The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

In the tent, Jiang Ping was lying flat on the couch, his eyes were closed, his brows were furrowed, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead.

It was like having a nightmare.

It was that night again, the night they met the wolves.

The moment he saw the wolves, a strange feeling came to his heart.

He shot the wolf with Liu Yi's bow and arrow, diverted the wolves away, and ran wildly on the grassland in a panic.

Then his eyes went dark, and when he woke up again, his whole body was in excruciating pain, and the snort of a wolf sprayed on his face.

He held his breath and remained still, and the wolf sniffed around him for a long time. Just when he thought he was about to be bitten off by a wolf, the wolf turned to the horse that was also lying beside him.

Enduring the severe pain, he turned his head, and by the cold moonlight, he saw the wolf pulling out a bundle of herbs from the saddle.Like crazy, the wolf used its paws to pull apart a bunch of tightly packed herbs, spreading them all over the sky.

Jiang Ping suddenly knew what that strange feeling was.

It was Li Xu's sad eyes, Li Xu's gloomy expression, and the expression on Li Xu's face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile when he came out of the stable and ran into him.

This is Jiang Ping's first horse, given to him by Liu Yi, and he regards it as a treasure, grooming and feeding the horse himself every day.

It was also at noon that day, when he went to the stable to lead the horse, he ran into Li Xu.

He should have taken this matter to heart, he deliberately checked Liu Yi's, Song Jiao's, and all his friends' horses, but he forgot to check his own.It was too late, his friends were all here, and he didn't want to tell them such a spoiling thing.

It is so, it is so.

No wonder Li Xu let him out this time.

Jiang Ping turned his head and thought, if he died now, he would be relieved.

If he was found and brought back, the people in Qi State would also find out that he was the one who attracted the wolves, and he couldn't deny it.

He closed his eyes and was about to quietly wait for death, when suddenly, there were two whizzing arrow feathers piercing the air in the wind.

Jiang Ping supported his upper body, and when he looked back, Liu Yi was riding on the horse, ready to shoot the third arrow.

The two of them subdued the wolf that was alone, and they both put some color on it.

Liu Yi wanted to call someone over, but was stopped by Jiang Ping.

Liu Yi was careful, so he didn't need to say anything, and he quickly understood after looking at the herbs scattered on the horse.

He looked at Jiang Ping and asked, "Is that you?"

Jiang Ping forced himself to sit up: "I said no, would you believe me?"

Liu Yi nodded, so Jiang Ping looked firmly: "It's not me."

Liu Yi thought for a while, got up and picked up all the herbs, and threw them into the wind with a wave of her hand.

He held Jiang Ping's arm, trying to pull him out of the mud, and said firmly, "Stand up."

Jiang Ping woke up from the dream, heaved a long sigh of relief, opened the curtain, and wanted to pour a glass of water, but there was a person he hated standing outside the curtain.

Things have become very clear at this point.

But Song Jiao and his party suddenly didn't know what to do.

Wen knew: "Everyone knows this kind of herb, and it's not difficult for Li Xu to get it. If you want to know who gave it to him, you can only ask him."

Song Jiao hugged the pillow: "What should I do?"

Wen Zhi stood up: "This matter is too big, I can't hide it anymore, I will report to His Majesty."

"It's so late, Grandpa Xie may have fallen asleep." Song Jiao thought for a while, "Let's call Senior Brother Liu over first. If our guesses are true, then let's talk together. Grandpa Xie will definitely not be wronged." Brother Jiang Ping will not let Li Xu go."

Wen Zhi thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I'll call Senior Brother Liu."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Song Jiao pulled the quilt covering his lap, turned to look at Xie Chen beside him: "Do you suspect that there are internal thieves here?"

The wound on Xie Chen's body hasn't healed yet, he just changed his medicine, wrapped the wound with muslin, covered his body with a blanket, and wrapped him tightly——

This is his attire when other people are present besides Song Jiao.

"Maybe there will be." Xie Chen said, "Since that person knows how to show him the medicinal herbs, he must also know what the medicinal herbs are for. Ordinary people will not be so careless."

