First temptation
The emperor expressed his satisfaction with the soldier's behavior, if she didn't consider anything and let her go directly, she would have a headache, after all, if she didn't rectify the discipline, she couldn't rest assured, guarding the city gate was such an important task, and she must not be sloppy.
"Na, what do you call it in a while?" Shangguan Yi pursed the corners of his lips and asked the emperor. The guard of a small city in the East China Sea can have such an awareness, he is actually a little envious, but sour, can't be so sour, so he has to pull out the dark emperor and ask questions.
The emperor pondered for a while, since it was done without the people below, and the clothes were changed, the name also had to be changed, but what was the name? Hmm......
After a while, the emperor's eyes lit up and said, "Jiang Qingyi, call me Young Master Jiang!"
The Blood Cloak was silent for some reason, silently twisting its head to the side, not making an observational appearance.
Shangguan Yi didn't understand a little, so he nodded first and said, "Yes, Young Master Jiang." Then he asked the Blood Cloak, "Although the name is a bit weird, isn't your reaction a little too weird?"
The blood cloak glanced at Shangguan Yi, shook his head, and just said, "It's nothing, the name is good, it's just that I thought of some of my own things." ”
In fact, if the inner monologue of the blood cloak is interpreted in modern terms, it is like this: You stupid stupid child, people even use your name to give me a code name, this Jun Jiang brand of dog food...... It's all stuffed into your stomach, and you haven't even noticed it.
No matter how powerful Shangguan Yi's perception is, it is impossible for him to rise to the level of mind reading, let alone read the mind of the blood cloak, so he doesn't understand the situation at all, so he can only be silent, waiting for the Royal Forest Army to find the hotel where they stay, and they will go in to rest or something.
In fact, there is no such hotel in a small city that can accommodate more than 200 people at the same time and add 200 horses, and there may not be a larger city, so they can only scatter and forage for food, and this time is also the most likely time for accidents, so they need to protect the emperor well.
After a while, the coachman stopped the carriage, and the prince came over and shouted, "Young master, let's have a meal here today, rest your feet, and hurry again tomorrow." ”
Yes, the prince also knew what the emperor meant, but he didn't know what the fake name was, so he called the young master very smartly, with universal lines.
The blood cloak rushed at Shangguan Yi and winked, signaling for Shangguan Yi to enter the role of a maid first: get out of the car and help the young master get out of the car.
Shangguan Yi got out of the carriage very respectfully, and respectfully stretched out his hand to help the emperor get off the carriage, in fact, it is okay not to help, after all, as a man, this seems to be a bit of a sissy, but no one dares to say anything.
"What the young master wants to eat, I'll tell them to do it. The prince bowed, and then asked with concern, as if he were an idiot who spoiled his children, but ...... Anyone who knows the truth doesn't think so.
"No, it's hard to come out and have a look, I'll just see for myself. "Your Majesty, ah no, it was Jiang Qingyi who waved his hand and rejected the kindness of the prince. It's been a long time since she's been to a place like this kind of restaurant, so naturally she wants to study it herself.
"Yes, young master. Wang Gonggong (who was actually dressed like a steward of a big family at this time) stepped back and stood behind Jiang Qingyi's body.
Jiang Qingyi looked at the small inn in front of the two floors, which was not good-looking, she had never really been to this kind of place, the restaurant in Kyoto would not be so shabby, or she would not have the opportunity to go to the shabby restaurant, if she had the opportunity to leave the palace, she would naturally go to the landmark buildings in Kyoto, and would not drill any small alleys.
"Leave a few people to protect me, and the rest will disperse, and each of them will find a place to solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and don't disturb the people too much. After Jiang Qingyi gave the order, she walked into the hotel with the maid.
Their every move naturally attracted the attention of the people in the store for a long time, so as soon as they entered the door, Xiao Er was warmly welcomed, nodded and led to the empty table, brought tea and poured it, and asked Jiang Qingyi what he wanted to eat.
Jiang Qingyi just wanted to say: "Serve all your signature dishes here." This is a special line for nouveau riche or rich dogs, and then with a turn of his mind, he asked his maid: "Does Xiaoqing have any recommendations?"
"Young master, I haven't been to this store either, so I don't know very well. Shangguan Yi blinked, what does this guy mean.
