Dressed as a tyrant and kissing the little queen

Chapter 376 Southern Chu, Beacon Smoke Rising
There is still a little medicine left in the white jade bottle.

That was the smell that Ling Junxing was all too familiar with.

Once in the Northland, for a period of time, Qin Luoyu's body smelled of this faint scent of magnolia flowers.

At that time, he didn't know that Qin Luoyu had wounds left in the imperial prison, so he only thought that the fragrance of flowers was the fragrance of rouge and gouache.

Later, when Ling Qizhao rebelled, she traveled thousands of miles to see him, and used this medicine to treat his wounds.

Only then did he know that this flower fragrance was not from the powder, but from medicine.

It is absolutely impossible for Ling Junxing to remember this smell wrongly.

But last winter.

how is this possible?how is this possible?

When she left Ancheng Mountain, it was the beginning of October, and at that time there were only ten days left before the final detoxification period of Love Gu.

Even if it is postponed for half a month, it will only be in mid-October.

How could she appear in a small city in Southern Chu Kingdom at the end of December when it was snowing heavily?

But he couldn't help but believe the words of the man brought by Jueying.

The man claimed to be Shan Mingjin, had been living in Pingliang City in the north, and had worked under Xiao Shangyan, but later made a mistake and was kicked out.

He said that when he was in Pingliang City, he had seen Qin Luoyu who was locked in the mansion by Xiao Shangyan.

"At that time, I was just a servant in Xiao Shangyan's mansion. On the day Jueying was arrested, I saw Jueying and the third princess from afar."

"I heard the third princess say that Jueying is the emperor's most valued bodyguard, and it's useful to keep him."

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Shan Jin recounted what Qin Luoyu said at that time, almost word for word.

"Last winter, I got into some trouble and was seriously injured. In a small inn where I stayed, I met the third princess. The third princess had many scabs on her face, and her appearance was almost destroyed. But I always remember the third princess. The voice of the princess, as soon as she opened her mouth, I recognized it."

Shan Jin said, "She helped me treat my wound, left money for the innkeeper to take care of me, and left me this bottle of medicine. According to the innkeeper, she left with a young man in white. Listen to the innkeeper Said, she called that white-clothed boy senior brother."

Ling Junxing's hand holding the medicine bottle tightened suddenly.

Brother.

Could it be that Xue Yuheng lied to him and helped her conceal the news of her death?

Is she still alive?

As soon as this idea was born, Ling Junxing's heart seemed to surge with a monstrous wave, which made him a little dizzy.

"Send a letter to Xue Yuheng and ask him where he is."

Ling Jun Xing forced himself to suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, and his voice trembled slightly, "Jueying, you go to that small city immediately to find out whether what Shan Jin said is true. If that person is really her -"

Ling Junxing closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Bring her back at all costs."

Jueying took the lead and turned to leave.

"and many more."

Ling Junxing stopped him suddenly, thought for a moment, "I will go in person."

Jueying subconsciously dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, don't take risks lightly, why not—"

Ling Junxing glanced at him indifferently: "I can go to the land of Great Qin, let alone Southern Chu."

Jueying was silent.

That's right, in order to save the empress, the emperor did not hesitate to cross the border of Daqin and set up Xiao Shangyan in Daqin.

What is a mere Southern Chu.

In the inn of Nanchu Town.

The man in black in front of him looked indifferent, but just sitting there quietly, his aura became so strong that it was intimidating.

The innkeeper and the staff talked about the snowy night with trepidation, when the ugly guest stayed with the young man in white.

From the every movement of the ugly guest who stepped into the inn, every word he said, there was absolutely no detail, and he dared not omit anything.

At that time, those two people really left a deep impression on the innkeeper and the staff, but now it has been half a year, and many details have been forgotten.

The boss and the buddies can only rack their brains to recall and restore the scene at that time as much as possible.

"The customer said that he had a rash due to a high fever, and that's why his face became like that."

"He said he knew how to heal, so he took the initiative to help the old man in the woodshed see his wounds."

"He asked us to prepare meals for the old man, and said that it was not easy to go out."

"When the young man in white went in to see the old man, he sniffed the ointment very carefully, and then suddenly asked me to take him to find that guest."

"When I knocked on the door, the guest said who it was. As soon as the young man in white heard the voice, he opened the door and rushed in."

"He grabbed the guest's wrist, and angrily called Qin Luoyu or Xin Luoyu, saying that you lied to me, and then the guest called him senior brother, saying don't come here without any problems."

The man in black who had been silently listening to them suddenly raised his eyes, and his sharp eyes fell on the guy, "Say it again."

The guy flinched in fright from the man's gaze, and didn't know what to say, so he had to bite the bullet and repeat: "The guest called the young man in white a brother."

The man in black clothes interrupted him: "The last sentence."

"last sentence?"

The buddy was stunned, thought for a while, and tentatively said: "Young master in white yelled angrily. Qin Luoyu or what Xin Luoyu?"

These words were like a stone falling into a deep pool, shaking the dark eyes of the man in Xuanyi a little bit.

He took a deep breath: "Did they say where to go?"

