A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 262
Wei Feng realized that he had almost caused a catastrophe because of his carelessness in the morning, but this time, in order to make up for his mistakes, he acted extra cautiously.

When the horse was startled, he immediately grabbed it tightly.

Dr. Hu took a few steps back vigilantly, and said loudly, "Pull it aside first, away from here."

Luo Zhang had already brought two people up to help, and they worked together to drag the out-of-control horse away.

at this time--

There is no need for Dr. Hu to say anything more, Qin Song has already stepped forward with a cold face, and motioned to Jian Xinghai: "Search!"

Jian Xinghai put the saddle of the horse into the girdle on the horse's back, unloaded everything together, and searched carefully.

Doctor Hu also stepped forward to help.

The owner of that horse, a twenty-four or five-year-old soldier, also realized that he might have gotten into some serious trouble, so he ran forward in panic and knelt down in front of Qin Song, " Lord Hou..."

Qin Song stood tall and raised his hand to stop him from speaking.

He usually used strict methods to control his subordinates, no matter how frightened the man was, he did not dare to speak rashly for the time being.

Dr. Hu inspected his saddle, parcel and other things carefully, but probably found nothing, so he got up and looked around the horse again.

Turned around, finally picked up the ponytail, used a small knife to cut off a few hairs of the horse's tail, and then examined it carefully...

The soldier knelt on the ground, and at this moment his heart was already in his throat.

At this time, Qin Song also lost his patience a bit, and stepped forward: "How?"

Dr. Hu took out a plain white handkerchief, carefully put the horse's tail hairs in his hand, and handed it to him, then let out a sigh of relief: "This horse's tail is stained with the secretion of the mare when it is in heat. , and refined through special techniques.”

Hearing this, Qi Huan also came up together: "Although most of the horses they use in the army are mares, good breeds are not easy to come by, and there are at least half of the males among them. These males are fine, why are they alone? Alone in my house..."

Qi Huan didn't understand the advantages and disadvantages of cavalry in the army when using horses, but Gu Zhan mentioned some of them in the chat after he bought her a horse in the British government's hunting ground.

Dr. Hu obviously knew more about this.

She explained: "The army does prefer to use mares. Firstly, mares are docile and easier to control, which can reduce accidents. Second, if there are emergencies such as insufficient food and grass supply, soldiers can also use mare's milk. To fill your hunger. But as you said, it is not easy to get good breed horses, and it is impossible for all horses to serve in the army. Some male horses will also be castrated to a certain extent to reduce their potency and make them easier to tame.”

She looked at Qin Song.

Qin Song nodded: "Indeed, for the sake of insurance, most of the stallions in the army have been treated."

Doctor Hu then withdrew his gaze, looked at Qi Huan again and said, "Although your horse is a stallion, it is not in estrus, so it shouldn't be easy to be recruited. I just checked the residue in its stomach, and the horse died soon after eating. They were shot, and the forage they ate was not fully digested, not because there was something wrong with the forage itself, but because the forage was stained with a relatively high concentration of poppy fruit extract."

"Poppy?" This involves the knowledge that Qi Huan can master.

But at the same time, she couldn't help being afraid and terrified: "A small amount of that thing will only make people addicted, but if it's taken in large amounts at one time, it seems to produce excitement, and it can even cause hallucinations in severe cases. Even... if the amount is too large, They will all die, right?"

"Almost." Dr. Hu said.

She turned to look at the dead horse lying on the side of the road, "Someone smeared the refined poppy essence on the forage and fed it to your horse, but he should have confirmed the exact amount with someone who knows about it. Calculate the dosage and the time of the possible hallucinogenic attack. Just around that time, the living creature contaminated with the body odor of the estrous mare appeared, which stimulated it."

Wei Feng was furious, and immediately wanted to lead the horse away: "This subordinate will go back and look for clues, and see if we can catch that culprit with ulterior motives!"

"Come back!" Qi Huan called out to stop him, "Since he came prepared, he probably didn't really go up to the mountain to worship the Buddha. It's been half a day, and he should have disappeared by now. You can't find anything if you go back .”

Before he finished speaking, Qin Song held a few horse hairs in his hand and raised his eyes eagerly, looking at the soldier kneeling not far away.

The soldier's face turned pale immediately, and he slammed his head on the ground heavily.

When he raised his head again, there were several grains of gravel embedded in his flesh.

