First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 944 The Secret of the Medicine Box (two updates in one)

The masked maid took the small medicine box and left the Lanting Courtyard and the Princess Mansion without stopping. She went straight to the side door of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, probably intending to escape over the wall from there.

The Hou Mansion is heavily guarded, and patrolling guards pass by with swords from time to time. The maid's Qinggong is extremely high, and she can successfully avoid them every time.

 Finally, the maid came to the wall.

Xuanpinghou was the No. 1 Wuhou in the Zhao Kingdom, and the walls of his residence were higher than those of ordinary people. Of course, this was not a problem for the maids.

The maid held the small medicine box, jumped up easily, lifted her toes off the wall, and jumped out of the house in a whoosh.

 However, the moment he landed, something unexpected happened.

A huge net descended from the sky, covering the maid with all her face.

The maid reacted quickly. She quickly pulled out the dagger from her waist and cut the net open with one strike. But with just one movement, a row of spears were placed on her neck!

They were just a group of guards. The maid didn't take them seriously. However, the next second, the maid didn't dare to act rashly.

 Because just outside, more than a hundred archers drew their long bows and aimed their cold arrows at him.

This is not a one-on-one or one-on-many fight, this is an absolute crushing of tactics, and no master can escape easily.

The maid held a dagger in one hand and a small medicine box in the other. Her eyes were cold and she was thinking about how to deal with it. Behind the archers, a dozen secret guards held torches and surrounded a man in a crescent white robe. Come.

The archers cleared a path in an orderly manner, and after the men and their group entered the encirclement, they quickly closed their formation.

The firelight shone on the young man's face. The maid recognized him and her eyes trembled fiercely.

Xiao Heng stopped about ten steps away from the maid, looked at him coldly, and said in a nonchalant manner: "You really didn't disappoint me."

"you…"

The maid was about to say something, but immediately covered her mouth as soon as the sound came out.

Xiao Heng smiled faintly: "No need to pretend, I have recognized you a long time ago, Elder Li."

As soon as Elder Li said this sentence, the maid stiffened and almost subconsciously raised her hand to touch her face.

Xiao Heng said calmly: "The human skin mask has not fallen off."

The maid touched her breast again.

Xiao Heng said: "It didn't fall either."

The maid only had to go to see the birds.

Xiao Heng’s face darkened: “Stop!”

 Maid... No, to be precise, it’s Li Jiangping.

He frowned and looked at Xiao Heng in shock. Xiao Heng's expression was calm and calm, without a trace of doubt. This showed that he was sure of his identity.

 There is no point in denying it.

 He said in a deep voice: "How did you guess that?"

Xiao Heng said coldly: "It's very simple. You showed your flaws from the beginning."

Li Jiangping frowned: "I don't understand."

Xiao Heng raised his finger, and an accompanying secret guard took out a handkerchief from his arms, opened it and handed it to Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng picked up the iron nail that had dried blood on it and said, "You were injured because a nail on it accidentally pierced your palm when you were carrying the betrothal gift. You did the whole trick and nailed the nail into the box. However, Here's the problem. These betrothal gifts are very expensive. In order to prevent moisture, you gave up walking by water. This measure is obviously effective. The rest of the nails are all dry and intact, but this one is rusty. And its hole is new. Look It turns out that it was just nailed in. Maybe you would say, I just patched a nail, but I think no one would patch a rusty nail."

Li Jiangping never expected that he would make such an oversight.

 No, this is not called negligence.

This is very seamless. This guy is so perverted and thoughtful that not even the slightest clue escapes his eyes.

Li Jiangping gritted his teeth: "Just a rusty nail?"

"More than that." Xiao Heng said, "When Chang Jing told you not to spread Gu Jiao's medical skills to others, do you remember what you said?"

 “The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade. I understand, don’t worry.”

The words at that time flashed through his mind, and Li Jiangping didn't understand where his flaw was: "What's wrong with this sentence?"

Xiao Heng said calmly: "You haven't noticed it yourself. Before you said this, you glanced at the small medicine box on the table while wiping your sweat. So I am very sure that the crime you mentioned is that you are pregnant with a treasure. , the wall refers to my wife’s box. You were injured intentionally to test the medicine box in my wife’s hand.”

