Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 30 Assassination
It's the middle of winter, and the vegetation is blurred, but it doesn't have a desolate look.

Murong Wei thought about Luo Wang's matter, and she also found it funny.

Meeting him again and again like this, even she herself finds it unbelievable.

Murong Wei sighed in her heart, looking at Luo Wang like that, she thought that although he was in the royal family, he also had his own helplessness.

Now that he enjoys the most honorable status in the world, it is inevitable to bear more helplessness and pain.

The things in this world, one drink and one peck, have long been determined.

If he doesn't fight for the throne, maybe he can still be an idle clan, Prince Taiping.

But being my prince is only one step away from that position, who can be reconciled?

Murong Wei was sitting in the pavilion, not a moment later, a little novice, about seven or eight years old, dressed in monk robes, brought some refreshments.

"Female benefactor, is there anything else you need?" the little novice asked with a smile.

"There is nothing necessary, please trouble little master."

Not long after seeing off the little novice, Murong Wei didn't drink tea, and was planning to go to the stream to have a look, but at this time the little novice came again.

I don't know if I was in a hurry and fell on the steps.

"Go and see what's going on?"

Murong Wei also wondered why the little novice was in such a hurry, and asked Lu'er to go down and have a look.

The little novice fell heavily, raised his arm dripping with blood, his face was pale, he held his mouth and began to cry.

Seeing him pitiful, Lu'er hurriedly said, "Where is the injury still? Why don't you ask someone to help you go back and rest?"

"Thank you for this benefactor, can I trouble you to take me to the front...the temple, I will go there to find someone." The little novice said while crying.

Lu'er was a little embarrassed, and looked back at Murong Wei.

Murong Wei also took a few steps down, seeing how seriously injured he was, she pointed to the little maid and another maid, Fangcao, and said, "You two, send this little master over there. Poor guy, you have to deal with it quickly." .”

The little novice looked up at Murong Wei, her face was full of distress, her expression was very strange, her eyes revealed a look of unbearable fear and urgency, Murong Wei felt strange, Fangcao and that little girl Jinxiu helped the little girl up The novice, Jinxiu was still very dissatisfied, and secretly glared at the little novice several times.

The little novice also seemed to have some injuries on her legs, and was supported by two people, suddenly turned her head to look at Murong Wei, her expression seemed very nervous and anxious.

Murong Wei was bewildered by him, and she didn't know why he showed such an expression.

Going back to the pavilion and sitting down, Murong Wei looked thoughtfully at the little novice's fading figure, always feeling that something was wrong.

Opening the blue-and-white porcelain flower-and-bird pattern tea cover, she was about to take a sip of tea when she suddenly fixed her eyes on the tea bowl, her gaze completely changed.

The tea water was not clear, there were some bright crystals flickering at the bottom, if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see what it was, but the tea water seemed a little cloudy, it was not obvious.

sweat medicine...

She stared at the tea cup in front of her in surprise, how could it be Mongolian sweat medicine?
Who would give her sweat medicine in Huangjue Temple, and for what reason?
She suddenly turned her eyes to look at the little novice who was going away. The sweat medicine was poured from the teacup he brought, and he suddenly looked weird just now, his face was full of nervousness and fear, as if showing a meaning to make her pay attention .

Murong Wei vigilantly covered the teacup with her sleeve, pretending to drink tea, put down the teacup for a moment, her expression was the same as usual.

On the surface, she seemed to be admiring the scenery, but her eyes were paying special attention to the surroundings. Suddenly, she saw a group of figures behind a bush of flowers and trees, and the light of the knife flashed by.

Murong Wei's heart trembled, and her whole heart sank.

The little novice prescribed the medicine and transferred two maidservants away, and now only Lu'er and Xiangtao are left beside her.

If he himself has also been poisoned by Mongolian sweat medicine...

The guards protecting her stayed away to avoid suspicion, and the coachman and the woman did not follow, so they must have stopped at the carriage.

I'm afraid they will be transferred later.

How could there be villains in this Huangjue Temple!

She was surprised to be surprised here.

It was only at this moment that she suddenly realized that the Huangjue Temple seemed to be too quiet.

