Chapter Twenty-Six, The Truth
After Li Yu finished speaking, she wanted to take Chu Luan away, but she hadn't asked clearly where she was willing to go.
Chu Luan fumbled to pull Wei Wei's sleeve, his expression was slightly sad, and he repeated in a daze, "What's your name?" Who took it for you? ”
Wei Wei didn't care, thinking that Chu Luan had taken a fancy to him, and blamed himself for saying so much just now, and hurting a girl's heart again, alas.
Li Yu was a little impatient, and his movements were rude, and he pulled Chu Luan out of the carriage, "Hurry up!" ”
Chu Luan staggered a few steps and didn't struggle anymore.
Why did she do that? It's a fact that I saw it with my own eyes, but I always think that a miracle will happen. She was able to be reborn, because God had mercy and the sky was ruthless. Push her back into the world again. has already died a Wei Wei, why should she harm others again.
Chu Luan turned his face away and honestly followed Li Yu to meet their leader.
Wei Wei looked at her sad back and couldn't help but smile, "I'm really attractive, and I still say I'm boring." ”
Chu Luan didn't know where he was taken, but he heard the sound of insects and birds chirping nearby, and thought it was a secluded and hidden place.
Li Yu was also very cautious, and never untied Chu Luan, nor did he untie the black belt she was wearing.
Chu Luan felt that he had turned several corners, and he could still hear the sound of water dripping onto the stone wall halfway.
Is it a cave? Where is the cave?
Where can there be so many shadow guards in the capital, and they are so hidden, and they are not discovered by outsiders at all.
Chu Luan suddenly had an unbelievable answer: Could it be ...... She's out of town? However, the city was already under curfew, and the security at the city gate had been strengthened from the time the assassin appeared to the time she was captured, so how did they bring themselves here without knowing it?
Chu Luan couldn't help but be a little more vigilant.
Li Yu stopped suddenly, only to hear a majestic old voice sounding in front of him, "Li Yu, someone brought it?" ”
Listening to the voice, Chu Luan was not familiar with it. It shouldn't be the enemy she provoked.
"Back to the lord, brought it."
The man in black in the cave, sitting on a seat covered with layers of animal skins, stood up. He wore an iron mask on his face, the beard on his chin and the gray hair on his temples betrayed his age, and a pair of swollen eyes shone like a mouse, "Hehehehe, Lord Zhaoyue, meet for the first time, don't come harm." After speaking, he bowed politely.
It's a pity that Chu Luan is masked and can't see him, she pretends to be calm in the face of all unknown circumstances, "Your Excellency's hospitality is really extraordinary." With that, he raised his bound hands.
The masked man laughed, "The county lord is smart, this little trick can't help you." I only made this decision to avoid trouble. But...... I don't think the county lord will lose a finger or an eye because of a momentary curiosity. ”
Chu Luan withdrew his hands. Indeed, if it weren't for the fact that it was impossible for her to fight the shadow guard here under the premise of being injured, she would have untied the rope in the carriage. "Dare to ask Your Excellency."
"Old man is just a businessman." The masked man trembled and poured a cup of tea for Chu Luan and himself, "The county lord can call me Mr. Chang." After speaking, he handed the tea to Chu Luan, and then poured it all out, "I almost forgot, the county lord can't see the tea, so he can't drink it." ”
"Don't go around in circles, what the hell is your purpose?" Chu Luan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.
But the other party seems to like this kind of conversation that whets the other person's appetite: "Do you want to know about that old case ten years ago?" ”
Ten years ago? Wasn't that the year Ruan Qing died, the year he became an ominous person?
"What do you want to say?"
"I want to make a deal with the county lord." The other party said with a smile.
Chu Luan held back the excitement and questions in his heart, unconsciously raised his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a mocking smile, "Chu Luan is not talented, he has no ability at all for more than ten years, only a little lame needlework, I am afraid that there is no cost of trading." ”
She looked calm and confident, which made Li Yu itch her teeth: Why is this woman so good at pretending?
"The county lord is wrong. Since the old man sincerely invited the county lord to come, he naturally had my plan. Doesn't the county lord want to know how your mother died? ”
Chu Luan's face changed slightly, but it was only for a short moment, it was difficult for people to see the flaws, she looked at it jokingly and asked, "Could it be that you did it?" ”
Mr. Chang: ......
"The county lord is really tormented, how could I do such a hurtful thing."
Chu Luan obviously didn't believe that a good person would tie her up here so secretly and cut her on one of her arms.
"Since it's a deal, the old man naturally won't let the county lord suffer. I can tell the county lord that it was Du Qiyuan who killed Lingtang back then, but it was the current emperor Murong Chuyao who gave the order. ”
Chu Luan's eyebrows skipped a slight beat, but she didn't show too much, she didn't intend to believe him at all.
