Chapter 31: Laying Down a Dead End

Here, Wen Yeting and Wei Yun also packed up and prepared to go to Muhua Palace separately for a banquet.

After entering the palace, Wen Yeting kept an eye on the surroundings, trying to find the Qingke, but until he arrived at the hall of the banquet, he did not see any suspicious people. He thought to himself that his guess was wrong, in fact, Mrs. Qingke would not appear today, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, but he didn't dare to relax his vigilance, so he and Wei Yun looked at each other across the road, and each understood it.

Wei Yun was sitting on the left side above the hall, one step away from Wang Miao's main table, while Wen Yeting and Wei Yun's men were mixed among the officials on the left side of the hall. The guests sat down one after another, and the servants served the delicacies in turn, but Wang Miao and Madame Yu did not show up for a long time.

Wen Yeting was bored, and saw a young lady walking in with a young lady and standing opposite him obediently. He looked up at her, but she kept her head down, and pointed down quickly with the fingers hidden in her cuffs.

Wen Yeting was surprised, could it be that there was something wrong with this place? He deliberately knocked the cup to the ground with his elbow, and observed the ground while pretending to pick it up, and at first glance it was no different from the others, but the strange thing was that the tiles seemed to be freshly knocked up, and there were some small gaps.

Wen Yeting was really puzzled, and got up to look at her again. She brushed the broken hair from her ear and took the opportunity to give him a downward gesture, as if to suggest that he was suspicious.

Later, she had a plan and leaned over to pour tea for Zhou Xiaoxiao, but she pretended to slip her hand and spilled the tea on the ground.

Zhou Xiaoxiao turned her head and glared at her, she smiled apologetically, squatted down but was not in a hurry to wipe it, and pointed out the tea on the ground to Wen Yeting opposite.

"Is Hanama trying to tell me to splash the ground with water? Otherwise, why would you deliberately pour water on the ground? Wen Yeting thought in his heart, so he did the same, and when he poured the wine, he took the opportunity to fall to the ground while everyone was unprepared, and also leaned down.

At this time, there was something strange on the ground, and the wine spilled on the floor tiles and washed away a trace, Wen Yeting stained it with his hands, and found that the black powder was condensed by water.

Wen Yeting thought about it, no, this is the powder left over from gunpowder, it turns out that gunpowder is buried under the ground, so Hua Jian will always signal him to watch his feet.

But in this hall, there are not only the court officials of Shuzhou, but also the prince Wei Yun of Qindu, why did Wang Miao do such a bold thing? Besides, he and his favorite concubine will come to the banquet in a while, if there is an explosion, it will be painful for his relatives, and the enemy will be fast, why not?

However, it is the right thing to dispose of the gunpowder now, otherwise once this large amount of gunpowder explodes, everyone sitting in this hall will probably die.

Just when he was puzzled, Wang Miao stepped in from outside the door, and Tao Xuanju was accompanying him. Everyone got up to greet him, he strode to the front table, raised his glass to greet everyone in the hall, and sat down, while Tao Xuanju stood on the right side of Wang Miao, close to Wei Yun.

Wei Yun heard Wang Miao ask the eunuch beside him, "Why hasn't this Jade Lady come yet?" It's just a matter of procrastination on weekdays, but it's not okay on this occasion today, so go and urge it, so as not to lose your manners. And the eunuch withdrew.

Wang Miao turned to Wei Yun again and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for coming, it's really brilliant." Clumsy and ignorant, I ask Your Highness for forgiveness. ”

Wei Yun also raised his glass, "This Jade Lady must also be out of the ordinary, and it is natural for a woman to spend some time grooming, and I am happy to enjoy this wine and delicacies, and the state lord doesn't have to mind." ”

So the guests began to push the cups and change the lamps again, and they were looking at each other, when they saw a masked black-clothed man at the door holding Mrs. Yu's neck with a knife, and stumbling outside the door. Wang Miao looked calm and stood up from the main hall, while Tao Xuanju stood aside.

Madame Yu's hair ornaments had long been scattered, her cloak was messy, and she looked like she was about to cry, and shouted in a panic: "Help me!" ”

Everyone was shocked, and the guards came forward to surround her and the two, and then they walked in step by step.

"It's my aunt."

