Chapter 84: Exposed
Xu Qingshan was still very inexplicable when he was invited from the bed, and when he learned that he was going to be escorted to the water prison, he was shocked, and he kept asking to meet Sui Chen along the way, but the soldier received an order and sent him directly to the water prison, so Xu Qingshan's hoarse voice was useless.
When he learned the reason why he was imprisoned in the water prison, Xianyue's unusual intimacy flashed in his mind one by one today.
I see.
Xu Qingshan sighed heavily, his eyes were frustrated at a glance, the cold water overflowed his waist, Xu Qingshan didn't feel cold at this time, he even hoped that the water could be more piercing.
At lunchtime, Xianyue had already learned the news that Xu Qingshan was taken into a water prison, and finished the meal with peace of mind.
It was the best meal she'd ever had.
This time, the solution of the big problem in her heart really made Xianyue feel a lot more relieved, and her trust in Xu Zhaohua gradually became more than before.
Xu Qingshan was imprisoned in the water prison, and there was no one in the position of commander for the time being, Sui Chen planned to take charge of the army himself, if it was something that could be solved by a holy decree, but this kind of big matter must be announced by Sui Yue in person in front of the civil and military officials.
Therefore, the character sent by Sui Chen to Xianyue was to use witch Gu to control Sui Yue's thoughts, and let him personally say in front of the hundred officials that he would be the new commander-in-chief.
On this day, Xu Zhaohua went out alone on the pretext of sending extra cloth to the Shangyi Bureau, Xianyue let her go without asking much, she and Sui Feng made an appointment to meet in the grove, almost everyone here is unlucky since the last time someone died, and they don't dare to come here, so it is safe for them to exchange information here.
Xu Zhaohua, who was holding the cloth, looked at the river in front of him in a daze, although the war between Dongqi and Daduan was interrupted last time, it was still not completely avoided, and Cuobai didn't know if he was injured when he was fighting.
"What are you thinking?" A pair of big hands patted Xu Zhaohua's shoulder.
Xu Zhaohua replied, did not look back, continued to look at the river, and said, "What do you want to look at on the other side of the river?" ”
Sui Feng was stunned for a moment, and lowered his eyelids in frustration to look at the fallen leaves on the ground, which were already frosty.
"That's fine, it's fine." Sui Feng said lightly.
He knew that Xu Zhaohua was worried about Zhou Sheng Cuobai, although he knew the news of Zhou Sheng Cuobai's injury, but as far as he knew, although the injury was not small, it was not particularly serious, so he chose to hide Zhou Sheng Cuobai's injury from her.
Sui Feng felt that he didn't want Xu Zhaohua to worry, but he clearly knew that he was afraid that the concern in her eyes was about another man.
Knowing that Zhou Shengcuobai was not in danger, Xu Zhaohua breathed a sigh of relief.
Sui Feng smiled quietly when he saw that her brows were no longer tightened, but he quickly hid this smile.
"Xu Qingshan's matter was planned by you, right?" Sui Feng asked.
"How? What's new? Xu Zhaohua did not answer his question and changed the subject.
Sui Feng knew that she was acquiescing in this way, and he actually knew that Xu Qingshan could not help Dongqi, because he had suspected him of plotting against him when Xu Qingshan first came to Daduan, and secretly observed for a long time, according to his observation and inference, Xu Qingshan was framed by someone.
If he was framed, then this person's thinking would be very meticulous, it could not be something that Xian Yue and Zhou Shengchen could think of, and the two of them were not so profound.
The only possible person is Xu Zhaohua.
Now it seems that as he expected, this woman is really a rare strange woman in the world.
"It is reported that Chu Chenlu has always refused to listen to other people's orders, and according to legend, the old queen mother once asked her to serve tea to a noble concubine but she refused, so the queen mother was furious, or Sui Yue took a lot of effort to keep her." Sui Feng said.
"She only listened to Sui Yue's orders," Sui Feng added.
I only listen to your orders.
Xu Zhaohua pondered this sentence repeatedly in her mind: she only listened to Sui Yue's orders, so it was difficult for Sui Chen and Xianyue to order her to do anything......
Could it be ......