Jiang Qingyi picked up the teacup and said with an inexplicable smile: "If that's the case, then I'll test you and give you an order." ”
Shangguan Yi pulled her arm when she was about to drink, and said with a little sadness and pity: "If it doesn't taste good, don't blame the young master." After that, he blinked his eyes and killed the onlookers in seconds.
Although it is easy to disguise, even if it is a disguise chosen by the blood cloak, it is innocent, cute, innocent and harmless, of course, it only refers to the surface, plus the classmate Shangguan Yi who performed hard, the lethality is off the charts.
Jiang Qingyi put down the cup and said with a little doting: "That's nature." ”
Then Shangguan Yi tilted his head and thought for a while, ordered some usual dishes, and then asked for a few special dishes and a pot of the best tea.
After he finished here, the prince wanted to order food but was stopped by Shangguan Yi and asked them to share the table with the two of them, after all, there were quite a lot of dishes ordered, of course, there were other reasons, I was afraid that they would die in vain.
The princes and princes naturally didn't dare, but Jiang Qingyi faintly guessed Shangguan Yi's thoughts, and naturally asked them to sit down. Of course, her opening was not the same level of power as Shangguan Yi, even if these people were sitting on pins and needles, they didn't dare to get up.
The speed of serving the food is still very fast, but the emperor does not move the chopsticks, and no one dares to move except Shangguan Yi, so there are only on this table:
"Ah, the young master eats this, this is very good, and this, this ......"
"Ah, I like to eat this more, it's all mine, this seems to be more ordinary, so don't you want it? ”
A voice like this sounded, and then the small plate in front of the emperor was piled up with food, and the group of people watching it were dumbfounded, not knowing what to think, but Jiang Qingyi was still very spoiled, and ate all the things on the plate, not blaming the maid at all, no, not only not to blame, but even smiling very gently.
"This maid can't be the concubine of this son's brother, right? It's a gentleman, and she knows how to play with women!
This is the angry and frustrated idea of the onlookers, as for the prince and the princess...... They thought with tears streaming down their faces: The emperor has finally opened his mind, and the emperor's heir is hopeful! Although he can't be the queen, there is no problem at all with being a concubine.
This meal was weird, and the ones who were really happy to eat were Jiang Qingyi, Shangguan Yi, and the others ate absentmindedly, picking a few dishes in front of them to eat, and Shangguan Yi didn't even touch the plates in front of him. How dare you touch it, what the future princess likes to eat, even the emperor doesn't dare to clip it, how dare they grab it.
It was also very late after eating, and a few of them asked for a room and went up, Jiang Qingyi naturally had a room with Shangguan Yi, Wang Gonggong and a guard in a room, and the remaining two guards in a room, and the guards in other parts of the city were probably the same, some of them rested, and some of them conducted various explorations of the city.
"Is there a problem with this hotel?" Jiang Qingyi asked in a whisper while sitting on the bed.
"Well, the pot of tea at the beginning, as well as a few dishes, were poisonous. Shangguan Yi nodded.
"You ate it...... Is it okay?" Jiang Qingyi remembered that this guy ate a few bites of the kind of dish that she didn't let herself eat, she was smart and could quickly understand Shangguan Yi's hints, but she didn't quite understand it if she dared to eat it knowing that it was poisonous.
"It's okay, I just want to see if I can find out what kind of poison it is, unfortunately it's a drug, the kind that is not very rare, so you may not sleep long before you are woken up. Shangguan Yi sat at the table and took a sip of tea, shrugging regretfully, looking like he hadn't entered the inn they had designed as the other party expected.
"Oh, then I'll go to bed early. Jiang Qingyi quickly took off her shoes and slept with her clothes. She knew that this guy wouldn't go to this bed, probably planning to watch herself by the table all night, right?
Shangguan Yi blew out the lamp, propped up the table with one hand, and closed his eyes.
In the middle of the night, sure enough, someone secretly blew a smoke, and after a while, pushed open the door and walked in.
It's a pity that he just took two steps before he felt a pain in the heart of his foot, as if he had been pricked by a needle, but fortunately, he also got home, endured the pain, and was ready to continue walking, but unfortunately Shangguan Yi patted him on the shoulder, slapped away his last bit of strength, and gently threw him out of the room.
Although it is said that the assassin of the second heaven is a good hand, but the moment he is stabbed, the game is already over, because the needle is highly poisonous, which makes him lose the ability to resist and dies in his sleep.
