Chapter 635: Mysterious Disappearance
"I didn't expect you to trust him to such an extent, it seems that I really made a mistake." Liu Qingluan smiled bitterly.
"We have feelings that people like you can't understand." Bai Liqing smiled, her eyes full of contempt, "Not only can't you understand it, but you can't understand it at all." ”
"I don't know? You're right, everyone abandons me, and they don't really care about me at all......" Liu Qingluan gritted her teeth, and watched Bai Liqing look at her with a little sympathy for Shui Zhi like this.
No...... She didn't need anyone's sympathy at all.
She stumbled out, originally thinking that the world was so big that there might be no place for herself, but she didn't expect that as soon as she ran into the yard, she suddenly heard Bai Liqing shouting from behind, "Don't let her go!" ”
She panicked.
Sure enough, after Bai Liqing's voice, several guards ran out of nowhere and ran towards her, obviously trying to catch her.
No matter what, Liu Qingluan still has some kung fu in the end, and seeing the guards rushing up, of course she is desperately resisting.
But it didn't work at all.
There were too many guards, and all of them were strong men, and it was probably not so easy for her to compare with them, and it seemed that she couldn't resist them, so she could only choose to run away in a hurry.
But she had been cornered.
There is no way back in the yard.
In desperation, she turned around and saw a well behind her, and before anyone else could react, she jumped into the well directly.
The guards looked at each other in disbelief, and ran over to see that the water of the deep well had calmed down, and it seemed that there were no waves.
"How did she jump in?" The guards weren't convinced.
"Looking at the situation in front of you, it seems that this is indeed the case."
After looking at the side again, they confirmed this conclusion, so they turned back and told Baili Qing.
Bai Liqing didn't expect Liu Qingluan to commit suicide by throwing himself into a well like this, but thinking that the matter had come to this point, it should come to an end, so he didn't pay much attention to it, just waved his hand and said, "Okay, I know, I've worked hard for you this time." ”
The guard nodded, "What should we do about the well?" ”
"After all, it was Baili Qing who used to guard the general, but now the emperor's favorite concubine. If the emperor can't see her after waking up, it must be difficult to explain, so you can go and salvage her to see if you can fish her body up, and then bury it with the gift of the imperial concubine. ”
Even if Liu Qingluan did so many things to them, after all, this was a royal secret, and in order to save the face of the entire country and the royal family, it was impossible for them to completely make Liu Qingluan's affairs public and judge them.
Bai Liqing did this, in addition to feeling that Liu Qingluan was indeed a little pitiful, but also for the sake of the overall situation.
Those guards had been ordered by Toto, so they naturally listened to Bai Liqing's words, they nodded, and immediately turned around and went over to fish for Liu Qingluan's corpse.
At this time, Bai Liqing didn't care about salvaging Liu Qingluan's body, but just went back to take care of Shui Zhi.
Shui Zhi was very weak after being hit by Hehuan and tossing a lot, but he quickly came to his senses under Bai Liqing's care, and the moment he saw Bai Li Qing, he pounced on her and hugged her tightly.
Bai Liqing smiled bitterly, "What are you doing here?" ”
"I thought I was going to lose you......" Shui Zhi kept thinking about the grief-stricken look of Bai Liqing when he saw that scene before he fainted, and he felt indescribable guilt in his heart, if it wasn't for his carelessness in Liu Qingluan's acacia, he wouldn't have let her misunderstand like this.
Bai Liqing laughed helplessly, "Actually, you should believe me, I will definitely not leave you alone, no matter when, I will believe you." ”
Hearing what Bai Liqing said, Shui Zhi smiled happily and nodded, "I know." ”
The two of them hugged each other tightly.
It was also at this time that the guards who salvaged Liu Qingluan's body ran in and said, "We salvaged the well, but we didn't find Liu Qingluan's body in it. ”
It's also strange to say, they obviously saw Liu Qingluan jump in with their own eyes, but no matter how they salvage, they couldn't catch it, at first they thought that they were not salvaging carefully enough, but the well was so big, Liu Qingluan jumped down, could it still disappear out of thin air?
"No?" Bai Liqing frowned in surprise, "Are you sure you have salvaged it carefully?" ”
"Yes."
These guards are guards who have escaped trust, and it is absolutely impossible to help Liu Qingluan conceal it, and there is no need to hide Liu Qingluan's body at this time, if this is the case......
Bai Liqing's heart suddenly swelled with an ominous premonition.
