Aspirations

Chapter 47 fierce battle
King Jing sent Dong Si and Dong Qiniang to Zhongshan Village to inquire about Li Dingshan's whereabouts. As soon as the two left Beijing, Li Dingshan came to the palace and met King Jing.King Jing was very happy, and let Li Dingshan live in the palace to ensure Li Dingshan's safety.Li Dingshan did not refuse and agreed.

The reason why Li Dingshan decided to live in the palace was also for the long-term plan, in order to better start arranging some things.

Not long after, Li Dingshan came to the secret room, and as expected, Dr. Jin had already taken care of Xie Jianhua's wound.The reason why he was not in a hurry to meet Xie Jianhua in King Jing's study was that he had expected that Liu Sanjin would let Dr. Jin take care of it, and he would not need to worry about treating Xie Jian's injuries.

Liu Sanjin bowed to Li Dingshan, and Doctor Jin briefly explained Xie Jianhua's injury: "It's not a serious problem. The poison on the arrow is the poison commonly used by Taiwei Xie, and Taiwei Xie has already used the antidote."

Doctor Jin, Liu Sanjin, and Sun Xigan left the secret room.

Xie Jianhua's wound has been bandaged, and his expression is still very depressed, but it is a bit better than when he first came. He was about to struggle when he saw Li Dingshan, and Li Dingshan held his arm.

"You don't need to be too polite, Taiwei." Xie Jianhua is one of the leaders of the Jinjia Battalion in King Jing's mansion. He is a military officer of the seventh rank. Wei match.

"Sir, Xie is incompetent. He was injured by Yan Hao and almost lost his life." Xie Jianhua clenched his teeth, his eyes spewing fire. Thinking of the situation at that time, he wished he could rush into Xingwang Palace now and behead Yan Hao with a single knife. "Fortunately Fortunately, I did not disgrace my mission and completed what my husband asked me to do."

Li Dingshan comforted Xie Jianhua a few words, and when Xie Jianhua calmed down a bit, he asked: "Yan Hao shot at you, doesn't it mean that he already knows that you are not a star king?"

"That's not true. I fought with Yan Hao not because my identity was exposed, but because of Dong Qiniang. At that time, I kept my face covered and didn't show my true face." Xie Jianhua had a look of embarrassment on his face, bowed his head and said, "I was ordered by my husband to go to Lingshou County to resettle Song Dingniang. Unexpectedly, after I went there, I found out that Song Dingniang had already died. It was a step too late. I wanted to go to her grave to put a stick of incense, but unexpectedly, I couldn't find her for a long time. The tomb is where I met Mantuo by accident. Mantuo is extremely skilled in martial arts, I am not her opponent, and she mistakenly thinks that I am her father-killing enemy, so I can only avoid it."

Dong Si and Dong Qiniang were ordered by King Jing to go to Zhongshan Village to inquire about Li Dingshan's whereabouts. Li Dingshan didn't know this until he saw King Jing, so he asked Xie Jianhua to go to Zhongshan Village to resettle Song Dingniang.Because Li Dingshan believed that Xia Xiang could protect himself, Song Dingniang was afraid that someone would kill him.

"Yanhao's subordinates, Huaguan and Mu En, did not know how to live or die. They wanted to attack Mantuo, but Mantuo saw through it. After Mantuo took down the two, he learned a lot from their mouths. After Mantuo left, Muen killed Huaguan. On the way back to Shangjing, he met Yanhao in Zhending. Yanhao had no plan to come to Zhending, and for some reason he suddenly changed his mind and went out of Beijing alone. I came to Zhending. I hid in the dark and wanted to eavesdrop on some news. Muen lied that Huaguan was killed by Mantuo, and he resisted desperately to escape."

"I know that Yan Hao is very good at martial arts, and I was worried that he would find out. When he was about to leave, Yan Hao noticed something and asked sharply who was eavesdropping. Seeing that I was seen through, I simply stood up and made up a random excuse to get away. Anyway, Yan Hao didn't know that I was in Xing Wang's mansion, but I was actually a man of King Jing, who was ordered by Mr. I was about to stand up, but Dong Si and Dong Qiniang stood up. It turned out that they were secretly eavesdropping on Yan Hao and Mu En had a conversation. I don't know who sent Dong Si and Dong Qiniang to Zhending, they are full of dust and dust, and Dong Si was injured, I'm afraid it has something to do with Song Dingniang."

