Ying Niang didn't want to answer.
Wei Yanshan walked to the table, picked up the lantern and went out. He looked in a good mood and said gently: "Don't worry, I'll show the princess a good show."
Outside the door, an old man in simple clothes was sitting at the table. There were rulers, paper fans and other objects on the table. He imitated various sounds in his mouth, which was very vivid. When Yingniang came out, she could still hear the loud and authentic words from the old man's mouth. Youzhou accent.
Ying Niang stared at the old man blankly.
When the old man saw the noble man, he quickly knelt down in fear.
Wei Yanshan said: "There is a ventriloquist in Luoyang who can imitate any movement or sound. Is this ventriloquist satisfactory to the princess?"
Ying Niang said after a long time: "Very good."
Wei Yanshan asked back: "Is the princess okay with her?" He stared at Princess Youzhou with a sinister look, his previous joy was gone, and he didn't like Princess Youzhou's calm expression at all.
"Isn't it good?" Yingniang didn't let go of the coldness that made her hands and feet numb until now. She didn't look at Wei Guogong, just looked at the old man: "No one is injured here, no one died, it's just a ventriloquist performing. .”
"Even if he is from Luoyang?" Wei Yanshan knew clearly that Princess Youzhou fell into the trap because of the Youzhou accent spoken by the ventriloquist outside the room, but the reality was that a Luoyang ventriloquist used his skills to make her lose her mind. They were not from Youzhou as she thought, but from Luoyang who belonged to the enemy army.
Now, Princess Youzhou actually thinks everything is fine?
Ying Niang glanced at Wei Guogong tiredly and said softly: "What does this have to do with it?"
Wei Yanshan stood outside the palace.
Under the candlelight, Princess Youzhou's skirt flowed into the hall.
Wei Yanshan suddenly said: "As long as the princess tells the secret of heaven's punishment, I guarantee that all the Youzhou soldiers in the prison will be alive and well."
Princess Youzhou’s voice came from the palace.
"If they die first, I will die last."
When Wei Yanshan heard Princess Youzhou's threatening words, he felt a little more at ease in his heart, and he smiled for some reason.
Chapter 302
The first place where peonies bloom every year must be the Xiyuan of Luoyang Palace, followed by the private villa gardens of various nobles, and the third is the Jinfeng Jade Tower in Luoyang.
It has just arrived in April, and every lady in the Jinfeng Yulu Building has potted peonies in her room. Some are cultivated by the building itself, while the more expensive ones are given by dignitaries.
Yan Shuang, the courtesan who stood out from last year's surprise banquet, was accompanying Jiang Xiaowei and Jiang Sanlang, pouring wine for them. The people present were either rich or noble. She circulated among these people, waiting for everyone in the room to finish drinking. After one round, she consciously went to the back to play the piano.
Luoyang Ling and his son were at this banquet, as well as the Minister of Qi, Governor Shi and others who were invited by him.
Shi Zhi wanted to go to Jinling with Minister Qi to recruit people, and he felt sympathy for him. He raised his glass to Minister Qi and said, "Your Majesty, why did you rush to leave some time ago? It is a kind of fate that you and I met in Luoyang. "
Qi Nanhua said helplessly: "The emperor's life is really in danger. Your Majesty hopes that we can successfully recruit people as soon as possible to prevent the people of Jianghuai from being enslaved and ravaged by the rebels again."
Shi Zhi took a sip of wine, and next to him was Cun Zhen, whom he had always loved. Cun Zhen was sitting next to Governor Shi, serving him. Shi Zhi took advantage of the wine and said, "I think it will be extremely difficult to succeed in this matter."
"It's not like there's no chance." Jiang Sanlang said with a smile. He glanced at Xun Yan and said, "Speaking of which, thanks to Xun Langjun, we have an important hostage in our hands."
Xun Yan drank in silence, while Luoyang Ling's smile froze on his face, and he laughed twice to lighten the atmosphere: "Quin Zi's contribution is insignificant. If we can help the Duke of the country a little bit, we are more than willing."
