508 The misery of the Alluring City
Rong Zhao waited anxiously in the Star Dou Pavilion, all the way in the direction of Wanhai County, and when he touched the third watch, there were clusters of flames faintly from far and near.
Song Nan's eyes were sharp, and he shouted excitedly: "It's the prince." ”
Rong Zhao's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly stepped forward, and when he saw Xiao Junjue coming on horseback, a brisk smile appeared on his face, "Junjue." ”
Xiao Junjue took the lead, jumped off the horse, hugged Rong Zhao, and kissed her forehead, "Are you worried?"
Rong Zhao nodded, and shook his head again, "I know you can definitely get out of danger." Looking at the people behind him, he asked, "Why is it so long?"
As far as she could see, she noticed that there was a woman behind Songbei, it was the Allure City, and she was even more puzzled.
The carriage had already been prepared, and Xiao Junjue saw Songbei pulling the carriage over and carrying Rong Zhao into the carriage," said on the road. ”
After Xiao Junjue said, Rong Zhao learned that after she left, Peng Yuanqing proposed that he and Allure play a song.
He wanted to see what Peng Yuanqing had in mind, so he responded to his proposal and played with the Allure Ensemble.
It's just that just as the sound of the piano entered the subtleties, Allure suddenly pulled out a knife from under the body of the piano and slashed at him.
But Xiao Junjue had already taken precautions and easily dodged, he thought that this was Peng Yuanqing's idea, and he was about to fight back, but he didn't want to flash him in the city, so he stabbed at Peng Yuanqing.
Peng Yuanqing was unexpected, he didn't take any precautions, and he was immediately angry.
As soon as Peng Yuanqing died, the killers who were ambushed around attacked under the order of the master.
Xiao Junjue's martial arts are strong, needless to say, those killers have never touched him by a single hair, but Allure was injured.
When Songbei arrives with troops, he will take down all the cadres.
According to the master's explanation, Peng Yuanqing was originally a faction of King Qi, because he was participated in a book before, and he was demoted here to be a county order.
This time, I got a tip-off that the king of Chu was in this area, so he sent people to investigate everywhere.
Until he found out the whereabouts of the king of Chu, he arranged everything in the mansion, hired Allure to teach him piano skills as an excuse, took advantage of the king's unpreparedness to kill him, and then took the king of Chu to the king of Qi to invite merit.
But he didn't expect that he would die in the hands of Allure in the end.
Rong Zhaoxuan understood why Wanhai County had never been able to recruit soldiers, and it turned out that he was the one who was the obstruction.
But why did Allure kill Peng Yuanqing, Rong Zhao looked at Xiao Junjue, Xiao Junjue shook his head, he didn't know.
But at that time, seeing that she was seriously injured, he couldn't ignore it, so he asked Songbei to take her away.
"It's quite pitiful. Rong Zhao squinted at Xiao Junjue, saying sour words in his mouth, yin and yang weird.
Xiao Junjue pinched her cheek, "Jealous." ”
Rong Zhao snorted and said horizontally at him, "Don't stare at other women in the future." ”
"When did I stare at another woman?"
"When I listen to the piano. ”
"If I don't show some interest, wouldn't it be a waste of Peng Yuanqing's intentions to do what he likes?"
What he said was quite reasonable, Rong Zhao glanced at him, pursed his lips and smiled, and fell into his arms. Xiao Junjue looked at her kitten-like appearance, touched her hair, and lowered her head to kiss her forehead.
Rong Zhao leaned meekly on his shoulder, "What do you do with those officials in Wanhai County?"
"Leave it to Xiao Xuanqi to deal with. "After all, it is under the jurisdiction of his territory, and the personnel will be handed over to him to handle the future.
Rong Zhao frowned, "I didn't expect Xiao Yuheng's minions to be everywhere. ”
"It's no surprise that he's been in power for years. Xiao Junjue hugged Rong Zhao, supported her back, and said gently: "After tossing all night, are you sleepy?"
Rong Zhao raised his head, his eyes were worried, and he was indeed a little sleepy.
Xiao Junjue picked up a strand of broken hair on her sideburns, the carriage was a little bumpy, he hugged Rong Zhao to his body, "Sleep in the car first, wait until you get to the next station, and then have a good rest." ”
The carriage was bumpy, even with Xiao Junjue's human cushion, Rong Zhao slept uncomfortably, and when he arrived at the post station, he threw himself directly on the bed and slept in the dark, and it was already afternoon when she woke up.
When she woke up, Xiao Junjue went out to run errands, and when she was idle, she went to Allure's room.
"Princess Chu. Allure was lying on the bed, one of her shoulders was slashed to the bone, although she was drugged, her face was still pale in pain, and when she saw Rong Zhao coming in, she hurriedly got up.
"Lie down. Rong Zhao moved a stool and sat beside her, "Are you better?"
Allure leaned on the head of the bed, covered the injured place, and said, "It's much better, I can pick up a life, this injury is nothing." ”
Her lips were pale, without a trace of blood, and she twitched the corners of her mouth when she spoke, and her smile was bleak.
Allure lives up to her name, Qingli Allure, is a rare beauty. With such a shallow smile, even Rong Zhao couldn't help but feel pity for the jade.
Rong Zhao came over, not for anything else, just to find out why she assassinated Peng Yuanqing.
When she came, she was holding a small urn with melon seeds in her hand, and said while snorting: "How much enmity do you have with Peng Yuanqing?"