"But there are so many hunters this time, it seems that it is not easy to find this person."

"Yeah." Xie Chen tilted his shoulders, "Mamao, the blanket slipped down, pull it."

"Okay." Song Jiao helped him pull up the blanket and cover it again, "Aren't you hot?"

Xie Chen poked his neck: "It's not hot."

Song Jiao touched his arm with the palm and the back of his hand: "It's obviously very hot. If you are so stuffy, the wound will grow slowly, right?"

Xie Chen still stuck his neck: "No, it's okay."

Mu Ying who was sitting on the side said quietly: "Brother Shen, you are not a little girl. Even if you are a little girl, then we are all the same as you, see what's there?"

Xie Chen turned his head and glanced at him: "Get out, shut up if you don't understand."

He is called Shounande.

Only Mao Mao can see him, and no one else can.

Not long after, Wen Zhi came back with Liu Yi.

Probably Wen Zhi had already told Liu Yi their guess, and Liu Yi couldn't lie in front of a group of people, so he could only nod his head and admit it.

"Okay, okay, your guess is basically right."

Song Jiao complained a little, and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't senior brother tell us in the first place? Could it be that he didn't trust us?"

Liu Yi smiled: "No, you are still young, I dare not tell you about this, because I am afraid that you will be afraid. Besides..."

He turned his head and tugged at Wen Zhi's sleeve, Wen Zhi's face was expressionless, only the corners of his mouth twitched.

"This is the most upright person in the world. If he finds out, Jiang Ping might not be able to escape with his inquisitive nature."

Wen Zhiping stared ahead, retracted his sleeves, walked to Song Jiao's side, sat down beside him, and held his hand.

Xie Shen:? ? ?

He stared hard at the clasped hands of the two men, his eyes flickering with fire.

Let go!You let me go!

Liu Yi thought for a while, and then sighed: "This matter can only become an unsolved case. It is impossible for Jiang to identify the master with an accompanying reader. In addition, Li Xu's doing this matter is simply impossible. There are no traces left, I searched for a few days, but I couldn't find it, as long as he bites him to death and refuses to admit it, even if His Majesty forcibly disposes of him, he will end up being talked about. It's not worth it for a Jiang Ping."

Song Jiao said: "No, I will go to Grandpa Xie, and Grandpa Xie will believe my words. Let's continue to search, and we will definitely find the result."

Liu Yi's eyes darkened: "Maomao, Your Majesty will believe in you, but not necessarily in Jiang Ping, and people in the world may not believe in Jiang Ping, so let's call it a day, okay?"

"No, as long as you find out..."

The two of them hadn't reached a conclusion in their argument, but suddenly there was a sharp shout from outside.

Several people looked at each other and got up quickly.

This is Li Xu's voice.

A few people ran to the door to have a look, followed by another ear-piercing cry like killing a chicken.

It came from Jiang Ping's tent.

A group of people pushed away the guards, only to see Jiang Ping holding the longbow with both hands, and the bow string was tightly strung around Li Xu's neck.

Li Xu was always very gloomy, but this was the first time he showed such a frightened expression.

He stretched out his hand weakly towards the crowd: "Uh... come... come..."

There was still a wound on Jiang Ping's forehead, the wound was split open, and blood flowed into his eyes, making him look even more ferocious.Facing the crowd, he stepped back a few steps, with a firm expression on his face, and tightened his bowstring bit by bit.

He lowered his head, looked at the person in front of him, gritted his teeth, and murmured in a low voice: "Go and die, anyway, I don't want to live anymore. To be able to get rid of a villain for Liu Yi and the others before I die is really a treasure in my life." Blessed."

Li Xu's outstretched hand gradually fell down, and he was about to strangle him to death.

Their side was very quiet, and there was already chaos in front of the tent door.

No, Li Xu must not die by Jiang Ping's hands, let alone die here.

At that time, when the Qing Kingdom wants to settle accounts, Jiang Ping will be the first to settle the accounts, and the second will be the Qi Kingdom.

But a group of guards hesitated to step forward for fear of angering Jiang Ping.

While hesitating, Liu Yi strode forward, took Jiang Ping's hand, and took the bow and arrow from his hand.