Luoyang Captain Jiang Xing already knew about the grudge between his Sanlang Jiang Yan and Luoyang Ling's son. He smiled and said: "The county magistrate and I are colleagues. Sanlang is naughty and has done some bastard things. The county magistrate must not take it to heart. "
Luoyang Ling said he didn't care and raised a glass to drink with the Luoyang captain.
Qi Nanhua pretended not to know and asked: "Oh? May I ask who the hostage is?" He moved out of the Tang Mansion a few days ago to avoid suspicion, and now lives in Dutingyi in Luoyang, where Liu Hui died.
"Shilang Qi will know when the time comes." Shi Zhi said, but he was not sure how much role Princess Youzhou played in the rebels.
He said with emotion: "Wei Gong and the imperial court have been fighting the Youzhou rebels for almost a year. Now Taiyuan is still fighting against Youzhou. The war is not over. It's just that on the Jianghuai side, the two sides have temporarily stopped fighting. .”
Qi Nanhua didn't understand military affairs, so he asked tentatively: "In the Battle of Lujiang, Wei Gong was unfortunately defeated. The rebels occupied the important town of Xuzhou. The imperial court quickly sent Song Deyu to sit in Tongguan to prevent the rebels from attacking Luo and attacking Chang'an. But I arrived in Luoyang more than a month ago Yes, why haven’t we seen any movement from the rebels?”
Cunzhen poured wine for the governor, and Shi Zhi said, "Young Master Qi, you don't understand." He pointed at the sky outside with his finger: "Have you seen how many times it has rained this year?"
"One." Shi Zhi stood up, raised a finger and said, "Just one. March and April every year is the spring plowing season. The ground in the south of the Yangtze River is warm. March is the best time for planting, early April is the middle time, and mid-month is the best time. When it rains, it's already April, and it hasn't rained yet. The water level of the river outside has dropped, the fields have dried up, and it's difficult for the villagers to drink water themselves."
"Last year there were floods, and this year there will be severe drought and famine. In a few months, the year of great disaster will come." Shi Zhi said: "What the common people can do is to be full. The rebels are originally northerners ruling southerners, and they will waste people and money. Go down and watch out for a fire in the backyard.”
After Qi Nanhua finished listening, he raised his hands to Shi Zhi and said, "I see, after hearing what you said, Qi suddenly became enlightened."
This banquet was originally used by Luoyang Ling to establish good relations with the Jiang family. Now, Qi Shilang and Governor Shi were having a good chat, and he and Jiang Xiaowei had also put aside their old grudges. It was considered a complete success. Luoyang Ling let the dancers in the audience Ji came up to offer a toast and drink a lot himself.
The banquet did not break up until the moon was at its peak.
The lights in the Jinfeng Yulu Building were bright, and Luoyang Ling was drunk. Jiang Sanlang was sitting on the chariot. His father glared at him, so he had to get off the chariot. With the scent of makeup all over his body, he scrawled something to Luoyang Ling. take leave.
Qi Nanhua was preparing to return to Dutingyi. He, Luoyang Ling and his son, Governor Shi Da, Jiang Xiaowei and others took different routes back.
Both parties were laughing anyway. After Qi Nanhua handed over to Governor Shi, he was about to get on the carriage when suddenly a black shadow came out of the corner of his eye from the huge stone lion beside the Jinfeng Yulu Tower.
Qi Nanhua's heart skipped a beat and he turned around suddenly.
I saw a flash of cold light, and the black shadow moved as fast as a spiritual snake gliding against the shadow. The cold light was so fast that it was shocking, like a bolt of lightning!
Before Qi Nanhua was drunk, he heard a puff, which was the sound of a sharp knife piercing the smooth and beautiful silk of Luoyang Ling's body.
However, in just one breath, the sound of puffing was endless.
With extremely ruthless killing intent, the black-faced man stabbed Luoyang Ling's heart with the tip of the knife. The blade spun past, and Luoyang Ling's head was chopped off and fell to the Jinfeng Yulu Tower with a smile still on his face. After a moment of silence at the door, screams spread throughout the building.
