Lady Zhao

Chapter 111

In Xiangzhu Garden, there are pink peaches hanging on the branches of the peach trees in the garden. They are quite big in size, and the bottom ones are picked by Baochan when they are ripe. The remaining branches are too high to reach, and there are more. Hang on and watch for two days.

In the living room, a plate of cleanly washed peaches was placed on the sandalwood table, and the people sitting by the table were distracted without even looking at them.Baochan looked at it for a while, and couldn't help saying, "Such a big peach is really not easy to bite, so I went to cut the peach into cubes."

Only then did Zhao Wenwan come back to his senses, and seeing the worry in Baochan's eyes, she twitched the corners of her mouth and told her to share the peaches. Anyway, I couldn't eat two of them here, and they were probably rotten.

"Miss is worried about the Sixth Prince." Baochan took a plate of peaches and opened her mouth in a rare way. "Princess Mu also said that no news is the best news. The Sixth Prince is of the blood of the dragon son. He is blessed with great destiny and will be fine."

Zhao Wenwan nodded when he heard the words, and stroked the wooden box on his lap with his fingertips. Inside were the letterheads sent back by Gu Jingxing. The first one was the next day, and after a few days, he mentioned Jiangbei's situation in a few words It was a little inconvenient, until the last thing happened, and the correspondence was cut off. For more than a month, how could I teach her not to worry.

Seeing her like this, Baochan reckoned that she didn't take her mind off her words, so she shook her head helplessly and retreated.

Zhao Wenwan took the previous letterhead and opened it to read it carefully, as if looking for some clues from it.A black shadow quietly entered the hall and bowed to Zhao Wenwan.

"Gu Si?!" Zhao Wenwan glanced at the person who was coming, and swept away his distraught appearance. He hurriedly got up and asked, nervousness leaked in his voice, "Is there any news?"

Gu Si's calm square face lowered slightly, "The subordinates are incompetent, and there is no accurate whereabouts of the sixth prince."

"What about the pavilion master, Gu Yi and Gu Er?" Zhao Wenwan asked.

"He has entered Jiangbei territory after the summons, but there was no news later." Gu Si was also worried about his brother's safety, so he reported what he had inquired truthfully, "The torrential rain in early summer caused many collapses, the conditions of the victims were difficult, and the plague raged. That person misjudged the situation, did not take precautions early, planted hidden dangers, and some people took the opportunity to withhold disaster funds, Jiangbei has become a battleground between the crown prince and the second prince, Emperor Liang also used this as a test."

Zhao Wenwan had heard about these things, and also guessed that the crown prince and the second prince cared about the throne and would not care about the life and death of the people in Jiangbei. As for whether Gu Jing could do it, he had already heard him analyze the situation earlier.There are mostly wealthy businessmen and rogues in the Jiangbei area, and because of its unique location, it has good business relations with the Bian Kingdom. However, the Bian Kingdom has developed very well in recent years and expanded its territory to the north.So Gu Jingxing had no choice but to go, not only for the great Liang Jiangshan, but also for the people in Jiangbei.

"The Sixth Prince went there personally with a large amount of supplies. The news from Jiangbei said that the plague has been brought under control, and the people in Jiangbei regard the Sixth Prince as a living god. It's just that after the plague, their homes were destroyed, and there were too many refugees. The government couldn't accommodate them. , Most of them became bandits and there were frequent riots.”

"Because of the status of the sixth prince, the leader of the rogues announced that he wanted to capture him alive, but no one has received the reward so far, so it should be safe."

"En." Zhao Wenwan complied, but his thoughts had already flown to Jiangbei thousands of miles away. He could piece together the danger Gu Jingxing was facing just from what he had heard a while ago, and wished he could be by his side.

"By the way, my subordinates have heard something, and it's hard to tell the truth from the fake. I don't know whether I should say it or not." Gu Si recalled the news he had just received, and frowned.

"Say."

"Some woodcutters said that they saw the Sixth Prince appearing in the suburbs of the city in the early hours of the morning, with blood stains on the python robe, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye. His subordinates have already sent people to look for it... but they did not find it. Lord."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenwan tightly squeezed the letterhead in his hand, just like the last time when this person secretly went back to Beijing to save himself, not daring to reveal his whereabouts easily, otherwise he would not be allowed to come back given the influence of the Empress Prince in Beijing.

