The Journey Is Coming (IV) (Part II)

"You want to provoke me, let me kill you, and help you free yourself from the poisonous torture that makes you sore with every step?" Xinjie said lightly.

"You know?" Mo Lan was surprised, she hadn't approached this man, how did he know.

"The grass-shaped blue lines on the corners of your eyes have already formed, that is, the bone-eating Gu worm is about to become an adult, and now it is only sore, once it becomes an adult, every time you move, it will gnaw at your muscles and bones, and it will be more than sore. Looking at this shape, I'm afraid there are still four months. Xinjie continued to say flatly.

"Tang Gongzi, since you know this Gu worm, do you know how to remove it? If you can solve it, I'd like to tell you everything I know. Not only in Jingzhong, but I also know a lot about Prince Cha Ying. Please help me. ”

Xinjie just looked at her, and didn't speak, Mo Lan felt that she had hope: "I beg you, save me, if you can save me, please, as long as I'm well, I can give you a slave and a slave, let you send." ”

"If there is no protozoa, it is very troublesome to disravel the bone Gu worms, not only do they need several precious medicinal materials that many people on the rivers and lakes are desperately grabbing, but they also need to consume a lot of internal strength of the rescuer. What we want to know now is what you want from my fifth brother, Jin Ju has already said that it is a map, and we naturally know what it is. As for you, Young Master Ben is not interested, everything is really worthless. ”

"I tell you all the arrangements that Prince Cha Ying has made in the capital, as well as everything he has in the Central Plains."

"Other things, that's the affairs of the imperial court, not the Tang family, there is no need to waste my medicine."

"If I tell you everything I know, I guarantee that you can make great contributions to the court and the crown prince, and make a lot of benefits, and even enter the court as a high-ranking official." In the eyes of outsiders, Xinjie is just the prince's staff, and if he wants to have a future, he needs to have merit.

"If I give away those precious medicines, those people will also get me high officials. Young Master Ben is a businessman, and he doesn't buy expensive ones if they are cheap. ”

"If you have power, is it not easier for no one to honor you than to do business yourself?"

"If you take that kind of black money, you won't be able to sleep at night."

"Tang Gongzi, I beg you"

"It's useless to beg me, show your sincerity first, I'm a businessman, I think the deal is reasonable, and I will naturally do it."

"I mean it from the bottom of my heart, and I'll tell you everything I know. What do you want to know? ”

"What do you think?"

"Do you want to know why we found the fifth son? Because our people know that the fifth prince will hand over a map of the territory of the ancient kingdom to the emperor for General Tang, and General Xinyang will personally bring it for safety. This map was drawn by General Tang after many years and spent a lot of manpower and material resources. The Turks have also been fighting the idea of the ancient kingdom all these years, although they have occupied some places with them, but no one knows how to draw such a difficult thing, and even if it is drawn, no generals can understand it. Therefore, they want to steal the map back, one is for their use, so that they can further annex the ancient fan, and the other is for them to learn. ”

"How did the Turks know that this map of the ancient country is here in Xinyang?"

"It was revealed by someone in the military department. It was Zha Ying's son Wu Yilu who was planted in the capital, and he heard from the people of the military department that there was such a picture, and the news was transmitted back to the Turks, and several Turkic parties were dispatching for this matter. It's just that everyone is afraid of the deterrence of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the power of the Tang family, and they don't dare to rob it openly. However, Uyilu persuaded his father to get the picture anyway. Because the old khan had not arranged for the succession, Wu Yilu felt that Cha Ying had been suppressed too much by Dekoda recently, and needed an opportunity to win the support of other tribes and improve the morale of his own tribe, so he decided to do whatever it took to get this map. Because he came to Kansai with the county lord, Cha Ying sent me to help Wu Yilu complete this matter. ”

"Oh, then did Prince Zhi come to Kansai or did Uyilu come to Kansai recently?" Xinjie asked with a contemptuous smile, Xinyang didn't understand.

"Yes...," Mo Lan was a little embarrassed, "How do you know it's Uyilu here?" ”

"Didn't Jin Ju say that you have always been going to see Prince Zhi recently? The departure of the prince from Beijing requires the approval of the emperor and is filed with the Ministry of the Interior. During the Chinese New Year, there are a lot of sacrificial and worship activities in Beijing, how can the prince get out? ”

"Uyi is only here to discuss the map, not what you think."

"What do I think? It doesn't matter how many men you have, you just want to solve the Gu poison, I just want to know the facts. Xinjie said disdainfully.

Xinyang rolled his eyes, Cha Ying's concubine and his son, hehe.

