Chapter 157
Because of an accidental assassination on the debate stage, the debate of students from various countries had to stop.
Lin Mo was taken to the side hall behind the high stage of the debate field, and then a group of imperial physicians also rushed in.
Zhao Jin immediately blocked the entire debate field. After Ruan Fu was assassinated, he immediately sent people to hunt him down in the direction of the sharp arrow. I couldn't see any suspicious figures around the debate field.
Although Ruan Fu didn't make a sound, how could the Chen Kingdom's envoys give up when such a thing happened? After reacting, the senior and experienced minister directly questioned Huangfu Yu, "Emperor Nanhua, what is this?" What's going on, I, Chen Kingdom, came to participate in the alliance, but my colleague from Chaoyu Study was assassinated on the debate stage, what is Nanhua's plan?"
"The matter hasn't been clarified yet, is it too unreasonable for Chen Guo to question Nanhua like this?" After the envoy's voice fell from Chen Guo's side, a courtier from Nanhua's side stood up and retorted, "Although Ruan Tongzhi is in a competition Being assassinated in the arena, but it doesn't mean that we Nanhua people did it, maybe Ruan Tongzhi has some enemies who chased him to the competition field while Ruan Tongzhi was not in Chen Country!"
"Okay, the old man has opened his eyes. It turns out that this is the sincerity of your Nanhua as the host. Since the envoys of various countries have come to your Nanhua, you should be prepared to defend yourself. Now, the dignitaries of all countries are in the debate. The field is supposed to be heavily guarded, but there are still such assassins appearing, if you have nothing to do with your Nanhua, ask the envoys from various countries, who would believe it?"
These words can be said to be heartbreaking, and as soon as he said it, the envoys from all over the world also echoed.
Although it is said that today's [-]% is aimed at Ruan Fu, but who can guarantee that there will be another person?
Starting from the poisoning incident of Shanxiangzi, Nanhua did not find out a single result for several days. This incident has long made people feel depressed. Reassuring.
On the high platform, the envoys of various countries spoke out one after another, all of which were accusations, and some people even spoke out, unwilling to maintain the superficial peace, "Could it be that Nanhua wants to attack the countries secretly, except for the opponents of the countries who won the competition among the countries?" victory?"
It was Xihu who spoke at an hour. Since the incident of the Xihu warriors, the friendship between Xihu and Nanhua that was originally planned has not yet been negotiated at this time. In addition to the recent events, Xihu's temper was inspired.
"Ridiculous! This is slander!" Nanhua's officials said with red necks when they heard the words.
The envoys of various countries started to discuss, but the side of Chen Kingdom calmed down, and it became a quarrel between the officials of Nanhua and some of the officials of various countries.
Lin Mo was still in the apse, and after Ruan Fu was taken away by Yu Wujue, he only stood beside Yu Wujue, and never let go of his grasped hand, allowing the quarrel on the high platform, the two just Watching quietly, did not say a word.
Feeling that Yu Wujue was not as nervous as before, Ruan Fu moved the hand held by him, and Yu Wujue realized it. After a blink of an eye, he felt that because he held it for too long, Ruan Fu's hand The hand is already red.
Her hands are white and delicate, usually if you touch them with a little force, there will be red marks, but now he has held her for so long... Yu Wujue frowned, with a look of remorse in her eyes, she was about to break free Ruan Fu's hand, but Ruan Fu shook his head slightly, indicating that he was fine, but on the contrary, he grabbed Yu Wujue's palm with his backhand with his loose sleeves.
Yu Wujue's heart tightened, and he wrapped his palm, Ruan Fu said softly, "I'm fine."
Yu Wujue nodded, but even so, he still didn't feel relaxed at all.
During the brief exchange between the two, the envoys from the various countries over there had already gotten into trouble with the envoys from Nanhua. Huangfu Yu's depression had not disappeared since Ruan Fu's accident. See you again at this time. In the scene, impatience gradually arose in his eyes. Looking at Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue, the two were fine, they never said a word, and they seemed to have nothing to do with them.
"Don't Jin Wang and Ruan Tongzhi say a word?" Xu Huaiwen, the head of Nanhua's officials, finally spoke when Huangfu Yu looked towards Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue.
Yu Wujue looked over, with a cool and handsome face, but his voice was not warm, "What does Xu Xiang want this king to say?"
"It's true that this incident happened in Nanhua, but now it's just a surprise. Nothing happened to Ruan Tongzhi, but your country is so aggressive, which arouses conflicts between other countries and me in Nanhua. Does King Jin want to sit idly by?" reason?"
"Is there any danger?" Yu Wujue repeated this sentence, and after glancing at Ruan Fu, he turned to Xu Huaiwen, "According to Xu Xiang, how can Nanhua feel that this matter should be handled properly? If not On a whim, this king put Xu Xiang on the high platform as a target to play with, let Xu Xiang taste what it means to be alarmed but not dangerous and not want to pursue it?"
Xu Huaiwen's face darkened, "Isn't King Jin insulting the truth?"
Yu Wujue snorted lightly, obviously disdainful, "This king hasn't pursued it yet, but Xu Xiang is ashamed to say that this king just sits and ignores it. Since this is the case, this king will take care of it."
Huangfu Yu just took a look at Xu Huaiwen, whose face was already grim, "I will definitely explain this matter to King Jin and Kingdom Chen."
Yu Wujue was obviously not in a good mood, "How does the Emperor Nanhua plan to explain? Many things happened after the alliance of various countries, and I don't see any explanations from Nanhua, but things happened one after another. This king sees that His Majesty is not a decent emperor. .”
"Prince Jin!" Huangfu Yu said in a deep voice, such words have always been against him.
His eyes are dark. Even if he stands in a high position and looks down at Yu Wujue, even if he is the emperor, but standing in front of Yu Wujue, he never has the confidence to be a king. .”
Compared with Huangfu Yu's complexion, even Nanhua's courtiers were filled with righteous indignation but did not dare to say anything, Yu Wujue didn't seem to show any signs of arrogance at all, he just looked there, making people feel like a king gas.
Yan Linglong hasn't said a word since the accident, and what happened today was somewhat beyond her expectations. However, thinking of Xu Huaiwen's respective needs that Xu Huaiwen mentioned when he secretly found her two days ago, she also had some guesses in her heart.
If that's the case, Yan Linglong squinted her eyes. If so, isn't she really a target for others?
It's not good when things happened, but it happened when she invited Ruan Fu to debate on the debate stage, and who would have known that Ruan Fu would be on the debate stage in advance, and if he hadn't known in advance, how could he have made such an assassination arrangement.
Because of Yu Wujue's words, the atmosphere on the high platform was a little frozen, and Yan Jing smiled and said, "Why does the Emperor of Nanhua have to be so serious? The King of Jin values Ruan Tongzhi, so naturally he can't see Ruan Tongzhi being hurt by 01:30. If it is me, I'm afraid, I won't It's easy to talk like King Jin."
His voice was faint, and it seemed to be a little provocative when he listened carefully.
Huangfu glanced at Yan Jing in a blink of an eye, and Yan Jing continued to speak quietly, with a hint of bloodthirsty on her lips, "If someone hurts the person I love like this, I'm afraid that Nanhua's debate field will be the most difficult one. It's going to bleed."
Although he was speaking for Huangfu Yu, his gaze was directed towards Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu.
Yu Wujue raised his eyes, glanced at Yan Jing, with a sneer on his lips, apparently not paying attention.
Yan Jing glanced at Yan Linglong, and said softly, "Besides, I, Beiyan, cannot escape today's incident. If it wasn't for the imperial sister who insisted on inviting Ruan Tongzhi to the stage, how could such a thing happen? If something happened to Ruan Tongzhi Now, the imperial sister is to be blamed for death, isn't it, imperial sister?"
Yan Jing turned her head and smiled, Yan Linglong's face froze when she heard the words, she didn't expect Yan Jing to say such words directly at this time, but she recovered quickly, then looked at Ruan Fu with a sincere expression, "Today It was Linglong's lack of consideration that caused Ruan Tongzhi to be shocked, Linglong hereby apologizes to Ruan Tongzhi, and after today, she will definitely come to ask for forgiveness."
Yan Linglong didn't refuse or refute, when Yan Jing said that, she really accepted that what happened today was her own fault.
Ruan Fu took a deep look at Yan Linglong, his long eyelashes covered his complicated eyes, "Princess, you are serious. If you are really coming for me at this moment, even if no princess invites me to the stage, I will always walk out of the high stage."
Yan Linglong still said, "No matter what, Linglong is still not thinking carefully at this time."
Ruan Fu didn't say any more. At this moment, Zhao Jin, who had brought people to search the debate field, also came back, but nothing was gained.
"Report to Your Majesty, I have searched the debate venue, and there is no suspicious person entering or leaving the venue."
Zhao Jin's complexion was also not very good. He was responsible for the security of the debate field, but after the incident happened, he sent people to search, but he couldn't find any suspicious people.
