Chapter 49
After resting well in Yingfeng Pavilion for a night, Duguqing and Poxi probably slept more comfortably when they returned to their own place, and they didn't wake up at dawn. It was the maid who knocked on the door to wake them up, saying that there was a visit from Miss Creek's guest.
So the two got up to clean up themselves, and Dugu Qing arranged breakfast to be placed in the peach orchard by the way, so that the guests could wait there.
By the time they arrived at the peach orchard together, two men were already sitting waiting for their arrival. Perxi knew that it should be the person who arranged the winning government, although he didn't know him, there was nothing to doubt.
When the two men saw them coming, they both stood up and saluted, "Madam! β
"You don't have to be polite." Po Xi nodded and smiled at the two ordinary-looking men, and then politely requested: "Please also ask the two strong men not to call me Mrs. for the time being, just call me in Shudi...... Miss! β
"As Miss wishes!" One of them replied. The other didn't speak, just nodded in agreement.
At this time, the maids put all the meals on the couch and retreated, and Duguqing generously beckoned everyone to sit down and talk while eating. The two men did not refuse, and sat down obediently to have breakfast together, in fact they had been on the road all night, and indeed had not eaten yet.
"So early in the morning, the two of you worked hard to come over, and you don't know what to call them? My name is Duguqing, and you know this one. "Dugu Qing's social skills come in handy at any time. While helping to pour water for everyone, he politely asked the two men.
"In Xiajianghe, this is my brother, Jiangshan. We were ordered by the King of Qin to come to help Miss out of the predicament, and we all understood the general matter. So follow-up. Miss just stay here and don't go anywhere, we will help Miss solve it, please rest assured. β
"Okay, I'll listen to you, but are you sure that the people and things I'm looking for are safe?"
"It's not certain for the time being, what is certain is that none of them left the Shu Palace, and the secret guards also found out that there is indeed a basement in the Shu Palace, but the mechanism has not been cracked yet, and they need to be investigated again to know what to do next."
"Ah, why is this water cold?" Duguqing took a sip of water and found that it was cold water, and screamed in surprise, put down the teacup and said to Sun Mo who was guarding on the side: "You go and ask someone to change a pot of hot water." β
Seeing Sun Mo hurry to make arrangements, she said to Perxi again: "Honey, don't drink this water first, it's cold, you had a little cough last night, don't drink cold water." β
Poxi chuckled: "How can I be so weak and can't help the wind, Sister Qing is doing this too much, it's so hot this day, it's more comfortable to drink some cold water." β
"No, you need to drink hot water for a cold." Duguqing decided on his own without negotiation, and took away the water cup in front of Poxi, for fear that she would be disobedient and drink it.
"Cold?" Percy didn't understand what that meant.
"It's the wind and the cold or something."
"I ......"
Perxi was about to say that she was fine, but who knew that her wrist was suddenly grabbed, and she looked back and saw that it was Jiang He. He helped Po Xi take the pulse with a serious face, and after a while, he let go of Po Xi's hand and said, "It's rude, Miss forgive me." But she was right, the young lady still didn't drink cold water. β
"Uh... Okay, got it. Poxi didn't dislike Jiang He's abruptness, but it was a little strange that he felt like he was holding her hand, but looking at Jiang He's face, she smiled with relief: "Does Brother Jiang know how to heal?" β
"Understand a little, Miss does have some symptoms of wind and cold, please take care of your body, King Qin cares about Miss very much, and I don't want Miss to have any accidents."
"I'm fine, thank you Brother Jiang for your kindness, I won't let myself have anything to do." Jiang He's concern made her warm.
Sun Mo didn't wait for others to send hot water, he brought a pot over and poured it for Poxi again, and then retreated to the side to wait.
"Two Brother Jiang, you are a person with strong martial arts at first glance, but if you want to deal with that bastard of the King of Shu, are the two of you unreliable? I heard that there are mechanisms everywhere in the palace of the king of Shu, in case you also fall into the trap, I am afraid that we can only go to the king of Qin, and let the king of Qin's entire millions of male soldiers come over and turn the palace of the king of Shu upside down in order to save you. As for me, I'm not bad for money, but it's much more useful to have soldiers than money these days, and I'm afraid that my money won't be easy to use at that time, so you must be careful to deal with it. β
Duguqing said while helping Poxi keep picking vegetables, Poxi ate quietly, and occasionally poured water for Duguqing's vegetables. Jiang He watched the various intimate actions of the two from the beginning, and his brows never relaxed, but he didn't say anything.
