her on his shoulders and walked into the warm bedroom.
Yang Hao enthusiastically poured out his admiration and attachment to Qing'er, and he longed to be one with the woman under him and never separate. Qing'er felt Yang Hao's fiery sincerity, and she opened her heart and no longer hid shyly. She opened her eyes and looked seriously at this man who she hated not long ago, it was really a trick, she actually got together with him. Qing'er stretched out her arms around Yang Hao's slippery back, and smiled happily with tears in her eyes......
At dawn, Yang Hao fell asleep tiredly, perhaps because he was too tired, he slept until noon and didn't wake up. Qing'er was flustered, she hadn't slept last night, and she got up early in the morning and left the bedroom. When he finished washing up and making breakfast, he called Yang Hao to get up, only to find that he was half cold and breathless.
Qing'er, who was distraught, rushed out of the door to invite Langzhong, but was blown by the oncoming cold wind, and she suddenly woke up: Yongfeng's overall situation is decided, and the people in the city are restless, if it is rumored that Yang Hao is seriously ill at this moment, it will inevitably cause panic and suspicion all over the city.
Qing'er took a few breaths of cold air, her heart calmed down, and after thinking about it, she asked Master Guan to invite Zhang Cheng and Cheng Keling over in the name of Yang Hao. After Qing'er arrived in Yongfeng, it was Zhang Cheng who greeted and settled her, and this person should be a trustworthy person. And Cheng Keling is the oldest team leader in the patrol camp of Hengsai Town, and Yang Hao has invited him to his home several times to drink, which shows his trust in him.
Cheng Keling learned that Yang Hao was unconscious, and immediately transferred three hundred patrol battalion soldiers to guard the house, Zhang Cheng dissuaded: "It's not appropriate, now that people's hearts are not stable, this matter must not be publicized." You choose twenty strong guards to enter the gate, and the rest of the battalion guards will be on patrol as usual, and there shall be no slight movement. In addition, it is necessary to report to the left-behind adults in Toyosu as soon as possible. ”
Zhang Cheng asked the guards to invite Qin Sihu, the most famous Langzhong in the city, in a small sedan chair, and lied to the public that Qing'er was in poor health and asked him to come to the house for treatment. After Qin Sihu checked Yang Hao's pulse, he bowed his head and was silent. Qing'er was flustered in her heart, and her face changed for a while. Zhang Cheng comforted: "Mr. Qin is known as the 'Holy Hand Rejuvenation', and the adults will be fine." Qin Sihu smiled bitterly: "The adult is not sick, he is poisoned by cigarettes." ”
After that, he asked people to take a basin of water, used chopsticks to pick a piece of incense from the incense burner and put it into the water, stirred it vigorously, and then took a silver needle and probed it into the water, and the silver needle suddenly turned black.
Qing'er was shocked when she saw this, and pointed at Zhang Cheng and said, "It's you?" It's your poison! Cheng Keling pulled out the knife and put it on Zhang Cheng's neck. Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly: "Even if someone poisons me, it shouldn't be me, I'm in the same boat with the adults now, what's the benefit to me if the boat sinks?" He asked Qin Sihu, "What kind of poison is this?" How did it end up in the censer? Qin Sihu was a little flustered, and said in a loud voice: "I only know that it is a poison, but I don't know why it is in the incense burner." Qing'er was angry and funny when she heard his words: "This naturally doesn't do your business, you just talk about his origin." ”
Qin Sihu pondered for a moment and said: "This medicine is called 'Orphan Wang', which is a chronic poison that is easily soluble in water, and can be soaked in spices, and when the spices burn, it spreads with smoke. It is not a big problem for a person to inhale a little, but if there are too many toxins accumulated in the body over time, it will kill people. ”
Zhang Cheng shouted: "Bring the maid who burns incense." The soldier replied, "The maid Tang Nu ran away with her master yesterday." Qing'er said: "You don't have to look for it, I ordered this incense." Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Qing'er covered her face and cried: "Last night, I saw a box of spices on the dresser, and it smelled very good, so I took some to use...... I don't want to be poison......"
Cheng Ke said: "The person who poisoned him had sinister intentions and had nothing to do with his wife. It's just that I don't understand, Mrs. smells this incense and has nothing to do, why do adults fall unconscious? Zhang Cheng also said: "I also want to know the reason for this." ”
Qin Sihu smiled weirdly, glanced at Qing'er, and said, "Illness and poison are spiritual, and they will take advantage of the void...... Presumably, the adults have been too tired from their busy schedules lately. ”
Qing'er's cheeks flushed, and she bit her lip and said, "He had sex with me last night, I'm afraid he was tired." Now that you know why, do you have a way to save him? ”
Qin Sihu said with a smile: "Find the crux of the problem, it's not difficult to save people." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Cheng Keling praised: "A divine doctor is a divine doctor, and it really deserves its name." ”
Qin Sihu prescribed a prescription and handed it to Qing'er, but said: "Forgive me for talking too much, since someone is deliberately trying to harm adults, Madam can't have more eyes." Qing'er heard the deep meaning of his words, and leaned over and said, "Thank you Mr. for reminding me, I will be careful." "Send Qin Sihu away. Qing'er handed the prescription to Zhang Cheng and said, "Yongfeng, we have just arrived, please ask Brother Zhang to help you catch the medicine." ”
Zhang Cheng was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly accepted the prescription and said, "Don't worry, madam, I'll go and grab the medicine myself." Then he strode away. Cheng Keling asked Qing'er puzzled: "Qin Sihu's words are very reasonable, why did Madame give him the prescription?" In case ......" Qing'er interrupted him and said with great certainty: "It is not him who wants to harm the husband. ”
Zhang Cheng only took half an hour to grab all the medicine and send it over, Yang Hao only took one dose and woke up, saw Qing'er with tears in the corners of her eyes, smiled and comforted: "I'm just tired and sleepy, you don't have to worry." Qing'er said: "What does your life or death have to do with me?" I just don't want to be stigmatized as a murderer. When Yang Hao heard this, his heart was sweeter than eating honey. He reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Qing'er's eyes and was about to speak. Suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, Yang Hao closed his eyes and lay down, and said in a low voice: "Just say that I didn't wake up." ”
The visitor was Zhang Cheng, and when he entered the door, he asked anxiously, "Are you awake?" Qing'er didn't want to help Yang Hao lie, and she didn't want to debunk him, so she pretended not to hear. Zhang Cheng glanced at Yang Hao, his face changed suddenly, and he turned around and left.
