Chapter 51: I've never seen such a failed assassination
Gu Jiming sent Jiang Cailing all the way to the gate of the He family, the sedan chair landed, even if Jiang Cailing didn't want to see Gu Jiming again, she still had the due courtesy.
Walking out of the sedan chair, I saw Gu Ji getting down from a tall horse, his movements were smooth, he didn't deliberately fiddle with his posture, and his every move seemed to be elegant from his bones.
Such a man was born to attract the attention of the world.
Jiang Cailing shook off the distracting thoughts in her heart, walked straight over, thanked Gu Jiming, looked at the red date-colored horse, and stopped talking, "Lord Gu was expressly forbidden to ride a horse in Luoyang, if tonight's incident is spread to the ears of the saint by the official of the imperial history platform, I am afraid that Lord Gu will be scolded by the saint." β
After saying this, Jiang Cailing regretted it, and wanted to ask what she was thinking about at the last moment, and she actually said this to Gu Jiming.
Without waiting for Gu Jiming to answer, Jiang Cailing endured the remorse in her heart, pretended to be calm on her face and turned around and walked home.
It is not as loud and noisy as Suzaku Street, and the door of He's house is especially quiet, and it seems that the sound of people inhaling and exhaling can be heard. The cypress sensen, the flock of birds returning home, under the bright moonlight, softened the edges and corners with thorns, and became more and more quiet and soft in the winter night.
Just as he stepped into the Zhumen with his left foot, Gu Jiming's calm and powerful voice suddenly came from behind him, "If you don't want to, I won't ride next time." β
Jiang Cailing turned her head when she heard this, a gentle smile appeared on her face, and the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, so that people could see at a glance that this was a perfunctory smirk.
"It has nothing to do with me whether Lord Gu wants to ride a horse or not, it's just that I don't want the Holy Lord to know that Gu Xiang broke his vows because he sent me home. My He family has never been involved in court disputes, and I don't want the people to think that the world-famous Gu Xiang disobeyed the will of the Empress Dowager because of the He family's daughter. β
After speaking, without waiting for Gu Jiming to speak, he hurriedly withdrew his right foot and asked the family to quickly close the door and lock it.
Gu Jiming looked at the closed Zhu Gate, and a dumb smile flashed in his always cold black eyes.
In fact, in Luoyang City, he likes to take a sedan chair, otherwise every time he rides a horse, he is like a monkey in the hands of a monkey man, and he will be surrounded by people to watch, the same pair of eyes and a nose, Gu Jiming doesn't feel that he is different from others, and he doesn't understand why so many people love to look at him.
Leading the red horse, Gu Jiming walked back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and under the moonlight, a shadow grew on a person and a horse.
The guards who followed behind saw such a scene, and they all couldn't help but smile in their hearts, Miss He said that she didn't want the adults to ride the horse, so the adults would lead the horses back, if it was usually an adult, where would they be so obedient.
The guards looked at each other and smiled, ready to tell Jiu Ge about this as soon as they went back, ensuring that Jiu Ge would laugh at his own master for being a strict wife.
It was not early, He Mingshan and Meng Yun had already fallen asleep, so Jiang Cailing did not go to ask for peace, but returned to her room.
glanced at the courtyard and didn't see He Xiaoxiao, so he turned his head sideways and asked the girl next to him, "Is Axiao back?" β
"The slave hasn't seen Ah Xiao since the morning."
Jiang Cailing nodded, took off her cloak and handed it to the girl. The girls have already put the bath water, and the mahogany barrel contains a layer of fragrant rose petals floating on the water, bright red, and the hot bath bucket makes people feel warm and comfortable when they look at it.
After taking a bath, Jiang Cailing lay on the bed with her clothes closed, Baihe blew out the candle and quietly closed the door from the outside.
Half-asleep and half-awake, Jiang Cailing heard the unique sound of metal, and she was extremely sensitive to this sound.
Emperor Zhaohong did not let her learn martial arts, because those who learned martial arts would be seen as flawed and took precautions. But although he didn't let her practice martial arts, he also invited a first-class master to tell her how to distinguish danger.
She had been covered with a black cloth in the secret room, and she could distinguish the enemy through the subtle sounds. Jiang Cailing held her breath and concentrated, and the sound of the wind was mixed with the sound of metal swords and clothes rubbing, Jiang Cailing had at least ten people on the other side, and his steps were very light, and he seemed to be a person with a high force value.
To be able to invite these masters to come to the He Mansion, Jiang Cailing had already guessed in her heart who sent it.
This time, the case of Princess Nanzhao's fall from the building was found to be the real culprit, and she knew whose interests were moved.
Su Qingcheng's figure appeared in her mind, Jiang Cailing shook her head helplessly, she wanted to live an ordinary life, why did she come to her one after another troubles?
These people should just come for her alone, and they won't hurt He Mingshan and Meng Yun, and the family in the mansion will not be these people's opponents at all, and fighting with them will only kill in vain, and it will be useless.
Jiang Cailing got up, took out a dark red porcelain bottle from the compartment of the table, and poured out a white particle from it, Jiang Cailing calmly melted it into the cowhide water bag through the handkerchief, and through the fine eyes of the water bag, she saw the white particles floating on the water surface, making a "hiss" sound in the water. A little bit of it melted into the water, and the originally transparent water turned a light red color.
