He turned back to hug Yelu Xunru. Master Ziwei immediately rushed over to stop him, and Jing Hengbo also said: "What are you doing? You want to use this pot of mud on her? No!"
She shivered, remembering the appearance of those mountainside monsters. Those people had various strange reactions after using the mud from the Yishan Swamp. If Xunru also became like that...she couldn't accept it intuitively.
Yelutan looked at her keenly, "Why not? Have you seen this kind of mud? Where? Who is using it? For whom?"
He was an indifferent person, but he asked a bunch of questions one after another, with an expression of urgency that couldn't be concealed.
Jing Hengbo chuckled, and didn't plan to answer him, the matter in the mountain belly was too important, she hadn't had time to tell Gong Yin.
She turned her head to look at Gong Yin, who was staring at the swamp in the jar, and said: "This is medicinal mud, and there are some... very weird things in it."
He raised his eyes and met Yelutan's eyes.
One is deep in thought, and the other is vigilant.
Both of them knew about the snow mountains, and both knew that the contents of this jar contained some extremely overbearing medicines grown in the snow mountains, which could save people's lives, but could also cause irreversible and unpredictable consequences.
When the eyes of the two people met, they were both thinking - "Isn't this pot of clay made by him? Who is that?"
Jing Hengbo had already understood what Gong Yin meant, and was hesitant for a while—if he wanted to save Xunru's life, he might risk her mutation, so how should he choose?
Master Ziwei and Yelutan were still in a stalemate, Jing Hengbo lowered his head and whispered in Yelv Xunru's ear: "Now you have two choices. You can either die or live, but you may...become a monster. How do you choose?"
She thought that with Xunru's personality, she would definitely choose the first option.
Yelv Xun remained silent for a long time, turned his face, and "looked" in the direction of Master Ziwei who was blocking Yelutan.
At this moment, her eyes are soft and warm, like a starlight, twinkling softly and dimly in the sky. Jing Hengbo felt that her eyes were really beautiful, she didn't look like a blind person at all.
After a long time, she said: "Death...in fact, I have always been looking forward to it. Living is too tiring."
Jing Hengbo caressed her face pitifully, and then heard her say: "But I... want to hold on for a while longer."
Jing Hengbo's hand stopped, "Why?"
She didn't know whether it was sad or happy, and she wanted to cry in a daze.
Yelu Xunru shook her hand, and whispered in her ear: "Look at the old man, hasn't something changed recently?"
Jing Hengbo hummed, thinking that his mind had changed. The fairy used to fly out of tune in the sky, but now it runs out of tune on the ground.
"He seems to like me a little bit." Yelu Xun said melancholy, "I can't do it, I can't do it..."
Jing Hengbo couldn't laugh or cry—isn't this what you want?
"Old Bushi is a poor man, he has been living in the mood of self-blame all his life." Yelu Xunru whispered, "He has been singing the fox song, but in fact, in that song, he blames himself more than he resents others. Now He finally forgot that song, and if I die at this time, and because of his death, he will never come out again in this life... I just wanted to save him from the cruelty of the past, If it is because of me that he is given another cruel wound, what is the point of what I did before...?"
"Can you think more about yourself?" Jing Hengbo couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Yelu Xunru, I thought you were very chic!"
"I only care about life and death. And because I know what it's like to be unrestrained, I hope that the person I like can really live a chic life without self-blame, doubt, guilt, and entanglement." Yelu Xunru smiled, and touched her He sighed and said, "The most handsome person is the one who can't let go. Bobo, whoever falls in love first will always be the one who suffers. If you want to be chic, we will make an appointment in the next life, and we will be reincarnated as two pigs. Eat, eat How nice it is to sleep and be a ghost with one knife."
"If you want to do it for you, I won't accompany you!" Jing Hengbo said angrily, couldn't help but feel sad—is it always like this when you love someone, thinking about him, doing everything for him, and you can't be yourself anymore, and you are still the same Consider him first?
No, that's not the case. Compared with Yelv Xunru, the so-called love of many people is too selfish.
Perhaps it was because Xunru had gained everything and lost everything again that she let go of her heart and ignored everything that happened.
"I respect your wishes." She was silent for a long time, and finally said.
