Chapter 278: Surprise and Horror
Looking at the slanting wind and drizzle outside the window, Han Meiren was inexplicably sad. It's been a long time since she's been sad about the change in circumstances.
I don't know what's wrong...... There was always some uneasiness in my heart......
Qingyun walked over slowly with small steps, and when she came to the door, she hesitated again, looking very uneasy, and didn't dare to go in.
At this time, a palace maid happened to pass by, and when she saw Qingyun who was hesitating outside the door, she went up to say hello.
Han Meiren in the house heard it and knew that Qingyun had arrived, so he called her in.
Qingyun hung her head and walked to Han Meiren's side, and Han Meiren asked about Qian Shou's news. Qingyun was hesitant and didn't know what to say.
Han Meiren became more and more uneasy, "What the hell is wrong?" Midori isn't dead? ”
Qingyun nodded.
"Rubbish!"
When Han Meiren scolded, she also gave Qingyun a slap.
Qingyun fell to the ground, and half of his face was imprinted with a bright red palm print.
"Didn't you say you killed her, why is she still alive?" Mrs. Han roared.
Qingyun didn't care about the pain, knelt down in front of her, and cried and said, "The slave doesn't know...... The slave doesn't know why this is happening......"
The more Han Meiren looked at it, the more angry she became, and she raised her foot and kicked Qingyun down again.
"I'll settle accounts with you when I come back!" After speaking, Han Meiren walked out, and as she walked, she prepared for the Youlan Palace.
It was raining, Zhang Hanyan sat in the pavilion, drinking hot tea, and enjoying the rain leisurely.
On a whim, she ordered the harp to be brought.
The slender jade fingers landed on the strings, and with a slight stir, a series of beautiful notes floated up.
The sound of the piano and the sound of the rain merge and complement each other to create a soothing and soft music.
The little fish who was waiting on the side listened attentively, Zhang Hanyan stroked it all away, and she was still unsatisfied.
"Envoy, you're so powerful!" Xiao Yu said excitedly, "If the king listens to your piano, he will definitely like it very much......
"Oh? The king likes to listen to the piano? ”
"Well, Mrs. Dou was favored because she could play the piano."
"Does she play the piano too?"
"Well, and it's pretty good."
Zhang Hanyan hooked the strings, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and he felt more and more interesting.
At this moment, a palace maid came up and told her that Han Meiren was coming.
Zhang Hanyan heard that Han Meiren must have come for Xiaolu's business.
After a while, Mrs. Han, who was in a hurry, walked into the pavilion and felt angry when she saw Zhang Hanyan so leisurely.
"My sister is so uncomfortable!"
Zhang Hanyan didn't want Xiao Yu to hear their conversation, so he asked Xiao Yu to prepare some snacks.
"What makes my sister so irritable?"
"Midori is alive!"
Zhang Hanyan was not surprised at all, and was bored and plucked the strings.
"Good sister, come up with a way for me!" Han Meiren said eagerly, "I know you will definitely have a way!" ”
"It's not without ...... way"
"Say it quickly!"
"But I can't guarantee that it will be useful."
Han Meiren heard this, and a chill welled up in her heart. But now, it's better than no way!!
"I'll arrange the rest, and my sister will go back and wait for the news......" Zhang Hanyan said.
"What the hell are you trying to do?" Han Meiren is very worried.
At this time, Xiaoyu came with pastries, Zhang Hanyan was inconvenient to say more, and said four words lightly: "The old trick is repeated." ”
Han Meiren thought about it seriously and understood.
Zhang Hanyan's "old trick repeated" is the same as stabbing Feng Luyang, stabbing Xiaolu.
As long as she doesn't let Midori see the king, she will be safe.
Han Meiren wanted to know more specifically, but Zhang Hanyan was worried that Xiaoyu would know, so he hinted that Han Meiren would leave first on the grounds that he was sleepy.
Helpless, Han Meiren can only do it, who let her ask for it?
In the evening, after dinner, Zhang Hanyan went for a walk in the Imperial Garden as usual. While the fish was not looking, she shoved a wax pill into the hollow of a pine tree.
In the middle of the night, a palace watchman came to the pine tree, inspected it, and took the wax pills.
In this way, Zhang Hanyan's information was brought outside the palace by the palace person......
The next day, in the afternoon, Dou Mansion.
Zhang Wu visited, Dou Ying greeted him, and the two sat down in the tea room and chatted.
"You will escort the little green girl into the palace early tomorrow morning......"
"Me?"
Zhang Wu nodded, "I'll wait for you at the palace gate!" ”
"No, wouldn't it be better for you to escort her directly into the palace?"
"Brother Dou, you are usually so smart, why can't you figure it out now?"
"I still hope that Brother Zhang will advise."
"If you escorted Xiao Lu into the palace this time and made a meritorious contribution, won't the king be able to reward you? It will be easy for you to be reinstated. ”
Dou Ying suddenly realized, patted his head, ashamed that he didn't expect to be like this.
He couldn't help but admire Zhang Wu's clever arrangement, but Zhang Wu told him that it was Dou Yifang's order.
Dou Ying straightened his sleeve and bowed in the direction of the palace, grateful to Dou Yifang for still thinking about him at this time.
"But Madame also said that this matter can only succeed and not fail!"
"Definitely!"
"Don't be negligent, don't forget about Feng Luyang."
Zhang Wu's reminder is exactly what Dou Yifang is worried about.