"I want to go there in person." Zhao Wenwan made a decision right away, only to find it in person to be at ease.

"Can……"

Gu Si still wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao Wenwan's firm attitude, he could only obey and go back to gather enough people.

Zhao Wenwan then went to Mingxu Garden, and told the old lady the excuse of going to the temple to pray for blessings, and if it was late, he would stay overnight in the temple.The old lady did not doubt that he was there, so she naturally agreed. Zhao Wenwan didn't want the maid that the old lady pointed out. Instead, she brought enough nursing homes and went out.

The carriage was speeding, Zhao Wenwan's heart was on Gu Jingxing, and when he came to a fork in the road, he went to the city gate on the opposite road to Puji Temple.When we reached the outskirts of the city, there were fewer and fewer people, and only the sound of horse-drawn carriages reverberated on the official road.

"Miss, here we are." Feeling the carriage slow down and finally stop, Gu Si's voice sounded from outside.

Zhao Wenwan raised the curtain impatiently and came out. It was almost the end of Shen Shi, and a beautiful sunset was hanging from the sky.The dozens of nurses who followed were all at a loss. The leader asked Zhao Wenwan to stuff a bulging purse, and was about to refuse when she heard her speak. "Today, you are here to search for someone. There will be a big reward for those who find the Sixth Prince. If this news gets out at all, you are the only ones to ask."

"Yes!" The guards called Zhao Wenwan's sharp eyes, and couldn't help shivering. Furthermore, seeing the big bag of money in the leader's hand, the ticket was naturally worth it, so they dared not say more.

Zhao Wenwan took Gu Si and Gu Wu to start searching, secretly praying that Gu Jingxing could connect with him and find him as soon as possible.

The sky was getting dark, night fell, and there was silence in the mountains and forests.Gu Si held up a lantern to illuminate Zhao Wenwan, and couldn't help but persuade him to go back. It might be hopeless to find him like this.

Zhao Wenwan skimmed the way he came, then turned back, pointed at the last place and lowered his eyes and said, "If you don't have this place, go back."

Just a few seconds after finishing speaking, the accident suddenly happened at this moment, several ghostly figures suddenly appeared behind the rocks, a little silver light flickered, the lantern in Gu Si's hand went out suddenly, and he also reacted instantly Zhao Wenwan stood behind him and shouted who it was.

"The one who took your life." Someone among the visitors answered, and all the guys with their weapons lit up rushed forward.

The four people around Gu Si rushed to meet him, and asked him and Gu Wu to protect Zhao Wenwan and retreat first. The two fought relentlessly to create a bloody road, and led Zhao Wenwan towards the carriage on the road.Zhao Wenwan found that there were many people on the other side, and the bright swords and swords kept swaying in front of his eyes. He gritted his teeth and lifted the hem of the skirt, not daring to drag him down at all. He only exclaimed when he stepped on a soft object, and saw clearly that it was his own by the moonlight. The body of the nurse lay in a mess all the way, so frightened that he lost his voice.

A thought flashed across his mind, these people came prepared, and they came for themselves.

And because of the momentary pause, Gu Si blocked Zhao Wenwan, hurting his arm, and it was a bit difficult to protect him, but the strange thing was that those people besieged them, but they didn't kill Zhao Wenwan, they seemed to have the intention of capturing him alive.

There is a big gap between six people and twenty or so people. Even though Gu Jingxing's subordinates are one against ten, they are restrained everywhere at night and in the unfamiliar environment of the mountains and forests. They lost contact, and there were only pursuers behind them.

Zhao Wenwan was protected to the point of no leakage. Hearing the heavy breathing of the two people beside him, he knew that the situation was not good. Until he saw the carriage parked not far away, he gritted his teeth and said, "Just a little longer, and we will be there soon."

Just one step away from the carriage, a few people rushed out and knocked the seriously injured Gu Sigu Wu to the ground effortlessly. They were so fast that they captured Zhao Wenwan and beat him hard on the back of the neck. Arriving in another dark carriage on the side of the road, the coachman let out a "drive" and drove away.

