Jiaochu

Chapter 466 Hostages
When Yan Fei came over, Ye Lingxi trotted over to greet him. Before he could ask about the result of the interrogation, Yan Fei asked, "Is he here to find you?" She thought that she couldn't hide it. Seeing it, she explained, "He came to see me -" Before she could finish explaining, Yan Fei's face turned a little dark, and she added, "He just stopped by to take a look. He probably wanted to get something from me, the princess." Well, I didn’t have any benefits for him, so he left.”

Yanfei's expression softened a bit. She asked about the interrogation. Yanfei said that Xu Xiong had already spoken and revealed that Liu Xin had an important hostage in his hands. Xu Xiong didn't know who he was specifically.

In addition, before setting off from Xiuzhou, Xu Xiong and Lu Yan both took the poison secretly prepared by the Liu family. If there is no antidote within seven days, the poison will develop. Five days have passed. Afterwards, he found a white pot and showed it to Xu Xiong. Judging from the pulse, there was no abnormality. Baihu used a silver needle to test the acupoints and found abnormalities. It was poisonous poison. The poisonous insects are entrenched near the heart veins. Once awakened, if there is no antidote to restrain them, they will eat away at the heart veins, which is very dangerous.

Bai Hu had never detoxified the poison before, so he could only find a way from medical books first.

Ye Lingxi vaguely remembered that Imperial Physician Han had said before that the Gu Master was in a village in Xiuzhou. The village was very hidden in the mountains. It was called... She tried hard to remember for a few seconds, "Yinyue Village!" She said Imperial Physician Han told Yan Fei what he had said before and wondered whether the poison might be related to Yinyue Village. The other hostage intuitively told her that she was her second sister.

Yan Fei walked outside the house and summoned a Long Shadow Guard to ask him to pass the message. The top priority was to find out who the hostage was. Just pay attention to the matter in Yinyue Village. It was not yet sure whether it was related, so as not to cause any complications.

After Long Shadow Guard took the order, he suddenly disappeared.

Then a snow-white figure flew over and landed on Yan Fei's shoulder. It was a red pigeon. Yan Fei took out a note from the mailbox, opened it and took a look at it. He habitually put the note into his sleeve. Ye Lingxi stood behind him and reached out to touch the pigeon. Before he could touch it, he turned his head and pecked it. For a moment, then flew away in a whoosh.

She blew her hands, and when she raised her head, she met Yan Fei's smiling eyes. Feeling a little embarrassed, she hid her hands behind her and asked what was written on the note. Yan Fei took out the note and showed it to her. It was written that Su Shi had arrived in Qingzhou.

Two days later, the Long Shadow Guards sent back news from Yanzhou that Su Shi had met with King Jin Liu Jin. Another day later, the Long Shadow Guards sent back news that ten days ago someone from the capital said that Concubine Liu was in poor health. The Crown Princess Ye Yuyao went back for a visit, but she did not return to the capital. Two days later, the Crown Prince Meng Tianlan led a group of people to secretly leave the southern border, and their whereabouts are unknown.

Liu Xin's army was engaged in a head-on battle with the imperial army at the border of Qingzhou. The leader of the army this time was Du Liang, and the general sent by Liu Xin was Lu Fen, Lu Yan's brother. This man would do anything to win. He captured innocent people as hostages and forced Du Liang, the coach, to open the city gate and surrender. If the city gate was not opened for one day, he would kill one person, and if it was not open for two days, he would kill two people.

Du Liang proposed to compete with him alone, and whoever lost would withdraw his troops. Lu Fen agreed, but it was up to him to decide what to compete with. Lu Fen talked about the archery competition and asked ten people to serve as targets with ten bowls on their heads. Whoever shoots more bowls will win.

