Jiang Yixi was specially escorted by Xiao Yi from the royal capital to Southern Border. A few days ago, Nangong Yue had received the news that Jiang Yixi had entered the boundary of Southern Border and arrived at Yaoping City, which is more than a hundred miles away from Luoyue City.
At that moment, Nangong Yue hurriedly sent someone to welcome Jiang Yixi to Luoyue City, but she didn't expect that this person would send such a bad news first instead of being there.
Sister Xi was kidnapped!
Baihui's report just now echoed repeatedly in Nangong Yue's mind
Nangong Yue's lips were pursed into a straight line, she stood up abruptly, and walked out in big strides.
Even if she didn't speak, the maids guessed that she was going to the study outside, and exchanged glances quickly.
There was no need for words, the maidservants had reached a very tacit understanding, Baihui and Haitang hurriedly followed Nangong Yue and followed behind, while Huamei hurriedly went to inform Zhu Xing.
After a cup of tea, Nangong Yue met Zhu Xing and a dusty man in Tsing Yi in the outer study.
Zhu Xing was so anxious that his brows were deeply furrowed. The assassin's matter had not been resolved yet, but he didn't expect another accident to happen suddenly!
After the two saluted Nangong Yue, Zhu Xing gave the man in green a look, signaling for him to come and tell what happened.
The man in Tsing Yi rushed back to Luoyue City day and night to report the news, his eyes were sunken due to exhaustion, and a dark shadow appeared under his eyes.
He straightened out his thoughts, and reported the whole story of Jiang Yixi's disappearance.
The night before yesterday, three soldiers, including the man in Tsing Yi, escorted Jiang Yixi's master and servant to Fengxian City. At that time, the sky was already dark, so they decided to rest at the post station in the city for a night. Jiang Yixi was a female family member, and the soldiers couldn't protect her personally at night, so after sending her and the servant girl Qingyi into the room of the inn, they retreated to rest
No one expected that when they were about to leave early yesterday morning, they found that there was no response or movement in Jiang Yixi's room, and the door was opened a gap. They hurriedly opened the door and went in, only to find the maid Qingyi lying unconscious on the floor , and Jiang Yixi was gone!
They questioned all the people in the station, including Yi Cheng and the residents, and searched the entire station carefully, but found nothing. They could only determine from the slightly messy bedding in the room that Jiang Yixi should have been kidnapped quietly by someone up.
Therefore, the man in Tsing Yi rushed back to Luoyue City to report the news, while the other two and Qing Yi continued to stay in Fengxian City to search for Jiang Yixi's whereabouts, to see if they could find any clues.
After the man in Tsing Yi finished speaking, there was silence in the outer study, and everyone seemed to be able to hear their own breathing and heartbeat.
Nangong Yue took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Zhu Xing, send someone to investigate!"
It was just a few simple words, and she almost used all her strength.
"Yes, Shi Zifei." Zhu Xing hurriedly clasped his fists in reply.
Zhu Xing stepped back in a hurry, Nangong Yue took Baihui and Haitang back to her yard restlessly, her mind was occupied by Jiang Yixi being kidnapped.
Who robbed Sister Xi? !
Not many people knew that Jiang Yixi faked his death and fled far away. I didn't even tell Yuan Yuyi and Han Qixia yet, and planned to tell them when Jiang Yixi arrived in Luoyue City.
On the side of the capital, only En Guogong and his wife know about it, and they should not leak the news.
Nangong Yue thought about all the relevant people in the capital, but she didn't think of anyone suspicious.
Besides, what good is it for the robbers to rob sister Xi? !
In this kind of chaotic thoughts, Nangong Yue went back to the house, the little guy who just took a nap had woken up, she was absent-mindedly playing with the little guy, her thoughts were still flying
Or, was this just a simple accident
After all, the people who live in the inn are either rich or noble, maybe some robbers with evil intentions kidnapped Jiang Yixi with the intention of extorting money
Or, someone was following their Zhennan Palace, so the people who followed the Palace found Jiang Yixi
Nangong Yue racked her brains to think about all kinds of possibilities, but she couldn't get an answer at all. There were too few clues, and the incident happened too suddenly
The sun outside gradually slanted westward, and the sky also dimmed, just like Nangong Yue's gloomy mood.
