late night song

Chapter 208

When Qi Jie got the news, he immediately came with the army doctor. After taking the pulse, he concluded that he was poisoned. If the patient hadn't consciously induced vomiting on his own, the poisonous gas did not invade the heart veins, and his life could be saved.

Qi Jian was furious and checked the meals for that day. In addition to the normal meals, there was also an extra plate of snacks. After careful inspection, it was found that there was indeed a sufficient amount of arsenic in it!

Gu Yu was unconscious for three days and three nights, and the shackles on his feet became a burden, so Qi Jie took the initiative to have them removed.

At this point, her goal was finally achieved.

In fact, as early as that day's meal was delivered, she realized something was wrong, so she left Liansheng to ask for wine, and she took out the silver hairpin she had snatched and tried it. The pointed hair was black, and it was true. poisonous.

With such no secret, she concluded that it was Gun Nanxi who did it without even thinking about it.

She never liked sweets and cakes. When she was in Prince Qin's palace, she could only barely eat half a piece of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by her sister Gu Yuxin. These outsiders didn't know this.

I remember one time, when Gun Nanxi was pregnant, in order to deceive Princess Chaoyang, she ate three sweet cakes in one go. She was laughed at for this. I think Gun Nanxi had some intentions in doing this. It took such a long time. She actually still remembers it.

Now that these are confirmed, the question arises. The princess hates her. This cake must not be as simple as eating it and making her stomach upset. So, should she eat it or not?
If you eat it, you will definitely die. If you don't eat it, you will waste such a good opportunity. Maybe Gun Nanxi's brain will be enlightened and he will find new tricks next time, which will be even more difficult to guard against.

So after weighing it again and again, Gu Yuchu took the remaining heat-clearing and detoxifying pills prescribed by Ling Ziyu to Gu Fan, then took a small bite of the pastry and swallowed it, and then induced vomiting in time to make such a big fuss. The half-truth and half-false trick solved the urgent need of the moment.

Xiao Yuan's investigation soon came to fruition, but Gun Nanxi discovered that a little cook who had just arrived at the military camp had become a scapegoat. There was complete evidence and no evidence, but if you think about it carefully, how could a little peasant cook know how to make royal pastries? , it’s really too suspicious.

Qi Zhi's heart was like a mirror, but the southern battlefield still required Nanchang Wang Gu Baiji to go into battle to kill the enemy. How could he abandon his daughter now? The king was coordinating the overall situation and had to avoid the most important and take the light and make choices. So, he endured his anger and ordered They sent Gun Nanxi back to Qidu Palace overnight and put him under secret house arrest.

This time, even though Gu Yu had taken measures to survive the initial danger, he was still poisoned. He had been in poor spirits in recent days and had not fully recovered after taking a lot of bitter medicine. However, it was worth it in exchange for being light and comfortable on his feet.

What's even more coincidental is that Xiao Yuan's investigation into the poisoning made everyone in the barracks cooks tremble with fear. After the death of the little cook, a replacement was needed. Qi Jian also ordered that she must not be a woman and ensure the level of cooking skills. The leader of the Huotou Army Having no other choice, he temporarily hired a new chef at the largest restaurant in Tongcheng.

And this chef was none other than Jin Yutang, the bandit leader that Gu Yuchu sent back to Fenghuang Mountain.

Jin Yutang stayed in Qiongzhou City. After Ling Buhuo's army returned, he found that Gu Yuchu was not among them. After asking for a long time, he learned the truth. In desperation, he hurried across Lingshui to rescue her.

With the change of chef, the taste of the dishes has naturally changed. When Gu Yu first tasted the mushroom fresh broth that Jin Yutang made for her when she was in Qiongzhou, she was pleasantly surprised. Then she carefully checked the strangeness of the tableware and finally found it. A note was taken out from the hollow chopsticks.

"Three days later, open the window at Yin hour."

This is really great news. Since that day, Gu Yuchu's appetite has become extremely good, and she eats every meal cleanly. Perhaps because she felt relieved, her sleep has also become better, which is strange to say. Her listlessness after the poisoning also gradually improved.

Everything was going smoothly, but unfortunately, it suddenly snowed heavily the night before the operation, and overnight, the sky and the earth turned white.

