Chapter 357: Hidden Edge
Hearing the housekeeper's report that Gonggong Meng asked to see him, Li Congshan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led everyone out to greet him, and as soon as he walked to the door of the hall, he saw a tall old eunuch with a sick face standing outside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Congshan raised his hand and said, "Is there something important for Gonggong Meng to come now?" Meng Baixing glanced at him, followed by a sharp gaze that swept over the three people behind him one by one, coughed a few times and said in a deep voice: "The lord of the country has a purpose." ”
Li Congshan was startled, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please Gong Meng to announce the decree." Xiao Han and the three of them also bowed down. Meng Baixing glanced at them, shook his head slightly, and said: "King Zheng doesn't need to be polite, pass on the word of the lord of the country, the original palace should be a palace maid and many guards did not perform their duties, so they were all replaced, and another person who did his best was selected to wait." ”
Li Congshan breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up coldly and said: "All the people have been replaced, what's the use of preaching this oracle again?" Meng Baixing smiled dryly: "The old slave of the country came to announce the decree, presumably because he was afraid that His Royal Highness King Zheng would misunderstand, and asked the old slave to explain." ”
Li Congshan invited him into the hall to sit down, Xiao Han and the three stood behind Li Congshan, and their own servants came up to offer tea, Meng Baixing glanced at the servants, shook his head and said: "The lord of the country has always been concerned about His Royal Highness King Zheng, this time there must be a villain who is greedy, and there is such a turmoil in plain water." ”
Li Congshan was silent, Murong Qiuyu glanced at him, and suddenly interjected: "Gonggong Meng has always walked in the princess's palace, do you know why the princess suddenly fell seriously ill and fell into a coma?"
Meng Baixing glanced at her, narrowed his eyes and said: "Although the old slave used to walk in the princess's palace a lot, but now the lord of the country has transferred the old slave back to the queen's palace, and the princess suddenly fell seriously ill, and the old slave just knew." ”
Xiao Han observed his words and felt that the old eunuch was not telling the truth. He has watched Li Yueying grow up since he was a child, and naturally knows a lot of things, even if he has been transferred back to the harem recently, he should have eyes and ears in the princess's palace, but just now he said that he just knew about it, and it was clear that there were ghosts in it.
Xiao Han had known him for a long time, and he just wanted to ask. Li Congshan said coldly: "I heard that the imperial brother sent someone to send a sword to the princess, does Gonggong Meng know about this?"
Meng Baixing was obviously stunned, and Chai Xinyue immediately asked, "Who sent the sword?" Sister has always used a special sword made by the Tianshan Sect, why do you want to change it to another sword?"
Meng Baixing coughed repeatedly, and Li Congshan hurriedly got up to serve him tea. Meng Baixing took two sips, put down the teacup and said with a wry smile: "The princess has been watched by the old slave since she was a child, and some of her kung fu was taught by the old slave. If you investigate the reason, it will be difficult for the old slave. ”
Xiao Han sneered: "Senior Meng, you are also a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and you can know that the intrigue in the harem is not inferior to the martial arts of the rivers and lakes. The princess has always been in good health, how could she suddenly fall unconscious?"
Murong Qiuyu followed: "The princess has been back to the palace from Hongdu for less than a month, and she has always stayed with me, I just left the palace early this morning, and the princess fell ill with it, is it too much of a coincidence?"
