After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Chapter 303 303 Showdown

Shen Qingci slept so deeply last night that she didn't know that it was not long after she came back that there was a heavy rain.

The goodness of the heavens has washed away all the traces she left last night.

The sky had already cleared up and was as blue as washing, but Shen Qingci's heart couldn't relax no matter what.

After the rainstorm, it was time for Xiao Wenyan's men to act.

The longer he delays these plans, the worse it will be for him. If it were her, she would definitely gather strength to attack Nanjin Pass as soon as possible.

I don't know how Sheng Tingye is doing now.

Feeling uneasy, Shen Qingci and Wang Baoqin came to Yiyuan again.

I don't know if it was Shen Qingci's illusion, but after entering Yiyuan, she smelled a faint smell of blood mixed with the smell of soil after the heavy rain.

Xiao Wenyan sat by the window and made tea.

Today, he is wearing a sapphire blue silk gown with cloud pattern filigree and embroidered edges, and his gestures seem to carry an innate nobility.

"Mrs. Lin."

He only raised his head when he heard footsteps, and looked at Shen Qingci with a smile on his face: "Please."

Shen Qingci and Wang Baoqin sat down opposite him as promised.

"My elder sister's complexion is much better than yesterday, the eldest son is so lively."

Xiao Wenyan's eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and he acted like a gentle gentleman.

If Shen Qingci had witnessed the scene last night, she would not have dared to associate this person with the ruthless Xiao Wenyan.

He raised his hand towards Wang Baoqin, his slender fingertips were on Wang Baoqin's wrist through a veil.

"I've only learned a little superficially. It's my good fortune to be able to help you two."

Shen Qingci's face was filled with gratitude, but seeing his face and thinking about the human face Gu she saw last night, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

Xiao Wenyan quickly let go of Wang Baoqin, then picked up a pen and wrote the prescription aside.

After handing the wet prescription to the servant beside him, Xiao Wenyan looked at Shen Qingci: "I think Mrs. Lin's complexion is not very good, do you need to get a pulse?"

If he was really told to take a pulse, Shen Qingci was afraid that the secret of the glass fire beads on his body would be discovered.

She hurriedly pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Eldest Young Master, I just caught a cold a few days ago, and it will be fine if I rest for two days."

Not wanting to get entangled in this issue, Shen Qingci turned to ask: "My husband has been away for a few days, is there any news?"

Xiao Wenyan pushed the hot tea in front of the two of them, and smiled lightly: "It's not a one-day job to get rid of the Gu poison, let alone the unusual Gu poison that brother Lin has."

"You two live here with peace of mind. If there is any news, I will let you know as soon as possible."

That being the case, Shen Qingci couldn't ask any more questions.

At this time, someone from outside came to visit, Shen Qingci hurriedly took this opportunity to get up and leave with Wang Baoqin.

When she returned to Jinxiuxuan, she subconsciously pressed her beating heart.

Fortunately, Xiao Wenyan didn't insist on taking her pulse.

Seeing that she looked really bad, Wang Baoqin on the side said with concern: "Qingqing? If you are really uncomfortable, I will accompany you back to bed and lie down."

Shen Qingci nodded.

What she was thinking at the moment was how to send the news out.

Sheng Tingye's people were all sent to live in the outer courtyard, and it was not convenient to move around during the day, and it was only because she was too poisoned last night that she didn't have the strength or time to deliver the news.

Just as he was lost in thought, he was suddenly thrown into his arms by a figure that suddenly appeared from the opposite side.

"Miss Zhou!"

"Qingqing!"

Accompanied by the exclamation of Biyu Bitao and Wang Baoqin, Shen Qingci realized that the person who jumped on him was actually Sun Huaian's house-filling Yu family.

Xu Shi ran too fast, her hair was in a messy bun, and there was a lot of mud on the hem of her skirt.

The person who usually looks so meticulous, dignified and virtuous is actually in a panic at this time.

"Miss Zhou!"

Mrs. Yu grabbed Shen Qingci's arm tightly, with a sad expression on her face, and pleaded: "Madam Zhou, please save our Sun family, save Zhiyan!"

"Master is dead, and the next one is Zhiyan. This Miaochuan is covered by him alone. Mrs. Zhou, you have a high status, and he dare not touch you. Please do your best to save him. Sun Zhijing is a devil!"

Xu Shi was terrified to the extreme, Yu Shi's words were somewhat inconsistent, but Shen Qingci, who knew the inside story, already understood.

But right now, Shen Qingci could only look at her blankly: "Mrs. Sun, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as Shen Qingci finished speaking, he saw two strong men rushing towards him from around the corner.