Now, even if the operation is late at night, it is as conspicuous as during the day, and the Tongcheng military camp is heavily guarded. What should we do?Gu Yuchu originally wanted to postpone the action, but the red silk hung high throughout the archery tower. She couldn't wait until the right time, place and people were right, so she had to try her best no matter what.

But strangely, from the day of the operation until the moon was high in the sky, no one paid attention to her wing. She thought she was lucky, but until midnight, the opening came.

In order to prepare for today's unexpected situation and please him, Gu Yuchu pretended to have no other intention and changed into a not too complicated but bright red dress early, and also inserted the hairpin.

But the man was completely unmoved. He ordered people to bring a lot of wine and food, and he drank to himself happily without saying a word, completely ignoring the attitude and expression of the woman opposite him.

The ugly time will soon pass, but this giant Buddha has no intention of leaving. This makes Gu Yuchu anxious like an ant on a hot pot. It doesn't matter whether she escapes or not, but if Jin Yutang is exposed, there may be dangers. Worry for life.

At three o'clock in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yuan suddenly came in to announce and whispered: "He's here."

Qi Lian then put down his wine glass leisurely, squinted his eyes and laughed: "I have been waiting for so long, now that I am here, don't even think about leaving again!"

Then, he went straight out the door without even looking at Gu Yuchu.

It didn't take long for a commotion outside. When Yinshi arrived, Gu Yuchu opened the door and window and used the sound of fighting not far away as a cover. An iron hook held a rope and knocked on the window lattice. It really shocked her. She Following the sound, the rope was pulled diagonally to the outermost wall, and someone was waving to her at the end.

Without stopping, she went straight down the rope and used her strength to land steadily in front of the man.

"Daughter-in-law!" Jin Yutang was very excited and stepped forward to hug her.

"You are quite capable, Jin Yutang." Gu Yuchu smiled and hid, but still gave him a gentle punch in the chest gratefully.

"Don't even look at what I do." The man became complacent and handed Gu Yuchu's sword that he had left in Qiongzhou to her. He looked up and down and said in admiration, "You look really good in women's clothes! "

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go."

Gu Yuchu didn't want to waste time, so he dragged him only two steps when he heard someone on the innermost wall of Wengcheng shouting: "Over there! Chase after him."

Is there anyone else coming to save her?She couldn't help but stop, thinking about Qi Zhen's reaction just now, which made her even more suspicious.

"Jin Yutang, did you come alone?"

"of course."

"to be frank!"

"I met a big thief on the way. He said he was coming to Tongcheng Military Camp to find a treasure, so I teamed up with him. Don't worry so much and leave quickly!"

Jin Yutang pulled her forward and was about to leave the city along the prepared rope. Gu Yuchu grabbed him and asked, "What did he say his name was?"

"Meng Gu. Do you know him?" Jin Yutang looked confused.

Hearing this name, Gu Yuchu was suspicious, but thinking that Juan Niang might have borrowed Meng Gu's name and brought the embroidered messenger to rescue her, he asked again.

"How many of them are there?"

"How many? Just one!"

"Male or female?"

"Man, why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's go quickly."

At this moment, Gu Yuchu's heart twisted into a ball. She thought of Qi Jian's abnormal behavior just now and the only words left behind, and concluded that Ling Buhuo, the lunatic, was still here. He also found this poor excuse and set an example by his own example. Bait, so that Jin Yutang can take him away in the chaos.

And these days, she didn't eat and sleep well because she was in a relaxed mood. It was because he secretly regulated her body through meals to eliminate all the remaining toxins in her body.

"Let's go, it's too late if we don't go!" Time waits for no one, so Jin Yutang dragged her down the city wall.

"No, I have to save him! Leave me alone." Gu Yuchu shook off the threat and walked towards Wengcheng without hesitation. Unexpectedly, before taking two steps, she was surrounded by four Xun who were guarding her outside the door. The shadow masters were surrounded.

"Take me to see Qi Jian." She turned to Jin Yutang and winked, then turned around and handed over her sword in surrender.

She never wanted to waste her efforts in a battle she knew she couldn't win, and besides, now was not the time to take action.

"Don't run!" Someone saw Jin Yutang running away and tried to chase him, but was caught by the leader: "It doesn't matter, he is an unimportant person."