Shui Zhi listened to them and asked a little strangely, "What are you talking about?" ”
He had just woken up, apparently unaware of what had happened before this, and was a little confused when he heard them say this.
So Bai Liqing told him everything that had just happened.
Shui Zhi listened to Bai Liqing's detailed description, pinched his chin and pondered for a while, frowned and said: "A good person, it is impossible to disappear out of thin air, if it is not for the guards to see it wrong, then there must be something wrong with this well." ”
Speaking of this, Baili Qing and Shui Zhi couldn't help but focus on the guards next to them.
Feeling their gaze, he hurriedly said: "We can't be wrong, she jumped right under our noses, even if I am wrong, it is impossible for everyone to be wrong." ”
At that time, there were indeed several guards in the courtyard, and the probability of being wrong was almost impossible, so Shuizhi pursed his lips, "That must be the problem of the well......
In order to confirm whether Liu Qingluan was still alive, Shui Zhi immediately issued an order and said, "You can find a few people to dig this well for me." ”
"Digging a well?" The guards were stunned for a moment.
"That's right, no matter what, she is also the imperial concubine, and if you can't find her body, the emperor must be strange, and we only have this way now." Mizuji said, it seemed as if there was really no second option.
So the guards gritted their teeth, nodded, and took up their hoes and rakes and turned to dig the well.
After watching the guards walk out, Shui Zhi's face was still a little ugly, and Bai Liqing frowned and comforted: "Even if she is really alive, the general trend is gone, I'm afraid she won't be able to make much waves, so you don't have to worry so much." ”
"No, this person should not be underestimated." Shui Zhi shook his head, he had already made a decision about Liu Qingluan in his heart.
A ruthless person like Liu Qingluan doesn't know what benevolence and morality are at all, as long as she can use all the means to achieve the end, no matter what it is, she will use it, this kind of person is the most terrifying.
Seeing Shui Zhi's solemn expression, Bai Liqing couldn't help but be worried.
At the same time, Baili Yunzheng and his party had already come to the battlefield, and they had reached the front line, which was a small county town not far from the capital, where it was the last checkpoint for the enemy army to enter the capital.
If this small county town is lost, it will only be a matter of time before the enemy army enters the imperial city and pulls the emperor down from the throne.
The magistrate of the county was quick to give him a warm welcome.
"General Baili, I didn't expect that at this time, you are still willing to lead troops into battle, which is really admired by the lower officials!" The chief politely bowed to Baili Yunzheng.
Baili Yunzheng just glanced at him lightly and asked, "Why didn't you leave?" ”
Although the capital is not far from this county seat, there will be several small towns and villages along the way, and those places have long been empty, not to mention the county seat on the front line, and what he sees is basically a barren.
The chief smiled and said, "Isn't that still a burden on my back?" As the governor of the county seat, if I leave, there will be no way to defend the county, and when the time comes, the people who have not had time to flee will suffer. ”
He said this with a smile, and he did not have the sense of urgency that he was facing a great enemy, or even as if the war did not matter to him at all.
Baili Yunzheng is also a person who has fought on the battlefield for many years, and he can see that something is wrong with this chief at that moment, but he still didn't show it, he just smiled slightly and passed perfunctorily.
Before the battle began, the chief naturally wanted to entertain Baili Yunzheng who came from afar first, and set up a banquet early to wait.
Ben came to this kind of time, even if it was to reward the army from afar, at most it was just a meal, but I didn't expect that this commander didn't seem to think so, and after eating, he even had time to call the dancing girl to perform songs and dances.
It's a miracle that the commander here is so incompetent and mediocre that the enemy army has not been able to attack for a long time.
Halfway through the meal, a dancing girl suddenly ran towards Baili Yunzheng under the guidance of the chief's eyes, and rubbed her soft and warm body on him vigorously, "General, you are really strong, the little woman is really admired, let me toast you with this glass of wine." ”
But Baili Yunzheng seemed to be very disgusted, and directly reached out and threw out the glass of wine handed over by the dancing girl.
With a bang, the face of the dancing girl under was indescribably ugly.
"I don't need you to toast, get out of here."
In this regard, not to mention that Li Chuxia was sitting next to him, Baili Yunzheng would never let other women easily approach him.
The chief suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He originally wanted to arrange this dancing girl to curry favor with Baili Yunzheng, who knew that the other party didn't give him any face, but he didn't say anything, only signaled the dancing girl to retreat, and then made amends one by one.
This banquet is also a little unhappy in the end.