Chapter 5: The Assassins
"Tuanzi, Tuanzi, come out quickly, my sister is here."
"Dango, Dango."
"Dango, if you hear it, you will respond."
……
Originally, Yun Caiqing was the only one shouting, and after that, the maids and eunuchs who followed her also followed her example and shouted around.
Su Qingwan and they couldn't watch it either, and after a while, they also shouted softly.
Voices come and go.
If it weren't for the remoteness of this place, there wouldn't have been even a night watchman, and someone would have come to reprimand them a long time ago.
There are birds flapping their wings and flying through the forest, driving the branches to shake, and a peach tree is planted around the Linhua Palace, and now the branches are luxuriant and bearing peaches, and there are falling on the ground.
Approaching the peach forest, smelling the rotting leaves and peach fruits on the ground, even Su Qingwan felt an eerie and terrifying aura, as if a ghost was approaching them.
"Ahh There are ghosts, there are ghosts! ”
"Where, don't scream!"
Luoluo pointed to the depths of the peach forest and pulled Su Qingwan to scream, but was immediately stopped by Yun Caiqing.
Luoluo said: "Just over there, I just saw a figure floating past like this, a white mass, it must be a ghost!" ”
Su Qingwan pushed aside the peach branch that was blocking her eyes, and looked over there, it was pitch black, but the crooked branches looked like ghosts with teeth and claws in the dark, and there was nothing else.
She comforted: "I guess I saw it wrong, you were too scared and hallucinated." ”
Listening to Su Qingwan's words, Luoluo shook her head and said uncertainly: "Really? ”
Everyone else was frightened by her, they had all heard of the haunting of Linhua Palace, and it was rumored that they had noses and eyes, and now in this place, they didn't dare to say more, for fear that they would really attract ghosts.
"Meow~"
"Shhhh
Su Qingwan pointed to her lips, bent her waist to carefully distinguish the voice, and when she heard her words, Yun Caiqing also lowered her footsteps and approached her.
"It's inside, it seems to be frightened, and the cry is a little sad."
The voice came from the depths of the peach forest, and she could clearly identify the direction, as long as they kept moving forward, they could find the dango.
"How did you hear that?"
Yun Caiqing asked, she stood quietly beside Su Qingwan, but she didn't hear any sound.
She is very familiar with the cry of the group, how can an outsider hear it before her, the key is that she has learned martial arts and has internal strength, but Su Qingwan is just a weak woman who has no power to restrain the chicken.
Su Qingwan's tone was firm: "Believe me, it's just ahead, if Concubine Yun is worried, you can not follow me." ”
Luoluo grabbed her sleeve tightly: "Master, let's not go in, it's so dark inside, it's the one who died in Linhua Palace." ”
In the deep palace, Liang Guifei's name is taboo, not only the queen has given an order, but even the emperor strictly forbids mentioning Liang Guifei and everything about her.
For her words, Su Qingwan didn't want to reply.
Yun Caiqing said: "Let me believe you once." ”
It was still Yun Caiqing who led the way.
Everyone: "......"
A group of more than ten people walked for a long time in this untended peach forest, because the peach branches were staggered, which seriously affected the walking speed.
When I walked out of the peach forest, I don't know how long it had been.
"Meow~"
"Dango!"
Out of the peach forest, Yun Caiqing heard the sound of a cat, and when he took dozens of steps forward, he saw a bloodstained ball, collapsed to the ground and couldn't move, Yun Caiqing held it in his arms in distress.
Su Qingwan looked around carefully, she smelled a strong smell of blood, which required a lot of blood to have such a heavy smell.
If a cat is injured, it should not have such a heavy smell of blood, unless it is abused and injured.
There really was someone here just now! Luoluo read that right!
In the dimness, in a corner of the burned Linhua Palace, someone seemed to be hiding there, poking their heads out to watch them.
I don't know when the stars were covered by dark clouds, making the already dark night as thick as thick ink, and when I looked over there in the blink of an eye, there was nothing but ruins.
"Tuanzi is good, my sister will take you home."
Yun Caiqing whispered comfort, took the cat in her arms, and began to walk back.
"The group has been found, let's go back, don't go any further!"
Yun Caiqing's tone was much stiffer when facing them.
This made Su Qingwan can't help but feel that she didn't notice or see something just now, so she didn't let them pass.
The maids had long wanted to leave, and if they stayed here for a while, they all felt that they were guilty.
When they went out, they slowly soared, and when they came back, they walked like flying, talking about their line.
Soon returned to the Yunling Palace, Xiao Cairen was already in the courtyard.
"You're back, I met the Guards on the road and was almost taken away, ah, why is there so much blood on this cat?" Xiao Yuanhan said quickly.