He defended loudly in fear and trepidation: "Your Majesty, I am wronged by the lowly position! This horse... Although the horse is owned by the lowly position, it can't be under the nose all the time. There are hundreds of people in our guard, and there are so many people... ...There are always so many hours of sleep or practice in the humble job, I... I really don't know!"

Qin Song felt angry at this moment.

Although what the soldier said was reasonable, just think of the danger that Qi Huan was almost shot and killed by the prince's guards in the morning...

But now he felt resentful to kill this person directly to vent his anger.

The people under his command basically understood the temper of this young Wu Chenghou who was able to take charge of his own affairs. Seeing the cold murderous intent in his eyes, the soldier was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone else also knows that how to deal with this person now is all in Qin Song's mind——

If he accepts the other party's explanation, then today it was an accident, which is understandable; but if he insists on pursuing it, then the soldier is dereliction of duty, and even nearly hurt the daughter of the Hou family, and even ran into His Royal Highness and executed him They are not wronged.

It was originally not Qi Huan's turn to take care of this matter.

At this moment, she looked at the fearful soldiers kneeling on the ground and the silence of the people next to her, and said, "Forget it, what he said is not unreasonable. Anyway, my own clues are broken, and it doesn't make sense." I ask the little Marquis of Qin to save me, so I ask you to deal with it leniently."

She was talking about leniency, not total immunity.

The soldier looked over expectantly.

Qin Song's heart was always angry, but he seemed to be embarrassed to refute her face, so he said coldly: "Take it back and punish the twenty army sticks, as a warning to others."

As he spoke, he glanced at the rest of the soldiers and warned: "Be a little more cautious in your actions in the future, and if you make a mistake next time and cause disaster, I don't need to tell you what the end will be, right? "

In today's matter, everyone who met was not a Qi Huan who had face with the prince...

The soldier who went wrong will surely die.

even--

Qin Song will be implicated!
"Yes, the orders of humble ranks, I must be strict with myself in the future, and such mistakes will never happen again!" The group of people immediately promised.

The soldier who survived the catastrophe kowtowed again: "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your kindness."

Someone came up and lifted him down.

carry away.

However, he still had lingering fears and looked at Qi Huan with a complicated expression.

As long as the other party was a female family member, he didn't dare to look at it too much, so he quickly looked away again.

Qin Song signaled Jian Xinghai to bring the team into the city to wait for him first, and when they were far away, he looked at Qi Huan seriously: "Since you don't want to startle the snake, then it's up to you, and I will send someone to spy on this place later. Human."

If there is really a problem with this person, then sooner or later, he will have to contact the person behind him.

The clues on Qi Huan's side are completely broken, this person——

It is the only existing clue that is expected to be followed.

"It did cause a lot of trouble for the young master today." Qi Huan still didn't criticize him too much, he just thought about it, and the smile in his eyes gradually faded, "But what this person said earlier is indeed true , he may not be an insider, so let's try our luck."

Dr. Hu went to the side to wash his hands, and only now came over again.

She looked at Qi Huan with worry on her face: "Huan Niang, this time is not a small matter, you can only stand here because you are lucky, and the people behind the scenes are absolutely vicious. Do you know it yourself? Who is it that wants to plan so hard on you?"

Since Xing Luo escaped from danger, Qi Huan has thought about this matter countless times.

At this moment, she had a clear mind.

She said: "I don't have any deep hatred with others. If I say that I would make the other party calculate to such an extent...it's nothing more than a Ning Wang's mansion and a Youdu Yushi's mansion."

As she said that, she paused, and her expression became more serious: "It is also possible that I am just a pawn, and the other party is playing the idea of ​​His Highness the Crown Prince, or they are trying to use this matter to drive a wedge between the Crown Prince and the Duke of Pingguo. "

If it is aimed at her and wants to harm her, it should undoubtedly be one of Ning Wangfu and Youdu Yushifu.

But if it was aimed at Prince Yun Zhan——

If Qin Song hadn't reacted in time and helped, she would either have bumped into Yun Zhan's guard of honor returning to Beijing, or she would have been shot dead by Yun Zhan's guards in the name of escorting her.

And those who want to target Prince Yun Zhan are nothing more than Prince Ning's mansion and the remnants of King Xin who were assassinated at the beginning of the year, and there may be Dacheng's intervention.

But no matter who it is, since he didn't grab the opponent's wrist at the first time, now he can only eat this dumb loss for the time being.

Listening to her analysis, Qin Song's expression froze.

But just as he was about to say something more, Qi Huan had already called Wei Feng: "It's been too long, I have to go back, mother should be worried when she gets the news. Here you should leave the aftermath, the dead horse is buried, and the carriage and horses are all Take it back and deal with it."