The innkeeper shook his head: "No, but the guest asked how long it will take to get to Yingdu"

Yingdu, the capital of Southern Chu.

Seeing that the innkeeper and the man had nothing to say.

The man in black glanced at the young man who looked like a servant beside him, and the young man took out a bag of things from his sleeve and put it on the table.

When they left the inn at last, the innkeeper and the clerk were glad to have survived the disaster.

Wiping the cold sweat off his head, the boss boldly picked up the small cloth bag.

The cloth bag is quite heavy.

The innkeeper opened it carefully, and immediately looked at the waiter in blank dismay, too shocked to speak.

That bag was actually a whole bag of gold leaves!
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When Ling Junxing stepped out of the inn, his black eyes seemed to be condensed with broken ice, and he was very cold.

Qin Luoyu is still alive, but his appearance is very different from before.

Xue Yuheng was with her.

This happened last winter, but Xue Yuheng never told him the news.

Ling Junxing didn't know whether Qin Luoyu's strange appearance was caused by changing makeup, or because of the damage caused by Gu poison.

But no matter what the situation was, she was still alive, but she didn't come back and look for him every night.

As soon as she saw Xue Yuheng, she called out her senior brother, and her memory was clearly not affected.

She remembered Xue Yuheng, so naturally she should also remember him.

But she didn't come back to him.

Even Xue Yuheng concealed the truth of her life from him.

For more than half a year, the longing that haunted his heart and disturbed Ling Junxing all night, heartache and vomiting blood, only turned into the monstrous anger of being deceived and betrayed at this moment.

He looked at Jue Ying with a frosty face, "Does Xue Yuheng have a reply?"

Jueying shook his head: "No."

By the time Nevernight departed for Southern Chu, Jueying had already dispatched a group of black-feathered hawks to send news to Xue Yuheng one after another.

However, they don't know whether those falcons never found Xue Yuheng, or Xue Yuheng didn't reply to the message at all. Up to now, they still haven't received a single word from Xue Yuheng.

He glanced at the emperor's face, hesitated slightly, and finally said: "Your Majesty, if the empress is really in Yingdu, it may be difficult to find her for a while, and more people will be needed. Why don't the emperor return to Luocheng first, and the subordinates will bring When people go to Yingdu, as soon as there is news about your empress, immediately inform the emperor."

Jueying was a little worried that Ling Junxing insisted on going to Yingdu to find his wife regardless of safety.

This border town is nothing more than that, after all, Yingdu is the capital of Southern Chu, if the emperor appears there, if something happens, the consequences will be disastrous.

Ling Junxing said calmly: "That is the capital of the Southern Chu Kingdom, and Xue Yuheng is by her side. No matter how many people you bring to look for it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find it."

If she is really in Yingdu, unless you close the nine gates of Yingdu, search from house to house, and search every corner, it is impossible to find her.

If she is not in Yingdu, but in other places in Nanchu, it will be even more difficult to find her.

Back in Ancheng, when she escaped for the first time, he knew she was fleeing to the Great Qin Kingdom, and he sent so many secret guards, but it was still difficult to find her.

In the end, it was the Great Qin Emperor Qin Shiding who found her whereabouts based on Xiao Shangyan's token.

Jue Ying was taken aback by Ling Junxing's words, "What does the emperor mean?"

Don't you want to find your wife?

Ling Junxing did not answer his words, looking at the mountains in the distance, contemplating something.

After a while, Jueying heard him slowly say: "I heard that the newly enthroned emperor of Southern Chu Kingdom is suspected of killing his father and brother."

Jueying said: "There are indeed rumors among the people."

The emperor of Southern Chu Kingdom originally planned to pass the throne to the eldest prince, but the second prince planned a mutiny, killed the eldest prince, and took control of the old emperor.

The old emperor was put under house arrest in the palace, and it is said that he was starved to death later.

After the second prince ascended the throne as emperor, rumors about the second prince killing his father and brother continued.

The second prince also killed many ministers and common people who talked about it. However, the mouth of the people is better than that of Fangchuan, and these rumors are still circulating in secret.

The second prince seized the throne by means of conspiracy, but he was licentious every day and made frequent tricks. The people of Southern Chu have long complained.

Jueying doesn't quite understand why the emperor suddenly mentioned this matter, after all, this is old news from last year.

But his doubts were quickly answered.

Because he heard Ling Junxing said indifferently: "If I send troops to Southern Chu and kill the man who killed his father and brother, will he be doing justice for heaven?"

Jueying: "."

He didn't know if he was acting on behalf of the heavens, but anyway, he could find the empress with greater confidence, that's for sure.

two months later.

The troops of Lingguo's cavalry battalion raided the border cities of Southern Chu with such force that the defenders of Southern Chu were caught off guard and lost cities and territories one after another.

The courtiers in Southern Chu were divided into two factions, the main war faction and the main peace faction.

The main combat faction advocates uniting the Great Qin and Western Shu to jointly fight against the Ling Kingdom.

The peace advocates strongly opposed it, thinking that this move would be tantamount to seeking their own death. It is better to learn from the Great Qin Dynasty and send the princess to marry each other, and peace is the most important thing.

In the end, the peace faction prevailed.

(End of this chapter)