Meng Baixing's face changed suddenly, and he coughed again to cover up: "The old slave was not in the princess's palace when the incident happened, how could he know about it? ”
Xiao Han shook his head and said: "Senior Meng is too polite today, and it seems that he has changed from the two of them when he fought with Xiao Han before. Li Yu is really an amazing talent, he will make you old like this, which makes Xiao Han admire. ”
Meng Baixing looked at him fixedly, suddenly sighed, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "Master Xiao doesn't need to be cynical, the old man has been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, how can he not know that there must be something strange in it?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked. Meng Baixing's words confirmed Xiao Han's speculation in disguise, Li Congshan's face was pale, and he suddenly left his seat and bowed to Meng Baixing: "Xiao Wang asked Mr. Meng to say bluntly, if you can let the imperial sister survive this catastrophe, Xiao Wang will be grateful, and he will be rewarded in the future." ”
Chai Xinyue followed: "Gonggong Meng, you watched your sister grow up, don't you feel heartache when she becomes like this? If there is any inside story of the conspiracy, let's talk about it in detail, and we will discuss it together, and maybe we can come up with a countermeasure." ”
Murong Qiuyu followed: "If Gonggong Meng can help the princess get out of this catastrophe, if he is sent in the future, there is no difference between Qiuyu and the soup." ”
Xiao Han glanced at her gratefully, and then bowed down and said: "Gonggong Meng is also an old acquaintance of Xiao Han, and he has been on a blind date with the princess since childhood. ”
Meng Baixing looked at the eager faces of the four people, his pine-like face trembled for a while, and he carefully said: "The lord of the country transferred me from the princess's mansion because I neglected to discipline the princess, and even more because of you, the head of Xiao. ”
Xiao Han was mentally prepared, nodded and said, "I can already think of what Li Yu did today. Meng Baixing sighed and said: "As soon as the emperor died, the lord of the country ordered me to be transferred to the queen's palace as the supervisor, and Ye Lao Chivalrous was not in the palace, and the lord of the country asked me several times how to make the princess stay in the palace, and said that she was absolutely not allowed to walk around the rivers and lakes again. The old man felt that something was wrong, and he had already asked the princess several times to be careful not to upset the lord. ”
Li Congshan said helplessly: "My sister has always been favored by the emperor, how can I take your words to heart, and I won't be afraid." ”
Meng Baixing nodded and said: "After the first emperor's funeral, Miss Murong and the princess stayed in the palace, and the two of you fought and killed every day, and someone told the lord of the country to know." The lord of the country was furious, and it was inconvenient for the Tianshan faction to attack, so he just sent a personal eunuch to warn him, but he was scolded back by the princess. ”
Xiao Han frowned and said, "Is this the case?" Murong Qiuyu nodded with a slightly red face: "Yes." Xiao Han said unhappily: "You don't persuade a little?" Murong Qiuyu lowered his head and said, "Persuaded, my sister didn't listen." ”
Xiao Han sighed and said slowly: "Her temper has always been like this, no wonder you can't persuade her." Murong Qiuyu glanced at him gratefully, and said softly, "It's also my fault for not doing my best." ”
Chai Xinyue glanced at the two of them, and then said: "Sister scolded the eunuch, is Li Yu angry?" Meng Baixing nodded and said: "At that time, I was arranging affairs in the harem, and I saw that the lord of the country returned to the harem with a blue face, and Queen Zhou asked again and again, but the lord of the country was angry and didn't speak, and when he saw me, he immediately ran over and kicked the old slave down. ”
Everyone looked at each other, and Li Congshan was puzzled: "What did the imperial brother do when he beat you?" Meng Baixing smiled bitterly: "The old man has been in the palace since he was a child and has served three generations of emperors, how could he have been so humiliated?" Chai Xinyue sympathized: "How can he beat people casually?"
Meng Baixing's face was gloomy and said: "The lord of the country kicked down the old slave, and then felt very uneasy, helped the old slave up and sat down personally, and then said about the princess and asked me what countermeasures I had." I dare not say much, but I just say that the princess needs to be taught slowly, and it will naturally get better as time goes by. The lord of the kingdom was very impatient, and hated that Dao had to find a way to cut her out. ”
Xiao Han exclaimed: "How could Li Yu be so angry?" Then he turned his head to Li Congshan and said: "The princess and your brothers were born to the same mother?" Li Congshan was stunned and said: "Naturally not, the princess was born to Jiang Niangniang." ”
Meng Baixing shook his head and said: "The lord of the country hates the rivers and lakes from the bottom of his bones, he doesn't like to fight and kill, and the princess is too upright, so she naturally dislikes the lord of the country." ”
Chai Xinyue nodded and said, "You keep saying, how is Li Yu going to deal with his sister?" Meng Baixing hesitated for a moment, saw everyone looking at him, and sighed: "The lord of the country knows that the princess has always been close to His Royal Highness King Zheng, so he suspects that she is colluding with the Wudang faction and intends to plot the throne. ”
Li Congshan shouted without a face: "The princess has never cared about state affairs, how can she conspire with me? The throne was handed down by the previous emperor, and I am just a little prince, how dare I do this to destroy the family?"