Yelu Xun smiled wearily. Although she didn't mind if others supported her idea, it was always a pleasure to meet a confidant.
Jing Hengbo tucked in the quilt for Xunru, turned around and grabbed Master Ziwei, "Please! In the future, please be a normal person with some snacks! Don't let a good woman do everything for you, and you will be disappointed in the end. Even if Xun Ru does not I don't care, I don't forgive you either!"
"Who cares about your forgiveness..." Master Ziwei brushed her hand away, hugged Yelv Xunru, and kicked Yelv Tan's ass, "For her sake, I will trust you once and save her!"
With a cold face, Yelutan was kicked without moving, gritted his teeth and said: "For her sake, I will let you once, so as not to waste time, go!"
The two men stared at each other like black-eyed chickens, and in the end it was the one with the higher force value who took the initiative. Master Ziwei carried Yelu Xunru and walked away first, followed by Yelutan. Master Ziwei kept cursing Yelutan, But listened to his instructions and gradually went away.
Jing Hengbo watched, feeling hot and uncomfortable in his heart, couldn't help leaning on Gong Yin's shoulder, and said softly: "Gong Yin, let's not do this."
"Huh?" He gently stroked her hair, thinking about when it would grow.
"Don't love like this and can't. Don't find out what you want until you're about to lose it. Don't love like this, but always do things against your heart. Don't wait until you finally find out what you want, and then you can't love anymore. One How long can a person's life be? How long is the time to be able to love? How much time can be spent in those games where you guess and guess and you chase me? I just want to cherish the present, for a long time, you Woolen cloth?"
He looked at Yelutan's back, thought of the domineering medicine in the pot of mud, a cold light flashed in his eyes, but because of this, he kissed her hair more tenderly, and said: "Yes, I do the same."
…
A black-faced man was running in the night wind.
He is the trusted leader sent by Yi Yiyi, and he has an important task tonight, to convey the instruction of "not allowed to go to court, not allowed to obey any orders from the palace" to every important minister. lest someone take advantage of it.
But he didn't know that since he turned around from Yi Yiyi, someone had followed him quietly.
The man first ran to the mansion of the prime minister who was the most loyal to the king, so that the prime minister could help and convey the message to all the courtiers, and then he could withdraw and go to the palace to check for any abnormalities.
He was walking through the night, when there was still an alley away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, suddenly lights came in front of him, and a team of eight sedan chairs hurried towards the palace. He recognized that this was the guard of honor of the Prime Minister, and he couldn't help being startled, he hid aside and gave a secret signal.
Someone in the sedan chair said in a deep voice, "Stop the sedan chair!"
The prime minister got out of the sedan chair, looked around, and said, "Tianji."
The black-faced man came out and said, "Dishu."
Both looked relieved.
Yi Guo is good at disguise, and all kinds of masks are hard to guard against, so the various incision codes are often changed. These two sentences are the incisions of the prime minister and the secret guards around the king.
"The prime minister is in a hurry, where are you going?"
"I got a secret report that there seems to be something strange in the palace!" The Prime Minister said, "The real minister is waiting to see the King in person and ask why."
The black-faced man tightened his expression, and immediately said that the king had gone out and ordered no one to go to court, and asked the prime minister to help pass the news on.
The prime minister hurriedly ordered the guards to immediately disperse to various mansions to convey orders, and personally invited him to go to the palace to find out what happened to the abnormal movement.
Together, the two hurried to King Yi's palace.
As soon as their figures disappeared at the end of the street, a small firework shot up from where they were standing just now.
In the hall of the prime minister's mansion outside an alley, a group of men in black saw the fireworks, laughed, and retracted the knife resting on the hostage's neck.
In the hall, all the people in the prime minister's mansion were **** and guarded by this group of men in black. The sharp knife light shone on the terrified eyebrows of the hostages.
A man in black stood at the bottom of the steps, looking at the sky with his hands behind his back. On his wrists, there were dark blue bee sting marks.
A subordinate beside him said with a smile: "The prime minister is quite sensible, and he didn't dare to play tricks."
Another person said: "The whole family is in our hands, dare to play?"
The person looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back chuckled and said, "They play the fake ones, but let's play the real ones."