Is this guy a judge? The eyes are so poisonous!

Lijiang Pingyuan originally wanted to deny it, but now it seems that it is impossible.

 Having a bad start, this is definitely the fastest time for me to be exposed.

What a ghost!

He is obviously a guy who doesn't understand martial arts, but for some reason, his eyes and aura are enough to make people's hearts beat with fear.

All this happened so fast that Li Jiangping was completely confused. He was left with too little time to react and make a decision. He could only rely on his judgment from many years of martial arts practice and recklessly moved towards Xiao Heng, the only person at the scene who did not know martial arts. Rush over!

The appearance of Xiao Heng happened to block the sight of a wave of archers for him. As long as he was fast enough, he could catch Xiao Heng and force these people to let him go.

As for the secret guards around Xiao Heng, their skills as mere three-legged cats are no match for him!

Li Jiangping is a master of Dark Night Island, and there is no doubt about his skill.

His internal force knocked away the secret guards, and his hands fiercely grabbed Xiao Heng's neck.

But just as he was about to succeed, someone who had been dormant for a long time in the big tree raised his lips in disdain, took aim at him, and suddenly pulled the trigger!

There was only a loud noise, and Li Jiangping was knocked away!

 He hit the wall behind him heavily and fell to the ground in a panic!

  “Tsk.”

Shangguan Qing on the branch frowned and seemed dissatisfied with his shot.

 The shot just now hit the small medicine box in Li Jiangping's arms. He was not disemboweled on the spot, but he was still severely shaken.

 He spit out a mouthful of blood.

This time, the steamed bun in the lapel of my clothes really fell off.

Shangguan Qing was so irritated.

 Xiao Jingkong can hurt me, but you can't.

 He loaded the gun decisively.

This is a newly improved fire gun. Its accuracy and speed have been improved, and the corresponding recoil is also much stronger. He is still not used to it.

 “I’ll practice with you tonight.”

 He aimed at Li Jiangping’s head.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred. A series of terrifying sword energy came from the air, driving away the secret guards of Xuanping Hou Mansion. Then a swordsman in gray flew down and grabbed the man on the ground. Li Jiangping quickly left the place.

The man's lightness skills were probably not as good as Gu Chengfeng's, so he disappeared without a trace with Li Jiangping in the blink of an eye.

Shangguan Qing jumped down from the branch with the new fire gun in his arms. He looked at the place where Li Jiangping fell, and then looked at Xiao Heng: "Aren't you going to chase him?"

Xiao Heng looked at the direction in which the two of them were leaving and said, "No need."

Shangguan Qing put the gun on his shoulder: "But they also took away Jiaojiao's box."

That Li Jiangping's hands were really quick, and he didn't forget to hug the small medicine box on the ground before leaving.

 “It’s okay.” Xiao Heng said.

Shangguan Qing said: "What do you mean it's okay? That box is very precious, okay? I just shot it down, but it didn't break!"

  Xiao Heng was not surprised by this.

Jiaojiao said that the small medicine box is not something from their world, and the medicine box may not be its body.

 Just in their dimension, it can only appear in this form.

Shangguan Qing snorted: "Is it really okay? If Jiaojiao wakes up and finds that the box is missing, she will be angry. Let me see how you coax your wife!"

Xiao Heng smiled and did not continue the topic, but asked: "Are you okay? Are you injured?"

  The recoil of the new fire gun is very large.

Shangguan Qing rubbed his small chest muscles: "It's a little numb, but it's okay. By the way, what's going on with Li Jiangping? Why did he steal Jiaojiao's medicine box? Who ordered him? Dark Night Island?"

Xiao Heng shook his head: "It's not Dark Night Island, it's Jianlu."

“Isn’t Jianlu destroyed?” Shangguan Qing had learned from his father that Chang Jing and the others had gone to Jianlu Island to seek revenge.

Xiao Heng said thoughtfully: "Now it seems that Jianlu used a trick to escape the golden cicada."

 After Zi Shi, Marquis Xuanping and Chang Jing returned home.

 The enemies who had been following him for several days were successfully killed by Chang Jing, and not one of them escaped.

 Sure enough, Chang Jing is easy to use.

“Huh? Why are you all here? Don’t you need to sleep?”

