I am neither beautiful nor crazy

At the corner behind the two of them, there was a young girl lying upside down, tied up with ropes from top to bottom, unconscious, not knowing whether she was alive or dead.

Xiao Xiangling leaned over to check her breath, and said softly, "I'm still alive."

At this moment, the sound of talking came from outside the car again, and the two of them fell silent.

The space inside the car is already small, and it is almost impossible to fit a girl and two grown men.The two bodies shrunk inward, almost sticking together.

"By the way, that Gu worm is really squeamish. It has to be raised with a woman's heart and soul, and there are still requirements for the birth date. I searched everywhere for more than ten days, but I only found this one."

"That Gu worm is very difficult to raise, but it is indeed amazing..."

Jiang Yu's conjecture before leaving has come true, and Xia Zhixing's abnormal behavior is most likely due to some kind of Gu.Jiang Qi had just taken office, and the abnormal decree was not convincing, but if Xia Zhixing insisted on reasoning at the court, he would immediately win the approval of a group of courtiers who are pliable.

And when it comes to the person who played Gu, looking at the entire palace, the unpredictable Taoist priest next to Jiang Qi is the most likely.

Jiang Yu spoke out his guess, but he could only speak extremely slowly because he was afraid of revealing his whereabouts and only dared to make a breathy sound.

Groups of moist hot air hit the opponent's ear, like an elongated and endless dense net, enclosing all the hot air inside the grain and grass.

Halfway through the conversation between the two, the girl lying on the side seemed to wake up suddenly, moved her body slightly, and was shocked when she saw the two in front of her, and Jiang Yu quickly covered her mouth with her eyes and hands.

"Does this girl know the identities of these two people and why she wants to arrest you?" He let go of his hand after making sure she would not scream, and asked in a low voice.

"It should be... the emperor's people." She looked at the two with some distrust, "I don't know why I was arrested, but I heard that they were going to... raise some Gu worms."

"It's taking the heart's blood to nourish the Gu worms." Jiang Yu corrected.

Hearing these words, the girl's eyes showed unconcealable horror, and she said in a trembling voice, "Then... are you here to save me?"

"Of course not." Jiang Yu lowered his head but smiled, "But it can be done with little effort."

After several hours, when the chariots and horses reached the gate of the city, they stopped abruptly and moved forward at an extremely slow speed.

Jiang Yu pushed aside the grain and grass, and said in a low voice, "The soldiers at the gate of the city are checking everyone one by one. I'm afraid that Jiang Qi knew that I was blocked on the main road, so he would do something at the gate of the city."

"What's on the car?" the guard guarding the city asked.

"It's grain and grass." The driver replied with a smile.

Before the words fell, the guard stabbed twice into the haystack with a spear as usual, which frightened the two drivers to their death. Seeing that the soldier was about to stab the third time, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, and went to Some gold and silver were stuffed in the hands of the people.

"These are all good grains and grasses. If they are punctured, it will be bad. Please bear with me."

Seeing that nothing was found after two stabbings, the soldier turned a blind eye and let him go.

The interior of the car was even more catastrophic.

The soldier's knife was stabbed from top to bottom, and Xiao Xiangling was in the highest position. The knife stabbed straight at his head.He almost fell forward at that moment, but because of the crowded and narrow position, he fell directly on Jiang Yu's body.

Jiang Yu was hit so hard that he couldn't catch his breath. Just as he was about to say something, the second knife stabbed close to Xiao Xiangling's back, and even tore through a small layer of fabric. .

Originally, the two were sitting, but now they were stacked upside down, and Jiang Yu had to lower his body as much as possible to prevent the third knife from falling down without warning.

After a moment of silence, the car finally moved forward again.

"On the way, they usually stop and rest for a while when they encounter taverns. We can escape when they go to the tavern next time." The girl said.

Jiang Yu didn't talk to him. Since he just sat up, his face was a little abnormally red, but he couldn't see it because of the extremely dark light in the car.

When Xiao Xiangling was pressing tightly on him just now, he clearly felt something pressing between his legs, but because of the emergency, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.It wasn't until the other party finally got up from him that the strange feeling gradually subsided.

"There is a tavern not far from the city. If we stop there, we will slip down. It doesn't matter if we don't stop."

He turned his head to look at Jiang Yu who was frowning slightly, thinking that the other party was a little uncomfortable due to the bumps along the way.Worried about the presence of other people, he put back "Does your stomach still hurt" when the words came to his lips, and asked in a soft voice without realizing it, "Is it okay?"

Jiang Yu pursed his lips tightly, looked serious, and nodded slowly.

The two drivers really stopped at the Qianlu Tavern, and went in to be happy and unrestrained.I was asking for wine from the waiter, but suddenly I saw two officers and soldiers coming in with a portrait in their hands, asking everyone to see if they had any impressions, and offering a reward of [-] gold to the person who provided the route information.

They also leaned over to look at it together, and saw that the painting was of a young man, with a straight nose and thin lips, extremely handsome, but the slightly raised eye ends did not look frivolous at all, but gave off a noble and cool look Feel.

And on this piece of paper, apart from the portrait of the human face and the reward of a hundred gold, there is no other information.

"I've never seen him before. I will never forget such a handsome man." Everyone said in one go.

"What did he do?" someone else asked.

"You don't need to know this, if you see it and report it in time." He also spoke vaguely.