…
There was a sound of flapping wings in the darkness, Gong Yin listened carefully, as if he was identifying something. Suddenly he said to Jing Hengbo: "You seem to know that Concubine Li before?"
"Just played a game of mahjong, and you memorized his name." Jing Hengbo curled his lips sourly, and immediately said, "Why?"
"Looking at her expression, it seems that she is very afraid of the Queen Mother. She knows you, it must be because of the Queen Mother, right?"
"Just playing a game of mahjong, you can even find out what kind of expressions and grievances he has." Jing Hengbo said sourly, "What's the matter?"
Gong Yin patted her on the head like a puppy, and liked her eating vinegar very much.
"Go talk to her," he said. "We need her help."
…
The black-faced man and the prime minister went straight to the Queen Mother's Ningde Palace to ask for an audience.
When the king is not around, the queen mother is naturally the most respected. If there is any change in the palace, the queen mother will naturally be the most aware.
It was almost early morning, the queen mother played mahjong all night and received a lot of goods, she just fell asleep tired and excited, and was very impatient when she heard the news, but the black-faced man was the most loyal and confidant of the king. The leader of the guards rushed to see him in the early morning, so naturally he couldn't ignore it, so he had to restrain his temper and get up to meet him.
When she got up and came out, she found that Concubine Li was already there, she snorted coldly in surprise, and said, "It's too early for you to ask for peace today."
"The concubine is afraid that you will stay up all night, Queen Mother, and hurt your body, so I specially boiled the bird's nest and lily soup all night, and bring it to you as soon as possible." Concubine Li hurriedly offered the porcelain cup to please.
Playing mahjong all night, the queen dowager, who was exhausted, was really moved when she saw such a cup of fragrant and thick soup. She glanced over, and a court lady came forward to taste a little bit with the silver soup. Nodding her head, the Queen Mother waited again, took a few sips, and said, "You really have a heart, so, accompany Ai's family to meet the guard commander."
Concubine Li hurriedly accompanied her with an apologetic smile, and went outside to meet the black-faced man. The Queen Mother was about to sit down and talk when she suddenly felt dizzy and hot, and the things in front of her eyes were shaking. .
He was rushing into the arms of the commander who knelt down to pay his respects.
The commander was shocked, neither pushed nor supported, Li Pin suddenly rushed over, supported the Queen Mother, patted her on the back repeatedly, and exclaimed: "It's not good..."
As soon as she patted, the Queen Mother opened her mouth, and puffed out a puff of red smoke, which was spraying on the commander's face.
Commander fainted.
The next moment he didn't know what happened.
When he woke up a little bit, he saw that he was hugging the Queen Mother and tore off the Queen Mother's collar. The Queen Mother rolled her eyes and didn't know what was going on. Behind him, there was the sound of footsteps, and the Prime Minister appeared in front of the door with a face full of shock. Pointing at him, he said, "Take down this madman who dares to blaspheme the mother of the country!"
The commander opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and wanted to speak in a daze, but found that his tongue seemed to be out of control, and his voice was muffled.
A group of guards rushed over, pulled him away and tied him up. They were the imperial guards who were not under his jurisdiction.
"Take down this lunatic and take him to the palace! Please ask the king to judge!"
The commander was slightly shocked, and it took a while for his dull brain to turn around—isn't the king not in the palace? Didn't I tell the prime minister just now that the king is not in the palace? Why...
Before he could say anything, a group of people had already tied him up and escorted him out the door.
…
In the Ding'an Hall, the main hall of King Yi's Palace, the courtiers have been divided into civil and military classes. After finishing their shifts, they are waiting for the King's morning court.
As for the matter of not being notified to go to court, of course it didn't happen.
When every courtier enters the door, he will feel a gust of wind blowing in front of him, as if icy cold paws touched his face, and then the wind disappeared deep in the deep palace.
Everyone knows that this is the "face inspection" step, which is a daily procedure. Everyone, including the king, must go through this level, so as not to be tricked by someone in this country of Yi who keeps changing faces. Take the time to go.
It is said that these "face inspectors" are all masters of lightness kung fu, elusive and invisible, and masters of disguise. Where these people are hiding, no one knows, and these people are also very powerful. Once they find out that something is wrong, they can stop the court meeting at any time.
