Chapter 162: Peace of Mind
Qi Yunshu was taken aback, this is the southern suburbs of Kyoto, and it is usually a Zhuangzi bought by famous nobles in the capital, and then think about it deeply, the emperor on this mountain today is bringing a group of ministers to pray for blessings
How could there be a long-eyed assassin drilling into it? Unless people are here to assassinate the emperor.
Qi Yunshu broke out in a cold sweat, wanting to return to the Sunset Cangshan Courtyard before this chaos happened.
But when she turned around to greet the coachman, she saw that the wheels were empty, and then she remembered that the coachman told her that she was in a hurry to urinate and find a convenient place to go.
She hurriedly climbed into the carriage, but when she got inside, she felt that there was a cold air in it, and there was something on her chest, hard and cold, and she could feel the coldness through the thick cotton clothes.
She didn't dare to look up, and her body instantly stiffened.
Then I heard a voice as cold as ice commanding: "Don't make a sound, go where you want to go!" ”
Qi Yunshu closed her eyes and bit her tongue hard, there was an assassin outside just now, and she met an assassin here?
There was no time to lament that her life was miserable, there was a pain in her neck, like a needle prick, she was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to scream, the cold light flashed in front of her, and the sword was already on her neck.
Death approached again, and at the same time the sound of neat footsteps rang in her ears as the Ouchi guard, who had bitten behind the assassin, came after him.
Biting so hard, I don't know if the assassin succeeded or didn't.
In just a moment, Qi Yunshu's mind had turned a hundred times, there were chasing soldiers outside, and the assassin didn't kill her at the first time, I am afraid that he wanted to escape from here with her!
She reacted from the panic, her eyes quietly moved down, and she slowly reached out to pinch the tip of the sword with the cold light, and took the initiative to negotiate: "That...... What's that, hero, if you have something to say, I won't shout, and I'll help you avoid their searches! ”
"Do you know who I am?" The other party's voice was cold, like a robot without any emotion.
Qi Yunshu lowered her head and rolled her eyes slightly: "Assassin, you are the assassin who assassinated the emperor!" ”
The assassin's hand holding the sword stiffened, and he said in a deep voice, "Then you don't have to live!" ”
Qi Yunshu defended repeatedly: "I didn't see your face!" I kept my head down the whole time, and I didn't know who you were! From the beginning of her guess, she subconsciously did not look into the carriage.
It's not really to save her life in this way, but she knows that a powerful person like this who dares to assassinate the emperor must be extremely defensive, and her eyes may be able to lead him to kill someone.
Her life and death are in the palm of his hand, one thought of life, one thought of death!
This feeling is not good, but unluckily, she has to cheer up and deal with it.
The assassin's sword hesitated for a moment, moving an inch away from Qi Yunshu's neck, so that her life would not be killed with a shake of his hand, but the crisis was still there.
"Since you know that I am an assassin, you are not afraid that I will kill you?"
"If you want to kill, you will kill it earlier, you won't wait until this time, now only I can save you!" Qi Yunshu started again, and with a slight movement of his fingers, he moved the tip of the sword in his hand to the side.
The sword-wielding man approached her with a shake of the tip of his sword, and Qi Yunshu laughed dryly: "That...... The carriage is bumpy, in case your hand slips......" she said as she leaned back against the wall.
With such a movement, the movement inside the carriage couldn't help but be louder, and the dense footsteps outside sounded, and a majestic voice said loudly: "Who is in the carriage?" ”
Qi Yunshu's heart jumped, and his thoughts flowed sharply.
But she didn't dare to scream, because the tip of the sword that she had just avoided a little bit was poked at her throat again, and the cold sword light was silently warning her.
She raised her hand and shook her head, signaling that she wouldn't move.
After this movement, the majestic voice as iron outside sounded again: "Who is in the carriage, the palace guards are here to search and get off quickly." ”
Qi Yunshu's heart was beating wildly, but if she was not careful, she would lose her life, so she had to be extremely cautious.
As soon as her sleeves were covered, a handful of powder was sprinkled in the carriage, and a foul smell flowed, and she took advantage of the situation to cover the face of the man's head with the powdered flower quilt.
Then before he was about to have a seizure, he slammed open half of the curtain, stretched his handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose to look outside.
More than a dozen tall horses surrounded her carriage, led by a middle-aged man in armor and a silver-white cloak.
He was born with a big face, high eyebrows and wide eyes, a rough voice when he spoke, and a delicate embroidered spring knife on his waist, even through the scabbard, Qi Yunshu could also feel the chilling killing intent hidden in it.
I'm afraid this person is a long road paved with someone else's life.
"Who are you? What is the relationship with the Duke of Suzhou? The commander of the Praetorian Guard, Yu Fang, turned his horse's head, circled around Qi Yunshu, recognized the insignia of the Duke of Su Guo Mansion that was not obvious on the carriage, and stopped his subordinates who wanted to rush up.
Qi Yunshu was frightened by the many ironclad guards outside, and coughed before speaking:
"Ahem, I was originally an ordinary person in Kyoto, how could I have a miserable fate, the husband I married was infected with a strange disease, and Mrs. Zhao Bodhisattva led me over to collect medicine!"
Yu Fang's thick eyebrows pondered, turned the horse's head and approached the carriage.