Qing'er pushed Yang Hao and said affirmatively: "You don't have to doubt him, he is not the culprit who killed you." ”
Yang Hao patted Qing'er's hand and said, "But he knows who the real murderer is." ”
Qing'er was taken aback: "You mean he is an accomplice to the murderer?" ”
Yang Hao sighed, did not answer, he looked at the gray sky outside the window, and said worriedly: "It seems that it will snow, I heard that the middle of the forest in the south of Yinshan Mountain has suffered a major drought this autumn, there is no pasture at home, and there is heavy snow in winter, and many cattle and sheep are frozen to death. ”
At this moment, Master Guan led a dusty messenger in and presented a secret letter.
After Yang Hao opened the letter and read it, his face was full of sadness. The messenger said: "Please show me, how can the little one reply to my general?" Yang Hao said: "Please tell your general, and Yang will do everything." After sending the messenger, Yang Hao was unhappy in his heart. This letter was written by Meng Bochang, and although Meng Bochang seized Fengzhou, the process was not smooth. On the first night of the new year, he led the assassination guards to rush into Meng Chu's bedroom and take Meng Chu, who was sleeping soundly, but Meng Chu's concubine disappeared with a talisman.
Without the military talisman, it is impossible to mobilize the left and right armies of Tiande, and the whole plan may fail. At the critical moment, Meng Bochang made a decisive decision and separately arrested Zhu Si, the general of the right army, and Zhu Si, the general of the left army, and forced them to hand over their military power.
Meng Bochang's journey went very smoothly, and when he rushed into Zhu Si's mansion, Zhu Si was playing cards with his family. Meng Bochang falsely claimed that Meng Chu was in a coma, and he didn't think about trying to rebel, so he asked Zhu Si to immediately send troops to seize the five gates in the city and send troops to surround the camp of the left army. Zhu Si knew that there was fraud in it, but he was afraid of the swords and guns in Meng Bochang's hands, so he had to obediently hand over the military power.
Han Sui's road was not smooth, don't think about the original Arab, although he moved to Middle-earth for many years, he still retained the old customs, never past the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year's Eve, he still went to the camp as usual to inspect. Han Sui pounced. Don't think about hearing that your family was taken by Han Sui, you were immediately annoyed and angry, and led 300 soldiers to kill them back. Han Sui only had more than 100 people in his hands, and he was suddenly attacked and immediately defeated.
After learning that Meng Chu had been imprisoned by the rebels and that the five city gates of Fengzhou had fallen into the hands of the rebels, he immediately led the army to attack the Assassin's Mansion in the name of counterinsurgency. The Tiande Left Army is a strong force in the north, and the 3,000 people stationed in the city are the elite of the army. The right army was no more than a thousand people in the city, and the morale was low. The Assassin's Mansion was quickly breached by the Left Army. Meng Bochang and Han Sui took Meng Chu's family and fled to the west gate in a hurry.
On the way to escape, Meng Chu suddenly died violently, and Han Sui suddenly had a plan, he inserted a carved arrow in Meng Chu's back, claiming that he had shot Meng Chu without thinking about it. The left and right armies of Tiande were all brought out by Meng Chu, and the officers above the squadron were all related to Meng Chu. As soon as he heard that Don't think about killing Meng Chu, the morale of the left army suddenly plummeted. Meng Bochang took the opportunity to counterattack, the left army was scattered, and the right army was defeated into victory. Don't think about it, just lead hundreds of cronies to break through the north gate and flee north.
At the beginning, Zeng Chongyang promised Meng Bochang to send Meng Chu and his family back to their hometown after seizing the three cities of Fengzhou, and Meng Chu died violently in the army, Meng Bochang suspected that someone was deliberately murdering, and asked Zeng Chongyang to order a thorough investigation. In order to appease Meng Bochang and the soldiers of the two armies, Zeng Chongyang personally presided over the funeral of Meng Chu. However, he was not very active in thoroughly investigating the cause of Meng Chu's death. Meng Bochang was very dissatisfied with this.
After Han Sui led his army east out of Feng'an, he didn't think about gathering the remaining 3,000 people of the left army, and besieged Fengzhou City in the name of avenging Meng Chu. At this time, rumors spread in the city, saying that Han Sui was the culprit who killed Meng Chu, and the mastermind behind the scenes was Zeng Chongyang, the new Tiande army. Don't think about the soldiers coming to the city, the hearts of the right army are scattered, and the old department of Meng Chu is even more ready to move. Zeng Chongyang thought about it again and again and decided to abandon the city and move to Feng'an.
Before leaving Fengzhou, Zeng Chongyang set aside Meng Bochang to form his own guard, and all the officers above the gang commander were personally selected by him, and appointed his confidant Cao Feng as the commander of the guard.
The parting of ways was inevitable, and Meng Bochang asked Yang Hao to do one thing in his secret letter: secretly execute Lu Benzhong and take over the Tiande Right Army stationed in Yongfeng.