Xu Zhaohua glanced at Sui Feng suspiciously: "What do you think?" ”
Sui Feng shook his head: "I'm not sure if it's what I think." ”
Xu Zhaohua hugged the cloth in his arms tightly, and they couldn't judge whether Sui Yue was really in witchcraft through such a simple piece of news now.
"It's been too long, I have to go back quickly, otherwise Xianyue will be suspicious." Xu Zhaohua estimated that he was ready to leave.
"Zhaohua!" Sui Feng stopped Xu Zhaohua.
Xu Zhaohua glanced back: "Huh? ”
"I didn't ...... Nothing, be careful. Sui Feng said.
Xu Zhaohua nodded and left, Sui Feng waited for her to leave and looked at the river in front of her blankly and remembered Zhou Shengcuobai's injury, but still couldn't say it to her.
He didn't want to say it, and he couldn't say it.
Along the way, Xu Zhaohua had been thinking about this matter, and after thinking about it repeatedly, she still didn't dare to draw conclusions, and when she walked to the Imperial Garden, she saw Xian Yue walking alone to Daxing Palace.
Since she helped Xianyue get rid of Xu Qingshan, Xianyue has trusted herself very much, and she doesn't even shy away from going to the underground palace, why do you go to Daxing Palace alone now and don't let anyone follow?
It seems that she is now going to give Sui Yue another witchcraft, so that he can personally say in front of the civil and military officials to let Sui Chen be the commander of the general and control the military.
Xu Zhaohua followed her closely, not daring to get too close, nor daring to go too far.
Hearing a few fluttering wings, a white dove landed on his shoulder, it was Zhou Shengcuobai who sent the news.
The white pigeon had blood stains on his body, and his feathers were also stained with a little mud, it seemed that he was injured, Xu Zhaohua stopped chasing after Xianyue and decided to treat the white pigeon.
As for the Daxing Palace, there is a chance to explore it again.
Glad that she had learned medical skills with the ghost lady, although it was used to save people, but the white pigeon suffered some skin injuries, so her medical skills were enough to heal it.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the white pigeon's injury to heal almost, Xu Zhaohua let it go and the white pigeon flew back by itself, I don't know where its injury came from, Xu was hunted by someone else accidentally injured it or deliberately hunted but did not hunt, after all, this white pigeon is spiritual.
After watching the white pigeon fly away safely, Xu Zhaohua opened the note to see what was written on it, because the white pigeon was injured and delayed the flight, so what was written on this note was what Zhou Shengcuobai wrote to her a few days ago before opening the city gate to fight, Xu Zhaohua's eyes were red, he couldn't think about Zhou Shengcuobai's inner feelings when he wrote these things to him, at this time she noticed that the last line of the letter read:
Crispy, I only do what you tell me to do.
This sentence is somewhat familiar, and it seems that I have heard it somewhere.
Xu Zhaohua suddenly remembered that Chu Chenlu had also said this sentence to her when she was in Daxing Palace in the past, and remembered that day she casually mentioned what she would do if Sui Yue was in danger one day, and Chu Chenlu's answer was:
She only does what Sui Yue asks her to do.
Combined with the previous things, Xu Zhaohua was deeply skeptical about whether Sui Yue had really fallen for witchcraft.
Thinking that Xianyue would come back, Xu Zhaohua hurriedly said that the note in his hand was quietly hidden in his cuff without leaving a trace: "Girl, where have you been." ”
Xianyue hesitated: "I didn't go anywhere, don't ask about things that shouldn't be asked in the future." But the tone wasn't particularly bad, and it seemed that she was in a good mood right now.
Thinking of Fang Cai's matter, Xu Zhaohua thought about it, did Xianyue know that Sui Yue was very likely not to fall for her witchcraft?
Looking at Xian Yue's good mood at the moment, and remembering that she once went to Daxing Palace at midnight to collect the strange fragrance of Huo Yanhua's glow, Xu Zhaohua was sure that she didn't know about it.
In this way, is it only Sui Yue and Chu Chenlu who know about this matter?
Xu Zhaohua no longer blindly guessed, and she decided to go to Daxing Palace tonight to find out.
......