On the other side of the Tongcheng military camp, on the wall walkway on Wengcheng, Ling Buhuo killed a circle of people who were surrounding him, but after Qi Zhuan arrived, hundreds of people surrounded him.

"You really risk everything for a woman." Qi Lian brushed aside the guards blocking him and stepped forward to sarcastically say.

"With all your fanfare, don't you just expect me to fall into a trap?" Ling Buhuo raised his chin and pointed at the eye-catching red silk on the archery tower.

"Now that we're here, you and I will make an end of it." Qi Jian drew his sword and pushed away his subordinate, wanting to fight him alone.

"Your Majesty, you must not do it!" Xiao Yuan and other important ministers all hurriedly stopped him, but Qi Jie had already made up his mind. This matter had nothing to do with his family and country, and he had to do it himself, so he ordered no one to help, otherwise he would be punished by military law. .

The west wind blew the snow, blowing Ling Buhuoyue's white gown and the concentric knotted tassels of Yongchang Changji's copper coins around Qi Zhen's waist.

The two of them held their swords and relaxed towards each other. The long swords and swords rubbed against each other. The sound of the swords was harsh and the fire was rising, igniting the fire and anger in their eyes. With a simple move, the two of them were evenly matched and evenly matched.

But this is not a simple battle between masters, but a life-and-death battle.

The situation comes from the heart, and under the tense situation, heavy snowflakes floated from the sky, and the snowflakes fell on their shoulders, tapping their swords.

Qi Jie jumped up in two steps, and the long sword swept straight towards his throat. Ling Buhuo leaned up to avoid it, kicked his elbow with one foot, and then swept the long sword, and the snow in the corner of the wall rose up, attacking from the bottom up. .

Kai Jie made a backhand move, but it didn't hurt him at all. He then jumped onto the parapet and used the force to thrust forward at a speed that was daunting.

Ling Buhuo took three steps back in a row. He turned sideways and his right wrist dropped back. The sword blocked his arm and the hilt of the sword could be opened to fly. He was overwhelmed by the force in the opposite direction. In an instant, the outer shirt of his right arm was scratched and blood oozed slightly. Come.

He frowned, and opened his right hand to clasp Qi Jie's sword-holding wrist. The moment the sword fell straight down to the ground, he turned around, held it with his left hand, and quickly lifted it up to attack the opponent's waist. Fortunately, Qi Jie turned around to dodge, and although he was not injured, But the copper coin pendant with a concentric knot around his waist was cut off with a sword, and the copper coin and the part below the concentric knot fell into the snow.

The two glared at each other angrily, and within three seconds, they continued to attack each other's vital points. Qi Jie's sword was sharp and majestic, and Ling Buhuo's moves were exquisite and executed in one go.

After more than 20 moves, accompanied by heavy snow, the winding tracks of circles on the city wall were slowly revealed.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Buhuo held his breath and concentrated, raised his sword, the sword energy was vertical and horizontal, opened the frame to gather energy and combined force, swept the snow into arrows, and poured out.In an instant, two storm-like attacks clashed with each other. The sword edges entangled and attracted each other. Under gravity, the two men's swords both fell to the ground.

"Sure enough, great-grandfather still prefers you. Sanxing Academy has hidden you for so long, even I thought you were dead. He also found Yao Lingzi and Xiu Bai to be your masters and teach you medical skills and martial arts."

Qi Jian spoke angrily. He had seen Ling Buhuo's martial arts skills today, and he couldn't help complaining about the long-dead old head of Sanxing Academy, the grandfather of their mothers. In addition to favoring his aunt, he actually loved the house so much. To such an extent.

"You're not bad either. My great-grandfather specially asked Master Qiankun to teach you the art of strategy and war. He also sought out Master Cangwu, who had escaped from the world of mortals, to teach you martial arts. He said he was partial to him. He has long-term plans for you and me." Ling Buhuo replied fiercely. .

After Chang Feng closed his ears and remained silent, Qi Jie ignored his subordinates' obstruction and started fighting with him again.Regardless of the palm power fist style, the two of them have similar moves, but they are ever-changing but not the same.

Come to think of it, martial arts have the same purpose but have the same purpose.