Now, everyone has passed the inspection, and the shift is over. The sharp-eyed people noticed that the front seat is still vacant, and the prime minister has not yet arrived.
Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard the commotion in the square, a large group of people came pushing and shoving, and the one who walked angrily at the front was the prime minister, and all the ministers heard him shouting from a long distance: "Such a madman, it is outrageous!" !Today, I must ask the king to give me a severe punishment!"
The ministers took another look, yo, isn't the one who is **** at the front the most beloved and trusted guard commander of the king?
Someone began to shake their heads—the relationship between the prime minister and the grand commander was average, of course, this was deliberately caused by the king for the balance of the court and his own stability, but because of this, the mutual attacks between the two often did not work, and everyone was the king The right arm and the right arm, anyone will lose their balance if they cut it.
What's the matter today, Prime Minister? Don't you know that it is almost impossible to bring down the Grand Commander?
A group of people approached noisyly, the prime minister personally escorted the commander, pushed him into the threshold, and said angrily, "Go in by yourself and tell the king about your crimes!"
Just as the commander-in-chief was about to fall into the door, a cold hand suddenly stretched out like a ghost, and stopped him, refusing to touch his face casually, and then said "um", touched it again and was about to follow him. The prime minister who entered the gate disappeared behind the palace gate.
The prime minister snorted angrily, stepped into the door, stood in his place, and said loudly to his colleague's question: "I was called into the palace tonight, and I just met this madman sneaking into the inner palace. He has the right to come and go freely in the palace. Quan, I had no intention of interfering, but seeing his strange expression, I stood at the gate of the inner palace, who knew that something happened to Ningde Palace inside, this madman... this madman rushed into Ningde Palace, trying to ...trying to assassinate the Queen Mother!" Pointing at the commander-in-chief, his chest heaved with anger, and he couldn't speak.
Everyone was a little surprised, let alone whether it was possible for the Grand Commander to assassinate the Queen Mother, even if the Queen Mother was assassinated, it seemed that the Prime Minister should not be so angry, the expression on his face seemed to be contemptuous and angry, it was hard to say?
Looking back at the commander's face, some of the veterans who have been in the brothels for a long time felt a little bit in their hearts—the commander's crooked eyes, peachy face, drooling mouth, rapid and hot breathing, seemed to be... Some drugs to boost the excitement.
Reminiscent of the Prime Minister's ambiguous meaning, ambiguous expression, unspeakable anger, and undisguised contempt just now, all the ministers couldn't help getting excited—could it be an assassination or a molestation?
That would be a big deal!
It is a felony for a minister to play tricks on the Queen Mother. No matter how magnanimous the King is, no matter how much he likes to trust the Grand Commander, it is impossible for him to bear such an insult!
Of course, everyone didn't believe that the commander-in-chief really lost his mind and went crazy to moles the queen mother, so an old lady, a lunatic would be interested, and most likely he was framed.
But this move is really ruthless.
How angry is the king?
Everyone's hearts were pounding, and they all shrank into the shadow corners, tucking their heads into their necks, and decided not to face the wrath of the king later, not to let themselves be seen by the king, and not to disobey the will of the king, the king Do what you say, and do what you want, so as not to be disliked by the enraged king, and also be implicated.
Even the "face inspector" who had wandered around the palace like a ghost before retreated back without a sound, and stopped making that triumphant and cold laugh.
For a moment in the hall, only the sound of the Prime Minister's angry wheezing and wheezing, and the wheezing of the Grand Commander struggling, made the atmosphere even more tense.
Suddenly there was an announcement: "The King is here!" Everyone was shocked, turned their heads to look, and saw the King holding his long sword upside down, striding forward aggressively across the square.
The edge of his sword was still dripping with blood, reflecting the dazzling light in the early morning sun. A concubine stumbled behind him, pulling at the hem of his clothes, and kept crying: "Your Majesty, calm down! Calm down!"
When all the ministers saw this shape, they became even more flustered, fearing that the sword the king was carrying would hit the top of their heads in the next moment, so they shrank their heads back and forth into their collars.