Mo Lan blushed: "I can't help it, Wu Yilu is a woman, he has to get started." Although I was his father's concubine, I was no different from a slave girl in his eyes. Moreover, Prince Cha Ying has been in poor health recently, and he is presiding over the affairs of the tribe. ”

"He's here for this map? Is there any other purpose? ”

"Mostly maps. He took this very seriously, and said that he had prepared everything in the country, and he was waiting for Tu to go back. ”

"Is there anyone else besides you who is coming to take the map?"

"Perhaps, he's determined to get it."

"Do you have any dealings with Prince Zhi?"

"It doesn't seem to be."

"And what about the prince?"

"It doesn't seem to be."

"Before you, who did Prince Cha Ying contact Jin Ju through?"

"I don't know, you didn't tell me. Just said that someone would come to me and Jin Ju if needed. Since I arrived at the county lord, I haven't seen anyone else come looking for Jin Ju. ”

"Then how did Prince Cha Ying contact you?"

"Every three days the royal palace has gardeners come in to trim the flowers and trees in the lord's yard, and some of them will leave the letter under the flower pot under the window of my room."

"Do you know which florist exactly?"

"I've observed it a few times, and it's possible that it's an old woman surnamed Zhu, and she's seen there the most."

"Who are the guests of the county lord?"

"We really don't know, only Xiumei, who has been with the county lord since she was a child, knows."

"It looks like Prince Cha Ying will be disappointed in you."

"Both the prince and Uyilu have rebuked us for this, and they wanted to take the magistrate's hand. It's a pity that I've been here for half a year, and every time I know that someone is coming, I've been ordered by the county lord to stay in the house, and I haven't had a chance. Although I know some martial arts, I am far worse than Xiumei. I'm afraid that the movement will be big and she will find out. ”

"Who gave you the Gu poison on you?"

"Cha Ying's princess. Specifically, it is an old woman next to the princess, who is said to be a servant of the Ha family of Ga, who accompanied her to marry from the Ha family of Ga and has always been by the princess's side. The protozoa recognized the owner as the princess. Every year, someone will send me medicine to suppress it, after taking the medicine, the Gu worm will degenerate and weaken, and then slowly grow up, they promised that if they get the picture this time, they will take me back to see the princess, cure this Gu poison, and let me go. ”

"Do you think they're going to set you free?"

Mo Lan smiled miserably: "Of course not, only the dead can keep secrets." With my current body, if I can't get rid of the Gu poison, maybe death is the best relief. But I don't even have the freedom to want to die. They also promised to let my brother go, he was in the Mercy and Grace Hall in Zhongzhou, and he didn't know anything, and it was easy for them to do it, but they promised to let him go when they got the picture this time. He's only five years old, so small, so cute. When my mother passed away, she took my hand and told me to raise my eldest brother no matter what. ”

"You were originally a military prostitute in the camp of Gannan Province, how did you end up with Prince Chaying?"

Mo Lan raised her eyes to look at Xinjie, trembling all over, the past came to her heart, she choked up and said, "You recognize me?" ”

Xinjie didn't speak, frowning slightly. He did recognize Mo Lan who was following Yiyan very early.

"Now that you know me, I beg you to save me, save my brother. For my brother's sake, I beg you to save us. Mo Lan struggled to crawl to Xinjie's feet, but Xinjie didn't reach out to help her, but turned to look at Lian'er. Lian'er understood, walked over to help her, and put clothes on her.

Mo Lan was like a drowning man, grabbing Lian'er's hand: "White girl, please, help me beg Brother Xinjie, let him save my brother." My life is over, and I just want my brother to live well. ”

Lian'er patted her hand soothingly and looked at Xinjie.

Xinjie said slowly: "Don't worry about Mo Ling's matter, since you came to Kansai and I recognized you, I asked people to go to the Gannan Provincial Army to investigate, I have found him in the Ci'en Hall in Zhongzhou ten days ago, and I have secretly taken him out and sent him to a safe place." After this is over, if you can get rid of your sin, you will see him soon. Otherwise, he would have grown up in Wabao. Your brother Mo Yu sacrificed his life for the country, as long as the Tang family is here for a day, the orphans of Wabao Village will be taken care of for a day. I have asked the crown prince to help me cancel Mo Ling's slavery. Your father's case, the prince has already sent someone to investigate thoroughly, after all, it will take time. If your father is innocent, the court will definitely give the Mo family justice. ”

"Fair, fair, hahaha...," Mo Lan was devastated, "Brother Xinjie, you came back too late, everything is ruined, and you can't go back to the past." "What is the use of justice for her, she has lost her father, she has lost her innocence, she has suffered at the hands of the Turks. Originally, the elder brother was the leader of the imperial guards, and he was the friend of Xinjie's brother in the rivers and lakes. Five years ago, she was still an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, living a beautiful life in Beijing, and one day her brother brought back a guest, saying that it was his friend of life and death, a life-saving benefactor, the new brother of the Tang family.