Chapter 49: Huailiang City Crisis
Qing Huan let go of his hanging heart, ran to Lu Hong's side, and asked, "Where is the injury?" ”
"Come on, bring the medicine!" Fortunately, she prepared the medicine, so that she would not be blind when she encountered something.
Lu Hong's purple eyes were surging with unknown emotions. When he was six years old, his village was killed by bandits, and his mother pushed him to protect his younger brother by pushing him towards the bandits, and the bandits' blade slashed right across the left side of his face, leaving a scar.
He was so frightened that he fainted, and he escaped, and when he awoke, the bandits had long since left, and he was sitting in the chaos, strewn with corpses all over the field, and wanted to cry without tears.
It was at that time that he was sent to the Imperial City Division, he had no heart, no soul, all that was left was killing, and he accepted the idea that he was a killing machine. No one will help him, and he does not need to pity anyone, it is his mission to be at the mercy of his master.
"Why don't you run?" Thinking couldn't keep up, so he asked like that, and Lu Hong's voice trembled with some imperceptible tremors.
"Huh?" Qing Huan concentrated on applying medicine to him, and only after reacting did he say, "In order to protect me, I can't leave you alone!" ”
What Qing Huan said was normal, but listening to it in Lu Hong's ears, contrary to the ideas he accepted, he had nothing to say for a while.
At this time, Liangquan also rode back on his horse, and suffered several injuries on his body, Qing Huan ran over again and gave him medicine. I just got it for him, and I was busy with everyone to give medicine to other people.
When all this is done, it is already sunset and dusk, and the city gate of Huailiang is almost about to close.
Qing Huan counted the number of people and food, and sure enough, as Qing Huan thought, the other party was not a bandit who came to steal food, but more like a killer.
Apart from the scraped sacks of grain that spilled during the fight, there were few other losses. And the people in the middle suffered heavy casualties, losing hundreds of people.
Qing Huan and Liangquan discussed it and agreed to rush to Huailiang City as soon as possible, although the killer had left, Qing Huan was still afraid that there would be any accidents on the way. So the people hurried all the way. Along the way, everyone was terrified, and nothing went wrong.
It's just that when I arrived at Huailiang City, the city gate had been locked. Qing Huan ordered someone to step forward to open the city gate, but unexpectedly, the city gate guards refused to open the door.
"We went to Ningzhou for disaster relief at the behest of the king! It's late at night, and if you want to rest here for a night, don't you hurry up and open the door to greet you! Liangquan stepped forward with a loud voice.
Qing Huan really felt that he should be a military attache instead of a civil servant, this rough voice and sword posture did not look like a civil minister.
When the guards heard this, they exchanged glances with each other, and only then did one of them go in to report. Qing Huan and the others waited for a full quarter of an hour before they saw the torches on the city gate suddenly rise, and a tall figure stood on the city wall, with a deep voice.
"Lord Liang is here, Xue is far away!" After speaking, the commander of the guards said, "Go and open the gates of the city and let Lord Liang in!" ”
Qing Huan was puzzled and asked in a low voice, "Who is the county order of Huailiang City?" ”
"It's Xue Yuting." Liangquan paused, drove the horse and Qing Huan, and said, "In the early years, Xue Yuting passed the palace examination and obtained the position of general, and the first king saw that he was young and promising, and wanted to marry Princess Li Mei to him, but he refused the first king on the grounds that his wife did not want to give up, and the first king was very angry and demoted him to Huailiang County Order. ”
Qing Huan nodded, but he was an infatuated and righteous person. It's just that Huailiang City is so small, and the first king can be regarded as a condescending talent.
A moment later, a group of horses entered the city, and silence returned to the city gates.
"Xue Yuting meets Lord Liang, meets Lord Chang!" Xue Yuting went up and down from the rub and saluted.
Qing Huan and Liangquan got off their horses, returned the salute, and the group walked towards the county mansion.
Xue Yuting's posture is upright, he does have a bit of a general's heroic posture, with an angular face and a beard, he is already in his prime, but his eyes are blazing and he is very shrewd.
While Qing Huan was looking at him, Xue Yuting was also looking at Qing Huan. The two glanced at each other, smiled lightly, and then shifted their gaze to look away.
Qing Huan was very strange, there was no one on the spacious road. After thinking about the current time, people almost should go to sleep, so they didn't think much about it.
Xue Yuting arranged for everyone to settle down and ordered his subordinates to make food, and then sat in the hall and talked to Liangquan, Qing Huan didn't interject, just sat aside and drank tea.
Huailiang City has a population of only 10,000, which is a small county town, and after seeing Xue Mansion, I also know that Xue Yuting must be honest and honest, and everything in the mansion is very simple, not much different from the ordinary houses along the road.
Just as Qing Huan was looking, there was a gurgling sound at the door, and before Qing Huan could figure out what was going on, Xue Yuting got up from his seat and walked towards the door.
It happened that he walked to the door, and a woman in a wheelchair appeared at the door, Xue Yuting picked her in and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
The woman was not good at walking, but seeing this, Qing Huan also understood a little, this woman must be his wife. The woman was crowned with a silver-white plum hairpin, and her plain white face was not powdered, and Qing Huan suddenly felt that she was a little familiar.
The woman held a pot of plum blossoms, smiled indifferently, and said, "I heard that the next person said that there are distinguished guests from outside the city, so I came here to take a look." This is the new plum that blooms today, and it is rare to send it to you. ”
Xue Yuting scratched his head and said honestly: "Today's distinguished guest is not here for this!" ”
"Huh?" The woman seemed to be a little overwhelmed, holding the plum blossoms, not knowing what to do.