The curtain of the carriage was half lifted, and he could see half of the space inside from his angle, and he was about to go around her to see the other half, when he suddenly smelled a suffocating rancid smell, and the direction in which the wind was blowing was coming from inside the carriage.
Yu Fang's will is as strong as iron, but he can't stand the smell that is worse than a rotting corpse.
He looked at it roughly, focusing on pricking up his ears to listen to the breathing, there should be only her movement in it, but he couldn't tolerate the slightest sloppiness in doing things for the emperor, he looked down at the wheels parked on the ground, and the left side that he couldn't see was a little rutted, and he suddenly frowned: "You go to collect medicine alone?" Do you know medicine? ”
As she spoke, she secretly pulled out the embroidered spring knife, Qi Yunshu felt a pain in her waist, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her heart was tightly pinched, and she was beating wildly, almost jumping out of her chest.
She clenched the wheels tightly, her manicured fingernails straining hard to pinch a crack in the hard beech wood.
"I ...... This is a doctor, and he studied under Bai Qingcang! As she spoke, she tried to sacrifice the name of the White Divine Doctor again.
This name is easy to use in the prince of the Qi State Mansion, but I don't know if it is easy to use in front of the commander of the forbidden army.
"The White Divine Doctor's disciple is actually a weak woman?" Yu Fang actually knew him, and his attitude was respectful in an instant, and he also said that the white divine doctor was a ghost, but the ghost intelligence was abnormal, and it was impossible for ordinary people to dare to pretend to be his disciple.
So he easily believed it, but he still had to check the carriage.
For he saw that there was a second person in it.
Qi Yunshu's heart immediately tightened the qi that had just been relieved, and the tip of the sword at her waist was even deeper, as if it had pierced her outer clothes, at this time, she only needed to take a deep breath to reach her lower abdomen.
She opened her mouth in a hurry: "There is my father-in-law inside, he is seriously ill and urgently needs the medicinal materials in this medicine garden for treatment!" ”
"Come out!" Yu Fang's long knife reached over and lifted the curtain, revealing a figure wrapped in a quilt.
He didn't know if he was frightened or trembling because of his illness.
Yu Fang asked him to lift the quilt.
Qi Yunshu felt another pain in her waist, she couldn't help but swallow hard and knocked on his fingers, signaling him to be calm.
"Don't, my husband is infected with leprosy, those crazy pox grow when they see the wind, don't ......" Before the words fell, Yu Fang picked up the quilt with a long knife.
Qi Yunshu's heart stopped beating suddenly, and then the tip of the sword against her lower abdomen slammed down and pierced her clothes close to the skin.
Qi Yunshu subconsciously stretched out her hand to stop her, and a sharp pain hit her, making her can't help but scream.
"Is it contagious?" At the same time, Yu Fang's movements also stopped, and he saw that hidden inside the quilt was a pitted face, and the protruding places on it were stained with bright red blood blisters. Each one is exposed like a fish's eye, each one protruding, and if you look closely, you can see the bloodshots.
Qi Yunshu pressed her heartbeat and pounced on the tip of the sword and pushed away the tip of the sword, her face overflowing with concern:
"Ah, Xianggong, are you okay?" Then he blocked Yu Fang's sight, frowning slightly: "I'm sorry, adult, I scared you!" ”
Yu Fang frowned, covered his mouth with his sleeves, and his face was full of disgust:
"What kind of disease is this, the smell is so strong!" Due to the terrible appearance and unpleasant smell, Yu Fang and the guards did not search any further, leaving Qi Yunshu with a pitiful and sympathetic expression.
Qi Yunshu looked at the coachman who had gone to return conveniently, and calmly ordered: "Uncle Gu, you go back first and tell Mrs. Zhao, I have already seen the medicine fields at the foot of this mountain, and I will take advantage of the dawn to prepare to go up the mountainside, let them not wait for me, just eat first!" ”
The coachman's surname is Gu, about forty years old, born strong, black and thin, with sharp eyes, looking very energetic.
At this time, after listening to Qi Yunshu's words, he had hesitation in his eyes, but when he saw the eagerness in her eyes, he turned his head and left.
As soon as the others left, Qi Yunshu hurriedly stopped at the curtain of the carriage and blocked the person in the carriage who wanted to fly the sword: "He hasn't seen you, let alone knows that you are inside, why kill him in vain!" ”
Piercing whispered: "You are smart, drive away your only helper, aren't you afraid of death?" ”
"Fear of death and fear of death is a question, but for me...... "a person who has already died once, but cherishes life more and more."
"How can I not die?" She clasped the curtain tightly to prevent the assassin in front of her from suddenly attacking her......
As if reading through her thoughts, the Assassin suddenly shook his sword and ordered, "Go north!" ”
To the north is a dense forest, which obscures the sky and the sun, and hides the darkness inside.
Qi Yunshu clenched her fists, bit her thin lips, and her heart trembled faintly, what should she do?
In front of a towering cypress tree, the reins of the carriage were suddenly pulled hard, and Sen Han's long sword was impressively placed on Qi Yunshu's shoulder: "What are your last words?" The assassin's voice was cold.
Qi Yunshu swallowed hard: "You really want to kill me!" Even if I haven't seen you, and I can't testify against you, you still have to do it? ”
"If you don't die, I'm upset!"