Chapter Forty-Eight: Something Strange
"Let's go!" Feng Qing's apricot eyes widened, and his original clear eyes were already full of anger, "Do you have to force me to do it?" ”
Jiang Ming knew that she was angry, and she couldn't listen to what she said, so she had to leave first.
Before leaving, he turned back and said, "Frivolous, no matter what, my heart for you is true, it has never changed, and it will never change. ”
Feng Qingfang turned his head away and threw him the back of the head.
"Don't come to me in the future."
For many days after that, Jiang Mingche really didn't appear again, and Feng Qingfang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It had been a few days since King Wu Yun of Xiyi had been brought to the capital, and the emperor had finally ordered a summons and set up a banquet in the palace, so that several ministers of the court could accompany him, and Mu Beituo was among them.
When Mu Beituo was ambushed and seriously injured when he was suppressing bandits in Yunzhou, he also had the strength of this King Wuyun, so Mu Zun deliberately arranged for him to attend.
At the banquet, Mu Beituo and King Wu Yun sat opposite each other, the two never communicated half a sentence, and occasionally met their eyes, and they were also murderous and tense.
The emperor saw it in his eyes, but he was not much dissatisfied, at least Mu Beituo was calm and did not lose the demeanor that a great country should have.
"Your Majesty Emperor Yan, your hospitality, really flattered me, I have always heard that the Great Yan Kingdom is a state of etiquette, the most hospitable, today I see that it is really true, I will toast you a cup!"
King Wu Yun suddenly raised his glass and smiled.
Mu Zun touched the gold bottle in his hand and was about to drink, but Mu Beituo preemptively said: "The emperor has been working on state affairs recently, and the dragon body is not in harmony, so it is not appropriate to drink, so let the ministers drink with King Wu Yun?" ”
It's rare for him to be so filial, and Mu Zun can save himself from ruining his body, so he bowed his head and said, "Okay, then you can have a few drinks with King Wu Yun." ”
King Wu Yun didn't seem to expect Mu Beituo to ask to drink with him, he was slightly surprised, then faced him, laughed a few times and said: "Last time, this king was not good, and he accidentally injured the third prince, and now he punishes himself with three cups. ”
"Well said, well said." Mu Beituo raised his glass and drank it all, the smile on his face was barely strong, intriguing.
After they stopped drinking, Mu Zun smiled and said: "The prince can live in peace of mind in our country, just like his own home, there is no need to be too formal." ”
King Wu Yun was very moved when he heard this, and thanked him repeatedly.
But before the words fell, I heard the other party say: "I just don't know how your country's million gold is prepared?" When will the mission arrive in Beijing? ”
King Wu Yun's eyes flashed, and he wanted to scold, it seems that the old emperor and the crown prince are worthy of being father and son, with the same black heart.
"Your Majesty Emperor Yan rest assured, since my king has promised to pay tribute to the gold, he will definitely send it as soon as possible, but this Xiyi is far away from the mountains and rivers in the capital, and it will take time, so please wait."
Mu Zun smiled and said: "Of course, of course, come, keep drinking!" ”
King Wu Yun secretly wiped a handful of sweat.
After that, everyone dragged on and on, and the banquet went on in a very harmonious manner.
At the end, when Mu Zun was about to leave the table, King Wu Yun suddenly stood up from his seat and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty Emperor Yan, I have something I want to say to you alone. ”
"What can't you say in front of your ministers?" Mu Beituo was extremely displeased.
King Wu Yun replied, "You can't let the idle people hear about it." ”
"You...... Who do you say are the idlers, etc.? Mu Beituo was furious and ready to act, but because of the emperor's presence, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he held back his anger.
"Okay, let's disperse first." Mu Zun really wanted to hear what King Wu Yun would say.
Mu Beituo snorted and reluctantly withdrew from the hall with the ministers.
Mu Zun was about to ask, but King Wu Yun suddenly knelt down.
"Your Majesty Emperor Yan, you have to make the decision for me!"
Seeing this situation, Mu Zun was shocked and confused, and hurriedly asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" ”
"Please save my wife and children!" King Wu Yun almost used a pleading tone, and Mu Zun didn't know why, and wondered: "Shouldn't your wife and children be in Xiyi?" Why do you want me to save it? ”
King Wu Yun replied: "Emperor Yan doesn't know, my wife and children heard that the land of Dayan is vast, and there is gold everywhere, so they have always wanted to come and see, so when I went to Yunzhou, I also brought them with me, but a month ago, they were captured alive, and they have not been recovered." ”
Speaking of this, the man with the tiger's back also wiped his tears.
Mu Zun thought to himself, it was you Xiyi who violated my Dayan, and you did anything wrong in Yunzhou, how many Dayan people died because of your family, and your wife and children were arrested, why should I find you?
"Who is the captor of your wife and children?"
"It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" King Wu Yun gave Mu Zun an answer that he couldn't have imagined.
"What do you say? Prince? Mu Zun's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and he sneered: "The prince can quell the rebellion and defeat your Xiyi army if he is upright, why should he arrest your wife and children?" ”
King Wu Yun jumped up in a hurry, "Your Majesty is deceived by him!" Of course, he said to the outside world that he was crushing the enemy army in the open, but in fact, he didn't move much at all, because he had reached some kind of agreement with the bandits, so that they would surrender without a fight! ”
"And to deal with him, it is to use despicable means, he sent people to arrest my wife and children, threatened me with their lives, and asked me to cooperate with him to come to you to act, in order to ask for merit and reward!"