Finally waited for the night, at this time, Xu Zhaohua changed into a capable black dress for ease of movement, and brought a set of other clothes, she had the experience of sneaking into Sui Yue's dormitory before, so this time she was also familiar with the road and entered from the back wall of the dormitory.
After entering, Xu Zhaohua did not immediately go straight to Sui Yue, but found a remote corner and changed into the clothes that Chu Chenlu wore on weekdays in his arms, when she was on an errand in Daxing Palace before, she had a long talk with Chu Chenlu one night, in which she mentioned that the style of the clothes worn by Chu Chenlu was very elegant, Chu Chenlu immediately sent a new set of clothes after hearing this, all her clothes were similar in style, so this dress was very similar to what she wore on weekdays.
When he came to Sui Yue's palace, Xu Zhaohua saw Sui Yue lying flat on the bed, if he had been involved in witchcraft at this time, he would not have any consciousness.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhaohua gently pushed Sui Yue on the side of the bed, Sui Yue turned over after struggling his eyes in a daze: "Lulu, don't make trouble." ”
Xu Zhaohua knew everything when he heard it, and sure enough. The air around them was suddenly terrifyingly quiet.
Sui Yue realized that something was wrong, and then slowly got up from the bed and looked at the person beside him.
The candlelight was too dim, Sui Yue couldn't see the face of the person in front of him clearly, looking at the figure of this woman was so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
"Who sent you?" Sui Yue asked.
Xu Zhaohua didn't speak, turned around and was about to leave, Sui Yue immediately got up and blocked her way out, Xu Zhaohua gave him a backhand blow, who knew that Sui Yue's kung fu was not weak, and it was difficult to distinguish between the two after fighting for a long time.
At this moment, Sui Yue's eyes gradually adapted to the darkness and saw the appearance of the person in front of him clearly.
"So it's you?" Sui Yue looked surprised.
Xu Zhaohua took a few steps back.
"King Sui Yue, I thought you had fallen into the witchcraft and came to detoxify, but now it seems that you have not been in witchcraft in King Sui Yue, I don't hide it, I once saw Xianyue helping you to the West Third Palace, and I saw her enter your front hall during the day, could it be that she also knew that you were not in witchcraft?" Xu Zhaohua voiced his doubts.
Sui Yue smiled: "She doesn't know, the witch Gu is what Brother Wang asked her to do, so why waste her efforts."
"Then why are you ......," Xu Zhaohua asked suspiciously.
"I have my own solution to his witchcraft, but I can't let him find out that I'm back to normal." Sui Yue said.
Sui Yue didn't specifically say how he avoided being disturbed by witchcraft, Xu Zhaohua didn't ask when he saw that he didn't mean what he wanted to say, she didn't care about these now, she only cared about whether Sui Yue was willing to cooperate with them to bring down Sui Chen.
"In that case, can the King of Sui Yue join hands with us to deal with Sui Chen?" Xu Zhaohua asked cautiously.
"Haha, this doesn't bother Queen Xu to worry about this, she can handle her own family affairs alone, and she can handle her own state affairs." Sui Yue said coldly.
Xu Zhaohua didn't expect Sui Yue to refuse, but from his tone, it could be heard that he was mainly afraid that after knocking down Sui Chen, Dongqi would take the opportunity to attack Daduan.
"You don't have to worry about this, King Sui Yue, overthrowing Sui Chen is to avoid war between the two countries, I think you don't want to see the people in Daduan suffer the threat of war, right?" Xu Zhaohua said.
Sui Yue shook his head and didn't speak, Xu Zhaohua was very puzzled why he didn't agree.
"Empress Xu, stay where you should stay, do you think it's better for me to use you to force back the Eastern Qi soldiers to occupy a few Eastern Qi cities, or is it cost-effective to cooperate with you and both sides to retreat?" Sui Yue said coldly.
Hearing that there was something in Sui Yue's words, Xu Zhaohua became vigilant: "King Sui Yue will think about it again, and the palace will leave first."
Sui Yue closed the door with internal strength, Xu Zhaohua quickly counterattacked and wanted to escape through the window, but Sui Yue stopped her, and there was another fierce fight, and the sound of a broken flower pot broke the silence of the night.