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Marquis Xuanping saw his two sons chatting at night in the main room holding candles.

Xiao Heng glanced at Chang Jing and told him about Li Jiangping.

Xuanpinghou looked at Chang Jing.

Chang Jing was extremely surprised. If others said this, he would not believe it, but when these words came from Xiao Heng's mouth, he fell silent.

Hour Xuanping snorted coldly and sneered: "It doesn't look like a good thing."

Chang Jing retorted in a low voice: "Uncle Li is very good. He has always taken good care of me and my seven sisters. Every time I get into trouble, he is the one who intercedes for me."

Hou Xuanping looked at him strangely: "If you don't plead, your father will be reluctant to punish you..."

 Chang Jing was speechless.

With the facts before his eyes, Marquis Xuanping would not speak for a bad guy who stole his daughter-in-law's medicine box: "So that Li Jiangping is just pretending to please you guys."

Chang Jing continued to retort weakly: "But this time it was him who persuaded my father, and my father allowed me to propose marriage."

Xiao Heng analyzed for Chang Jing: "If he doesn't convince your father, he can't come to Zhaoguo with you. His purpose is very clear, which is Jiaojiao's medicine chest."

Chang Jing made a final struggle in a low voice: "He also discovered Jianlu."

Xiao Heng sighed: "It's impossible not to find out. First, he has to make enough contributions to gain your father's respect. Second, the Dark Night Sect has strict rules. He cannot leave the island without authorization. He can only use the name of monitoring Jianlu every now and then. Hide your dealings with Jianlu."

"Is that so?" Chang Jing actually knew very well in his heart that no matter whether Uncle Li was a craftsman of Jianlu or not, from the moment he stole Gu Jiao's medicine box, at least he was no longer Elder Li of Dark Night Gate.

It is absolutely impossible for Dark Night Gate to ask him to do such a thing.

Shangguan Qing said suspiciously: "But I still don't understand, why did they steal Jiaojiao's medicine box?"

"There are a lot of precious medicinal materials in the box?" Shangguan Qing asked and answered himself, "Or is it that the box is invulnerable and indestructible even to firecrackers? They want to take it back and split it up to make armor?"

  Xiao Heng shook his head and did not explain the secret of the small medicine box to the people in the room.

 The small medicine box contains inexhaustible medicines and can be connected to the operating room in another space. It is indeed a rare treasure.

 Then the problem comes again.

 What does Jianlu do with these?

 It is a sword house, not a medicine house.

Could it be that from now on, they will stop practicing swordsmanship and become doctors instead?

 Perhaps one of them has an incurable disease and there happens to be a cure for it in the little medicine box?

This possibility can basically be ruled out. Considering the relationship between Li Jiangping and Chang Jing, as long as he asks, Gu Jiao will be willing to give him any medicine, so there is no need to go to the trouble of stealing a small medicine box.

Xuanpinghou did not inquire whether there was anything weird in Gu Jiao's little medicine box. The medicine box belonged to Gu Jiao and he did not inquire into people's privacy. Besides, no matter what was there, it was not a reason for Jianlu to covet her.

 The people in Jianlu deserve to die.

Thinking of something, Xiao Heng asked Chang Jing: "The dead ones are the island owner of Jianlu and his wife... Who identified the bodies?"

"Uncle Li...Li Jiangping." Chang Jing corrected his title, "He is the only one who secretly observes Jianlu, and he is the only one who knows who is on the island. Therefore, my father and I will tell who's body he says. Believe it."

Xiao Heng said: "It seems that the real master of Jianlu is not dead."

Shangguan Qing asked: "Did Long Yi go to the island?"

Xiao Heng shook his head: "I can't say for sure now. Maybe he went and killed many Jianlu disciples, and some of them escaped. Maybe before he had time to do anything, the people from the Dark Night Sect landed on the island. That day This accident was directed and staged by Jianlu to deceive the Dark Night Gate."

Shangguan Qing nodded: "Li Jiangping knew that Anyemen was going to kill Jianlu, so he informed Jianlu in advance. Jianlu then staged such a tragedy of killing the whole family, which seems to make sense."

Xiao Heng thought for a while and said: "It is very likely that Long Yi has been there, otherwise, with Jianlu's strength, he would not have to avoid the Dark Night Gate like this."