Liu Yi looked into his eyes firmly: "Give it back to me."

It's true that Jiang Ping only has one bow, which was given to him by Liu Yi, and the bow he used to kill was the one Liu Yi gave him.

When Jiang Ping heard this, he was a little dazed, and while he was in a daze, Liu Yi suddenly pulled the longbow out of his hand, and then pushed Li Xu aside.

Li Xu threw himself forward, almost lying on the ground.

Song Jiao was the first to react, and stepped forward pretending to help him, but secretly pushed him a few times.Afterwards, the friends all came to their senses, and they all gathered around to block the guard's view, and each of them slapped him twice.

Deserve it.

When Liu Yi comforted Jiang Ping and helped him up, a group of people also helped Li Xu up.

Li Xu still had a longbow around his neck. He was sitting on a chair, still in a daze, looking dazed.

Song Jiao thought for a while, then tugged on Wen Zhi's sleeve, and the two reached an agreement.

Wen Zhi turned his head and said to the guards outside: "It's okay, you all go out first, don't alarm His Majesty and them about this matter."

A group of people hesitated, and finally Xie Chen and Song Jiao spoke, and they reluctantly left, guarding not far outside.

After the outsiders had left, Song Jiao stared closely at Li Xu's eyes, and stretched out his hands towards Wen Zhi.

Wen Zhi understood, and handed him the dried herbal leaves wrapped in a handkerchief.

Song Jiao took the leaf and placed it in front of Li Xu.

"What is this? Do you still recognize it?"

Li Xu didn't look closely, his face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak.

Song Jiao asked again: "I ask you, what is this?"

Li Xu came back to his senses suddenly, and shook his head crazily: "I don't know, I don't know."

They all knew that Li Xu would say this, Song Jiao rolled his eyes, and quickly followed up: "It's yours, you stuffed it into Jiang Ping's saddle, it's something that attracts wolves, it was given to you by someone else. You think that if you refuse to admit it, we will have nothing to do with you, don't you?"

Li Xu was dazed by his series of truths and lies, leaned back and shook his head: "I don't know..."

Subconsciously, he wanted to reach out to knock down the herb in Song Jiao's hand, but Song Jiao reacted quickly, took a step back, and dodged.

"Even if you take this away, we have other evidence."

Song Jiao stood still and glanced at Xie Chen.

Xie Shen understood, at the moment when Li Xu jumped up and fell back to his seat, he gently grabbed his sleeve, scratched his sleeve with a piece of porcelain, and took off a small piece of fabric.

Song Jiao took the cloth and looked at Li Xu: "When you put the medicinal herbs, it seems that you snagged your sleeve, it's something left on the saddle."

"Is it you? You want Jiang Ping to attract wolves, you want to kill Jiang Ping, and you want to kill us, right?"

Li Xu shook his head: "No, no..." He turned his head to look at Jiang Ping: "You speak, who is the master? Who is the master?!"

Jiang Ping gave him a cold look, then turned his head away and said nothing more.

No matter how he was a clay figurine who was allowed to be rounded and flattened, he should have a little temper at this time.

Jiang Ping kept his face cold, staring blankly at Liu Yi in front of him, and let Li Xu scold in his ear.

"Don't forget, your family's seventh-rank official is because you have been the companion of the prince, and your family has risen to the sky!"

"A few years ago, my father wanted to punish your family's crimes, and that's what I asked my father for. Your family was not executed."

"Jiang Ping, you are ungrateful! I will immediately revise the book, Father..."

As soon as these words came out, several people immediately reacted, Xie Chen held him down with one hand, and Song Jiao said: "It's time for you to revise the book, revise the book immediately, and let your royal father send all Jiang's family over safely without delay. "

"How dare you!" Li Xu's eyes lit up, and he turned to Song Jiao again, "You, a wild child from a small historian's family, dare to tell me..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Chen swung his fist, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.

Xie Chen grabbed his collar and lifted him up with one hand: "Keep your mouth clean, if you dare to fart again, my highness will pull out your tongue."