Qi Jie turned sideways and kicked repeatedly. Ling Buhuo jumped forward to block it with his arms. Then he used the soft power of Tai Chi to pull his ankle and punched hard into the sole of his foot.

Kai frame received the force, put one hand on the ground, somersaulted down, caught the wind from Ling Buhuo's palm, grabbed his arm in reverse, bent his elbow sideways, and hit his left shoulder.

After that, the two locked hands with each other, turned their backs, and hit each other's abdomen with all their strength with their right hands.

After this move, under the impact of inertia, they both took a few steps back, bent one knee, and put their palms on the ground.

Qi Jian vomited a mouthful of blood, and Ling Buhuo was naturally no better and coughed up bright red blood.

"Ling Buhuo!" It had been a long time since Gu Yuchu had been brought here. She had watched the two men attack each other until they were seriously injured, and she couldn't help but shout out.

Qi Jian turned around, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was filled with hatred. This decisive battle with no result seemed to have a winner, but he did not admit defeat.

He reluctantly stood up, raised his right hand, and shouted: "Archers, prepare!"

"Open the frame!" Gu Yuchu stopped him with a stern voice and called out his full name for the first time.

"What, do you have anything you want to say to him finally? I can help you." Qi Jian frowned, not politely, and even had a cruel look on his face.

"He is the prince of Beiling. If you kill him, won't you be afraid that Beiling will raise an army to attack him?" Faced with this man's rage, she was instinctively afraid, but in order to save Ling Buhuo, she forced herself to look directly into his eyes and tried to Family and national affairs weighed heavily on him.

"Prince Beiling?" Qi Jian was very scornful and pointed at Ling Buhuo and continued, "Since ancient times, when twins were born in the emperor's family, one died and the other stayed. He should have died long ago, but he delayed it until today. Is he doing this for Beiling? Eliminate future troubles.”

"You're talking nonsense!" Gu Yuchu yelled, but she still believed that the Imperial Family could do anything to preserve the country forever.

"You can ask him yourself!"

"But even so, you and his mother's family have the same roots, how can you kill him!"

"What's the point of sharing the same maternal clan? Their brothers and sisters can fight each other with swords, and I'm just a cousin." Qi Jian laughed and said lightly.

Gu Yuchu was shocked and asked: "What do you mean?!"

Qi Jian looked at her, a sinister smile spread across his lips: "For your sake today, I will let him die clearly!"

Ling Buhuo looked at him sharply, as if waiting for his belated confession.

"Why do you think Gu was so sure that he would come today and laid this dragnet in advance? If his biological brother, Ling Ziyu, hadn't informed him in advance through a letter, how could Gu have calculated it so clearly? In the end, Gu didn't let you die, but It’s your brother who can’t tolerate you!”

"This is impossible! How could it be Ling Ziyu!" Gu Yuchu looked at Ling Buhuo absentmindedly, unable to accept this answer at all, while Ling Buhuo smiled calmly at her from a distance and said nothing.

What is friendship?What is bloodline?It seems that in the face of interests, everything can be thrown away and trampled into mud.

It seemed that this indigestible truth had shattered all Gu Yuchu's beliefs. She covered her chest, tugged her facial features together, and slipped from the hands of the guard who was holding her. It was too sudden, and the guard beside her panicked and reached out to help her, but was She took the opportunity to draw out the "Wujian Sword", stepped forward again and again, and accurately placed it on Qi Jian's neck.

"Let him go!" She threatened coldly as their eyes met.

Yes, it was just a scene played by Gu Yuchu in order to escape from the hostage, but she was also really desperate for this world, and there was no light in her eyes anymore.

"For him, will you kill me?" Qi Jian felt extremely cold and looked at her sadly and asked.

"Let him go! Don't force me!" She didn't have an answer to this multiple-choice question, but what she could confirm was that she would not let any of them die because of her.

Qi Jian gritted his teeth and approached Gu Yuchu's sword step by step, smiling ferociously as if he were crying.

Gu Yu initially stepped back and said firmly: "Let him go!"

Then, Qi Jian's smile gradually faded away, and the sadness and disappointment in his eyes turned into madness and hatred. He shouted decisively:
"Fire arrows!"

(End of this chapter)