System, help me be an empress

Chapter 175 Xu Xiaoxiao Assassinated

Shangjing.

Xu Xiaoxiao has lived a non-stop life for 30 days, and every day before she wakes up, she is woken up by a group of nuns to get dressed and have her eyebrows painted.

The sacrificial ceremony started at six o'clock every day and ended at noon. After Xu Xiaoxiao dragged his exhausted body back to the palace, he could hear Yu Xue Jing's cold and biting voice on time: "It's time to batch the memorial."

Xu Xiaoxiao's eyes were filled with tears of grief and indignation: "Is it okay to sleep for a while first?"

"No." Yu Xue Jing's voice was like a reminder, "After approving the memorial, go to Zhongming Temple to burn incense at night. When the time comes, a sedan chair will pick you up."

Xu Xiaoxiao almost fainted in the imperial study, why isn't she sick!

In the evening, Xu Xiaoxiao, whose eyes were dazzled after reading the memorial, was so sleepy that he seemed to be able to fall asleep at any time. Surrounded by a group of palace people, he boarded the sedan chair, and the mighty motorcade officially set off from the palace.

The Royal Forest Army evacuated the people on both sides of the road. Even though it was getting late, they couldn't organize the emotional people, and they didn't know who was leading the way. From the appearance of the empress' sedan chair, one person after another spontaneously knelt down and shouted: "Long live your majesty!" Long live long live!"

"Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

……

The sedan chair was bumping and Xu Xiaoxiao couldn't fall asleep. The world outside the sedan chair attracted her full attention. Finally, she couldn't help but quietly lifted the curtains to a corner, as if she wanted to see what was going on outside.

Sitting beside Xu Xiaoxiao, Yu Xue Jing closed his eyes and meditated, opened his eyes in an instant, and said in a threatening tone: "Put it down."

"it is good."

Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at the car window with nostalgia, how long will she live this day?Even in jail!There will also be a day when he will be released after serving his sentence!

I don't know how long the time has passed. When the sedan chair arrived outside the Zhongming Temple outside the city, the bright moon was in the sky, Xu Xiaoxiao was wearing a golden dragon robe, and the tassels that came with the crown covered half of her face. She was escorted by several Jinyi guards. , walked out of the sedan chair without haste.

At this moment, on a certain floor of the pagoda of Zhongming Temple, a man in black who had been lying in ambush for an unknown amount of time took aim at Xu Xiaoxiao with a bow and arrow.

Feathered arrows shot out.

There was a 'whoosh' sound in the silent air.

Yu Xuejing reacted instantly and pulled Xu Xiaoxiao to the side of the sedan chair. The sharp arrow just hit the sedan chair. The tip of the arrow was smeared with white powder. Yu Xuejing raised his head suddenly, and his eyes just met the black-clothed assassin on the pagoda. See.

The assassin didn't give up, and quickly shot the second arrow. Jin Yiwei, who had been on guard for a long time, quickly blocked Xu Xiaoxiao behind him, and the firearms soldier of the Shenji Battalion who followed the team quickly rushed forward, raising his gun skillfully to aim.

In the dim night, there were constant gunshots and flashes of fire.

"Ten people from Nanzhen Prefecture will go with me to the pagoda to capture the assassin, and the rest will protect His Majesty." Yu Xue Jing calmly commanded. If Xu Youxi was the one who encountered the assassin at this time, he would rather let the black clothes go. People will not leave half a step.

As soon as Xue Jing left, a group of men in black appeared on both sides of Xu Xiaoxiao who had been ambushing for an unknown amount of time, and different men in black kept shooting feather arrows at Xu Xiaoxiao, and the imperial guards held Xu Xiaoxiao with shields. Surrounded by laughter, the assassins who patronized archery were also hit and fell one by one by the bullets of the firearms soldiers.

"They're throwing gunpowder! Be careful, everyone!"

The firearms soldier managed by God reacted quickly, immediately took off the thick armor on his body, covered the gunpowder, and at the same time pressed the thick armor tightly with his own body weight.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

"Musketeer, quick battle!"

Xu Xiaoxiao stood in the center blankly from the beginning to the end, and she couldn't even find the slightest panic and uneasiness on her body. The wind blew the tassels, but Xu Xiaoxiao showed the calmness that an emperor should have.

The thrown gunpowder bag exploded, and the firearms soldier who was pressed down by his body was hit by the huge explosion and fell to the ground vomiting blood. This scene instantly ignited the anger of all the soldiers.

In just a few tens of seconds, the imperial guards who followed cut off the black-clothed assassin's retreat.

"Keep alive for interrogation!"

There is also a man in black who tried to throw gunpowder, but the gunpowder bag was shot through the gunpowder bag in advance by the sharpshooter of Shenji Camp, and an explosion occurred in advance where the men in black gathered.

The smell of blood is mixed with the smell of gunpowder, and the scene can be called purgatory on earth.

The old monks who came out to greet him in the Buddhist temple looked at the bloody and bloody scene, and couldn't help but close their eyes, put their hands together and recited the scriptures.