Xue Yuting pushed her into the room and said slightly apologetically: "This is the clumsy Jing Xue Qiumei." ”
Because the woman is not good at walking, she bows her waist slightly as a courtesy. I only heard Xue Yuting say again: "Humble Jing has loved plum since childhood, so I studied the method of plum blossom blooming in autumn, and many people who love plum will come to the house to see the flowers, so I think you are here to see the flowers, please forgive me for the rudeness!" ”
"Where the words! It is a privilege for Madame to bring flowers to me! Qing Huan hurriedly said, she lives in Beiqing, and since she was a child, she has only seen plum blossoms blooming in the severe cold but has never seen plum blossoms blooming in autumn.
"yes, yes!" Liangquan also said that to be honest, he had never seen plum blossoms blooming in autumn.
The pot of plum blossoms that Xue Qiumei was holding was blooming, reflecting her flushed face, "Childe likes plum blossoms?" ”
Qing Huan nodded, only to hear Xue Qiumei laugh lightly and say, "That's good!" ”
Xue Yuting is a Qing official, and he usually doesn't have much wine and meat, so he simply ate a little food, but because he has to hurry tomorrow, Qing Huan and Liangquan each went back to their rooms. I don't know why, Qinghuan was restless, I don't know if she was frightened today, she tossed and turned and didn't fall asleep.
After a long time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, the voice was soft, getting closer and closer, and Qing Huan was suddenly on guard. The wind blew the curtain and stirred it, and a strange fragrance came, and the smell was somewhat familiar, but before she could remember, the door had been pushed open.
The moonlight reflected a slender figure, Qing Huan got up and got out of bed, opened the curtain, and the person who appeared in front of her made her slightly surprised, "Why are you?" ”
Before anyone could speak, Qing Huan's head suddenly dizzy and fell to the ground heavily......
In the dense forest outside the city, two figures were shuttling back and forth, stepping on the branches and brushing sounds. A slender figure flew in front, followed by a slender shadow, staggering and making a loud voice.
"Oops! Zhuxiao, slow down! Ji Huanling really couldn't stand it, a charming face showed a sad face, it had been a day of flying around, couldn't he rest!
Zhu Xiao stopped, holding a few silver needles in his hand, under the illumination of the moonlight, it was bright, which scared Ji Huanling and immediately caught up.
He remembered what had happened in recent days and wanted to cry without tears. Since he said goodbye to Su Ying and went to find the antidote to the drunken red face, it has been half a month, and in the past half a month, he has been running around, and finally had a clue yesterday.
And Zhu Xiao has also been by his side for half a month, looking for him together, saying that she is accompanying him, it is better to say that she is interested in Zui Hongyan, so as soon as she heard the news about Zui Hongyan, she ran the fastest!
No, I just received the news yesterday, so I couldn't wait to rush here, he was a road idiot, so he followed her steps, and only rested in the inn for a while before setting off. This is not the saddest, the sad thing is that he was in a relationship with the innkeeper's daughter, and he was stabbed with a poisonous needle by Zhu Xiao, which is nothing, but the poison has not dissipated, so he followed her for thousands of miles.
At this time, he only hoped that the three words of Huailiang City were in front of him, so that he could rest for a while so that he could recover and recover.
As the night passed, dark clouds rose in the sky. The moonlight was hidden, and the forest was plunged into darkness. Zhu Xiao pursed her lips and quickened her pace. Ji Huanling also noticed the change in the weather, and I was afraid that if he didn't enter the city again, he would be drenched in soup, so he was no longer poor and quickened his pace.
The clues they found were in Huailiang City. Drunken Hongyan is one of the most difficult poisons to solve, because of the special usage, few people will use it, so it is also difficult to investigate. Ji Huanling and Zhu Xiao inquired in many ways, and only then did they know a little clue.
Drunken red face is the poison of the gang's "Ten Thousand Flowers". It is not right to say that it is fragrant with ten thousand flowers. Because only the sect master of ten thousand flowers has an antidote to this poison. And this sect master of ten thousand flowers lives in Huailiang City!
Wanhua Piaoxiang is known to everyone in the rivers and lakes, killing people invisibly, never missing, and people who can escape the tracking of Wanhua Piaoxiang have not yet appeared. The sect leader Dieyi is even more elusive.
Sometimes, she doesn't need to do it herself, and everything is left to her subordinates. And this time, they only heard that the sect master of the fragrance of thousands of flowers was in Huailiang City, and they were not too sure. I'm even more uncertain if I can find an antidote to drunken redness.
The autumn breeze rises, the leaves fly, and the dark clouds surge. The two of them had a few more ups and downs, and finally arrived at the bottom of the city, but the city gate was closed. Zhu Xiao took a few steps back, glanced at the city wall, and asked, "Can you go up?" ”
Ji Huanling raised his eyebrows sequeductively and said, "You underestimate me? ”
Zhu Xiao chuckled, "No! After speaking, he flew up to the city wall first, and Ji Huanling did not lag behind and went up immediately.
The two looked at each other and disappeared into the night.
Thundered! Lightning flashed and thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down. An autumn rain is coming.
Qing Huan opened her eyes, the dim room was flickering with weak candlelight, she moved, and found herself tied to a chair, she looked around. Finally, I saw the figure of the man in the corner.
"Why are you tying me up?" Qing Huan's eyes widened angrily.