Without the slightest scruples, the two stepped forward quickly, one left and one right to support Yu Shi, and roughly gagged her mouth with hemp rope.

Shen Qingci and the others were dumbfounded.

The two strong men only hugged her, "Miss Zhou, please forgive me, Miss Wu's death has hit my wife so hard that she is in a trance now, and the eldest son has invited the best one from Miaochuan for her." Doctor, little ones, just take her there for treatment, and don’t dare to bother the honored guest again.”

As they said that, they didn't give Shen Qingci a chance to speak at all, they directly supported Mrs Yu and left everyone's sight in a blink of an eye.

There was no movement outside the courtyard gate.

In the end, Wang Baoqin said with a trembling voice: "Qingqing, that... is Mrs. Sun?"

thump!
As soon as Wang Baoqin's words fell, Biyu behind Shen Qingci's knees limp and fell to the ground.

She was one of the few maidservants who knew a little bit about the rumors of Renhetang, and she also knew Sun Zhijing's powerful methods, so seeing Yu's end like this made her knees weak in fright.

Shen Qingci raised his hand to cover his mouth: "Yes."

Yu asked her for help, but she didn't know that even she herself was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

Biyu was too frightened, and after returning to the room, Shen Qingci asked Bi Tao to inquire about the news.

But before it was time for a stick of incense, Bi Tao came back crying.

"Miss Zhou, something is wrong."

"It's chaotic outside. I heard that the Chu army broke in, and they have already occupied Miaochuan City."

Although she was sold to the Sun's Mansion, Bi Tao was still worried about those blood relatives outside the Sun's Mansion, thinking about the chaos outside, and she didn't know what their current situation was.

Her whole body was on the verge of collapse.

Wang Baoqin also exclaimed: "Why did the good Chu army come in?"

Shen Qingci, who had expected this for a long time, was not as confused as they were. Now she wanted to know where Sheng Tingye had gone.

Since there has been such a big commotion in Miaochuan, Xiao Wenyan must have sent troops to attack Nanjin Pass.

Now he no longer needs Sun Zhijing's identity as a disguise.

Wang Baoqin was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and kept circling: "Then what should we do?"

Biyu shook her head, and only looked at Shen Qingci: "Miss Zhou, when I just came here, I found that there were suddenly many strange faces in the mansion, and some of my previous acquaintances were gone..."

"Besides, their accent doesn't look like ours. Tell me, is the Sun family already under their control?"

After finishing speaking, before Shen Qingci could speak, Biyu said again: "If this is the case, then Lady Zhou will be in danger!"

That's right, the enemy country came to invade, how could Shen Qingci, the wife of the Qi family, get well.

"The servant knows that there is a gap in the southeast corner, so he can escape from the mansion. The servant is willing to risk his life to send Mrs. Zhou out!"

In times of crisis, it is human nature to be greedy for life and fear death, but what Shen Qingci did not expect was that Biyu, a little maid who was not very conspicuous before, would be able to spare her for her.

However, the situation in this mansion is not as simple as this little maid saw.

Shen Qingci shook his head, and was about to speak, but he heard an arrow feather whistling towards him with the sound of a sharp wind.

It will be there in a blink of an eye.

And the direction that the arrow is pointing at is Jasper's heart!
Shen Qingci didn't have time to think about it, he acted like he was stupefied by fright, and fell forward with an "unsteady", and threw himself on Biyu, just passing by the arrow feather.

When the arrow feather stabbed firmly into the ground with a "ding", several people were startled.

Especially Biyu, who had just escaped a catastrophe, cried out loudly.

Bi Tao also exclaimed, and the room was in chaos.

At this moment, someone came from the outside with a longbow on his back.

He was wearing a black short shirt, and he was the one who had been keeping an eye on Shen Qingci.

The arrow just now was obviously shot by him too.

"Miss Zhou, my master is here to invite you."

He stopped at the door and cupped his fists towards Shen Qingci, his attitude was naturally not very respectful.

Thinking of his act of shooting Biyu casually just now, Shen Qingci raised his eyebrows: "She is just a maidservant, why can't she ruin your master?"

The man in black just smiled: "The little one is just following orders."

Seeing Shen Qingci's resistance, he added another sentence: "As long as they don't feel like running away, the little ones will naturally not embarrass them."

"Please, Mrs. Zhou."

This is threatening her with their lives.

She couldn't dodge anyway, and Shen Qingci was about to keep up, but Wang Baoqin, who was following her, was stopped by the man in black.

"The master only invited Mrs. Zhou."

Even Wang Baoqin was left behind.

She looked panicked, and looked at Shen Qingci very uneasy: "Qingqing..."