Chu Chenlu, who heard the movement, got up and walked out of the house with a piece of clothing to see where it was, and when he went out, he heard that there seemed to be movement in the main hall of Sui Yue, and he connected this movement with the sound of Fang Cai, and found that something seemed to have happened, and hurriedly trotted towards the main hall.
"Oh? Queen Xu broke the lonely flower pot, what should I do? Sui Yue asked jokingly.
"Despicable!" Xu Zhaohua said hatefully.
The door was pushed open by Chu Chenlu, and when she saw Sui Yue standing next to the broken flower pot blocking the window, and there was a woman with a beautiful face next to her, she immediately understood that it must be this woman who discovered that Sui Yue was not in witchcraft.
Chu Chenlu plucked one of his silver hairpins from his head, aimed his sharp mouth at Xu Zhaohua, and rushed over.
She didn't allow anything that was bad for Sui Yue to happen.
Xu Zhaohua easily dodged Chu Chenlu's attack and restrained her with her backhand, and was pressed on the table by Xu Zhaohua with his backhand, Chu Chenlu turned his head with his hair scattered and looked at Xu Zhaohua a lot:
This face is excellent, but I haven't seen it myself, but this dress is found to be very similar to the clothes of Zhao Ye, the palace maid who used to be on an errand in Daxing Palace.
"Your clothes are ......," Chu Chenlu asked.
"Sister Chu, don't you remember what your clothes look like so soon?" Xu Zhaohua said lightly.
After she said this, Chu Chenlu realized that the woman in front of her was indeed exactly the same as Zhao Ye except that her appearance was different from Zhao Ye's, and her body shape and voice were indeed exactly the same, plus she said this about the clothes on her body, Chu Chenlu was sure that the person in front of her was Zhao Ye.
But why did she change her face, who was she? What is the purpose.
"There's no need for Queen Xu to embarrass people who don't want to do it." Sui Yue was a little nervous, but he still deliberately concealed his nervousness about Chu Chenlu.
But this can't escape Xu Zhaohua's eyes at all.
Chu Chenlu's mind was blank, and there was only the title that Sui Yue called: Empress Xu.
She's the Queen?
As far as Chu Chenlu knew, only the Eastern Qi State had such a queen surnamed Xu, named Xu Zhaohua. It is rumored that she is a rare strange woman, and she has a transparent temperament all over her body, and now it seems that she is really the person in front of her.
The real deal.
Xu Zhaohua still let Chu Chenlu go, this matter has nothing to do with her.
Chu Chenlu slowly stood up straight after feeling that there was no suppressed force on her shoulders, she looked at the woman in front of her and felt that she was so far away and so close to her, she was a legend living in people's mouths, but she did get along with herself day and night. After hearing about her deeds, I admired this woman very much.
Now she was standing in front of her eyes.
The lights in the room on the other side were lit, and the figure of a palace maid sneakily walked into her room.
It was Rong'er who came.
"Say, what are you going to say when you meet me during the day." Xianyue said as she lay on the couch.
"Back to the girl, there are many people and there are many inconveniences during the day, so I came to disturb in the dark, the slave maid is the palace maid of Fu'an Palace, and I have something I want to tell the girl." Rong'er said.
"Tell me about something." She yawned and looked displeased.
"Recently, the maid beside the girl has been very strange, and her behavior and behavior are not the same as usual, or she has suddenly attracted your attention, girl?" Rong'er asked.
Xianyue held her forehead and thought for a while: "No one has strange shapes, but there is a maid next to her who has suddenly become much smarter than before. ”
After hearing Xianyue's words, a smile appeared on Rong'er's lips, and then Xu Zhaohua pretended to be the palace maid around Xianyue and told Xianyue, but she didn't mention that Feng Wang Ye was also involved here, she still had Feng Wang Ye in her heart.
As long as Xu Zhaohua disappears, then it is possible for Lord Feng to look at her more, even if it is a glance.
After listening to Rong'er's words, Xianyue immediately sat up from the collapse: "What you said is true?" ”
Rong'er nodded: "It's true." ”
Xianyue still didn't believe it, she sent Rong'er back first, and after Rong'er left, she immediately walked to the house where the maids lived, secretly opened the window, and counted several people through the moonlight, and sure enough, there was one less person in the house.
Xu Zhaohua is not in the house, where did she go?