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't understand empathy, but felt that these people in black were extremely noisy.

the other side.

Yu Xue Jing rushed to the front and began to climb the pagoda. The walls of the pagoda were full of gray-black potholes hit by bullets, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and fresh blood dripping everywhere in the stairwell.

Yu Xuejing walked along the bloodstain, and suddenly, he leaned to the side to let his subordinates go upstairs first, but his eyes fell on the window of the pagoda.

Where did the rope come from?
Yu Xuejing drew his knife and cut off the rope outside the window without thinking. At the next moment, there was the sound of a heavy object falling from the ground.

When Jin Yiwei rushed to the tower, he only found the body of a man in black.After Yu Xue Jing carefully pulled off the mask of the man in black, he arranged for someone from the yamen to identify him. To his surprise, he turned out to be a wanted criminal of the White Lotus Sect.

"How did he sneak into Shangjing?"

"What does it mean to sneak into Shangjing? Don't you know how strict the city gate guards are? Everyone has to check their household registration and pass. It is impossible for him to sneak in."

"Could it be that this person has been hiding in Shangjing all along, and there is a den of the White Lotus Sect in Shangjing? If that's the case, you have to investigate Shangjing carefully!"

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Several chiefs of the imperial guards argued fiercely, but Yu Xuejing fell silent.

Apart from the clothes, the black-clothed assassin only had a few packs of medicinal powder for unknown purpose, but the texture of this pack of powder was very similar to the one found on Feather Arrow.The bow and arrow he used to assassinate was thrown on the pagoda, and there was a poison bag hidden in his teeth. It looked like a professional killer.

Jing Zhaoyin's assistant rushed over to examine these assassins.

"My lord, the fatal injury on this person's body is that he fell from a high altitude and hit his head, and he lost his breath immediately."

Yu Xuejing glanced at the rope around the assassin's waist, and nodded clearly.

"Okay, go back and find Your Majesty."

Xu Xiaoxiao was left on the spot by a group of people at this time, did she just lose a chance to get injured, otherwise she would have a reason to take sick leave!

Some soldiers began to look for the wounded soldiers. Except for the gunpowder soldier who pressed the gunpowder bag with his body, he fell into a coma.

The soldiers made a small flat plank, and carefully lifted the wounded soldier to the wagon carrying supplies at the rear, preparing to send him to the Chinese Medicine Hospital for first aid.

"Your Majesty, are you injured?" Yu Xue Jing came over and asked.

"I'm hurt!" Xu Xiaoxiao started talking nonsense, but after seeing Yu Xue Jing's eyes, he added the second half of the sentence with a guilty conscience, "It depends on whether you believe it or not."

Yu Xue Jing said word by word: "Your Majesty insisted on participating in sacrifices and reviewing memorials despite being injured. Your Majesty's diligence is really worthy of emulation by civil and military officials."

What?
Does this mean that even if she is injured, it will not affect her work?

"Oh."

The general of the Imperial Guard who was in charge of examining the wounds of the dead assassins on both sides wiped the sweat from his forehead and came to report the situation: "Commander Yu, a total of 73 corpses of assassins were found. In addition to carrying bows and arrows coated with unknown powder, these assassins had There are no other sharp weapons. There are gunpowder bags tied behind the clothes behind these people, and it seems that they are ready to go together..."

Before the general could finish speaking, a tall and burly soldier behind him suddenly fell to the ground and twitched, foaming at the mouth. Before everyone could react, the soldier completely stopped moving.

The people next to him passed by, but they could no longer feel their breath.

Because things happened so fast, no one knew what was going on!

Yu Xuejing's eyes fell on the blackened wound on the soldier's arm, and suddenly he said loudly: "The feather arrow is poisonous, it cannot be bandaged, let the blood out."

Immediately afterwards, the remaining soldiers who were stabbed by the feather arrows came to their senses one after another, and began to untie the bandages, enlarged the wound area with a sword, and performed a large amount of bloodletting.

However, the next to fall was a Praetorian whose face was scratched by a feathered arrow.

"Does anyone know how to save people!"

With so many people accompanying him, there wasn't even a single one who knew medical skills!

The second guard who suffered from poisoning had a less severe wound on his face than the previous one, and the symptoms of poisoning were also different. First, he had a severe pain in his head, and then he fell to the ground and vomited a lot of black blood.

Everyone watched helplessly as another young life was about to die. Soldiers kept shouting the names of soldiers with poisoned hair, and tears kept falling down.

At this time, the moonlight is cool.

Xu Xiaoxiao walked up to the poisoned soldier in a few steps, and conjured up a jade bottle from nowhere, opened the mouth of the unconscious soldier with his left hand, and poured the medicine directly with his right hand.

The action was very rough, but at this moment, an inexplicable similar thought flashed through everyone's mind. Since it was something His Majesty took out, will this person be saved?
After the soldier finished drinking the medicine, Xu Xiaoxiao thought he was too heavy, so he threw him on the ground, and after standing up, he looked for a cloth to wipe his hands.