Shen Qingci smiled lightly: "It's okay, I'll come as soon as I go."

She thought that Xiao Wenyan must be useful for keeping her, or he wanted to get some benefits from her, otherwise, he wouldn't have kept them alive until now.

After comforting Wang Baoqin, Shen Qingci changed his clothes before going out with the man in black.

All the way to Yiyuan.

This is the third time Shen Qingci has come here.

It's also the second time today.

Compared with before a stick of incense, the smell of blood here is stronger.

Moreover, this time, there was no cover-up at all. From a distance, Shen Qingci could see bloodstains still oozing out on the sapphire stone steps at the door of the study.

Coupled with the screams from time to time in the study, this pleasant garden is no different from purgatory on earth for a while.

Goodbye Xiao Wenyan, the tea tray and tea set in front of him have been put away.

He calmly sat in the main seat, still with that gentle smile on his face, but, to the person opposite, this smile was no different from a ghost who had walked out of hell.

Bound and kneeling on the ground in front of him was Miaochuan County Magistrate Zhou Qin whom Shen Qingci had met at the banquet before.

There are also a few unfamiliar faces, who are probably also civil servants and military generals of Zhou Qin's faction.

They should have just seen blood, and the complexions of several people were as pale as paper, especially Zhou Qin, who was full of fat, and his body was shaking like a sieve.

Xiao Wenyan stroked his cuffs slowly, and said indifferently, "Master Zhou, have you thought about it?"

Zhou Qin knelt on the ground, tremblingly said: "Zhou Mou swears to death...not to betray the country and surrender to the enemy."

Although the words were impassioned, he didn't have the slightest confidence in what he said.

Xiao Wenyan suddenly laughed.

"No treason, no surrender to the enemy?"

He held a cup of hot tea in his hand, showing a section of white wrist.

Shen Qingci, who was standing at the door waiting to be summoned, saw a string of red sandalwood beads on his wrist.

It is said that my Buddha is merciful, but the red sandalwood beads can't suppress the murderous aura emanating from him at all.

The aura in front of him is compared with his gentle and jade-like demeanor before, it can be said that his acting skills are amazing.

Xiao Wenyan took a sip of hot tea before he said leisurely: "Could it be that Mr. Zhou thinks that to Da Qi, you are just a sin of dereliction of duty?"

"If it weren't for you, how could we have won Miaochuan without any effort?"

"If we talk about rewards for meritorious deeds on our side, this is the first one for you."

After saying this, Zhou Qin was covered in cold sweat.

Xiao Wenyan continued to sprinkle salt on his wounds, "Although collaborating with the enemy and treason is a felony that can kill the nine clans, but if you don't nod, I can guarantee that within a quarter of an hour, your nine clans will be gone."

Xiao Wenyan smiled: "He who understands current affairs is a hero."

Zhou Qin was about to cry.

He is not a tough guy, not to mention, Miaochuan is like this now, even if Daqi can snatch him back from Chu State, he will not escape death.

After Xiao Wenyan's "persuasion", he didn't have any backbone, so he immediately kowtowed and said, "I also ask Mr. Sun to show you the way!"

Xiao Wenyan didn't seem surprised by his reaction.

"As long as you are willing to cooperate honestly, the future will come without your benefits."

As he spoke, he raised his finger and called someone to lead Zhou Qin and others down.

Zhou Qin occupied the position of Miaochuan county guard for several years, not only accumulated rich assets, but also had [-] garrisons under his command.

Seeing him, Shen Qingci wanted to go up and slap him twice.

Negligence of duty, because of his own selfishness, he let the family of Qi State not to mention it. The enemy is at hand, and he didn't want to gather troops to defend against foreign enemies, so he was arrested just like that.

What's more, asking people to say a few words almost peed their pants in scare, not to mention the slightest bit of integrity, and to offer Miaochuan with both hands.

Such a person, how can he be a parent official!

"Mrs. Lin."

Xiao Wenyan turned to look at Shen Qingci.

In that scene just now, he didn't avoid Shen Qingci, either he didn't take her seriously at all, or he was preparing for a showdown.

Shen Qingci stepped in.

"Master Sun."

She looked at Xiao Wenyan coldly, "Has the Sun family surrendered to the enemy?"

Xiao Wenyan smiled, "It does."

Seeing Shen Qingci standing coldly in the middle of the room, with no trace of gentleness and submissiveness on his face when he saw it before, Xiao Wenyan felt a little interesting.

He pointed to the position where Shen Qingci was standing, raised his eyebrows and said, "Madam Lin, does anyone know whose blood is flowing under your feet?"

(End of this chapter)