The man in black who was chasing after him got a thick bank note from a man waiting at the spot, smiled with satisfaction, raised his hand and led the others to leave.

Thick black filled the eyes, and there was a faint warm orange color, with the scorching temperature of the fire, causing a layer of fine sweat to appear on Zhao Wenwan's forehead. After waking up, he slowly recovered the memory before he passed out.He stretched out his hand and moved it, only to find that it was tightly bound.

Have you been kidnapped? !

The firewood was burning in the room, and there was a beeping sound. Zhao Wenwan couldn't help looking at the source of the sound, and asked tentatively, "Who are you and why did you tie me up? If you're asking for money, you might as well have a good talk."

For a long time, no one in the room responded.

Just when Zhao Wenwan thought he was locked in a place alone, a low, indescribably ghostly and cold laughter sounded, and with the creaking sound of the wooden door opening and closing, a woman's voice said, " It’s cheaper for you today.”

Soon the black cloth in front of Zhao Wenwan's eyes was taken off, and the target was a few thick and thick men with wretched smiles, their eyes slid up and down, not concealing the desire and excitement in them, and the woman who spoke first was no longer there in the house.

Zhao Wenwan endured the disgust to avoid the eyes of those people, only had time to see the lilac-colored skirt that flashed by the door, as if she had seen it somewhere before, and before she could think deeply, she faced the predicament in front of her, and glanced hurriedly over the clothes of several people, like He was dressed as a bandit, and he said hurriedly, "Everyone, no matter what that person asks you to do, it is just for money. Besides, there is nothing more real than money. My family has money. As long as a letter, I can get a large ransom." , and the most important reputation of the daughter's family, especially Dingguo Mansion, will definitely suppress this matter. I promise that I will never pursue you!"

"Dingguo Mansion? You can really give as much as you want, and you can count?" One of them seemed to be a little moved, and asked.

"nature!"

Just when Zhao Wenwan wanted to continue lobbying, he heard a voice clearly coming from the next door, "Aren't you afraid that your lives will be shortened if you think I don't give you enough money! Why don't you hurry up and deal with her?"

Those few men didn't know what they thought of, their faces were full of panic, and then they didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and they agreed repeatedly.

Zhao Wenwan looked in the direction of the sound, and could see that there was a brick missing on the wall, so the sound could naturally be transmitted clearly, and it was very familiar.

A brawny man was the first to make a move, his eyes fell on Zhao Wenwan, he took two steps forward with a lewd smile full of color, and suddenly tore off Zhao Wenwan's collar. At the same moment, Zhao Wenwan finally thought of The owner of that voice suddenly stared at that place—"It's you!"

Across the wall, the situation on the other side is clear at a glance.Even if Zhao Wenwan guessed it was her so what, now this person still has to suffer humiliation under these vulgar people, looking at the struggling beautiful face with panic, Leng's eyes gradually stained in the next room Scarlet.

On the vernal equinox of the third year of Yuanqing, Shen Zhenniang and her went for an outing. When the carriage drove to Meishan, they suddenly encountered robbers. The attendants tried their best to protect each other. Since they were servants of the Shen family, they naturally protected Shen Zhenniang more. Next to Zhenniang, the carriage was destroyed, and the attendants only pulled Zhenniang onto the horse. When she stretched out her hand to Zhenniang and begged her to pull it, the horse ran away in a hurry, and its fur hurriedly passed by her fingertips.

Her yelling of a virgin was heart-rending, what was the expression of the well-protected woman on horseback?He must have only cared about running for his life.

The other party had a large number of people, obviously they came prepared, let Shen Zhenniang escape and then fixed her eyes on her, those attendants did not leave a single one alive, they tied her up to the mountain alone.From the robber's conversation, I vaguely understood that I was Zhenniang's scapegoat, and the person who paid the money had a grudge against the Shen family, and wanted to use this to humiliate her. Unexpectedly, Shen Zhenniang escaped, and the robber gagged her for money. , Treat her as Shen Zhenniang and still follow the plan.