Jiang Shan heard Duguqing's words and didn't know what to say, does a Shu land need millions of male soldiers to deal with? What's more, there are no millions of male soldiers in the entire Qin State.
"Miss Dugu is too worried, a small Bashu, 50,000 soldiers and horses are enough." Jiang Shan said confidently.
"Fifty thousand? Wow, don't underestimate this small Shu land, there may be hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses hidden in minutes, and several generations of Shu kings have been plotting for decades, how can you King Qin only send 50,000 people over to solve it? At least 500,000, right? β
"......" Jiangshan listened to Duguqing's whimsical and was speechless about her naΓ―ve "arrangement".
"Sister Qing is right, the King of Shu is afraid that it is not so easy to deal with. I don't know if you... Do you know what King Qin's plans are? β
Poxi wanted to know if Ying Zheng was still deploying the overall situation in Xianyang at the moment, if so, it would prove that he had no intention of coming to Bashu, then she could only wait for things to be dealt with before she could go back to see him, I hope that day will come as soon as possible.
"The King of Qin has asked General Wang Jian to personally lead the troops and horses to prepare to come to Bashu, and the problem here should be solved soon."
"Wang Qian? That invincible general Wang Jian in the world? Duguqing was amazed as if he had found a treasure again.
"Sister Qing knows General Wang Qian? I haven't seen it yet. β
"Of course I haven't seen it, I... I already knew that there was this person, and I had asked Liu Chang about this person before. But what Liu Chang said didn't seem to be the same as what I knew. β
"What did he say?" Poxi didn't know what Liu Chang said about Wang Qian, the general that Brother Zheng valued the most.
He said that Wang Jian is rigid, as cold as ice, does not know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, will fight all day long, and refuses to start a family when he is over 30, he should be a bachelor for a lifetime. is also very loyal to the king of Qin, the king of Qin told him to pick the stars, and he will never go to the moon. also said that he looks very average, except for his high martial arts, he can fight, and he has no human touch at all. β
Duguqing recounted Liu Chang's original words seriously, but she didn't notice that Jiang Shan's face became stiffer and stiffer the more she listened, and her brows were twisted to death.
"However, how can the person that Brother Zheng believes in so much be impersonal, it must be the uncle who is talking nonsense, I don't believe that the talent selected by Brother Zheng is so undesirable."
"Yes, don't say anything else, I don't think it's reliable to beat a single, I remember that he will have a son......"
"Poof... cough cough cough ......" Jiang Shan squirted out a mouthful of water, his facial features were almost deformed, and he looked very funny. Jiang He looked at him like that, and it was a little strange that he couldn't help but laugh or not.
"How do you know he's going to have a son?" Jiang He stared at Dugu Qing and asked.
"This, hehe... I guess, it's a pity that he is such a powerful person and has no successor. β
"Who said no, I heard that King Qin also felt a pity, and sent a few beauties to him several times, but he just hung the beauties in the General's Mansion and lived up to the king's wishes in vain."
"King Qin himself didn't take the lead, compared to the successor of the general, the successor of the Qin State is more important, isn't the King of Qin in a hurry to have a son?" Jiang Shan found a reason for Wang Jian to refute it, and he was not afraid of death to talk about King Qin.
"It's strange, how is this completely different from what I know, the two most powerful men in the Qin Kingdom have not even given birth to a son, King Qin can understand, with this great beauty dear to my family, he definitely can't look down on other women. But Wang Jian shouldn't be, does he belong to the situation of being old and having a son? Anyway, he will obviously have a very powerful son, am I deceived by what is written in the book again? β
ββ¦β¦γβ Jiang Shan suddenly found that his heart, which had always been calm, was a little turbulent at the moment. And the person who made him so emotionally up and down turned out to be just a helpless woman. He came to the conclusion that he had to stay away from this woman, otherwise he would definitely be angry to death.
Jiang He guessed if someone had written some fictional stories about Wang Jian as a character to deceive people, so Duguqing would believe it.