Ordinarily, this place is not a remote place, but there are no monks walking. As far as the eye can see, even half a monk has not been found condescending.

When she first arrived in the morning, she was obviously not like this.

In addition to a few monks from King Luo, there was a little novice here.

What happened?
No matter how much the eldest lady hates her, she won't be able to kill her.

She still has this self-knowledge.

If it wasn't for dealing with her, it would be... King Luo!
The little novice's previous wound, she only discovered now, where there was a scratch, it was clearly a knife wound.

Judging by his appearance, he must have been coerced.

There are a lot of monks in Huangjue Temple, how could there be a strongman? It may not be discovered. After all, the monks who protect the temple are not vegetarians.
The temple was completely taken down by someone without knowing it, unless the entire Huangjue Temple has been poisoned by Mongolian sweat medicine.

is it possible?

She didn't dare to think about who arranged this matter, but it was definitely a person with good hands and eyes. When Luo Wang came to the temple, there were definitely many guards in the open and in the dark, but there was no movement.

How to do?
Now those villains with knives will rush over at any time, she is very self-aware.

She is a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, she has no ability to fight against others.

Even adding a few guards from her family is useless.

Since these people appeared here and came for King Luo, they must have planned carefully. They probably expected that there would be no pilgrims today, and she just happened to be here so unluckily, and she has not left, so it is inevitable that she will be taboo.

These people may want to catch her to avoid publicity, but they may kill her immediately after catching her.

Murong Wei's palms broke out in cold sweat.

It's not like being held hostage on the street last time, when the situation was not as dangerous as it is now, after all, the murderer was just improvising, not intending to kill her.

But now facing these gangsters who dared to assassinate King Luo, she had absolutely no confidence in saving her life!

Murong Wei has never experienced such a thrilling thing from her previous life to this life, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind for a while.

She didn't have much time to lose, and soon she made up her mind.

If these people really came here against King Luo, and even took control of the entire Huangjue Temple just to arrange this ambush, I am afraid that King Luo will be in danger.

His escorts are not necessarily reliable.

There are definitely a lot of murderers who came this time, otherwise they would not dare to do this.

She couldn't inform King Luo, the most important thing right now was to leave this place as soon as possible, so that she might still have a chance to notify others to save King Luo.

Otherwise, no one would be alive today.

Murong Wei stood up abruptly, covered her chest and called out palely: "Lu'er, hurry up, give me the medicine, my illness has struck."

"Miss, what's wrong with you, miss?" Lu'er stepped forward to support her in surprise, and Xiang Tao also supported her on the other side in surprise.

"I'm suffering from angina, where's the medicine I asked you to bring with you?" Murong Wei looked out of breath, and suddenly said a few words in a low voice, which made the two maids look at each other inexplicably in horror.

"Miss, what should I do?" Lu'er put on a pose and took out a bottle. There were some pills in it, some of which Murong Wei took when she was free.

Murong Wei took a pill, "No, I still feel bad, hurry up, take me back to the carriage, and get my bottle..."

"Miss, why don't we go back home?" Xiangtao said loudly, and looked around: "Why did those two girls go, and how come they haven't come back for so long?"

"Leave them alone, let's go back first, and let a woman come to find them later." As she said that, Lu'er helped Murong Wei get off the pavilion, and left with messy steps.

Although the two girls were calm on the surface, they were trembling all over, and their palms were full of sweat.

Half of Murong Wei's face was really pale, and half was just pretending.

Seeing that the three of them were getting farther and farther away, heading towards the chariots and horses of Huangjue Temple, the men in black who were hiding in the dark watched her leave, and one of them spoke to the people beside him in a strange language. Asked: "Let's not catch them anymore? Just let them go? She looks like a little beauty..."

"It's just a young lady, so don't worry about revealing anything. Don't just think about these things, big things matter! Luckily for her, she will get sick and leave, so let her go."

The man's voice was low, and he stared at the person in front of him.

"Hey, the second leader said, those two maids?"

"Let's let them go together, so as not to startle the snake, I don't want any idlers in Huangjue Temple later."

Murong Wei had just rushed to the carriage and horses, and just now she saw her own carriage, the guards seemed to have noticed that she was unwell, and quickly chased after her.

