Chapter 159: The Woman at the Bottom of the Moat
When Yanyu learned the conditions for entering the imperial city, he was also extremely unwilling, but helpless. ()
She tried to queue for almost two hours, and finally got to the gate of the city, but unfortunately she didn't have any identity on her, and she couldn't say the names of her relatives in the imperial city, and she was penniless, so she was naturally refused to go through the procedures for entering the city.
The very lost Yanyu was in front of the people queuing behind her, asking for help one by one, hoping that the other party could help her enter the city, even if she entered the city, she was willing to be a maid to repay the kindness, and when she found her relatives, it would be no problem to redeem herself with heavy money.
However, contrary to expectations, everyone saw that she was so old and frail, although they had compassion, but they were unwilling to help her, and the better ones refused politely, and the fiercer ones pushed her directly to the ground, and scolded a few words to relieve their hatred.
Time passed in this torment, and before I knew it, it was already dark.
Extremely confused, Yanyu knew in her heart that if she didn't enter the imperial city, then where should she go to live in the future?
The most important thing is that once she goes to other cities, there is little hope of seeing her father and mother again.
So she had to find a way to sneak into the city anyway, the problem was that the gate was heavily guarded, and there was no trustworthy person who could help her, so it was not easy to get through the tricks.
"Come on, save someone, there's a girl overboard!"
Just as Yanyu was standing by the moat in some despair, staring in the direction of the city gate, thinking hard about how to enter the imperial city, a panicked cry reached her ears.
Yanyu, who is kind-natured, after hearing such a plea for help, can't take care of his own troubles and worries, and first thinks of the importance of saving people.
So, she hurriedly looked in the direction of the call for help, only to see many people on the bridge pointing to the bridge and shouting, she looked in the direction everyone pointed to, and sure enough, there was a young woman who struggled in the water a few times, and then sank.
Seeing this situation, Yanyu couldn't care so much, and without the slightest hesitation, he jumped into the moat.
As she entered the water and sank down, she quickly touched the frog-shaped pattern in her palm, and soon turned into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog.
Because only by transforming into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog can she swim comfortably in the water, and can she swim to the girl who fell into the water as fast as possible and rescue her ashore.
When she dived to the bottom of the water, swam to the girl who looked unconscious, and was about to carry the girl to the surface, she did not expect that the girl's body began to slowly deform, and soon turned into a golden-crowned black-tailed frog.
It's just that her size is much smaller than Yanyu, only the size of Yanyu's palm, and she should only be the ordinary people of the Golden-crowned Black-tailed Frog Kingdom.
Because the Kingdom of the Golden Crowned Black-tailed Frog only has people of royal blood, the size of the golden-crowned black-tailed frog will be very large, and it can even reach more than half the size of an adult human body, while the ordinary people of ordinary bloodline are usually only the size of a human fist.
When he saw this scene, Yanyu was also very surprised, he didn't expect to meet his own people in this foreign country.
However, she soon realized that something was wrong, that is, the golden-crowned black-tailed frog suddenly vomited a lot of black blood, apparently poisoned.
"What's wrong with you? How could it be poisoned? Come, lie down and don't move, I'll find a way to detoxify you. Yanyu hurriedly held the other party in the palm of her hand and asked with concern, by the way, she also wanted to carefully examine her body to see what kind of poison she had been in.
"Considering you're almost half a human size, you must be a princess, right? The folk girl Meng Yan has seen the princess. The golden-crowned black-tailed frog asked weakly in Yanyu's palm, and after speaking, he wanted to get up and salute Yanyu.
"I ...... She was born in the mortal world of the Lotus Kingdom, and she has half of the bloodline of the golden-crowned black-tailed frog royal family, so she is actually not a princess, so you don't have to make this big gift. What's more, you're still poisoned, it's best not to move, let me find a way to help you get rid of the poison first. ”
Yanyu hesitated slightly, said truthfully, and checked Meng Yan's body as he spoke, to see where the poison was injured, or if he accidentally took the poison.
It turned out that the poison in Meng Yan was not the poison she knew at all, and it should be concocted by a variety of highly toxic poisons in a specific proportion and order, that is to say, the antidote to this poison must also be made with the corresponding antidote to each highly toxic poison, and it should also be modulated in a specific proportion and order in order to detoxify this poison.
After seeing Yanyu inspect her body, with a solemn face, Meng Yan smiled bitterly and said:
"Princess, you have also seen that there is no specific antidote to the poison in the people's maiden's house, and it is impossible to detoxify. Besides, it's too late, and now the poison has hit the heart, and there is no salvation. And even if you really saved me, when I got to the shore and entered the imperial city, I would still be dead, it would be better to die like this, don't bother, it's just that Meng Yan has something to do, and he won't be blind to death. ”
Meng Yan spit out a mouthful of black blood again and said unwillingly.
After listening to what Meng Yan said, and finding that the blood she vomited was getting darker and more fishy, Yanyu understood that Meng Yan's condition had no way to recover.
