208.Spies (7)
First of all, Zhu was able to prove Mu Bing's innocence, and secondly, Zhu Di also pointed out that the figure of the assassin was seriously inconsistent with Mu Bing, and even Ah Ping keenly judged the fact that the assassin was in the crowd, because the assassin who appeared during that time period should have collided with Mu Bing. But they all overlooked one thing, that is, Mu Bing's martial arts.
Mu Bing is from Jinyiwei, and may not be the best martial arts in Jinyiwei, but he is a good player in any occasion. If it was just that minute of time, it might have been explained as not seeing, but it would never have escaped his ears.
So there is only one possibility, Mu Bing and Green Lotus are basically in the same group.
However, looking at Green Lotus's focused and pious gaze, I probably understood who the person she said she wanted to protect just now, it seems that Mu Bing is the real spy leader hiding in the palace, and Green Lotus is his subordinate.
Mu Bing walked over and only glanced at the green lotus, and then stared at me, in the darkness, I only saw the cold light in his eyes, and only heard him say: "Even if it is a Shura knife, it depends on whose hand it is holding, and Zhu Yunwen is not a person who can hold a knife." ”
"Really? He won't, so will Zhu Di? ”
Mu Bing's eyes sank, "Zhu Di is my Northern Yuan henchman, if it weren't for him, my Northern Yuan army would have already driven straight down to break through your Ming city." I've been looking for an opportunity to assassinate him, I fought with him two years ago but was finally escaped by him, this time it was a godsend, but I didn't expect him to join forces with Zhu Yunwen, and almost even I fell in love with them. But now that you have you in hand, even if Zhu Di is a person who can hold a knife, it depends on whether Zhu Yunwen is willing to give it to him. ”
I didn't rush back, Mu Bing is not a green lotus, although I never expected that green lotus would rebel, but in the end, after living for more than a year, I can more or less capture her psychology; But Mu Bing is not familiar to me, I don't know what kind of person he is, whether he is gentle or cruel.
And to some extent, I have to admit that men have a deeper heart than women.
Seeing that I was no longer speechless, Mu Bing also shifted his gaze to look at Green Lotus: "You have done a good job, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave Yaoguan first." Midori nodded and came to help me up, and by this time I had regained some strength and stood up in accordance with her strength. There was no attempt to escape blindly, both of them were good at martial arts, and I couldn't deal with the green lotus alone, let alone one more Mu Bing.
Looking at the figure leading the way, I took a few steps and suddenly asked lightly, "What happened to Uncle Mu?" ”
Mu Bing paused, turned his eyes, stared at me for a moment before saying, "You don't need to test me, these tricks are too simple for Jinyiwei." Uncle Mu's martial arts are beyond my reach, and it is impossible for me to confront him. He is Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant, and I won't look for him even if I want to buy people's hearts. ”
I fell silent, and he did have insight into my mind. After the betrayals of the people around me one after another, I began to have doubts about everyone, and the one who could influence Ah Ping the most was Uncle Mu. I deliberately want to test Mu Bing with words to see if Uncle Mu is also from their Northern Yuan Dynasty, judging from Mu Bing's expression, it should be true, so I can feel a little more at ease.
After walking for half an hour, the light gradually shone in through the shade of the trees overhead, and it was dawn. Squinting his eyes and looking ahead, he could vaguely see that the woods had come to an end, and suddenly heard the sound of horseshoe carts coming from the side, and turned around to find that Mu Bing had brought a carriage at some point, and saw that this posture was hidden in the woods before.
Green Lotus tugged on my arm and drank softly: "Get in the car." ”
It is better to have a tool to walk than to walk on two feet, I wordlessly stepped forward and was about to kick into the carriage, when I suddenly heard a cry from the green lotus in my ear, and the hand that was holding me suddenly let go. I turned my head in amazement to find that she was holding her bracelet and turning around, looking defensive, and there was obviously a bloody streak on her jaw.
Turning his eyes to look at Mu Bing again, he also looked nervous and swept around and ordered in a deep voice: "Hurry up and take her to the carriage!" ”
Green Lotus was about to come and arrest me again, but it would be foolish if I didn't grasp the opportunity, and immediately dodged to the back of the carriage. Midori didn't expect me to run away at this time, so he reached out and grabbed the air, stunned.