"What's the matter, miss?" one of the guards asked.

"Miss seems to be a little unwell, and wants to go home quickly." Lu'er said, she supported Murong Wei's arms stiffly, and she was covered in cold sweat: "Hurry up and get the car back."

The coachman quickly got into the car, and one of the women asked in surprise, "Where are the girls Fangcao and Jinxiu?"

Murong Wei saw that those men in black didn't come after her, but they were already beside the gate, obviously they didn't intend to kill her.

But now she was in a hurry to leave, staying here for a while would be life-threatening.

"Get in the car and leave the temple first, you go back and look for them." Murong Wei hurriedly got into the car, Lu'er and Xiang Tao were also sweating profusely.

The coachman and guards immediately drove out of the temple gate, looking at the mountain road in front of them, Murong Wei looked back and frowned.

In addition to her car, there is also a green cloth car with two maids and two women sitting in the car. The guards are riding horses. The pedestrians are walking fast or slow.

The two maids should be fine.

Since the gangsters didn't catch her, there was no reason to keep them.

Sure enough, before the old woman went back to look for Fangcao and Jinxiu, the two of them had already rushed over.

"Oh, Miss, are you leaving now?" Jinxiu asked, her eyes were still a little impatient, before the two of them were entangled by that little novice, if a great monk hadn't appeared later and told them that Murong Wei had left, They still have to get away.

Jinxiu didn't gain anything today, and she was full of anger.

"Where did you two little hoofs go, don't hurry up, the lady is leaving soon."

The woman scolded them a few words and was about to take them into the car.

The two monks guarding in front of the temple looked amiable on the surface, but Murong Wei could clearly see that their brows were radiant and introverted, they were Lianjiazi, and their eyes were full of fierceness, they didn't look like monks at all.

She felt that these people looked similar to those from the Central Plains, and suddenly her heart tightened.

Barbarians?
Lu'er grabbed Murong Wei's hand and said tremblingly, "Miss, you said Luo Wang is..."

Murong Wei covered her mouth, she was afraid that these people could hear their movements because of their poor ears.

Xiangtao's face was also pale. Before they heard the lady said that they had met King Luo, and found a group of gangsters holding swords, clearly intending to assassinate King Luo.

This kind of thing makes these little girls tremble with fear.

Seeing that Fangcao and Jinxiu also appeared, they were about to get into the car when suddenly an old monk ran over and shouted: "Stop them, don't let them run away, the woman in that car has seen him!"

The old monk was impressively met by Murong Wei in the Hall of Eternal Life before.

Just in an instant, the two great monks who looked friendly suddenly changed their expressions and rushed forward.

Murong Wei secretly cried out that it was not good, and shouted: "Go!"

The coachman was taken aback, subconsciously shook the reins, and the horse galloped away.

The guards on the side were also full of astonishment. Before they could react, they saw one of the two monks throwing several throwing knives directly. Immediately, the old lady and Fangcao fell to the ground with the knives on their legs.

It wasn't until this time that the guards came to their senses. Seeing that the big monk in the back rode his horse and chased after the lady's car, he didn't care about anything else, and rushed up to fight.

Several black-clothed masked men rushed out of the temple, and one of them was a bit annoyed: "Second leader, I really didn't expect this woman to have something to do with King Luo. What should I do? Wouldn't it be a bad thing if she ran away?"

The two leaders also looked gloomy, after all, he ordered the release before.

Judging from the situation just now, the woman gave the order to escape as soon as the old monk appeared and shouted for someone.

No one else understood what was going on, but she reacted so quickly.

Anything abnormal is a demon.

"This woman is really cunning enough to be deceived by her before."

"The women in Daqin have so many minds, it's too scary." The person who spoke was also surprised.

How did that woman find out that something was wrong?

"Catch her up, catch her no matter what, if not, kill her." The second leader said coldly.

Those guards were chasing Murong Wei up, but because they encountered obstacles, the two sides fought, and quickly distanced themselves from the carriage in front.

Sitting in the bumpy carriage, Xiangtao cried out in fright: "Miss, what should I do? Who are these people?"

Murong Wei frowned, she saw that there were not many people around Ziwei Mountain, even if she left Ziwei Mountain, there was not enough time to go to a safe place.