She heard the sound of the flowers, and saw that the person was indeed similar to the Qingke, so she didn't dare to startle the snake, so she could only stay where she was and look at her. I thought to myself, "How could Aunt Qingke kidnap Lady Yu?" What does she mean by that? ”

She thought to herself that if she could take the opportunity to lure everyone out of the hall, then the buried gunpowder would be useless.

So she took advantage of everyone's attention to Mrs. Nayu, and inadvertently picked up a nameless child and shot it vigorously on the leg of the guard in front of her.

The guard was struck in the leg and fell to the ground, along with the guard at the door.

Suddenly, several people lay down in front of Qingke, blocking her way. She will also calculate, and while retreating from the door to the courtyard, she said in a high voice: "Keep away, the knife has no eyes." ”

The guards surrounded them along the courtyard, but they did not dare to approach, and the guests did not dare to make a noise when they saw this scene, so they all stood up and went out to investigate.

Wang Miao thought that if she didn't come in, this gunpowder would definitely not be used, so she had to hurriedly order Tao Xuanju to go.

Wei Yun was even more like sitting in the clouds, giving Wen Yeting a look, and Wen Yeting signaled him not to act rashly first.

Wang Miao stood in the hall and said loudly: "Who is coming?" Hijacking Madame Jade is a dead end, do you know? ”

The man replied lightly, "Nameless, but I beg for your life." ”

Wang Miao smiled contemptuously when he heard this, and then ordered the officers and soldiers to step forward, and Tao Xuanju also jumped up.

Mrs. Nayu was shocked, Wang Miao didn't care that she was still in the hands of the thief, and only cared about arresting this person in a few words, so she didn't care about it, and wanted to struggle to get out.

The man saw that Madame Jade was resisting, and there were guards all around, so he immediately dropped the knife in his hand and slashed Madame Jade on the shoulder. Then the guards who pushed her towards the rush did not kill her, but took the opportunity to fly to the roof, and Tao Xuanju chased after her to engage her. Obviously, Qingke was not Tao Xuanju's opponent, so he could only barely catch his long knife, and he was about to be defeated.

Suddenly, there was chaos in the hall, everyone stood up regardless of it, and Wang Miao hurriedly walked to the door, observing the movement outside the house.

She was also a little impatient, Wang Miao was not far away, and it was not impossible to break through the crowd to assassinate him.

She was hesitating whether to make a move, and in an instant, she saw a gorgeously dressed person at the door suddenly rushing towards Wang Miao and piercing Wang Miao's back with the dagger in his hand.

Wang Miao stood unharmed, and everyone saw that he was wearing soft armor and was invulnerable. And some seemingly weak scholars beside him pulled out long knives from their clothes and stepped forward to protect Wang Miao's side.

A man placed a long knife on the Assassin's shoulder, picking up his face, which still had pale blue stubble on his chin.

"Who is this?" She was hesitating whether to rescue this person, only to hear Hanama reply: "The face is very raw, and I don't know." ”

Wang Miao glanced at the man, with some surprise and contempt in his eyes. opened his mouth and said, "It's ridiculous that you're not dead." ”

The man sneered a few times, and was about to say something, when Wang Miao pulled out the knife of the guard next to him and stabbed the man in the chest, only to see a knife to kill, a life to whimper.

Seeing that there was another situation here, Wen Yeting took the opportunity to sneak out of the door, hid among the guards, and secretly shot a knife at Tao Xuanju on the roof, giving Qingke a chance to escape.

So Qingke jumped off the roof, and Tao Xuanju followed.

Seeing this, Wang Miao ordered everyone in the hall to be evacuated, and Zhou Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she went to help her who was sitting on the ground.

Then, Wang Miao turned to Wei Yun and said, "Your Highness, I'm really ashamed to have frightened you today. This person is a heinous assassin in the rivers and lakes, I don't know what kind of ambition he has eaten, the leopard dares to come here to make a mistake, and I hope His Royal Highness will not be surprised. ”

Wei Yun nodded, and said in horror: "State Lord, you can handle the affairs of the state by yourself, and I don't bother to ask." It's getting late, and everyone is in shock when this happens, so I won't bother. "Let's go out too.

She helped Zhou Xiaoxiao to the book of the Ministry of Rites, and the two of them were both frightened, so they supported each other, only to hear Zhou Xiaoxiao crying: "Dad, I want to go home, hurry up!" ”

The two of them strode away, and everyone scattered in a flock.

