Chapter 34: The Case of the White Bones (1)
It turned out to be a pair of bones that had lost their skin, and what made her feel even more frightened was that the clothes that the person was wearing were actually officials of the Jinzhou City Governor. If she saw it correctly, this person was the one who invited her father to Jinzhou to investigate the case that day......
Her heart was so distracted that her eyes were red and she was about to start searching. But at this moment, a pair of hands that were warm and shouting a clear fragrance grabbed her shoulders, and said in an anxious tone: "Xu Chu, calm down!" ”
Xu Chu's face was pale, as if he had been bewitched, he turned his head blankly, his pupils looked at the person without focus, and he opened his mouth as if he had lost his soul but couldn't spit out anything.
She only felt that her throat was dry, and the whole person tried to talk about being depressed, but there was always a moment of clarity in her heart, but she couldn't say it.
Xu Chu gritted his teeth, and squeezed out two words from his throat with a hideous face.
Xiao Qinglang looked at the more and more cold sweat on the forehead of the woman in front of him, as well as her trembling body, and couldn't help frowning and directly dragged the person to his side. It was only after he glanced at the clothes of the deceased in the wine urn under the osmanthus tree that he turned back and ordered Wei Guang: "Let people withdraw for ten miles, and order people to keep an eye on all the places near the inn where they can hide people." ”
In the end, it was the well-trained secret guards and the palace guards, the prince gave an order, but in a moment, everyone left the inn neatly and seemingly silently. And Wei Yan directly led people to keep an eye on the vicinity of the inn and even the barren and terrifying mass graves.
At this time, Xu Chu regained some strength slightly, and the person was a little clearer, but because of the fight against Na Zhu Yushu, the whole person was weak. She grabbed Xiao Qinglang's arm with both hands, half snuggled and half leaning, only repeating over and over again as if whispering: "Go...... There's a scam here......"
Seeing this, Xiao Qinglang didn't know what Xu Chu had discovered, but he also knew that according to her temperament, it was impossible to be targeted. What's more, now she is in a strange state, as if she is seriously ill and seems to be frightened, no matter what, she should take someone away first.
Thinking of this, he didn't care about investigating the corpse of the state official who suddenly appeared in the inn, and ordered it repeatedly.
"Lord Wang, I'll take Miss Xu out." Wei Guang has always been a personal guard Xiao Qinglang, but at this time, seeing that Xu Chu was standing unsteadily, obviously because his body was not right, he couldn't help but worry in his heart, so he stepped forward and said respectfully.
Xiao Qinglang glanced at Wei Guang lightly, did not speak, but directly bent down and picked up Xu Chu and walked away. Only Wei Guang was left in place, a little unclear, and secretly speculated in his heart.
What does this mean? If you really want Miss Xu, why do you want to let people go? But if it was unintentional, how could he personally save him?
You must know how many ladies from famous families in the capital are looking forward to winning the favor of their own princes day and night. Not to mention that the prince holds great power, and he has won the heart of the emperor, and he is favored by the saints, but that his appearance is first-class. The prince has always been cold to people, especially in the matter of love, lest he have a private relationship because of love......
As soon as Wei Guang thought of the difference between the prince and Miss Xu, and the sudden expression of affection just now, he couldn't help but secretly scold himself, what a pig's brain. The prince personally went out of the city to rescue him, can't he explain the problem? Partiality makes you stupid......
He saw that the prince hurriedly hugged someone and left the inn, and he also held the handle of the knife in his hand tightly and hurriedly followed.
As a few people left the inn in an orderly manner, they suddenly heard a loud noise, and then the surrounding grass and trees moved due to the air waves generated by the loud noise, and the dead trees nearby were also cut off at the waist, and then, the good Furong Inn collapsed.
If it weren't for Xu Chu's several urging Xiao Qinglang to quit the inn, I am afraid that the group would have died and had no place to be buried.
In the midst of the firelight, Wei Guang and the others heard the sound of swords unsheathed, and immediately many extremely fast assassins appeared out of nowhere.
Those people were obviously prepared, and all of them were specially trained killers, and they did not hesitate to shoot, and the target was clearly aimed at Xiao Qinglang who was holding Xu Chu. Between the rabbit's movements, the tip of the knife had already broken through the guards of Wei Guang and the others and came towards Xiao Qinglang's door.
Xu Chu clenched his teeth tightly and didn't dare to make a sound, she was in Xiao Qinglang's arms, and she could naturally feel his tense muscles and ready to go. She didn't know Xiao Qinglang's strength, and she didn't dare to disturb him in the slightest.
The sound of swords in his ears has never stopped, and the wilderness is not as heavily guarded as Yunzhou City, and counting the time when Xiao Qinglang arrived, I am afraid that he came in a hurry.
Xiao Qinglang used a wide cloak to protect Xu Chu on his chest, subconsciously covering her eyes. At this time, the man with a gentle and elegant temperament in front of Xu Chu, his warm eyes were full of indifference, he calmly looked at the assassins who surrounded him, and looked at the fierce move, until the sword blade rushed towards him, and then he suddenly threw a short sword from his long sleeves.