Li Dingshan did not speak. Although Dong Si and Dong Qiniang belonged to King Jing, they were not controlled by him, and they were not under Xie Jianhua's jurisdiction.But what he didn't expect was that Xie Jianhua had feelings for Dong Qiniang.Not long after Dong Qiniang lost her husband, she was at an elegant age, and besides being martial arts, Dong Qiniang also had property under her name, and there were dozens of inns in Daxia, although they were far from being as good as they used to be.

Considering Dong Qiniang's abilities and wealth, it is reasonable to be able to get into Xie Jianhua's eye. There are probably not a few people in the capital who are trying to trick Dong Qiniang.

"I originally thought that Yan Hao would not attack Dong Si and Dong Qiniang. After all, Dong Si was a servant in Dali Temple, and he was considered a member of the public family. He was secretly under King Jing's subordinates. I didn't want Yan Hao to suddenly kill Dong Si and kill him with a knife." Straight to Dong Si's heart. Dong Si was already wounded, but he was unprepared, and he was about to be hit by a knife..."

Li Dingshan was also immersed in Xie Jianhua's vivid description, and he was very nervous, but he thought in his heart that Dr. Jin is indeed a master of medicine.
Doctor Jin's name is Jin Buliu, and he is one of the many doctors in King Jing's mansion, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of knife wounds, wounds and sharp weapon injuries.He is also surnamed Jin, but he is not from the same family as the imperial physician Jin Jia, nor does he know each other.Jin Buliu was originally a doctor of the quack, wandering the rivers and lakes and wandering among the people, and could earn a living, but it was very hard for him to eat and sleep in the open.What's more, he is best at wounds caused by swords and swords. What the common people need most is a doctor who can treat headaches and brain fever, and a stable woman who can deliver babies. Therefore, his hero is useless and his life is very poor.

Later, when King Jing went hunting in the Western Mountains, he was accidentally injured by the sharp teeth of a wild boar. Jin Buliu happened to meet him. The doctor accompanying the palace was not good at dealing with wounds caused by sharp weapons, so Jin Buliu couldn’t stand it anymore. , Remind the other party what to do.The other party was angry and wanted to drive Jin Buliu away.However, King Jing heard that although Jin Buliu's method was difficult to be elegant, it was a talk from experience, so he immediately asked Jin Buliu to treat his wound.

Jin Buliu was overjoyed immediately, being able to treat the prince was a blessing he had cultivated in several lifetimes, he knew that he only had one chance, once he missed it, he would hate him for life.He took the initiative to issue a military order, and if he failed, he was willing to apologize with death.If successful, no money will be taken.

The cleverness of Jin Buliu is that he only takes responsibility for failure and does not ask for rewards for success. King Jing secretly approves of Jin Buliu's attitude.Three days later, King Jing's wounds were healed, so he took Jin Buliu in the palace and became one of the imperial physicians in the palace, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of wounds caused by sharp weapons.The soldiers in the palace and the soldiers of the Jinjia Battalion, who were injured, would be healed by Jin Buliu, and all of them were captured with medicine until the disease was cured. Jin Buliu was honored as Jin Buchang.

The implication is that even if a golden man is exchanged for the gold, the gold will not be kept, and it will not be exchanged.Jin Buhuan's reputation in the palace is gradually rising, and he is deeply relied on by the soldiers of the palace.

Xie Jian's incarnation was wounded by an arrow, only his shoulder was hit by an arrow, which was nothing more than a trivial matter to Jin Buhuan, so he dealt with it three times and then applied the best Jinchuang medicine.

"Is the injury okay?" Li Dingshan was worried that Xie Jianhua's emotional fluctuations would cause the wound to burst, so he wanted him to relax.

"It's all right, I can't die, sir, don't worry." Xie Jianhua continued, "Dong Si was unprepared, but Dong Qiniang was already on guard. She swung her sword and blocked Yan Hao's fatal blow. She cried out in shock. , Taiwei Yan, I am Dong Qiniang, he is Dong Si, and he came to Lingshou at the order of King Jing, why did you kill him?"

When Li Dingshan heard this, he shook his head secretly, how could Yan Hao not know who Dong Si was, but he suddenly attacked the killer without saying a word, obviously he wanted to kill someone.As for whether it was murder to silence or frame, it is not known.It's good that Dong Qiniang didn't throw out King Jing, but Yan Hao wanted to kill him if he brought up the name of King Jing.

Sure enough, Xie Jianhua figured it out, and sighed: "Qiniang is too straightforward, it's okay if she doesn't bring King Jing out, maybe you can use the excuse that Yan Hao made a mistake in his busy schedule, and complain to Dong Dong just now. The matter of Si Pain's ultimate move was prevaricated. When King Jing was brought out, Yan Hao simply made a mistake and insisted on killing Qiniang. After listening to Qiniang's words, Yan Hao slashed at Qiniang with a knife in his hand At the same time, Mu En also made a move. Yan Hao and Mu En teamed up to deal with Qiniang and Dong Si, after a few rounds, Qiniang and Dong Si couldn't hold on."

