Chapter 58
Liang Huanqing was extremely weak, Qi Jingqin helped her out not far away, her lips turned white, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
She felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, pus was now oozing from the wound that had pierced through the arrow, and the light rubbing of the fabric against the wound would make her almost faint in pain.
Qi Jingqin saw that he was so unbearable, so he couldn't help but pick her up and go to Shangjing.
After a period of recuperation and replenishment of food, Qi Jingqin was no longer as tired as in the jungle, and they were expected to arrive in Shangjing before it was completely dark.
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At this time, Zhao Zhao and Wei Shen were also outside the city and had not returned to the city, they had searched outside the city no less than ten times, and combined with the township chief of the nearby village, the pavilion chief led people to look for them, but no one saw Qi Jingqin and Liang Huanqing.
They returned to the burned woods again and walked all the way to the cliffs of the waterfall. Wei Shen looked at the waterfall that flowed straight down, and was a little discouraged.
He couldn't eat for the past two days, couldn't sleep peacefully, and kept thinking about the picture of Liang Huanqing asking them to go back to Beijing quickly to find someone to save her.
He was now on the edge of a cliff and a waterfall that splashed down and fell on him.
Zhao Zhao has been watching his lonely back behind Wei Shen, and he feels very uncomfortable, and now he can't find it, which can only mean that Liang Huanqing is dead.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Zhao decided to collect his troops and return to the city, after all, General Liang was still waiting for their news, although it was not satisfactory.
Zhao Zhao and Wei Shen and their entourage rode fast horses on the road, during which the soldiers hung their heads and did not dare to speak.
Wei Shen frowned and looked ahead, Zhao Zhao looked at him, wanted to say something, and swallowed the words when they came to his mouth.
Suddenly, Wei Shen tightened the reins and restrained the fast horse that was galloping, and the soldiers behind him also followed the horse, and none of them knew why General Wei stopped, and they all looked at him with puzzled eyes.
Zhao Zhao was about to step forward and ask Wei Shen why he stopped his horse.
Wei Shen pointed to the bushes on both sides of the road in front of him, and asked Zhao Zhao excitedly: "Zhao Zhao!" You see! Those two people! Could it be Prince Jing and Miss! β
Before Zhao Zhao could take a closer look, Wei Shen hurriedly galloped away, and the soldiers behind him were worried about an ambush, so they hurriedly followed.
"Wei Shen! You wait! Zhao Zhao shouted, and also waved his horsewhip to follow.
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Qi Jingqin walked on the side of the road with Liang Huanqing on his back, he didn't dare to walk directly on the road, for fear that there would be pursuers searching near Shangjing City.
He heard the movement of them riding horses from a distance, and he kept trying not to let them find out, but Wei Shen had good eyesight, and he saw two figures from a distance.
When Wei Shen approached, Qi Jingqin recognized the clothes they were wearing, and only then did he know that they were rescuers sent by General Liang.
Zhao Zhao and Wei Shen saw that it was really King Jing and Miss Liang, two dignified seven-foot men, and they couldn't close their mouths excitedly.
"Weichen sees His Royal Highness King Jing, the ministers are too late to save the car, and they hope to forgive their sins!" Although it was a pleasure to find them, the etiquette should not be forgotten.
"Flat." Although Qi Jingqin was also very happy in his heart at this time, he still had to pretend to be calm in front of people, he put Liang Huanqing down, and Wei Shen hurriedly beckoned two people to catch him.
Wei Shen looked at Liang Huanqing, who fainted, and never thought that the usually babbling young lady would have such a weak side, as if he had been beaten with a fist and smashed straight on his chest.
Seeing that King Jing and Miss Jing were seriously injured, Zhao Zhao and the others no longer exchanged pleasantries, and hurriedly set off back to the barracks, which was the closest to the gate of Shangjing City, and it was also an extremely safe place, no one knew how many pairs of eyes were still staring in the dark.
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Zhao Zhao and Wei Shen had just arrived at the camp with the injured King Jing and the young lady, and the soldiers guarding the camp gate had reported all the way to the camp of Shuai, Liang Fengmian and Liang Xiao were discussing armament planning with the generals, and when they heard that they had brought people back, they were immediately overjoyed and quickly greeted them.
"Weichen see His Royal Highness King Jing!" Liang Fengmian and Liang Liang rushed over with great anticipation, but they only saw Qi Jingqin, only to learn that Liang Huanqing was seriously injured, and Wei Shen had taken her down for treatment.
