Chapter 16 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
Agarwood couldn't extricate herself from Tu Qitang's gentle trap, and when she was confused, she revealed her identity, and Feng Yan revealed the fact that she had a tryst with Esanke, and Agarwood had to flee.
Tu Qitang and Liu Ye were left in the huge dormitory, they looked at each other for a moment, Tu Qitang smiled helplessly, sat back on the couch, combed the long hair that fell down with one hand, supported the body leaning back with the other, folded slender legs, and shook lazily on tiptoes.
He looked like he didn't care, his long spring rippling eyes glanced at Liu Ye, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "It turns out that Her Royal Highness the princess also has a hobby of voyeurism, but it's a pity that that woman ran away halfway, otherwise you can see more exciting." Anyway, if you want to continue with me, I promise you'll be satisfied. ”
Liu Ye smiled silently, she had a lot of questions in her heart, but Tu Qitang didn't intend to solve the puzzles, nothing happened to him and those dancing girls, just now he just used agarwood, he was so thoughtful and painstaking, why!
Walking through the corridor of the dormitory, Liu Ye walked into the room, faced the shirtless Tu Qitang, and said loudly: "You also think that Esanke is an assassin?" What is the story you told me trying to imply at me? Princess Dawan did everything for him, what secret did she keep for him? Isanke was the prince of Yu Cheng, and Yu Cheng was destroyed by the Han army, so he wants to put me to death? ”
Tu Qitang smiled and nodded, not in a hurry to answer her question, patted the vacant seat beside him, and said, "You asked me so many questions in one breath, where should I start, come here, sit next to me." ”
Liu Ye didn't twist in the slightest, and generously walked over and sat beside him, staring directly at him and waiting for an answer. The smile in Tuqitang's eyes gradually spread, did she still think he was a man? If he wants her to come over, she won't be afraid of being eaten by him? He is a normal man, although he is not much interested in hugging the woman he doesn't like just now, but he is still a little impulsive, and the woman he likes is by his side now, and it is hard to guarantee that he does not want to continue the unfinished good things.
The enthusiasm in Tu Qitang's eyes became more and more obvious, and Liu Ye began to feel uncomfortable, she was eager to understand everything he had heard, but she ignored her own situation.
Suddenly, Tu Qitang raised his sleeves, Liu Ye only felt that his eyes were dark, and he was pressed under him, Tu Qitang's deep gray eyes stared at her without blinking, and found that her expression was a little panicked, and her smile was even more evil.
Tu Qitang took Liu Ye into his arms, ran his hands through her cloud-like hair, and hugged her tightly, leaving her with nowhere to escape. Liu Ye heard his accelerated heartbeat, and searched his stomach to think about how to resolve this situation. Tu Qitang felt her soft body, and felt that he was about to lose control, this was not what he wanted, he had always been a person with self-control, no woman could make him lose this pride, not even her.
"What were you expecting?" Tu Qitang forced himself to calm down, looked away from his focused gaze, pretended to be indifferent and browsed her body, and teased, "You can satisfy you as much as you want me to treat you, gentle or rough." ”
Liu Ye noticed that he was trying to restrain himself, remembered the sentence he often put on his lips, and sneered at him: "You never force women, do you want to make an exception for me?" ”
"Of course not! I'm a gentleman who keeps my word! Tu Qitang found the bottom of the steps, he slowly let go of Liu Ye, although this was extremely difficult, "Just kidding you, you are as tight as a piece of wood, it's really boring, get up!" ”
Tu Qitang sat up with his back to her, unable to see his expression clearly, Liu Ye breathed a sigh of relief, tightened his collar, and distanced himself from him.
"Why did the Assassins attack you, you must know in your heart!" Tu Qitang didn't look at her, and said to himself, "Yes, we are from the royal family, and we have long had this kind of awareness, and we may be the target of anger at any time." The Han Dynasty is in the limelight, and there are many enemies in the Western Regions, and the small country with a weak strength takes the initiative to surrender to the Han Dynasty, isn't it to save his life! As for those who want to save their lives and refuse to admit defeat, they don't have the courage to fight hard with the iron horses of the big man, and a delicate and expensive princess like you has become the best target. ”
"When General Li killed all the way from Dunhuang to Dawan, in addition to the bloodbathed Luntai, the heaviest loss was Yu Cheng, the royal family of Yu Cheng abandoned the city and fled to Dawan for help, but was betrayed by Dawan and dedicated the head of King Yucheng to General Li. Naturally, this blood debt was to be settled, so I deduced that the assassins were either members of the Yucheng royal family or a close associate of the previous king of Dawan. I started with these two aspects, and I inquired a lot and learned some interesting things. ”
Tu Qitang's many inquiries are those dancing girls who are familiar with the inside story of the palace, although they are at the bottom, they don't know a lot of inside stories, and Tu Qitang is looking for them right. As for the interesting things, the eight achievements are those messy, Lun said, the good male princess Dawan is destined to be the focus of their discussion.
