Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 43
Shang Rui snorted coldly, and said, "How can I fulfill you? Since you are Yu Sheng's adopted son, you and Yu Zhaoyang should also be shown as siblings. Now that you want to marry her, you are not afraid of the world for such an unethical act. ridicule."

Zijin knelt on the ground with his spine straight, and calmly replied: "Your majesty, the emperor, the concubine seizes the heir and kills his brother and sister-in-law. This is a truly obedient act. What the emperor did back then, why can't I do it now?" ?”

"You are presumptuous!" Shang Rui slapped the imperial decree on the table and said angrily, "Wei Ranyu, do you think I can't kill you?"

Zijin withdrew his gaze from Shang Rui's face, lowered his eyes, still kneeling, but said nothing.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Chu Zhong and Yao Chuang, who were guarding the door, naturally heard the movement just now, but their masters didn't summon them, and they didn't dare to interrupt rashly.

Shang Rui sat down and took a sip of tea.

After a while, Zijin raised his head and said, "If I present it with Gaoxin Baoyu, may the emperor consider it?"

Shang Rui looked at him: "That jade is in my hands, why do you need to do anything extra."

"It is estimated that the emperor has already obtained the list in Yuchan, but it was Yu Sheng's deception back then. The real mystery is not the list, but a treasure left by the previous dynasty."

Shang Rui put down the teacup and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zijin continued: "This was obtained by Emperor Taizu before he came to the world. Later, he ordered people to hide it in the jade cicada and pass it on to the emperors of all generations in case of emergencies. Later, the first emperor took pity on the minister and gave it to the minister. The minister knows The emperor doesn't believe it, but the emperor must remember that when Emperor Taizu founded the country 200 years ago, the country was poor and the people were poor, but suddenly it was rumored that he was helped by an immortal. suddenly abundant."

Shang Rui naturally knew about this.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just a trick of Emperor Taizu.

"Actually, the Emperor Taizu only took half of the treasure at that time, and the remaining half is still there." Zijin said, "Now David's country is not as good as it used to be, with famine in the south, tsunami in the east, and Wusun Kingdom in the west. In addition, the power of the vassal king has become a scourge, didn't the emperor ever think of getting rid of it once and for all?"

Speaking of this, Zijin kowtowed again without waiting for Shang Rui's answer, and said in a slow voice: "It's time for the imperial court to spend money both internally and externally. I would like to relieve the emperor's worries."

Shang Rui didn't say a word after hearing the words, and stared at Zijin quietly for a long time, as if he wanted to see the shadow of another person through Zijin.

In the end, Shang Rui restrained his gaze, but smiled.

That smile was very complicated, containing too many emotions in his heart, and even a hint of self-mockery.

At this time, the downstairs suddenly became noisy, and then, I heard the sound of footsteps hurriedly going upstairs.

"Your Majesty." It was Tian Yuan's voice.

"Come in." Shang Rui said.

Seeing this, Zijin turned her head.

Tian Yuan pushed the door open and entered, holding a piece of white silk, panting anxiously and said: "Your Majesty, this is a blood letter from Princess Jingtan received by the defenders of the West Gate, saying that Miss Min is in their hands. "

Zijin was terrified, and got up from the ground with a "bass": "What did you say?"

four

In Yunjian Peak, after Zijin left, Xia Yue went to the Buddhist hall, knelt on the futon and waited quietly for news.

Entrusted by Zijin, King Liang sent his confidants to the city yesterday to inquire about Jingtan.

Unexpectedly, the result was unexpected.

The spy had only found Jingtan's place this morning, and Ben followed her quietly behind him. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet a drunk man flirting with Jingtan on the way.When the other party's companion saw this, he wanted to arrest her to vent his anger.In desperation, the spy had no choice but to save Jingtan and take her out of the city.

Just now, I sent a letter back saying that I had arrived at the foot of the mountain with Jingtan, and I asked the king of Liang if he wanted to bring her up the mountain.