The hill with nine bends and eighteen bends, a few dilapidated thatched huts, she was thrown into one of the dark woodsheds, and there were bugs crawling around on the ground. She came in with an oil lamp, put it on a raised part of the wall, grinned, showing a row of big yellow teeth, and rushed straight at herself. The moment the clothes on her body were torn, she realized it and screamed. But it was blocked by the cloth ball and could not make a sound.The rough palms wandered all over her body, making her feel nauseous, tears fell down uncontrollably.

She begged this person to let her go, and wanted to say that she had caught the wrong person, and that she was not the one who should be here, but there was no sound, there was a wanton laughter in the whole room, accompanied by the sound of tearing clothes, No.1 went out contentedly After that, another came in, the third, the fourth... The tearful eyes of the woman lying on the cold ground reflected deep despair, like a corpse, but it was still breathing shamefully.

After a night of spiritual humiliation, she was still alive. More than once, she thought that it would be nice if she died the moment she was thrown away, so that she wouldn't have to be sent to the door of Shen's house covered in dirt and embarrassment. People who watched all this pretended to cry and said that she didn't have time, and she wouldn't be pregnant with the evil seed and hide in the Taoist temple for many years like a mouse crossing the street.The Shen family had the ability to suppress the matter, but they couldn't erase the shadow that was deep in her bone marrow. This shadow erodes her all the time and drives people crazy.

Leng subconsciously caressed the scar on his left wrist, all the scars showed how much he wanted to die, but God spared his life again and again, and later, he met Hongshi by chance and got to know each other well At the end of being together, she almost exhausted her courage, and the man was so tolerant, she loved deeply, but also was deeply afraid. Her past was too shameful, and she kept hiding it carefully, but she didn't expect to go around Back to this place again.

Shen Zhenniang died, she died before she vented her resentment, how could it be... Fortunately, there is also her daughter, she wants to see it with her own eyes, and watch history repeat itself on her, as if... Shen Zhenniang should pay back!

Leng once again fixed her eyes on Zhao Wenwan at the other end of the room. Under her vigorous struggle, she rolled into the mud regardless of her image, and did not want to catch her without a fight. Kankan peeled off a few pieces of fabric.

"What's the point of dawdling, it doesn't matter if you get hurt or disabled, just keep your breath, don't hurry up!" the voice commanded with a sinister tone.

"...Yes." The bandit responded, without any scruples, and called the other two to come forward and hold them firmly. They didn't dare to let go of the fists on their faces, and urged the people next to them to hurry up.

Zhao Wenwan was really panicking at this time, his strength was gradually lost in the struggle, his eyes were filled with tears unconsciously, and he wondered if he was really going to be over this time - he was so unwilling!

The limbs were tightly pressed, and the short man among the bandits grinned at him, with a transparent liquid flowing out from the corner of his mouth. He probably saw her sight, wiped it with his hand, and then untied his belt.

"If you dare to move, as long as I have breath, your life will be worse than death!" Zhao Wenwan roared with the last of his strength.

And because the clothes on his chest were torn, revealing half of the white and towering scene, the bandits, who have rarely had sex all the year round, were red-eyed. They only focused on the beautiful scenery in front of them, and didn't listen to it at all. Stretched out, "Little lady, let the master love you well..."

The moment that hand was about to touch Zhao Wenwan, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air, and a sliver of bright silver pierced through the papered window straight into the man's wrist. The short man staggered a few steps to the side, hugged his bleeding wrist and howled ghostly.

Then there was the sound of a door breaking. Gu Jingxing, who was dressed in black, looked at the situation in the room with a chill all over his body. Unable to restrain the urge to kill, he took off his coat and put it on Zhao Wenwan, and pulled out the short man's wrist. The dagger sliced ​​through the throat of the nearest man.

The gray wolf following him, with its shiny fur, bared its teeth at the bandits who wanted to counterattack, and immediately scared the man back a few steps, but the gray wolf did not let the man go. One jumped up and pressed the person under him, and the saliva from his mouth dripped on his face, so scared that he lost control.

"Jing Xing——" Zhao Wenwan looked at the man who seemed to be descended from a god, and his eyes were clouded, but he still tried to see his appearance clearly, but the tears couldn't stop falling, as if in a dream.

Waking up to find it was just a nightmare.

