Chapter 31: The Twenty-Eight Nights
Youwei said: "Since this Qinglong Seven Nights are under your control, where are the remaining twenty-one people?" ”
Yin Tianshu explained: "The Xuanwu Seven Residences guard the Forbidden Palace, follow the Holy Driver, and rarely go out of Beijing, so they naturally return to the command of the palace. The White Tiger Qisu served in the army, guarded the Great Zhou Dynasty, and was the personal soldier of His Majesty the Emperor. As for the Suzaku Qiju, they are the most mysterious, and the minions don't know where they are, and the eldest princess is only afraid that she will have to ask the emperor in person to find out. ”
Hearing Yin Tianshu mention meeting the emperor in person, Youwei couldn't help but be timid, so she said: "Since it is so mysterious and never shows people, the imperial brother naturally has a proper arrangement, and it is inconvenient for the palace to inquire too much." ”
Chai Cong was busy cultivating his own power as early as when the first emperor Guo Wei had not passed away, but because of the relationship between father and son and the face of monarchs and ministers, he had been secretly doing it and did not make it clear. Guo Wei is wise and resolute, and naturally knows it. But as Yongan said at the beginning, there is no Ming Jun in troubled times, only heroes. Guo Wei didn't have a better choice.
After Guo Wei passed away, Chai Cong put these dead soldiers to use. Some of them were rescued by Chai Cong from the chaos, some were orphans who survived from a martial arts family to escape from the enemy, and even young girls who were sold into the land of fireworks were ransomed for a large amount of money and trained since childhood. The twenty-eight of them are deeply affected by Chai Cong's recreation, so in addition to their skills and different skills, the most important thing is to be loyal to Da Zhou and the emperor.
Youwei suddenly thought that although she had escaped for the time being, Yu Yao and Wen Cang were still in prison, and hurriedly said: "Lord Yin, the concubine and the young man Wen of Linglong Villa were framed by someone, and they lost their freedom and were imprisoned. Is there a way for Lord Yin to help? ”
Yin Tianshu said: "The minions of these two cases have already heard about them, the eldest princess is not in a hurry, the minions will send the princess back to the imperial garden first, and then discuss it in the long run." ”
On the other side, Li Zhong knew that he was not able to protect himself, and he was already frightened, but he still endured the pain to clean up the remnants, chased all the way, and saw that the eldest princess had been rescued before he put down the big stone in his heart.
Youngsters showed compassion for the many wounded sergeants and sent them back early for treatment.
Yin Tianshu and Qinglong Qisu escorted the eldest princess back to the imperial garden all the way.
Subsequently, Yin Tianshu arranged the sergeants guarding the Imperial Garden and the guards in the Imperial Garden on the periphery of the Imperial Garden, and the inner garden was guarded by the Qinglong Qisu in turn, while the eldest princess's dormitory was guarded by Fang Ri Rabbit and Xinyue Fox day and night.
Youwei was so shocked that day that she fell asleep soon after dinner.
By the time I woke up, it was noon the next day.
After finishing the freshening and eating, Yin Tianshu came to say goodbye.
Youwei said to the palace attendants: "Please Lord Yin go to the front hall and wait for a while, and the palace will come over." ”
The Imperial Garden foyer.
Yin Tianshu bowed and said, "The slave greets the eldest princess." ”
Youwei sat upright and said, "Lord Yin, please get up, sit down, and watch the tea." ”
Yin Tianshu then got up and sat down.
The palace maids watched the tea once, and they were all taken away by Youwei.