This granule is called Hibiscus Pill, one is extremely precious, it is Master's exclusive secret recipe, it is complicated to make, and it is extremely difficult to succeed. The reason for the name is that when the pill melts into the water, the water changes from a transparent color to the crimson color of a lotus flower, which is very beautiful.
But the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are, once the hibiscus pill touches the human skin after it encounters water, that skin is like being burned by fire, it is very painful, and if there is no antidote for half an hour, the skin will ulcerate and bleed to death.
took out a silver needle from the small box of the makeup mirror table, and pierced a dozen thin eyes at the mouth of the water bottle, as long as she pinched the cowhide body of the water bag, the potion would spray out and splash on the other party's body, enough to fight more than ten people.
Jiang Cailing put the water bag aside, re-lit the candle, poured a cup of tea, picked up a book casually, and read it.
This is a clichΓ© short story, about a scholar and a rich lady in love, the young lady's father naturally did not allow it, the young lady felt that the scholar was the only man she loved in her life, so she followed the red whisk girl and eloped to the capital. The scholar read the books of the ancients all night for the spring exam, and the young lady changed from brocade clothes and jade food to cloth skirts and hairpins, preparing three meals for the scholars every day, and serving the scholars to wash and change clothes......
Just when Jiang Cailing read the title of the scholar's gold list and was about to marry the princess, the footsteps outside the door became louder.
Holding the water bag, Jiang Cailing continued to flip the pages of the book and drank the last bit of tea in the cup into her stomach.
"Bang dang!" The door was kicked open, and more than a dozen black-clothed people poured in with their faces covered, and Jiang Cailing, who saw the table, looked leisurely, and hesitated unconsciously.
I saw the woman in Tsing Yi in front of the table looking at the books in her hand, holding a water bag in the other hand to keep warm, softening her eyebrows and eyes against the background of the dim light, exuding a demure and noble body, like a beauty in the picture of a lady, even if they broke in, they didn't look up, as if she knew they were coming.
The people in black looked at each other, they had carried out dozens of missions, whether it was a high-ranking official in the court or a heroic swordsman on the rivers and lakes, they would have a panicked or angry look, but they had never seen such a calm person.
"Are you He Ling'er?" One of them asked.
Jiang Cailing raised her head at this time, as if she had just discovered them, her red lips were lightly raised, and there was a hint of cunning in her eyes, "If I say no, you will leave?" β
"It turned out to be an empty city plan." The man in black snorted coldly, didn't say anything more, and stabbed at Jiang Cailing with his weapon.
Jiang Cailing raised her eyebrows, lowered her eyes and continued to turn the pages of the book, and said, "Your master sent you ten masters to take the life of a weak woman for me, don't you think it's overkill?" β
This sentence asked the hearts of the people in black, they were raised under the door of their master, although they were not the best masters in the door, but they did not need ten partners to kill a female baby, and the blade stopped less than half a meter away from Jiang Cailing, "You say, why?" β
"Stupid." Jiang Cailing closed the book and spit out two words in a low voice.
She deliberately lured them closer to her so that the potion could be sprayed at them through the hydration bag in her hand.
Just as she spoke, Jiang Cailing clenched the water bag and was about to fight back.
And at this moment, a black and blue figure suddenly appeared and knocked out all ten tough guys from behind.
The action was so fast that the candle flame was almost extinguished.
Jiang Cailing saw that the person who came clearly was He Xiaoxiao who came back from the mountain.
He Xiaoxiao was wearing a dark robe, with blue auspicious clouds on her cuffs and belt, and the smell of dust on her body, obviously she came back in a hurry.
"It's exciting!" He Xiaoxiao threw down the stick in her hand, looked at the ten strong men lying on the ground, and said with a smile, obviously not putting ten people in her eyes.
Although Jiang Cailing knew that He Xiaoxiao's martial arts were profound, she didn't expect to be able to put down ten men in an instant, which was really unexpected, put down the water bag in her hand, and praised: "I didn't expect you to be so powerful!" β
"The world's martial arts are only fast and not broken, I just take advantage of the fast, if it is really a head-to-head battle, it will not be so easy to win."
Knowing that it was just He Xiaoxiao's humble words, Jiang Cailing poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to He Xiaoxiao, "Drink a cup of tea to warm up." β
After drinking hot tea, He Xiaoxiao kicked a man on the ground with her toes, and said with some disgust, "What are you going to do with these people, do you want me to help you throw them into the moat?" β
The corners of Jiang Cailing's lips hooked up with a smile, "Don't worry, do you want to see something new?" β
He Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, "Okay! β
At this time, there was a sudden sound outside the door, it was the family who heard the movement and came to ask, Jiang Cailing couldn't help laughing, if she really waited for them to come to the rescue, she was afraid that the corpse would be cold at this time, so she told the family that there was nothing to do, and let them rest early.
He Xiaoxiao was afraid that Jiang Cailing would forget, so she pestered Jiang Cailing to ask about something new.
Jiang Cailing pursed her lips and smiled, Emperor Zhaohong had asked people to teach her the art of hypnosis, and now she wanted to try to see if she could get more information.
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