This night, Nangong Yue stayed up almost all night. She couldn't eat from the dinner that day to the breakfast the next day. Even Xiao Xiaoyu seemed to feel that her mother had something on her mind, and she had been very well-behaved since yesterday.
The sun rises and sets again, Bixiaotang is especially quiet on this day, and time seems to pass very slowly.
Until dusk, a guard came back from Fengxian City, and Baihui reported to Nangong Yue: "Shizi Concubine, I still haven't found Mrs. Han."
The reality cruelly shattered the glimmer of hope in Nangong Yue's heart, and the atmosphere in the inner room became more dignified.
Nangong Yue didn't speak, her mind was in a mess, she felt as if her heart was being tormented on fire, and the hand that was patting Xiao Yu subconsciously stopped.
The drowsy little Xiao Yu was lying on Nangong Yue's lap. When she felt her mother's rhythmic flapping stopped, she opened her big sleepy eyes, yawned lazily, and let out a "woo hoo" sound. The voice was like that of a pitiful little milk cat.
Nangong Yue absent-mindedly continued to flap again, and after a while, the little guy fell into a deep sleep, while Nangong Yue's hands were still flapping unconsciously, just like her chaotic mood
When the sun was about to set, Baihui came to report again, holding a letter in her hand.
"Concubine Shizi," Baihui reported quickly without repeating, "Just now a little beggar came to the concierge and said that an uncle asked him to send a letter to be sent to Concubine Shizi."
At this time, someone inexplicably sent a letter, could it be that
Several people in the inner room thought of going in one direction, their faces froze, and the air suddenly sank.
After Baihui opened the envelope, she took out a piece of tissue paper and presented it to Nangong Yue.
Nangong Yue unfolded it quickly and looked down. From her dignified expression and tense fingers, she could see that the content of this letter was not simple.
After Nangong Yue read the letter, she gave it to Baihui again.
When Baihui read the letter, her eyes widened, she was filled with shock and anger, and her white oval face was so gloomy that it almost dripped water.
This letter should be regarded as a blackmail letter from the kidnappers.
The kidnapper who kidnapped Jiang Yixi asked to use Jiang Yixi as a bargaining chip in exchange for the sixth prince of Baiyue, Carrero, in their hands.
Baihui's mind was in turmoil, and what happened during this period of time quickly flashed through her mind, from the time when Bai Yi was rescued, until now
Shi Zifei had speculated before that the mysterious person who killed Baiyi and failed to assassinate Shi Zifei might want to rescue Carrero, that is to say, the kidnapper who kidnapped Jiang Yixi was most likely sent by that mysterious person.
Sure enough, this person is still in southern Xinjiang, and has even been lurking in Luoyue City!
This person is really daring!
Thinking about it, Baihui subconsciously exerted force on the fingers pinching the tissue paper, and the veins on the back of her hand bulged.
Now this blackmail letter undoubtedly proves the concubine's previous speculations from the side. This mysterious person has a noble status in Baiyue, and he believes in rules and orthodoxy.
"Elder Concubine" Baihui looked up at Nangong Yue with a complex expression, "What do you mean?"
Nangong Yue didn't speak, she stood up and said irrelevantly: "Let Zhu Xing meet me in the outer study."
While she was speaking, the thrush at the side hurriedly put on her cloak.
Nangong Yue walked out of the house against the cool evening breeze, and headed for the outer courtyard in a familiar way.
She already has the answer in her heart, so she has no hesitation, no doubts
When Zhu Xing looked at the blackmail letter in surprise, he heard Nangong Yue's decisive voice: "Zhu Xing, change."
The word "Change" clearly indicated her position, Zhu Xing subconsciously looked at Shi Zifei, and met her clear and firm eyes.
Although it was less than a stick of incense since she received this letter, Nangong Yue made this decision after careful consideration.
Carrero is the prince of Baiyue. Although Baiyue has been flattened now, their Zhennan Palace has no deep foundation in Baiyue. A dangerous seed that does not know when it will germinate in the dark
However, Jiang Yixi is Han Huaijun's wife. At this moment, Lord Han Huai is fighting bloody battles for the people of the Central Plains and for the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains on the battlefield in the western borders. How can their Zhennan Palace fail to keep his wife? !