I took the opportunity to run away, anyway, they want to use me as a tool, and they definitely won't kill me because I ran away, the big deal is that I will be caught back and suffer some hardships. However, I think that the green lotus just now could not be accidental, and with the change in the expressions of the two, my judgment is that someone is hiding somewhere.
After running a few steps, I heard the strong wind behind me, thinking that it was the green lotus that slapped at me, and secretly said that it was not good, and I still had to run a little more distance forward after struggling to suffer it. But when I ran out of Zhangyu, I realized that something was wrong, not only did the green lotus not catch up, but there was also a sound of fighting, and when I turned my head, I saw Zhu Gaoxu wielding a long whip and fighting with the green lotus.
How did he get here? That was the first thought that crossed my mind, and then why was he the only one? His kung fu is okay, but he can only win over Green Lotus, provided that Green Lotus is not poisonous. But now that Mu Bing is still on his side, how can he beat it alone? I saw that Mu Bing only glanced at this place, and did not come to chase me, but stretched out his palm and slapped it towards Zhu Gaoxu's back of the heart, which frightened me and immediately exclaimed: "Be careful behind!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu whipped backwards when he heard the sound, opened Mu Bing's palm but exposed the empty door at his shoulder to Green Lotus, and jumped down from the treetops at the last moment, the person waved a big knife in his hand, and volleyed at Green Lotus's arm, forcing her to retract the hand that wanted to hit Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder. I fixed my eyes and saw that the person wielding the big knife turned out to be Zhu Neng!
I only heard Zhu Gaoxu laugh and said, "Old Zhu, didn't you say that the time has not come?" ”
Zhu Neng snorted and said angrily: "Stinky boy, if Lao Tzu doesn't come down, one of your arms will be wasted." Zhu Gaoxu said twice, whipped at Mu Bing and said, "The woman is handed over to you." ”
"Fart!" Zhu Neng scolded rudely, "Lao Tzu only fights with men on the battlefield." His broadsword turned and slashed at the top of Mu Bing's head, but Mu Bing was born in a brocade guard, and his skills were extremely agile, and he shot black arrows from his sleeve while retreating to dodge, and went straight to Zhu Neng's face. Finally, Zhu Neng reacted quickly and avoided his head in time so that he didn't get hurt.
But back and forth, the object of Zhu Neng and Zhu Gaoxu's fight was reversed, becoming Zhu Neng vs. Mu Bing and Zhu Gaochu vs. Green Lotus.
I saw that the green lotus reached into his arms and shouted urgently: "Be careful of her poison!" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, and the whip slammed into Lu He's wrist, pulling out the hand that was stretched into her arms. Here, he may be able to deal with the green lotus with ease, but it is difficult for Zhu Neng to resist Mu Bing, Zhu Neng is from a war background and not a martial arts master, and Mu Bing's sleeve arrows are very tricky, and they have been rubbing Zhu Neng's scalp several times.
Zhu Neng scolded his mother in his mouth, and then said: "Stinky boy, it's important to save people, don't fall in love with war." ”
Zhu Gaoxu knew that this was not a child's play, so he smiled and floated me with his afterglow, and shouted loudly: "Xiaolan, what are you doing in a daze?" Get in the carriage. When I heard this, I ran back, and when I got into the carriage, I did not get into it, but sat down in the driver's seat and pulled the reins, and the horse galloped, shouting, "Come up!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu whipped it over, forcing the green lotus to retreat and immediately jumped towards the carriage. When he sent me back to the capital, the two of us had a carriage, and the driving technique was taught to me, but I felt that the position around me was heavy, and he had jumped into the carriage accurately and shouted: "Lao Zhu, get on the roof of the carriage!" ”
But Zhu Neng waved his big knife, stopped the green lotus who wanted to catch up, and shouted: "You go first, I'll break the back!" ”
Zhu Gaoxu saw that the carriage was driving away, and couldn't help but shout urgently: "Old Zhu, come up." But Zhu Neng didn't look back, he resisted the two with the courage of one person, buying time for us. I comforted myself in my heart that Zhu Neng would not die at this time, but my conscience could not convince me that he was a general, and leading troops to fight was a manifestation of his ability, and he should not be caught in this conspiracy.
