Yeluzhe had already retreated into the courtyard, when the bell rang in the distance, a large number of Yeluzhe guards rushed into the courtyard, Yeluzhe shouted: "Quickly inform Grandpa, the key criminal who robbed the children of Linzhou is here, please tell me how to deal with it!" While taking out a pill from his bosom, he swallowed it.
Jing Hengbo stared at the poisonous candle in his hand, waved his hands repeatedly, and the stone benches and water tanks in the yard flew up and fell down. He smashed his head and put the candle into the iron cover, leaving only a small hole for the smoke to escape from the cover. He looked around and squatted down, Jing Hengbo suddenly couldn't see him, he only felt that there was something in the corner of the wall. action.
After a while, Yeluzhe stood up and stepped back with a **** head. The poisoned candle in his hand was gone, but there were a few extra bricks. color.
Jing Hengbo's heart sank. It seems that this room is really full of organs, and the bricks under the wall can be moved. This guy must have put the candle in the iron cover, then pulled the wall bricks, and stuck the iron cover in, so that even if she can control things remotely, she cannot It smashed into the wall, and it was not sure which wall it was.
The wall bricks were not completely removed, and the smoke would seep in through the gaps in the wall bricks. In this dark and gloomy room, it was impossible to tell which wall brick the candle was hiding behind.
Jing Hengbo had a slight doubt in his heart, is it true that every house in the Yelu family has such a complete mechanism? How much would that cost? According to Yeluzhe, this courtyard is a guest room dedicated to entertaining top-notch guests. No one comes here on weekdays, and it has only been used three times since it was built. The two times were the residence of Yu Guangting, the Prime Minister and Regent of the State of Yu, and the last time was Xu Pingran. . Jing Hengbo thought of the legendary prince in charge of the Kingdom of Yu who was very strong-handed. Then he thought that the king of the Kingdom of Yu seemed to be seriously ill on the way out for inspection. Yu's status, and Yu Guangting lived in this courtyard twice, somehow, suddenly felt that there seemed to be some connection between these things.
These thoughts flashed by, and she didn't have much time to think about it. The windows and doors of the house had been dropped with iron plates, forming a closed space, and the air had become chaotic. lit somewhere.
She can leave, but she can't leave at this time. She has to dig the ground under the chair.
Although I don't believe that Yeluqi will die here, what if there are any clues?
She raised her hand, her fingertips trembling a little, she breathed a sigh of relief, knowing in her heart that although she said she didn't believe it or not, she was still afraid.
I was afraid that Yeluqi was really buried here.
While fleeing, Xu Pingran was chased by Pei Shu, traveled thousands of miles, and brought Yeluqi with him. If Yeluqi could be used by her, maybe she would still love him and not touch him, but from Yeluzhe's description, it is obvious that she and Yelvqi Yeluqi didn't get along well. Under such circumstances, with the arrogant temperament of the wife of the Snow Mountain Sect Master, how could she tolerate Yeluqi all the time?
But I can't think about it now.
She turned her eyes around and saw a vase on the ancient shelf, the flowers in it had withered, she took it and smashed it, tore off a piece of skirt and wet it, covered her mouth and nose, took a piece of porcelain that was handy, and dug.
The writing on the armrest of the chair could not be read clearly, and the hand felt that it was not a word, but a mess of notches. Besides, she didn't think it must be the message left by Yeluqi. If Yeluqi left her a letter, he would probably choose a more clever one. Way.
Remove the armrests and chair legs and throw them aside, and pry open the blue bricks on the ground. After three layers of bricks, there is dirt.
Jing Hengbo originally thought that there would be tunnels or iron plates underneath, but it was still the ground, but there were indeed traces of excavation.
Yeluzhe looked coldly outside, and said with a dark smile: "Your Majesty, why didn't you come out? Maybe I lied to you just now? Maybe there is a mechanism under this chair, although you can find it, Yeluqi didn't. right?"
A guard squatted in the corner blowing the wind, and the poisonous smoke slowly dispersed into the room. Yeluzhe smiled more and more satisfied. He knew that the more he said that, the less likely it was that Jing Hengbo would leave the mechanism under the chair and come out first.
Jing Hengbo didn't listen to him at all, it was just to disturb her mind. She knelt beside the chair, hastily scraped away the bricks, and quickly dug the soil. The breath behind her was even more chaotic. Although she held her breath, she couldn't hold it for long.
