Chapter 70: The Secret Passage in the Forest
Hearing this, Ye Wushuang's long sword was pressed against the other party's throat, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "You said you know the whereabouts of grain and grass?" Don't lie to me, or I'll make your death even more ugly. ”
"No, no, I didn't lie to you, I really know the whereabouts of the grain and grass."
"Residual leaves, there are many people here, take him back, interrogate him slowly, if he dares to say a lie, this concubine will definitely gouge out his eyes and nose to drink dumb medicine, and then put him in the toilet as a person."
Hearing this, the soldiers defending the city couldn't help but gasp, why is this Princess Chen so vicious, and King Chen is still like a jewel to her? Isn't it a family that doesn't enter the door?
In front of the tiger cage in the palace, Chu Lixue threw a sheep into it, only to see that the white tiger instantly knocked the sheep down, and the sharp teeth bit off the neck of the sheep, and the sheep did not resist, so it became the tiger's lunch.
Seeing this scene, the officers and soldiers defending the city were already frightened and weak, and they knew that this was the case, so he should not be cheap, let alone rob any sheep to eat. Now it's okay, the mutton hasn't been eaten, and it looks like I have to give the tiger lunch.
"Tell me, where is the grain and grass?" Ye Wushuang said coldly. He didn't have time to talk nonsense with the other party, if the news was true, after they found the grain and grass, they would naturally let him go, if he couldn't find it, then don't blame him for being ruthless.
"Grain and grass, grain and grass are out of the city."
"Out of town?"
"Yes, just two nights before the granary caught fire, Lord Zhou of the household department personally led people to pull three truckloads of grain and grass out of the city."
"How do you know that the cart is full of grain and grass?"
"I looked at the sacks one by one, and it was out of the city in the middle of the night, when the city gate was locked, but the identity of Lord Zhou was different, I didn't dare to offend a small city guard, so I opened the city gate, after the car passed, I saw some grain and grass particles on the ground, and within a few days, the Taiping was on fire, and then I think about what happened a few nights ago and feel very suspicious."
"You've got a bit of a brain, so do you know where to get it out of town?" Ye Wushuang said lightly.
"This ...... The little ones don't know. ”
"What? You don't know? Ye Wushuang raised his voice.
"Wushuang, maybe he really doesn't know, in fact, I also suspect that the grain and grass are not in the city, it seems that the other party has already prepared. It's been snowing heavily for a long time, and even if there are any traces, I'm afraid it will be annihilated. ”
"Yes, yes, what the princess said is that the little one really doesn't know, if she knew, she would definitely tell you." The defenders of the city hurriedly said.
"Wushuang, it's better to ...... Let him go. Chu Lixue said lightly.
"Let go?"
"Well, give him a bone erosion pill from your Cold Moon Palace and let him go, let him report any news as soon as possible, and come to the house to eat an antidote pill at the beginning of every month, otherwise, let him die of rotten stomach." Chu Lixue said lightly.
What the? Bone Eroding Pills? And you have to take the antidote regularly every month, otherwise you will die of intestinal rot? Isn't that a threat to him? If people know that he often sends letters to King Chen's mansion, then will his life be gone?
"Princess Chen...... Small...... Hmm...... Ye Wushuang was really too lazy to listen to his nonsense, so he hurriedly stuffed a bone erosion pill into the mouth of the soldier guarding the city.
The soldiers defending the city stuffed their fingers into their mouths and slashed their throats hard, hoping to spit out the pill, but Ye Wushuang smiled evilly and said: "Don't pick it, you can't spit it out, my bone erosion pill is specially made, and it melts in your mouth." ”
Hearing this, Chu Lixue chuckled a few times, and melted in her mouth, why did it look so much like an advertising slogan for baby food. "By the way, what's your name? If you have news to report, just give your name, and if you want to, then wait for death. ”
This defender of the city is really repentant when he ascends, the dignified princess of the first grade, who opens her mouth and closes her mouth, is to let people die, how can there be such a ruthless heart under such a beautiful appearance.
"The villain is Sun Zhong, the defender of Cloud City."
"Sun Zhong? Okay, this concubine has written it down. Immediately, he sent someone to send Sun Zhong out of King Chen's mansion.
"Lixue, it seems that your guess is right, the grain and grass are really not in the city."
"Well, it's just that it's so big outside the city, where will so much grain and grass be hidden?"
"Don't worry, I'll send someone to search outside the city inch by inch, and I will definitely find it." Ye Wushuang said lightly.
"I think we still have to follow Zhou Xiang to find the hidden place of grain and grass, but Zhou Xiang is very cunning, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to tell us."
"Then use a trick to lure him to take us to find grain and grass."
"Do you have a good idea?" Chu Lixue smiled lightly. Immediately, they saw that the business was hooked and hooked, and Chu Lixue was attached to it, and the two whispered a few words, and then looked at each other and smiled.
Zhou Xiang is indeed very cautious, the remnant snow and the remnant moon have been following for a few days and have not seen Zhou Xiang go to the grain and grass hiding place, time passes little by little, the war at the border is tight, if the grain and grass have not arrived for a long time, I am afraid that it will really be impossible to hold.
