Luan's return today

Chapter 44
Chu Yao tilted his head and kicked Xu Ke aside in front of him, avoiding the cold arrow attack just in time.

Taking a closer look, there was a note tied to the end of the arrow. Chu Yao took it off with his hands, and there were only two large characters on it - Jing Zhong.

Chu Yao shook his hands, frowned, and muttered, Master...

He turned his head and chased in the direction of the cold arrow.

Everyone didn't understand what happened to Chu Yao, and they looked at a loss, not knowing what to do next.

Some of them suggested that according to Chu Yao's previous order, Xu Ke should be escorted back first, and the grain should be transported back to the household department.

This suggestion was approved by most people, so they went on to do it.

With the news of his master, Chu Yao couldn't take their thoughts into consideration, but he chased after him, but he didn't see a single figure in the forest.

He unfolded the note again and looked at it, his heart sank, it seemed that the master was indeed arrested by the people in Beijing.

But I haven't found any news for so long, why is it suddenly exposed today?

Chu Yao's mind flashed, Tsui Hark?

Suffered!Tune the tiger away from the mountain!Then turned around and rushed back.

The ferry in front of me was in chaos.

There was an arrow stuck in Xu Ke's chest, his chest was already stained red with blood, the food was torn apart and fell to the ground, and the twenty Jinyiwei who came here were also killed.

Chu Yao hurriedly stepped forward to probe the tip of Xu Hark's nose, exhaling weak breaths intermittently.

He immediately pressed Tsui Hark's wound, took off his clothes, tore them into strips, and wrapped them tightly around his chest.

Looking around, I suddenly found a peddler pushing a cart.

Chu Yao immediately stepped forward, took out an ingot of silver from his arms and threw it to the peddler, then dumped the goods on the ground and snatched it.

The peddler who was suddenly robbed in the street saw the money in his hand before he could curse.

The peddler's eyes lit up, he put the silver near his mouth and bit it, and immediately he let out an ouch, covered his teeth with his right hand, and smiled like a flower on his face.

He also no longer pursued the matter of Chu Yao robbing the cart, after all, this ingot of silver could buy a hundred carts.

People passing by looked at the peddler smiling like a fool, couldn't help but stop, and cast a different look at him.

Seeing this, the peddler quickly stopped laughing, controlled his expression, put the money in his chest, picked up the goods on the ground and went home.

I thought it would be nice for that nobleman to come and rob me a few more times.

At this moment, Chu Yao sneezed, but he didn't know that someone was taking him for a fool. He rubbed his nose and continued to push Xu Ke into his residence.

Then he asked Li Yuan to send a message to Jin Yiwei, asking them to clean up the mess at the ferry.

After returning to the room, Chu Yao walked to the bedside, gently pressed Xu Ke's chest with his hands, and his heart tightened.

This arrow is too close to the heart, it is not so easy to pull out the arrow, and it may die at any time.

But if he doesn't pull it out, Tsui Hark will definitely not survive, so he won't be able to get the whereabouts of the real culprit behind the scenes and his master.

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Yao made up his mind to draw the arrow for Xu Ke. As time passed, Chu Yao's forehead was already covered with dense sweat.

After everything is ready.

He pressed Tsui Hark's chest with his left hand, slowly placed his right hand on the bottom of the arrow, and after silently reciting three numbers in his heart, he pulled out the arrow in one go.

Blood suddenly spurted out from his chest and splashed on Chu Yao's face. He quickly picked up the hemostatic medicine beside him and poured it on the wound, then wrapped the wound with a bandage.

After doing this, Chu Yao took a deep breath, and gave Xu Hark his pulse. Seeing that the pulse was still beating, he was relieved, and took a few sips of water from the table.

At this time, Li Yuan pushed the door and walked in, and said to Chu Yao, "Master, the emperor invites you to enter the palace."

Chu Yao nodded slightly, and told Li Yuan, "Look at him, if you have a high fever at night, feed one pill from the red bottle next to you."

Seeing Li Yuan nod his head, Chu Yao got up and went back to his room, changed his clothes, washed his face, and walked towards the palace.

In the imperial study.

"How is Tsui Hark?"

The emperor opened his mouth to ask, he had already heard about what happened at the ferry today, and he also knew that Xu Ke was brought back to Pingnan Palace by Chu Yao.

"I drew the arrow, but I don't know when I will wake up." Chu Yao replied lightly.

The emperor nodded, thinking of Chu Yao's abnormal performance today, he asked, "What happened today? This is not like your usual style!"

Chu Yao took out the note from his pocket, stepped forward and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took it, looked down, was instantly delighted, and suddenly raised his head to look at Chu Yao, "Did Jing Jing find it?"

Chu Yao shook his head.

"No, this is their plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, but at any rate, now that they know the clues, if they follow this line to investigate, there should be some results."

The light in the emperor's eyes faded, and he nodded. He also hoped to find Jing Zhong earlier, so that he could give Chu Yao an explanation.

"But I discovered something else."

Hearing what Chu Yao said, the emperor asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Chu Yao came slowly.

"Because Tsui Hark was moved today, the master's whereabouts were exposed. Assuming that the person behind Tsui Hark is Shen Zhong, the heavy intention is obvious, that is, he does not want the master to see the emperor."

"And there are only two reasons for this. Either he knew about the emperor's condition a long time ago, or he wrote about the emperor's condition. No matter what the reason is, this reveals a piece of news."

The emperor instantly understood, "You mean there are heavy spies in the palace?"

Chu Yao nodded, thought carefully, and his expression became a little more serious, "Then they are now urgently stockpiling food and training private soldiers, that's understandable."

"They want to wait for me to go, and then send troops first to snatch the throne?"

The emperor's voice trembled, and he tightly grasped the handle of the dragon chair. He did not expect that the loyal courtier in his heart would have such thoughts behind his back.

Chu Yao raised his head and glanced at the emperor, moved his mouth, but did not say anything, thinking to himself: Maybe Shen Shen will not wait until the emperor dies to force the palace.

"What can you do?" The emperor pinned his hopes on Chu Yao.

After a moment of silence, Chu Yao said, "The emperor first sent someone to watch Shen Zhong secretly, and I will visit the Ningguohou's mansion tonight, so I will go and see the situation first."

After thinking for a while, he said, "But now we still have to wait for Tsui Hark to wake up, the truth will be revealed, and then we can justifiably arrest Shen Shen."

The emperor felt that Chu Yao's words were reasonable, and thought of another thing, "What about the disaster relief food?"

"Sieve out all the gravel in the grain first, and send the good grain to the south of the Yangtze River. The minister will send Jin Yiwei to escort along the way, and there will be time to check the rest of the matter slowly."

After finishing speaking, Chu Yao took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to the emperor, "This is the list of people who went to Xu Ke's mansion in the past two days. The emperor can start to check from here."

The emperor took the letter, put it on the table, and did not open it immediately. His eyes fell on Chu Yao, and he sighed, "You are really a good seedling for the emperor..."

(End of this chapter)