hidden moon

Chapter 7

Chaos

King Chengping said that he was going to clean up the canal to open the way for the refugees, and he went there for more than two years.The effect is quite remarkable, Wen Shuyue heard An Hao mention to himself many times, now the news that King Chengping is in Jingzhou will come from the previous dynasty every once in a while, everything is going well, the emperor even intends to give him a reward after he returns to the city .

The hole that was previously poked by the King of Chu's party has not been filled now.At the beginning, he wanted to go to the court to win over the new Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple, but he couldn't achieve it.

Wen Shuyue used Qing Mingtian's dark lines to clear a lot of obstacles for Lord Wen Hou. Together with King Chengping, it can be regarded as stabilizing the open and secret struggle between the Chu king's party and the non-member party standing behind Cheng Ping. .

Fortunately, Qing Mingtian was located in the hinterland of Jingzhou, and Wen Shuyue was able to obtain Ren Xirui's every move through this method from time to time.As for whether Ren Xirui noticed it or not, others couldn't feel it, but Wen Shuyue was extremely sensitive.

If he doesn't want to be known whereabouts, no one will be able to find him.

In the past two years or so, there have been constant news from the camp, obviously because he feels that it is more direct and less troublesome to reassure Wen Shuyue in this way than sending letters by himself.

Until, a week ago.

Here, An Hao and Wen Shuyue were sitting in front of the stone table, playing chess and talking about the current situation between the court and China.The two had mostly the same views, and the conversation was very pleasant.

On the other side, Qing Mingtian's secret whistler climbed into the courtyard wall of the Hou's mansion, walked quickly through the pavilion corridor, and came to the courtyard outside Wen Shuyue's bedroom.

"Deputy sect master, a letter from the sect master." The man knelt on the ground and presented a letter with both hands.

The letter from the head of the sect must be something very important. Wen Shuyue suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, and he got up suddenly, which made him dizzy for a moment.An Xiaozhao and An Hao got up one after another, trying to support him.He was the first to hold on to the edge of the stone table and stand still.

"It's okay, give it to me." He said and reached out to take the envelope.

There were only a few lines of scribbled writing on the letter paper, but Wen Shuyue's complexion became paler.

"What did the letter say?" An Hao asked worriedly.

Wen Shuyue returned to the usual calm, but the hand that handed the letter trembled slightly. An Hao had a bad feeling, so he took it over and read it carefully. The letter said:

"One day ago, it was raining heavily. The prince was afraid of accidents, so he personally replaced His Highness and went to the admiral's headquarters to check the situation. Unexpectedly, mobs besieged the admiral's mansion. In order to save the refugees, the prince accidentally fell into the water and fell into the turbulent current. So far, he is nowhere to be seen. "

An Hao's blood froze, it was a bit difficult to organize his words, he didn't know how to comfort Wen Shuyue who had been silent for a long time. "What are you... going to do"

"What else can I do now? I can only wait now." Wen Shuyue received an order from Lord Hou by coincidence yesterday. From a second-rank official, he learned about political affairs.

The Privy Council of the imperial court was in charge of military power, while the Ministry of Education held administrative power.It was originally a place where general affairs were planned, orders were proclaimed, orders were issued, admonitions were made, and officials invited officials to create reforms and appoint officials from provinces, Taiwan, temples, supervisors, attendants, prefectural troops, and general judges. Zhizheng affairs are too disturbing to look at.

In Zhongshu Province, there are not many relatives who are the nephews of Princess Chu, such as Shen Zhizhengshi. Although it is not impossible for Mr. Zhongshu Ling to take care of him, he is afraid that he will take care of him too much. He will report to the emperor. His Majesty may soften his heart.

His Majesty the Emperor is old and he doesn't like to kill, most of the time it's a small punishment and a big commandment, just doing superficial work.

Mr. Zhongshu Ling is a man of integrity, he is not afraid of the emperor's coercion with his old bones, but the lives of a dozen people in his family are all in his hands.