Fortunately, after digging the tiles a few times, I saw a ring. This ring looked very familiar. It was a bronze ring, inlaid with opals. Jing Hengbo thought for a while, and then remembered that it was very similar to what Yeluqi gave her for self-defense. Later, Gong Yin turned it into the ring that led the flower. After the ring became a collar flower, she put it together with her clothes, and did not use it again, but looking at it now, it turned out that the rings were a pair.
She was holding the ring, her heart was pounding, Yeluqi really left her a mark, he guessed that she would come to him, guessed that he might be taken through the country of Yu, he left this ring to tell her How is he? No, there should be other meanings.
Jing Hengbo remembered that there were three layers of mechanisms in the ring, and there were poisonous needles in it. When she opened the mechanism, she found that the poisonous needles were gone. She rubbed the ring, and sure enough, she felt traces on the back of the ring.
She immediately understood the meaning of the marks on the chair—the marks on the armrests and legs of the chair had no information, but only reminded her to open the chair to look underneath, and hinted that the marks on the back of the ring buried under the chair were the real ones. His mark on her.
The words left on the back of the ring with a needle are very small, almost miniature carvings. She put the ring into her arms, shook her head, and shook off the gradually blurred feelings in her mind. She continued to dig down, but the soil underneath hardened. It seemed that someone had used her foot to firmly ground her, and her heart was beating wildly again.
"Crack." There was a sound that the porcelain was broken, and she simply picked it up with her hands. She always had some crystal nails, but they were quickly turned into a blur, and her hands were covered with mud and blood. She ignored it, and the fog behind her was getting thicker and thicker. , but she moved faster and faster, and the dirt rustled behind her, and she was almost buried in the pit.
This is a race against death, the poisonous smoke is slowly approaching like a ghost, and she is looking for a hope of life.
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Yeluzhe stood outside the yard, counting the hours, the smile on his lips grew bigger and bigger—it was already past the time when he could hold his breath to block the poisonous smoke, the queen would be poisoned more or less, and could no longer escape the Yeluzhe family.
Capture the queen, no matter what, you can turn passive into active. He can also be considered to have an account of being captured.
Footsteps sounded behind him, he turned around, and saw Yelude coming with a guest, looked at the guest carefully, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Why did the Prince Regent suddenly appear here?
Standing beside Yelude was a tall man with a gloomy face. The man's appearance was ordinary, but he was well maintained, his complexion was crystal clear, his real age could not be seen, and his clothes were of ordinary color, but only from a wealthy family could he be able to see the extreme exquisiteness. It is extremely thick and black, and the tips of the eyebrows seem to have a three-point evil spirit. When looking at people, the eyes glance from under the black eyebrows, and it is like a blue blade flashing suddenly.
Everyone around seemed much quieter—the Regent of the Yu Kingdom was originally the beloved younger brother of the King of the Yu Kingdom. At that time, the king was seriously injured. The regent who was still a prince at that time almost died trying to save the king. After the king drove back to Luan, the king of Yu was seriously injured and paralyzed. After investigating the assassination incident, wantonly eliminating dissidents, consolidating power, with an iron fist, and acting decisively, he is now the new king of Yu Kingdom.
Yelu's family was found to be responsible for the incident of escorting and tracking down the assassin, and they have always been very close to the regent.
It's just that the Prince Regent was on tour in Fengzhou, three hundred miles away, why did he suddenly come to Linzhou? Although the Mr. Yu who was beaten for molesting a woman in the market was his third son, but based on Yeluzhe's understanding of the regent, it seemed that this matter was not important enough for him to come suddenly.
He became nervous—could it be that the Prince Regent knew about the kidnapping of Qiqi, a son of a nobleman in Linzhou, that happened just last night? But it can't be so fast.
At this time, the No. 1 person in the Yu Kingdom didn't look at him, but stared straight at the courtyard over there. Yeluzhe only felt that his eyes were a little strange, like disgust, anger, and murderous intent, but the eyes flashed and disappeared. Passed away, when I looked at it again, it was still that calm face.
He stepped forward to salute anxiously, not daring to say anything about those captives, and first whispered that the queen was locked inside. He couldn't see any emotion, but Yeluzhe broke out in a cold sweat because of his sweeping gaze.