"Can't find it?" His expression was not good, "Zhao Jin, I entrusted the safety of the envoys and the security of Nanhua during the alliance of various countries to your hands. Is that how you do things?"
Zhao Jin knelt down on one knee, "This is a negligence of duty, please forgive me!"
"What's the use of my crimes against you? Continue to investigate. People will never disappear without leaving any clues. Since they didn't go out, they are still in the venue. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to dig them out for me." !"
"Yes!" Zhao Jin continued to accept the order.
At this moment, Yu Wuhen came out of the apse with something in his hand, just after hearing Huangfu Yu's words, he said mockingly, "I'm afraid it's not that Nanhua can't find out, but that Nanhua doesn't want the assassin to show up." .”
After all, Yu Wuhen flicked his palm, and a broken arrow appeared in his hand, "If my prince reads correctly, this arrow feather is the arrow feather used by the Nanhua Imperial Forest Army, and the emblem on it is Nanhua Emperor. Surely you don't recognize it?"
After Yu Wuhen finished speaking, the old eunuch beside Huangfu Yu stepped forward to look at the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, and Yu Wuhen said, "This broken arrow was just taken out from Lin Mo's shoulder, and the blood on it is still wet. Nanhua don't say that this prince randomly took it out of your Imperial Forest Army."
When the old eunuch saw it, his face became stiff immediately, and he turned around and whispered something in Huangfu Yu's ear.
Hearing this, Zhao Jin couldn't care less about being kneeling on the ground anymore, stood up directly, and grabbed the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, on which there was a clear mark of the Nanhua Yulin Army.
The Imperial Forest Army is the royal guard on the bright side, generally in the hands of the emperor, but the arrow feathers that assassinated Ruan Fu came from the Imperial Forest Army, Huangfu Yu's face became even more gloomy.
After Lin Mo was injured, Yu Wuhen followed Lin Mo into the apse. He didn't know that there had been heated discussions outside, and he was also filled with righteous indignation at this time.
Naturally, Huangfu Yu was very angry. The Imperial Forest Army in his hands did such a thing to assassinate the envoy without his knowledge. It was obvious that he had challenged his imperial power. How could Huangfu Yu not be angry.
Huangfu Yu said harshly, "Zhao Jin, I will give you the privilege to search the Imperial Forest Army. Let me investigate this matter carefully. I want to see who in the Imperial Forest Army dared to assassinate the envoy in front of me."
Zhao Jin was startled, but still responded, "Yes!"
But just as Zhao Jin's voice fell, Ruan Fu's voice sounded, "Wait!"
Her voice was not loud, but she seemed particularly abrupt in the shock of many people.
"Ruan Tongzhi, do you have anything else to say?" Xu Huaiwen spoke first.
Then Ruan Fu stood up and glanced at Xu Huaiwen, "What is Mrs. Xu worried about? Ruan Fu hasn't said anything yet."
Xu Huai frowned deeply when he heard the words, and Huang Fu Yu looked at Ruan Fu.
Ruan Fu was not in a hurry, he looked around the entire debate field, and said, "In the middle of the entire debate field is the debate platform for the students built, and around it is a high platform for watching."
She pointed to the direction of the debate stage, and pointed to the place where she was standing before, "I was standing there before, and the sharp arrow was shot from the opposite side of me. Looking around, there are all high platforms where people can hide and shoot. It is not difficult to find the place, either hiding in a tree or hiding in the attic of the palace. However, this debate field is sixty feet from east to west and fifty feet from north to south. I shot a sharp arrow from a distance of thirty feet."
What she said made all the envoys confused. They didn't know why she would say such a thing. Ruan Fu turned to look at Zhao Jin, "General Zhao, if what I expected is right, the Zhao family's army will fight The strength is astonishing, there are probably not many people who can achieve the hundred-step piercing in archery."
Zhao Jin said in a deep voice, "What Ruan Tongzhi said is right."
Ruan Fu nodded and continued, "The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Forest Army is obviously not as good as that of Zhao's Army Commander. It is different from the Zhao Family Army's slashing and killing on the battlefield. The Imperial Forest Army guards the imperial city, but the Nanhua Royal Family has not had any major incidents in the past 200 years. The Imperial Forest Army Not to mention the fighting power."
Before she finished speaking, a courtier from Nanhua said, "Ruan Tongzhi is underestimating our Nanhua Imperial Forest Army!"
Ruan Fu glanced lightly at the person who spoke, "Your Nanhua Imperial Forest Army is no good at all!"
Seeing that the man still wanted to refute, Yu Wujue squinted his eyes, raised his finger, and the man shut his mouth in an instant, and the expressions of all the officials in Nanhua changed, but Yu Wujue remained unmoved. He just glanced at him and continued, "What's more, the Imperial Forest Army uses silver spears and iron halberds. Even if they can shoot arrows, they are not very good at archery, let alone Zhao's army. Such a big Zhao's army can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps in archery." There are less than a hundred people, and the Imperial Forest Army has only 5000 people, so what can you do, it would be great if you can make a long spear well."
"I still remember that during the battle of Yuanyang City, General Zhao shot an arrow at King Jin outside the city. The arrow feather was still powerful a hundred steps away. It can be seen that General Zhao's archery is also one of the best in Nanhua. If so, General Zhao You must know that after [-] battles, no matter how excellent the archery skills are, the arrow feathers you shoot will still have the momentum of the first shot after [-] battles."
At the beginning of the period, when he heard Ruan Fu mention the arrow that rose in his heart when he faced Yu Wujue for the first time outside Yuanyang City, Zhao Jin's heart sank, and only heard Ruan Fu yell half a sentence , Zhao Jin immediately understood what Ruan Fu wanted to express.
He squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I understand. When the arrow feathers shot at Ruan Tongzhi, thirty feet away, a hundred steps away, they were still as powerful as a broken bamboo. Even if the strength was reduced by King Jin's dagger, it was still so powerful , it can be seen that people who shoot arrows are either people with amazing archery skills or people with amazing arm strength."
Ruan Fu continued, "After nearly half an hour of searching, General Zhao has not found out who this person is, he has not even been seen, and he has no object of suspicion. It can be seen that this person, at least for the whole debate field The situation is very familiar, and even, as much as General Zhao, this kind of people will not be foreign assassins, even if foreign assassins have obtained the blueprint of the debate field, how can they disappear in such a short period of time? ?”
"Today I will go to the debate stage to debate with the princess in charge. It is completely unplanned. No one can guess this. I am afraid that even the princess herself is surprised why I agreed to the princess. However, the assassin can I have made perfect preparations. Not only did I almost succeed in assassinating me, but even in such an unexpected situation, I was able to leave the scene without a sound. Who is such a person? "
Ruan Fu's voice was slightly cold, and before Zhao Jin answered, he continued, "Besides, as far as I know, the Imperial Forest Army's supplies are extremely strict. If this person is an assassin from outside, how can he get the imperial forest army's arrows?" Yu, is it possible to steal and rob me in order to assassinate me? Stealing is impossible and unnecessary, even if it is just to blame the Imperial Forest Army. Steal it or not, then this arrow feather can only be his own, let alone..."
Ruan Fu's gaze was on the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, "Who is so capable, who can pierce through Yang with a hundred steps, and can shoot two arrow feathers at the same time so that the arrow feathers are not in order, and who is so familiar with the debate field?" , and get the arrow feathers of the Royal Forest Army..."
Ruan Fu analyzed this point, and many of Nanhua's courtiers had shown complex expressions on their faces. Some people were surprised by Ruan Fu's deduction, but what was even more surprising was that Ruan Fu seemed to be very familiar with Nanhua's Imperial Forest Army. Even though they were Nan Hua's courtiers, they might not know about it, but now what Ruan Fu said was not opposed by Huangfu Yu or Zhao Jin, obviously both of them agreed with her statement.
"This person... is not..."
"This……"
Among Nanhua's courtiers, there was already a voice. Zhao Jin took a deep look at Ruan Fu, and then said in a deep voice, "Deputy General of the Imperial Forest Army, Song Cheng!"
Zhao Jin clasped her fists and said to Huangfu Yu, "The one who meets this requirement is Song Cheng, the deputy general of the Imperial Forest Army."
Huangfu Yu said in a deep voice, "Catch Song Cheng immediately!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Jin answered again in a deep voice.
Everyone on the high platform had complex expressions, and after a while, Yan Jing smiled, "No wonder King Jin said that the emperor of Nanhua is not doing well. With Ruan Tongzhi's understanding of the Nanhua Imperial Forest Army, it really makes people think Incredible."
Huangfu Yu also looked at Ruan Fu with deep eyes, Ruan Fu just smiled lightly, "If the King of Beiyan is unwilling, I can also tell you how much I know Beiyan's Royal Yulin Army."
Yan Jing's face darkened.
Ruan Fu then turned his attention to Xu Huaiwen, "Song Cheng is the deputy general of the Imperial Forest Army. If Ruan Fu remembers correctly, this person was not a martial arts practitioner, but Xu Xiang's student. Unfortunately, his writing is not as good as martial arts. Because of his amazing arm strength and superb archery skills, he became a member of the Imperial Forest Army, and gradually became a lieutenant general of the Imperial Forest Army?"