Wei Feng hurriedly said: "Just ask Luo Zhang to stay and deal with it, and my subordinates will escort you back."

After this incident, he now has lingering fears.

Qi Huan didn't think that the other party would attack her intensively, but in order to reassure him, he didn't refute.

Dr. Hu was going to Qi's house to pick up Qiao Yue, so he went with her, and now he had already boarded the carriage with the corner of his skirt in his hands.

Seeing that Qin Song was still standing still, Qi Huan walked back in front of him again: "I really want to thank the young master for saving me today. If I owe you a favor, don't interfere in the follow-up matters, so as not to cause trouble." trouble."

still--

Still keeping a distance from him both openly and secretly.

Qin Song felt suffocated in his heart. He had something to say to her, but now he was upset and lost his mood.

He just looked at her silently, and it took some effort to get his mood together, and asked, "Where did you get hurt?"

Qi Huan was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect him to hold back for a long time, and finally he would ask this.

Embarrassed for a moment, she lowered her eyes to avoid his gaze: "It's nothing, it's just some bumps and bruises, so I took some traumatic medicine from the medical clinic."

After finishing speaking, in order to avoid him, he smiled perfunctorily, "Then I'll go first."

When he jumped off the car, Qin Song used her as a meat pad. Even if he was a martial artist, he would inevitably suffer some trauma.

Qi Huan saw the large wound on the back of his hand, but he could only ignore it, bowed his knees, saluted, got in the car and left.

In fact, if Qin Song could rein in the precipice decisively after she refused, then she would be much calmer when getting along with him now.

But now-

She is not a fool, so she can see and feel that Qin Song has not completely let go of her thoughts.

Under such circumstances, she could only pay attention to her own proportions and keep her distance.

Qin Song didn't stop the entanglement, but just stood there silently, watching her get in the car and leave.

It wasn't until Qi Huan's car drove a long way that he walked to the side of the road, untied his mount, and rode into the city.

On the carriage, Doctor Hu saw Qi Huan's embarrassment.

She didn't make fun of Qin Song, but broke the silence at the right time: "You'd better be careful in the follow-up period. For today's accident, the other party not only came prepared, but also made all kinds of preparations. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to refine those two things alone, and it is not something that ordinary doctors or artisans proficient in medical science can prepare in a short period of time. They not only invested a lot of money, but also...accurately grasped the crown prince's return. It's frightening to think about the date in Beijing and the exact time when you went out and entered the city."

Qi Huan slowly let out a breath of turbidity in his chest: "The prince's return to Beijing is a huge procession of honor, and they will know the date of the prince's return. The person who planned to go back and forth that day was stuck on the mountain overnight because of some unexpected situation. My grandmother has a bad temper, but she has no city. She cannot be the other party's accomplice, but you are right, there should be Someone was following me and accurately grasped my whereabouts, and then temporarily made this plan."

The reason why she went to Xiangguo Temple was not to pick up Qi Yunge.

If you want to tie Qi Yunge back, you can send someone there.

She mainly—

It was still to find an opportunity to pry open that Wen Po's mouth without anyone noticing.

Originally, this matter should be done by finding an opportunity nearby in the city, but she is an unmarried woman, even if it is to extract a confession by torture——

As long as you have been in touch with the Wen woman in private, it is good that the matter will never be leaked, but once it is leaked out, you will be unable to argue with it, and you will be in trouble.

Qi Huanyuan just wanted to know the inside story from Mrs. Wen, and she didn't plan to do anything to Yun Zheng or Ye Xunyi. She had to plan carefully for such a thankless task, so as to prevent any possibility of filling herself in.

Therefore, this is the only way to go far away, and to complicate the matter, to cover up the matter outside the city.

Because Wei Feng left the Marquis Mansion one day earlier to prepare outside the city, Qi Huan was not worried that anyone would notice that she had interrogated that Wen Po, after all——

It is possible for the other party to secretly follow her. If even a guard in her mansion has to send a master to follow, then the cost is really too high, and there is no need for it.

If the other party just wanted to harm her, then the prince was almost unlucky today and happened to bump into her schedule.

And if the opponent's target still has the prince——

That's because the two of them have a bad luck together, and when they bump into each other, people can take advantage of it, and it's almost a pot!
In short, there is no clear direction for the mastermind behind the scenes, and she really has nothing to do for the time being.

When the carriage entered the city, he hurried back to the Hou's mansion.

