Chapter 42: Li Xu's Stratagem
"That's not right."
Su Yu's memory suddenly became clear: "Maybe... Yes, there is touch. ”
She had only seen one side of Yunluo, on the long street, rubbing shoulders with Li Xu's carriage.
Although she didn't meet Yun Luo that day, Ah Yue met Yun Luo, and she touched Ah Yue.
As long as the poison is placed on Ah Yue, there is half a chance that she will be poisoned, and even if it fails, no one will notice.
Could it be that they had already thought about poisoning her before that chance encounter?
"But besides me, there are other people who have also been exposed to this poison, why are they okay?"
"This..."Yang Tiandong suddenly remembered something, patted his thigh and said: "Forget this stubble, this poison also has a strange point, that is, it will not attack immediately after poisoning, but it can be latent in the body of the poisoned person for a long time, if you want to attack, the poisoned person must experience mood swings." ”
"This is why it is used in the marriage of the yin, the living men and women know that they want to marry the dead, but they must not have mood swings? As soon as the toxicity occurred, the parents thought that the person was dead, so they did not regret it, and buried them in a hurry and died in a coffin to save trouble. ”
"Did the princess have any great joys and sorrows during this period?"
Su Yu was silent and said, "So that's the case." ”
Poison her first, and then set fire to Xue Ya's residence, causing her to poison her.
This move is fast and stable.
But there is one point, what is the purpose of such a big effort? If you can poison her, why not just kill her?
Su Yu's heart suddenly shook.
Li Xu didn't want to kill her at all.
What does he want to do? Why set fire to Snow Bud's residence? He wants to kill Xue Ya? No, it's not.
What they really want to kill is Ah Yue!
Why did you kill Ah Yue?
Why did you choose to set the fire today?
"What will Ah Yue do?" Jiang Ci also thought as she thought, and took the first step to think of something she didn't pay attention to: "There are people in the palace who are communicating, and they know that we are going to Gwangju." ”
Yes, the thoughts were connected all of a sudden, and Li Xu's purpose was to drag her and Jiang Ci.
"Why... Want to hold us back? There is an answer that is about to come out in Su Yu's heart.
Atractylodes clan..
Witch..
Good Gu is also good at poison.
The two lines of sight met, and their eyes were full of panic after a sudden realization.
"Dong Wen, take Mr. to receive the reward."
Xu Tiandong's eyes lit up: "Lord Wang, can you exchange it for a silver ticket?" Good to carry. ”
Jiang Ci nodded and waved his hand.
"Thank you, Lord Wang!"
Xu Tiandong followed Dong Wen to withdraw money with a spring breeze on his face.
After the footsteps disappeared, Su Yu clenched Jiang Ci's sleeve: "What should I do?" Could it be that they want to poison Gwangju City? ”
"I'm going to do it now..."Jiang Ci paused and said, "We will set off for Gwangju today, Marquis Ning Yuan and General Su Xian have experienced a hundred battles, and they are used to treacherous tricks, so they will definitely be fine." ”
"Yes, it will be fine, it will be fine." Su Yu kept repeating this sentence to comfort herself.
Not long after, Dong Wen came back to report that Xu Tiandong had been arranged to stay.
"Dong Min, Xue Ya and Ah Yue..."Su Yu took a deep breath, she had to bury Xue Ya before leaving.
She said what it was like to not show up, she wanted to cry but couldn't, perhaps because she never imagined that the person who had been with her for the longest time in her previous life would be the first to leave her in this life, so this sadness came slowly, like a blunt knife cutting flesh.
There is no pain in my heart like a sharp arrow piercing my heart, but I feel empty, I feel very uncomfortable, but I don't know what to do.
"They... Can the bones be found? ”
Hearing this, Dong Wen knelt down: "Miss Xueya's bones have been found and buried, please punish her subordinates for the crime of being the master without permission." ”
"Where are you buried? I'm going to check it out. Su Yu was about to get out of bed as she spoke, but Jiang Ci stopped her and hugged her horizontally.
"You don't have the strength in you, I'll carry you."
This is true, Su Yu really doesn't have much strength now, so he didn't break free.
"Buried by the Youshui ten miles outside the city, the subordinates know that the Xueya girl is a Moyang person, Moyang is near the water, and the Youshui tributaries can flow into the river and sea, and bring people back to their hometown."
Dong Wen didn't dare to look at Su Yu's eyes when he spoke, the fire burned so fiercely that the entire house burned down, how could he still see any bones, the tomb was just a well-dressed mound he erected, and he was buried first, hiding from the princess, so as not to be sad.
"Winter Min, thank you." This thanks, Su Yu is from the heart, "Is Ah Yue also buried with Xue Ya?" ”
"Miss Ah Yue is not dead."
"Not dead?" She saw with her own eyes how terrifying the fire was, even if she was not injured, she didn't dare to guarantee that she would be able to escape, Ah Yue actually survived?
"Miss Ah Yue was found by the courtyard wall after the fire was extinguished, and said that she escaped from the back window to save her life."
"Is it badly injured?"
Dong Wen shook his head: "Not hurt." ”
Su Yu glanced at Jiang Ci, Jiang Ci turned her upside down and stepped forward and said, "Immediately order someone to prepare the car.."
"Prepare the horses." Su Yu firmly interrupted Jiang Ci's words, "The way to Gwangju will not pass by Youshui, and when I come back, I will go to pay tribute to Xueya." ”
Although Jiang Ci was extremely worried, he knew that the other party was anxious and couldn't bear the time consumed by the carriage.
"Listen to the princess, call Ah Yue, and then take the gentleman surnamed Xu, and go with you."
"Yes."