Xu Huaiwen heard the words, looked over, his face was heavy, "Ruan Tongzhi wanted to say, does this matter have anything to do with the truth?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he folded his hands and looked at Huangfu Yu, "Your Majesty, I never did such a thing. It was more than ten years ago that Song Cheng was my student, and I had no contact with me these years. If this matter If it is found out that it is related to Weichen, Weichen is willing to apologize with death."
Huangfu Yu glanced at Xu Huaiwen with a complicated expression.
"Xu Xiang, why are you so anxious? I haven't said that this matter is related to Xu Xiang. I just suddenly thought of asking." Ruan Fu said lightly.
Xu Huaiwen pursed his lips and remained silent, obviously very angry.
Zhao Jin has already sent someone to fetch Song Cheng. At this time, Ruan Fu is unwilling to stay here. The imperial doctor has come out and said that he has pulled out the broken arrow on Lin Mo's shoulder, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged it up. Yes, Lin Mo has woken up.
Hearing this, Ruan Fu didn't say much anymore, and after a warning, he and Yu Wujue went into the back hall to see Lin Mo.
Lin Mo was originally a frail scholar. He was injured like this and almost took half his life. His face was pale and bloodless. Although he had woken up, he still looked very bad.
These people are all Nanhua's imperial doctors, and they usually see some mild diseases of the rich and noble in the palace. They have never seen such serious wounds, and because this incident happened to Chen Kingdom's envoys, they only They were able to grit their teeth and heal Lin Mo, and finally saved Lin Mo, which was a relief to them.
Seeing Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue coming in, several imperial physicians rushed forward, "Prince Jin, Ruan Tongzhi."
"How?" Yu Wujue said.
"I have already stopped the bleeding for Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin is still a little weak, but there is no danger to his life. However, for the next month or so, he still needs to rest well and not move around, so as not to touch the wound and cause the wound to rupture. "
Yu Wujue nodded, and the imperial physician withdrew.
Lin Mo had already woken up, but he was still very weak. The wound was too deep, and he felt unspeakable pain at this moment.
Seeing Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue, he resisted the pain in his body and wanted to get up, but was stopped by Ruan Fu, "You are so injured, just lie down."
Lin Mo's voice was weak, "I made the prince and Ruan Tongzhi laugh, is Ruan Tongzhi okay?"
Ruan Fu shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but you."
Lin Mo's voice was a bit forbearing, "It's just a small injury, and I won't kill this one. Fortunately, Ruan Tongzhi is fine, but Ruan Tongzhi needs to be more careful in the future. This trip to Nanhua, I'm afraid there will be more like Such a thrilling scene today."
Ruan Fu said, "Okay, why do you need to remind me to worry about this, I have already expected this before my lord and I set off, you can just rest in peace of mind, the person who hurt you, my lord and I will always seek justice for you .”
Lin Mo closed his eyes and said, "It's just a pity for this debate between students from various countries."
He sounded regretful, which shows how regrettable it is to temporarily leave the stage due to injury in this debate of students from various countries.
Li Xiu stood aside and couldn't help but sighed when he heard Lin Mo's words. Seeing this, Ruan Fu said, "Healing your wounds is more important than anything else, but it's just a debate among students from various countries. Now, Although the debate is not over yet, your name has long been heard among the students from various countries. What's more, even if you miss this debate, you will know in the future, compared to this debate among students from various countries , there are times waiting for you that make you more passionate than debating with the students."
Lin Mo's eyes lit up, Ruan Fu hooked the corners of his lips, and said, "Don't worry, since you have such a wonderful debate, you will know who the famous debater in history is and what he did in history, Lin Mo, in the future , is what you have to do.”
The most famous debater in history, how could Lin Mo not know that he was the person he yearned for, who could fight with all the ministers for seven days without falling, face thousands of troops with one man's power, and subdue a country with just one mouth celebrity!
Seeing this, Ruan Fu said, "Take good care of your wounds. Only when you are healthy can you do more things."
Lin Mo nodded and said, "Lin Mo knows, thank you Ruan Tongzhi for your persuasion."
Ruan Fu shook his head, but Li Xiu was the older one, "Brother Lin is obviously older than Ruan Tongzhi, but Ruan Tongzhi is needed to enlighten us on these matters."
Lin Mo felt ashamed after hearing this, so Ruan Fu could only laugh and said, "Forget it, Li Xiu was joking with you, just take care of your wounds."
After finishing speaking, Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue walked out again.
Yu Wujue kept looking down at Ruan Fu, and when he reached a place where there was no one outside, Ruan Fu raised his head to look at Yu Wujue, and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"
Yu Wujue looked at her for a while, and finally decided not to care about how kind she was to Lin Mo just now. As for that Lin Mo, there will be opportunities to deal with him in the future. Compared with the so-called famous debater.But what Ruan Er says is what she is, as long as she is well, everything is fine.
Yu Wujue suddenly pulled Ruan Fu into his arms, hugged him firmly, and seemed to sigh, "Just now, I was very scared."
This is the second time that Yu Wujue mentioned the word fear to her. The first time was when she was in Laofenggu. At that time, Ruan Fu heard it, and felt more disturbed in his heart, not knowing how to distinguish the feeling. But listening to it now, I feel a little pain in my heart.
Ruan Fu raised his hand and gently patted his back, "I'm fine, besides, I'm wearing a soft gold silk armor, even if the arrow feathers really hit me, I'll be fine .” At most, it only hurts for a while.However, Ruan Fu still didn't say these words.
Seeing him holding her back as if comforting, Yu Wujue dissipated the worries in her heart a little bit by her actions. At that time, he was so thankful that he still had this kind of kung fu. Only then did he feel that the young man All the hardships I have suffered in order to practice this kung fu during the period, I don't feel much about it today.
After the two were silent for a while, Yu Wujue's voice fell into Ruan Fu's ears, "Ruan'er, if you get hurt, no one in this world can stop me from becoming a demon."
The voice was like a sigh but not a sigh, a bit ethereal, but it made Ruan Fu's hand patted on Yu Wujue's back tremble, and after a pause, she said, "I know, I won't."
Yu Wujue sighed slightly in her heart, she wanted a prosperous world and a great world, but if she was hurt, the world would be hurt along with her.
The two of them didn't stay in the apse for long, and soon returned to the high platform. After waiting for a while, Zhao Jin came back, but he didn't bring the so-called Song Cheng back, but came directly to meet Huangfu Yu Plead guilty, "Your Majesty, Song Cheng has hanged himself at home!"
Everyone was shocked.
Only Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue were not surprised by this.
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Song Cheng died, and the clues about the assassination of Ruan Fu on the debate stage were cut off.
Song Cheng and Ruan Fu had no grievances and no grievances. Why did someone assassinate Ruan Fu? Nothing was found related to his assassination of Nguyen Phuc.
Although Huangfu Yu still ordered to continue to investigate this matter, saying that he wanted to give Chen Guo an explanation, but neither Ruan Fu nor Yu Wujue asked about this matter anymore, as if neither of them cared about it. Even the Chen Kingdom's envoys gradually became normal, as if they had completely forgotten about it.
However, who can forget?Huangfu Yu naturally didn't believe it, but the more indifferent and even calmer Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue were, the more uneasy he felt.
It's just that no one knows, after that day, when he returned to the palace, Huangfu Yu immediately summoned Xu Huaiwen, no one knows what the two of them talked about, only Xu Huaiwen left the imperial study room after more than an hour .
On the second day, the debate of the students from various countries did not stop because of Lin Mo's injury. She shined brilliantly on the debate stage, her momentum was overwhelming, and she was merciless, so that, before the end of the competition time on the third day, there was already a situation where only Chen country students were left on the debate stage. This has never happened before, and this kind of anomaly has surprised the envoys of various countries.
The scholars from various countries debated, and in the end only the students of Chen State were left standing on the debate stage, which seemed to officially opened the situation that Chen State was the leader in this alliance of nations. In the next competition, no matter what kind of competition it is , the contestants from Chen Kingdom must be among the top performers. This almost crushing achievement gave the alliance of nations, which had just finished halfway through, a feeling that it could be over.
Everyone has already felt that the pattern of the Central Plains is bound to change.
Time has entered October, the heat is gradually disappearing, there is no autumn in the southern country, and the greenery of the trees has not diminished by half in autumn, except that the wind at night is a bit cool and anxious, but people can't feel the obvious autumn .
In the dark night, Nanhua, which has been bustling all night, has gradually become quiet.
Zhitong Lang's mansion, since Cao Fang was demoted to become Zhitong Lang because of his rude words when he met with the envoys of Chen Kingdom, the front of the mansion was almost deserted, and the trees fell and the monkeys scattered. Not to mention that Xu Huaiwen, who had always valued him before, had never had Said that, even among colleagues, no one came to visit.
To be honest, he couldn't accept being directly demoted to three ranks for saying something like that.