When the rest of the people saw Xu Xiaoxiao's behavior of throwing people at will, they all believed that this was part of the treatment method.

This kind of medicine must be a magic medicine that needs to be smashed hard to work!
The soldier who fell into a coma did not die, but his breathing gradually stabilized.

"How much more of this medicine is there?" Yu Xuejing motioned Xu Xiaoxiao to come to the side, and communicated with her in a low voice.

When Xu Xiaoxiao heard Yu Xue Jing's voice, she shuddered subconsciously, and her voice became much weaker: "It should be more than fifty bottles."

"How much do you have on you now!"

"Fifty or so bottles."

Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Youxi share a small part of the system backpack, and she can use all the materials in this part of the backpack at will.

"Give me ten bottles."

Yu Xuejing took the jade bottle obtained from Xu Xiaoxiao and started to let all the soldiers who were scratched by the feather arrows drink it.

As soon as Xue Jing finished dispensing the medicine, the sound of horseshoes running could be heard in the distant night, and gradually, two figures could be vaguely seen.

It was Ruan Yuzuo who was urgently called over. After dismounting from his horse, he was gasping for breath. He couldn't even lift his waist, but he still asked anxiously, "Where is the poisoned person? I'll see if I can take medicine first."

Just as Ruan Yuzuo finished speaking, another horse arrived, and the one whose legs were weak from the horse and almost fell off was Zhao Yuanshi from the Imperial Hospital.

"Emissary Zhao, take your pulse first."

Envoy Zhao waved his hand with difficulty, and it took him a long time to say the word 'good'.He wanted to help Xu Youxi feel his pulse first, but His Majesty wanted him to see a doctor for the poisoned soldier first.

The soldiers who had just finished drinking the antidote lined up in a neat line and walked up to Court Envoy Zhao, squatting down so that he could feel his pulse.

"Is there any discomfort?"

"No."

"Go, next one."

……

Zhao Yuan's pulse became more and more confused: "These people are not poisoned, and their pulse is healthier than mine. Didn't it mean that many people have been poisoned and are in danger!"

"Everyone drank His Majesty's medicine, and now no one is sick anymore."

"Emissary Zhao! There is still a comatose here!"

"Okay." The envoy Zhao got up with great effort, and went to feel the pulse with the guide, "The pulse condition is weak, and it has not fully recovered from the severe poison, but from the current point of view, it is just a little lack of blood, and it will be better if you replenish more in the future." Can."

Hearing what Zhao Yuanshi said, everyone was relieved. Although the medicine Ruan Yuzuo brought was useless, it didn't affect his happiness.

The envoy Zhao inspected the tongue coating and skin of the imperial guard who died of poisoning, sighed slightly, the poison had already penetrated into the veins of the heart, and there was no way to recover.

"Your Majesty, I will also take your pulse."

Yu Xuejing signaled Xu Xiaoxiao to refuse quickly.

When these old Chinese doctors feel the pulse, it’s as if they are on the hook. The newly conceived baby, even a man and a woman can feel it. Wouldn’t it be easier to distinguish these two completely different people?

Xu Xiaoxiao thought it was interesting to feel the pulse, but if Mr. Yu didn't give her a chance, she could only cooperate and refuse.

Hmph, she waited for Xixi to come back and was looking for someone to feel her pulse.

Xu Xiaoxiao put his hands behind his back and directly refused: "No, you have worked hard, go back and rest early."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty." Ruan Yuzuo took a step forward, "Can I take some samples of the poison and go back to study it? Try to prepare the antidote as soon as possible."

"can."

The two came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

"This..." Xu Xiaoxiao looked around, "Continue to pray in the temple?"

"Your Majesty was shocked just now, you should go back to the palace and rest early." Yu Xuejing gave a reasonable suggestion.

"Okay." Xu Xiaoxiao didn't delay for a second, and quickly followed Yu Xue Jing's words, "Go back to the palace! Go back to the palace!"

On the way back to the palace, Yu Xuejing suddenly looked at Xu Xiaoxiao and asked, "Where did the antidote in your bottle come from?"

"Xixi's."

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't hide it either.

"Is it all left to you by His Majesty before he left?"

This can be explained, His Majesty has always had a lot of strange objects, but the effect is very good.

"Yeah!" Xu Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously, "Xixi told me that Mr. Du has a very strong feud in the court. If I find out that someone has drugged him, let me save him quickly."

"The medicine for Mr. Du?"

Yu Xuejing had a strange expression on his face.

"Yes." Xu Xiaoxiao took it for granted, "Originally, Xixi only planned to leave me a bottle or two, but before leaving, she gave me all the antidotes, and I asked her, Master Du is not so Open your mouth more and drink the poison."

"But Xixi retorted that she doesn't know how much poison Master Du can drink, but the court wants to poison more than 50 people."

"..."

"The medicine Xixi left for Master Du is not only these antidotes, but also those that promote wound healing, those that repair bones after being beaten, and..."

(End of this chapter)