Chapter 20: The Assassination
The Queen Mother's expression was grim, and she snorted coldly: "You went all the way to see him, how could he not treat you?" ”
"Queen Mother, Brother Rui Wang bought a whole restaurant for a female chef, but I like that restaurant and want him to give it to me, but Brother Rui Wang refuses!"
As he spoke, tears fell like pearls with broken threads, which made people feel pitiful.
The Queen Mother held Xiangyang's little face, wiped away her tears distressedly, patted her back and comforted: "Xiangyang doesn't cry, what kind of female cook, can King Rui do such a ridiculous thing?" ”
"The female chef was originally a fish restaurant and wanted to open a restaurant, but she had no money at all, and Brother Ruiwang didn't know what she was doing, so she spent four hundred taels of silver when she said she would spend it."
The Queen Mother sighed and called her father-in-law: "Suzuki, King Rui has been playing in Huainan for a while, tell him to go back to Beijing, and then come to see the palace." ”
After that, he doted on Xiangyang's nose: "Xiangyang don't worry, I will talk about him when he comes back." ”
When the subordinates passed the news of the capital to Ning Bosheng, Ning Bosheng smashed a white porcelain bottle.
Uncle Cao picked up the fragments of the white porcelain vase distressedly, and muttered in his mouth: "It's a pity that this white porcelain vase is rare to find one in a few years." ”
However, he could understand why Ning Bosheng was so angry. Since he was a child, as a prince, he has not even been favored by a county lord in Xiangyang, in order not to offend the queen mother and queen, Xiangyang has been willful in front of him for so many years, and Ning Bosheng has endured it.
Now when I come to Huainan, I say that I want to taste the authentic two Huai dishes, but in fact, there are other arrangements. Now there is no business to be seen, so it was disrupted by Xiangyang.
After picking up the fragments, Uncle Cao persuaded: "Lord Wang, you dissipate your anger." Anyway, there is no news about the matter now, so let's be tired, hurry up and go back, and come back when we have a chance in a few days. ”
Ning Bosheng looked at the setting sun in the west, squinted his eyes, and a trace of murderous aura flashed in his eyes.
When he returned to the capital, Ning Bosheng did not change his clothes, and went directly to the palace to see the Queen Mother. Xiangyang sat obediently beside the Queen Mother like a kitten.
The Queen Mother stroked her hand and said sternly to Ning Bosheng: "Bosheng, you have always been the most sensible, why did you go to Huainan and make such a fool of yourself?" ”
"The imperial grandmother taught me a lesson, and my grandson knew that he was wrong." Ning Bosheng didn't refute at all, and knelt on the ground with his head hanging to admit his mistake.
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, a pair of eyes tentatively roamed over Ning Bosheng's body, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked: "You are quick to recognize this mistake, okay, since you have returned to Beijing, don't run around, accompany Xiangyang." ”
Xiangyang was happy, looked at the Queen Mother, and pleaded in his eyes.
The Queen Mother smiled dotingly, nodded, and Xiangyang picked up Ning Bosheng and said coquettishly: "Brother Ruiwang, I haven't been to the Imperial Garden for a long time, the weather is good today, you can accompany me to go shopping." ”
Ning Bosheng patiently played with Xiangyang in the palace for a whole day, and Uncle Cao's carriage was there when he left the palace.
After getting into the carriage, the first thing Ning Bosheng did was to take off his robe and put on a new one. Today, Xiangyang can't wait to hang on himself, and Ning Bosheng doesn't like to have her taste on himself.
He lifted the curtain, looked at the moon in the sky, and suddenly asked Uncle Cao: "You say, what is Miss Zhu doing now?" ”
Uncle Cao was stunned at first, but he didn't expect King Rui to be so interested in Miss Zhu in Huainan, and he had hidden worries in his heart, but he still replied: "I guess I am preparing the ingredients for the next day." ”
"I don't know about moving to a restaurant, she's not busy coming."
Just when he was about to put down the curtain, a cold arrow shot straight over, and Ning Bosheng dodged it, but Uncle Cao's reaction was not as good as him, seeing that the arrow was about to hit Uncle Cao, Ning Bosheng reached out and grabbed the tail of the arrow.
Uncle Cao was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt in front of Ning Bosheng, his voice trembling: "I'm sorry Lord Wang, my subordinates were negligent." Hurriedly got out of the car and arranged for the guards to surround the carriage and protect Ning Bosheng.
Ning Bosheng put the arrow in front of his eyes and observed it carefully. The tail of the arrow has a special emblem that appears to be the action of some hitman group.
Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his hand, and he shook off the arrow, and when he saw his palm turn black, his brows tightened, and he immediately sealed the blood in his arm.
Suddenly, sharp arrows were being fired from all directions in the woods.
The accompanying guards immediately formed a circle around the carriage and waved their swords to divert the arrows from their original paths.
However, there was a steady stream of arrows, and several guards were unfortunately shot. Seeing that the situation was grim, Uncle Cao took out a whistle from his bosom and was about to blow it, when a hand stretched out from the carriage and stopped him.
"Lord Wang!" Uncle Cao turned around, saw Ning Bosheng's pale face through the car window, and hurriedly climbed into the carriage to check Ning Bosheng's injuries.
"The enemy is in the dark, we are in the light, and the identity of the other party is not clear, so we can't expose the hermit." Ning Bosheng's breath was unsteady when he spoke, his face was bloodless, and although the blood veins were sealed in his arm, the poison was still slowly spreading upward.
The hermit is a master that Ning Bosheng has been cultivating to protect himself in the dark, and he will never expose it until he has to.
"But now the opponent's attack is too fierce, and we can't resist it at all." As Uncle Cao was talking, another guard outside the carriage fell with an arrow.
Ning Bosheng barely supported his body and shouted to the guards: "Come in!" ”
The four surviving guards did not hesitate and immediately turned over and got into the carriage. Ning Bosheng barely supported his body, and used a stone bullet on the horse's buttocks, and the horse was frightened and ran forward violently.
After running out of the forest, Uncle Cao looked behind him, but no one caught up, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, no one has caught up, and if there is another wave of attacks, the carriage will not be able to hold up."
Ning Bosheng's carriage looks like an ordinary carriage from the outside, but there is an iron plate in the mezzanine of the formwork, which is difficult for ordinary sharp weapons to shoot through.
Ning Bosheng said quietly: "It's because no one has caught up with him that it's even more suspicious." ”
Uncle Cao thought about it, and it was true. The other party doesn't show up, but he doesn't defend it, why is it?
Ning Bosheng suddenly highlighted a mouthful of black blood, Uncle Cao was shocked, and hurriedly rolled up his sleeves, the poison had spread to his big arm, and if it continued to spread, it would invade his heart and lungs.
Because Ning Bosheng was poisoned, it was too late to return to Huainan to find Mr. Wu for treatment, so he could only choose another way to return to Beijing.
Since Ning Bosheng left that day, he has never come to Zhu's house again, nor has he come to eat.
The words of the county lord of Xiangyang have been lingering in Zhu Yuan's ears, she knows that she shouldn't think too much, and she shouldn't be disturbed by others, but she just can't help it.
Their identities are very different, and what is she expecting?
Zhu Yuan came to the restaurant to discuss the takeover with the former restaurant owner, but many of the details were discussed with him by Ning Bosheng at that time, and Zhu Yuan was not clear.