For more than a month, every night, whenever he thought about what happened that day, Cao Fang became more and more resentful towards Ruan Fu. He couldn't sleep, so he kept turning over in bed, which made Cao Fang's concubine unable to sleep.
Seeing that Cao Fang was moaning and sighing all night, she couldn't help persuading, "Is the master still worried about the official position?"
Cao Fang snorted softly, obviously he didn't want to talk about such things with women and Taoists.
The concubine was not annoyed, she stroked Cao Fang's chest and said, "Master, don't worry, maybe it's just that His Majesty wants to give Chen Guo a face. After the envoy of Chen Kingdom left, His Majesty will use Master again. What's more, Mr. Xu Haven't you always been on good terms with the master?"
Cao Fang snorted coldly, "What do you know! I'm afraid His Majesty doesn't remember me now. As for Xu Huaiwen, hmph! You think Xu Huaiwen is easy to get along with. Back then, you needed me..."
Having said that, Cao Fang suddenly paused again, thinking of what happened back then, he still decided not to speak.
The concubine was obviously interested, "Back then, what did the master help Xu Xiang back then?"
Cao Fang was impatient, "Forget it, go to sleep, it's a long time ago!"
After all, he was about to sleep with his concubine in his arms again, but unexpectedly, he heard a piercing sound, a gust of wind blowing over, a figure suddenly appeared in the dark inner room, and fell on the faint moonlight outside the window. In front of Cao Fang.
The concubine yelled in fright, with a sharp voice, "Ah—"
"Shut up!" A cold female voice sounded as a green sword was pressed against her neck.
The concubine's voice stopped suddenly, and the ninja burst into tears, trembling as he looked at the long sword pressed against his neck.
"You, you... who are you?" Cao Fang huddled on the bed, hid behind the concubine, looked at the masked woman in black, and tremblingly asked.
"The person who came to claim his life!" Tsing Yi's voice was cold and emotionless, the long sword rested on the concubine's neck, and his eyes were on Cao Fang in the dark, and said coldly, "Six years ago, the Meng family treacherously How much do you know about the case?"
"You, what are you talking about, female, female hero, I, I don't know what you are talking about."
"Stop talking nonsense, the case of the Meng family back then was related to you!" Tsing Yi said firmly.
Cao Fang hid behind the concubine, tremblingly said, "You, you are a descendant of the Meng family!"
"Say!"
"Meng's treason, I was ordered to search!"
"Still sophistrying, what happened back then was originally caused by you and Xu Huaiwen in secret, tell me, who else is related to this matter." Tsing Yi's voice was low.
Cao Fang suddenly smiled coldly, pulled something in his hand, only heard the sound of searching, and saw several arrow feathers shooting out from everywhere in the room, Tsing Yi saw this, dodged to dodge, and saw the arrow feathers Qi volley shot at Cao Fang's concubine.
Seeing this, Tsing Yi fled out of Cao Fang's room, no longer thinking about it, and walked away with ease.
Only then did Cao Fang appear and shouted, "Come on, catch the assassin, catch the assassin!"
On the second day, when Xu Huaiwen came back from the outside, he saw the butler report that Mr. Zhitong Lang Cao had been waiting in the mansion for a long time.
Xu Huaiwen frowned, he didn't want to pay attention to Cao Fang, but he said in a deep voice, "Take Cao Fang to meet me in the study."
Cao Fang arrived soon, his expression was still panicked, as soon as he entered the study, Cao Fangfang shouted, "Xu Xiang, save me!"
Xu Huaiwen frowned, "Why are you so irritable? The truth is that it's not a good time for official positions, at least until the envoy leaves Nanhua..."
Before Xu Huaiwen finished speaking, Cao Fang hurriedly said, "Xu Xiang, the Meng family, the descendants of the Meng family are here!"
Xu Huaiwen was surprised, "What did you say?"
Then, as if realizing something, Xu Huaiwen waved his hand, and someone closed the door of the study.
Only then Cao Fang hurriedly told Xu Huaiwen what happened last night.
After Xu Huaiwen heard this, his face was dark and gloomy, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
"Xu Xiang, they must be descendants of the Meng family. They obviously knew what happened back then, and they are here for revenge." Cao Fang said anxiously.
Xu Huaiwen squinted his eyes, "Woman, are you alone?"
"Yes, that woman is strong in martial arts. Since she has tracked down the lower official, it is obvious...Xu Xiang, you have to save the lower official."
Xu Huaiwen heard the words, his face gradually relaxed, not because he was afraid, but as if he was sure of something. It seemed that he was not in a hurry. He looked at Cao Fang who was in a hurry, and said, "Master Cao, do you want to worry?" If you want to save your life, you still want this official hat."
Cao Fang was very surprised when he heard this.
Xu Huaiwen said, "The truth will show you the way. You need to avoid this matter temporarily. Now His Majesty has demoted you to three ranks. Such a big move may not be just for Chen Guo to see. Why is Your Majesty I will forget your hard work, and taking advantage of this period of time, Mr. Cao might as well claim his illness and go back to his hometown to recuperate. As for the affairs of the descendants of the Meng family, leave it to the truth."
Cao Fang was taken aback, "Master Xiang, is that the only way?"
Xu Huaiwen said, "Master Cao, think about it carefully."
Sure enough, Cao Fang remained silent, and after a long time, he said, "Your Majesty, I will go back and ask His Majesty to return to my hometown and leave overnight."
Xu Huaiwen nodded, and after talking with Cao Fang for a while, Cao Fang hurried away again.
After Cao Fang left, only one person appeared beside Xu Huaiwen, Xu Huaiwen said, "It's a good job, it has been traced to Cao Fang."
"Master Xiang..."
"Descendants of the Meng family? Huh, the descendants of the Meng family are living in the wild forests in the west, and they can't get out. Now they can walk in Huadu by themselves, except for the people of the Mu family. Who can it be?"
"Cao Fang has no choice but to stay. Since he is leaving tonight, you can go and see him off."
"Yes!"
At five o'clock in the dark night, when people sleep well, a carriage quietly left Huadu before the city gate of Chenshi was closed. At five o'clock, it was nearly a hundred miles away from Huadu, which shows the speed of the carriage.
The carriage carried a family of young and old, all of them didn't know why the master suddenly returned home due to illness, and the female relatives still complained endlessly.
Cao Fang couldn't take it anymore, so he scolded in a deep voice, "Shut up! What do you women know?"
The inside of the carriage became quiet in an instant, but the carriage, which had been advancing steadily, stopped suddenly at this time. The female family member sitting in the carriage was thrown out of the carriage with the shaking of the carriage, and a sharp sword arrived. On Cao Fang's neck.
Cao Fang looked at the masked man in front of him, and opened his eyes wide. Behind the masked man over there, there were several men in black, and the driver who was driving the carriage had died under their swords at some point.
"You...you..." Cao Fang's voice trembled.
The cries of the female relatives gradually spread. The man in black was obviously impatient, and directly pierced the hearts of those female relatives. The crying stopped suddenly. Cao Fang couldn't believe it. Seeing the women and children at home dying in front of his eyes, his voice Trembling, angry, "You, who the hell are you!"
"Only the dead are entitled to know."
After all, he stabbed Cao Fang with his sword.
However, the scabbard did not enter Cao Fang's neck. With a sound of ding dong, the long sword was knocked away by something. The man in black ignored Cao Fang and turned his head suddenly, but there was no one, but he saw standing The few companions behind him, in ignorance, spurted a smear of blood from their necks, which was especially clear under the moonlight.
He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and before he had time to see the figure of the other party, he felt a gust of palm blow over his heart, before he could clearly see who was coming, he could only fall silently and slumped.
Cao Fang trembled, watching the man in black fall down, and wanted to escape, but he didn't dare to move anymore, "Yes, who is it..."
"Your Majesty Cao is so timid, how did you do such a bad thing all these years?"
A faint voice came from nowhere. Cao Fang couldn't see anyone, but he felt even more frightened. In the open place, he heard a chuckling voice again, "Ah! It's a disgusting smell! My son, you put Cao Adults are scared to pee!"
Another sneering sound was heard, which belonged to the original man.
Cao Fang's pupils widened, "Yes, who is it... The strong man spares his life, if you want money, I will give you all the money on my body, don't kill me..."
Cao Fang's voice trembled.
"Hmph! Master won't care about your little money!" An angry voice sounded.
Cao Fang was so frightened that he looked around and didn't dare to speak. Then he only felt a small voice ringing in his ear, and then lost his intuition.
"Worthless! Forget it, take care of this one, and take him with you! Let's go and see, these people seem to have made an appointment, and they have to flee tonight. Could it be that it is written in the almanac that it is appropriate to flee?" the voice said. Learning to be free and easy, more unruly laziness, but steady and powerful.
After the sound, the open space returned to silence, only the smell of blood in the night wind.
Cough cough cough, what do you think Tsing Yi is doing?
Tell me, who is here?
(End of this chapter)
Because of an accidental assassination on the debate stage, the debate of students from various countries had to stop.