Li Dingshan is naturally aware of Yan Hao's high martial arts. Looking at Daxia, almost no one can beat him. Although Dong Si and Dong Qiniang also have martial arts, they are far behind Yan Hao. It's not bad after a few rounds.

"Dong Si sees that death is inevitable, so he pushes Qiniang hard. Even if he fights to death, he still wants Qiniang to take the opportunity to escape, so that there will be time for revenge for what happened today. I don't want Qiniang to bear to leave Dong Si alone to die. The two of them fought with Yan Hao and Mu En for a while, and Mu En found a loophole and secretly held a handful of limes to make Qiniang's eyes. Such indecent tactics, I I really can’t bear to see it anymore, it’s not the standard of conduct for people in my generation, so I drew my bow and shot an arrow, and it hit Mu En’s face.”

Mu Si killed Huaguan, presumably in order to go back to do business, and pretended that Huaguan was killed by Mantuo as an excuse, and then blamed Huaguan for causing all the faults to shirk responsibility, which is not a good thing in the first place. Hua shot an arrow, and it was more than enough to die, Li Dingshan actually secretly called out a good one.

"Mu En was shot through the face door by an arrow, entered from the right cheek and exited from the left cheek, even half of his tongue was torn off. He didn't give up, and the lime in his hand flew out. Fortunately, under the great pain, he lost his aim. A small part of the lime caught the eyes of Qiniang and Dong Si, but more of it caught the eyes of Yan Hao. When Yan Hao made a careless move, the lime got into his eyes, and he was in great pain. En's head."

"Qiniang and Dong Si were also blinded by lime, but luckily there wasn't much lime in their eyes. I happened to have a water bag on me, so I stepped out and washed Qiniang and Dong Si's eyes while Yan Hao was busy. I only washed a few times , Yan Hao's knife arrived. The three of us teamed up to fight Yan Hao, but the three of us were not Yan Hao's opponents. If Yan Hao hadn't been caught by lime and couldn't see clearly, the three of us said that we had no choice but to be cut off by Yan Hao He fell under the sword. Sigh, his skills are not as good as others, Yan Hao is worthy of being one of the top ten masters of Daxia, his martial arts are really amazing!"

"In an extremely critical situation, Dong Si stepped forward again and stood in front of Yan Hao, asking me to protect Qiniang and go first. I forcibly pulled Qiniang, and after only a few steps, Dong Si was knocked down by Yan Hao I turned around and shot an arrow, Yan Hao dodged it, Dong Si took the opportunity to turn over and jumped up. I fired three more arrows, Yan Hao dodged two arrows in succession, and he caught the third arrow in his hand. He raised his hand and threw an arrow , Going straight for Qiniang's back, I jumped up and blocked Qiniang's arrow. After that, Yan Hao didn't chase after him..."

Li Dingshan understood the whole story, and pondered slightly: "Yan Hao's sudden killing of Dong Si and Dong Qiniang must have been in a moment of desperation. The battle for position has not yet been decided, and it will not mess up the position. This matter is mostly Yan Hao's whim, not the intention of the third prince. Regardless of these, it is great that Yan Hao loses his right hand and right arm after Hua Guan and Mu En die. good thing..."

"Sir, Yan Hao hurt me and killed Mu En. Report this matter to the lord, let the lord read the third prince's book, the emperor will be furious, and will definitely reprimand the third prince." Xie Jianhua couldn't swallow the anger in his heart.

Li Dingshan smiled and shook his head: "Taiwei Xie, you returned to Beijing with Dong Si and Dong Qiniang, why didn't the two of them come to the palace to report this matter to the lord face to face?"

How could Xie Jianhua think so much, and immediately replied: "Dong Si and Qiniang said that I can report to the prince alone, and there is no need for everyone to come to the palace, so as not to attract people's attention."

Dong Si and Dong Qiniang are sensible people, no wonder the lord let them be responsible for the peripheral affairs, the two brothers and sisters are indeed very measured.If it was someone else, Li Dingshan would be too lazy to say more. Xie Jianhua is an indispensable piece on his chessboard, so he could only patiently say: "It is true that Yan Hao hurt you, and it is true that he killed Mu En. Such a trivial matter, if you When the prince wrote a letter to the emperor, the third prince would definitely deny that Yan Hao's killing and wounding had anything to do with him, and Yan Hao would not say that he was ordered by the third prince. In this way, the emperor would instead blame the prince for making a fuss. Because of this, the prince will be underestimated."