The king walked fast all the way, his steps were like the wind, and the long sword in front of him dripped like a line of blood all the way. The people guarding the "face check" in front of the palace gate, seeing that the person arrived before the sword edge, couldn't help hesitating slightly, for fear that they would stretch out their hands. When he went out, the sword stabbed himself.
With just such a hesitation, the king had already rushed into the hall, and even the concubine who was holding on to the corner of his robe was brought in staggeringly.
He stood still, looked around, his complexion was iron, and his body was full of murderous intent.
Everyone consciously shrank in the shadows, and followed Da Xiangshan to pray, not even daring to raise their heads.
Hearing the king's heavy snort, he shouted at the aggrieved and crying concubine next to him: "The court is heavy, why did you follow me? Stand aside!"
The concubine covered her face and retreated to the side, everyone didn't care, looking at her appearance, the king must be visiting this concubine, when he suddenly heard about this, he was furious, wanting to beat and kill, the concubine followed all the way in fright, for fear of accidents, It's normal.
The king stood in front of the throne, holding the blood-dripping long sword upside down, and stared fiercely at the group below. All the officials shouted and bowed, but the great commander suddenly struggled to raise his head, and said in a vague voice: "No... no... he is not... no!"
The king and the prime minister shouted angrily at the same time: "You still have the face to argue!"
"Crack." With a sound, the long sword was thrown from the hall, passing through the commander's throat like lightning, and three feet of blood spurted out.
The courtier at the front was sprayed with blood all over his face, screamed in shock, rolled his eyes and fainted.
The rest of the people didn't expect that the king's anger would come to this point, and they killed their favorite confidants as soon as they made a move, they were silent like cicadas, and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Drag out!"
With an order, the commander's body was dragged out, and a line of blood spread across everyone's feet. Everyone felt chills in their hearts when they saw the commander's dying eyes.
King Yi is temperamental, but this is the first time that he has killed people in the palace. Now that the most important ministers and commanders have been killed, all the ministers are weighing their own weight, and they dare not even plead for mercy.
The prime minister fell to his knees ahead of the pool of blood: "Your Majesty, calm down! Please take care of your body!"
All the ministers kowtowed, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
King Yi glanced around, and didn't sit down on the throne until everyone lowered their heads. Indifferently said: "So, start the meeting agenda."
…
The concubine cowered timidly in the shadows, lowered her head, showing no sense of existence.
No one saw the sly smile on her lips.
This "concubine" is of course Jing Hengbo, and the king of the Yi Kingdom who sits on the seat with "furious aura and awe-inspiring aura" is naturally Gong Yin.
This scene seems to be easy to come by, but in fact it is carefully deduced, everyone's reaction is taken into account, it is a counterattack plan that is not inferior to King Yi's plan to kidnap people.
In the face of Yi Guo's officials who are all proficient in disguise, the test of face is the only way to cover up one's own flaws.
Jing Hengbo admired the layout of Gong Yin very much, he was able to bring himself into the hall in this way.
She came with a mission.
She stared at Gong Yin's hand, and the tip of Gong Yin's index finger was pointing upwards somewhere.
Jing Hengbo focused his attention, a blacked-out dagger rose slowly behind her.
The light in the main hall was dim, and the algae well above was even darker. Those masters lurking in the depths of the hall didn't know that the pitiful concubine was their killer.
The dagger silently approached a master along the direction indicated by Gong Yin.
Because it is not controlled by internal force, there is no sign of internal force or murderous intent, and the lurking master is completely unaware.
When the dagger was only 0.01 centimeters away from the back of his clothes, it suddenly sped up. At this moment, the master realized it and turned around suddenly, but it was too late, the dagger had already penetrated his heart without a sound.
The dagger was so thin that it blocked the wound, not a single drop of blood flowed out.
With a wave of Jing Hengbo's hand, he pushed the corpse onto the beam. The beam was so wide that no one would see the corpse.
This kind of action happened at the same time on the top of the hall, and the black daggers appeared in the darkness, taking away the last light of the masters on the top of the hall.
Killing one, the ministers below may not notice, but the other "face inspection" masters who are also at the top of the hall must be aware of it, so at this moment, only the multitasking ability cultivated by Jing Hengbo can solve it all at once.
Human bodies fell down one after another, and they were supported to sit on the beams in a row in the dark. If someone looked down from the top of the hall at this time, they would be horrified.