Finally, after eating, Jiang He felt that he needed to rest, so he asked Duguqing for two rooms, saying that they would wait until it was dark and then go into the Shu Palace to check the situation.
Poxi naturally told the Jiang brothers that Feng Shizi might also arrange for someone to go to the Shu Palace, and he was afraid that people on both sides would encounter unnecessary trouble.
Before going to the room to rest, Jiang He took a deep look at Perxi, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally nodded and left without saying anything.
However, before it got dark, the King of Shu sent someone to inform them, saying that they had found Liu Chang and asked them to go to the Palace of the King of Shu as soon as possible. After hearing this, Po Xi's brows tightened, what does this King of Shu want to do? They had only been away for two days, so why did they want to lead them to the Shu Palace so quickly?
"This bastard has come up with a moth again." Duguqing cursed.
"No matter what he wants to do, in order not to make him suspicious, we still have to go to the Shu Palace." Poxi is actually a little confused in his heart, if the king of Shu intends to let the uncle go, why not just let the uncle go, and they have to go in person? Could it be that the uncle had some accident? Thinking of this, Perxi began to be uneasy, and she hurriedly went out of the room to find the Jiang brothers. Duguqing didn't know what was wrong with Perxi for a while, so he chased him out.
When the Jiang brothers heard that Poxi was about to go to the Shu Palace, Jiang He objected: "You stay here, don't go anywhere, just let's go." β
"Yes, dear, don't go, I'll go on your behalf, I'll just say you're not feeling well, you can't go. You don't have to think about it to know that he just wants to beat your idea, but if you go this time, you won't be able to leave the Shu Palace so easily. β
"No, I have to go, uncle... Uncle may have had an accident. β
"......" Everyone looked at Poxi's resolute and worried face, knowing that it was useless to say more, so they set off together to the Shu Palace after they were ready.
When they came to the palace of the king of Shu, it was already dark, and the king of Shu greeted them at the door of the main hall with a guilty face. For the first time, Po Xi saw something like a corpse on a couch behind the King of Shu covered with a white cloth, and the Duguqing and Jiang brothers who followed behind also found it. Suddenly, so people began to worry, is that...
"Xiaoxi, this king really can't stand you, the next person found a corpse in the depths of the mountains and forests in the morning, and after moving back, this king..."
Perxi pressed her cold heart, slowly moved to the side of the corpse, and reached out to slowly pull away the white cloth. Looking at the corpse, Poxi almost fell soft, the King of Shu wanted to help her, but Jiang He took the first step to stop Poxi, the King of Shu withdrew his hands boredly, and glanced at Jiang He with gloomy eyes in a flash, and found that it was not a familiar face, and looked at Dugu Qing again, guessing that it was Dugu Qing's person, probably not lethal, so he didn't rest assured.
Po Xi looked at the pale face on the couch, it was not the uncle's fault. However, this is not right, how could the uncle be so easy, no, no, there must be something wrong. Tears flowed down her eyes as she trembled and told herself to be calm, she looked carefully, but she couldn't see anything wrong.
Jiang He didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, in short, the white cloth was pulled down by him, leaking out the corpse's arm, he picked up the corpse's right hand and looked at it, and said to Po Xi: "Miss, look at the stiff appearance of the corpse, I'm afraid it has been dead for several days." Jiang He hugged her arm and said with deliberate weight, and the hand holding the corpse's arm leaned towards Perxi very casually, and without anyone knowing, he kept pointing at a certain part of the skin of the corpse's arm.
Only then did Po Xi react, he had been half-hugged and half-supported by Jiang He, looked at Jiang He, and found that he was making a look at him. Following his gaze to the corpse's arm, he suddenly realized that this corpse was not an uncle. When the uncle was swallowed by the big golden snake, his right arm was scratched by the big golden snake, leaving a scar of half a length and not short, and the original scar could also be removed, but the uncle said that it was his shame and he wanted to stay to remind himself of the "hatred" with the big golden snake.
However, uncle, people who are not familiar with the scar will not know, how did Jiang He know? Perxi looked at Jiang He's affectionate eyes suspiciously, and his big teary eyes suddenly filled with more tears. Now she understood why she felt familiar when Jiang He grabbed her hand to check the pulse, and now she leaned on him so naturally. Take a deep breath and even the smell is the most familiar taste.