Youwei said: "The palace sees that the guards inside and outside this imperial garden are arranged very properly, and Lord Yin has bothered. ”
Yin Tianshu said: "Back to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the slave has secretly investigated last night, and in the case of Zhongli Mansion Yin's extermination, Zhongli Mansion Yin's entire family was killed with a sword. And Miss Dong died when her heart was shattered by a palm. Most of these two cases were committed by the man in black assassin yesterday. ”
Youwei said: "This palace has also thought about it several times, if this is the case, General Li and his people may not be able to believe it." ”
Yin Tianshu said: "Where did the eldest princess start with this? ”
Youwei said: "Judging from the situation yesterday night, that black-clothed assassin has extremely high martial arts, if you fight alone, you are not his opponent, even if you swarm up, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not escape." Even if the horse and Wen Gongzi are both there, it is difficult to say that there will be an absolute chance of winning. Those two cases must have been his doing. But the question is, how did General Li escape from his men and only suffer some injuries? ”
Yin Tianshu nodded and said, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is reasonable. ”
Youwei continued: "But this palace once heard the concubine mention that Gongzi Wen went to a banquet at Zhongli Mansion Yin's mansion, but he was hit by his grandfather's ancestral crisp tendons and rotten bones, so that his internal strength was lost. Wen Gongzi's maternal ancestor is the Dai family of the Han Dynasty, could this matter be related to the Han Dynasty? However, General Li is dedicated to guarding the frontier for the country, with outstanding military achievements and neat military affairs, and it seems that he is not a person with different intentions. ”
Yin Tianshu said: "The person who wants to be unfavorable to the eldest princess may not be a person from the enemy country, maybe Li Zhong is trying his best to defend the frontier, but he is instructed to be unfavorable to the eldest princess." The minions always feel that although the people behind the scenes are stable and ruthless, they don't want to hurt people's lives. As the eldest princess said, he poisoned the secret medicine of Wen Gongzi's maternal family, perhaps because he knew that Wen Gongzi naturally had a way to solve it. Besides, the Han court is afraid that it will not assassinate the eldest princess, what they want is to capture the eldest princess alive, so that they can blackmail the emperor. ”
Youwei said: "So it's possible that these things are all manipulated by General Li in secret?" ”
Yin Tianshu said: "This slave is not sure, but the eldest princess's Antai is the most important, so you must be careful of this person." ”
Youwei nodded and said, "Then since the palace was assassinated last night, and both the palace and Lord Yin saw with their own eyes that there were rare masters in Xingzhou City, can they clear the suspicion of the horse and the son of Wen?" ”
Yin Tianshu said: "The slave has already sent a book back to Bianliang last night, asking the emperor for a holy judgment, and I think that there will be a holy decree in a few days." In addition, the emperor gave the slave the right to arbitrarily make decisions before he was lucky, and the slave had already informed General Li that he would first lift the ban on the concubine and send it back to the Imperial Garden to reunite with the eldest princess, thinking that the concubine would be able to return to the Imperial Garden today. But because Wen Gongzi has no merit and fame, the slave cannot make his own decisions, and I am afraid that he still needs to wait for the emperor's decree. ”
Youwei was overjoyed when she heard him say that Yu Yao would be able to come back today, and thought that Wen Cang could also regain her freedom, but she still had to wait, so she couldn't help but be unhappy, and said, "There is Lord Lao Yin." ”
Yin Tianshu said: "The eldest princess is really tormenting the slave. In addition, there is another matter, the slave has to report to the eldest princess. ”
Youwei said, "Lord Yin, please speak." ”
Yin Tianshu said: "If the slave is not mistaken, the weapon used by the assassin last night was carved with the pattern of a golden dragon spitting beads, and it must be a royal thing." And my emperor and the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty have always been routine and simple, not extravagant, and never cast such a luxurious blade carved with gold and jade. This assassin must have a great background, and maybe he has some connection with the previous dynasty. But his martial arts are complicated, or he has the intention to hide his housekeeping skills, so the minions can't guess who he is for a while, and he needs to send some spies to visit one or two in the future. Wen Gongzi has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he has traveled extensively, if the two of them were present at that time, they might be able to see some clues. ”
Youwei said: "That person tried his best to transfer all the people around me who were strong in martial arts, just thinking that he could succeed in assassinating me in one fell swoop. But it didn't work out once, and he knew that now he was protected by you, but he was afraid that he wouldn't come again. If you want to find out the mastermind behind him, I'm afraid you can only wait for the opportunity. ”
Yin Tianshu said: "The eldest princess can rest assured, the fox and rabbit under the slaves are loyal and have strong martial arts, and they will guard them day and night, so they will not have to worry about thieves." ”
Having said that, one of Youwei's hearts hung in the air again. At the beginning, she and Yu Yao encountered assassins on their wedding night, and had no choice but to escape and take refuge. When I went to Linglong Villa, I was treated by Wen Cang, and I thought I could stay quietly for a few days, but I didn't want to encounter another series of disasters, and even attracted the Han court to set fire to the mountain. Linglong Dice had no trace and could only flee back to Da Zhou, but as soon as he entered the border Xingzhou, he was trapped again. If she returns to Bianjing, she doesn't know what misfortune awaits her.