King Liang was very surprised, and felt that something was a little strange, but he also heard from the person who came up the mountain to send a message that Jingtan had suffered some injuries and needed timely medical treatment.

"The temple is high and the road is far away, and there is a shortage of doctors and medicines. Where can I find a doctor? Why don't I send her back to the city?" Liang Wang hesitated, looked at Xia Yue again, and asked, "Girl, do you have any medicine?" What way?" He knew that Xia Yue had been studying medical books all the way, so he asked this question on purpose.

After Zijin left, Liang Wang also came to the Buddhist hall. First, he felt at ease here, and second, he came to guard Xia Yue.He knew that this girl was the tip of his nephew's heart, and he was afraid that something might go wrong.

Although King Liang hated King Huai very much, he had always felt a little unbearable towards Jingtan, especially after he rejected her for Zijin last time, he felt even more indebted when he saw her leave silently.

Xia Yue heard Zijin take the initiative to mention yesterday that she already knew who Jingtan was, and she didn't want to have anything to do with these things, but when King Liang asked, she could only say: "If the injury is not serious, I can take a look."

King Liang nodded and sent someone to bring Jingtan up the mountain.

At the beginning, he and Zijin chose Yunjian Temple as their foothold. One of the important reasons was that it was sparsely populated and the terrain was dangerous. Only a very small number of people were needed to protect the mountain into an iron bucket.Therefore, if there is no consent, it is difficult for outsiders to enter the temple.

Jing Tan walked up by herself, a deep gash was cut on her left arm, the flesh was turned open, and blood oozes from the wound.

The method to stop the bleeding is quite simple, Xia Yue has seen it in Li Ji's book, it can be done only with needles, no medicine stone is needed.A few days ago in Zhou's residence, Xia Yue asked Mrs. Zhou to go out and buy some silver needles for her. Although they were not as fine as Li Ji's, they were enough for her to practice.

She had never tried it on a real person, and she was a little timid.

"Where's Brother Yu?" Jing Tan asked.

Xia Yue didn't speak, but shook her head, and focused on putting needles on her arm.

After three injections, Xia Yue went back to the dormitory at the back, found wound medicine from Zijin's luggage, applied some on Jingtan, and bandaged her again.

"That's all I can do. If it gets worse, I can only ask them to send you back to the city." Xia Yue said.

Jingtan stared at Xia Yue: "You are Min Xiayue? Are you also Yu Zhaoyang?"

"it's me."

"You look so good-looking, no wonder he likes you." Jing Tan said.

Xia Yue didn't have the time to find out who this "he" was referring to, and with the rumors that Zijin was engaged to her, she subconsciously thought it was Zijin.

Jingtan lost a lot of blood and her face was pale.

Xia Yue placed her in her own room and said, "You close your eyes and rest here alone for a while."

She was worried, and she was a little absent-minded when doing anything, so she went back to meditate under the Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall.

Not long after, Xia Yue suddenly felt a strange smell around her, and she was about to get up to check in doubt, but she saw King Liang fall down, and then she lost consciousness as her eyes darkened.

I don't know how long she fell asleep, but Xia Yue was woken up by splashing a ladle of cold water.

Panting for breath, she only felt a splitting headache, and her hands were tied behind her back, unable to move at all.She opened her eyes and hadn't recovered yet, she just felt a pair of cold hands pinching her chin fiercely, and said with a smile: "The good show is about to come."

Xia Yue looked up at Jingtan in front of her.

At this moment, Jingtan's face is cold and charming, and she doesn't have the weak and pitiful look when she was injured and went up the mountain just now.

Xia Yue asked coldly, "What are you going to do to Zijin?"

"Him?" Jing Tan smiled, "I'm not interested in him, what I want is Wei Shangrui's life."

Xia Yue didn't know the relationship between them, she frowned and didn't speak.