Those people will catch up soon, and the speed of the carriage is very slow...

The panicked voice of the coachman Wang came: "Miss, what is going on? What should we do now?"

Murong Wei took a deep breath, "Lu'er, pack and take away everything you can in the car. Old Wang, wait until you pass the corner ahead, stop immediately, throw away the car and ride back, at least you can delay for a while. Hurry up and report to the mansion, and tell my grandmother that she must have someone find my grandfather and father, and let him inform the emperor that King Luo is trapped in Huangjue Temple, and the barbarians assassinated King Luo."

The coachman turned pale with fright, and could not believe it.

Today happened to be the time for the army to return to the court, and it is said that all civil and military officials might go to greet them.

Murong Duan is the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and the old man is a cabinet scholar. If he can get the news and go to Da Tian Ting, the emperor will naturally send someone to rescue him.

Wang Zhan asked tremblingly: "Miss, you said that King Luo is in Huangjue Temple? Those people just went to King Luo?"

"Yes, stop talking, if you don't want to die, you'd better go back and report!"

"No, Miss, you go back, Lu'er and I will cover up for you, and distract those who are chasing you." Xiang Tao said.

Murong Wei shook her head: "It's useless, I don't know how to ride a horse, if Lao Wang leads me, the speed of the horse is too slow, those people will catch up soon, and everyone will die by then."

It's not that she doesn't want to run for her life, but she doesn't know how to ride a horse at all.

And since those people want to catch her, but they don't know the details of her family, they may not pay attention to chasing Lao Wang, but she doesn't want to escape.

I'm afraid there are still some people watching on Ziwei Mountain, and it would be a joke to escape at that time.

But Lao Wang is different. First of all, it will take time for the news from above to be conveyed. By the time those people know, he may have already escaped.

"Miss..." Lu'er was still talking, but Murong Wei said in a deep voice, "That's it, don't talk nonsense!"

She started to pack up her things, wrapped the spare cloak into a bundle, and packed the things she could carry inside, and drove at a turning in front for a while and got into the woods on the side.

Murong Wei jumped out of the car, Wang Da was startled, untied the car, and got on the horse: "Miss, is this villain going back like this?"

Murong Wei took out a handkerchief, bit her finger, and wrote a few words: Huangjue Temple, Barbarian Clan King Luo.

"Take this and go home quickly! You can't wear this coat, don't expose yourself, let's go!"

Wang Da nodded: "Yes, the villain must pass the news to the master!"

After finishing speaking, he patted the horse and galloped out from the path.

"Miss, what should we do?" Lu'er asked urgently.

"Don't be afraid, those people must be chasing down the mountain road for a while, and it will take some time to search for the carriage here when they find that they can't catch up with anyone."

Xiangtao was carrying a burden: "Miss, where are we going to hide? This Ziwei Mountain is so big, if we are caught..."

Murong Wei took a deep breath, but now she calmed down.

She turned her head to look at the mountain peak, her eyes were calm: "Go up the mountain."

"What, miss, isn't that falling into their hands again?"

"They will only search down the mountain, and they will never expect us to go up the mountain for a while. Huangjue Temple is halfway up the mountain, and we went to the mountain. They can't search such a big place for a while. And if they succeed, they will retreat quickly... "Here she took a breath.

If they succeed, if they really retreat, King Luo will die.

Her heart tightened, hoping that he would be fine, Xiao Mingrui, you are a smart person, you shouldn't die so easily.

"Go, don't delay!"

Murong Wei adjusted her breathing and began to walk up the path in the mountains and forests, but the direction she walked was not towards Huangjue Temple, but towards the west.

Xiang Tao and Lu'er didn't have anything to do, they hurriedly followed her up, and soon, the three of them disappeared into the forest.

Just as Murong Wei expected, those barbarians didn't realize that Murong Wei and the others had abandoned their car and fled.

After solving a few guards, he rode his horse and quickly chased him down.

But they didn't see it after chasing for a long time. Those people immediately realized that something was wrong. The speed of the carriage couldn't be so fast, unless they didn't take the mountain road and took the path instead.