Lin Mo was taken to the side hall behind the high stage of the debate field, and then a group of imperial physicians also rushed in.
Zhao Jin immediately blocked the entire debate field. After Ruan Fu was assassinated, he immediately sent people to hunt him down in the direction of the sharp arrow. I couldn't see any suspicious figures around the debate field.
Although Ruan Fu didn't make a sound, how could the Chen Kingdom's envoys give up when such a thing happened? After reacting, the senior and experienced minister directly questioned Huangfu Yu, "Emperor Nanhua, what is this?" What's going on, I, Chen Kingdom, came to participate in the alliance, but my colleague from Chaoyu Study was assassinated on the debate stage, what is Nanhua's plan?"
"The matter hasn't been clarified yet, is it too unreasonable for Chen Guo to question Nanhua like this?" After the envoy's voice fell from Chen Guo's side, a courtier from Nanhua's side stood up and retorted, "Although Ruan Tongzhi is in a competition Being assassinated in the arena, but it doesn't mean that we Nanhua people did it, maybe Ruan Tongzhi has some enemies who chased him to the competition field while Ruan Tongzhi was not in Chen Country!"
"Okay, the old man has opened his eyes. It turns out that this is the sincerity of your Nanhua as the host. Since the envoys of various countries have come to your Nanhua, you should be prepared to defend yourself. Now, the dignitaries of all countries are in the debate. The field is supposed to be heavily guarded, but there are still such assassins appearing, if you have nothing to do with your Nanhua, ask the envoys from various countries, who would believe it?"
These words can be said to be heartbreaking, and as soon as he said it, the envoys from all over the world also echoed.
Although it is said that today's [-]% is aimed at Ruan Fu, but who can guarantee that there will be another person?
Starting from the poisoning incident of Shanxiangzi, Nanhua did not find out a single result for several days. This incident has long made people feel depressed. Reassuring.
On the high platform, the envoys of various countries spoke out one after another, all of which were accusations, and some people even spoke out, unwilling to maintain the superficial peace, "Could it be that Nanhua wants to attack the countries secretly, except for the opponents of the countries who won the competition among the countries?" victory?"
It was Xihu who spoke at an hour. Since the incident of the Xihu warriors, the friendship between Xihu and Nanhua that was originally planned has not yet been negotiated at this time. In addition to the recent events, Xihu's temper was inspired.
"Ridiculous! This is slander!" Nanhua's officials said with red necks when they heard the words.
The envoys of various countries started to discuss, but the side of Chen Kingdom calmed down, and it became a quarrel between the officials of Nanhua and some of the officials of various countries.
Lin Mo was still in the apse, and after Ruan Fu was taken away by Yu Wujue, he only stood beside Yu Wujue, and never let go of his grasped hand, allowing the quarrel on the high platform, the two just Watching quietly, did not say a word.
Feeling that Yu Wujue was not as nervous as before, Ruan Fu moved the hand held by him, and Yu Wujue realized it. After a blink of an eye, he felt that because he held it for too long, Ruan Fu's hand The hand is already red.
Her hands are white and delicate, usually if you touch them with a little force, there will be red marks, but now he has held her for so long... Yu Wujue frowned, with a look of remorse in her eyes, she was about to break free Ruan Fu's hand, but Ruan Fu shook his head slightly, indicating that he was fine, but on the contrary, he grabbed Yu Wujue's palm with his backhand with his loose sleeves.
Yu Wujue's heart tightened, and he wrapped his palm, Ruan Fu said softly, "I'm fine."
Yu Wujue nodded, but even so, he still didn't feel relaxed at all.
During the brief exchange between the two, the envoys from the various countries over there had already gotten into trouble with the envoys from Nanhua. Huangfu Yu's depression had not disappeared since Ruan Fu's accident. See you again at this time. In the scene, impatience gradually arose in his eyes. Looking at Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue, the two were fine, they never said a word, and they seemed to have nothing to do with them.
"Don't Jin Wang and Ruan Tongzhi say a word?" Xu Huaiwen, the head of Nanhua's officials, finally spoke when Huangfu Yu looked towards Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue.
Yu Wujue looked over, with a cool and handsome face, but his voice was not warm, "What does Xu Xiang want this king to say?"
"It's true that this incident happened in Nanhua, but now it's just a surprise. Nothing happened to Ruan Tongzhi, but your country is so aggressive, which arouses conflicts between other countries and me in Nanhua. Does King Jin want to sit idly by?" reason?"
"Is there any danger?" Yu Wujue repeated this sentence, and after glancing at Ruan Fu, he turned to Xu Huaiwen, "According to Xu Xiang, how can Nanhua feel that this matter should be handled properly? If not On a whim, this king put Xu Xiang on the high platform as a target to play with, let Xu Xiang taste what it means to be alarmed but not dangerous and not want to pursue it?"
Xu Huaiwen's face darkened, "Isn't King Jin insulting the truth?"
Yu Wujue snorted lightly, obviously disdainful, "This king hasn't pursued it yet, but Xu Xiang is ashamed to say that this king just sits and ignores it. Since this is the case, this king will take care of it."
Huangfu Yu just took a look at Xu Huaiwen, whose face was already grim, "I will definitely explain this matter to King Jin and Kingdom Chen."
Yu Wujue was obviously not in a good mood, "How does the Emperor Nanhua plan to explain? Many things happened after the alliance of various countries, and I don't see any explanations from Nanhua, but things happened one after another. This king sees that His Majesty is not a decent emperor. .”
"Prince Jin!" Huangfu Yu said in a deep voice, such words have always been against him.
His eyes are dark. Even if he stands in a high position and looks down at Yu Wujue, even if he is the emperor, but standing in front of Yu Wujue, he never has the confidence to be a king. .”
Compared with Huangfu Yu's complexion, even Nanhua's courtiers were filled with righteous indignation but did not dare to say anything, Yu Wujue didn't seem to show any signs of arrogance at all, he just looked there, making people feel like a king gas.
Yan Linglong hasn't said a word since the accident, and what happened today was somewhat beyond her expectations. However, thinking of Xu Huaiwen's respective needs that Xu Huaiwen mentioned when he secretly found her two days ago, she also had some guesses in her heart.
If that's the case, Yan Linglong squinted her eyes. If so, isn't she really a target for others?
It's not good when things happened, but it happened when she invited Ruan Fu to debate on the debate stage, and who would have known that Ruan Fu would be on the debate stage in advance, and if he hadn't known in advance, how could he have made such an assassination arrangement.
Because of Yu Wujue's words, the atmosphere on the high platform was a little frozen, and Yan Jing smiled and said, "Why does the Emperor of Nanhua have to be so serious? The King of Jin values Ruan Tongzhi, so naturally he can't see Ruan Tongzhi being hurt by 01:30. If it is me, I'm afraid, I won't It's easy to talk like King Jin."
His voice was faint, and it seemed to be a little provocative when he listened carefully.
Huangfu glanced at Yan Jing in a blink of an eye, and Yan Jing continued to speak quietly, with a hint of bloodthirsty on her lips, "If someone hurts the person I love like this, I'm afraid that Nanhua's debate field will be the most difficult one. It's going to bleed."
Although he was speaking for Huangfu Yu, his gaze was directed towards Yu Wujue and Ruan Fu.
Yu Wujue raised his eyes, glanced at Yan Jing, with a sneer on his lips, apparently not paying attention.
Yan Jing glanced at Yan Linglong, and said softly, "Besides, I, Beiyan, cannot escape today's incident. If it wasn't for the imperial sister who insisted on inviting Ruan Tongzhi to the stage, how could such a thing happen? If something happened to Ruan Tongzhi Now, the imperial sister is to be blamed for death, isn't it, imperial sister?"
Yan Jing turned her head and smiled, Yan Linglong's face froze when she heard the words, she didn't expect Yan Jing to say such words directly at this time, but she recovered quickly, then looked at Ruan Fu with a sincere expression, "Today It was Linglong's lack of consideration that caused Ruan Tongzhi to be shocked, Linglong hereby apologizes to Ruan Tongzhi, and after today, she will definitely come to ask for forgiveness."
Yan Linglong didn't refuse or refute, when Yan Jing said that, she really accepted that what happened today was her own fault.
Ruan Fu took a deep look at Yan Linglong, his long eyelashes covered his complicated eyes, "Princess, you are serious. If you are really coming for me at this moment, even if no princess invites me to the stage, I will always walk out of the high stage."
Yan Linglong still said, "No matter what, Linglong is still not thinking carefully at this time."
Ruan Fu didn't say any more. At this moment, Zhao Jin, who had brought people to search the debate field, also came back, but nothing was gained.
"Report to Your Majesty, I have searched the debate venue, and there is no suspicious person entering or leaving the venue."
Zhao Jin's complexion was also not very good. He was responsible for the security of the debate field, but after the incident happened, he sent people to search, but he couldn't find any suspicious people.