It just so happened that the wine for the two of them had already been packed at this time, thinking that it is not appropriate to keep more here, they left the gold and silver and walked out the door.

"Do you feel that the carriage has suddenly become much lighter?" After getting on the carriage and moving forward, one person asked doubtfully.

"It seems to be a little bit, let's go down and have a look?"

"Fuck!" Seeing the scene in the car, they couldn't help but swear.

I saw that there was a huge gap behind the tightly surrounded grain and grass. At this time, there was no one in the carriage, and a piece of rope was put on the edge of the carriage openly, as if it was a naked provocation to them.

"She's definitely not far away as a girl. Hurry up and chase her now. If she loses her, neither of us will die!"

The two of Jiang Yu intended to enter the palace, so they could not continue to take the girl with them.It just so happened that she said that she had cronies in the capital that she could rely on, so they parted ways not far from the tavern.

Jiang Yu noticed the portraits suddenly posted in the streets and alleys, so he simply bought a bamboo hat on the side of the road, lowered the front, and walked with his head slightly lowered.

They bypassed the noisy streets and alleys, intending to find a side alley with few people to enter the palace.

However, when they passed under the woods in the alley, suddenly a bird rushed down from the tree and landed firmly on Jiangyu's shoulder.

There was also a small roll of letter paper tied to its legs, and as its wings opened and closed, a very familiar scent came.

Jiang Yu's heart trembled, it was the smell of spices left by Shen Chen for him, and from this point of view, there was a high probability that this letter was written by Shen Chen.

He opened the letter paper, only to see that there was a very small strip of spices inside, and there were only a few words on the letter paper.

Southwest of Wangshanjiao.

The spices that Shen Chen left for him can only be used once, and now the spices are included in the letter paper, which is obviously expected that Jiang Yu will contact him again.

"Wangshan." Xiao Xiangling frowned, "How is it here?"

"It is very possible that the prince's body is there." Jiang Yu looked up, "He has a condition to talk to us."

Since that night, Xiao Xiangling was somewhat hostile to Shen Chen, and his tone was a little blunt, "What conditions can he talk about."

"After all, what happened back then has not been proven, and I have never heard his own explanation. Besides, he has taught me how to practice swords for many years, so he can be regarded as half a teacher." Jiang Yu persuaded, "Since he sent me a letter on purpose, let There must be something to talk about."

"Then you're going to Wangshan?"

"I won't go." Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, "You can go back to Beijiang and pass by Wangshan, or you can go and see it for me."

"What about you, what do you plan to do after entering the palace?"

"Jiang Qi's original plan was to get rid of me on the road, but once I entered the city, he would have some scruples and would not make any obvious moves for the time being. The biggest uncertainty right now is Xia Zhixing, Gu I haven't heard from Yuan Yuan for a long time, and I have to check the situation... I have to go back."

"I didn't block you on the main road. Jiang Qi must have known that you saw through his eyeliner. Yang Guang's chess piece can no longer be used, and he will strengthen his defense against you." Xiao Xiangling turned his head and said, "You have to be more careful. , send me a message if you have anything."

He suddenly stepped forward, lowered his head and kissed Jiang Yu's brows lightly. He touched it like a dragonfly on water, and said with a smile, "If necessary, I and the army horses of Northern Xinjiang will be at His Highness's disposal at any time."

"You are quite courageous." Jiang Yu half-jokingly said, "Do you want to lead a rebellion?"

"I didn't intend to lead troops all day to deal with the northern bandits. You retreat and advance." Xiao Xiangling chuckled, "Even if it's 'leading the jade dragon to die for the king', it depends on which king you follow."

I haven't returned to the mansion for dozens of days, and the courtyard is still the same as when I left. It can be seen that someone cleans it every day.

Jiang Yu gently opened the door, and saw Gu Yuan standing in front of the table at a glance.He is wiping away the layer of dust floating on it, and at the same time returning the pen and ink to their original positions.

"Gu Yuan?"

"Your Highness!" Gu Yuan turned his head suddenly, the astonishment in his eyes was beyond words, he hurriedly ran over to Jiang Yu and scanned around twice, seeing that he was not injured or skinny, he was slightly relieved.

Jiang Yu saw the other party's unexpected expression, turned around and closed the door, and asked in a low voice, "What happened in the capital recently, why didn't you write to me?"

"Your Highness, Jiang Qi sent people to surround the house after you left, and the letter could not be sent out at all. During this period, Jiang Qi stepped up his efforts to withdraw military power from the central government, and even introduced some obviously unreasonable new policies. It's like a child's play." Gu Yuan said in a low voice, "Many ministers in the imperial court were dissatisfied, but almost all of them were dismissed when they wrote to see him, and Master Xia has been very strange recently, and he is almost obedient to Jiang Qi's thoughts."

He took a deep breath and continued, "In the past two days, Jiang Qi suddenly surrounded the house, and even I was not allowed to enter or leave. I thought he would..."

"He really wants my life." Jiang Yu said, his voice still seemed casual, "So don't take it lightly."

"Jiang Qi is at most taking advantage of my absence to make superficial appearances. He thinks I won't be coming back."

Jiang Yu sat down in front of the table, and his eyes naturally rested on the short sword and square handkerchief, "Seeing that I have come back unscathed, or the guards around the mansion have been withdrawn long ago, after all, he has no legitimate reason. reason against me."

"By the way, I happen to have something to look for him too." Jiang Yu suddenly stood up, "Prepare the horse and go to Jiang Qi's."