Chang Jing said seriously: "Our Dark Night Sect is very powerful!"

Xiao Heng said: "Of course you are powerful, but with Li Jiangping as an insider, it is not difficult for Jianlu to set up an ambush on the island to trap you."

Chang Jing remained silent.

really.

 They all trust Uncle Li too much.

 Uncle Li has always led the way to the island. If Uncle Li deliberately took them to a trap, they would have suffered heavy casualties.

Chang Jing still had something he couldn't figure out: "But Uncle Li...why didn't Li Jiangping take action? Even if we had some casualties on Jianlu Island, we wouldn't doubt him. He could take the opportunity to weaken the strength of Dark Night Island."

Xiao Heng looked at him seriously: "What if it hurts you? If you can't come to Zhaoguo to propose marriage, he can't get close to Jiaojiao."

 Chang Jing: “Oh.”

At this point, the last hope in Chang Jing’s heart was extinguished.

Li Jiangping is a meticulous artist through and through.

 In fact, there are still some doubts. Xiao Heng needs to go back and slowly sort out his thoughts.

"Is that box really okay?" Shangguan Qing was still thinking about the small medicine box. After all, it is something that cannot be destroyed by a fire gun. You know, even the armor on Gu Jiao's body cannot block the power of a fire gun. .

Xiao Heng said firmly: "It's okay, they can't steal it."

 …

 On the long silent street, a carriage was driving quickly.

After Li Jiangping got in the car, he immediately put the small medicine box under the seat and protected it tightly with his feet to prevent it from being thrown out due to the bumps of the carriage.

 The swordsman who saved him handed him a pill to treat internal injuries.

He raised his head and took the medicine. He adjusted his skills for a small time, took a long breath, and said after the disaster: "It was really too dangerous just now. What kind of weapon was that guy holding in his hand? It almost killed me!"

"That's called a fire gun." The swordsman said, hesitated for a moment, and then added, "But in Ghost Mountain, the fire gun didn't have that kind of power."

 The swordsman did not participate in the Battle of Ghost Mountain, but Elder Lu and others wrote letters one by one about all the battle situations and brought them back to Jianlu.

Li Jiangping sighed: "My identity has been exposed, and I will never be able to go back to the Dark Night Gate again."

Li Jiangping got angry when this was mentioned. He had been dormant for twenty years and deceived an entire island, only to fall into the hands of a young boy who was still young!

The swordsman said: "It doesn't matter, you got the medicine box, the mission is completed, and you don't have to go to the Dark Night Gate again."

Li Jiangping sighed with emotion: "I really didn't expect that what the master is looking for would be in the hands of a little girl."

The swordsman was also very unbelievable: "Yes, we always thought that thing was at the Dark Night Gate, which made you search for it on Dark Night Island for twenty years in vain."

Li Jiangping smiled: "It's not in vain. If I hadn't been dormant on Dark Night Island, I wouldn't have had the chance to come to Zhao Kingdom with Chang Jing."

The swordsman said: "That's true."

Li Jiangping frowned: "However, I have a question, how did the head know that this medicine box was in the hands of the righteous daughter of Anguo?"

The swordsman explained: "It was a medical woman named Mu from the Chen State who told the Han family of the Yan State. The Han family then informed Gongsun Yu. Our people happened to be nearby and listened. Gongsun Yu was not interested in this thing. It’s quite convenient for us.”

Li Jiangping suddenly realized: "That's it."

The swordsman smiled lightly and said, "Chang Jing happens to have this relationship with the husband's family of the righteous daughter An Guo. It seems to be God's will that we, Jianlu, get it."

He said, looking at Li Jiangping, "You have made great achievements this time, and the master will definitely reward you well."

Li Jiangping couldn't hide his smile. He lowered his head to pick up the small medicine box on the ground, and something incredible happened.

 “Where’s the medicine box!”

 He was shocked.

The swordsman frowned: "Didn't you just put the stool down?"

"Yes! I put it here!" Li Jiangping squatted down and searched not only under his own stool, but also in every corner of the carriage.

 But the small medicine box is missing!

Small medicine box: ╭(╯^╰)╮ Today I want a small medicine box with a monthly pass~

 (End of this chapter)