Chapter 12: Destiny
"The summer strip is dense with green, and the calyx is bright and fresh; At noon on a scorching day, the scorching fire burns. β
Fang Jinsheng was so hot that his brain hurt, but there are still people who are in the mood to recite sour poems, this person is not Wen Xin, his head is thrown like an old donkey grinding slowly and vulgarly, I can't wait to show the little ink in my stomach to others, looking at it makes people want to smoke, it can only be Liu Chaochao.
There were two carriages in the group, the original arrangement was one for Fang Jinsheng, Liu Chaochao and Qingmu, and one for Wen Xin and Wen Lingjun. However, it takes extraordinary courage to stay with the third prince, and Wen Xin Xiaoshizi is naturally more willing to stay with Aunt Jinsheng, who is lazy and delicious. Fortunately, the carriage was large enough, otherwise the four would have to be crowded.
But the weather is really not ideal, except for the hottest afternoon, you can only choose to rush in the morning and evening, accompanied by women and teenagers, naturally not much faster.
Although the sun was about to go down now, the residual heat had not yet dissipated, and the earth had just been scorched, and the carriage of the four people was naturally stuffy and hot, and even the wind that poured in from the curtain of the carriage was scorching on the face.
As soon as Fang Jinsheng got hot, she felt uncomfortable all over her body, her skin was sticky, and a slight itch came from time to time that made her irritable, and she didn't even have the mood to roll her eyes with Liu Chaochao.
At this time, the carriage slowly stopped, and Qiu Yu's voice suddenly came from outside: "Princess, the prince has an order, get off the car temporarily and rest in place." β
Fang Jinsheng, who was angry, was suddenly full of milk, hurriedly sat up, and blasted Liu Chaochao and Qingmu who were sitting at the door: "Okay, get out of the car!" β
Wen Xin frowned slightly, and whispered: "The sun is about to set, you should rush to the post station as soon as possible before dark, why do you suddenly rest in place?" β
Fang Jinsheng snorted and pulled him over, "What do you want to do so much, you still don't worry about your uncle doing things?" Eighty percent is not far away, but in my opinion, he should also be stuffy and want to be lazy for a while. β
Wen Lingjun's carriage was in front, so Wen Xin didn't dare to agree.
However, when he got out of the car, except for the accompanying officers and soldiers stationed around and the prepared tables and chairs, Wen Lingjun was nowhere to be seen.
Wen Xin looked around, and found that even Qiu Yu, who had just come to inform them to get out of the car and rest, was gone, and he subconsciously said "Huh".
Fang Jinsheng gnawed on the watermelon, but the watermelon was not in sufficient condition, it was not cold, and he barely managed to cool off. She spat out the melon seeds and continued to nibble on them, "What's wrong? β
Wen Xin took the watermelon handed by Liu Chaochao, lowered his eyes a little puzzled, and said, "What about uncle?" β
Not to mention that Fang Jinsheng didn't care, as soon as he said this, Fang Jinsheng turned his head and looked around roughly, wondering: "Yes, what about the prince?" β
After speaking, she suddenly rolled her eyes again, and said casually: "It should be convenient to go, and Qiu Yu is not here." β
The other three suddenly paused and looked at her with a strange gaze.
After a long time, Wen Xin said, "Auntie, what do you say...... What is the logic? β
Fang Jinsheng finished the last bite, threw the melon skin casually, contributed it to the earth as fertilizer, and said, "What logic? Isn't it normal to have someone accompany you to the toilet? I used to ......"
At this point, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, not because of her mouth full of nonsenseβbut because the piece of melon skin she threw out had not heard to hit the ground for a long time.
It's no wonder that in the previous scripts, the male and female protagonists would be hunted down and killed as soon as they went out, it turned out that his mother was destined by heaven.
Hearing a sharp knife unsheathed, there was a sound in the grass a few steps behind Fang Jinsheng, and Wen Xin, who was sitting opposite her, instantly changed his face and shouted "Auntie". When Fang Jinsheng turned his head, four or five masked men in coarse cloth clothes jumped out and slashed at her with sharp knives in the cold light.
Where had Fang Jinsheng seen such a battle, he looked stupid, and he couldn't react at all to what it meant to run for his life.
At the moment when she was stunned, Liu Chaochao and Wen Xin took the lead in pulling her away, Qing Mu immediately blocked it, turned her feet, swept her hands, and a ball of medicinal powder swayed out from her fingertips, turning into clouds and mist when encountering the wind, and a strong fragrance instantly permeated everyone around, the assassins were caught off guard and inhaled into their noses, and their limbs suddenly felt weak, but it was just a time to breathe, and all of them fell to the ground without being spared.
Qing Mu turned around in time and threw a small medicine bottle at Liu Chaochao, and said, "Take it." β
Needless to say, nature is the antidote.
The officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison rushed to arrest these people together, and everyone realized that except for the five people who assassinated Fang Jinsheng, there were no other accomplices around. To say that this was a premeditated assassination would be too hasty.
There was a sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and everyone turned their heads vigilantly to see that it was Wen Lingjun and Qiu Yu who led a team of men and horses to rush back.
Wen Lingjun's robe is slightly messy, Qiu Yu has been riding a horse, which is not unusual, but Wen Lingjun has been in the carriage, and now he is returning with a long sword in his hand, his clothes are slightly messy, naturally he has already fought with people.
Wen Lingjun got off the horse, strode in front of Wen Xin, grabbed the other party's shoulders and checked back and forth, and only after making sure that Wen Xin was unscathed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, he glanced at Fang Jinsheng, whose feet were weak and fell crookedly on Liu Chaochao's body, and a cold snort faintly came out of his nose.
Fortunately, Fang Jinsheng's soul had not been recovered, his mind was still empty, and he had no energy to care about this disdainful glance.