He looked back at the yard with some unease, and felt that he had made a fatal mistake, but he didn't understand where he made the mistake. Could there be something wrong with this yard? But in the entire Yelu family, only this courtyard is the most complete institution, if you don't use this place, how can you keep the queen?
Yu Guangting's gaze coldly swept across Yeluzhe again—the gaze of a dead man.
When he looked at the room again, a trace of greenness flashed across his face.
After hearing that Dige escorted the team through Linzhou of Yu State, he came from Fengzhou. He originally wanted to talk to the Yelu family and prevent them from rescuing Yelumin. Who knew that when he arrived in Linzhou, he heard that Although the eldest son was rescued, Qiqi, a son of Linzhou nobles, was taken prisoner. He didn't know well, so he hurried, but he still saw what he didn't want to see.
That idiot Yeluzhe, it's not good to go to trap the queen, why did he bring her here!
He and Yelude exchanged a look, Yelude was somewhat hesitant, but Yu Guangting's gaze was firm and cold.
The matter has come to this point, it can only be silenced!
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The smoke lingered in the dark room, tangling and twisting, devouring the living like a poisonous dragon.
Countless small insects, mosquitoes and flies fell from the corners of the wall, turning them into pitch black.
A deep hole was dug in the ground, Jing Hengbo's movements had slowed down, she felt a little dizzy, and knew in her heart that she had been poisoned.
The Mingyue Heart Technique she practiced was said to cleanse the heart, but in fact it can be cowardly, but after all, she has not achieved great success, and she has been in such an environment for a long time.
Two of the fingernails had fallen off, and the rest were also stained with blood, and the sand was embedded in the wound, causing heartburn pain.
She gritted her teeth, and some blood dripped down and fell into the soil, breaking away some of the black soil, revealing a faint trace of white.
She stopped abruptly, froze for a moment, then rushed forward, waving her palms again and again.
Then she stopped.
The atmosphere here may be relatively humid, the soil is black and glistening with water, because the exposed white bone is extremely pale and horrifying, piercing the eye like a knife.
Jing Hengbo's eyes suddenly became a little blurred, the snow-white strips swayed and formed an illusory white light and shadow, she swayed, her hands rested in the mud, the tip of the white bone pierced her palm sharply, and the bright red Blood seeped into the bones, and the three colors of black, red and white were shockingly vivid.
The smoke curled up heavily, and her back shook slightly.
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In the yard, Yelude looked at Yu Guangting a few times, but was overwhelmed by Yu Guangting's gloomy and determined face.
Yelude clenched his hands in his sleeves, and his palms were slightly sweating.
He understood what Yu Guangting meant. The secret of Yu Guangting was hidden deep underground and could not be discovered by anyone. Now Yeluzhe was stupid and brought the queen here by mistake. The queen stayed in the house for so long. Apparently something beneath the ground has been discovered. So Yu Guangting is going to kill people to silence him.
He knew Yu Guangting's plan. The queen came to Yu country quietly. Dige did not report the news that the queen was out of Beijing for inspection, which means that the queen has hidden her identity. Yu Guangting wants to take this opportunity without anyone noticing. Settle the queen here.
But he didn't dare to be optimistic. If the queen was killed here, the regent could just leave. What about the Yelu family? Did the queen really only bring the **** team of 2,000 people with her when she left Beijing? Not to mention that the Kanglong Army and the Yuzhao Dragon Riders are loyal deployments of the Queen, at least the Henghalberd Army led by Pei Shu cannot be completely silent. According to rumors, Young Marshal Pei insisted on Qingshan not letting go of the Queen.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Yu Guangting making a gesture, and his heart sank.
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The bones were buried deep in the ground, and because of the dampness of the ground, it was impossible to tell how long they had been dead.
Jing Hengbo gritted his teeth and dug out the bones, and in a flash, he came to the yard.
She staggered as soon as she landed, and the world was spinning. She knew that the poisonous smoke and the state of mind at the moment affected her physical condition. She could have dodged farther. Now, when she looked up, she saw a courtyard full of people, a dense army, black Arrows, the big net cast in the sky.
There was a tall man on the opposite side, staring at the bone in her hand with eagle eyes.
The way he stared at the bones was so fierce that she was puzzled, and then she remembered who this person was.
Yu Guangting, the regent of the Yu Kingdom, had already seen the portraits of the rulers of various kingdoms and clans when she left Beijing.