While the king of Chu stabilized the emperor, he sent assassins to assassinate him. It is not that similar things have never happened.

Therefore, the assassination of Shenzhi Zhengshi will undoubtedly fall on Wen Shuyue's head.

In the mansion of King Chu, in the study.

"Who the hell is so bold! How dare you assassinate a second-rank official of the imperial court!!" The king of Chu was furious, and slapped the book case with his palm.The pen, ink, paper and inkstone trembled.

The staff sitting together in the room looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to say anything.

"The concubine came to cry with me just now, and the quarrel made me have a splitting headache!!" He gritted his teeth and reprimanded, while raising his hand and rubbing the center of his brows, it was quite painful, "Prince Chengping finally left Jingcheng. These old things can come up with some substantive strategies to help the king be promoted to the position of the East Palace, but I didn’t expect that all of them are useless trash!!!”

"Your Highness, don't be upset." One of the aides boldly interjected, "After all, His Highness is the only prince in the palace now, and sooner or later, His Highness will occupy the position of the East Palace. I hope His Highness will not rush forward."

"When it comes to the establishment of a crown prince, this king is even more angry! He, Cheng Ping, is just a two-character county king, who dares to oppose this king everywhere! And that Ren Xirui, who is only the son of the deposed prince, dares to do so. ..” Dare to say anything, he didn’t say any more.

Everyone thought that the King of Chu was annoyed at Ren Xirui's refusal to accept his repeated attempts to woo him, and he didn't clearly show which side he was on, so there might be changes.

Only King Chu knew best in his heart that he was annoyed that as long as he was around, he would never get Wen Shuyue.

Suddenly an old man stood up, cupped his hands, and said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, one of my disciples is an official in the government office. Yesterday, when he went to the post-mortem examination of the governor's house with his assistant, he found a clue. "

"Tell me in detail." King Chu was overjoyed.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness. This old man is not very familiar with the traces on the corpse and the physical evidence at the scene. If Your Highness wants to know, I will bring this disciple here tomorrow morning, and he will personally report to His Highness." He said very cautiously.

The King of Chu said without hesitation: "That's fine."

On the second day, when the disciples of the staff came to visit the King of Chu, they brought a thin line that was almost undetectable.

"Your Highness, please take a look, this is a strand of sword tassel we found on the finger of Mr. Shen Zhizheng." The man presented it with both hands respectfully.

"Isn't it normal to use a sword for assassination? Who doesn't have a spike on their saber?" The King of Chu didn't know why.

The disciple patiently explained: "Your Highness, please look carefully, this is not an ordinary sword tassel. I am afraid that few people in Nanping can wear a sword tassel made of this material."

"Oh." The king of Chu was quite surprised, and put away the thin thread, "other than that, what else did you find?"

"The other thing is that the sword wound on the corpse is different. When the sword passed over the skin extremely quickly, the wound should be smooth and smooth. But there is a slight trace of a meal at the end of the wound of Mr. Shen Zhizhengshi." The disciple said .

The king of Chu also understood the general idea: "That is to say, the killer hesitated at that time."

"Not completely, it may be...his hands are not steady." The disciple nodded slightly.

"You can't hold the sword handle steadily!" Chu Wang's mansion also raised killers, and he clearly knew how fatal a mistake it is for a killer to not hold his hand steady.

Seeing him being silent for a while, the disciple asked tentatively, "Does Your Highness have any other orders?"

"You go back first." The King of Chu waved his hand, and after he left, he praised the previous staff in a good mood, "Sir, you have really helped me a lot! Whatever reward you want, the King will only If you can do it, you can promise sir!"

The staff also heard the confusion, and said with a smile: "The old man is just one of the many staff in the palace. It is really insignificant. He doesn't ask for any reward. I just want to ask His Highness what he guesses."

The King of Chu sneered, "Sir, you are smart, you won't fail to understand."

The staff responded politely: "Your Highness thinks in his heart, how can I dare to speculate on my own?"