"Nonsense!" Mu Zun was furious, "The prince's ability to do things is obvious to all, how can he be deceitful?" King Wu Yun, do you know how much of a crime it is to slander the prince? ”
"I will never dare to slander the prince, what I said is true, please Your Majesty to find out!" After saying this, King Wu Yun knelt down again, and raised three fingers and said: "If I have the slightest nonsense, I am willing to be thundered by the sky, and I will not die well!" ”
Mu Zun didn't dare to believe it, nor did he want to believe it, but King Wu Yun was clearly vibrating, and it didn't seem like he was lying at all.
"If the prince really planned so many things, then why was he assassinated in the middle of the road, and his whereabouts are still unknown?"
King Wu Yun shook his head and said: "I can't figure it out below, maybe, maybe maybe the prince has encountered some enemy?" ”
After thinking for a moment, Mu Zun snorted coldly: "The prince is not here at the moment, everything you say is done, I will not believe your words!" ”
"Your Majesty Emperor Yan! If it weren't for the fact that the crown prince was not in the capital, how could he dare to say this? The life and death of my wife and children are still uncertain, you have to make the decision for me! King Wu Yun came back to this sentence again.
Mu Zun was so troubled by his thoughts that he said, "I will give an order to send someone to find your wife and children, you go back to the post house first." ”
King Wu Yun accepted it when he saw it, wiped away his tears and hurriedly left.
Mu Zun sat back in his place and fell into a long contemplation.
If the crown prince really made a deal with the Yunzhou bandits as King Wu Yun said, then his intention was obviously not as simple as asking for merit and reward.
What exactly does he want to do? Rebellion?
It is said that the most ruthless is the emperor's family, but Muzun has poured a lot of feelings and expectations into his sons, especially the prince.
For a long time, he valued the prince the most, and the most feared was also the prince, to be precise, almost all emperors were like this.
He was as tolerant as possible to the crown prince, but he didn't want the father and son to meet each other for the throne in the end, could he still not escape this fate in the end?
Although Mu Zun was resentful, he gradually calmed down.
After thinking about it, he always felt that the prince was attacked halfway, and King Wu Yun suddenly retorted, and the whole thing was strange.
So, Mu Zun summoned Jiang Tianba, the leader of the bandits who was locked in the prison, into the palace for questioning.
Another few days passed, and Feng Qingfang, who was in a panic in the house, finally went out for a walk.
Feng Qingfang deliberately went to a more lively place, there were many pedestrians on the street, and nothing happened along the way, so she seemed to be a little relaxed, and when she returned home, she forgot to take the main road, in order to save some distance, turned into a narrow alleyway.
Humming a minor tune as he walked forward, two people suddenly appeared in front of him.
I saw that they were dressed in black and covered their faces, and their eyes were full of fierce light.
Feng Qingfang immediately threw down the unfinished baked cake in her hand, turned her head and was about to run, but just a few steps away, two more people rushed out of the intersection, blocking her way.
Facing the approach of the four, Feng retreated step by step, and sneered: "A few big brothers, if you have something to say, don't mess around!" ”
One of them laughed: "Such a bright little girl, it's a pity to kill her, Brother Liang, why don't you take her back and have fun?" ”
The other party reprimanded: "Let's take the money to do things, kill her and leave, don't make trouble!" ”
Then the blade was revealed.
Feng Qingfang leaned his back against the wall, his face was frightened, and he hurriedly said, "How much money did that person give you to kill me?" I can give you double, no, triple, if you let me go! ”
A few people stopped.
"Our bounty is five hundred taels, three times? Can you afford it? ”
"Why can't you afford it?" Feng Qingfang looked unconvinced, "Don't look down on people, just this pearl hairpin on my head is worth hundreds of taels!" ”
As he spoke, he obediently took it off and handed it to others.
The green fingers under the sleeves touched the cold bracelet on the wrist.
While the other party was looking at the pearl hairpin, he quickly pressed down the mechanism, and the two silver needles flew out in an instant, submerging into the waist and abdomen of the nearest person.
"Ah......h
The man who was called Brother Liang said: "Hmph, we underestimate you!" ”
Feng Qingmad didn't care, buckled the button of the bracelet and continued to send the needle, but unexpectedly, the remaining two people did a good job and avoided it from a distance.
The next few stitches were missed, Feng Qingfang couldn't help but panic, there were only two stitches in it, not enough to deal with the two of them, how could this be good?
"You've run out of needles!" Brother Liang smiled coldly and began to approach the other person.
Feng had no choice but to send out the last two needles, but only one person was knocked down, and the other person's knife slashed at her quickly, and she couldn't avoid it.
Instinctively, I closed my eyes, thinking that this time I was dead.
"Bang Dang~"
"Ah......h
A scream sounded in his ears, and Feng Qing hurriedly opened his eyes to see the man in black lying in a pool of blood, and even the three who fell were wiped on their necks.
Feng Qingfang secretly said that it was not good, and ran over to check, and sure enough, there was no living mouth.