Chapter 84: Wen Ru asks for help
That day in the suburbs of Gong County, in order to escape, Wei Yangyang threw down a dragon as a cover, everyone was shocked and their hands and feet were numb, and Song Wenru was almost shaken off the tree. She clung to the trunk of the tree and didn't dare to make a sound, and then saw Shen Minghuang send someone to send the princess back to Gongxian, while he chased after him with his entourage in the direction of Huadu.
Song Wenru remembered Wei Yangyang's words and never got off the tree. After staying for a few hours, she thought: In case King Fengquan catches Yang Yang and really wants to kill her, I will always go and report to the Wei family, right? Thinking of this, she climbed down the tree and picked up the whip and sword that Wei Yang had fallen. She originally planned to go in the direction of Gongxian first and go to Wei Bingjian for help, but she thought: No, after His Highness catches her, he will return to Gongxian. If General Wei knew about this and made a fuss, wouldn't it be bad for the Wei family? And he is only a fourth-rank general, even if His Highness wants to kill Yang Yang, he is helpless.
I should go back to Huadu first and find a way with my eldest brother.
She made up her mind, and according to her memories when she came, she walked along the road to Huadu. It was late at night, and it was raining, so it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers. March in Huadu was still very cold, she walked alone on the deserted road, frightened, scared and cold, desperately cheering herself up: the dragon was so powerful when it exploded just now, I don't have to be afraid, I also have two on me. If you encounter a bad guy, you can fight them with a sword first, and if you are defeated, you will pull up the lead, and you will definitely be able to blow the bad guy into powder. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid.
She held something in her right hand, and her left hand tightly touched the dragon on her waist, cheering herself up while walking. After walking for more than an hour, she heard the sound of horses' hooves ahead. But it was pitch black, and she couldn't see whether the other party was friend or foe, so she quickly hid on the side of the road and hid. When the horse got closer, she realized it was a whin. Because the whining was red, it was difficult to make out in the night, and she didn't see it until she was close. She thought it was Wei Yangyang coming, so she hurriedly jumped out of hiding place and shouted: "Yangyang, it's me." ”
Woo heard the voice and recognized her as an acquaintance, so he took the initiative to walk in front of her. Only then did she realize that only horses had come, but there was no one right away. Strange and worried, she forced herself to compose herself, and after a closer examination, she found that she was injured and limped on her two front legs. She gently touched the whining horse's mane to soothe it: "Whew, are you hurt?" ”
She had been to Guiyuan a few times, and in the morning she came in the same horse with Wei Yangyang, and she recognized her. Seeing her holding Wei Yangyang's whip and sword again, he lowered his head and plunged into her arms, smelling the sword, and whining aggrievedly. She knew that something must have happened to Wei Yangyang, otherwise she wouldn't have done this. She tried to take the reins and walked a few steps, and saw that the horse was wounded, but not bleeding, and was able to walk. She spoke softly to the horse: "Whew, I want to go back to Huadu and find someone to save him." Would you like you to let me ride you and bring me back to the flower quickly? ”
On weekdays, Wei Yangyang regards the whimper as a treasure. The maid in her house, if she makes her own bed messy, she will not lose her temper; But if she doesn't bathe her cleanly, she won't follow it. She went to eat on the street by herself, and she didn't care how poor the restaurant was, no matter how poorly decorated. But she was willing to spend money to give Whine the best forage, and easily refused to let others touch her horse on weekdays. Therefore, except for her, Woo refused to let anyone ride, and he refused to stop until he threw the other person down. After Wen Ru finished speaking, he stepped on the stirrup and prepared to get on the horse. Woo seemed to understand her words, knew that she was going to save her master, and did not resist. Instead, he lifted his spirits and took her, barely holding on to the pain, and ran forward as he got it.
When passing by the military station where Wei Yangyang fell, Song Wenru saw a group of people looking for something by the river. Woo also stopped, refusing to go any further, presumably this is where Wei Yangyang had an accident. She was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't dare to stay, silently wrote down the road signs, and tried her best to drive Woo out of here. At this time, the sky was just white, and the searchers did not pay attention to her appearance.
Woo is worthy of being a good horse in ten thousand, although he was injured, he still quickly rushed to Huadu. Song Wenru went back to his house first and instructed his subordinates to take good care of it, feed it and heal its injuries. Then she went back to her room, changed her clothes, drank a bowl of hot soup, and then felt alive again.
This night, she is afraid that she has experienced all the dangers in this life. was chased and killed first, and then saw the face of the negative man with his own eyes, and then encountered the explosion of the dragon, drenched in the rain all night, and ran wildly while the night was in the night. Now that she is back home, it can be said that she is absolutely safe, but she is still frightened, sends the maid away, and sits on the stool and cries by herself. After crying, she wiped her tears and began to think about what she should do. First of all, we must hurry up and think of a way, go to Fengquan Wangfu to inquire, what happened to Yang Yang? However, even if she inquired, what if His Highness refuses to let her go?