Yun Caiqing said: "Why did the Imperial Forest Army come here? ”
Xiao Yunhan shook his head: "I heard that there are assassins in the palace and they are arresting assassins." ”
Su Qingwan immediately thought of the figure she had seen in Linhua Palace just now and the smell of blood, could it be hidden there, she immediately threw this thought out of her mind.
This matter has nothing to do with her, if it is a real assassin, it is best to kill Chu Heng.
"Concubine Yun, the injury of the group is not light, if you ask for a doctor at this time, it may be more difficult, I will know how to use medical skills, you ......"
Before she finished speaking, she was cut off by Yun Caiqing: "No need, I will deal with it, thank you this time." ”
With that, he carried the ball into the main hall and had the door closed.
Su Qingwan didn't want to slap her, but she couldn't bear to see Tuanzi suffer, as far as she knew, Yun Caiqing didn't know how to heal, but maybe people had learned it in the past two years.
She also wanted to inquire about the situation of the first battle in Bozhou from Yun Caiqing.
At that time, she was in the palace, but she heard that when her father led the army to fight with Dayong in Bozhou, he suddenly raised his flag and rebelled, intending to rebel, and was known in advance by General Zhao Qing.
She didn't know what role Yun Lang played in this incident, and she didn't know what exactly happened at that time.
"Open the door quickly, there are assassins in the palace, and the Imperial Forest Army will conduct a routine inspection."
As soon as Su Qingwan entered her side hall, she heard a sharp knock on the door in front of her, and then the little eunuch guarding the door hurriedly opened the door.
Gonggong Dong led the people of the Imperial Forest Army into the hall, and dozens of Imperial Forest Army wearing silver feather bright armor poured into the hall, and Su Qingwan and Xiao Yuanhan came out of the side hall at the same time.
Seeing that they were fast and there was still sludge on the road, Dong Gonggong couldn't help asking, "It's so late, and the two little masters haven't rested yet?" ”
While beckoning people to come into the house and search.
Su Qingwan said: "Concubine Yun's cat was lost, and we just helped find it for a while before returning to the house." ”
Xiao Yunhan nodded and said, "Grandpa Dong, I met you on the road just now, and it didn't take long to turn back." ”
Of course, Gonggong Dong remembered, and said with a smile: "There are assassins in the palace, for the safety of your little masters, please be considerate." ”
At this time, the door of the main hall also opened, and Yun Concubine came out with the bleeding cat in her arms, and her eyebrows were full of anxiety.
Dong Gonggong: "Concubine Yun, what's wrong?" ”
"My group is dying, the bleeding can't be stopped, the doctor is too much, go and find the doctor quickly!" Her voice was sobbing.
Su Qingwan came to her side and said solemnly: "Give me the ball, stop the bleeding first, and if the blood goes down, it will die!" ”
The Imperial Guards also entered the main hall to search, but no suspicious person was found.
Yun Caiqing is usually assertive, but at this time he also lost his usual composure, "I'll believe you again, if you can't save the group, I'm not done with you!" ”
I'm afraid it's too late to ask for the imperial doctor now, and when the imperial doctor comes, the group is estimated to have bled to death.
The dumplings were given to her by Sister Liang, if even the dumplings were gone, then there would be nothing related to Sister Liang in this world, and she would never be able to find the feeling of playing together again.
Seeing her crying, Su Qingwan's rock-like heart fluctuated slightly, "I won't let it happen." ”
Dong Gonggong asked, "Where did you find the cat?" ”
Luoluo on the side wanted to answer, but was pulled by Fluttershy, if Dong Gonggong knew that they had gone to Linhua Palace, they would definitely be punished, and they couldn't say this as slaves.
Xiao Yunhan said: "I found it from the peach forest over there, and when I found it, the group was injured, maybe my group was injured by that assassin." ”
Gonggong Dong understood where the peach forest meant.
He closed his eyes slightly and said: "Concubine Yun Niangniang and the two little masters in the palace should not go over there in the future, no matter what happens, if the emperor knows, he will be blamed." ”
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the crowd, and the slaves and maids bowed their heads like Fluttershy.
Xiao Yunhan said: "If my group wasn't lost, who would want to go to that ghost place!" ”
Su Qingwan had already entered the house with the dumplings, otherwise when she heard her words, she was afraid that she would have some emotion, you must know that Yun Caiqing was at the forefront before, and she seemed to be very interested in Linhua Palace.
"The minion is also kind enough to remind that since there are no assassins here, let's go to the peach forest to have a look."
Dong Gonggong quickly evacuated with people.
"The assassin is wounded, he can't run far, hurry."
At the moment when the door of the palace was closed, everyone heard the sharp voice of Gonggong Dong, he was the chief eunuch in charge of the deployment of personnel in various departments in the palace, and his power was only under Sui'an, and no one in the palace wanted to offend him, and even had to find a way to slap him.