......
Xu Zhaohua pushed Chu Chenlu when she was dealing with Sui Yue, but she mastered the strength, Chu Chenlu would only stumble and nothing else, but Sui Yue didn't know this, when Chu Chenlu was about to fall, Sui Yue hurriedly supported her, Xu Zhaohua seized the opportunity and quickly slipped away from the window with a somersault.
Seeing this, Chu Chenlu fainted when Sui Yue was about to catch up, he hurriedly helped her to the bed to rest, and the matter of chasing Xu Zhaohua could only be stopped.
Chu Chenlu closed his eyes and secretly thought: I can only help you this time, the first time and the last time.
It was quiet when he returned to his residence, Xu Zhaohua put on the human skin mask and quietly walked into his room, and Xianyue saw all this clearly in the crack of his window.
After dawn, Xianyue deliberately tried when Xu Zhaohua was dressing herself: "Xiaoxiao, the hair you combed me last time was very good, let's comb that one today." ”
Xu Zhaohua's hand that was combing Xianyue's hair stayed in mid-air, but it quickly returned to normal and continued to comb it:
"Girl, the slave maid learned a few new combing methods from the palace maids of other palaces a few days ago, otherwise I will bring you a better one today."
"Xiaoxiao, do you want you or won't you at all?" Xianyue looked at her with a smile.
As he spoke, he reached out and was about to touch Xu Zhaohua's face, but Xu Zhaohua skillfully avoided it.
"The girl laughed, the slave just wanted to give you a better hair." Xu Zhaohua's tone was firm.
"I saw you go out last night and say! What is your true identity, why are you pretending to be Tiny, and what is your purpose? Tsuki's face changed.
Xu Zhaohua knew that he was about to be exposed, so he ignored Xian Yue and turned around to go out, who knew that now the door was surrounded by guards with knives.
It seems that Xianyue has been prepared for a long time.
Xu Zhaohua relied on the kung fu he learned from his brother to deal with many guards, but after all, one person couldn't withstand the attack of so many people and soon couldn't parry.
She looked at a gap and rushed over, several people blocked her, and after a few steps back, someone surrounded her and blocked the way out.
Xu Zhaohua had nowhere to go now, and at the last moment, a person climbed in from the outer wall, and the guards around him took a few steps back.
Although he was veiled, Xu Zhaohua knew that the person who came was Zhou Shengcuobai.
Zhou Shengcuobai's martial arts are not weak, and he quickly fought a way out, Xu Zhaohua picked up the scabbard dropped by the soldier who fell to the ground, and used the scabbard to block the attacking knife, and the two fought side by side This is the first time.
Because of the large number of soldiers encountered on the ground, fortunately now Daduan has to attack the Eastern Qi and build the underground palace, so a large number of manpower has been sent out, and the number of soldiers in the palace at this time has been greatly reduced. Therefore, Zhou Shengcuobai encircled Xu Zhaohua into his arms and jumped onto the roof with light skills, and Xu Zhaohua's light skills were not weak, so the two of them shuttled on the roof until they escaped from the Daduan Palace.
At this time, the soldiers of the Daduan Royal Palace on the other side could only run on the road because they did not have such profound light skills.
At this moment, another masked man blocked the pursuing soldiers behind them, and a fight was inevitable.
Xu Zhaohua and Zhou Shengcuobai were surprised that the pursuers had already left the Daduan capital when they did not catch up, and after making sure that they were safe, the two were no longer in a hurry.
"Cuobai, I'm ......," Xu Zhaohua said.
"Don't say it, it's all over." Zhou Shengcuobai took off the veil and tidied up Xu Zhaohua's scattered hair.
"Hey" Xu Zhaohua sighed: "By the way, how did you know that I was in danger?" ”
Zhou Shengcuobai had some questions: "Didn't you write the news on the maple leaf and tell me?" ”
"I wrote it? I don't have time to tell the news. Xu Zhaohua said.
Who is that, there is only one person who knows that he uses Maple Leaf to deliver the message, could it be him?
But how did he know she was in danger?
"Well, let's go back and think again." Zhou Shengcuobai said.
Xu Zhaohua nodded, and the two walked back to the capital of Eastern Qi along the river.