On this day, Chu Lixue took Wanyue and Canxue to pull a cart of grain and grass from the city gate and swaggered out, and made several trips like this, and the people saw it and whispered one after another.
Seeing this, Wanyue chose a relatively high place and shouted loudly: "Folks, in fact, the grain and grass in Taiping have not been burned at all, but someone has already transferred the grain and grass, and now the grain and grass have been found by my princess, so I will send someone to send it to the soldiers at the border pass." ”
Hearing this, the people cheered, great, as long as the soldiers at the border pass have food and grass, they will have the ability to continue to defend the border pass, and they will still have a peaceful life. It's just that the girl just now said that someone has already transferred the grain and grass? In that case, there are people who don't want King Chen to keep the border peaceful, or someone who wants to take advantage of the border war to get rid of King Chen.
The remnant snow and waning moon pulled a few carts of grain through the cloud city, the purpose was to lure the snake out of the hole, sure enough, Zhou Xiang was fooled, just three watches, Zhou Xiang took people out of the city quietly, through a forest, came to a clearing and stopped.
Immediately, seeing Zhou Xiang take a few steps forward, squatting down, opening a piece of floor, and then walking down, just halfway through, he suddenly realized that he had been fooled, such a secret place, Princess Chen could not know, blamed himself for being too anxious, and actually fell for her.
It was too late, Ye Wushuang's people were already ambushed here, waiting for him to just step out of the secret passage, when he saw a corpse in the ground, and then, a long sword was against his neck.
"Zhou Xiang, thank you for showing us the way." Ye Wushuang smiled lightly.
"You...... You...... You don't want to kill me, it's the Queen Mother, it's the Queen Mother who asked me to do this, she said, as long as King Chen is dead, then the throne can only belong to his son. ”
"It's okay not to kill you, but the deity wants you to tell the world about this." Ye Wushuang said coldly. I can't help Zhou Xiang say a word.
"Okay, good, good, whatever you say, I'll do what you say, I swear!" Zhou Xiang said solemnly. Between him and the Queen Mother, of course, his life is more important, not to mention that his mother is just a concubine, the White Queen Mother asked him to do this, and it was done, but it was just to give a reward, if it was revealed, then the White Queen Mother would use him as a substitute for the dead ghost.
"Princess, it turns out that there is a secret passage in this forest, and all the grain and grass in Taiping are hidden here." Remnant Xue shouted loudly in the secret passage.
With these grains and grasses, plus the large number of sheep that Chu Lixue asked them to buy a few days ago, they can transport these to the border for a while.
Naturally, it is most convenient to hand over the matter of escorting grain and grass to the people of Hanyue Palace, and it is too noticeable for all the women around her to travel.
After a few days of rushing to wear the stars and the moon, finally on the fourth day, the grain, grass and mutton escorted by the remnants of the leaves came to the outside of Yunxia Pass.
"Who are you?" The soldiers defending the city looked at the convoy under the city and said cautiously.
"We were sent by Princess Chen to deliver grain and grass, and these sheep, the princess said, the weather is cold at the border, and these sheep can warm up everyone's pork stew."
Hearing this, the soldiers defending the city were naturally very happy, but what if these were all pretended by the enemy? "And what token do you have to prove it?"
Token? What kind of token? Before going out, the lord and Princess Chen didn't give him anything, so what should I do? It seems that King Chen came out in person, King Chen has seen him, and this can't be faked.
"Brother Shoucheng, I don't have any tokens, otherwise you can invite Shangguan Wang Ye or Chen Wang, they have all seen me, or...... Or, the flowing moon next to King Chen can also be. ”
Hearing this, Shoucheng said in his heart, yes, it is indeed a bit inappropriate to let the prince come out to see this person, if it is really okay to let Liuyue come over, Liuyue is King Chen's personal guard, and King Chen has seen someone, then he must have seen it.
After a while, Liuyue came to the city wall, looked at the remnants of the leaves under the city, and hurriedly said: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly, they are all their own people." ”
Hearing this, the soldiers defending the city opened the door, and immediately saw five carts full of grain and grass pushed in, and some sheep behind them.
"You must be in a hurry day and night, watching the wind and dust, go, come with me to see the prince." Liuyue grabbed the wrist of the remnant leaf and walked towards King Chen's big tent.
"Lord Wang, the remnant leaves are here." Liuyue stood outside the account and said loudly.
All the grain and grass have been handed over to the general in charge of grain and grass management in the barracks, and the sheep have also been encircled, and the weather at the border is extremely cold, and the big guys can't wait to slaughter a sheep to stew and drink.
After a while, someone came to the big tent with a few bowls of mutton soup, and King Chen drank a bowl of mutton soup and went down to his stomach, which was really warm. "Those who really know me, my princess, with these grains, grasses and sheep, the people and soldiers in the city can spend this winter in peace."
"Lord, the princess has a letter for me to bring to you." After finishing speaking, the remnant leaf took out a letter from his arms and handed it to King Chen.
King Chen opened the letter, read it carefully, read it for a while, and frowned......