poisonous woman

Chapter 508 The Tragedy of Qingcheng

Rong Zhao waited anxiously in the Xingdou Pavilion, heading towards Wanhai County, and around the middle of the night, there were clusters of flames faintly moving from far to near.

With sharp eyes, Songnan shouted excitedly, "It's the prince."

Rong Zhao felt relieved, and hurried forward, seeing Xiao Junjue coming on horseback, with a brisk smile on his face, "Junjue."

Xiao Junjue took the lead, jumped off the horse, hugged Rong Zhao, and kissed her forehead, "Are you worried?"

Rong Zhao nodded, then shook his head again, "I know you will be able to escape." Looking at the people behind one after another, he asked, "Why is it taking so long?"

As far as she could see, she noticed that there was a woman behind Songbei, that Qingcheng, and she was even more puzzled.

The carriage had already been prepared, Xiao Junjue saw Songbei pulling the carriage over, and took Rong Zhao into the carriage, "On the way."

After Xiao Jun said the formula, Rong Zhao found out that after she left, Peng Yuanqing suggested that he and Qingcheng play a duet.

He just wanted to see what Peng Yuanqing was up to, so he played with Qingcheng at his suggestion.

But just when the sound of the piano entered the subtle point, Qingcheng suddenly pulled out a knife from under the body of the piano and slashed at him.

But Xiao Junjue had been prepared for a long time, and easily dodged away. He thought this was Peng Yuanqing's idea, and when he was about to fight back, he didn't want Qingcheng to evade him, and stabbed Peng Yuanqing with his sword.

Peng Yuanqing didn't expect it, he was not prepared at all, and died immediately.

As soon as Peng Yuanqing died, the assassins who were ambushing around attacked him under the order of the master.

Xiao Junjue's martial arts are superb, needless to say, those killers have never touched a hair of him, but Qingcheng was injured.

When Songbei came with troops, he took down all those people.

According to the master's account, Peng Yuanqing was originally from the King Qi's faction, because he was ginsenged by someone before, and was demoted here to be the county magistrate.

This time I got a tip that the King of Chu was in this area, so I sent people to investigate.

Until the whereabouts of the king of Chu were found, everything was arranged in the mansion, and Qingcheng was hired to teach Qin skills as an excuse. When the king of Chu was not prepared to kill him, he took the king of Chu to ask the king of Qi for credit.

But he didn't expect that in the end, he died in Qingcheng's hands.

Rong Zhao finally understands why Wanhai County has been unable to recruit soldiers.

But why did Qingcheng kill Peng Yuanqing, Rong Zhao looked at Xiao Junjue, Xiao Junjue shook his head, he didn't know.

But at that time, seeing that she was seriously injured, he couldn't ignore her, so he asked Songbei to take her away.

"It's quite sympathetic." Rong Zhao squinted at Xiao Junjue, and said sour words in a strange tone.

Xiao Junjue pinched her cheek, "I'm jealous."

Rong Zhao snorted, turned to him and said, "Don't stare at other women in the future."

"When did I stare at other women?"

"While listening to the piano."

"If I don't show some interest, wouldn't it be a waste of Peng Yuanqing's intention to do what he likes?"

What he said was quite reasonable, Rong Zhao glanced at him, pursed his lips and smiled, and fell into his arms.Xiao Junjue looked at her kitten-like appearance, stroked her hair, lowered her head and kissed her forehead.

Rong Zhao leaned on his shoulder docilely, "Then how do you deal with those officials in Wanhai County?"

"Leave it to Xiao Xuanqi to deal with." After all, it is under the jurisdiction of his territory, and all subsequent personnel affairs can be handled by him.

Rong Zhao frowned, "I didn't expect Xiao Yuheng's minions to be everywhere."

"It's not surprising that he has been in power for many years." Xiao Junjue hugged Rong Zhao, supported her back, and said softly, "Are you sleepy after tossing all night?"

Rong Zhao raised his head, his eyes were sleepy, and he was indeed a little sleepy.

Xiao Junjue lifted a strand of hair from her sideburns, the carriage was a bit bumpy, he hugged Rong Zhao on his body, "First take a nap in the carriage, and then have a good rest at the next station."

The carriage was bumpy, and even with Xiao Junjue as a human cushion, Rong Zhao couldn't sleep comfortably. When he arrived at the post station, he threw himself on the bed and fell into a dark sleep. It was already afternoon when she woke up.

When she woke up, Xiao Junjue went out to do some errands, so she went to Qingcheng's room.

"Princess Chu." Qingcheng was lying on the bed, one of her shoulders was cut to the bone by a knife, although she was given medicine, her face was still pale from the pain, when she saw Rong Zhao coming in, she hurriedly got up.

"Lie down." Rong Zhao moved a stool and sat beside her, "Is it better?"

Qingcheng leaned against the head of the bed, covered the injured area, and said: "It's much better, I can save my life, this little injury is nothing."

Her lips were pale, without a trace of blood, and when she spoke, the corners of her mouth were twitching, and she smiled bleakly.

Qingcheng lives up to her name, Qingli Qingcheng is a rare beauty.Seeing such a shallow smile, even Rong Zhao couldn't help feeling pity and pity in his heart.

Rong Zhao came here for no other reason than to find out why she assassinated Peng Yuanqing.