A majestic regent who is not in the capital, what is he doing here all of a sudden? She also looks very concerned about the bone in her hand.
Jing Hengbo didn't think that Yeluqi and Yu Guangting would have any intersections. Yeluqi left the Kingdom of Yu early to go to Dige, and Yu Guangting was still a prince who kept a low profile at that time. With Yeluqi's status and status in the Yelu family, he would not What kind of dealings with Yu Guangting.
Then why did Yu Guangting look so ugly? It was as if she had dug his father's bones.
Jing Hengbo's chaotic mood suddenly calmed down a little, and he began to think about another possibility.
On the opposite side, Yu Guangting slowly raised his hand, it seemed that he didn't intend to give her a chance to reveal his identity at all, and wanted to kill her directly in the courtyard.
Jing Hengbo hugged the bones in his arms, and in a flash, his figure had already passed through the huge net covering the entire courtyard above his head.
All the soldiers in the courtyard looked up in horror—is this woman a ghost? The large net of gold threads on the top of her head is undamaged, how did she get out?
It really looked like a ghost, with disheveled hair, pale face, and mud and blood all over his body.
Everyone shivered, and Yu Guangting's face became even more ugly. He didn't expect Jing Hengbo to run away without saying a word, and he didn't expect the Queen's so-called lightness skills to be as weird as in the legend.
"Chase!"
If you don't do anything and keep going, the matter has come to this point, it would be foolish to hesitate any longer, this time even Yelude sighed and ordered all the children in the whole house to join in the pursuit.
Yu Guangting was not impatient, he knew that the smoke from the poisonous candle was powerful, and he also set up a net in this manor, no matter how powerful the Queen was, she could not escape from this manor.
He motioned the experts around him to chase after him, looked at the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and said to Yelude: "Old man, I told you back then that this courtyard should be sealed, why haven't you sealed it?"
Yelude's face was slightly embarrassed, and he leaned over and said: "My lord, it was originally sealed. Last year, a distinguished guest came. There are many people, and the requirements are also picky. Looking at the whole manor, I only want to live in this yard. I am a minister." As a last resort, the courtyard was temporarily opened, but the distinguished guest only stayed for one night, and did not find anything..."
"Your distinguished guest didn't find out, but your good grandson did." Yu Guangting smiled coldly.
Yelude lowered his head and didn't dare to answer. Yeluzhe looked at everything in front of him in horror, and then looked at the guards who had all left the yard, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The next moment he heard Yu Guangting say: "You good grandson, with a group of important children from Linzhou and even Dadu, was kidnapped. Those children are still being imprisoned there, but he ran back by himself. How do you think you should deal with people who run away like this, disregard the overall situation, take advantage of opportunities, and pretend to be smart?"
Yeluzhe was shocked, and took a step back in shock, "Your Highness! I was captured by oversight, but! But I also trapped the Queen..."
"Do you still think that you are credited with trapping the queen?" Yu Guangting smiled peacefully, but the murderous intent in his eyes was like a sword, and suddenly shouted, "You idiot! Even without such a thing, trapping the queen would only Make us ride a tiger! Yelude! Let this idiot get in my way again, it's up to you!"
Yelude still lowered his head, but the veins on his clenched cheeks were exposed, and he said solemnly: "I...understand!" He took a step back, stretched out his sleeves, and hit Yeluzhe's head with a bang.
Yeluzhe was rushing towards him, intending to ask his grandfather who had always loved him to intercede for him, but his grandfather's eyes widened in an instant when he didn't guard against his own grandfather's sure-fire blow.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and Yeluzhe's half-bent body froze for a long time, Yelude turned his head, showing an expression of impatience, and heaved lightly.
Yeluzhe fell down with a bang, and until he died, his eyes were opened tightly, staring at the pale sky.
Whether you have questions or are unwilling, there will never be an answer in the face of the ruthlessness of the superior.
Yelude wrinkled his old face, motioned for the guards to come forward to pick up his grandson's body, and said, "Master Seventh was killed by an assassin, arrange for a funeral."
The guards carried the corpse away in shock, and Yu Guangting didn't even look at it from the beginning to the end. He was still angry, and the blueness between his brows kept flashing, and suddenly he frowned slightly, and raised his hand to hold his heart.
A young girl walked into the yard at this moment, she appeared so suddenly, her footsteps were as light as a ghost, and Yelude found her when she walked to Yu Guangting's side.