Song Jiao asked Muying to bring a pen and paper, and threw it in front of Li Xu: "First write a book about releasing slaves, and release Brother Jiang Ping. Then write a letter immediately and ask Jiang's family to come over. What secret words do you have for contacting the people of Qingguo? Make it all clear."

Li Xu naturally refused, and still struggled, and with a "bang", Xie Chen pushed him down on the table.

In this way, Song Jiao got a copy of the slave release book and a letter.

He handed over the book of liberating slaves to Liu Yi, and asked him to lead Jiang Ping to handle the household registration of Qi State in a few days. From now on, he will not be Li Xu's companion to read it.

There was another letter, which he asked people from the Qi country to deliver, and he agreed on a code word, and set off immediately.

Song Jiao clapped his hands: "Okay, Brother Jiang Ping's affairs have been dealt with, there is no need to worry, now I can take Li Xu to see Grandpa Xie."

Just as Xie Chen was about to lift him up, he was suddenly stopped by Song Jiao: "Let Brother Parrot catch him."

Song Jiao touched his shoulder: "The wound is open."

Only then did Xie Chen feel the pain and let out a "hiss".

They could only let the others take Li Xu and Jiang Ping over there first, while Song Jiao stayed behind to help Xie Chen look at the wound.

Everyone else went out, Song Jiao grabbed Xie Chen's collar and looked at his wound.

The wolf's claws are sharp, it's only been a few days, and of course it didn't heal so quickly.

Song Jiao looked inside seriously, and complained in a low voice: "It's really cracked, you moved too much just now."

Xie Chen didn't speak, Song Jiao took out the medicine bottle and fine cloth that he carried with him, and gave him a temporary treatment first: "When we return to our own tent, let the doctor come and wrap it again."

Song Jiao said while playing, "You are not careful at all."

"I was very careful." Xie Chen defended in a low voice.

He was indeed very careful, at first he stood by the side without even saying a word.

But later, when Li Xu said something to Song Jiao, he couldn't help rushing forward and shaking his fist.

Song Jiao quickly dealt with it: "Okay, go see Grandpa Xie first, explain this matter clearly, and then go back and sort it out."

"it is good."

The two walked out of the tent side by side, Xie Chen said: "You were pretty smart just now."

Song Jiao smiled: "Responsiveness."

He was very smart just now, but when Xie Chen saw him smiling, he couldn't hold back and said, "Little fool."

"You're the little fool!"

Song Jiao raised his foot to kick him, and the two of them chased and beat him until they arrived at the tent of Mr. Xie's family.

The two stopped, straightened their clothes, and then heard Mr. Xie from inside saying, "I heard them arguing from a long distance, and now we're here, it won't be arguing anymore, really." He raised his volume and shouted outside He said, "Come in, little friends!"

Mr. Xie always has many nicknames for the two of them.When it's good, it's "Bao Er", and when it's bad, it's "Little Enemy" and "Little Calf".

Song Jiao and Xie Chen looked at each other, Mr. Xie's tone sounded pretty good, he probably didn't mean to blame, on the contrary, he was a little happy.

The two opened the curtain and went in, shouting, "Grandpa."

Then the two people discovered that in the tent, apart from Master Xie and their friends, Prime Minister Song, Mr. Liu and his party, Second Master Xie was also there.

Mr. Xie saw the two of them in a daze, and greeted them, "What's the matter? Little calf?"

The two shook their heads at the same time: "No..."

Master Xie waved at them: "Come and sit down after a while."

The two of them couldn't figure out the situation, so they turned their heads to look at their friends, and saw that they were all watching their eyes and noses, so they could only go and sit with Mr. Xie.

Song Jiao turned to look at her grandfather, and whispered, "Grandpa?"

Song Cheng responded, and smiled at him: "You did a good job, beyond Grandpa's expectations. We are not only smart, but also decisive, and know how to adapt to changing circumstances."

"Thank you, Grandpa." Song Jiao came to his senses, "Ah? But Grandpa... Did you already know about this?"

Prime Minister Song was noncommittal.

Of course it is. What a group of thirteen or fourteen-year-olds can guess, these adults must have already guessed.

Mr. Xie flicked his forehead: "Yes, the second one found out first, and he brought people to investigate."