"I thought you would be so beautiful, but it's just that." Jing Tan said, "But why did he fall in love with you? At the beginning, I ran to the palace eagerly to beg to marry him and be his concubine. But he sent me back and made me laugh at others. Now he wants our whole family's life. If he is so cold to the world, I can live with it, but he actually sealed the door and searched the city for you. He really can do anything. "

Xia Yue broke her chin out of her hand: "What does this have to do with me?" Only when she moved did she realize that the old injury on the hand that was injured in the snow last time had recurred, and she could barely exert any strength.

Jingtan replied: "Of course it has something to do with it. I want to kill him, but how can his identity and scheming allow me to get close? I am afraid that only King Liang and you are so stupid. Now that I have you, I am not afraid He took the bait?"

Xia Yue tried to move the fingers of her left hand, but cold sweat broke out on her forehead due to the pain, and she said to Jing Tan, "You said that he was cold by nature, why would he ruin himself for me?"

Jingtan smiled again: "You will know if you try it? What's more, if he refuses, as long as I take your life, I will have Wei Ranyu. He will definitely be willing. When the time comes, the snipe and the clam will fight. Wonderful."

Xia Yue gritted her teeth and said, "You are dreaming!"

Jingtan said with a smile: "Do you know that Wei Shangrui used you to make Ran Yu turn against my father and king, and even killed Xu Jingye. He was very happy to occupy Yunzhong, but he would rather bet on himself in exchange for God Beijing." You go back. How dare he refuse to do all the things that Wei Shangrui asked him to do?"

After Xia Yue heard about it, her face turned pale. It was impossible, Zijin told her personally that the man didn't use her to threaten him.

Seeing her expression, Jingtan made a guess, and continued: "You really don't know? Then you must know, you have a maid who was caught by Wei Shangrui."

Xia Yue understood that the other party was irritating her, so she turned her head and said nothing.

"Do I need to tell you kindly, how is she doing now?" Jing Tan suddenly felt that she seemed to have found the pleasure of revenge on Shang Rui.

Xia Yue closed her eyes, never wanting to say a word to this woman again.

Jingtan proudly said to herself, "She's dead. She died in the palace."

Xia Yue suddenly opened her eyes: "You are talking nonsense!"

"Aren't you not talking to me?" Jing Tan pouted with a delicate and naive face, but it was frightening.

Xia Yue bit her lower lip, a little startled, but she dared not believe Jingtan, this woman just entered Beijing yesterday, how could she understand these things so clearly.

Jingtan sighed quietly: "If you ignore my words, forget it. It's just that the little maid is so pitiful that no one wants to know when she dies."

"How did you die?" Xia Yue asked.

"How else can I die? I was killed by Wei Shangrui to vent my anger."

Xia Yue bit her lips tightly with her teeth, and her lower lip was instantly broken, bleeding out: "Don't think I will believe you."

Jingtan giggled and said, "It doesn't matter, I just told you out of kindness. I just think that the more you hate him, the happier I will be. It must be very interesting to think about the way he can't ask for anything."

"I repeat, I have nothing to do with him."

"Of course, you are going to marry Wei Ranyu, he probably can't live without you."

Xia Yue said flatly: "Don't use him."

"Why should I let him go? When my father was in danger, I knelt on the ground and begged him. He told me that he couldn't do anything because of you. Such a gentle person said such decisive words. I thought at that time, I I want him to taste the pain in the future. If he sees you die in front of his own eyes, he will definitely regret not helping me."

At this time, a bearded man came in and said a few words to Jing Tan.

The other party's accent was a bit strange, and she couldn't remember where she heard it, Xia Yue didn't think much about it, and took the opportunity to look around.

It was still light outside.

She felt that she should still be in Yunjian Temple, but all the guards should have been changed.This bearded man seemed to be the leader.

The bearded man left, and when he turned around, he inadvertently muttered something Wusun said.

Wusun people?
Xia Yue frowned, Wusun Kingdom and David Chao had always been old enemies, yet Jingtan was with them. Thinking about it carefully, Jingtan's actions might not be as simple as love and hatred.