I didn't know what to do, when suddenly Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to me and grinned: "Xiaolan, you can go all the way to the city, Lao Zhu is here with me, I can't leave him alone." ”
My heart sank when I saw his smile, only to see a broken arrow in his hand at some point, which was thrust into the horse's buttocks. With the neighing of the horse, he jumped out of the carriage, and I looked back at the galloping carriage and saw his back galloping back. I am so sad that I can't wait to learn from him to jump out of the carriage, but even if I succeed in jumping the carriage without being injured, what is the use of catching up? They came to save me, and to go back was just to be a burden to them.
Grit your teeth and hold on to the reins in your hand to keep yourself from being thrown off by the already crazy horse. Zhu Gaoxu said that he could return to the city if he kept going, but the carriage had already deviated from the direction and couldn't stop, so I let it go, and the broken arrow that fell on the horse's buttocks, it was Mu Bing's sleeve arrow that was broken.
When was Zhu Gaoxu injured?
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of me, and in a trance, I looked up, and a figure actually sat on the back of the horse running in front of me, I looked at it and shouted in surprise: "Uncle Mu!" But Uncle Mu didn't bother to look back, he pulled the reins hard and tried to stop the horse that was out of control, and then saw that the horse not only did not calm down but became more crazy, he suddenly got up from the horse, turned around in mid-air, opened his hand to clasp my shoulder, lifted me up and sent forward.
I inevitably crashed into a tree and rolled down in the grass, and at the same time the carriage was pulled by Crazy Horse between two trees with a very small distance between them, and the carriage broke apart, and even Uncle Mu rolled twice on the ground in embarrassment to stabilize his body.
"Hurry up and save Zhu Gaoxu and General Zhu Neng! They were hit by Mu Bing's Hidden Arrow, and the Green Lotus would poison him. ”
Uncle Mu wanted to come towards me, but when he heard what I said, his eyes tightened and asked, "In which direction?" "This knocked me down, Crazy Horse dragged the carriage on a rampage, how can I still discern the direction at this time. However, Uncle Mu didn't wait for me to respond, and said while walking in a certain direction: "I followed the wheel of the car, you immediately go west, and Gongzi took someone to search over there." The words fell a few feet away, and he prayed in his heart that he must find Zhu Gaoxu and them in the shortest possible time, with his kung fu, even if it is one enemy and two enemies, it will not be a problem, that is, Mu Bing is first psychologically afraid of him for three points.
I didn't hesitate, I made out the direction and ran west. I hid behind a tree when I saw the brocade guard in front, and at this moment I was like a frightened bird, afraid that I would send the sheep into the tiger's mouth again, so I had to see Ah Ping's trace before I went out. When I finally fixed my eyes on the familiar figure, I couldn't help but walk out from behind the tree and whispered two words in my mouth: "Ah Ping." The figure turned back as if with some feeling, and his frightened and angry face appeared in my sight, and his gaze swept and froze, and in the next moment he rushed towards me.
I was dragged and knocked into the other's chest, and the back of the head was also pressed tightly against his heart, no one spoke, but both people's bodies were trembling uncontrollably.
I was almost robbed under his nose, he thought that he had exhausted the mechanism, and Yan Qi in the secret passage would be able to keep me safe, but he didn't expect Yan Qi to be poisoned by the green lotus and I was taken away from the city to guard the mansion. I don't know what kind of mood he felt when he saw Yan Qi who was poisoned and unconscious at the entrance of the secret passage, and I don't know how he and Zhu Di agreed to divide the troops into two ways to save me after that, I only know that I was afraid of holding him for a while at the moment.
Those so-called cruel words are just my loneliness for a while, and I am afraid of life and death, because I have long been unable to let go of this man's hand. But I also know in my heart that if it really comes to the last resort, what I said to Green Lotus will come true. So even though it was only the middle of the night, it was so thrilling that it scared me.
