son-in-law

Chapter 699
Changqiu Palace, Feixiang Palace.

Cao Yuzan was looking in the mirror, quite satisfied with the beauty in the mirror, but suddenly there was a look of sadness on her face.

Putting down the mirror with a tired expression, the black-robed queen mother stood up, and she was going to meet the old men in the back hall.

Those were the eight generals under Empress Dowager Cao. In fact, they were not all old men, but in the eyes of 21-year-old Cao Yuzan, they were like old men, which made her lose interest.

How can they be compared with the beauty in the Queen Mother's heart?

Every time she sees a beautiful woman, the queen mother's belly warms up, her heart beats faster, and she really wants to pounce on her.

Speaking of that kind of thing means different things to different women.Some women are cold and it's not nice for them to do that.But there are also women with strong demands, such as Zhao Ji, the mother of the Qin Emperor, Wu Zetian, the Empress of Zhou, Hu Chonghua, the demon queen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Zhao Linglong, the princess of Xunyang County, who is now the big cousin of Luoyang City's performing arts industry.

Their demands are no worse than men's, even more so.

Compared to Zhao Ji's group of women, Cao Yuzan is still a person with a bottom line. Except for always dreaming of beautiful women, other men are not eye-catching.

The Empress Dowager Cao in black robe was about to walk out of the Changqiu Palace when Cao Xiaobao trotted over and whispered something in the ear of the Empress Dowager Xuebai.

"...The eight ministers have been turned away, and Li Wantang is..."

Seeing the golden pendant dangling by the queen mother's ear, the queen mother turned and returned to Feixiang hall.

Wherever the queen mother goes, there will be a scent left behind, and I don't know what secret spice she used, so mellow and long-lasting.

The black-robed queen mother sat on the dragon chair, leaned on the armrest with one hand, turned her head sideways, and looked at the gate of Changqiu Palace: "Tell Li Wantang, make a quick move, and I would rather kill by mistake than let it go. In short, I will never tolerate King Kang's actions." People infiltrated into my team."

When Cao Yuhan said this, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

As a personal servant who grew up with Cao Yuzan since childhood, Cao Xiaobao could see that Cao Yuzan was not willing to do that, and couldn't even bear to watch.But when the matter developed to this point, Cao Yuzan had to be ruthless.

Not long after, the little eunuch next to Li Wantang came back and told the Queen Mother that anyone who had doubts had been executed, and now there were seventeen people left.

Cao Yuzan let go of her hand, stood up, and walked towards the apse again.But at this time, the Queen Mother's body was not only scented, but also sweaty.

Li Wantang only left less than half of her people, and that group of people has always been highly trusted by Cao Yuzan.

Today's Empress Dowager Cao seems to be walking on the edge of a cliff in the dark, walking forward step by step, not daring to be careless.But even so, something went wrong with her people. A man named Zhang Qiang took the initiative to report to King Kang and almost killed Cao Yuzan.

Fortunately, Zhang Qiang was discovered and killed by the secret agents ambushing Kang Wang before he saw Kang Wang.Get a spy list in Zhang Qiang's hands.

It was a list of senior spies, which was not something that spies of Zhang Qiang's level could get.This shows that there is also a problem with Zhang Qiang's online.

And once the list provided by the upline falls into Kang Wang's hands, that group of people will definitely die.Instead, Li Wantang let go of those on the list and killed those not on the list.

There must be unjust cases here, but it must be done.But even if this is done, it does not necessarily guarantee that there will be no accidents in the future.So when Cao Yuzan heard about Zhang Qiang, she panicked a lot.But at this time, she couldn't find anyone to help, so she could only turn to Su Yu.

Every sentence she said to Su Yu that day was half-truth and half-false, love, hatred, life and death were all in those words.She didn't want to kill Su Yu, but when pushed to this point, she would give up anything.If Su Yu refuses to agree, Cao Yuhan feels that he may not live long.

Cao Yuzan came to the back hall and bowed to the seventeen people, while the seventeen people knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Queen Mother.

Cao Yuzhan stood up and said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, even those who were executed just now, I will treat their families generously. Those people will all be given pensions as lieutenant-level martyrs. Everything you have paid for me today, It's all worth it. When I become a great treasure, you will be my heroes! Seventeen of you are seventeen marquises!"

Cao Yuzan raised her head slightly: "Xiao Bao, tell Su Yu to be careful from now on, and don't run around."

The black-robed queen mother narrowed her eyes: "He is alive, which is very important to me. In order to make him more vigilant, arrange a few killers to assassinate him, so that he can have a longer memory."

……

The killer arranged by Cao Yuzan has been in ambush for several days. How to attack and how to escape have been carefully planned.

But these killers have survived for so long in the cold weather, so they didn't find a chance to strike.

Because Cao Xiaobao walked ahead of the killer, he told King Qin the news. He said that the spies of our queen mother came to report that a group of thieves broke into Luoyang recently, as if they were targeting someone important in Qinghuafang.

And Cao Yuzan's words corresponded to Wu Shajin's "feeling", so Su Yu became more cautious.

Su Yu asked suspiciously: "Since the queen mother has already found out, why don't you kill those people?"