Qiu Yu checked these people, got up and said to Wen Lingjun: "Master, everyone is dead." β
Wen Lingjun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he glanced at Qing Mu.
Qing Mu lowered his head and said, "The slave and maid are not poisons. β
Qiu Yu nodded, and said, "It's not Qingmu, it's that they took the poison in advance." β
Although Wen Xin was stronger than Fang Jinsheng, it was the first time he saw five corpses in front of him, and he couldn't help but move closer behind Wen Lingjun, as if he was subconsciously seeking his protection.
"Uncle, are these people prepared?"
Although it was a casual question, Wen Xin actually knew the answer in his heart.
In the past two days, there were a lot of people and horses accompanying him, and it was impossible to keep a low profile. Wen Lingjun also knew that there were people following him along the way, so he and Qiu Yu led people to lead the group of trackers away to solve it, only then did they find out that the number of the other party was wrong, and the other party was almost all small teams, and there were only five or six people in a team, although the threat to them was not great, but it was well-trained and extremely difficult.
This kind of harassment of the other party lurking in the shadows is like facing a pile of thorns, it is very difficult to cut through the mess quickly, cut down one bush after another, neither give you a pleasure, nor let you give a pleasure, until you are exhausted. If a group of big men travel alone, they can deal with it, but there are vulnerable groups along the way, so it will be a little troublesome.
Wen Lingjun's gaze swept over the corpses on the ground and said, "They didn't think about winning at all, they were just bluffing. β
Qiu Yu hugged the sword and said with his eyebrows: "Why is this?" β
Wen Lingjun wanted to look in the direction of the road where the carriage was traveling, but Fang Jinsheng was on the same line as that direction, so he couldn't avoid meeting his eyes. This is not right, but it is good, as soon as she met her empty eyes, Wen Lingjun was angry, and directly closed his gaze, as if he felt insulted by his golden eyes after taking a second look.
"In the past few days, I didn't want to lose my troops, but I was forced by them to deviate from the original route, you look at the direction of this, entered the Qingzhou territory, but couldn't rush directly to the Thorn Mansion, these people obviously have other plans."
After hearing this, Qiu Yu fell into a short silence, then looked at him and said, "Have you already thought of the mastermind behind the scenes?" β
Wen Lingjun didn't answer him directly, but turned around and patted Wen Xin's shoulder, which seemed to have some comfort, and then walked to the corpse and said to Qiu Yu: "They are dressed as reckless men in the mountains, but you take a closer look." β
When Qiu Yu heard this, he squatted down again with the long sword, carefully looked at the position of the calluses on the palms of the corpse, and said, "It seems that these people will use swords and guns at the same time." β
Wen Lingjun: "If it's a robber, do you still have such a ability?" β
Qiu Yu: "Even if there is, it is a very individual person, and it is impossible for everyone to be like this." β
After speaking, the two glanced at each other, Wen Lingjun pondered for a moment, and said: "Go straight here, where do you arrive in Qingzhou?" β
At this time, the sun had gradually sunk into the distant mountains, and the afterglow was slanting and swaying at the same time sending a hint of coolness before the night, Qiu Yu glanced at the road ahead and said, "Southwest." β
In the southwest of Qingzhou, there are mountains all over the place, and the bandits are the most serious place.
The corners of Wen Lingjun's eyes seemed to tense slightly, and then he returned to his usual lightness, and glanced at Fang Jinsheng nobly and coldly, although he was looking at her, he was indeed telling Qiu Yu: "Find a place and bury it." β
Fang Jinsheng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, felt empty in his heart for no reason, as if the person the other party really wanted to bury was actually her.
Qiu Yu responded to the order and summoned a few officers and soldiers to dispose of the corpse, and at this point, the matter finally came to an end. Fang Jinsheng relied on Liu Chaochao's hand to support him, lowered his eyes, and felt that the blood in his whole body was a little stagnant, and his limbs were numb.
Although Wen Xin was also a little afraid, when he saw her like this, he came to comfort her first.
"Aunt Jinsheng, don't be afraid, it's fine."
Fang Jinsheng did not answer. She didn't know what was at stake, but after listening to the conversation between Wen Lingjun and Qiu Yu just now, she vaguely knew in her heart - I'm afraid that the future will not be much better than today.
Wen Lingjun couldn't see her as a princess but she looked weak, and she had no integrity at all, but she didn't know that the mature and quiet princess in front of her was just a girl in her early twenties.
Because she didn't know, Wen Lingjun walked in front of her, her voice was low and powerful, it seemed to be ordinary, but it was like bringing an ice pick: "As I expected, at the critical moment, it was Wen Xin who took the initiative to save you, but you didn't look like an elder at all." β
Fang Jinsheng was stunned for a moment, and raised his head to meet his lifeless gaze.
Obviously he forced her to come, obviously he didn't know if she had experienced this, why could he accuse her so justifiably?
Fang Jinsheng wanted to explain something to him, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything. I probably think that there is no way to explain it.
The pretense of amnesia has made him suspicious for a long time, so the theory of resurrecting the soul and taking the body to be reborn will inevitably be beaten into a bunch of nonsense by him.
Fang Jinsheng looked at the person in front of him, and for the first time felt that some complex emotions had arisen in his heart - fear, anger, and disgust.
In the end, she is not deeply involved in the world and does not know how to hide her inner emotions, the emotions revealed by a pair of eyes are fully revealed in Wen Lingjun's eyes, Wen Lingjun's eyebrows are almost inaudible tight, fleeting, and the fire in her heart is poured oil for no reason, and the more it burns, the more it burns, the more it burns.
I don't know if it's because of the "fear" he has always looked down on, or because of the "disgust" that he has never seen in her eyes.