She was so anxious that she walked around the room, and suddenly thought: Although His Royal Highness deceived me and Yang Yang, he may not have no affection for Yang Yang. She carefully recalled Shen Minghuang's performance after seeing Yang Yang, it should have feelings, and he shouldn't really want to kill her. Moreover, His Royal Highness has always presided over the Ministry of Rites, and after the Ministry of War had no power and the King of Baiquan declined, the emperor did not delegate the military power, but grasped it in his own hands. If you marry Yang Yang and win over the general guard, it will be a great thing for Your Highness. Yes, depending on the Wei family's military power, he will never kill him.
Thinking of this, she thought that even if Wei Yangyang was really caught by Shen Minghuang, it should be just a reprimand, and there was no need to worry about his life for the time being. She took a sip of tea to warm up and continued to analyze. The characters are too hard, His Royal Highness will never risk being killed to marry her, and he should only coax her, not really want her to be the princess. And what about him? I guess I just need my father's help. So who does he really like?
Song Wenru thought about the girls he knew and Shen Minghuang knew from beginning to end, and recalled Shen Minghuang's attitude towards each of them. Women are sensitive, and she came up with several, and she thought that Shen Minghuang was interesting to her girls. Presumably they have also received bracelets, damn it!
But I can't find someone to find Yang Yang now, if I go to ask the eldest brother to let our Song family offend His Highness, the eldest brother will definitely refuse, then who can save people from under His Royal Highness's nose? King Qinghe! Yes, King Qinghe! He has guards and government soldiers, and he is good friends with Yang Yang, he will definitely be willing to go! If there is a dispute with His Royal Highness, he is the only son of the queen, and there is nothing to be afraid of, and His Royal Highness will not dare to do anything to him. Yes, that's him.
Song Wenru thought of this, stood up and prepared to leave, she knew that it was impossible for Wei Yangyang to marry Shen Minghuang, but she couldn't believe it in her heart. She took out the "Book of Changes" and divined a hexagram, so as to save people, good luck. Only then did she relax slightly, presumably there was no danger to her life. She looked at the yellow calendar again, and it was better to go out today. She took out the "Destiny Book" again, and counted Shen Minghuang's eight characters and Wei Yangyang's together, a big murderer! Count the names of the two again, water and fire are incompatible! Count the zodiac signs of the two again, and restrain each other! It is conceivable that the royal family will never agree to Wei Yangyang marrying to Fengquan Mansion as a concubine, or even being Wang Yan! She couldn't even enter the door of Fengquan Palace! Liars, liars, liars! From beginning to end, he is taking advantage of! Song Wenru was so angry that he just wanted to pick up Wei Yangyang's sword and stab Shen Minghuang a few times.
She sneaked to Song Wenzhuo's study, where all the characters of the royal children in the court were there. She began to search little by little, and finally, she found Shen Mingyuan's eight-character life. At this time, Song Wenzhuo had not yet left the court, and no one would come to the study for the time being. Because she came in a hurry, she didn't bring "Destiny", but she had a very good memory, she unfolded the eight characters, thought carefully about the eight characters, and relied on her memory to the destiny spectrum, if it was the beginning of noon, the result of the two was: and Di Lian opened, and the heavens were destined for good fate!
She was so shocked that she almost cried with joy. But she was very careful, for fear that she would make a mistake, so she closed her eyes and recalled the fortune spectrum again, and recalculated, and the result was exactly the same! Yes, King Qinghe and Yang Yang are a perfect match! Song Wenru hurriedly put Shen Mingyuan's eight characters back in the box, sorted out the scene, and secretly took a copy of the worship note from the study, and hurriedly left the Song Mansion.
King Qinghe is the prince of Yipin, and if he hadn't summoned him, the woman would not have been able to take the initiative to come to the palace. Fortunately, Song Wen had a letter from the Song Mansion and presented it to the porter, and was soon welcomed in and arranged for her to wait in the women's guest hall. After waiting for a short time, King Qinghe went down to the court and returned home.
When he saw her, Shen Mingyuan was also stunned: "Wenru, why are you here?" According to his seniority, Song Wenru is also his aunt's cousin's cousin, and he often meets her on weekdays. But he knew that the other party knew the rules very well, there was no big deal, and he would definitely not take the Song Mansion and rashly break into the palace.