"Can't find it?" His expression was not good, "Zhao Jin, I entrusted the safety of the envoys and the security of Nanhua during the alliance of various countries to your hands. Is that how you do things?"
Zhao Jin knelt down on one knee, "This is a negligence of duty, please forgive me!"
"What's the use of my crimes against you? Continue to investigate. People will never disappear without leaving any clues. Since they didn't go out, they are still in the venue. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to dig them out for me." !"
"Yes!" Zhao Jin continued to accept the order.
At this moment, Yu Wuhen came out of the apse with something in his hand, just after hearing Huangfu Yu's words, he said mockingly, "I'm afraid it's not that Nanhua can't find out, but that Nanhua doesn't want the assassin to show up." .”
After all, Yu Wuhen flicked his palm, and a broken arrow appeared in his hand, "If my prince reads correctly, this arrow feather is the arrow feather used by the Nanhua Imperial Forest Army, and the emblem on it is Nanhua Emperor. Surely you don't recognize it?"
After Yu Wuhen finished speaking, the old eunuch beside Huangfu Yu stepped forward to look at the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, and Yu Wuhen said, "This broken arrow was just taken out from Lin Mo's shoulder, and the blood on it is still wet. Nanhua don't say that this prince randomly took it out of your Imperial Forest Army."
When the old eunuch saw it, his face became stiff immediately, and he turned around and whispered something in Huangfu Yu's ear.
Hearing this, Zhao Jin couldn't care less about being kneeling on the ground anymore, stood up directly, and grabbed the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, on which there was a clear mark of the Nanhua Yulin Army.
The Imperial Forest Army is the royal guard on the bright side, generally in the hands of the emperor, but the arrow feathers that assassinated Ruan Fu came from the Imperial Forest Army, Huangfu Yu's face became even more gloomy.
After Lin Mo was injured, Yu Wuhen followed Lin Mo into the apse. He didn't know that there had been heated discussions outside, and he was also filled with righteous indignation at this time.
Naturally, Huangfu Yu was very angry. The Imperial Forest Army in his hands did such a thing to assassinate the envoy without his knowledge. It was obvious that he had challenged his imperial power. How could Huangfu Yu not be angry.
Huangfu Yu said harshly, "Zhao Jin, I will give you the privilege to search the Imperial Forest Army. Let me investigate this matter carefully. I want to see who in the Imperial Forest Army dared to assassinate the envoy in front of me."
Zhao Jin was startled, but still responded, "Yes!"
But just as Zhao Jin's voice fell, Ruan Fu's voice sounded, "Wait!"
Her voice was not loud, but she seemed particularly abrupt in the shock of many people.
"Ruan Tongzhi, do you have anything else to say?" Xu Huaiwen spoke first.
Then Ruan Fu stood up and glanced at Xu Huaiwen, "What is Mrs. Xu worried about? Ruan Fu hasn't said anything yet."
Xu Huai frowned deeply when he heard the words, and Huang Fu Yu looked at Ruan Fu.
Ruan Fu was not in a hurry, he looked around the entire debate field, and said, "In the middle of the entire debate field is the debate platform for the students built, and around it is a high platform for watching."
She pointed to the direction of the debate stage, and pointed to the place where she was standing before, "I was standing there before, and the sharp arrow was shot from the opposite side of me. Looking around, there are all high platforms where people can hide and shoot. It is not difficult to find the place, either hiding in a tree or hiding in the attic of the palace. However, this debate field is sixty feet from east to west and fifty feet from north to south. I shot a sharp arrow from a distance of thirty feet."
What she said made all the envoys confused. They didn't know why she would say such a thing. Ruan Fu turned to look at Zhao Jin, "General Zhao, if what I expected is right, the Zhao family's army will fight The strength is astonishing, there are probably not many people who can achieve the hundred-step piercing in archery."
Zhao Jin said in a deep voice, "What Ruan Tongzhi said is right."
Ruan Fu nodded and continued, "The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Forest Army is obviously not as good as that of Zhao's Army Commander. It is different from the Zhao Family Army's slashing and killing on the battlefield. The Imperial Forest Army guards the imperial city, but the Nanhua Royal Family has not had any major incidents in the past 200 years. The Imperial Forest Army Not to mention the fighting power."
Before she finished speaking, a courtier from Nanhua said, "Ruan Tongzhi is underestimating our Nanhua Imperial Forest Army!"
Ruan Fu glanced lightly at the person who spoke, "Your Nanhua Imperial Forest Army is no good at all!"
Seeing that the man still wanted to refute, Yu Wujue squinted his eyes, raised his finger, and the man shut his mouth in an instant, and the expressions of all the officials in Nanhua changed, but Yu Wujue remained unmoved. He just glanced at him and continued, "What's more, the Imperial Forest Army uses silver spears and iron halberds. Even if they can shoot arrows, they are not very good at archery, let alone Zhao's army. Such a big Zhao's army can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps in archery." There are less than a hundred people, and the Imperial Forest Army has only 5000 people, so what can you do, it would be great if you can make a long spear well."
"I still remember that during the battle of Yuanyang City, General Zhao shot an arrow at King Jin outside the city. The arrow feather was still powerful a hundred steps away. It can be seen that General Zhao's archery is also one of the best in Nanhua. If so, General Zhao You must know that after [-] battles, no matter how excellent the archery skills are, the arrow feathers you shoot will still have the momentum of the first shot after [-] battles."
At the beginning of the period, when he heard Ruan Fu mention the arrow that rose in his heart when he faced Yu Wujue for the first time outside Yuanyang City, Zhao Jin's heart sank, and only heard Ruan Fu yell half a sentence , Zhao Jin immediately understood what Ruan Fu wanted to express.
He squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I understand. When the arrow feathers shot at Ruan Tongzhi, thirty feet away, a hundred steps away, they were still as powerful as a broken bamboo. Even if the strength was reduced by King Jin's dagger, it was still so powerful , it can be seen that people who shoot arrows are either people with amazing archery skills or people with amazing arm strength."
Ruan Fu continued, "After nearly half an hour of searching, General Zhao has not found out who this person is, he has not even been seen, and he has no object of suspicion. It can be seen that this person, at least for the whole debate field The situation is very familiar, and even, as much as General Zhao, this kind of people will not be foreign assassins, even if foreign assassins have obtained the blueprint of the debate field, how can they disappear in such a short period of time? ?”
"Today I will go to the debate stage to debate with the princess in charge. It is completely unplanned. No one can guess this. I am afraid that even the princess herself is surprised why I agreed to the princess. However, the assassin can I have made perfect preparations. Not only did I almost succeed in assassinating me, but even in such an unexpected situation, I was able to leave the scene without a sound. Who is such a person? "
Ruan Fu's voice was slightly cold, and before Zhao Jin answered, he continued, "Besides, as far as I know, the Imperial Forest Army's supplies are extremely strict. If this person is an assassin from outside, how can he get the imperial forest army's arrows?" Yu, is it possible to steal and rob me in order to assassinate me? Stealing is impossible and unnecessary, even if it is just to blame the Imperial Forest Army. Steal it or not, then this arrow feather can only be his own, let alone..."
Ruan Fu's gaze was on the broken arrow in Yu Wuhen's hand, "Who is so capable, who can pierce through Yang with a hundred steps, and can shoot two arrow feathers at the same time so that the arrow feathers are not in order, and who is so familiar with the debate field?" , and get the arrow feathers of the Royal Forest Army..."
Ruan Fu analyzed this point, and many of Nanhua's courtiers had shown complex expressions on their faces. Some people were surprised by Ruan Fu's deduction, but what was even more surprising was that Ruan Fu seemed to be very familiar with Nanhua's Imperial Forest Army. Even though they were Nan Hua's courtiers, they might not know about it, but now what Ruan Fu said was not opposed by Huangfu Yu or Zhao Jin, obviously both of them agreed with her statement.
"This person... is not..."
"This……"
Among Nanhua's courtiers, there was already a voice. Zhao Jin took a deep look at Ruan Fu, and then said in a deep voice, "Deputy General of the Imperial Forest Army, Song Cheng!"
Zhao Jin clasped her fists and said to Huangfu Yu, "The one who meets this requirement is Song Cheng, the deputy general of the Imperial Forest Army."
Huangfu Yu said in a deep voice, "Catch Song Cheng immediately!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Jin answered again in a deep voice.
Everyone on the high platform had complex expressions, and after a while, Yan Jing smiled, "No wonder King Jin said that the emperor of Nanhua is not doing well. With Ruan Tongzhi's understanding of the Nanhua Imperial Forest Army, it really makes people think Incredible."
Huangfu Yu also looked at Ruan Fu with deep eyes, Ruan Fu just smiled lightly, "If the King of Beiyan is unwilling, I can also tell you how much I know Beiyan's Royal Yulin Army."
Yan Jing's face darkened.
Ruan Fu then turned his attention to Xu Huaiwen, "Song Cheng is the deputy general of the Imperial Forest Army. If Ruan Fu remembers correctly, this person was not a martial arts practitioner, but Xu Xiang's student. Unfortunately, his writing is not as good as martial arts. Because of his amazing arm strength and superb archery skills, he became a member of the Imperial Forest Army, and gradually became a lieutenant general of the Imperial Forest Army?"
