Chapter 214: Woe (3)
Xiao Qingyue and the others did not dare to stay in the General's Mansion for a long time, if they let the spies in the palace meet, it would be troublesome, and by the time they left the General's Mansion, it was already half an hour later, and Xiao Nanfeng did not appear at the agreed hour.
Xiao Qingyue understands his personality, if he receives the news, he will not come, even if there is any delay, he will let someone send the news in advance. Unless something happens in the middle ...
The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, and after discussing with Su Xing, it was decided to let Li Xun go to the Linchuan Palace, and they would go back to the Ministry of Rites and wait for the news.
The carriage went back according to the original route, and it was inevitable that it would be bumpy along the way, Xiao Youyu specially brought a thick mattress and put it in the car before they left, so that Xiao Qingyue could sit more comfortably when she went back. After knowing that she had a serious pregnancy reaction, she prepared some sour dates for Xiao Qingyue to eat on the road.
Sitting in the car, holding a large paper bag of sour dates in her hand, Xiao Qingyue was very moved.
There was silence along the way, only the clatter of horses' hooves, thinking of the doubts in her heart before, she didn't have time to tell Shen Yuzhang just now, she asked the person who was sitting outside to catch the car.
"Su Xing?"
Hearing the shouting, the driver thought she was unwell and couldn't help but slow down the carriage.
"But you're uncomfortable and want to throw up?"
"No, it's okay at this time, there's something I didn't have time to say just now."
"What's the matter, you say?"
Xiao Qingyue thought for a moment, then said slowly, "Do you have any news about Yin Jun recently" She only heard that the Yin family's father and son were stripped of their official positions, and Yin Jun was imprisoned in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and the rest was unknown.
Su Xing replied after a short thought, "Yin Jun should be locked up in the eldest princess's mansion, why did he suddenly ask him?"
"Have you ever thought about what the emperor will do with me if he catches me?"
Su Xing thought about it again after hearing this, "If you fall into the hands of the emperor again this time, the emperor should not keep you anymore."
"But if the emperor wants to order me to be killed, Nan Feng will not sit idly by, the emperor should be the last thing he wants to see his own brother as an enemy, if he wants to leave Nan Feng for his use, he will never personally order me to be executed."
The more Su Xing listened, the clearer his heart became, and something quickly flashed in his mind, "You mean, this time the emperor will repeat his old tricks like he did a few years ago?" They all knew that on the day of Xiao Qingyue's harmony, Xiao Yan had secretly arranged for Yin Jun to get rid of her.
"Not bad! The emperor wants to get rid of me, Yin Jun wants to get rid of Nan Feng, the only thing they have in common is me! ”
After saying this, Su Xing also felt that there was a possibility, "The emperor has always been suspicious, he likes the talent of the sixth prince on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is jealous of his power, I always feel that the emperor is using the sixth prince to lure you out this time."
The person behind the curtain fell into a brief silence, and then she felt something from under the mattress she was sitting on, which was the white jade flute that Xiao Nanfeng asked her to bring back when she left the Linchuan Palace. Let her take it with her.
He sighed heavily, "Alas... If you had followed my method before, everyone wouldn't have to be so frightened" Thinking of Xiao Youyu's worried appearance when she left just now, she blamed herself a little.
"Today is different from the past, now that you are pregnant, you must not throw yourself into the net, now no one knows what the emperor thinks, now he takes a fancy to the six princes, it is to see that the six princes are alone. If the situation is serious in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not kill the killer! ”
"Nope! The emperor will not easily tear his face with Nan Feng. Folk often say that the royal family is ruthless, and there is no true love between the royal family, but today's emperor is a person who attaches great importance to royal blood. At the beginning, Xiao Xu, the Fifth Highness, did so many wrong things, and in the end, the emperor did not order him to be executed. I heard that since the eldest brother of the emperor saved his life, his health has not been very good, and even the emperor's own body is not as good as before. Now that the Yin family father and son have stepped down, except for the Shen family, which is closely connected to the East Palace, most of the power in the court is in the hands of foreign ministers. In the Xiao royal family, Xiao Xu has been exiled, and the fourth brother Xiao Ji does not participate in politics. In case there is a change in Beijing one day, and there is some kind of chaos, only the six princes can stand up and preside over the overall situation. . . Therefore, the emperor will never personally order the execution of me, and the last thing he wants to see is to break with the six princes, and the only way to kill people is to borrow a knife! Sacrifice a Yin Jun to get the result he wants... ”
The 'old man' who was driving outside the car listened carefully to these words, and after a while, he also sighed and said a word.
"It's a shame...
Xiao Qingyue couldn't help but ask rhetorically when she heard this, "What is a pity?" ”
At this time, Su Xing's face had a faint smile on his face, and he approved, "If you are a man, such a mind and vision will definitely make you an excellent military advisor."
Strategist? Xiao Qingyue chuckled and laughed at herself, "Isn't there an old saying that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, in such an era, the status of women is far inferior to that of men, even if they are really talented, they are buried under the Three Platforms and Five Constants."
"Hehe, you're very dissatisfied with today's system"
"What can you do if you are dissatisfied, many of today's women live by the grace of men, even if they are born in a famous family, they are not spared, beauties are beautiful, new people replace old people, and women can't escape the aging of their faces, and their love is relaxed. . . ." For some reason, Xiao Qingyue felt a trace of sadness in her heart, maybe it was because she saw her face that was gradually changing color after she became pregnant.
