famous concubine

Chapter 128: The Moment of Despair (1)
They didn't need to be deliberate, and they released a terrifying and sinister aura from all over their bodies. The sound of their extremely murderous footsteps slowly approached, the disordered breathing in the carriage became more and more rapid, and there was even a slight collision sound in the carriage. .

The leader of the man in black gave a look, and the rest of them all held their sharp swords. In his palm-splitting posture, they unanimously handed out extremely sharp weapons, and stabbed at the live target in the carriage from all directions.

The moment their wrists were flipped, their exposed eyes showed a cruel and pleasant cold light.

They waited for the sound of the sharp sword piercing through the flesh and blood, imagining how the fragile human body would be pierced into blood holes by the sharp blade.

However, several sharp swords pierced through the not-so-hard wooden planks, but failed to hit the imaginary target.

Not to mention the slight sound of "Chi Chi" that made their blood boil.

The men in black quickly glanced at each other, and several of them cut off the curtain of the carriage at the same time, and hurriedly looked in. The situation inside made them all dumbfounded at the same time. Except for a tied rabbit, what else was there in the carriage? No, not to mention the silhouette, not even the shadow of the clothes.

The black clothes who was tricked for the second time was so angry that his whole body was on fire.

They watched secretly all the way, and they clearly saw that the target was in this carriage. How could a living person suddenly become a panicked and jumping rabbit?
The leader of the man in black looked at the gradually diminishing fire at the mountain pass, frowned, made a gesture, and the group of people hurriedly withdrew.

Xia Xue got out of the fire, wearing a soldier's uniform on her body, and looked at the messy footprints left by the men in black on the ground.

Wiping his face, he smiled and said, "Miss Yu, they have already left. After passing through this steep mountain road, the terrain ahead is extremely wide and it is not easy to hide. I think we are probably safe."

Dongfang Yu also appeared behind Xia Xue, her bright and clear eyes blinked, but her eyes fell on the carriage of Imperial Doctor Shi in front of her.

Commander Yan, who was in charge of escorting the medicinal materials, stepped forward and saluted Dongfangyu respectfully, showing admiration, and said, "Fortunately, Miss Dongfang reminded us in advance to cover the medicinal materials with a layer of powder that can cut off open flames. Burn, this batch of medicinal materials will be gone, I really want to thank Miss Dongfang."

Dongfang Yu saluted and said a few words of humility, then walked towards Imperial Doctor Shi's carriage.

She observed the injuries on Doctor Shi's body, while Xia Xue observed the marks left by the man in black.

After confirming that Doctor Shi's injuries were not serious, Dongfangyu looked at the thoughtful Xia Xue and asked, "Xia Xue, what did you find?"

Xia Xue restrained her emotions, and said lightly: "Miss Yu, I didn't find anything. I guess those people are killers who make a living by killing people in the world. As long as they can afford the price, they can kill whoever they kill."

Spending a lot of money to hire an assassin to travel hundreds of miles to kill her, um, who could it be?
Xia Xue looked at the girl with shining eyes, was stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "Does Miss Feiyu know who they are?"

"Well, although I don't know who they are, but..." The girl paused for a moment, her eyes fell on a distant place, and a cold light appeared in her eyes, and she said with a smile: "If the plague in Mutian Village is real, I think, There is probably only one person who insists on my life like this."

Xia Xue listened to her words, her eyebrows twitched inexplicably, and she glanced at the confident and calm stunning girl, Xia Xue couldn't help asking: "Miss Yu means... these killers are not sent by the queen?"

"I think if she still wants to see her son go back alive, she probably wouldn't do such a stupid thing at this time." Dongfang Yu smiled and retracted his somewhat empty gaze, but the answer was meaningful.

Looking at her affirmative eyes, Xia Xue was startled, and fell into deep thought.

It stands to reason that Miss Yu saved His Majesty and ruined the queen's plan. The queen is the one who hates Miss Yu the most. If it's not the queen, who would it be?
After passing through this steep mountain road, the road behind is indeed much smoother and wider. In addition to the flat terrain making it impossible to hide, there are also pedestrians on the road in twos and threes, just as Xia Xue said, those men in black There is no chance to start again.

After another seven or eight days, the group of them gradually approached the plagued Mutian Village.

Doctor Shi, the stubborn and talented old fellow, even though he suspected that Dongfangyu deliberately let him go ahead to stand the sword for her after waking up, but this was only a guess without any real evidence. Yu stopped the blood and healed his wounds. In the next few days of the trip, he was much quieter, at least he would no longer pick on Dongfang Yu on the bright side.

Walking on smaller and smaller paths, heading towards more and more remote mountainous areas, the group of them finally saw a place two miles away from Mutian Village. officers and soldiers.

After Commander Yan read out the imperial decree in public, explaining the purpose of their group's visit, the dignified officers and soldiers finally showed a little joy on their faces.

Commander Yan looked at the dark-skinned officer and asked, "Commander Zhang, what's going on inside?"

Commander Zhang frowned and looked into Mutian Village where they set up a card to isolate the villagers from entering and leaving. The villagers of Mutian Village are strictly prohibited from entering and leaving; and we are strictly ordered not to enter the village to check without his order."

Commander Yan's heart tightened, and he quickly asked: "So, since the prince came here, he has never been out of Mutian Village?"

Commander Zhang frowned and replied: "That's true, but I have been strictly ordered by the crown prince from the very beginning, so I have been sticking here and dare not enter Mutian Village lightly."

Dongfangyu was secretly shocked as he listened.Commander Yan asked again: "According to the calculation, the prince has been in this village for two months, right?"

Commander Zhang nodded, his brows were still furrowed, his dark face seemed to be getting darker, "It's almost two months."

Dongfangyu couldn't help interjecting and asked: "The prince hasn't come out for two months, what about the others? What about the people the prince brought in? And the villagers living in this village? Didn't anyone come out?"

Commander Zhang turned his head to look at Dongfangyu, who was dressed as a soldier and couldn't see his real appearance at all, and hesitantly asked, "Who is this?"

Commander Yan glanced at Dongfangyu, smiled slightly and said, "Oh, she is our accompanying military doctor, and she has a lot of research on plague."

Commander Zhang grunted before answering: "About a month ago, the prince's entourage came out once, but they just ordered us to purchase some medicinal materials; recently, half a month ago, some villagers tried to rush through our checkpoint to go out, but they were all rejected. We stopped it." He paused for a while, and then explained: "The crown prince once strictly ordered that no villager be let out, not even a dog or a cat coming out of the village, the purpose is to prevent the epidemic from spreading to the surrounding area. diffusion."

(End of this chapter)