Xu Huaiwen heard the words, looked over, his face was heavy, "Ruan Tongzhi wanted to say, does this matter have anything to do with the truth?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he folded his hands and looked at Huangfu Yu, "Your Majesty, I never did such a thing. It was more than ten years ago that Song Cheng was my student, and I had no contact with me these years. If this matter If it is found out that it is related to Weichen, Weichen is willing to apologize with death."
Huangfu Yu glanced at Xu Huaiwen with a complicated expression.
"Xu Xiang, why are you so anxious? I haven't said that this matter is related to Xu Xiang. I just suddenly thought of asking." Ruan Fu said lightly.
Xu Huaiwen pursed his lips and remained silent, obviously very angry.
Zhao Jin has already sent someone to fetch Song Cheng. At this time, Ruan Fu is unwilling to stay here. The imperial doctor has come out and said that he has pulled out the broken arrow on Lin Mo's shoulder, stopped the bleeding, and bandaged it up. Yes, Lin Mo has woken up.
Hearing this, Ruan Fu didn't say much anymore, and after a warning, he and Yu Wujue went into the back hall to see Lin Mo.
Lin Mo was originally a frail scholar. He was injured like this and almost took half his life. His face was pale and bloodless. Although he had woken up, he still looked very bad.
These people are all Nanhua's imperial doctors, and they usually see some mild diseases of the rich and noble in the palace. They have never seen such serious wounds, and because this incident happened to Chen Kingdom's envoys, they only They were able to grit their teeth and heal Lin Mo, and finally saved Lin Mo, which was a relief to them.
Seeing Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue coming in, several imperial physicians rushed forward, "Prince Jin, Ruan Tongzhi."
"How?" Yu Wujue said.
"I have already stopped the bleeding for Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin is still a little weak, but there is no danger to his life. However, for the next month or so, he still needs to rest well and not move around, so as not to touch the wound and cause the wound to rupture. "
Yu Wujue nodded, and the imperial physician withdrew.
Lin Mo had already woken up, but he was still very weak. The wound was too deep, and he felt unspeakable pain at this moment.
Seeing Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue, he resisted the pain in his body and wanted to get up, but was stopped by Ruan Fu, "You are so injured, just lie down."
Lin Mo's voice was weak, "I made the prince and Ruan Tongzhi laugh, is Ruan Tongzhi okay?"
Ruan Fu shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but you."
Lin Mo's voice was a bit forbearing, "It's just a small injury, and I won't kill this one. Fortunately, Ruan Tongzhi is fine, but Ruan Tongzhi needs to be more careful in the future. This trip to Nanhua, I'm afraid there will be more like Such a thrilling scene today."
Ruan Fu said, "Okay, why do you need to remind me to worry about this, I have already expected this before my lord and I set off, you can just rest in peace of mind, the person who hurt you, my lord and I will always seek justice for you .”
Lin Mo closed his eyes and said, "It's just a pity for this debate between students from various countries."
He sounded regretful, which shows how regrettable it is to temporarily leave the stage due to injury in this debate of students from various countries.
Li Xiu stood aside and couldn't help but sighed when he heard Lin Mo's words. Seeing this, Ruan Fu said, "Healing your wounds is more important than anything else, but it's just a debate among students from various countries. Now, Although the debate is not over yet, your name has long been heard among the students from various countries. What's more, even if you miss this debate, you will know in the future, compared to this debate among students from various countries , there are times waiting for you that make you more passionate than debating with the students."
Lin Mo's eyes lit up, Ruan Fu hooked the corners of his lips, and said, "Don't worry, since you have such a wonderful debate, you will know who the famous debater in history is and what he did in history, Lin Mo, in the future , is what you have to do.”
The most famous debater in history, how could Lin Mo not know that he was the person he yearned for, who could fight with all the ministers for seven days without falling, face thousands of troops with one man's power, and subdue a country with just one mouth celebrity!
Seeing this, Ruan Fu said, "Take good care of your wounds. Only when you are healthy can you do more things."
Lin Mo nodded and said, "Lin Mo knows, thank you Ruan Tongzhi for your persuasion."
Ruan Fu shook his head, but Li Xiu was the older one, "Brother Lin is obviously older than Ruan Tongzhi, but Ruan Tongzhi is needed to enlighten us on these matters."
Lin Mo felt ashamed after hearing this, so Ruan Fu could only laugh and said, "Forget it, Li Xiu was joking with you, just take care of your wounds."
After finishing speaking, Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue walked out again.
Yu Wujue kept looking down at Ruan Fu, and when he reached a place where there was no one outside, Ruan Fu raised his head to look at Yu Wujue, and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"
Yu Wujue looked at her for a while, and finally decided not to care about how kind she was to Lin Mo just now. As for that Lin Mo, there will be opportunities to deal with him in the future. Compared with the so-called famous debater.But what Ruan Er says is what she is, as long as she is well, everything is fine.
Yu Wujue suddenly pulled Ruan Fu into his arms, hugged him firmly, and seemed to sigh, "Just now, I was very scared."
This is the second time that Yu Wujue mentioned the word fear to her. The first time was when she was in Laofenggu. At that time, Ruan Fu heard it, and felt more disturbed in his heart, not knowing how to distinguish the feeling. But listening to it now, I feel a little pain in my heart.
Ruan Fu raised his hand and gently patted his back, "I'm fine, besides, I'm wearing a soft gold silk armor, even if the arrow feathers really hit me, I'll be fine .” At most, it only hurts for a while.However, Ruan Fu still didn't say these words.
Seeing him holding her back as if comforting, Yu Wujue dissipated the worries in her heart a little bit by her actions. At that time, he was so thankful that he still had this kind of kung fu. Only then did he feel that the young man All the hardships I have suffered in order to practice this kung fu during the period, I don't feel much about it today.
After the two were silent for a while, Yu Wujue's voice fell into Ruan Fu's ears, "Ruan'er, if you get hurt, no one in this world can stop me from becoming a demon."
The voice was like a sigh but not a sigh, a bit ethereal, but it made Ruan Fu's hand patted on Yu Wujue's back tremble, and after a pause, she said, "I know, I won't."
Yu Wujue sighed slightly in her heart, she wanted a prosperous world and a great world, but if she was hurt, the world would be hurt along with her.
The two of them didn't stay in the apse for long, and soon returned to the high platform. After waiting for a while, Zhao Jin came back, but he didn't bring the so-called Song Cheng back, but came directly to meet Huangfu Yu Plead guilty, "Your Majesty, Song Cheng has hanged himself at home!"
Everyone was shocked.
Only Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue were not surprised by this.
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Song Cheng died, and the clues about the assassination of Ruan Fu on the debate stage were cut off.
Song Cheng and Ruan Fu had no grievances and no grievances. Why did someone assassinate Ruan Fu? Nothing was found related to his assassination of Nguyen Phuc.
Although Huangfu Yu still ordered to continue to investigate this matter, saying that he wanted to give Chen Guo an explanation, but neither Ruan Fu nor Yu Wujue asked about this matter anymore, as if neither of them cared about it. Even the Chen Kingdom's envoys gradually became normal, as if they had completely forgotten about it.
However, who can forget?Huangfu Yu naturally didn't believe it, but the more indifferent and even calmer Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue were, the more uneasy he felt.
It's just that no one knows, after that day, when he returned to the palace, Huangfu Yu immediately summoned Xu Huaiwen, no one knows what the two of them talked about, only Xu Huaiwen left the imperial study room after more than an hour .
On the second day, the debate of the students from various countries did not stop because of Lin Mo's injury. She shined brilliantly on the debate stage, her momentum was overwhelming, and she was merciless, so that, before the end of the competition time on the third day, there was already a situation where only Chen country students were left on the debate stage. This has never happened before, and this kind of anomaly has surprised the envoys of various countries.
The scholars from various countries debated, and in the end only the students of Chen State were left standing on the debate stage, which seemed to officially opened the situation that Chen State was the leader in this alliance of nations. In the next competition, no matter what kind of competition it is , the contestants from Chen Kingdom must be among the top performers. This almost crushing achievement gave the alliance of nations, which had just finished halfway through, a feeling that it could be over.
Everyone has already felt that the pattern of the Central Plains is bound to change.
Time has entered October, the heat is gradually disappearing, there is no autumn in the southern country, and the greenery of the trees has not diminished by half in autumn, except that the wind at night is a bit cool and anxious, but people can't feel the obvious autumn .
In the dark night, Nanhua, which has been bustling all night, has gradually become quiet.
Zhitong Lang's mansion, since Cao Fang was demoted to become Zhitong Lang because of his rude words when he met with the envoys of Chen Kingdom, the front of the mansion was almost deserted, and the trees fell and the monkeys scattered. Not to mention that Xu Huaiwen, who had always valued him before, had never had Said that, even among colleagues, no one came to visit.
