Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 278 Reply
One day, when Xiao Cui was watering the back garden, she saw two guards dragging a straw mat to the back door in a hurry. Xiao Cui felt suspicious, put down the water bottle, and hurriedly followed .

After the two guards left the straw mat in a weed in the back mountain, Xiao Cui came out from behind, stepped forward to lift the straw mat, and couldn't help exclaiming, it was Youran's corpse !
Usually, the relationship between Xiao Cui and Youran is not bad, but a few days ago I heard that Youran made a mistake and was punished by the crown princess, but she couldn't survive it.

But when he saw Youran's corpse with his own eyes, Xiao Cui frowned, just because there were obvious strangle marks on the neck of Youran's corpse, and Youran didn't die because of the stick, but was People were strangled to death!

No, this scar doesn't look like strangulation, the wound is neat, as if someone strangled to death from behind.

A small servant girl dies as soon as she dies. How could anyone notice in the prince's mansion above the imperial power, or even in the imperial city?
Xiaocui clenched her fists tightly. In the past year, she endured humiliation in the prince's mansion, serving the prince she hated the most, but she never found a chance to kill her.

Xiaocui was also afraid of being discovered, so she hurriedly left the back mountain. After night fell, she saw a person coming out from the back door. Bury leisurely in it.

No matter what, it was an acquaintance, and Xiao Cui couldn't bear to see Youran die without a place to bury her.

Xiaocui looked at the small soil bag she was holding up, and stood aside, looking at the stars in the sky, suddenly, Bingbing's face could not appear in her mind.

Bing Bing?Xiao Cui chuckled lightly, with her clever brain, I'm afraid this name is not her real name, and she doesn't know how she is doing now.

"General, I have a letter from you, which was delivered in haste."

After Gu Lingqing took the letter from his subordinate, he waved his hand, and the subordinate left the tent.

Looking at the awkward characters on the envelope, Gu Lingqing knew who wrote it. After practicing calligraphy for so long, she didn't make any progress at all. Looking at this letter, she even felt a little better, with a twitch at the corner of her mouth. A faint smile.

Opening the envelope, Zhao Min's lip print came into view. Gu Lingqing froze for a moment, then raised her right hand, and gently touched the lip print.

"My husband personally said: I am fine in the mansion, you don't have to miss me, my body has already healed, seeing that the scenery in the mansion is not very good, I made some changes without your consent, hope When you come back, don’t be too surprised. The weather in Wangcheng is very cold. You must pay attention to your body and add more clothes on weekdays. Your little cute Zhao Min”

After Gu Lingqing finished reading the letter that Zhao Min wrote to herself, the smile on her face deepened. Looking at the letter, her eyes were full of nostalgia. She picked up the letter and put it under her nose, except for the smell of ink. , and could faintly smell the aroma of rouge emanating from the lip marks.

Gu Lingqing raised her eyes and looked around. After realizing that there was no one around, she closed her eyes, kissed the lip print, and left as soon as she touched it. When she opened her eyes again, tenderness appeared in her eyes.

"I also hope that I can finish it soon and go back to see you."

Gu Lingqing put the envelope away muttering to herself, and suppressed the smile on her face: "Come here, go and invite Deputy General Lu."

When Lu Nan came in a hurry, he saw Gu Lingqing sitting in front of the desk: "The general wants me to do something?"

Gu Lingqing raised her right hand and pointed to the garden on the opposite side: "Deputy General Lu, please sit down."

After Lu Nan sat down, Gu Lingqing did not speak directly, but made tea instead.

Lu Nan was also patient. After seeing that Gu Lingqing didn't speak, he didn't take the initiative to ask questions, but quietly watched him making tea.

After Gu Lingqing finished making the tea, he poured a cup for each of them: "General Lu, please have a taste and see how well I make tea?"

Lu Nan looked at the cup of tea in front of him, didn't say much, took a sip, and savored it carefully: "Good tea."

The two chatted while drinking tea, Gu Lingqing took the initiative to say: "Vice General Lu, you will be able to arrive outside Wangcheng tomorrow, do you have a good plan in mind?"

Lu Nan carefully observed Gu Lingqing's expression, and seeing that he did not panic, and that he looked confident, he knew that he had already planned in his heart: "I also ask the general for advice."

Hearing this, Gu Lingqing put down the teacup in his hand: "Vice General Lu really overestimated this king. I didn't have any plans in mind, so I asked Vice General Lu to come to discuss it."

Lu Nan didn't believe his rhetoric. After observing him for so many days, Gu Lingqing was definitely not like the silly prince that outsiders said. On the contrary, this person was thoughtful and would not easily reveal it to outsiders. My own lust is truly unfathomable.

However, Gu Lingqing had already asked himself, and Lu Nan naturally would not hold back. He stood up, walked to the desk next to him, brought the map on the table, put the teacup aside, and flattened the map. Lay it on the table.

"General, look, this Wangcheng is surrounded by mountains on three sides, not to mention that Wangcheng itself is located in a plateau area, surrounded by three mountains on three sides, only the front can be attacked, and it is difficult to attack from bottom to top. "

The expression on Gu Lingqing's face became very solemn. He had already memorized the map, but he didn't think of a good way. In fact, it would be fine to attack with Gu Lingqing's current strength, but I'm afraid that would Lost many troops.

He didn't want to take more lives because of this matter, he just hoped to minimize the loss, and even more hoped to save Gu Qi's life.

"Don't act rashly. Tomorrow, we will send people into Wangcheng to investigate the situation."

As soon as Gu Lingqing said this, Lieutenant General Lu sighed softly: "My subordinates have already ordered people to go there, and now Wangcheng has entered a fully closed state, the city gates are closed, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and no news can be sent out. "

Gu Lingqing rubbed her fingers lightly, falling into deep thoughts, and Deputy General Lu didn't interrupt his thoughts.

After a long time, until the candlelight on the table became flickering, Gu Lingqing looked up at Lu Nan, and said his plan: "Tomorrow we will leave according to the original plan, and we must arrive before dark. Set up camp at the foot of Wangcheng Mountain, and I will go to Wangcheng alone to negotiate with Gu Qi."

"It's absolutely impossible!" Lu Nan heard Gu Lingqing's plan, and quickly stopped him, "General, as the commander of the army this time, how can he take the risk of going alone? If..."

"Hey?" Gu Lingqing raised her hand and stopped Lu Nan from continuing, "I know Gu Qi, I'll be fine."

Even though Gu Qi's kidnapping of Zhao Min happened beyond Gu Lingqing's expectation, he can still swear that he knows Gu Qi.

Although Gu Qi fled to Wangcheng like a bereaved dog now, the arrogance belonging to the royal family in his bones will never be wiped out, and he will definitely not do anything excessive to himself who went alone.

Lu Nan originally wanted to say a few more words of dissuasion, but seeing the firmness in Gu Lingqing's eyes, he didn't say anything else.

(End of this chapter)