She glanced at Wen Yeting outside the house, and the two of them knew that this banquet was a bureau from beginning to end.

Most of the so-called officials and dignitaries in the city who came to the meeting were dressed as shadow guards, and after taking their seats, they were arranged in various places on both sides to ensure that the entire hall could be controlled in time. Wang Miao planted gunpowder under the hall, knowing that if someone fished in troubled waters, and he failed to control the situation, he ordered the shadow guards everywhere to blow it up by surprise, and he fled from the screen behind the main table.

This bureau is obviously not only to guard against assassins, but also to Wei Yun, who is sitting in the hall.

Once Wei Yun intervenes in this matter, he will take the opportunity to fight a fish to the death and threaten him with gunpowder. If Wei Yun unfortunately died, he could also lie to the outside world that it was the Assassin, and he would also lose a lot of capable soldiers.

Fortunately, this time it failed to go as Wang Miao wished.

The two of them went out one after the other, and seeing that there was no one around, Wen Yeting asked in a low voice, "Cai Cai, is it Mrs. Qingke who just kidnapped Mrs. Yu?" Who was the assassin of Wang Miao? ”

She shook her head, "The person who escaped is about the same size as my aunt, but I don't know who assassinated him, but I don't know why my aunt joined forces with this person." ”

"Let's not talk about it for the time being, let's go and join Brother Wei first, I think he has to go back to Qindu, Wang Miao has murderous intentions towards him, and he can't sit still anymore." Wen Yeting said that, and pulled her to leave Muhua Palace quickly.

I never thought that when the two of them walked under a tree, they saw faint traces of blood on the ground, Wen Yeting was alert and carefully stepped forward to check. I saw Qingke lying under the tree, seriously injured and bleeding.

She suddenly panicked and wanted to go to help Qingke up, but when she saw that the man under the tree was holding on to pick up the Hidden Blade, she swallowed her tears and said, "Auntie, it's my ......."

The officers and soldiers in the distance were searching everywhere, Wen Yeting immediately carried the Qingke on his back and said to her: "I'll take my wife out of the palace first, you can find a way to get out, and we will meet in the place where we were originally hiding." With that, he jumped over the wall.

She deliberately made a noise, causing the officers and soldiers to chase after other places, and then took the opportunity to escape.

Everyone sat around in the room, and the Qingke was already dying.

She lowered her head and approached the Qingke, and heard the Qingke ask in a messy manner, "Did you succeed?" ”

Presumably, Qingke was dealing with Tao Xuanju at that time, and did not observe the decision of the person under the roof, so she didn't know whether she should tell the truth, and wandered down, Qingke saw that she was like this, and also understood, and continued: "It's really not so easy, so what's wrong with him?" ”

She froze, "Dead." ”

The only light left in Qingke's eyes also dimmed, and he cried bitterly: "I know, I know ......"

She gently shook Qingke's hand and helped her wipe away the tears on her face, she hadn't seen such a warm and surging tear in a long time.

Qingke took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to her, and said: "Huajian, my aunt has always been very harsh to you, and she rarely even laughs in front of you, don't complain about your aunt." I dare not be kind to you, for fear that you will get carried away and become accustomed to treating you harshly. It's my aunt who is wrong, it's my aunt who is self-righteous, how can such a well-behaved child get carried away because of a few words of praise? I regret that I didn't smile at you much at the beginning, and tried to touch your head several times to encourage you to be okay, but I couldn't do it because of the embarrassment. If I were given a chance to do it all over again, I don't think I would be able to be like Yuming and them, but I would try my best to be as gentle as possible with you, to be happy with you when you were happy, and to choose comfort rather than ignore you when you were unhappy. Forgive my aunt for going first this time, there is still a long way to go, and I hope you will not experience such a parting in the future. With that, the blood on Qingke's chest kept flowing out again.

She felt the sadness from the depths of her body, and tears flowed out unconsciously, and the pear blossom shook her head desperately like rain, crying: "Auntie, the flower has never blamed you......"

Qingke stretched out his hand with difficulty and touched her head, and asked, "Flowers, my aunt has a matter to ask for, if you can find the bones of that man, please bury me with him, and the letter you just gave you, you will know the reason for my incident today, and read it to him at the grave then." In this life, Jun's grace is not exhausted, and I hope that there will be a biochemical spring mud ......"

As soon as the words fell, Qingke closed his eyes and dyed the yellow sand.