Suddenly found that the uncle was fine, and found that the person she missed day and night was actually by her side, this feeling was too happy, she simply fell into Jiang He's arms and cried. Everyone thought that she had accepted Liu Chang's death, and they didn't think it was strange.
Dugu Qing was also very worried all the way, but since he entered the Shu Palace, he was very uncomfortable when he saw Liu Chang's corpse. But it's very strange that she finds herself uncomfortable, but she always can't help but look at the King of Shu, and her brain is becoming more and more uncontrollable, and she thinks that the King of Shu is good. I couldn't help but want to get close to him, and my body reacted like this.
Obviously, Poxi cried so sadly, she wanted to comfort her, but she chose to lean on the side of the King of Shu. The little reason she had temporarily saved told her that something was wrong with her, she looked at Feng Daicheng, who was also present, hoping that he could find out about her strangeness, but Feng Daicheng seemed to be worried about something else and didn't pay attention to her call for help.
In the end, Duguqing was no longer under control, and her eyes were full of only Mo Shangxuan, but in the eyes of others, she was not unusual. And the King of Shu had already found that Dugu Qing was not only close to him, but also smiled softly at himself, and he knew that his plan had succeeded. But he wondered why Perxi didn't have this reaction, was it because he wasn't close enough?
He deliberately leaned towards Poxi, and looked at Jiang He holding Poxi's hand in disgust, but he still pretended to be gentle and empathetic: "Xiaoxi, blame this king, this king has no obligation to be a good master, and let you suffer such a pain." β
"Why did my uncle lose his life?" Po Xi pretended to be very angry and questioned the King of Shu.
Mo Shangxuan looked at Perxi's still clear eyes, and didn't understand why Perxi was still so sober? During the time when the two sisters lived in the Shu Palace, they put the ancestral secret medicine of the Shu Palace in their meals every day, and they would not use it easily. Because the materials are too difficult to match, it will take at least 100 years to have the opportunity to collect all the medicinal materials.
And the most difficult thing is to cooperate with the "soul attractor" he eats to be useful. Once you take the medicine of seducting the soul for a period of time, you will be attracted by the "soul attraction" he eats, and after a long time, the person who has been drugged will put him deeply into his mind. Although the other party is still like a normal person, he only puts him first at all times.
He still used the medicine left to him by the previous generation of King Shu, so that he could use it when necessary. Now that Duguqing has played a role, but Poxi is indifferent, didn't Perxi eat those meals?
Although Mo Shangxuan was puzzled, he continued to pretend to say: "He probably got lost in the forest, walked around, and was caught in the miasma of the forest, and fell into a pit in a daze. My men must have been dead for only a few days when they found him. Hey, if you find it earlier, you might not have lost your life, but it's really the king's fault. β
Po Xi knew that there was nothing to play on, so he pretended to be a little complaining and didn't want to deal with Mo Shangxuan, left Jiang He's side, and said to Duguqing: "Sister Qing, let's take the uncle back and bury it well, I can't bear to let the uncle be put like this sadly." β
"It's getting late, why don't you rest in the Shu Palace tonight, and then send someone to escort you down the mountain early tomorrow morning?" Mo Shangxuan's courteous advice.
Poxi was about to refuse, but who knew that Duguqing looked at the King of Shu and said gently: "Sister, let's listen to the King of Shu, stay first, and talk about it tomorrow." Dugu Qing said to Po Xi, but his eyes were looking at Mo Shangxuan. There was nothing wrong with it like that, and the others didn't know why for a while, but Feng Daicheng found out that something was wrong, and he didn't move, and he couldn't do anything at this time.
Although Perxi also felt strange, she thought that Duguqing had other plans, so in order to cooperate with her, she agreed to stay for one night. Jiang He looked at Po Xi disapprovingly, Po Xi gave him a silent smile to reassure him, and Jiang He could only follow silently.
In the eyes of others, the sad Poxi was no longer willing to stay, and after asking Mo Shangxuan to take good care of his uncle's body, he hurriedly pulled Duguqing and took his own people to leave the side hall and followed the subordinates of the King of Shu to the attic where he had lived.