Since Han Meiren can find someone to stab Feng Luyang, she can find someone to stab Xiaolu. Originally, Dou Yifang also wanted Zhang Wu to escort Xiaolu into the palace, but in order to let Dou Ying meet Liu Heng in time, he let Dou Ying be in charge of escorting.
Xiaolu is related to Qin Yilian's death, and Dou Yifang also believes that Dou Ying dares to take such a risk.
Dou Ying understood Dou Yifang's good intentions and said that he would definitely live up to Dou Yifang's expectations.
Zhang Wu was relieved to see that he was ready, and sat for a while before leaving.
To escort Midori to the palace, there is a long walk in between, during which the killer can ambush him.
In order to better protect Xiao Lu, Dou Ying sent someone to investigate their route to the palace tomorrow, and asked people to invite their good brother Doufu.
When the bushman arrived, the two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they sat down and drank freely.
Chu Hongsleeve took Xiao Lu to meet him, and Xiao Lu was polite, which made the bushman look in a trance for a while.
"This girl is the one you want to protect?"
"Exactly."
"Why don't you let Mrs. Dou send someone to take her back directly?"
"It's a long story."
Dou Ying hinted that Chu Hongsleeve would take Xiao Lu down, and then explained the reason.
After hearing this, the bushman patted his chest and assured Dou Ying that even if he risked his life, he would protect them to reach the gate of the palace.
Dou Ying was grateful and raised his glass to each other......
The next day. It was already dawn, but it was still gray, the rain was falling gently, the wind was not strong, but it was a little chilly.
Dou Ying helped Xiao Lu to sit in the carriage, and Chu Hongsleeve stood aside with an umbrella, his eyes full of worry.
Dou Ying glanced at her and wanted to say that she didn't have to worry, but she didn't speak.
"Be careful on the road." Chu Hongsleeve said first.
Dou Ying nodded.
The bushman waited outside the door with seven guards, but the rain soaked their clothes, but they remained unmoved. The carriage came out, Dou Ying drove it himself, and the group headed in the direction of the palace.
Because of the early departure and the rain, there are few pedestrians on the road.
Dou Ying chose to walk on the avenue because it would make it easy to identify where the killer was hiding.
But as they passed through a narrow street, three or five arrows were fired one after another.
The arrows were not aimed at Midori in the carriage, but at the guards.
The arrows were fast and accurate, and at once four of the guards fell from their horses, including the bushman. Dou Ying was shocked, because he was a groom, so he didn't shoot him with an arrow.
He looked up for the archer, and found that the attic of a teahouse not far away had opened its window, and the masked killer was there, and fired an arrow at him.
Dou Ying dodged with his face sideways, and the arrow slashed through his cheek, and with a "doo" sound, it was nailed to the carriage and passed in.
From the carriage came a small green scream, perhaps frightened by the arrows that had pierced in.
Dou Ying didn't dare to stay for a long time, and immediately beat the horse and galloped.
At this time, the killer jumped down from the window, and a sharp sword in his hand flashed like silver, and pushed Dou Ying away. Dou Ying resisted with his sword, and reluctantly took the killer's sword, he only felt that this person's martial arts were unfathomable.
Just as he tried to fight back, the killer changed his tactics and kicked him out of the carriage.
Dou Ying shouted badly, and when he was getting up, the killer had already gotten into the carriage.
A shrill exclamation came from the carriage.
The killer was stunned, because the person in the carriage was not Midori at all. Looking at the frightened and trembling woman, he put down the sword he raised and walked out of the carriage angrily.
As soon as Dou Ying arrived at the carriage, the killer jumped out and stabbed him with several swords.
Since he couldn't kill Xiao Lu, he could only kill Dou Ying.
Dou Ying has always been very confident in his swordsmanship, but in front of this killer, he suddenly felt that he was a contest between children and adults.
"Dang!"
His jaw tingled, and his sword fell out of his hand. The killer's sword stabbed at him, but his body didn't react.
He felt that he was dead, so he closed his eyes.
The killer's sword was fast and accurate, but Dou Ying hadn't felt the cold sword body touch his skin.
He opened his eyes again, and saw the bushman pounce on the killer with his sword raised. The killer had to recruit to resist the bushman, otherwise he would die at the hands of the bushman even if he killed Dou Ying.
The bushman is still alive, he is only an arrow in the arm.
Dou Ying secretly rejoiced, seeing that the bushman relied on his courage to temporarily suppress the killer, he picked up the sword on the ground again and went over to help.
Under the combined attack of the two people, the killer gradually lost the enemy. Dou Ying saw a flaw and stabbed it out with a sword. Although the killer avoided it, he was still stabbed in the chest, but the wound was not deep enough to kill.
The killer didn't dare to fight, and after struggling to repel Dou Ying and Bushman, he turned over a horse and rode away.
Dou Ying and Guan Fu were both wounded, and they had wasted a lot of strength to deal with the killer, so they didn't chase him.
The most important thing now is to send Midori to the palace, and then again, how is Midori?
Dou Ying hurriedly entered the carriage, and in the carriage, the maid Xiaohuan was still alive, but she was so frightened that she lost her face.
Dou Ying pulled her away from the seat, and it turned out that the bottom of the seat was hollow, like a box, and Xiao Lu was hidden inside.
Seeing that she was safe and sound, Dou Ying was relieved......
Palace.
Liu Heng was having dinner, and Zhang Wu came to the front of the palace and said that he had something urgent to see the king. The palace people guarding the door asked Zhang Wu to wait on the grounds that the king was eating.
"The matter is urgent, please go in and report it...... It's old again......"
"The king's meal won't be long, won't the general wait a while?"