Outside the city, the autumn wind is rising, and the branches and leaves of the trees on both sides of the official road are scattered with the wind.
A line of fast horses galloped, and yellow-brown dead leaves swept up with the horses' hooves.
Running at the front was an unridden silver-white Dawan horse, followed by four horses, Su Yu had to ride with Jiang Ci because his eyes had not yet recovered.
The horse's hooves are fast, and the cool breeze is whistling in the ears.
"Let's cough cough! Can you slow down! Xu Tiandong shouted a sentence and choked half a sentence of wind, and the bones of his body were about to be turned apart, "Lord Wang!" The villain is getting older! ”
Dong Min slowed down and paralleled Xu Tiandong: "Add money." ”
"Drive!" Xu Tiandong swept out with a wave of his horsewhip and overtook Dong Wen.
The speed was so fast, Dong Wen was stunned for two breaths before catching up, and it was true that he had money in his heart to make ghosts grind.
A flock of birds flew up in the mountains and forests, and the white horse running in front of it let out a long roar, and was suddenly blocked by the black shadow rushing out of the forest.
Jiang Ci held the hilt of the sword, and the group stopped at the horse, and they were a little surprised to see the person coming.
"Uncle Huang! Save me! Save me! ”
The horse under Xiao Mingyuan's crotch was obviously frightened and didn't listen to the call, and the young man held the reins, his face turned white with fright.
Jiang Ci was speechless, patted the horse's back, jumped up and lifted Xiao Mingyuan off the horse, turned over and tossed the horse three or two times, and then the horse stood firmly.
Xiao Mingyuan, who was also about to stand firmly, was shocked, wiped his sweat and gasped for breath.
Jiang Ci jumped off the horse and walked over, handing the reins of the horse to Xiao Mingyuan's hands: "Why are you here?" ”
"I.." Xiao Mingyuan took a few more breaths and said: "I went to find my father last night, and I heard that Uncle Huang was going to Gwangju today, and I wanted to go too, so I waited here early." ”
Jiang Ci's eyebrows frowned slightly: "Your Majesty asked you to go with this king?" ”
"Uh..." Xiao Mingyuan's eyes drifted to the left and right, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Even if he didn't ask, Jiang Ci guessed that there was no half of the guards around him, so he must have run out secretly.
"You went out of Beijing without permission, so bold, go back."
Xiao Mingyuan lowered his head in despair and resisted in a low voice: "I want to go." ”
He gritted his teeth, released the reins, ran under Su Yu's horse, and grabbed Su Yu's robe: "I came with my sister." He looked at Su Yu pleadingly and said, "Sister, let me go with you, you said you wanted to teach me." ”
"Sister?"
Jiang Ci stared at the hand that was holding Su Yu's robe, and sneered: "What ridiculous seniority? Do you go back by yourself, or does this king ask you to go back? ”
"I want to go, Uncle Huang, you let me follow, I won't make trouble."
"No, go back to the palace, don't let me say it again."
Su Yu's eyes couldn't see it, and he slowly looked over in the direction of Jiang Ci according to his voice: "Ah Ci." ”
Jiang Ci walked over quickly, brushed off Xiao Mingyuan's hand and rode back on the horse.
"Uncle Huang.."
Su Yu looked in the direction of Xiao Mingyuan and said: "Even if you are not taken seriously in the palace, no one dares to take your life, it is completely different when you leave the palace, and this trip is already dangerous, plus you will be even more dangerous, we may be hindered along the way, but after you go with you, I am afraid that bandits will be rampant all the way, and we are vying to take the life of your sixth highness." ”
"His Royal Highness is really not afraid to throw away his life, not afraid of affecting us, and he has to gamble on this game even if he puts his whole net worth?"
Xiao Mingyuan's thoughts were said, and he was speechless for a while.
"It's too late to go back now." Jiang Ci was too lazy to look at the young man under the horse, and he liked Xiao Mingyuan because he was cautious in handling things and knew how to keep his light and obscurity, but he didn't expect that his heart was still difficult to hide his impetuousness, and he wanted the moon when he gave him a candle.
Xiao Mingyuan was already resolute, and said after a moment of silence: "I want to go to Gwangju and do my part for the people and my father." ”
When Jiang Ci heard this, a smile of unknown meaning appeared on the corner of his lips: "When this king is your age, I don't know what it means to be long-term in the future, and get on the horse." ”
"Huh?" Xiao Mingyuan's eyes flashed in an instant: "Thank you, Uncle Huang!" ”
The little episode didn't delay much, crossing the avenue and crossing the mountain pass into the path.
A few people ran almost non-stop, seeing that the sun was about to go down, and they still did not reach the post house.
"Lord Wang." Dong Wen pointed to the location on the map, "The nearest post house is only seven or eight miles away, but the only route is not an official road. ”
"Horses and people need to rest."
If you set up an ambush, this road is very suitable, but if you don't go to the post house, spend the night in the barren forest, and the wild beasts are even more dangerous.
Jiang Ci hesitated for a long time and said: "Fight the spirit of twelve, if there is an ambush, there are few people and a quick decision, and there are many people who want to fight." ”
"Yes."
"Mr. Xu." Jiang Ci looked at Xu Tiandong, "If there is a fight, you go to the post house first and wait, no one will rush to you." ”
I didn't drink water all day, I didn't eat, I didn't even have urine in my stomach, Xu Tiandong was so tired that he couldn't say a word, so he could only nod.
"This king, the princess, and the Sixth Highness are here, Mr. Xu will just run away if he comes here to take care of himself, Dong Wen, Ah Yue will hand it over to you, be sure to protect her life."
Dong Wen arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, the prince." ”
"Let's go."