Jing Hengbo killed all the secret masters of King Yi in one go at the court of Yi, only to feel bad in his heart, and finally let out a little.
On the throne, Gong Yin's plan to "take over the country with empty hands" can finally officially begin.
…
"The palace is a bit restless these days," Gong Yin said, staring at the prime minister, "This king has decided to replace the imperial guards in the palace. The former imperial guards will guard the imperial city, and the prime minister will be in charge of the palace guards. Guard the gates of the eight palaces. Anyone must hold the decree of the king and the order of the great minister to enter and leave the palace outside the court meeting time. Anyone who violates it will be killed."
"The minister accepts the decree!" The prime minister immediately received the decree loudly.
Everyone listened, and there was no doubt. The commander-in-chief had just been convicted and killed. Naturally, the imperial guards under his command needed to be cleaned and replaced. It was also within the meaning of the question that the prime minister took over such an important matter.
"Spring is coming soon," Gong Yin said again, "the frontier army should also start rehearsing and changing defenses. I heard that they had a contact with the jade army in Yishan a while ago, but they couldn't expel the jade army immediately! In recent years, peace Over time, the military affairs have become slack, and it is really time to pull those fat-headed children out to practice! General Yi Shan Lu Zhuohong was ordered to immediately switch defenses with Yi Shui General Chang Qing, and the 30,000 troops under his command will set out on the Yishui line to conduct drills on the spot immediately. error!"
"The minister waits for the order!"
The generals looked at each other in blank dismay—it is normal to switch defenses and drills in the beginning of spring, but Yi Shan and Yi Shui are far apart. During this change of defense, both Yi Shan and Yi Shui will have a short-term defensive vacancy, and no nearby troops are temporarily stationed. What if the neighboring country's army takes advantage of the situation?
I wanted to think about it, but I didn't dare to mention it, because I was afraid that the king was still angry and didn't think carefully for a while. It's better not to smear him in public, at worst, you can persuade him slowly afterward.
The generals were also wise and safe, and stood still with their eyes and nose watching their hearts.
"Dongpi City heard that there was a case of corruption and dereliction of duty. The county lord of Dongpi sold relief food privately and used it as good ones. The lack of emergency in the famine year caused commotion among the people. The case was handed over to the Secretary of the Ministry of Officials and the Secretary of the Ministry of Households. I will go to Dongbei today. Pei, find out the facts of the case and report back in time."
"The minister waits for the order!"
"The Emerald Queen handed in a letter of credence for the opening of the port, requesting that the three counties of Yonglian, Shata, and Fengshui be opened as treaty ports. The deputy prime minister led the chief minister to Fengshui County to discuss with the embassy of the Emerald Queen."
The ministers were a little surprised. There are several waterfront ports in Yi State, which are very prosperous. The neighboring tribes have coveted them for a long time. During the process of diplomatic relations, they have repeatedly proposed mutually beneficial trade or transportation by waterways, but they were all rejected by the King of Yi State. Have you figured it out?
Doubts are doubts, the decree is still essential, Gong Yin then issued a few more orders, all of which were to mobilize important officials to go out on business, with good reasons, and no one noticed anything. On the contrary, the Prime Minister was keenly aware that the group of people who were transferred far away from Huandu were all important ministers, all of whom had the right to enter and exit the palace and to perform private performances. The palace is a concubine.
Now that these people are far away, the possibility of Xibei products being discovered is reduced, and the possibility of genuine brands wanting to be verified is also decreasing.
I noticed it, but I didn't dare to say anything, the whole family is still in the hands of others.
In the end, Gong Yin made a decree, "I heard that there are recent changes in the neighboring country, and I want to send killers to sneak into our country, use the technique of our country's disguise, steal the pillars, and steal the center. It is not clear which important minister the other party will pretend to be. Even pretending to be the king is also possible. Therefore, from now until the time when the gang is wiped out, lovers who have no official business abroad, please stay in the fantasy capital and are not allowed to go out at will. It is stipulated that activities within the city area must not be crossed at will, so as not to be accidentally killed by our frontier troops. In addition, the garrison and frontier troops in various places are ordered to find any court officials, including this king, outside the fantasy city. "