Xie Jianhua understood, but he was still unwilling: "Is this the case? Mister didn't see how arrogant Yan Hao was, and he was merciless when he started killing people."

"Pretend this never happened..." Li Dingshan pondered for a moment, and then said, "Yan Hao will definitely blame Man Tuo for the deaths of Huaguan and Mu En. It's getting deeper."

Speaking of Mantuo, a trace of regret and helplessness flashed between Xie Jianhua's brows, showing a look of intolerance: "Sir, I don't understand something, I hope you can teach me. Lin Xiansong is an upright official, why do you still have to let me know?" Poison him?"

Li Dingshan let out a long sigh: "Brother Lin wrote to me, asking me to take care of Mantuo, but right now it is inconvenient for me to show up, and Mantuo has come and gone without a trace, I am really ashamed of Brother Lin's entrustment. Brother Lin's death is not your fault, In my case, brother Lin failed to impeach the third prince and was demoted to Hainan. He was upright by nature and ashamed. Brother, I asked you to secretly inject slow poison, to fight poison with poison, and maybe it can slow down the time for Brother Lin to die from the poison. I thought it would give me enough time to find the antidote that could cure Brother Lin’s poison, but in the end, I couldn’t come back with manpower. sky……"

"Why didn't you tell Mantuo the truth?" Xie Jianhua was deeply concerned about the poisoning of Lin Xiansong, and he never forgot Mantuo's misunderstanding of him. After all, Mantuo's martial arts skills are extremely high, and it would be easy to kill him, "Miss Mantuo If she knew the truth of the matter, and knew that I was under King Jing and not the third prince, she would not hate me so much. If she could be used by King Jing, with her martial arts, it was Yan Hao's Enemy."

Li Dingshan shook his head slowly: "Mantuo only wants to avenge her father. In her eyes, there are only personal enmity, no court affairs, and no emperor and King Jing. Even if she tells the truth, she may not believe it, and Even she won't be used by us. If we let her know that we want to use her, it will cause her to disobey. Manta is unstable and can be happy or angry. It's better to let her be a free ranger. "

Man Tuo drank three pots of tea in the teahouse opposite King Jing's mansion, but Xie Jian did not come out. He knew that it would be hopeless to wait any longer, so he might as well leave.Just where are we going?She hesitated for a moment in the teahouse, and decided to go back to the Quanyou Inn instead of the lodging that Lian Ruohan had arranged for her.

Originally, Mantuo planned to lurk in Shangjing and wait for an opportunity to assassinate the third prince, but now that she met Xie Jianhua, she had one more thing to do—to kill Xie Jianhua.Regardless of whether she was assassinating the third prince or Xie Jianhua, she would be wanted by the government and live in the residence provided by Lian Ruohan. Once the government found out, Lian Ruohan would be implicated.

Since he wanted to be an assassin, riding a horse was too ostentatious. Mantuo sold the horse and changed into a light-colored outfit, which was more charming and bright than a black one.Walking on the street, many disciples winked at her or whistled provocatively, but she turned a blind eye.

The prosperity of Shangjing is a little bit better than before. When Man Tuo came to Beijing with his father, he was seven or eight years old. He only lived in Shangjing for a year before leaving Beijing with his father. His impression of Shangjing was only broad and straight. The streets and red walls and blue tiles can be seen everywhere.Today’s Shangjing is full of people everywhere, such as Persian women with “deep eyes but the water of the Xiangjiang River, and nostrils higher than Huayue Mountain”, Huns with moth eyebrows and mustaches, high noses and drooping mouths, and “Huma Ke from Youzhou, with green eyes and tiger skin crowns” Hu merchants leading camels, Shanghai is like the World Expo.

Mantuo had no interest in the barbarians and only cared about moving forward.Not long after, she came to the Quanyou Inn. At this time, many students knew that there was no hope of being a Jinshi, and they checked out one after another. The inn was no longer overcrowded. She registered a room on the third floor, which was located in the east.

Although it is the upper room, the room is not spacious, just barely enough.The furnishings of the room are also very simple, and Mantuo doesn't care about it, she just asks for a place to live.

Pushing open the window, one can just see the open space downstairs, Shi'er and Zhang Hou are walking, Shen Bao and Xiao Wu are playing chess under the plane tree.Xiao Wu obviously lost, grabbed a handful of chess pieces with his right hand, and kept scratching his head with his left hand.Behind Xiao Wu, stood a skinny old man and a round-faced scholar, they were gesticulating and arguing about something, their faces were flushed red, and they almost had a fight.

(End of this chapter)