The dagger was small and delicate, without the slightest pattern on it, not even ornate jewels. But the blade of the sword is extremely sharp, and the moment the hand-to-hand combat meets, the blade of the sword at this moment will be broken.
"Heh, I can't help myself." Xiao Qinglang raised his eyes and did not hide the storm brewing in his cold eyes, but the more panicked the situation, the more calm the expression on his face.
Sure enough, as his words fell, a burst of arrows broke through the air, and the assassins who had already suppressed Wei Guang and the others were confused by the sudden appearance of variables. I saw Wei Yan and a few people coming up and down with their sleeve arrows, but they formed a joint attack with Wei Guang and others.
The situation was one-sided at the moment in favor of Xiao Qinglang and the others, and in the midst of strangulation, they saw that the assassins were becoming more and more defeated and defeated.
"Keep your mouth alive." Xu Chu clutched Xiao Qinglang's shirt tightly, and he was already sweating profusely. She knew that opening her mouth to ask for help at this moment would definitely disturb Xiao Qinglang's mind, but she also knew in her heart that since she found the body of the state government official who invited her father to Jinzhou City, maybe her father had already fallen into the hands of those crazy wicked people.
Even if there was a 1 in 10,000 chance, she didn't dare to gamble, regardless of whether her father was killed or not......
Under the brown brocade robe, he bit his lip and stubbornly looked at Xiao Qinglang's chin, his face was pale and resolute that could not be concealed, and his clear and transparent eyes were overflowing with pleading and helplessness at the moment.
Xiao Qinglang could clearly feel her slightly trembling body and her stiff back. The hands on his chest clutched his clothes, which made him feel a little painful.
"Keep your mouth alive!" Xiao Qinglang didn't have any embarrassed expression, his right hand gently stroked Xu Chu's back spine and comforted her silently, and also took her to slowly calm her breathing.
The assassination that had been prepared for a long time was gradually quelled, and more than a dozen assassins also fell into the hands of the secret guards and the palace guards. Wei Guang and Wei Yan got the order of the prince, and in order to prevent the assassin from committing suicide, they removed the chins, arms and legs of several people, just begging to keep a few people in one breath.
Just when the group surrounded the assassin, they saw that Xiao Mingzhu also arrived with red eyes and government soldiers, followed by Cui Husheng, who is now the same knowledge of Yunzhou City. God knows how frightened he is now, the dignified King Jing'an and the Lord of Mingzhu County were assassinated in his jurisdiction, even if he didn't die, it was enough for him to shed his skin. At that time, when the county lord of Mingzhu went to the government to transfer troops, his demeanor was as if something had happened. Not to mention waiting for him to react, he was inspecting the salt service at the time, and his heart almost jumped out of fright.
"It's too late for the next official, so I beg the prince to punish him." Cui Husheng knelt on the ground tremblingly, not daring to look at Xiao Qinglang's expression at all, let alone knowing who was in his arms.
"It's okay, you send someone to guard the surroundings first." Xiao Qinglang commanded coldly, paused for a moment and said, "Guarding the mass grave, since those people can appear out of thin air without being discovered, I am afraid that there are tunnels and mechanisms here, and you should let people keep an eye on them, don't let the thieves fish in troubled waters and escape while they are in chaos." ”
"In addition, if the inn is blown up and collapsed, you have people clean it up, and you will clean the backyard of the inn so that no one can approach it."
"Yes, the lower official will let people do it immediately." Cui Husheng secretly wiped the cold sweat that ran down his head and responded again and again.
And Xiao Mingzhu had already seen that a touch of clothes were exposed in the gap of his third uncle's cloak, which was Sister Xu's clothes. When she saw her sister Xu motionless in the arms of her third uncle, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and her eyes became sour.
"Sister Xu......" Xiao Mingzhu leaned in, but he didn't dare to reach out and touch it, for fear that Xu Chu was injured or something. I saw her choking, so anxious that she jumped to her feet. She was pampered and grew up well, but she also knew the merits, if she didn't have herself, maybe Sister Xu would have gotten out a long time ago, at least she could have dealt with the thief.
Thinking of this, she wished to kill the assassins who had already been caught and tied up.
"You promise...... Sister, but I want to keep my mouth alive. Xiao Qinglang obviously saw his niece's thoughts, and reminded, "The doctor you want to bring, can you bring it?" ”
Hearing his third uncle speak, Xiao Mingzhu retracted his gaze a little reluctantly, glanced at the bulge in his arms worriedly, and whispered, "Bring it." ”
"It's important to treat Xu Chu first." With that, he had already taken a step, and with the person in his arms who had never let go of his hand and clung to him, even though he had fainted, he went out of the crowd.
According to Xiao Qinglang's instructions, at this time, some government soldiers had already found a flat place to temporarily set up a military camp tent, during which they were all simple beds and bedding for marching. He placed the man on the bed, but the joints of his hands were white, clenched for fear of leaving.
He sighed lightly and said softly: "Achu, it's okay, let it go first......"
Achu, just two words are charming on the tip of the tongue, with a seemingly absent friendship and unknown softness.
According to the files and news he got, this was what Xu Cheng called when he called Xu Chu.