What do you mean by that? Why is it a dead end when you enter the imperial city? I'm still worried that I won't be able to enter the Imperial City? As for your poison, hey...... By the way, if you have something on your mind, if I can do it, I will help you achieve it. ”
Yanyu knew that it was unrealistic to save her, so it was possible to realize her last wish, which could be regarded as helping her in the end, so she asked with a look of regret and confusion.
"Princess, if you can help me rescue my sister, so that she does not enter the palace and can live in peace, I will die without regrets." Meng Yan looked at Yanyu expectantly and said.
"Your sister? Entering the palace? Where is she? How can I find her? Can you tell me what happened to you and your sister? What do I need to do to save your sister? Although we meet in Pingshui, we are both people from the Kingdom of the Golden Crowned Black-tailed Frog, and we should help each other, so don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not break my word. Yanyu said with a serious face.
"Then I thank you in advance, princess. Actually, when I came to the Imperial City this time, I was poisoned and coerced, and I was arrested by the Shen Sect Master of the Five Poisons Sect of the Yudang Party, who was loyal to the emperor of the previous dynasty, Li Zheng. They arrested a dozen women like me, including my sister Meng Ling, in order to send them to the palace as palace maids. The purpose is to hope that some of us can be favored by the crown prince and become the palace maids who serve by the crown prince's side, and their purpose is to use us to secretly poison the crown prince's body, and when the poison occurs, they will become their puppet emperor. And they ...... The ultimate goal is to ...... Overthrow the Jun royal family and restore the Li royal family again. I...... So sleepy...... Ah......h
Meng Yan almost vomited blood while saying it, and in the end, her eyes were a little confused, obviously she was really dying.
"Meng Yan, wake up, you haven't told me where to find your sister? How else can I help you? For your sister's sake, don't fall asleep, wake up and keep talking, or I won't be able to help you! Yanyu shouted eagerly shaking Meng Yan's body.
"Princess, those ...... The remnants and my sister, as well as a dozen or so other sisters who had been captured, were on the bridge, and I had planned to take advantage of the remnants' inattention a few days ago to secretly take the antidote from their hands, and then escape with my sister and the other sisters. As a result, when I explained my escape plan to them in detail, I was discovered by the remnants of the party, and in order to make an example, they deliberately stopped my antidote in the past few days, that is, let me die of poison in front of my sister and them, so as to warn them not to have any more thoughts of escaping. Naturally, I didn't want my sister to see the process of my death a little bit, so I simply jumped into the river. I'd rather die alone at the bottom of this icy river than leave my sister with a shadow in my heart for the rest of my life. I...... I'm really sleepy...... Princess, my ...... Younger sister...... Please...... ......"
Meng Yan didn't seem to be willing to let her sister lose the chance to be rescued, and once again endured the pain before she died, and continued. It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, he died.
After listening to Meng Yan's experience before she died, Yanyu also felt sorry for her, such a beautiful young woman was killed by those so-called remnants, and she was also worthless for Meng Yan and those women who had the same fate as her, and she really wanted to help them get out of the sea of suffering.
She also probably guessed everything, that is, Meng Yan and her sister Meng Ling, as well as the dozen or so women, were forced to feed this special poison by the Five Poisons Sect of the Yudang of the previous dynasty, and they needed to take the antidote regularly to alleviate the toxicity in the body, once they disobeyed the other party's requirements, or offended the other party, they would be stopped from giving the antidote, and they would eventually die of poison.
And Meng Yan died tragically at the bottom of this moat precisely because she planned to steal the antidote, and wanted to return the freedom of those women and her sisters, and did not want to be controlled by the Five Poisons Sect and do things that hurt heaven and reason.
Since she met her, and she also promised Meng Yan just now, Yanyu also secretly swore in her heart that she must find a way to rescue Meng Yan's sister and those innocent sisters.
But how can I save them?
At the bottom of the river, Yanyu also dug a pit with a heavy heart, buried Meng Yan well, and quietly swam to the shore again.
When she found a dark corner that no one could see, she quietly went ashore, and then transformed into an old lady again and came to the bridge.
At this moment, there are still many people around the bridge, all looking under the bridge with regret, obviously understanding that the woman who fell into the water just now should be more auspicious, and it is very likely that the corpse was washed away by the river.
It's just that I didn't see the remnants and other women that Meng Yan said.
So Yanyu looked in the direction of the city gate again, and she really saw seven or eight men with long swords on their backs and fierce faces, guarding a dozen young and beautiful women, who were also waiting in line to go through the formalities of entering the city.
And those women seemed to be wiping tears from time to time, obviously still feeling sad and sad for the woman who had just died, but more afraid.
After seeing this scene, Yanyu suddenly had an idea, quickly ran to a corner where no one was, and after turning back into his young and beautiful original appearance, he calmly walked over to the remnants of the party, that is, the Five Poison Sect, who were waiting in line to enter the city......