Meng Baixing glanced at him meaningfully, and said lightly: "King Zheng really thinks about it, but it is a Jiangnan celebration." Li Congshan's face was embarrassed, and he turned his head to drink tea to cover up. Xiao Han hurriedly said: "How could Li Yu think like this? ”
Meng Baixing nodded and said: "Naturally, the lord of the country followed and spread the news that Zhu Lingbin, the Marquis of Yu, the Divine Guard, and Miao Chengxun, the commander of the Tianxing Army, ordered the two of them to secretly send people to keep an eye on King Zheng's Mansion and Yuetang Palace, and report as soon as there is any trouble." ”
Chai Xinyue said angrily: "Isn't this surveillance?" Meng Baixing continued: "As soon as the head of Xiao arrived in Jinling, he was secretly picked up by the Zheng Wangfu, although the person who monitored the Zheng Wangfu had an old relationship, but the news was discovered by the lord of the country for the first time, and the lord of the country was furious, and then heard that the Murong girl was out of the palace, and the princess was about to go out with her, and she couldn't hold it anymore, so she sent someone to send a sword to the princess. ”
After a big circle, I finally got back to the point. Everyone looked nervous, and Li Congshan said: "The sword is poisonous?" Meng Baixing shook his head and said: "The sword is not poisonous, and there is also a "Female Commandment" sent with the sword, but it was copied by Queen Zhou herself on the silk silk. ”
Xiao Han said nervously: "That "Female Commandment" is poisonous?" Meng Baixing shook his head and said: "I'm just guessing, as soon as today's events are out of the hall, the old man doesn't know anything, and you don't harm me." ”
Li Congshan nodded solemnly and said, "Chief Manager Meng came to deliver the decree, and then drank tea with me and went back." Meng Baixing nodded and said, "That's right." Then he took a sip of tea and coughed: "There was a strange person in Jiangnan, who was said to make a colorless and tasteless poison, and ordinary people sniffed it for an hour and then attacked, and the symptoms were similar to that of a princess." ”
Murong Qiuyu gritted his teeth and said, "How can a "Female Commandment" be poisoned? Know that the most savvy drug users will be carefully designed in advance to adopt different methods for different people. ”
Murong Qiuyu's face was slightly red, and he nodded solemnly: "I have been taught, senior, please continue." Meng Baixing's voice changed slightly, and he trembled: "After the incident, the old man asked the people waiting in the princess's palace, and they all said that the princess took the sword, took the "Female Commandment" and looked at it casually and threw it into the brazier. When the palace maids saw a wisp of green smoke burning, they didn't care, so they cleaned up the ashes. I followed the princess to practice Tianshan swordsmanship for a while, and I was a little tired, so I took a nap, but I couldn't sleep, and I became what I am now. ”
Chai Xinyue exclaimed, "That smoke is poisonous?" Everyone didn't speak, and the room was terrifyingly quiet for a while.
Meng Baixing looked at everyone, coughed repeatedly, and picked up the teacup to drink tea. Li Congshan gritted his teeth and said: "I have always been cautious in my words and deeds, why is the imperial brother so suspicious of me? Zhu Lingbin is really hateful, and this king will definitely not let him go." ”
Xiao Han said coldly: "What's the use of talking about this now, we need to formulate countermeasures immediately to rescue the princess from the palace." ”
There was a sudden soft sound of tiles in the living room. Meng Baixing's face changed greatly, and he blurted out, "It's not good." With the surge in figure, it was no longer the original rickets and seedlings, and he slammed open the hall door with a palm, and his figure flashed out in a flash.
Xiao Han and the three of them chased out, but saw a black shadow fleeing far away, Meng Baixing chased for a while and did not catch up, and came back dejectedly: "You killed the old man." ”