When she came, she was holding a small urn with melon seeds in her hand, and said while chewing, "How much hatred and hatred do you have with Peng Yuanqing?"

Qingcheng raised her eyes to look at her, those eyes seemed to have been moistened by spring water, watery and bright, clusters of flames were hidden in the brightness, "He killed my whole family."

Rong Zhao shuddered, and looked at her in surprise.

Qingcheng raised his head and swallowed the tears from the corners of his eyes, "I originally lived in Yangzhou, and my ancestors built a family by selling silk. My father is already the third generation, and he is one of the most prosperous families in Yangzhou. My father is generous and kind, He is a well-known benevolent person. When people in the city talk about our family, who doesn’t give a thumbs up.”

Tears couldn't be restrained, dripped onto the quilt, and it was soaked, "But in this world, good things are not rewarded with good things. Many years ago, King Qi was in Yangzhou. Peng Yuanqing was the prefect at the time. In order to curry favor with King Qi, he tried his best to make it happen. Officials and businessmen colluded to monopolize the industry to help the common people in King Qi. But my father did not want to be with them and did not participate in their collusion, but he also offended Peng Yuanqing. He framed my father on trumped-up charges and killed my whole family."

Speaking of this, Rong Zhao suddenly remembered that about eight years ago, there was a silk merchant in Yangzhou City who was found to have privately manufactured Yunjin brocade, an imperial tribute, for sale. Demoted as an official prostitute.

That Qingcheng was demoted to be an official prostitute.

"Later, Peng Yuanqing was demoted for committing a crime. I inquired a few times and found out that he came to Wanhai County. I saved a lot of money in the past few years and redeemed myself here last year. I devoted myself to the most famous brothel in Wanhai County and became a Oiran, hoping to attract Peng Yuanqing with this. But he is only greedy for money but not lustful, I approached him several times, but nothing happened."

Qingcheng looks like he is only eighteen or nineteen years old. Eight years ago, he was only eleven or twelve. One can imagine how much such a young child has suffered in these years.

Rong Zhao looked at her more softly, but he didn't show any contempt for her because she was in the world of mortals.

"For revenge, I practiced martial arts secretly, and I was good at sword dancing, so I got my name. Coincidentally, Peng Yuanqing's master suddenly came to me today and gave me a very generous reward, saying that he would let me Assassinate the King of Chu by playing the piano at the banquet tonight. I thought, this is also a good opportunity, if I miss it, I may never have the chance to be so close to him again, so I agreed."

There was a sigh of relief on Qingcheng's face, "He thought my sword was stabbing at the king of Chu, so he was not prepared at all. I just took advantage of that perfect opportunity and killed him with one sword."

Her eyes were filled with tears, and she turned to Rong Zhao, and Dou Da's tears fell one by one, "King Chu, he shouldn't have rescued me, I'm still alive in this world, just to take revenge for killing Peng Yuanqing, kill Peng Yuanqing, kill me!" Without him, it's useless for me to live, but it's good to die, so that I can be reunited with my parents and my family."

Rong Zhao had already put the melon seeds aside, and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears.Looking at her, Rong Zhao couldn't help but think of himself.Her situation is similar to hers, her family was slandered and her father died tragically.But her life is better than Qingcheng's. She has Xiao Junjue behind her to support her, and this girl relies on herself for everything. Looking at her, Rong Zhao feels that he is so happy, and he can't help but feel more pity for this girl.

"Why is it useless? If your parents are alive, they must hope that you will live well." Rong Zhao comforted her, his voice was as soft as clouds, "I am also a mother, and I know the heart of being a parent. I think your parents are dying. The most worrying thing before is you, and what they hope most is that you can live well."

Qingcheng's tears stagnated, and she stared deeply at Rongzhao. She bit her lip and sobbed, leaning on Rongzhao's shoulder and weeping bitterly.

When Rong Zhao returned to the room, Xiao Junjue had already returned.

Rong Zhao told him about Qingcheng, "It's so pitiful."

While talking, while changing clothes.Qingcheng cried on her shoulder just now, and her clothes were all wet.

"You're getting softer now."

"You're getting old." Rong Zhao laughed at himself, turned around and escaped from Xiao Junjue, "How do you plan to arrange this Qingcheng?"

Xiao Junjue said casually: "Have a rest overnight, we will go straight to Songcheng tomorrow, she should stay here, after all, she met us by chance." He looked at Rong Zhao's hesitation, and said: "You won't really Are you soft-hearted?"

"She's all alone and helpless. It's really pitiful. Besides, her injury is not healed, so we throw her here. Aren't we too unjust?"

Xiao Junjue's face was expressionless, Rong Zhao didn't know what he was thinking, and pressed the corner of his mouth, "I also need a maid to serve me along the way, wouldn't it be good to leave her as a maid?" She tugged Xiao Junjue leaned into his ear and said, "And there is an advantage in keeping her."

Looking at her sly eyes, Xiao Junjue understood, "You mean to add another crime to Xiao Yuheng's crimes?"

Rong Zhao nodded vigorously, and sure enough, he had a good understanding, "The Qingcheng family is very prestigious in Yangzhou. If this matter is reversed, King Qi's power in Yangzhou will definitely be damaged. Isn't he also recruiting troops in Yangzhou? I don't know." If you lose popular support, how much more can you recruit?"

(End of this chapter)