At that time, near the city gate, in the private room on the second floor of a teahouse, the windows were partially covered, and standing in front of the window——

It was the adult who entered Prince Ning's mansion that night and met Ye Xunyi at night.

He was wearing a casual robe today, dressed like an ordinary tea guest, because of his ordinary appearance, he still didn't attract much attention.

Beside him stood another capable young man in his early twenties, both of them were dressed in similar clothes, but that man was respectful to him.

Seeing Wei Feng driving past downstairs, the man said with emotion: "The prince of Dajin really relies on the Gu family very much. When there was such a big conflict, the prince actually mentioned it in a word, and he didn't intend to pursue it at all. But the Marquis of Changning The eldest lady in the mansion is really lucky, under such a dangerous situation, she was actually able to retreat completely. Mr. Dongfang, this time our work is in vain!"

Master Dongfang has no expression on his face, and the bottom of his eyes is also calm, without any emotion.

He closed the window, without arrogance or impetuosity, he just asked: "Is she really just lucky?"

The man under him froze for a moment, showing a puzzled expression.

Dongfang Daren said: "At the wedding banquet of King Ning's mansion, the assassination with a clear target was unsuccessful. How successful is the arrangement today in order to put Prince Dajin to death? It's all the expected result. "

The subordinate looked even more puzzled: "Then you take the risk, and you have gone through so much trouble..."

"It's just a test." Master Dongfang said.

As he spoke, he casually poured a cup of tea that had not been touched on the table into the flower pot that was planted in the corner.

He didn't say what it was for testing, and then he pushed the door and walked out of the room as if nothing had happened.

Here when Qi Huan came home, Yang was really anxious, not only sent Mrs. Yun to wait for her at the concierge, but he was like an ant on a hot pot in An Xuetang, running around.

Qi Huan first asked Yun Niangzi Xingluo's situation.

Lady Yun replied: "I have already been sent back to Chunyuzhai, and arranged for her to rest. Miss, go to Anxue Hall first, since you haven't returned all night, Madam is not at ease, and Xingluo and the others were sent back... Madam is so worried." I didn't faint from the fright. Miss, are you hurt anywhere?"

"I'm fine." Qi Huan smiled, ambiguously passed, thought for a while and said: "Sister Hu, since you are here, can you please go to see Xingluo for me again? Sister Yue should be with me right now Mother, our brother Chen likes to cling to the little girl and play together."

"Okay." Doctor Hu nodded in response.

Qi Huan called the concierge's wife to take her directly to Chunyuzhai, and she followed Mrs. Yun to see Mrs. Yang first.

Mrs. Yang was fidgeting, caught her, and couldn't help but scold her: "Are you still willing to come back? How did you promise me before going out yesterday? It was agreed to go early and return early. If you go back and forth on the same day, you will give me Delay until now..."

Qi Yuanchen's two younger ones must have heard the news, but they didn't go to the garden to play at the moment, and they all waited here with Yang Shi.

Qiao Yue sat obediently, with her hands on her knees.

Qi Yuanchen also frowned, seeing Qi Huan enter the yard, he jumped up first.

"Mother, don't scold me." Qi Huan was guilty of being scolded by Yang, so he quickly used his shield, "Be careful to scare the children, I am not a good person, have I returned to you with no missing arms or legs?"

Yang Shi usually pays attention to restraining his emotions in front of Qi Yuanchen. After only a few glances, he managed to suppress his anger: "This day, you are just learning how to handle me..."

She got angry after scolding Qi Huan, so she sat down with her daughter and asked for details.

Qi Huan couldn't get away after all the fussing and asking.

Yunxi learned from Dr. Hu that Qi Huan was back, so she ran over to look for her.

As a result, as soon as she entered the yard, she saw her aunt sitting on the porch alone in the empty yard, dazed.

Miss Yun is a thoughtful and capable person, and she rarely neglects her duties when she is on errands, but now it is Yunxi who has walked in front of her, and when the shadow falls, she seems to wake up from a dream, suddenly When I came back to my senses, "Why are you running here again?"

"I'm here to look for Miss." Listening to the voices in the room through the door, Yunxi didn't go in, and sat down next to Miss Yun, "Auntie, are you feeling unwell? You don't look very energetic today. They're all distracted."

"No, I'm just thinking about something." Miss Yun smiled and smoothed a strand of her hair from her temples. There seemed to be a flash of hesitation and struggle in her eyes, and she suddenly asked: "How about we leave the capital and go back to our hometown?" Bar?"

(End of this chapter)