Yancheng, the palace of the North Courtyard

After a few days of drowsiness, it finally cleared up, the wind in the air was no longer so urgent, and the sky became blue, and the sun poured down from the sky, shining in this courtyard, and there was some warmth.

At this time, the main room of the Qingmei Garden slowly opened the window, revealing a gentle and charming face, it was Zhao Ruwan, who had already lived in the North Courtyard Mansion and had the status of a side concubine.

The injury on her shoulder was still very painful, but her face at this moment was a little relieved, looking up at the blue sky, and the pouring sun, feeling the coolness in the air, she muttered to herself,

"Lord Commander, I didn't do anything to be sorry for you."

Last night, Yeluchang came to Zhao Ruwan's place and wanted to stay here, but Zhao Ruwan refused because of an injury on her shoulder

Now, I can barely get close to him

It's worthy of Zhang Chongshan

"It's just, in this case, how long can I last, I should come, sooner or later, I will come."

Zhao Ruwan was in a trance for a while, her brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of sadness flashed on her gentle face.

She turned her head to look at the gauze on her shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stretched out her right hand and grabbed it hard, blood seeping out quickly, staining her clothes red

Zhao Ruwan's face turned pale in pain, and her body trembled slightly, but her gaze was still very firm.

"Lord Commander, this is the only way I can delay"

"I just hope that the Overseer's movements can be faster, so that I can leave here as soon as possible, and after this matter is over, maybe we can fly away."

The voice of self-talk fell, Zhao Ruwan felt that her body was already weakened to the extreme due to the severe pain and blood flowing, she staggered, poofed, and collapsed to the ground.

"Concubine Wan, what's wrong with you?"

The little maid who happened to pass by saw this scene, with panic and panic on her face, and hurriedly ran into the house, and when she saw the red blood on Zhao Ruwan's body and her pale face, she was immediately startled

"Oh no, Concubine Wan has an accident"

"Come on."

With a hoarse scream, the little girl rushed to Zhao Ruwan like crazy, and then dragged her to the bed with great difficulty.

About half an hour later, after the imperial doctor finished the diagnosis, he walked out of the inner room with some solemnity, and then came to Ye Luchang, who was waiting for news in the outer room, the old imperial doctor bowed his hand respectfully, and said in a low voice,

"Concubine Wan's wound burst out, and bleeding profusely, her body is extremely weak, although her life is not in danger, but the situation is not good, these days, I am afraid that she needs bed rest and can no longer walk."

"I see"

Yeluchang frowned, waved his hand,

"Go down"

The imperial doctor respectfully retreated, and Yelu Chang came to the inner room with a frown, retreated from the little maid who was waiting, and then walked to the bed with a solemn face, grabbed Zhao Ruwan's wrist, and asked in a low voice,

"What happened, why all of a sudden, the wound burst open"

"The King"

Zhao Ruwan stared at Ye Luchang with affection, and said with red eyes,

"The concubine wanted to serve the king, so I wanted to change the clothes on my body, but I didn't expect that if I accidentally touched the wound, it was cracked because the concubine's body was wrong, which made the king worried."

"You"

Yelu Chang looked at Zhao Ruwan's guilty look, and his heart suddenly felt extremely distressed, and at the same time, he was a little guilty about what happened last night, he gently patted the back of Zhao Ruwan's hand, and said softly,

"No need to do this, I can wait for your body to fully recover"

"In the past few days, you can recuperate with peace of mind, the doctor has said, you are too weak to move, I will send a few more maids to serve in the next few days, you don't get out of bed for the time being"

"Well, thank you for your grace."

Zhao Ruwan nodded lightly, her face full of gratitude.

The two of them stayed here briefly for a while, Zhao Ruwan's eyes flickered, grabbed Ye Luchang's palm, and asked in some surprise,

"King, didn't you say that you were going to send someone to pick up the people in my tribe, why haven't you seen them until now, is there something delayed on the way?"

"This"

When Yelu heard this, his face suddenly froze, and he became a little stumbling.

