Princess Fuyao

Chapter 20 Suspended Heart
"What's going on?" At the foot of the west mountain outside the capital, in a villa surrounded by greenery, a man in black knelt on the ground tremblingly, kowtowing like garlic: "Master Jing, although this servant didn't go to check in the carriage in person, the We shot at least fifty or sixty arrows at the car, so there is no way anyone is alive."

"What if there's no one in the car?"

"Yes, there must have been. They used the door panels to carry people into the carriage. Daju saw it with his own eyes, while our people were far behind and did not see Guo Chengbo get off the carriage. Also, when we withdrew, the other party All the people running to chase us, if Guo Chengbo is not dead, they can't leave someone to guard."

Jing Jiannan was wearing a black brocade robe with a unicorn pattern embroidered with gold thread on his chest. The extremely luxurious clothes set off his white face without a trace of blood, making people wonder if he crawled out of the tomb on Longevity Hill ghost.

At this moment, his dark eyes under his thick broom eyebrows, thin cheeks, and several knife-like wrinkles across his forehead, the whole face is awkward and scary no matter how you look at it.

He frowned, stared at the people on the ground for a long time, and kicked him bitterly: "You idiot, Guo Chengbo must have been rescued long ago."

"Impossible, our people are following them all the way..."

"Those traveling merchants, hmph, things must have broken down on those traveling merchants."

"Pedestrians? We followed along. The only suspicious thing among them was that there was a woman dressed as a man, and those men were desperately courting them. If they were to meet Guo Chengbo, how could they dare to act like that? They are obviously ordinary businessmen. See you The woman immediately looked ashamed. Besides, they didn't bring anything except their wheelbarrows, and the sacks were filled with medicinal materials purchased from northern Xinjiang, and we checked them quietly."

Jing Jiannan was annoyed and terrified in his heart. If he didn't complete his master's errand, he would have to peel off his skin if he didn't die. The key now is, how did Guo Chengbo get to Beijing safely?
Jing Jiannan reported the things he had found to his master anxiously. He knelt on the cold floor tiles in early winter for half an hour, but the master had been sitting on the official hat chair covered with brocade cotton cushions. what to think.

Jing Jiannan used to be a hooligan in the capital, and he knew some boxing skills. Because he beat someone up by gathering a crowd, he was imprisoned in death row by the government, waiting to be executed by Qiu Houwen.The master was patrolling the prison on order, and happened to meet her mother crying and delivering food. Jing Jiannan was repenting, crying that he shouldn't have disobeyed his mother.The master then found a reason to send him lightly, changed his sentence to exile from the army, and then brought him back from the army.

Jing Jiannan's old mother is now at the end of her life, and on her deathbed, she repeatedly reminded her son to repay his benefactor well.He himself couldn't do without his master. Although he was living a dangerous life of licking blood with a knife, he had grasped the luxurious life he dreamed of.He has one wife and three concubines, all of whom are as beautiful as flowers, three sons and four daughters, who are also served by maids back and forth. He has cars, horses, and sedan chairs when he goes out. Gone are the miserable days of relying on my mother’s textiles and sewing to earn money to support my family, and the family would be hungry every now and then.

Jing Jiannan was grateful for his master's kindness, and also felt very guilty for his ineffectiveness. At this moment, he didn't dare to speculate on his master's thoughts. The flaw lies.

On the official hat chair, the man wearing the four-clawed python robe, his thoughts at this moment are filled with the past. After ten years of hard work, his plan has become more and more difficult to realize, and he is about to die. He exerted great pressure and even threatened him to expose all the past events.

He is now as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

However, Guo Chengbo's head is really difficult to shave. He has been operating against him for six years. Whoever thinks about various plans has failed in the end. Now, he is still alive, in the capital, not far from him. This hateful guy is Leaving Northern Xinjiang, he even made proper arrangements, making it difficult to carry out his plan.

Jing Jiannan coughed in a low voice, which woke him up.

"Get up!"

I have planned for so long, how many people ambushed during the period, I didn't expect that all the opponents escaped, and now I can't attribute all the crimes to Jing Jiannan.How could he not know what he was like?This slave was originally more than loyal, but not witty.

"Master, those dolls should not be underestimated." Jing Jiannan said anxiously, this was the conclusion he had considered for several days.