Cao Xiaobao said regretfully: "Of course my lord sent someone to look for those people, but those people disappeared for a while. Alas, Your Highness. My lord kindly told you to be careful. It must be true. Do you think so?"

"Oh... well then, report back to the empress and say that my brother is very grateful."

However, based on Cao Yuzan's understanding of Su Yu, even if Cao Xiaobao was sent to tell Su Yu, Su Yu would not stay at home for a long time, he would definitely go out.

At this time, the order the killers received was only to "scare", so there was no need to risk their lives to complete this mission.If you find an opportunity to shoot a cold arrow, it will not hurt King Qin, but also scare him half to death, that's all.

But it's not that easy even if it's a cold shot.

After waiting for five full days, King Qin finally came out from home.However, the Qin King's guards, all dressed in black fur, surrounded Qin Wang's four-wheeled cart tightly.The windows and curtains of the car were all down, and it was impossible to see where King Qin was sitting.If you shoot arrows indiscriminately, you are not afraid of missing them. If you really shoot King Qin to death with one arrow, it will be a bad thing.

Simply, shoot an arrow on the roof of King Qin's car, there is no mistake.

Of course, the assassins would not attack in Qinghuafang, but fired a burst of arrows on Kongque Street, and then ran away after shooting, and they ran swiftly.

Even Qin King's Guards failed to catch up.Those guys had arranged it long ago, sneaked into the market from the dog hole, and disappeared among the people in a flash, there was nowhere to look for it.When was a hole opened in the thick square wall?And why did Jin Wuwei ignore it?It was very difficult for the captain of the guard Wu Shajin to understand.

Wu Shajin didn't chase him for a long time, so he hurried back to Qinghuafang and entered the Qin Palace.

Su Yu stood in front of the car and watched Wu Shajin pull out arrows on the car shed. He actually pulled out ten arrows, which really shocked Su Yu.

Standing in front of the car with lingering fear, Su Yu rubbed his chin remembering what Cao Xiaobao had brought: "Why do these people only shoot cars and not people? And they all use light bows?"

Wu Shajin patted the armor and said: "What the king of Qin said is very true. Only strong bows and crossbows can penetrate the armor of low-ranking officials. What's the use of them with light bows? And those guys are very good at archery. Shooting arrows from all directions at the same time from a long distance, they all hit the roof of the shed accurately, which is enough to show that they have received strict training, and they are all archery masters out of a hundred."

Su Yu frowned and thought about it, but didn't say anything.

In the face of death threats, Su Yu couldn't be calm. Although there were many strange things, he couldn't draw conclusions carelessly.

……

Hearing that King Qin was assassinated, a large group of people came to visit King Qin's mansion.

In fact, Su Yu didn't leave the mansion at all, he just asked Wu Shajin to take the empty car out for a run.But Su Yu said that the king was almost dead, so the king should strengthen his guard, and also asked the Ministry of Households to allocate funds, and the Ministry of War to provide armor, horses, and expand the guards.

The King of Qin emphasized that if the old ministries of the divine sect who opened up wasteland in Yunzhou were required to call back twenty masters to supplement the guards, others would be worried about using them.

It is said that Empress Dowager Cao was very concerned about this matter, and immediately approved the request for the expansion of the guards, and also gave Su Yu an order: ask the king of Qin to think about the country, to live in seclusion in the future, and to take care of his health.

The words in the secret letter from the little widow to Su Yu were very joking, and her last words were: Live well, but don't die before me.

Su Yu had a feeling that this assassination had the taste of "playing people", and this was the little widow's usual trick.

However, Princess Chang'an believed that this was an extremely dangerous assassination operation, and it was only the king of Qin who was ordered to escape the catastrophe.Otherwise, just like the prince Mu back then, he was killed by random arrows.

"King Qin! Don't go out!"

At noon, Su Yu put on the soft armor in the princess's study. The princess just came out of the bedroom, when she saw Su Yu at a glance, she thought Su Yu was about to go out, and immediately let out a shudder.

At this time, there were not many people who dared to shout with His Highness. This voice startled the unprepared King Qin.

In the past few days, the princess has been very angry. The two most important men in his life, his elder brother was assassinated in Chang'an, and his husband was assassinated in Luoyang. No one can be at peace.

"Don't panic, my concubine. I won't go out, I'm just getting used to it. Even the soft armor is a bit heavy, and it's not comfortable to wear." Su Yu smiled: "When the twenty people from Yunzhou come over, they want to assassinate you." It's almost impossible for me. So . . . "

"No reason." The boss of the princess sat down on the couch unhappily: "I don't think you should go out from now on, just stay at home honestly, and let outsiders send those brochures and so on. If you must go out , you put on your full armor and hide in the car, and get out of the car after entering the imperial city. As for Xuanyuan Pass, don’t go there, what if you meet someone on the way?”

"Linger, you worry too much."

"How can this be over worrying? I have heard that Zhao Ting intercepted and killed King Kang at Luqiao, and almost succeeded. A few days ago, King Kang built a big tomb at Luqiao Station to bury the horse."

(End of this chapter)