Snowy Chang'an Road

Chapter 27 Kill without mercy
  After the poisoning, Wei Yuan's body gradually recovered, but it was obviously not as good as before.

Even if he killed the chef in Yueyang Palace and all the palace servants who served him that day, he still couldn't feel at peace in his heart.

There are many reasons for his inner turmoil.

The shame of the stirrup, being poisoned, and the news from the spies that Huainan Hou Qizhan met in private with Han Xiang Wang Lu Yi and Lujiang Wang Yunzheng.

You must know that these three people were the founding heroes of the Wei Dynasty when they worked with him to pacify the world. If the three of them conspired to rebel, then the Wei Dynasty that he had worked so hard to establish would most likely be destroyed by these three people. Destroyed by coalition forces.

He was more afraid than sad.

Every time he thought about this, he felt on pins and needles in Chang'an. It was at this time that Guangxin Hou Banzhuo's suggestion gave him hope.

Wei Yuan summoned the Marquis of Huainan to Chang'an on the grounds that he was ill and missed the Marquis of Huainan.

At the same time, Wei Shao, the king of Peking, was ordered by Wei Yuan to go south to Guangling Kingdom and secretly monitor every move of the Marquis of Huainan.

If he sets off for Chang'an after receiving the imperial edict, he will be escorted secretly along the way. If he has concerns and does not want to come to Chang'an, he will be killed without mercy.

After Wei Shao returned from the palace, he entered the study and locked himself in, not allowing anyone to disturb him.

Bai Zheng had no choice but to ask Pei Ying for help.

Pei Ying picked up the iced watermelon on the table and walked towards the study.

She knocked on the door, but there was no response, so she pushed the door open and went in. Who would have thought that a roar came from the room: "Get out."

Having known him for half a year, this was the first time Pei Ying had seen him so irritable.

"Wei Shao, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that it was her, Wei Shao's expression softened a lot.

"You didn't enter the palace this morning. What did His Majesty say to you? Why does your face look so ugly?"

"It's okay, I'm a little tired, just leave me alone."

Pei Ying put the iced watermelon on the table, looked at him and said, "You are the worst at telling lies, but what did your majesty say to embarrass you?"

Wei Shao said nothing.

"Since your Majesty woke up from poisoning a few days ago, many people have died, and his suspicions have become more and more serious. Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me and I will help you with the details."

"Your Majesty sent me to the Guangling Kingdom to secretly monitor the Marquis of Huainan and ask him to be summoned to Chang'an."

"Hou Qizhan of Huainan?"

"Exactly."

"Well, why did your Majesty call him to Chang'an?"

"I always have a bad premonition in my heart. Your Majesty has ordered that if the Marquis of Huainan has other thoughts, he will be killed without mercy."

"What are your plans for this matter?"

"The Marquis of Huainan and the King of Guangyang are both uncles who watched me grow up. How could I do this?"

"Then you might as well pretend to be sick and ask His Majesty to send someone else."

"No, if it were anyone else, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to come to Chang'an alive."

Wei Shao's worry is not unreasonable. If he finds out that Qi Zhan has other thoughts, he can turn a blind eye. But if it is someone else, there is a high possibility that he will take action directly. After all, His Majesty said that he can kill without mercy. .

"Then how about I go with you?"

"Don't go this time. Stay in Chang'an. We'll take a boat south and we'll be back soon."

When she heard about taking a boat ride, stars popped up in Pei Ying's eyes. As a native Chang'an woman, her favorite thing was to take a boat trip on the lake.

"Are you going by boat? Then I must go. Please Wei Shao, please take me with you."

Wei Shao still shook his head firmly. Who would have thought that Pei Ying would pester him. After all the entanglement, Wei Shao nodded helplessly and agreed. In order to deceive others, they disguised themselves as a merchant couple going south to buy goods. After riding horses to Jiangxia County, they took a boat south to Guangling Kingdom.

Jiangxia County has two water systems, the Yangtze River and the Han River, intersecting here. The county is criss-crossed with rivers, intertwined with lakes and ports, and is very prosperous, in sharp contrast to the majestic Chang'an.

It was midsummer, and there were many people on both sides of the road, shouting and selling freshly picked lotus pods and lotus flowers in bamboo baskets.

"Wei Shao, I want to eat lotus seeds."

"it is good."

A large bag of fresh lotus seeds arrived in Pei Ying's hands.

"Wei Shao, the lotus flowers are beautiful."

"it is good."

A large bouquet of lotus flowers arrived in Pei Ying's hands.

Looking at the bustling scene in Jiangxia County, Pei Ying couldn't help but sigh: "If Chang'an could have such a scene, how much better would the people's lives be?"

"Let's go quickly. There is a ship heading south today. If you miss it, you will have to wait until tomorrow."

Pei Ying stuffed the lotus flower into Yun Rou, tore open a lotus pod, used her nails to slit the thin green shell of the lotus seed, peeled off the white skin on it, split the lotus seed in two, took out the lotus heart, and stuffed the white lotus seed into it. in her mouth.

The sweet and crunchy lotus seeds fell into Pei Ying's belly as she chewed them with her teeth. It was indeed a delicacy in the world.

In the cabin, Yunrou and Bai Zheng were packing their bags.

"Wei Shao, have you noticed that there are also several people from Chang'an on this ship."

"Did you notice it too?"

"They deliberately kept their distance from us along the way, but there was a ship. If they didn't take it, they would have to wait for tomorrow's ship. So today, they obviously accelerated their pace and got on the ship before us."

"There's something fishy about these people."

"Now let's calm down and let everyone be more alert when they go to bed at night. In the second half of the night, you can go explore the identities of these people."

"Okay, that's what I meant."

After dinner, Pei Ying ate and drank enough and came to the stern of the ship. On the fifteenth day, the moon was like a disk, hanging in the sky. The moonlight covered the water, and the ship was sailing in the water, as if it was wandering in the Milky Way.

Pei Ying sat at the stern of the boat and opened the Fuyu wine she bought in Jiangxia County today.

She poured the sake into the cup, reflecting the full moon in the sky, and suddenly thought of Li Bai's poem: Raising a cup to invite the bright moon, facing each other into three people.

Wei Shao looked at her leisurely mood and enjoyed it. He originally wanted to go up and admire the moon and drink with her.

But he always thought of what Pei Ying said that day, and lost the courage to take a step forward. He could only watch her silently from a place where she couldn't see.

"Master, why don't you go find Madam?"

"Madam might prefer someone alone."

After hearing this, Bai Zheng said no more.

In the middle of the night, Wei Shao stood up gently, glanced at Pei Ying sleeping peacefully on the bed, covered his face, and quietly left the room.

Wei Shao took out the smoke. After a while, he slipped into the room of the group and lit the candle in the dark. But what he saw was no one. Realizing that he had been tricked, he quickly looked behind him and saw a black man. The man in clothes raised his sword and was slashing at him.

Immediately afterwards, men in black ran out from all corners of the room. Wei Shao looked around and saw about seven or eight people, which was not too difficult.

As the candlelight flickered, the men in black fell to the ground one by one.

Wei Shao found a token from their arms and retreated into the room when everyone on the ship discovered it.

　Wei Shao and Pei Ying went out again. The two of them went for me to places far away that I could not reach.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)