Chapter 49: The Empress is poisoned
After Wu Zetian heard Feiyun's words, he was very unhappy. What a smart person she is, she naturally understands Feiyun's intentions. She knew that Feiyun didn't want Fleur to follow her tomorrow, which would make it more difficult for Feiyun to protect herself. Furong doesn't know martial arts, and once she encounters an enemy, the three of Feiyun have to protect one more person.
Wu Zetian hurriedly said: "Furong can't go up the mountain tomorrow, I have already discussed it with Mrs. Guo and Furong just now." Then she said to Guo Qingshan: "Brother Guo, I want Furong to accompany me for a few days, do you have no opinion?" ”
Just now, Furong had already told Guo Qingshan about this, and said that her mother had also agreed, Guo Qingshan also saw that Wu Zetian was not an ordinary person, and immediately said: "Furong can accompany the old lady, that is her creation, how can I object." If Miss Li wants to go up the mountain to find a cave, I can let my son lead the way! ”
Xiao Yan didn't really plan to find any caves, but just said casually, wanting to find out Feiyun's arrangements for tomorrow. She listened to Wu Zetian's words and suddenly had a new idea.
Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Guo, Mrs. Li, I just heard Brother Lin talk about the cave, and I was just curious for a while, and I didn't want to go." Since Mrs. Li wants Fleur to accompany her, of course I have to listen to my own parents. I wonder if Mrs. Li has something for Sister Furong to do? If there is a need, the younger generation is willing to serve! ”
Xiao Yan's words aroused Wu Zetian's vigilance, Wu Zetian has always been suspicious and difficult to trust people. Besides, Xiao Yan and Rainbow both carry swords with them, and at first glance they are people in the rivers and lakes, so Wu Zetian is naturally secretly vigilant. Feiyun has helped her many times, but she can't fully trust Feiyun, let alone Xiao Yan, who she just met?
Xiao Yan took the initiative to show goodwill, but Wu Zetian thought that Xiao Yan was attentive and had nothing to do, and there must be some special intentions. Wu Zetian was vigilant, and naturally he would not be Xiao Yan.
Wu Zetian said lightly: "It's nothing, I just like Furong's liveliness and cuteness, let her talk to me." As for Miss Li's kindness, the old man has received it, but he doesn't dare to work hard! ”
Liangchen next to him was worried that Wu Zetian would say about leaving tomorrow, and was about to interrupt Wu Zetian's words at any time. Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian didn't mention a word, and Liangchen also felt Wu Zetian's distrust of Xiao Yan from Wu Zetian's words. Liangchen breathed a sigh of relief, but he also secretly admired Wu Zetian's shrewdness.
Wu Zetian declined Xiao Yan's kindness, and immediately made Xiao Yan come to his senses. Xiao Yan knew that she was in a hurry, which aroused Wu Zetian's suspicions. She secretly warned herself that she couldn't rush in, so as not to arouse more suspicion from Wu Zetian.
Xiao Yan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, even if the juniors don't say it." In this case, the younger generation will not affect the old lady. After saying that, she ignored Wu Zetian and turned to look at the hibiscus and beautiful scenery that were frolicking.
Soon, Chen Cunhua told everyone that the meal was ready, and everyone was invited to eat in the main hall. Xiao Yan and Rainbow hurriedly greeted Chen Cunhua, who was overjoyed and warmly beckoned them into the house together.
After dinner, everyone came to the courtyard. Fleur pulled the beautiful scenery and went to practice boxing. Feiyun and Guo Qingshan chatted, and Liangchen stayed by Wu Zetian's side. Xiao Yan and Rainbow whispered on the side, and Chen Cunhua took her two sons to the backyard.
After nearly two hours, when Guo Qingshan saw that it was almost time, he asked Chen Cunhua to arrange for everyone to rest, and everyone had their own things to do tomorrow, and they couldn't sleep too late. Naturally, everyone had no objections, and under Chen Cunhua's arrangement, they rested one after another.
The next morning, after Feiyun got up, he came to the courtyard. He had just practiced boxing for a while when he heard Meijing in front of the door and shouted urgently: "Big brother, come here!" ”
Feiyun saw that Meijing was nervous and anxious, so he hurriedly ran over and asked, "Third sister, what's wrong?" Meijing pointed to the inside of the room in a panic and stammered, "Li ...... Mrs. Lee...... Something happened! ”
Feiyun was shocked, hurriedly rushed in, and came to Wu Zetian's bedside. I saw Wu Zetian lying on the bed, motionless, moaning weakly in his mouth. Her face was frighteningly pale, and she looked pained.
Feiyun asked urgently, "Mrs. Li, what's wrong with you?" Liangchen, who had just finished giving Wu Zetian a pulse, stood up and said, "Big brother, don't call it." She could no longer speak, she was unconscious, she could not move, and her whole body was paralyzed! ”
Feiyun asked in horror, "Second sister, did you check out anything?" What the hell happened to her? Liangchen was about to speak, when Furong and Chen Cunhua walked in.
Liangchen had no choice but to say to Chen Cunhua: "Auntie, Furong, the old lady occasionally feels cold, don't come close." But don't worry, we'll heal her. You guys leave first, my eldest brother and I are going to discuss the matter of medicine. ”
Chen Cunhua was relieved when she heard Liangchen say that she would cure the disease. She nodded busily and walked out with Fleur in tow. Liangchen hurriedly told Meijing not to let people in again. Meijing replied and stood at the door.