Everything came so unexpectedly.
Everyone present had drunk a lot of wine. Qi Nanhua looked at this scene and heard the voices of Captain Jiang and Governor Shi catching the assassin. He swallowed and leaned on his carriage in fear. He found that Luoyang Order The beloved son is looking down at his feet.
There was a big hole in Luoyang Ling's chest, his heart was turned into mud, and his head rolled down next to his son.
Qi Nanhua looked at Xun Yan in a daze, as if he hadn't reacted yet, and then he let out a heart-breaking wail.
Following the orders of Luoyang Lieutenant and Luoyang Governor, countless soldiers caught up with the assassin.
"Close all the gates of Shanyuefang and send out the crossbowmen. We must catch the assassins!" Shi Zhi said angrily.
Come on, I can't go back now. Qi Nanhua never thought of attending a proper banquet. In the blink of an eye, Luoyang Ling died, and he died so miserably.
The search in Shanyuefang didn't end until daybreak. The assassin was shot through the Pipa bone and calf with a crossbow. In the end, due to his stubborn resistance, the Luoyang guard who captured him was furious and was dragged by horse to Jinfeng with his hands tied behind his back. In front of Yulu Tower.
Qi Nanhua sat in the carriage and looked at the bruised and bloody assassin being dragged in front of Shi Zhi. When Shi Zhi took off the black cloth covering his face, Qi Nanhua almost screamed in shock.
Cunzhen stood beside Governor Shi, his eyes suddenly widened.
He knew this woman.
Shi Zhi looked at the woman and was about to ask for some information when Xun Yan pushed her away and rushed to the assassin's side. His hair was messy and his hands were covered in blood. When he saw the assassin, his face twisted: "Is it you?!"
Dongxue was lying on the ground with blood all over her body. She shouldn't be able to stand up, but she put her hands on the ground and stood up unsteadily. She held her heart in her heart, and she rarely showed a smile. A smile: "It's me."
She looked at Xun Yan: "You Xun family are so cruel and disrespectful to human life that you should have died a long time ago. It is in vain that the princess treated you like a guest when she was in Jinling. People like you..." Before she could finish her words, there was a sprint, and her hand knife was about to When he almost hit Xun Yan's neck, Captain Jiang took action.
Dong Xue was kicked to the side hard, and her abdomen was hit hard, causing a mouthful of blood to spurt out. Xun Yan was about to kill her with a knife, but Shi Zhi stopped him.
"Is she from Princess Youzhou?" Shi Zhi asked the Luoyang guards to set up assassins.
"It's just a maid next to Princess Youzhou, let me kill her!" Xun Yan roared, but Shi Zhi lightly blocked her back: "She can't give it to you."
After that, he took the assassin away.
Qi Nanhua left Shanyuefang in the carriage full of thoughts, and Cunzhen returned to Tao Mansion alone.
Luoyang Palace, Xiyuan.
As soon as the morning passed, Ying Niang finished exploring the remaining half of Xiyuan from yesterday and found that Xiyuan was completely a large garden planted with peonies. By the time she returned to Luhua Palace, the sun had already risen high in the sky and the weather was obviously getting hotter.
As soon as he entered Luhua Hall, he saw Wei Guogong.
Wei Yanshan leaned on the back of his chair and talked about a small incident: "A thief assassinated the Luoyang Order last night with extremely cruel methods."
Ying Niang looked cold. In her heart, Luoyang Ling and his son were the ones who deserved to die.
"The thief is familiar with the princess. Does the princess want to meet him?" Wei Yanshan asked.
Ying Niang thought of the ventriloquist last night and became increasingly wary of Wei Guogong.
"Wei Yanshan stood up, walked to the door and said to Princess Youzhou: "I won't lie to the princess this time. "
Ying Niang smelled a faint smell of blood. She looked outside the door. The spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. It looked like another trap test by Wei Guogong.
Ying Niang walked to the door and with just one glance, her blood froze and she stood frozen in place.