Shen Mingyuan first expressed concern: "What happened to you? Need my help? Song Wenru bowed to him, and without waiting to get up, he hurriedly said the purpose of his visit: "Your Highness, it's not me, it's Yang Yang who has an accident." If Song Wenru comes to report in person, it can be seen that this matter will not be small. Shen Mingyuan hurriedly asked, "Lu? What's wrong with her? Fighting with people? Wounded? ”
Song Wenru's thinking was very clear, and she started talking about her and Wei Yangyang's trip to Gongxian County to see the excitement yesterday, omitting the fact that the two of them were given bracelets by Shen Minghuang, and explained the whole process simply and clearly. After Shen Mingyuan heard it, he was shocked, now it has been a night since what Wen Ru said, and he doesn't know whether Wei Yangyang is alive or dead. He was a little apprehensive, and he didn't dare to think about it, so he had to ask the other party: "Then do you know where she is now?" ”
Song Wenru's face was also full of worry: "I don't know, it's been a night, I don't know if she was caught by King Fengquan, can you ask His Royal Highness to send someone to the Fengquan Palace to investigate?" Although Shen Mingyuan was naughty, he was very smart, and he grasped a key point: "You said that when you passed by a military station, you saw someone searching?" Although Song Wenru was flustered at the time, she had a very good memory: "Yes, I can see that those people are dressed by the guards of the Fengquan Palace, not General Wei." They also speak with a Huadu accent, which is very different from Wei Jiajun's Haixi accent. ”
Shen Mingyuan saw a little hope: "Then do you remember that military station?" Song Wenru nodded heavily: "Remember, I don't know how to name the station in the army, but I remember the terrain, I can draw a map." Shen Mingyuan immediately took her to the study and asked her to draw what she saw. Song Wenru followed him into the study, and at first glance, she saw a sword hanging next to the desk, which was almost exactly the same as the one she picked up. But King Qinghe's handle is slightly longer, and the scabbard is engraved with the word "male", and she knows that Wei Yangyang's handle is engraved with the word "female", and the two swords are obviously a pair.
Song Wenru remembered that Wei Yangyang once mentioned to her the origin of her sword, which she found by chance in an antique shop, and she said proudly at the time that such a good sword only cost five yuan, which was like picking it up for nothing. Now it seems that the handle in the study was obviously given to King Qinghe by her. And Qinghe Wang Ken hung the gift she gave him in the place where he read and practiced calligraphy every day, and the relationship between the two was by no means ordinary.
Song Wenru is very smart, he figured out the joints, and he was even more glad that he found the right person today. But she was very calm, and did not ask about the origin of Shen Mingyuan's sword, but just concentrated on painting. She has studied calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and her painting skills are very good, and the picture presented on paper is almost exactly the same as the scene. She added: "Whine's front hooves were injured, and as it passed there, it visibly paused and refused to leave. It was I who desperately drove it to go, and it must have happened there. ”
Shen Mingyuan held up the picture she had drawn and looked at it carefully, and already recognized what place it was. He knew that this matter was ostensibly a personal enmity between Wei Yangyang and the princess, but it involved several major forces of Dayang and Tyranny, which was not something that Song Wenru could handle. He pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Wenru, diplomatic relations between the two countries are a big thing. Since you are sure that no one saw you at the scene, then from now on, this matter has nothing to do with you, and it will all be handled by me. Song Wenru knew that he was telling the truth, so he nodded obediently.
Shen Mingyuan told her: "You take good care of the whimsy and put away the things." Don't tell anyone that you've been to Gong County and you've been to me. After a while, don't ride back, I'll send someone to see you off in a car, and you enter through the back door of Song's house. Song Wenru saluted him and thanked him: "Yes." Then Your Highness should be careful. Shen Mingyuan finally added: "If you see my imperial brother, you pretend that you don't know anything, and I don't need to teach you this?" A resolute look appeared in Song Wenru's eyes: "I know what to do, I won't show my stuffing." With that, she took her leave.
Song Wenru has always been affectionate to Shen Minghuang, and Shen Mingyuan knows it. Then how much is true and how false is what she said when she came to find herself this time? What if Shen Minghuang sent a killer and deliberately asked her to lure him over? But if you send her as bait, you have to find another reason, how can Shen Minghuang conclude that he will step on the trap for the sake of Wei Yangyang? He thought about it, if this thing is fake, it is full of loopholes, then the article should be true as he said. He took the people and rode away from Huadu and ran in the direction of Gongxian.
The river that Wei Yangyang planted down was an artificially dug river named "Luoqu". Shen Mingyuan is in charge of the Ministry of Works, and he participates in the dredging of the river every year, so he is very familiar with the terrain. As he marched on his horse, he pondered that according to the position of the river, if he fell down at the station, he would inevitably float downstream. Based on Song Wenru's picturesque picture and the speed at which she was traveling, he speculated that Wei Yangyang should have fallen forty miles away from Gongxian, and Shen Minghuang's people searched for it all night but did not find it, so he must not have drifted around there. Depending on the speed of the river and the shape of the canal, she would have been stuck at the third turn of Luoqu from Huadu.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly galloped towards the third bend of the river. The place was not far from Huadu, only half an hour away, and he ordered his subordinates: "Search carefully, two miles upstream and downstream, and find them." When his subordinates received his order, they searched along the embankment. At this time, there was a lively sound on the road, and he hurriedly asked the attendants to squat down and hide behind the river embankment, it turned out that Shen Minghuang was passing by with a violent envoy and was marching towards Huadu.
They waited for the convoy to pass and continued their search, and after a while, an attendant called him: "Your Highness, I have found it." ”
He hurried to where the attendant was, and saw Wei Yangyang, covered in blood, lying more than a mile upstream of the place he had predicted. She had fallen off her horse the previous night, rolled into the river, and made her way down the river. Because this was the bend of the canal, the flow of water slowed down, and she was washed ashore by the current, and was blocked by the embankment of the canal. Therefore, if a pedestrian walks on the road, he cannot see it, and she has never been discovered.
Shen Mingyuan hurriedly took Wei Yangyang with him and returned to the palace.