To be honest, he couldn't accept being directly demoted to three ranks for saying something like that.
For more than a month, every night, whenever he thought about what happened that day, Cao Fang became more and more resentful towards Ruan Fu. He couldn't sleep, so he kept turning over in bed, which made Cao Fang's concubine unable to sleep.
Seeing that Cao Fang was moaning and sighing all night, she couldn't help persuading, "Is the master still worried about the official position?"
Cao Fang snorted softly, obviously he didn't want to talk about such things with women and Taoists.
The concubine was not annoyed, she stroked Cao Fang's chest and said, "Master, don't worry, maybe it's just that His Majesty wants to give Chen Guo a face. After the envoy of Chen Kingdom left, His Majesty will use Master again. What's more, Mr. Xu Haven't you always been on good terms with the master?"
Cao Fang snorted coldly, "What do you know! I'm afraid His Majesty doesn't remember me now. As for Xu Huaiwen, hmph! You think Xu Huaiwen is easy to get along with. Back then, you needed me..."
Having said that, Cao Fang suddenly paused again, thinking of what happened back then, he still decided not to speak.
The concubine was obviously interested, "Back then, what did the master help Xu Xiang back then?"
Cao Fang was impatient, "Forget it, go to sleep, it's a long time ago!"
After all, he was about to sleep with his concubine in his arms again, but unexpectedly, he heard a piercing sound, a gust of wind blowing over, a figure suddenly appeared in the dark inner room, and fell on the faint moonlight outside the window. In front of Cao Fang.
The concubine yelled in fright, with a sharp voice, "Ah—"
"Shut up!" A cold female voice sounded as a green sword was pressed against her neck.
The concubine's voice stopped suddenly, and the ninja burst into tears, trembling as he looked at the long sword pressed against his neck.
"You, you... who are you?" Cao Fang huddled on the bed, hid behind the concubine, looked at the masked woman in black, and tremblingly asked.
"The person who came to claim his life!" Tsing Yi's voice was cold and emotionless, the long sword rested on the concubine's neck, and his eyes were on Cao Fang in the dark, and said coldly, "Six years ago, the Meng family treacherously How much do you know about the case?"
"You, what are you talking about, female, female hero, I, I don't know what you are talking about."
"Stop talking nonsense, the case of the Meng family back then was related to you!" Tsing Yi said firmly.
Cao Fang hid behind the concubine, tremblingly said, "You, you are a descendant of the Meng family!"
"Say!"
"Meng's treason, I was ordered to search!"
"Still sophistrying, what happened back then was originally caused by you and Xu Huaiwen in secret, tell me, who else is related to this matter." Tsing Yi's voice was low.
Cao Fang suddenly smiled coldly, pulled something in his hand, only heard the sound of searching, and saw several arrow feathers shooting out from everywhere in the room, Tsing Yi saw this, dodged to dodge, and saw the arrow feathers Qi volley shot at Cao Fang's concubine.
Seeing this, Tsing Yi fled out of Cao Fang's room, no longer thinking about it, and walked away with ease.
Only then did Cao Fang appear and shouted, "Come on, catch the assassin, catch the assassin!"
On the second day, when Xu Huaiwen came back from the outside, he saw the butler report that Mr. Zhitong Lang Cao had been waiting in the mansion for a long time.
Xu Huaiwen frowned, he didn't want to pay attention to Cao Fang, but he said in a deep voice, "Take Cao Fang to meet me in the study."
Cao Fang arrived soon, his expression was still panicked, as soon as he entered the study, Cao Fangfang shouted, "Xu Xiang, save me!"
Xu Huaiwen frowned, "Why are you so irritable? The truth is that it's not a good time for official positions, at least until the envoy leaves Nanhua..."
Before Xu Huaiwen finished speaking, Cao Fang hurriedly said, "Xu Xiang, the Meng family, the descendants of the Meng family are here!"
Xu Huaiwen was surprised, "What did you say?"
Then, as if realizing something, Xu Huaiwen waved his hand, and someone closed the door of the study.
Only then Cao Fang hurriedly told Xu Huaiwen what happened last night.
After Xu Huaiwen heard this, his face was dark and gloomy, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
"Xu Xiang, they must be descendants of the Meng family. They obviously knew what happened back then, and they are here for revenge." Cao Fang said anxiously.
Xu Huaiwen squinted his eyes, "Woman, are you alone?"
"Yes, that woman is strong in martial arts. Since she has tracked down the lower official, it is obvious...Xu Xiang, you have to save the lower official."
Xu Huaiwen heard the words, his face gradually relaxed, not because he was afraid, but as if he was sure of something. It seemed that he was not in a hurry. He looked at Cao Fang who was in a hurry, and said, "Master Cao, do you want to worry?" If you want to save your life, you still want this official hat."
Cao Fang was very surprised when he heard this.
Xu Huaiwen said, "The truth will show you the way. You need to avoid this matter temporarily. Now His Majesty has demoted you to three ranks. Such a big move may not be just for Chen Guo to see. Why is Your Majesty I will forget your hard work, and taking advantage of this period of time, Mr. Cao might as well claim his illness and go back to his hometown to recuperate. As for the affairs of the descendants of the Meng family, leave it to the truth."
Cao Fang was taken aback, "Master Xiang, is that the only way?"
Xu Huaiwen said, "Master Cao, think about it carefully."
Sure enough, Cao Fang remained silent, and after a long time, he said, "Your Majesty, I will go back and ask His Majesty to return to my hometown and leave overnight."
Xu Huaiwen nodded, and after talking with Cao Fang for a while, Cao Fang hurried away again.
After Cao Fang left, only one person appeared beside Xu Huaiwen, Xu Huaiwen said, "It's a good job, it has been traced to Cao Fang."
"Master Xiang..."
"Descendants of the Meng family? Huh, the descendants of the Meng family are living in the wild forests in the west, and they can't get out. Now they can walk in Huadu by themselves, except for the people of the Mu family. Who can it be?"
"Cao Fang has no choice but to stay. Since he is leaving tonight, you can go and see him off."
"Yes!"
At five o'clock in the dark night, when people sleep well, a carriage quietly left Huadu before the city gate of Chenshi was closed. At five o'clock, it was nearly a hundred miles away from Huadu, which shows the speed of the carriage.
The carriage carried a family of young and old, all of them didn't know why the master suddenly returned home due to illness, and the female relatives still complained endlessly.
Cao Fang couldn't take it anymore, so he scolded in a deep voice, "Shut up! What do you women know?"
The inside of the carriage became quiet in an instant, but the carriage, which had been advancing steadily, stopped suddenly at this time. The female family member sitting in the carriage was thrown out of the carriage with the shaking of the carriage, and a sharp sword arrived. On Cao Fang's neck.
Cao Fang looked at the masked man in front of him, and opened his eyes wide. Behind the masked man over there, there were several men in black, and the driver who was driving the carriage had died under their swords at some point.
"You...you..." Cao Fang's voice trembled.
The cries of the female relatives gradually spread. The man in black was obviously impatient, and directly pierced the hearts of those female relatives. The crying stopped suddenly. Cao Fang couldn't believe it. Seeing the women and children at home dying in front of his eyes, his voice Trembling, angry, "You, who the hell are you!"
"Only the dead are entitled to know."
After all, he stabbed Cao Fang with his sword.
However, the scabbard did not enter Cao Fang's neck. With a sound of ding dong, the long sword was knocked away by something. The man in black ignored Cao Fang and turned his head suddenly, but there was no one, but he saw standing The few companions behind him, in ignorance, spurted a smear of blood from their necks, which was especially clear under the moonlight.
He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and before he had time to see the figure of the other party, he felt a gust of palm blow over his heart, before he could clearly see who was coming, he could only fall silently and slumped.
Cao Fang trembled, watching the man in black fall down, and wanted to escape, but he didn't dare to move anymore, "Yes, who is it..."
"Your Majesty Cao is so timid, how did you do such a bad thing all these years?"
A faint voice came from nowhere. Cao Fang couldn't see anyone, but he felt even more frightened. In the open place, he heard a chuckling voice again, "Ah! It's a disgusting smell! My son, you put Cao Adults are scared to pee!"
Another sneering sound was heard, which belonged to the original man.
Cao Fang's pupils widened, "Yes, who is it... The strong man spares his life, if you want money, I will give you all the money on my body, don't kill me..."
Cao Fang's voice trembled.
"Hmph! Master won't care about your little money!" An angry voice sounded.
Cao Fang was so frightened that he looked around and didn't dare to speak. Then he only felt a small voice ringing in his ear, and then lost his intuition.
"Worthless! Forget it, take care of this one, and take him with you! Let's go and see, these people seem to have made an appointment, and they have to flee tonight. Could it be that it is written in the almanac that it is appropriate to flee?" the voice said. Learning to be free and easy, more unruly laziness, but steady and powerful.
After the sound, the open space returned to silence, only the smell of blood in the night wind.
Cough cough cough, what do you think Tsing Yi is doing?
Tell me, who is here?
(End of this chapter)
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