Chapter 53: Counting is Counting
"It's all gone, and this man will take it down." Gu Zi'an said, and returned to the tent with Zhang Ji and Meng Yining. As soon as they walked in, they saw Mr. Short Li Ke playing with things, and his arms were facing away from them.
"What are you doing here?" Meng Yining leaned over to look.
"Your Highness has already thought of a clever plan, and I'm going to make it a little more real." As he spoke, he tied a ten-petal lotus chrysanthemum with hay. This chrysanthemum is mostly found on the shores of oasis lakes in the desert and is cold and heat tolerant. Folklore has it that there was a fairy with a hundred flowers in the sky, and when she traveled to earth, she saw the suffering of the world, her eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help herself. She returned to heaven, and her tears turned into lakes in the parched land, where people lived and toiled. Later, the fairy was very concerned about the world, so she turned her eyes into these ten-petaled chrysanthemums, which grew on the shore of the lake, and watched the people who came and went to recuperate.
In Beiyang, the ten-petal chrysanthemum lotus once became a "divine flower", and some people specially worshipped it, through which they prayed like a fairy for their wishes. Whether it is good health, a happy family or a good marriage, it accepts people's expectations and instructions. Later, because of its lush vitality, this flower was also given the meaning of praying for eternal life. If there is a sick person in the house, you must ask for one and put it in front of the patient's bed, and you may be cured.
And Li Ke had obviously guessed Gu Zi'an's idea ----- fake his death. In order to make this plan more realistic, he tied a few ten-petal chrysanthemums and pinned them to a conspicuous position in the carriage, so that people could know at a glance that there were seriously ill people in the carriage who needed to pray to God.
"Spring and summer, you also make a few, our carriage will depend on you to decorate it these days."
Spring and summer nodded behind him, put away the flowers and carefully studied them.
"From now on, you're going to be seriously ill again." Meng Yining grinned and poked Gu Zi'an next to him.
Gu Zi'an was still instructing: "You don't need to tell the rest of the army or the mission, only we know about this matter." Let the spy find Zhao Hai's person, and then quickly whip the news and the cow's ears to Yang, and deliver the news that I have been poisoned and am about to die. Second, this matter is kept secret from the rest of the mission and the army, and I only know that I Gu Zi'an is not accustomed to the water and soil, and it is not suitable to see people when I am sick. Third, from now on, everyone must treat it as if the spy has been poisoned successfully, and what to do, everyone must know very well. ”
Meng Yining nodded.
With a "snap" behind him, a match was lit. He took out a small strip of cloth and lit it. The orange-red flames went up the strip of cloth.
The girl smiled evilly and held the strip of cloth to Le Yi's side. Who knows what the hell she came up with, Le Yi took a step back: "Your sister said, don't let me get too close to you......"
The firelight met Meng Yining's smile and showed his teeth, and the two of them were playing behind Zhang Ji and Xiao Zimu. Gu Zi'an saw it in his eyes, and he also felt that the dull journey of the mission had a little more cute color.
"Don't come, don't come." Le Yi waved his hand quietly and kept stepping back. He looked at Meng Yining with his head down, his big eyes staring at him. God knows why she drove herself away just now, and now she took the initiative to come over again.
Gu Zi'an was in front of him telling what happened after he pretended to be poisoned, and his eyes were still glancing at the sneaky two people behind him. Le Yi was forced into a corner by Meng Yining, who was holding a strip of flame cloth. Gu Zi'an smiled faintly: "Don't mess with him, you can see that his eyes are red." He said a word, and Meng Yining stopped.
She looked at the smoke-emitting strip of cloth and shook her hand to extinguish the fire.
"It's going to be red. Your Highness is so good to you, shouldn't you cry when you are poisoned this time...... Cry a little bit? Standing stupidly, Zhao Hai's people are not stupid. Three days later, when they arrived in Zhaojun, everyone had to be in a state of apprehension and sadness, and finally their eyes were swollen with tears. It's best to look like you want to hide your sadness and pretend that nothing happened. Meng Yining said, but looked sideways at Le Yi: "Act well......
"Let's all go back, we'll leave in a moment."
Everyone should have done nothing and quit as if nothing had happened.
Gu Zi'an served the porridge that was not poisonous for a night, and slowly put it to his mouth to taste.
Zhang Ji sat beside him, "If you learn that you are sick and dead, Zhao Hai will first announce the world, and then let Gu Chongwu take the throne as quickly as possible." The enthronement ceremony requires at least half a month of preparation. At this time, we have already reached the sun, and we can suddenly kill. shows that for the sake of the throne, he spread rumors about the death of the prince of Beiyang, in order to seek power and usurp the throne. ”
"Is there still a teacher in Zhao Hai's personal body?" Meng Yining asked.
"Not at the moment."
"I'll send Hongyue there, but I'll take care of it."
"Okay." Zhang Ji looked at her determined appearance and didn't ask more.
"If Zhao Erze's soldiers and horses are preparing to go to Great Xia as we guessed, we must also inform King Xia and Jing Chi to catch them all and prepare early. After all, I really can't think of where Zhao Erze went with 10,000 soldiers and horses now. ”
"Wait!" Le Yi shouted, "If we fake our death, Zhao Yien won't have to borrow soldiers from Jing Zheng to seize the throne." ”
"Don't forget, Zhao Erze's soldiers and horses have set off a few days ago, and now they have already reached the border. If it is really as we guessed, his Zhao family wants to meddle in the affairs of the Great Xia throne, Zhou Binzhao will definitely not give up this opportunity in his favor. I'm afraid that the soldiers and horses may have entered Great Xia. ”
"If it is found that His Highness is dead, Zhao Erze wants to urgently withdraw his troops, which is not an easy thing. 10,000 soldiers and horses entered Great Xia without anyone noticing, and Jing Zheng, who was so happy that he was still staring at the position of the prince, could not give up the soldiers and horses that he had put to his mouth. He was completely able to ask King Jingcheng of Xia for more soldiers and horses to besiege Zhao Erze's Beiyang army on the pretext of discovering Beiyang spies. In this way, Jing Zheng and Zhou Bin shouted to catch the thief. Zhao Erqi only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he was not the opponent of King Xia at all. Assuming that this is really the case, after Jing Zheng has more soldiers and horses, he is faced with two choices: either he will ally with Zhao Erze, besiege Chengping, add a yellow robe, and establish himself as king. Either obey King Xia, encircle and suppress Zhao Erze, drive back foreign enemies, and add an extra weight in the eyes of King Xia. Meng Yining said slowly, she smiled and shook her head.
"If everything is correct, Zhao Erze will never be able to turn back from the moment he sets off with his troops!" She said sonorously and forcefully, "The rest depends on the news that our assassin Tun has investigated." ”
Li Ke also nodded: "Zhou Binzhao's heart is bigger than the sky, but he is not like his affectionate and righteous daughter, he married his daughter to King Xia, in fact, he is staring at the position above ten thousand people under that person." This Jing Zheng is his own grandson again, so many years of hard work is to push Jing Zheng to the position of King Xia, even if King Xia has now indicated that Jing Chi is the candidate for the prince, they are categorically unwilling to give up! Zhao Erze's 10,000 people, no matter how you look at it, are sheep in the mouth of the tiger and become other people's pawns! ”