The two of them fired the first arrow at the same time, and there was a clang accompanied by a shrill scream. The arrow shot by Du Liang hit the bowl on the head of the commoner on the far right, but the arrow shot by Lu Fen hit the bowl on the head of the commoner on the far right. The commoner on the far left suddenly started bleeding from his leg. He fell to the ground and rolled in pain. Lu Fen was about to add two more arrows. Du Liang made a sound to stop him. Lu Fen suddenly turned the arrow and shot two arrows in succession. Bowl, Du Liang knew that the other party was deliberately using this dirty trick to disrupt his rhythm. He shot three arrows in a row, breaking three bowls in an instant. He shot three more arrows, and there were three more broken bowls on the ground. Only the last one was left. A bowl.

Winning or losing is decided.

But Lu Fen temporarily changed the rules. Whoever hits the last bowl wins.

The two of them aimed at the bowl at the same time, competing for speed. Du Liang charged up his bow and drew it full. The moment he released the arrow, another sharp arrow shot towards him. He quickly dodged and escaped. In fact, He was on guard when he shot the first arrow from Lu Fen. This person was extreme and capricious, so he had to be on guard.

This time, Lu Fen admitted that he lost and did not default on his debt. He could withdraw his troops, but he gave another option. Du Liang could take back the ten people who were targets. All nine people knelt down and begged Du Liang to save them. The civilian who was hit by an arrow in his leg crawled over, and the blood flowing out of his leg left a bright red mark on the ground. Even if he had a heart of stone, he would not be able to see such a scene. Feeling moved, he decided to take ten people back. Lu Fen mocked him for having a Bodhisattva heart and should go to the temple to save all sentient beings.

Du Liang did not defend himself, but carried the wounded man on his back and left with the remaining nine civilians. He knew that even if he chose to ask the other party to withdraw their troops, the other party would not do so.

However, something happened at night. A fire broke out in the city. Two soldiers guarding the city were assassinated. The city gate was opened. Lu Fen took the opportunity to attack the city with his army. Only then did Du Liang realize that there were spies among the ten people he rescued. His scheming was really deep and vicious. He quickly made arrangements, sending a group of people to put out the fire, and a group of people to evacuate the people in the city. He personally led people to the city gate to stop the enemy. However, what he didn't expect was that another group of people went to the city gate to stop the enemy. After a wave of troops came over, Xuzhou guard Deng Hu rebelled.

Qingzhou City was attacked from both sides.

Du Liang tried his best to keep the enemy out of the city and closed the city gate again.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Fen actually asked people to throw fire oil and flint in an attempt to burn the city. Du Liang asked the soldiers to put out the fire with all their strength. It was not until dawn that the last fire in the city was extinguished, and there was burning smoke everywhere. The smell makes everyone look disgraceful.

After being besieged for two days, King Jin Liu Jin brought 10,000 horses from Yanzhou to fight for support. Du Liang also led his soldiers out of the city to kill the enemy. After a day and night of melee, Deng Hu was shot dead by Liu Jin, and Lu Fen and others survived. The troops retreated to a canyon outside Qingzhou City.

Liu Jin wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack, but Du Liang was worried that there was a scam and asked the scouts to investigate the situation first. However, none of the scouts sent out heard anything from him, and Du Liang became more convinced that there was something fishy. Liu Jin sent secret guards to investigate. In the end, only one person came back, and he was seriously injured. The secret guard said that there was an army in the canyon, which was very dangerous. The skin was extremely hard, invulnerable, and the physique was very strong and powerful. It was simply unbelievable. Like humans, like beasts.

Liu Jin asked the secret guard to be taken down for treatment, and decided to lead the troops to find out what was going on. Du Liang felt it was wrong, and speculated that there were probably poisonous flowers and weeds in the canyon that caused hallucinations, so he could not go there rashly. Liu Jin said that he The secret guards under his command will not be easily deceived. If this army is so powerful, why is it hiding in the canyon and not showing up? There is still another conspiracy. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to take the initiative to attack. At this time, a soldier came in to report that Hua Princess Yang has arrived.

The two of them looked surprised, and they both wondered if they had heard wrongly.

"The princess is really here?" Du Liang asked.

The soldier replied: "Her Royal Highness is right outside the door."

Du Liang glanced at the door and asked Liu Jin to go out and pick him up.

There were two people standing in the yard, Ye Lingxi and Yan Fei.