I have to talk to divert attention, otherwise even my teeth will be tense and I won't be able to loosen. Tugging at the placket of his clothes, he asked in a trembling voice, "You... How... Will you find it here? ”
Ah Ping pressed his forehead against me, "Lan, don't ask yet. ”
From a distance, I could see the brown emotion in his eyes, the precipitated fear. In the few hours I was robbed, he may have remained calm on the surface, but in fact, he was already panicked in his heart.
When the fear finally cleared from the bottom of his eyes, he retreated a little, but he still held my shoulders tightly and stared into the depths of my eyes: "I always misestimate my abilities, and I always miss any decision I make, and then put you in such a situation, I am really useless." ”
With a soft heart, he blamed himself for this incident, but the world is unpredictable, and there are unstable factors in many things, who can take care of every possibility?
I put my forehead on him and whispered, "It's not your fault. ”
"Lan, am I not an emperor at all?" He had doubts about himself. I couldn't persuade him, so I could only ask, "What do you think is the talent of the emperor?" He replied, "Thoughtful and thoughtful." ”
"Is there such a person in this world?"
"Yes, the emperor's grandfather is."
I shook my head, "He's not, Ah Ping, there's no one in this world who is counted as an omission." Your imperial grandfather was indeed far-sighted, but not all the decisions he made on the path of the emperor were not all missing, because there are different possibilities and uncertainties in everything, and we can only rely on our own experience to cover all the possibilities, and minimize the instability, but there will be accidents. Just like you sent your elite troops to escort me to break through the mouth of the Northern Yuan army, this was the best strategy, but it was difficult to expect that the enemy army would fight hard to attack us; It's like you and Yan Qi pretending to turn their faces and set up a game to lure you into the urn was successful, but it was difficult to calculate Yan Qi's love for Green Lotus, so that you didn't guard against Green Lotus poisoning it. You see, these things are not foreseen, because the human heart is the most unpredictable thing. ”
I paused and said earnestly, "So, there is no such thing as foolproof in this world." ”
Ah Ping finally looked relieved, but he was still sad: "But every time I put you here, I'd rather they arrest me." ”
"Stupid, what are you going to do with me if you catch me? I don't have any of your schemes, and you're going to kill me when you're caught. "This is true, I can still hope if I am caught, I believe that Ah Ping will definitely do everything to save me. If it were him, I wouldn't have to go crazy, I was in a hurry just to hear Green Lotus say that he wanted to use me to arrest him.
Finally, Ah Ping thought about it and didn't dwell on it anymore. I revisited the old question, "How did you find this place?" ”
Ah Ping's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he said slowly, and when I heard it, I was already stunned, thinking that I had gained insight into his plan, but I didn't think that it was far away. It turned out that this bureau was jointly set up by him and Zhu Di, and he first came forward to turn his face with Yan Qi and expel him, so that Lu He thought that Yan Qi had already carried the pot on her behalf and had no scruples, and Zhu Di was deliberately injured.
They had already calculated that there was not only one spy in the camp, but it was not only the green lotus who led the king into the urn, but the people behind the green lotus. At that time, they couldn't be sure who it was, so they could only start from the line of green lotus, so Yan Qi actually deliberately fell down and let people go.
That's why they chased me into the woods, because someone had been secretly tracking the green lotus, and I was waiting for the person behind me to appear and capture it in one fell swoop, but there was a fog barrier in the woods, and the green lotus took me through without any scruples, but the person who was tracking got lost in it, and thus lost our trace.
That forest was not blindly searched by the green lotus, it must have been explored beforehand, and the fog barrier was poisonous. Green Lotus is good at poison, she must have taken the antidote pill in advance, and I, maybe the needle pierced into the neck has anti-poison medicine, in short, those who lost their way in the fog barrier fell one by one.
Ah Ping panicked when he learned about it, and led a large number of people to search, and Zhu Di and his soldiers split into two ways, so there was a situation where Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng arrived first and Uncle Mu came from the other direction. But in the end, it didn't get to the worst, I believe that if Uncle Mu rushed over, he would be able to save Zhu Gaoxu and the others.
After recovering from the shock, he couldn't help but be annoyed, reached out and pinched Ah Ping's waist hard, and said angrily after hearing his painful convulsions: "Wow, it turns out that the toad on the pillow was put by you!" ”