"Wanwan, don't be afraid, I'm here." Gu Jingxing saw Zhao Wenwan's different fragile appearance, and his heart ached so much that he felt a desire to destroy everything here.

A sudden bang sound came from the next door, which woke up Zhao Wenwan suddenly, and said hoarsely, "Don't let her run away!"

Gu Yi and Gu Er immediately chased them out, and there were only a few people in the room who were yelling, Gu Jingxing glanced gloomyly, and didn't even dare to utter this sound.

After untying the hemp rope tied to Zhao Wenwan's body, Gu Jingxing helped her to stand up, and then tightened the outer blouse for her. He kicked the short man's right leg firmly, and fell to the ground hugging the injured man. The face of the short man who was hissing with pain in his right hand looked a little ferocious, and beads of sweat kept overflowing from his face, which showed how strong Gu Jingxing was under his feet.

Gu Yi Gu Er returned quickly, with a look of shame on his face, "The subordinate is incompetent, let those two run away."

Zhao Wenwan's eyes dimmed, thinking that the Leng family should have returned home, so she went to the next door to search for clues, but found that a foot was weak, and if it wasn't for Gu Jingxing's support, she almost fell, only to realize that she was soaked in cold sweat, without any clues. strength.

"Tie these people back and wait for me to deal with them." Gu Jingxing gave instructions to Gu Yi and Gu Er, and helped Zhao Wenwan out of the dark thatched hut.

Outside the house, Zhao Wenwan's carriage was waiting, and the driver on it was obviously from Gu Jingxing's staff, so he saluted the two of them.

Gu Jingxing hugged her and got into the carriage, noticing that she was still trembling, he stretched out his arms tightly to cover her cold hands, and said with lingering fear, "I recognized this carriage on the way back to Beijing, Gu Si is waiting for you I smeared Kai's favorite scent on my body, and searched for it all the way—fortunately, I caught up with it."

Zhao Wenwan nodded, feeling lucky, otherwise... hurriedly stopped the thoughts behind, not daring to think about the scene where Gu Jingxing didn't appear.

"It's Leng." Zhao Wenwan listened to her dry voice, paused, and continued, "She used your false news to lure me out, set up this trick to destroy my innocence, and even wanted to destroy me."

"With her cunning and suspicious nature, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch her this time, but in the mansion, she will be able to force her to show her feet."

Upon hearing the words, Gu Jingxing hugged the person in his arms tightly, and immediately retorted, "I don't allow you to risk your life."

Zhao Wenwan felt the warmth passed on, and his stiff and cold limbs gradually warmed up. He slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, looked up at him and assured him earnestly, "In the mansion, it is not easy to harm me. Besides, I will not overestimate myself, and I will never be polite when it is time for you to help."

Gu Jingxing's heart moved inexplicably, he felt the person in his arms relying on him wholeheartedly, the last remaining diaphragm between the two of them was broken, it was real, as if they had everything...

"Well, I will protect you forever."

In the middle of the night, the wind howled, and the carriage was full of warmth. When they reached the fork in the road, they turned to the direction of Puji Temple. Gu Jingxing made the most appropriate arrangement after hearing what Zhao Wenwan had said.

In Dingguo Mansion, the lights were on in the four-bedroom courtyard. Leng who came in from the outside straightened the messy strands of hair on his temples, asked Yinchuan to step back, and pushed the door open by himself.

There were several account books stacked on the round table, and Zhao Hongshi was setting up his abacus to settle the accounts, when he suddenly saw someone raise his head, "Mrs. is back?"

"Ms. Huang asked me to go to the street, and then she became interested in playing the horse-sling again. She insisted on pulling me around twice. When I was too tired, I asked someone else to replace me." The handkerchief was soaked behind the water basin and twisted, "Master, just wipe your face."

Zhao Hongshi took it, wiped his face, and said in surprise, "Is it the wife of Huang Yuanwai's family? I heard Huang Yuanwai said that his wife went to visit her mother's family in another place?"

Leng Shi was startled, but her reaction was quicker, "My master misunderstood, I was talking about Mrs. Wang."

Zhao Hongshi nodded, but he didn't go into details, let alone that when he lowered his head and continued to look at the ledger, Leng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)