Sure enough, Tu Qitang continued: "When the Han army surrounded Dawan, the Toucheng faction led by the current king insisted on handing over the previous king and King Yucheng. Princess Dawan was deeply fascinated by Esanke, and was reluctant to let him go, and finally saved him if she wanted to live or die, at the cost of hiding his identity, and never letting the Han army know that the Dawan Palace harbored Yu Cheng's descendants. ”
"That's the root of the problem! King Dawan thought that it was a great favor to protect him, but he didn't know that this was a tiger for trouble, Isanke watched the woman's face every day, and personally gave his father's head to the enemy of the Han army to despise him as a benefactor, just ask which flesh-and-blood man can let go of this kind of national hatred! ”
Tu Qitang's mood returned to normal, he got dressed, got up and walked outside the palace: "This woman named Agarwood has an unusual relationship with him, and he should be able to inquire about more useful news." ”
Before the words fell, Feng Yan came back with Agarwood's arm, both of them had blue noses and swollen faces, which showed how fierce the previous fight was. Feng Yan rolled up her sleeves to wipe the blood from the corners of her mouth, and threw the agarwood into the house with all her might.
"Princess, quick, search her."
Agarwood was clicked on by Feng Yan, her whole body was numb and couldn't move, she glared at Liu Ye hatefully, struggling to break through the acupuncture points with internal force. Agarwood's sleeves were torn, revealing the sheepskin bandage tied on his arm, Liu Ye squatted down, uncovered the bandage and saw the copper coins sharpened into sharp blades.
"It's you......" Liu Ye couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence, the suspicious men and women found by Feng Yan and Chang Hui were Eisan and Agarwood, and Agarwood was the one who tried to assassinate her.
Seeing that the situation was exposed, Agarwood subconsciously wanted to bite her tongue and commit suicide, but her body did not obey the call, and she couldn't break through the acupoint with all her strength. Tu Qitang quickly clicked on her acupuncture points and grabbed her jaw casually to prevent her from killing herself.
"Even if you die, Esank has nowhere to hide, and I already know the fact that he is Prince Yucheng. It is a capital crime for him to instruct you to assassinate the princess of Dahan, so why should you be buried with him! Tu Qitang looked at her indifferently and smiled, the coldness in his eyes was really terrifying.
Agarwood took a hard breath, tears flashed in the corners of her eyes, and she refused to confess. Tu Qitang picked up the hidden weapon in Liu Ye's palm and shook it back and forth in front of her eyes: "You don't even have a chance to quibble, it doesn't matter if you don't admit your relationship with Esanke, I will find out sooner or later." I kindly remind you that if you want to die for him, you must also see King Dawan, otherwise, this account will still have to be settled with him. ”
"No, don't look for him!" Agarwood wiped away her tears, nodded again and again, and said, "The slave is willing to confess, the slave and the maid are Yu adults, and they assassinated the princess of Dahan in order to repay the shame of the country." Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Royal Highness the Princess, if you want to arrest me, this is all my idea, and he doesn't know about it. ”
"Nonsense, I saw you with him that night, he must have instructed you to assassinate the princess." Feng Yancai didn't believe her nonsense, and immediately pointed out the loopholes in her words.
Agarwood defended with tears in her eyes: "What the slave said is the truth, the slave and the maid have admired the concubine for a long time, and they have tried every possible way to approach him by relying on their own Yu Cheng, but the concubine has not done anything beyond the norm, it is all wishful thinking on the part of the slave and maid." When you saw us together that night, you should know that what the slave said was true. ”
Feng Yan hesitated: "Yes, you don't have anything to do, but you can't get rid of the relationship between you." ”
Agarwood turned to Tu Qitang and Liu Ye, pulling the corners of their clothes and begging: "The slave and maid are unforgivable, the slave and maid confess, confess, take me to see His Majesty the King, please ......"
No one believes that Isanke is innocent, but Agarwood would rather die than confess to him, even if he is brought to the king, I am afraid it will not be over, and Princess Dawan favors the horse everywhere, and there is no definite evidence, it is difficult to punish him.
"Before dawn, you still have a chance to think about it, if you are willing to tell the truth, maybe you can spare you from dying, is it worth dying for a man who doesn't love you, think about it!" Tu Qitang knocked the agarwood unconscious in the corner, looked at the night outside the window, and said to Liu Ye, "Did the princess sneak out, now the assassin has also been caught, you go back, we will go to see the king together tomorrow morning." ”
"However, I haven't caught Esanke yet...... Liu Ye doesn't think that Agarwood should be damned, the most hateful thing is the person who pointed to her.
Tu Qitang said disapprerovingly: "Agarwood is a Yu adult, I believe that the king has his own plans, he will not offend a big man for a horse, and he does not want his family to be ugly, he is much more convenient than us to solve Esanke." ”
Tu Qitang's analysis is very reasonable, Liu Ye and Feng Yan can't think of a better way, Tu Qitang is the prince of rest, it is not easy for him to do so much for them, there is no reason for him to make trouble again. Eisanke's plan fell through, and he had to be supervised by the king at all times in the future, which was really worse than death.
"Okay, I'll do it tomorrow."
After Liu Ye and Feng Yan left, Tu Qitang turned off the lights, was silent in the dark for a long time, and sighed faintly: "How good it would be if you were not the princess of the Han Dynasty, but an ordinary woman." ”