"Look carefully, this is the so-called chaos caused by caring." The King of Chu seemed to answer the wrong question, but he also explained the key point.

Wen Shuyue stood in a very secret place on the second floor of the teahouse, half of her body was hidden in the shadows, like a fairy with a ghost face.

Boss Yang stood beside him, and he could clearly see the unusually serious expression on his face.

Almost two weeks have passed, and the news from Jingzhou Qing Mingtian often only has four words.

The whereabouts are unknown.

No audio.

Search was fruitless.

Life and death are unknown.

Looking at Wen Shuyue's increasingly pale fingers and blue face, Boss Yang couldn't help worrying about his physical condition.He tried to interrupt Wen Shuyue's thoughts, and called softly: "Deputy Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master!!"

Wen Shuyue suddenly came back to her senses: "En"

"What's wrong with you?" Boss Yang's brows were almost knit together into a knot.

Wen Shuyue smiled calmly: "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that I just... seem to have..."

Big mistake.These four words kept flashing in Wen Shuyue's mind.Even the most insignificant details, as a qualified assassin, can still remember it very clearly.He repeatedly recalled all the details of the night of the assassination. He was in a state of anxiety because of Ren Xirui's disappearance. It seemed that when dealing with the scene, he missed a thin thread on the fringe of the sword that was torn off by Shen Zhizheng when he was struggling.

He was once known as the "Nanping Sword God", and the material of the sword spike must be the same as the second one in the Nanping border.

He left a deadly trail.

And nine out of ten have already fallen into the hands of King Chu.

And these, in his view, are no longer important.

After he was exposed, he would choose to die in order to protect His Royal Highness Cheng Ping's future foundation.And Ren Xirui can't have anything to do, he is the strongest support beside King Cheng Ping, and he is the prince who will be put on the bright side in the future.His Royal Highness King Chengping wanted to win the Eastern Palace, and the military power in Ren Xirui's hands was undoubtedly the top priority.

If something happened to him, how would the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command be dealt with, and how would he deal with the huge network of contacts at hand?

"Boss Yang, prepare the horse." Wen Shuyue tried to calm down her voice until it sounded calm.

"The deputy sect master is going to Jingzhou." Boss Yang was slightly surprised.

"Notify the sect master, I will leave immediately." He nodded resolutely.

"But even if you rush there without sleep or rest, it will take you two days to get there! Can your body bear it?" Boss Yang was obviously terrified.

Wen Shuyue didn't care about so many details, he hurried out of the shadows, the light through the eaves sprinkled on his soft and loose long hair and face, outlining the chiseled facial features and jawline.This kind of him is too alluring, he can become a night ghost at night, and can turn into a whole fairyland during the day.

Wen Shuyue gritted her teeth, and said in her heart: "I can't care about the distance now, and if I drag it on, my heart will bleed! I must see him in person, otherwise, I will die with regret!"

Just after taking a few steps, I suddenly felt a gust of blood rushing up my throat, and the fishy-sweet smell occupied the entire mouth without warning.Before Wen Shuyue had time to react, a puddle of blood spat out of her mouth and splashed all over the floor.Immediately, there was a blur in front of my eyes, and there was a "buzzing" in my ears.He leaned slightly, and was supported by Boss Yang who was chasing up from behind.

"Deputy Sect Master!!!"

Wen Shuyue grabbed Boss Yang's arm with one hand, and pressed her chest with the other hand, bent over and coughed continuously, her face turned white and red, and her already thin body was trembling in the warm summer sun. The withered and frosty leaves that are overwhelmed.

"Today I have never...been here. Besides, you take this sword tassel and destroy it, ahem... go to 'Yuefengfang' to order one...the material is the same. No matter how much it costs... Cough, cough, tell me my name..." Wen Shuyue forced herself to stand up straight, explaining intermittently.

"Yes, you can go to Jingzhou without worry. Leave this to the old slave!" Boss Yang took the exquisite and luxurious sword tassel and held it in his hand.