The other party looked at Chu Luan's indifferent expression, and knew that she didn't believe herself, so she continued: "If the county lord can help the old man get what he wants, then the old man will naturally do his best to help the county lord avenge." ”
Chu Luan said lightly, "You said that Du Qiyuan killed my mother, but as far as I know, the reason why Du Qiyuan's house was raided back then was that he had fornicated with foreign enemies. If all this was instructed by the emperor, then why didn't he push everything to Du Qiyuan, but let it become an unsolved case? ”
In the face of Chu Luan's forced questioning, the other party also calmly coped with this situation, either he had already thought that Chu Luan would ask like this, and he had already thought of countermeasures; Either that or he didn't lie, and he must have known what was going on.
Mr. Chang laughed, "Hahahaha, His Royal Highness the County Lord, please allow the old man to introduce." Lao Yu is the prince of the previous dynasty, King Yongping, Murong Hao. ”
Murong Hao?! Isn't that Murong Chuyao's own uncle? He's still alive?
"When your mother's accident happened back then, the rebellion of the kings had just been pacified, and your father Chu Xu wholeheartedly assisted Murong Chuyao and strangled dissidents for him, but he ignored that those in high positions were the most suspicious. After the old man survived by luck, he accidentally met Du Qiyuan's family, and they told me that it was Murong Chuyao who ordered the assassination of your mother and daughter, hoping to force the Chu family and the Ruan family to break up and weaken your father's power. This is all that the old man knows, as for the rest, before the county lord gives sincerity, the old man can't remember. ”
After listening to his words, Chu Luan firmly believed that this old thief must have something to say yet, or did not tell the truth all.
But now she can't ask anymore, after all, it's someone else's territory, and she still knows the truth that people have to bow their heads under the eaves. Now at least the key to knowing the whole thing is Du Qiyuan.
She pretended to be deep, "You told me so much, and you are willing to help me take revenge, I guess what you want is not something that can be easily obtained." ”
"The county lord is smart." He said slowly, "What the old man wants is indeed rare, but if he relies on the ability of the county lord, it must be easy. The old man didn't want anything else, he just wanted to use the talismans of Ling Zun and King Yongning. ”
"You're going to rebel?" Chu Luan said urgently.
This old thief really dares to say, if he really succeeds, then what's the point of living his life again? Isn't one of the big things she wants to do is to assist Murong Jin? This old thief is friend or foe, and can never be trusted.
These words seemed to greatly irritate him, and he roared like a madman, "Rebellion? I am also the heir of the authentic Murong clan, how can I not do this throne? Back then, my father passed the throne to my brother, and my brother was able to do it, and I was convinced. But his group of sons and daughters, all of them only know how to delve into conspiracy and calculations, who is really thinking about Yongguo! Murong Chuyao's cowardice only knows what peace agreement to sign, and the city doesn't know how much to cede, ignoring the majesty of our Yongguo country. If they're incompetent, why can't I be a brother?! ”
Chu Luan has also studied Murong Chuyao's statecraft strategy, and there is indeed a lack of decisiveness in the handling of some things, and some are a little more ruthless. But even if the current capital looks so unbearable and corrupt, with the support of Murong Chuyao, the people a hundred miles away from the capital are indeed living well, taking Jiangnan and the area near Yeli Kingdom as an example.
When Murong Hao was crazy enough, he turned around and said to Chu Luan insidiously, "Those who know the times are Junjie, and the county lord must know how to read poetry and books, right?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Chu Luan felt a strong wind blowing, and she couldn't dodge because her vision and movement were limited. A gravitational force slammed into her abdomen, and a pill was shoved into her mouth, melting in her mouth.
"You ......" Chu Luan's face turned pale, and it took a while before he spasmed, "What did you give me?" ”
Murong Hao smiled and patted Li Yu's shoulder, but his mouth was painless and accusing him, "Look, you won't pity the jade at all, how can it be good if you accidentally hurt the county lord?" ”
Li Yu said dogleggedly, "The subordinates know their mistakes." ”
Even if Chu Luan is blindfolded, he can imagine the picture of two people singing and harmonizing, embarrassed and treacherous, which is obscene enough.
"The county lord doesn't have to worry, it's just a guarantee of a deal between you and me. What he just gave the county lord was a secret poison, as long as the county lord did what I said, he would naturally deliver the antidote on time every month, if not, the county lord would feel the pain of being eaten by ten thousand ants. ”
Chu Luan sneered in his heart, it's a pity for this medicine. She already has a strange poison in her body, this little thing is not enough to see in front of her, there is nothing more poisonous than the poison on her body, so she can be said to be invincible. However, this person didn't know about it, and it didn't seem that he had poisoned himself. It's better for her to pretend to be subservient first, and then think about it in the long run when she leaves.
"By the way, the old man also reminded the county lord that the old man was willing to tell the county lord my true identity, which shows the sincerity of the old man, and I hope that the county lord will not let me down. Murong Hao, the king of Yongping, had died in the rebellion of the kings that year, and only Mr. Chang survived. ”