Only then did Liangchen say to Feiyun: "Big brother, Mrs. Li has been poisoned by a strange poison. I couldn't find out what kind of poison it was, a poison I had never encountered before! ”
Feiyun was taken aback, Liangchen was proficient in medical skills among the three and was familiar with various pharmacology. If she didn't know what poison it was, Feiyun and Meijing wouldn't know it either.
Seeing that Feiyun was stunned and didn't say a word, Liangchen hurriedly comforted him and said, "Big brother, don't worry too much, although I don't know what kind of poison she has, I can be sure that her life is not in danger for the time being!" ”
Feiyun came back to his senses and muttered, "But we don't even know what poison is, how to detoxify her?" ”
Liangchen sighed and said, "Big brother, there is no other way now. I can only go to the mountain to find that old lady Wang and ask her for an antidote! ”
Feiyun was stunned and asked, "Second sister, do you suspect that it was really the poison of Old Madam Wang?" ”
Liangchen said with annoyance: "Big brother, it's not a doubt, it's an affirmation." Blame me for not being able to find out yesterday, and I didn't believe her words, but I didn't expect her to be really poisoned. ”
Feiyun immediately said: "Since it is certain that it is the poison given by Old Madam Wang, I will immediately go up the mountain and ask her for an antidote!" You two stay here and protect Mrs. Lee! ”
Meijing hurriedly said, "Big brother, I'll go with you!" Feiyun's face sank and said, "No." The two of you take turns to watch Mrs. Li, I'm going to ask for medicine, not to grab medicine! The second sister is alone, I don't feel at ease. I don't need to say much about this, I'm going to go! ”
Seeing Feiyun's pale face, Meijing was so frightened that she hurriedly shut up and stopped talking. She knew that the stakes were high, and she didn't dare to be petty.
Feiyun was about to leave the room, and Liangchen hurriedly said: "Big brother, don't be that old lady Wang, as long as her requirements are not excessive, I can only agree to them all now!" ”
Feiyun nodded, turned and walked out of the room. He was worried that Mrs. Wang had left the cave, so he mentioned light work and ran all the way.
An hour later, Feiyun came to the vicinity of the cave. He was about to rush straight over when he heard a girl shouting at the mouth of the cave.
Feiyun was surprised, those people in the cave didn't dare to come out in front of Old Madam Wang yesterday, let alone shout like this. What's more, there were only two handmaidens in the cave, and I had been on the mountain for some time, and I had never heard those two handmaidens speak loudly. It seems that an outsider has come to the cave, and there is an argument between the two sides.
Feiyun didn't dare to approach rashly, and quickly stopped. He looked around, fortunately he had been here the day before yesterday and was very familiar with the environment. He went up the hill and crept closer to the entrance of the cave.
Feiyun hid in a pile of grass, pulled out the weeds in front of him, and couldn't help but be surprised when he took a closer look. In the open space in front of the cave, Mrs. Wang, Wang Hai and a group of people were waiting for them. Opposite them were more than a dozen big men, led by Xu Zhitang, Luo Sitang and Xing'er in red.
Feiyun was very surprised, how could this Xu Zhitang appear here? If the two sides fight, Mrs. Wang, they will definitely not be opponents. If that's the case, it seems that he has to come forward to help Mrs. Wang.
Although Feiyun didn't want to grudge with Xu Zhitang, if something happened to Mrs. Wang, Wu Zetian's life would be in danger. Feiyun could only stare at the crowd in the clearing, ready to strike at any moment. m
It turned out that Xu Zhitang and Feiyun were forced to evacuate after failing to fight each other that day. Dongfang Xing'er was very angry, kept complaining about Xu Zhitang, and did not order a siege.
Xing'er thought that with their strength, they could completely kill Wu Zetian. Even if some brothers gave their lives for this, it would be worth it!
Xu Zhitang knew that what Xing'er said was reasonable, and hurriedly explained: "Little junior sister, if we fight to the death, of course we can kill Wu Zetian." But with the three heroes of Xiaoxiang, our brothers will also suffer a lot of casualties. I don't want to take the lives of many brothers in order to take Wu Zetian's life. ”
Xing'er said, "Senior brother, you just have too soft heart. I don't want my brothers to die, but if I miss such a good opportunity, it will be difficult to encounter it in the future. Maybe if you assassinate this vicious woman in the future, more brothers will die! ”
Xu Zhitang replied without hesitation: "If that's the case, I can only give up the assassination plan and find a way later!" Those strong men disagreed with Xu Zhitang's statement, saying that even if he died, he would fight with Wu Zetian to break the net.
These people are all survivors of Yangzhou that year, as well as the descendants of some of the war dead. They all have relatives who died in Yangzhou, and they hate Wu Zetian to the core, so they are naturally willing to fight to the death against Wu Zetian. Regarding Xu Zhitang's behavior today, everyone, like Xing'er, disagreed with it very much.
But because of the status of their subordinates, it is inconvenient for these people to publicly accuse Xu Zhitang like Xing'er. They can only express their determination to rather look at the broken jade than the whole tile, so as to force out Xu Zhitang's fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Luo Sitang hurriedly comforted everyone, he and Xu Zhitang had already prepared several sets of plans to assassinate Wu Zetian. Xu Zhitang just wanted to successfully kill Wu Zetian at the lowest cost. It's not time to fight to the death yet, so please be calm.
When everyone heard that Xu Zhitang and Luo Sitang had a follow-up assassination plan, they quieted down and did not continue to make noise. But they wanted Xu Zhitang to act immediately, lest Wu Zetian run away!