There seems to be only one assassin tonight, although there are people staring outside the house, but he doesn't dare to come in, it may be the secret guard outside, the master asked him to throw a mouse bogey, or it may be that he is not sure of killing with one blow, in short, he left when the sky was faint, giving up this opportunity.
Early the next morning, Jiang Qingyi got a report from his subordinates about the events of last night and the situation in this city.
One of the Guards died last night, poisoned, and a few with some minor injuries. Of course, he also killed a few assassins, which may be a small profit in general, but it is not worth being happy when you don't know the total strength of the other party. After the casualties exceed a certain level, the trip will be greatly delayed, and the fatigue of continuous travel coupled with the injuries will definitely fail.
As for the city, according to the information collected, the parents and officials are still honest and honest, conscientious, and the people are not rich, but the basic food, clothing, housing and transportation can still be solved, and there are no special rumors, it seems that the problem is not big.
"Plan one, execute, leave here after breakfast and move on to the next destination. Jiang Qingyi said lightly, it seems that she had expected this plan a long time ago.
The so-called plan is to act in groups, cook by yourself, check the materials and whatever, minimize the possibility of poisoning, and send people to keep vigil in shifts to avoid sneak attacks, that is, to minimize casualties.
There were no twists and turns in breakfast, and after this battle, those people seemed to have given up on making a name for themselves. After all, laymen look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway, Shangguan Yi seemed to be coquettish yesterday, but he let the emperor and others not eat a bite of poisonous things, including the smoke in the middle of the night is useless. From this, those people can know that there must be a master of poison around the emperor, and ordinary tricks are afraid that they will not work. But knowing this is also a kind of gain for them, this is just the first small temptation, and there is still more time to come.
After breakfast, Shangguan Yi helped the emperor back to the carriage with a little packed pastries, and the blood cloak sat there quietly, as if nothing had happened.
"Nothing happened last night, right?" Shangguan Yi handed over the pastry in his hand and blinked.
"Someone tried to do something to the carriage, but he died before he could get close to it. The blood cloak picked up a piece and said lightly.
"What did you do?" Shangguan Yi's eyebrows jumped, although he felt a little incredible, but this person's expression was very suspicious.
The blood cloak shook his head unexpectedly, and said: "Things may be getting more and more interesting, it seems that there are still some forces to get involved, they did it, as for whether the attitude is completely friendly to us, well, it's hard to say." ”
"Oh, this is interesting, is this the advantage of being good-looking? Shangguan Yi was joking, but he was actually secretly thinking about the strangeness of this matter.
"It doesn't matter, that kind of thing. What's more, isn't it more likely that Jun Yishen was worried about me, so he asked his friend for help?" The emperor is very calm, she has a good grasp of the situation, to be honest, Shangguan Yi is not as good as her, but Shangguan Yi has the skill of perceiving, and it is very advantageous to encounter an ambush or something. Otherwise, he felt that he might not have to follow along, no, it was still necessary.
Shangguan Yi, who suddenly remembered what his main purpose was, left a sentence, "I need to meet next time." "I slipped away without saying a second sentence. I almost put the cart before the horse, isn't the main purpose of his coming here to cultivate internal strength? Why is he so enthusiastic about protecting the emperor, that guy doesn't have to worry about himself at all, if he didn't practice martial arts, he wouldn't need such personal protection at all.
"He's very energetic. The emperor smiled and gave this evaluation.
"What do you think of him?" asked the Blood Cloak as it kicked its little foot at the trap, closing the floor, but still staring at it.
"What do you say?" the emperor smiled, could it be his friend......
"Nothing, you just say it, just want to hear what you think. The blood cloak doesn't answer, she will keep the bottom line of what to say and what not to say, and it is inevitable to discuss with friends when she says something that shouldn't be said, who makes herself uncertain, and her friend is very smart?
"He, I don't like you. The emperor pondered for a moment and gave these five words.
"Your assessment is really ...... It's so tasteless, I don't like such a young child, and if you make this kind of joke again, you won't be able to eat and walk around, hum. The blood cloak rolled his eyes, what the hell is this evaluation.
"Blame me, I didn't make it clear, he's fine. The emperor naturally forgave her, she was actually afraid that her friends would like this guy. Although excellent is excellent, but he doesn't like her and won't like her, so if she likes him, it will be a disaster, and the emperor doesn't want this to happen.
"Hmph. "The cloak of blood let her go.