Yu Guangting's expression was quite natural, he glanced at the silver cup in her hand, and said with a smile, "Sir, is it here?"
The girl nodded slightly, then pointed to the cup, signaling him to finish drinking. There was no respect in that expression, but Yu Guangting didn't think it was a pest, he laughed, took it and drank it dry.
Yelude looked on in shock. As far as he knew, Yu Guangting was cautious and suspicious, and his absolute confidant who had been favored by him for many years could not get close to him. So he drank what was sent directly.
Yu Guangting handed the cup back to the girl, and said: "Mister, please rest well, and Xiao Wang will come to visit you later." The girl nodded numbly, turned around and left without saluting. Yelude paid attention to her footsteps, but saw that there were no footprints on the mud, and felt even more inconceivable—how could Yu Guangting let someone with such high martial arts get close?
Yu Guangting saw his doubts and said with a smile: "This is my savior. You know, I have a long-standing illness. This time I came from Fengzhou. The journey was too fast, and the old illness broke out. I just brought the doctor with me. The official accidentally fell off the cliff, thanks to her and her master who rescued her. This girl is nothing but her master. I admire her master at first sight. Although she is not good at doing things, she has unparalleled insight and is ill. Forget it, if I can get this person to be my counselor, those intractable matters in the court situation will never bother me again in the future."
Of course Yelude knew that although Yu Guangting held great power, it was said that the position was not secure. Several princes of King Yu had grown up, obtained fiefs early, had their own army, and made friends with powerful forces. Dissatisfied, Yu Guangting has always used checks, balances and divisions against them, tossing and turning, which is very troublesome.
Yelude seldom heard Yu Guangting praise a person so much, so he couldn't help being curious. When he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a noise erupting in the northwest corner of the manor. Yu Guangting's expression changed, and he hurried over.
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At this time, Jing Hengbo was at the northwest corner of the manor.
This location is close to the continuous courtyard wall of the manor. She is dizzy and irritable at the moment. After a few teleports, she feels as if all her strength has been sucked out. She knows that the poisonous smoke is more powerful than she imagined.
I don't know how many people Yu Guangting brought. The whole manor is full of people, and there are almost no dead ends. Many people are skilled at lightness, holding long chains, following her closely, and constantly throwing chains or ropes. Darts, it seems that Yu Guangting had already guessed that she might appear in Linzhou before coming, and found a way to deal with her teleportation. If she hadn't flashed so fast, she would have been entangled in those chains and ropes several times Hold your ankles.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Jing Hengbo's lips—with all his efforts, he wanted to kill her here quietly? But in fact, she doesn't really want to leave!
She ran to the wall, stopped for a while, saw the chasing soldiers coming from behind her out of the corner of her eye, raised her hand and threw it, and said loudly to the outside of the wall: "There is something wrong with this bone, check it later!"
With a flash of white light, something was thrown out of the wall, and the guards behind watched inexplicably, but Yu Guangting, who came from a distance, changed his expression.
She was greeted by someone, and she threw the bone out!
Jing Hengbo chuckled, and suddenly felt a lot more at ease. She ran all the way, just to see Yu Guangting's reaction. The faster and harder Yu Guangting chased, the more it showed that this bone was very important to him, so it was Yeluqi's. The less likely it is.
At this moment, she "threw" the bone that Yu Guangting valued very much out of the wall, and pretended to be answered by someone. Even if she was caught by Yu Guangting with poisonous hair, Yu Guangting would not kill him like before. .
Of course, she still didn't want to fall into the hands of Yu Guangting, so she tried her best to dodge into a place of pruning bamboo under the courtyard wall. After going out of the wall, they still stay in the manor. The so-called most dangerous place is also the safest.
The bamboo forest is dense, with thousands of lights and shadows, the light green leaves are pulling the thin wind, and the sun occasionally shines from the depths of the secluded bamboo, shining golden light.
There are thick layers of bamboo leaves under the feet, and some new shoots have broken through the ground, slightly touching the soles of the feet, making a rustling sound.
She had just stood still, holding on to an old bamboo, and was about to raise her head when she had collected herself, suddenly her heart skipped a beat and she suddenly turned around.
She didn't turn around in time, however.
The back of her neck suddenly went numb, and her eyes went dark.
In the last moment, only a pair of delicate, pointed shoes were seen.