Qi Jingqin was sitting in the tent camp with his eyes closed and recuperating, and when he saw the general arrive, he hurriedly got up... Greet: "The general doesn't need to be polite. β
Liang Fengmian and Liang Lin couldn't have imagined that it was Qi Jingqin who rescued Liang Huanqing, and when they saw that he was also injured, they were even more grateful.
Qi Jingqin saw that Liang Huanqing had arrived at the barracks safely, so he didn't do too much greetings with the Liang family's father and son, he wanted to return to the palace in a hurry, and there were more important things to discuss with Si Nanping.
He already knew that it was the crown prince Qi Jingyang who assassinated Liang Huanqing, but the feather arrow he found was thrown into the deep pool at the bottom of the valley by him along with his pro-dynasty clothes, and he didn't dare to directly blame Qi Jingyang for nothing, he knew that his father hated his brother Ni Wall the most.
Hearing that the prince was going back to the house, Liang Fengmian also knew that the situation was turbulent at this time, and I don't know how many people were staring in the dark, and it would definitely be inappropriate for the prince to return to the house alone.
So he arranged a team of elite soldiers to escort the prince back to the palace, firstly to ensure the safety of the prince's life and fulfill the responsibilities of his subordinates, and secondly, to return to the palace in a high-profile manner, in order to warn the rebels who had the idea of fighting ghosts in the dark.
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Palace.
After Qi Wangshu was sent back to the palace, he had nightmares, often waking up in the middle of the night, and the scene he saw in Heifeng Village that night kept coming to his mind.
Concubine Mei was worried about her daughter's health, so she summoned many famous imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital, together with Imperial Doctor Xu, who was invited by the county king to ask the princess for peace and security, were all detained, and they have been serving in the princess's palace for the past two days.
Qingyin is Qi Wangshu's personal maid, since the princess ran out of the palace without permission after the dispute with Concubine Mei, her heart has not been able to settle down, and the princess was sent back to the palace that day, and she looked frightened, and she was anxiously waiting by the bedside, and she stayed awake all night.
It is not a matter to stay in the dormitory and wait for Qi Wangshu to wake up, so Concubine Mei and Aunt Yun Xi burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in the Buddha hall.
The two sides of the Buddha hall enshrine dozens of nine heavenly arhats, in the center of the center sits a big golden Buddha as high as dozens of zhang, the case is enshrined in front of the incense and holy lotus sent from all over the place, the remaining incense in the hall is curling, the sound of beating the wooden fish is endless, just like the west heaven in the world.
Concubine Mei knelt on the futon in front of the golden Buddha case, hanging sandalwood Buddha beads in her hand, the Buddha beads were full, and the scriptures were engraved with gold stickers.
Concubine Mei reverently closed her eyes, folded her hands, and chanted words to the Golden Buddha, all of which blessed her own children.
Yun Xi knelt behind him and looked at his mother distressedly.
Niang Niang in the birth of the princess and the concubine quarreled, persecuted, fortunately to protect the fetus in the womb, after pregnancy is not good, these days exhausted sleep and food is difficult, and now in front of the Buddha Hall kneeling for about two hours.
Yun Xi looked at Niangniang's crumbling body and wanted to come forward to comfort her, but she couldn't be disturbed, so she had to worry in the back.
"The emperor has arrivedβ" Gonggong He shouted loudly from outside the hall.
Yun Xi heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Concubine Mei: "Niangniang, the emperor is here." β
Concubine Mei opened her eyes, looked up into the eyes of the golden Buddha statue, slowly spoke, and said, "Got it." β
Yun Xi helped Concubine Mei up, and the eunuch waiting in front of the palace gate lifted the curtains.
As soon as I got out of the palace, I saw the emperor Qi Bingyu walking here, and he had not had time to change out of his solemn court clothes.
Concubine Mei and the palace people knelt down to greet the emperor: "The concubines greet the emperor." β
Concubine Mei knelt on one knee with her head bowed, exhausted.
Qi Bingyu walked up to Concubine Mei, looked down at her, and finally reached out to help her up, and said, "Rong Xin..."
He called Concubine Mei's maiden name, but he didn't know what to say.
He has been too busy in the past two days, knowing that Xia Rongxin is thinking about a pair of children, but he is relieved in the future, but in Qi Bingyu's heart, why not worry about his children, but as the emperor, he has more important state affairs to deal with.