Allure raised his eyes to look at her, those eyes seemed to be moistened by the spring water, moist and bright, and in the brightness there were clusters of flames, "He killed my whole family." ”
Rong Zhao was frightened and looked at her in surprise.
Allure tilted his head and swallowed the tears in the corners of his eyes, "I originally lived in Yangzhou, and my ancestors built a family by selling silk, and my father is already the third generation, and it can be regarded as one of the best solid families in Yangzhou City." My father was generous and kind, and he was a well-known good man. When people in the city talk about our family, which one doesn't give a thumbs up. ”
The tears couldn't be suppressed, dripping onto the quilt, and they were wet, "But this world is not good and good, many years ago, the king of Qi was in Yangzhou, Peng Yuanqing was the Taishou at that time, he tried his best to promote the collusion of officials and businessmen and monopolize the industry in order to help the king of Qi fish and meat people." But his father didn't want to go along with them and didn't participate in their collusion, but he also offended Peng Yuanqing because of this. He framed my father on trumped-up charges and mutilated my entire family. ”
Speaking of this, Rong Zhao suddenly remembered that about eight years ago, there was a silk merchant in Yangzhou City who was found to have privately made Yunjin for buying and selling court tribute, and was exterminated, and all those over the age of thirteen were beheaded, and the men under the age of thirteen were exiled and the women were demoted to official prostitutes.
That Allure was demoted to an official prostitute.
"Later, Peng Yuanqing was degraded, I inquired several times and knew that he came to Wanhai County, I have saved a lot of money in recent years, and I redeemed myself here last year. I threw myself into the most famous Qinglou in Wanhai County and became an Oiran, hoping to attract Peng Yuanqing with this point. But he is only greedy for money but not lustful, and I approached him several times, but nothing came to fruition. ”
Allure looks like it's just eighteen or nineteen, and it was only eleven or twelve eight years ago, so you can imagine how much such a young child has suffered over the years.
Rong Zhao's gaze at her softened, but there was no contempt for her because she was in the red dust.
"In order to take revenge, I secretly practiced martial arts, and I danced a good sword dance, and I got my name from this. Coincidentally, today, Peng Yuanqing's master suddenly found me and gave me a very generous reward, saying that he asked me to play the piano to assassinate the king of Chu during the banquet tonight. I thought it would be a good opportunity, and if I missed it, I might never get to be so close to him again, so I said yes. ”
A soothing smile appeared on Allure's face, "He thought that my sword was stabbing at the King of Chu, and he was not guarded at all, so I just took advantage of that perfect opportunity to kill him with a sword." ”
Her eyes were full of tears, and she turned to Rong Zhao, and her big tears fell one by one, "King Chu, he shouldn't have saved me, I am still alive in the world alone, just to kill Peng Yuanqing to avenge and kill him, it is useless for me to live, it is good to die, I can be reunited with my father and mother's family." ”
Rong Zhao had already put the melon seeds aside and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears. Looking at her, Rong Zhao couldn't help but think of himself. She is in a similar situation to her, both of which are family slanders and her father dies tragically. But she is better than Allure's life, she has Xiao Junjue behind her to support her, and this girl, everything depends on herself, looking at her, Rong Zhao feels that he is so happy, and he can't help but pity this girl even more.
"Why is it useless? If your parents have spirits in heaven, they must want you to live well. Rong Zhao comforted her, his voice was as soft as a cloud, "I am also a mother's, I know the heart of being a parent, I think your parents are most at ease before they die, what they want most is that you can live well." ”
Allure burst into tears, staring at Rong Zhao deeply, she bit her lip, whimpered, leaned on Rong Zhao's shoulder and cried bitterly.
By the time Rong Zhao returned to the room, Xiao Junjue had already returned.
Rong Zhao told him about Allure, "It's pitiful." ”
As he spoke, he changed his clothes. Allure cried on her shoulder just now, and her clothes were wet.
"You're getting soft-hearted now. Xiao Junjue's eyes lingered on Rong Zhao over and over again, and she didn't know how to avoid it at all. But looking at it, the lust in his eyes became more and more intense, he put down the teacup and walked to Rong Zhao's side, hugged her from behind, didn't let her put on the last coat, and moved her hands and feet.
"I'm getting older. Rong Zhao laughed at himself, turned around, escaped from Xiao Junjue, and put on his coat and tied it, "How do you plan to settle this Allure?"
Xiao Junjue said casually: "Rest for the night, let's set off tomorrow and go straight to Songcheng, she will stay here, after all, she and we will meet in Pingshui." He looked at Rong Zhao's hesitant look and said, "You won't really be soft-hearted, will you?"
"She's alone, helpless, and pitiful. Besides, her injuries are not healed, so we threw her here, are we too unrighteous. ”
Xiao Junjue's face was expressionless, Rong Zhao didn't know what he was thinking, he pressed the corners of his mouth, and stepped forward with a hug, "Along the way, I also need a maid by my side to serve, wouldn't it be good to leave her as a maid?" She tugged Xiao Junjue's ears and said, "And there is another benefit to keeping her." ”
Xiao Junjue looked at her cunning eyes and understood, "You mean, add one more to Xiao Yuheng's crime?"
Rong Zhao nodded vigorously, and sure enough, he had a heart, "The Allure family is very prestigious in Yangzhou, if this matter is reversed, King Qi's power in Yangzhou will definitely be damaged, isn't he also recruiting troops in Yangzhou? I don't know how many more people can be recruited if he loses the hearts of the people." ”