"Well, you didn't lie to the princess this time." Wei Yanshan walked down the steps leisurely. He stood next to the assassin and said to the princess of Youzhou: "It must be an old friend here. Won't the princess take a look?"
The steps of Luhua Palace are very long, and Yingniang herself doesn’t remember how she ran to Dongxue. Dongxue was lying on the ground with blood all over her body. Yingniang knelt beside her and stretched out her hand to remove the hair from Dongxue’s cheek. He brushed the silk behind her ears and wiped the blood on her face. She found that she couldn't wipe it clean, and the blood stained her dress red, making her eyes full of blood.
Dongxue looked at the princess, choked and coughed, and blood flowed from her mouth again. She grabbed the princess's hand and felt that her hand was shaking terribly. She was so angry that she said: "I, I killed Luoyang, Luoyang Order, from now on A long time ago, I thought about killing him."
"Even if the princess is not here, I will still kill her." Dongxue showed a smile and said intermittently. She had been determined to die since she embarked on the journey.
Ying Niang lowered her head, and more and more blood foam poured out of Dongxue's mouth. She wiped it in vain, and found that Dongxue's body was covered with injuries. What she saw were only arrows on her shoulders and calves. There is blood foam in the mouth. Are the internal organs injured? Ying Niang leaned over and tried her best to recall the method Dr. Li Fan taught her.
"Don't talk, I will save you." Ying Niang touched Dong Xue's abdomen, but she didn't notice how panicked and scared her tone was.
Dongxue could no longer see her mistress's face clearly. Her vision was a little blurry. Is this the world that a blind mistress sees? Dongxue closed her eyes, a warm hand touched her cheek, hot tears fell down, and someone called her stubbornly in her ear.
Wei Yanshan watched Princess Youzhou treating the dying assassin's injuries. She knelt on the ground, repeatedly checking the assassin's injuries, gently pressing the wound on the assassin's belly with her hand, and asking the assassin from time to time, but most of the time, she could not get anything. The answer is that she is doing useless work, but she has done a lot of such useless work.
Ying Niang's forehead was covered with sweat. She felt that the biggest injury to Dong Xue was a ruptured spleen. This kind of internal bleeding could kill people, but without modern medical treatment, it was impossible to operate, and there were many scars on her body. She would die of excessive blood loss. Ying Niang knelt on the ground, tore off a piece of cloth from her skirt and simply stopped the bleeding on Dong Xue's body. She then touched the purple-black bruise on Dong Xue's belly. He leaned over and listened for any unusual sounds in her throat.
No, maybe just a minor splenic rupture? Yingniang touched Dongxue with her hand and found that her body temperature had become very low. She called her several times and there was no response. She obviously lost consciousness. Was it shock caused by excessive blood loss?
Ying Niang froze in place, what should she do? There is nothing here.
Wei Yanshan looked at the dying assassin and was about to speak when he saw Princess Youzhou biting his wrist and feeding blood to her maidservant.
"What are you doing?" Wei Yanshan was startled for a moment and grabbed Princess Youzhou's other hand, trying to pull her up.
Ying Niang shook off his hand. Anxiety and panic filled her heart like boiling water. Her blood type was the most common. Please, Dongxue must be the same as hers.
"Are you crazy?" Wei Yanshan was inexplicably irritable.
Ying Niang turned a deaf ear and didn't stop until her eyes felt dizzy.
"After spending so much effort, we still can't save her." Wei Yanshan looked at the assassin who was motionless and asked the guards to carry her down. Ying Niang reacted and quickly chased after her.
"I think you are really crazy." Wei Yanshan couldn't bear it and grabbed Princess Youzhou's wrist. His palm was wet. The smell of blood flowing from her body made Wei Yanshan's eyes cold: "She can't be saved anymore, you No matter how much blood she sheds, it will not change that she is a dead person."
Ying Niang took a deep breath, feeling that her reason was on the verge of collapse: "Let go."
Wei Yanshan gradually let go of Princess Youzhou's wrist and unexpectedly saw Princess Youzhou's eyes. She looked at him with tears still on her eyelashes.