He had already sent someone to Changbai Mountain, but what he saw was the tribe that had been burned by a fire, and he was worried that Zhao Ruwan would not be able to accept this fact, so he temporarily concealed it

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ruwan asked again at this time

"I don't know much about this matter, I'll go back and ask someone, and I'll give you news when the time comes, you don't have to worry, just rest assured that you're recuperating."

After hesitating for a moment, Yelu Chang dodged Zhao Ruwan's scorching gaze and lowered his head and said.

"King, you are cheating on the concubine"

Zhao Ruwan frowned, and there was a little more sadness in her voice, even with a sobbing meaning, and said,

"It only took one day for our tribe to get to Yancheng, but you have spent nearly half a month on this matter, and you haven't invited them yet, you actually don't want to invite them over, do you?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Ruwan's tears couldn't help but flow, and the aggrieved appearance really made people feel distressed

"Don't get me wrong"

Jerodon was anxious for a moment, and hurriedly said,

"I really sent someone to pick them up, but they have all been killed, your entire tribe has been burned, and no one has been left, not even the corpses"

"What how can this be"

Zhao Ruwan's face froze for a moment, and she was a little speechless for a while, and the tears flowed down even more.

"Don't worry, I'm sending someone to find the murderer, this matter will come to an end sooner or later"

Yelu often felt sorry for Zhao Ruwan, carefully grabbed her wrist, and said in a deep voice,

"Your tribe saved my life, and now that I have been killed for no apparent reason, I will definitely investigate clearly, avenge them, and give you an explanation"

"Woohoo"

Zhao Ruwan didn't say much, just lay on her back to the sky, looked at the roof, and was stunned.

It seems to be extremely sad

Yelu Chang stayed here for some time, Zhao Ruwan fell into a deep sleep, he looked at the latter's pale face, sighed distressedly, and then handed over this place to a few maids, turned around and walked out.

"King, things are clear"

There was a middle-aged man with a thin figure and a somewhat sharp nose standing at the door, he arched his hand, leaned in front of Yeluchang, and said in a low voice,

"The body of a slain assassin was found in the hunting grounds, identified as a man from the South Courtyard, named Hodullah, who suddenly disappeared a month ago and has not been seen since"

"The Southern Courtyard was convicted of desertion, but later, the Southern Courtyard secretly sent someone to send some silver and food to his family, which was not the treatment of deserters at all."

"This Hodullah is most likely an assassin arranged by the Southern Courtyard. ”

"Also, the crossbow arrows that attacked you were cleared, but we found one in the grass, and the tail of this crossbow arrow was carefully erased. ”

"However, looking at the location of the mark, it should be similar to the Eagle Fire sign in the South Courtyard."

"Also, in the place where the remains of Lord Wanfei's tribe remained, under the ice and snow, a knife was found, and this knife is undoubtedly the one to which the Southern Courtyard belongs. ”

"Humble speculation, all this is inseparable from the Southern Courtyard"

After speaking, the general bent down slightly, silently waiting for Yeluchang's response.

"These things, I can probably guess before, in the entire Jurchen, only the Southern Courtyard dares to assassinate this king, and other people don't have the courage at all."

After being quiet for a long time, Yelu Chang took a deep breath, and his gaze became cold, and he said in a low voice,

"What I want to know now is how did the Southern Courtyard know about the traces of this king?"

"The location of their ambush is so accurate, it must have known the king's hunting route in advance, which shows that there are spies in the north courtyard of his southern courtyard."

"I want you to stare at the South Courtyard while first finding out this gap for this king"

"In addition to the spies, we can do it to the Southern Courtyard again"

When the middle-aged man heard this, his face showed a trace of solemnity, and then he arched his hand slightly, saying,

"Please rest assured, the king will find the spy as soon as possible"

Yancheng, Living House Temple

Resplendent and magnificent, this temple, in the entire Yancheng, is second to none in any aspect, and this scale, even in Chang'an City, can be regarded as one or two of the first

The reason why it is so magnificent is because this temple is a temple dedicated to the Jurchen nobles, and ordinary people are not qualified to enter or approach

The temple is even guarded by some guards

Today's sun is shining, the weather is not as cold as before, this temple has a lot more people than in the past, people are respectfully and devout on the Daxiong Treasure Hall incense, kneeling down

"Concubine, please come here"

And at this moment, the old abbot of the Hoisha Temple was respectfully accompanying the concubine of the North Courtyard, leading her to the back of the Hoisha Temple, and her wrinkled face was full of respect.