"Yeah! Got it." No wonder Guo Chengbo can go through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and still live very vigorously. He knows how to use people. These children are very easy to be underestimated by opponents, but even adults may not be able to match them.

The prince sighed, frowned and thought, what should we do next?
It was rumored in the capital that General Guo met a bandit on the road and unfortunately died. The emperor heard this and his expression was gloomy for several days. There has been no major war in northern Xinjiang for more than 20 years, thanks to Marshal He Bailu and several of his right-hand men.

He Bailu also wrote a booklet, saying that he is old and has a lot of physical support, and asked the emperor to let Guo Chengbo succeed him as the marshal of the Northern Xinjiang camp.

The king of Zhenbei objected, saying that Marshal He had reorganized northern Xinjiang like an iron bucket, and the replacement was afraid of shaking the morale of the army, so the emperor gave up, but Guo Chengbo's name was deeply remembered by the emperor.

In fact, there is another big reason why the emperor refused to promote Guo Chengbo, that is, General Guo’s cousin, Guo Chenghai, is an important official of the imperial court. The emperor's favor made him pay more attention to this capable minister.

But right now, knowing that he was going to lose a loyal and capable general, the emperor felt very sad, he put down the memorial in his hand gloomily, and the little eunuch next to him ran in to report: "Master Gu from the Ministry of War is here."

"Xiao!" If he doesn't come, the emperor will go to call.

Mr. Gu is in his sixties, his hair and beard are all white, he entered the hall with a happy face, and with the support of the little eunuch, he knelt down hastily: "Your Majesty! The little future who escorted Mr. Guo Chengbo just now reported that he Arrived safely in Beijing."

"Is this true? People?"

"The injury is still not healed, and I can't come here to salute the Holy One in person. It is estimated that there will be a copy soon."

"Oh, good." Longyan said joyfully, "Gu Aiqing has worked hard, and went to Guo's house to visit."

The emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch in charge hurried over, lowered his head to listen to what gift the emperor wanted to give to the Guo family, and then hurriedly arranged it, and soon took Imperial Physician Liu and several eunuchs holding delicate painted lacquer boxes, followed Gu My lord went to Guo's house.

The emperor rewarded Guo Chengbo with two hundred-year-old wild ginseng, hericium bird's nest and other supplements, and many healing medicines.The Guo family is grateful, Guo Chengbo is injured, and his brother Guo Chenghai enters the palace to thank him.

King Zhenbei hurried into the palace when he heard the news. He excitedly said to the emperor: "This is God protecting me!"

Emperor Jiaming was very happy when he heard this. Everyone said that he was a peaceful emperor. He has been in power for more than ten years.

The news of General Guo's resurrection caused a lot of trouble in the capital.There was a rumor that the group of bandits were sent by enemies of the Guo family.

The officials and common people who heard about it all cursed those scoundrels as devoid of conscience.

Guo Chengbo has always been in the army. He is an upright person, and he is not good at playing power.On the contrary, his cousin Guo Chenghai, who was less than 50 years old, became a Jinshi from a branch of the Wubian family, and thus entered the civil service class. .Many people suspected that it was his enemy who killed General Guo.

But this statement is also untenable. Since he dared to hire a murderer to kill someone, wouldn't he just kill Guo Chenghai directly?What's the use of harming Guo Chengbo?

There were rumors and suspicions that it was a traitor bribed by the Tartars. Although this statement cannot be refuted, the people who heard it refused to believe it.

If the Tartars are supported by traitors, the Yong Dynasty will be in danger.

But anyone with a little brain has to worry deeply, otherwise who is harming General Guo?
This question kept several privy ministers from the DPRK and China awake at night.

Prince Li, the emperor's uncle, a relative of the emperor who was loyal to the Great Yong Dynasty, went to see the emperor after tossing and turning all night, with the panda eyes that marked insomnia.

Emperor Jiaming's worries about his uncle were not without concerns. When he heard that General Guo was killed, he had such thoughts, but the people who sent out to investigate had not been able to find out the truth of the matter.

Those assassins came and went without a trace, no one saw them, not even the crossbows they used.

Neither belonged to the Tartars, nor belonged to the army of the Dayong Dynasty.

Crossbow arrows are not allowed to be made privately.

Who on earth is it?
(End of this chapter)