Jingtan turned her head, looked into Shang Xiayue's eyes, saw the doubts in her heart, and smiled: "With my own strength, how can I deal with the two of them, of course someone will help me."

Xia Yue said coldly: "If you help them kill Wei Shangrui, what will the Wusun people do to the people of the David Dynasty after they succeed?"

"Everyone takes what they need. I just want to save my father, as for the life and death of others, it has nothing to do with me."

"Where is King Liang? How are the others in the temple?" Xia Yue asked.

"Of course the eyesores are all dead, but don't worry, King Liang is still alive." After finishing speaking, Jingtan pulled Xia Yue up from the ground, "Let's go, they are here."

五

Xia Yue was dragged by life and forced out of the gate of Yunjian Temple.

There was only a gap in the thick temple gate, just enough for Jingtan and Xia Yue to come out.Her old injured hand was roughly grabbed by someone, and she could hardly stand still due to the pain. Beads of sweat protruded from her forehead.

There was silence outside the temple.

Xia Yue raised her eyes and saw a group of people standing in the distance, among them were the two men.

"Uncle Nine—" Jingtan called loudly, "Long time no see."

Shang Rui stood with his hands behind his back: "Jingtan, have you thought about the consequences?"

And Zijin stared at Xia Yue, moved his lips, but didn't make a sound.

Xia Yue shook her head, and silently mouthed three words back to him: "I'm fine."

This subtle movement did not escape the eyes of Monk Jingtan Rui.Jingtan giggled and laughed, "Uncle Jiu, the consequence is nothing more than my blood splattered on the spot. However, how do you feel when you see your sweetheart flirting with your nephew in front of you?"

Shang Rui glanced at Xia Yue, then turned to Jing Tan: "What do you want?"

Jingtan said: "You have seen it. Now let's talk about my conditions."

Xia Yue only heard her say this, and was taken back to the meditation room by the bearded man.

She sat on the ground, enduring the severe pain in her hands, and waited quietly.

After a while, the door was opened, and Shang Rui, who was heavily tied up, appeared at the door. When he entered the room, he was roughly pushed back and forth.

"Bang Dang." The door was locked again.

All the doors and windows in the room were closed, and the light was very dark, so it took him a while to squint to see Xiayue on the ground.

Xia Yue turned her head away, avoiding his gaze: "You shouldn't risk yourself."

Shang Rui sneered: "I am the one who came, not Wei Ranyu, are you disappointed?"

She replied: "How can I be disappointed. If you die and he lives, this result is really the best."

Shang Rui raised his eyebrows: "I traded my life for you, and you cursed me like that?"

"Who told you to be so stupid." Xia Yue said, "Look, she caught you and didn't intend to let me go. Whether you come or not is just the difference between wanting me to die immediately and waiting for a while. "

Shang Rui was actually amused by her words, and sat down next to her against the wall.

"I finally found out why I fell in love with you."

She quietly replied: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

When Shang Rui heard the word "Your Majesty", his expression froze slightly.

After a while, another person came and stuffed the two of them into a car, and then started on their way.

Xia Yue leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes tightly. After some bumps, her hands hurt like they were about to fall off, she was sweating profusely, and her lips began to turn white.

Seeing this, Shang Rui asked angrily, "Did they hurt you?"

Xia Yue shook her head: "It's the old injury on her hand from last time, and the bones are misplaced again." She took a deep breath and relaxed.

Shang Rui shouted twice outside the car: "Wei Jingtan!"

After a while, the car stopped, and Jing Tan slowly opened the curtain: "What's wrong? Uncle Jiu, you miss me so much, didn't you just see this?"

"You untie her rope and ask a doctor to take a look. If you tie her up like this again, her hand will be useless."

Jingtan giggled, "Uncle Nine, you really think this is in the palace, and everyone is at your disposal."

"What do you want from me?"

(End of this chapter)