The concubine is a devout person who believes in Buddhism, on the fifth day of the first month of each month, she will personally come to the living house temple, and then eat fast and chant Buddha here for a day, and get up in the early morning of the second day and return to the North Courtyard Palace

This is something that almost the entire Yancheng people know, so it was not surprising to see her taken to the rear by the old abbot.

"This is it"

Soon after, the old abbot took the concubine to a quiet house, although it is said that this is a Buddhist hall, but because of the noble status of the concubine, this Buddhist hall is also full of luxury and wealth

Inside, the charcoal stove flickered brightly and darkly, and the gold-encrusted statue of the Bodhisattva sat on the stove, looking at the living beings with compassion

The eldest concubine bowed down and walked in, kneeling on the futon under the statue of the Bodhisattva with great piety, and the old abbot bowed his hand slightly, taking her maid to the side hall.

The door closed, and the atmosphere in the Buddhist hall became very quiet, and only the voice of the concubine could be heard praying in a low voice, and the gentle and regular sound of wooden fish

"The king was able to return for the rest of his life, thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, the disciple came to repay his vows"

"I hope that the Bodhisattva can bless the king and successfully sit on the Jurchen throne"

"The king is broad-minded, bright, and brave, and will definitely be able to lead the Jurchens to become stronger"

"Bodhisattva Blessing"

"Bodhisattva bless, I can conceive the king's child as soon as possible"

The concubine whispered, not noticing at all that a small hole had suddenly broken open in the window she had turned to, and a small bamboo pipe had been inserted from the outside

A wisp of white smoke drifted out of the bamboo pipe, and soon, the faint aroma filled the entire Buddhist hall, and the voice of the concubine praying for blessings also stopped abruptly, and the body shook and collapsed to the ground.

Crunch

The door was pushed open by two young novices in monk's robes, who looked at each other and dragged in with a sack.

The two of them quickly closed the door of the house, and then came to the concubine with the sack, tore the sack open, and a middle-aged man in armor rolled out of it.

If anyone from the Southern Courtyard saw this man, they would be surprised.

Because this person is the son of the king of the Southern Courtyard, Yelu Changwu, this Yelu Changwu is also quite famous in Yancheng, he doesn't learn and has no skills, but this person is very tough and handsome, and he is also a flamboyant billet

Over the years, he has relied on his father to be the king of the Southern Courtyard, and relying on his own talent, he can be described as suave and suave in Yancheng, no one can compare, and he also has a habit

That's the one who likes married women the most

This Yelu Changwu has even become a nightmare for many officials, people are doing their best to protect their families, and they will not be targeted by this guy, and sometimes if they can't prevent it, they will be hooked away by him

And sometimes, it is forcibly taken away

And in view of his status as the son of the king of the Southern Courtyard, he is extremely noble, and people can't afford to provoke him, so he has to break his teeth and swallow it into the only son

Therefore, this Yelu Changwu is also notorious

"Take them to the back, and we don't need to worry about the rest."

"When the girl comes, she will definitely find out."

"The maid is already our person, she will spread the news"

The two little novices whispered while carrying the unconscious concubine and Nayelu Changwu to the room behind the Buddha hall, which was prepared by the old abbot of the Huoshe Temple for the concubine alone

After all, the eldest concubine is the head of the North Courtyard, and she has a noble status among the Jurchen clan, even if she eats fasting and recites Buddha, she can't really have a place to rest like other noble ladies

Crunch

The two novices pushed the door open, then walked in, and laid the concubine and Yeluchang on the bed together, and then covered them with a quilt.

"Everything is ready"

The two novices glanced at each other, and then one of them took out a small black porcelain vase from his bosom and opened it again, and a faint fragrance permeated the room, and in an instant it filled the whole room.

"Let's go"

The little novice covered his nose, not daring to smell the scent, and quickly exited the room.

"Inform the little maid that you can come over in half an hour."

"Let her be careful"

"Next, it's going to be a big show"

The two novices said and jumped out of the courtyard