Su Xing listened quietly, and replied after a while, "Xiao Nanfeng won't treat you like that" That person is affectionate and sincere, which he can't deny.
In the dark night, the people behind the curtain just smiled, they didn't know where tomorrow was, and now they couldn't help but seem a little hypocritical to talk about this, which was not like her at all.
Picking up her emotions, she turned back to the topic and said, "I'm afraid it's inconvenient for me to go out of the house again in the past two days, if you have time, you might as well find Shen Yuzhang to sum up what I just said, and take advantage of these two days to check Yin Jun's movements."
"Good!"
The carriage was still moving slowly, and after a few intersections it was about to reach the mansion of the Ministry of Rites, and when the carriage was about to pass a fork, Su Xing suddenly became alert. The reins in his hand were tightened a little again, and the speed of the car was getting slower and slower...
Tonight's night was like a mystery, and there was no starlight in the night sky, in order to prevent people with intentions from detecting their whereabouts, they went to the general's mansion and walked on the remote roads in the city. Still, it was discovered ... This couldn't help but remind Su Xing of what Xiao Qingyue had said, did the emperor already know the true identity of the third lady of the Ministry of Rites!
A gust of wind rose and lifted the heavy curtain of the carriage, Xiao Qingyue, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but shiver, she also noticed that it was too quiet at the moment, and with some strange atmosphere, she frowned and asked.
"Did you find anything?" Sitting inside, she could clearly feel that the carriage was getting slower and slower...
Su Xing's gaze was scanning back and forth alertly, reminding him loudly, "Be careful! Something seems wrong nearby! ”
Xiao Qingyue couldn't help but get nervous when she heard this, and subconsciously protected her abdomen...
Slowly walked to a fork in the road, and after turning the corner, several masked black-clothed people jumped out of front of him! Apparently these people have been waiting here for a long time!
The speed of the carriage was not fast, and Su Xing pulled the reins a little harder, and the carriage stopped.
Several masked black-clothed people each held long swords in their hands, standing a hundred or ten meters in front of them, only to hear the black-clothed man in charge of the sword pointing at the carriage and shouting.
"Leave the people in the car behind!"
Seeing this, Su Xing couldn't figure out where these people came from for a while, and he didn't have time to think too much, the reins under his hand had already wrapped tightly under his palm, and he shouted to remind the people in the car.
"Sit tight!" With a cry, "Drive!" Vigorously spurring the horses, the carriage immediately followed and ran quickly, hitting the man in black on the opposite side.
Seeing the carriage rushing over, the black-clothed men flashed to the side quickly, and two of them jumped up and left the ground, and flew directly to the carriage.
Su Xing held the reins in one hand to control the speed of the car, and at the same time fought with the man in black who jumped into the carriage!
Xiao Qingyue in the car held the jade flute with one hand to support the wall of the car, and protected her lower abdomen with the other, barely supporting her balance. The alarm bell rang loudly in her heart, could it really be as she thought, someone had seen through her identity?!
The next few black-clothed people had already followed at this time, Su Xing's doppelganger lacked skills, and he was already at a disadvantage, so he had to barely maintain it, and he wanted to speed up and get rid of these black-clothed people, but he didn't expect that these people were all martial arts masters! Considering that there were pregnant people in the car, he had to temporarily stop the horse, and under the distraction, he had already suffered several scratches on his body.
After the car stopped, Su Xing did not leave the carriage, and coped with it with difficulty, and several times the man in black wanted to lift the curtain, but he stopped him.
Xiao Qingyue's heart fluctuated a little, listening to the sound of fighting outside, thinking about how to get out. Looking at the current situation, these people should just come to arrest her, not kill her. As the body bounced up slightly, she knew that Su Xing had jumped out of the car, and thought to herself that instead of being so passive, it was better to take the initiative!
Clenched the jade flute in his hand, and shook the sharp end of the sword body hard. . .
The black-clothed man who was fighting outside saw that he had led Su Xing out of the carriage, and was about to step forward to lift the curtain to help the people inside, but the curtain had already been lifted.
I saw Xiao Qingyue slowly getting out of the car, the sharp end of the jade flute was across her own neck, and she saw Su Xing, who was already injured, at a glance!
shouted, "Stop it!" ”
This roar successfully caused the people in the fight, and Su Xing looked at the people who had already gotten off the car and stood by the carriage in shock, the sharp sword body that was lying across the neck in the dark night was shining with silver-white light.
For a while, more than a dozen people in black were a little afraid to step forward easily...
At this time, Xiao Qingyue moved her gaze to the stunned 'old man' and shouted, "Old man, go quickly!" This matter has nothing to do with you, so hurry up and leave to save your life! The implication is that there are many people on the other side, and they have no chance of winning, so they can go one by one!
After saying that, she looked back and forth between the hesitant black-clothed people, and threatened, "Your master should let you arrest me!" I'll go with you, and you will let this old man go!" Otherwise, you'll only bring back a corpse! ”
When Su Xing heard this, the sweat in his frightened hands came out, and he shook his head at the person who was not afraid of hardships and dangers, signaling her not to do stupid things.
Xiao Qingyue just threw a reassuring look, she wouldn't really do this, these people in black want to catch living people, in case she really makes a mistake, they can't go back and deal with the master...
After a moment of stalemate, the leader of the men in black waved his hand, signaling the other accomplices to step aside and let Su Xing leave...