These people immediately sent people to inform the people down the mountain to guard all the roads and make sure no one was allowed to leave.

In fact, the entire Ziwei Mountain is quite large, but there are not many roads that can be used by a carriage. There are many trees in the mountains and forests, so naturally it is impossible to walk.

Murong Wei is now holding a thick branch in her hand, and is struggling to climb along the mountain path.

Because it is winter, the leaves in this mountain forest have fallen and piled up a lot. Although there are not as many weeds as in spring and summer, it is still very difficult to walk at this moment.

I'm afraid it's past noon.

Murong Wei thought about what happened today, and felt that it was more exciting than making a movie.

I can't help laughing at myself, it really is that art comes from life, and this life is much more exciting than movies.

If King Luo died, it was only a matter of time. After such a long time, the entire Huangjue Temple was surrounded by iron barrels. Can King Luo escape?
Catch the turtle in the urn, and don't know what happened to him?

Why did the barbarians have the guts to sneak into the capital of Daqin, know of King Luo's travels, and even arrange such a siege?

Today was the time when the army returned to the court, and Prince Jing had beaten them to death. Where did they have the courage to assassinate the prince, so that they would not be afraid of the emperor's furious attack and start another war?
Assassinating King Luo when the army returned to the court, it would be the biggest joke in the world, and it would be the biggest joke and irony.

Could it be because King Luo once captured and killed their prince?

No matter how you think about this matter, it feels weird, Murong Wei can't figure it out.

But now, she is not in the mood to think about all this, she can only pay attention to whether someone will find them.

In fact, Murong Wei has been walking diagonally, she thought it would be best to go to the mountain behind, but Ziwei Mountain is quite big, and it will not be possible to climb over it for a while.

Maybe Murong Wei's guess was more accurate. By the time those people found the carriage, a lot of time had passed.

"Damn it, the cunning Daqin people actually escaped on horseback!"

"Tuosen, you are the best hunter on the grassland. You have always been good at tracking. Now look, where did those people escape to?"

The second leader's expression was not very good.

The man named Tuo Sen looked around carefully, "Second leader, the footprints here are very messy, in addition to the horseshoe prints, there are also a few smaller footprints, if they are correct, they should be the three Great Qin The woman is gone. The imprint of the horseshoe is going deep into the forest. It looks like it wants to go down the mountain. But this footprint looks like going down the mountain, and you have to follow it for a while to find it. But now there is more dry grass on the mountain, and the footprints can't be seen. How obvious it came out."

Since Tosen is good at tracking, he can naturally tell from the clues that if Murong Wei is here, she might lose her color.

"Second leader, that lady must have escaped on horseback, and she threw those servants away." A bearded man beside him said.

The second leader glared at him: "You think the ladies in the capital city are women on the grasslands, and they don't know how to ride a horse if they don't go out of the door? I think it might be that the coachman left the lady and fled for his own life." .”

The big man was taken aback, and said in admiration: "Yes, the women here are so weak that they can be blown down by a gust of wind, how can they still ride horses?"

"Follow her footprints and let's see where she can escape."

Here, Murong Wei and the two maids were struggling forward, and an hour had passed, and those people hadn't caught up. It seemed that they had either given up, or had already left.

This kind of thought made Murong Wei feel extremely heavy, and wondered what happened to King Luo.

She looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, and there was a small wooden house built by a hunter in front of her. It was early in the afternoon, and the weather seemed to have changed from cloudy to cloudy, and became more and more gloomy.

"Miss, are you tired? Those people shouldn't be chasing you, right? Shall we rest here?" Xiang Tao wiped off her sweat.

They stay in the mansion on weekdays, and it is really rare for them to climb mountains for such a long time, all of them are tired and thirsty.

Murong Wei hesitated, "Then go to that room to have a rest."

The three of them pushed open the wooden house and entered.

This is built by some hunters for the convenience of hunting. Usually, the water tank is full, and some prey and rice are put in it, but if you eat it, the hunters will usually replenish it.

As soon as Xiangtao entered, she went to the water tank and took a few sips of water. Murong Wei frowned: "Let's take a break here, and don't touch anything here later, I'm worried that someone will catch up and find out."

(End of this chapter)