Sitting next to Master Xie, Second Master Xie just nodded slightly: "My son also discovered it by accident."

Song Jiao covered her forehead: "Then let us investigate?"

Prime Minister Song said: "It's ashamed to say that we adults didn't think about what to do with Jiang Ping. We just thought about sending Li Xu back. It's not as thoughtful as you guys. When you said you wanted to investigate, A few of our old things have been summed up, why not let you do it, it can be regarded as training you."

He looked at Song Jiao, and then at the group of teenagers sitting below: "But you have all grown up, and you have to protect your own friends."

"Wen Zhi is as meticulous as a hair. He is the first to discover something is wrong and act decisively. He will definitely be the pillar of the country in the future. Brother Yi is loyal and has been investigating secretly these days. Not bad, not bad."

Muying puffed up her chest, me, me, me!

Prime Minister Song smiled: "Brother Parrot is also very good, he has been running up and down with Wen Zhi these days, and his ups and downs are well adjusted."

He smiled and sighed: "The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead. It's time for us old guys to retire and return home to make room for young people."

It's over, it's over.

As for who provided the medicinal herbs to Li Xu, Master Xie sent Second Master Xie to investigate. In the end, Li Xu identified a guard, and the guard also killed him. I don't know anything, but Li Xu asked, and he answered .

This matter can only be let go in the end.

Old Master Xie asked Second Master Xie to deal with Li Xu, Second Master Xie directly found two or three doctors and diagnosed Li Xu as insane. From then on, several attendants took turns to keep an eye on him.

After a few days, Li Xu seemed to have really gone crazy.

Xie Erye went to see him every day and talked to him.

"Seventh prince, you think that I want to fight with my eldest brother, so you come to me for medicine, and you want to kill Brother Shen and Mao Mao, it is really... extremely stupid."

"Yes, I want to compete with my elder brother."

"But Brother Shen and Mao Mao are also my father's darlings. If something happens to them, my father will collapse. Why are we talking about conquering the world? So before the world is unified, these two children must not If something happens, I will never touch them, so I startled their horses and let them fall into the pit to avoid the wolves."

"However, I still want to thank you for helping me. I made this situation with my own hands and uncovered it with my own hands. My father has valued me a lot recently."

Two months later, the group returned to Fengxiang City.

It was already winter at this time, and there was a fine snow in the sky, and several teenagers resumed their boring school life.

Grandpa Song was busy with official duties and often ignored Song Jiao. Mrs. Xie and the Second Mrs. Xie often took Song Jiao to live in the palace to take care of his daily life.

Fortunately, it is winter now, and the injury on Xie Chen's shoulder is gradually getting better. Mrs. Xie loves him so much that she made him a lot of tonic soup, and Song Jiao also rubbed it for a while.

At noon that day, Mrs. Xie came to Lantai again to deliver soup.

Every child in Lantai had it, and Song Jiao and Xie Chen also had two bowls in front of them.

Song Jiao took a sip by himself first, smacked his lips, then picked up the bowl in front of Xie Chen, took a spoonful, and handed it to his mouth.

The injury on Xie Chen's shoulder has not healed yet, so it's not convenient for him to drink soup, let alone do his homework - he said so himself, so Song Jiao had to feed him when he ate.

Song Jiao had seen the wound on his shoulder, and the new flesh that grew out looked really fragile, so he could only follow his will, feed him whatever he wanted.

Madam Xie frowned at first and felt speechless, she wanted others to feed her, or even herself, but Xie Shen refused to do so, so she could only let him go.

In this way, he drank more than half a bowl of tonic soup, and then the second lady came with snacks.

"Maomao, Auntie brought you..." The second lady stopped, "Hey, you are eating... No, are you feeding?"

She distributed the snacks to everyone in Lantai, put them in front of Song Jiao, and clicked twice: "If it wasn't for Mao Mao being a boy, Mao Mao and Brother Shen should have settled down sooner."

She said something stupid again, and Mrs. Xie pushed her with her elbow.

The second lady turned her head and took a look: "Sister-in-law, why are you moving me? It should be settled earlier."