Nangong Yue didn't say much, and Zhu Xing immediately embraced the order without any objection. The Shizi said that when he is not around, he will listen to the Shizi for everything!
After a pause, Zhu Xing asked respectfully: "Concubine Shizi, do you want to set up an ambush in advance?"
Nangong Yue pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement. There was a flash of light in her dark eyes, and she murmured: "This person dares to act like this when he knows that it is Bi Xiaotang, but he is afraid that he doesn't care about our ambush at all."
The mysterious person behind the scenes acted boldly and carefully, unexpectedly, since he proposed to exchange hostages, he must have already planned it out.
Zhu Xing's face became more serious, he hesitated to speak, and finally retreated with fists in his hands. He still has a lot of preparations to do, but there is not much time left for him.
According to the time written on the letter paper, the exchange of hostages will be on the second watch tonight, and the time is very rushed. Obviously, the other party does not intend to give them too much time to prepare, and the other party also requires that there are no more than three people in Bixiaotang.
Zhu Xing decisively dispatched several hidden guards, and asked four of them to ambush at the place where the hostages were exchanged, and then took the rest of a man and a woman to the back mountain dungeon, and personally brought that Carrero out.
Now Carrero must not lose!
Several people put Carrero, whose hands were shackled and blindfolded, into a carriage and drove all the way to the north of the city. At this moment, the sky had already completely darkened, and the cold silver moon cast a faint light. Dimly illuminate the way forward.
A car and a horse galloped through the streets of Luoyue City. After half an hour, they arrived at the agreed alley. There was still a cup of tea time before the agreed time, and there were already people in the alley—a small alley. figure. Zhu Xing, who was driving the carriage, had a bad feeling right now.
Sure enough, it was a little beggar. The shivering little boy wrapped in a tattered cloak gave Zhu Xing a letter, asking him to go to the next location, Shili Pavilion outside the North City Gate.
At this time, the gate of the city had already been closed, but for Zhu Xing, it was easy to get out of the city with the token of the son, and this was obviously also in the calculation of the other party.
Zhu Xing's complexion was extremely ugly, but there was nothing he could do. He immediately turned around in his carriage and walked out from the North City Gate all the way to the north.
After a stick of incense, the chariots and horses arrived at Shili Pavilion. Not far away, a small river shimmered in the moonlight, and the surrounding area was flat and vast. At a glance, one could see that there was no one around for a mile, only a small boat on the river was quiet. Floating quietly on the water, he couldn't help but attract the attention of Zhu Xing and others.
There was no one in the boat, only a letter and a clairvoyance. The handwriting on the letter was very familiar, and it came from that mysterious person.
There were a few words in the letter, asking them to put Carrero on the boat with a cup of tea, then untie the rope on the boat, and let the boat go with the current.
But what about Jiang Yixi? !
Just as Zhu Xing was thinking, he heard the female secret guard exclaim in a low voice: "Butler Zhu, look there!"
In the upstream direction of the small river, about a hundred feet away, a small boat was moored on the other side of the river. An oil lamp was lit on the small boat, so that people could see the position of the small boat at a glance in the dark, and even faintly see the small boat. Inside lay a woman in a blue dress.
Now Zhu Xing understood what the clairvoyance was for, he picked up the clairvoyance and looked in the direction of the other Xiaozhou Ye.
At a glance, I was sure that it was Jiang Yixi.
From her slightly moving nose, she was sure that she was breathing and she was still alive.
Without further hesitation, Zhu Xing asked the two hidden guards to put Carrero on the boat in front of them, then untied the rope and let the boat float away.
Almost in the next moment, a silver light flashed, and the rope of another small boat broke, and the small boat swayed towards this side along the current.
One leaf boat is getting farther and farther away from them, and the other leaf boat is getting closer and closer to them
It was almost midnight when the unconscious Jiang Yixi was brought back to Bixiao Hall by Zhu Xing and the others.
The Bixiao Hall was still brightly lit, Jiang Yixi was temporarily placed in a small courtyard, and Nangong Yue came here as quickly as possible after hearing the news.
It wasn't until Nangong Yue took the pulse of the unconscious Jiang Yixi that she breathed a sigh of relief, and followed her with a gesture, Baihui opened the medicine box and took out a needle pack
With Baihui's assistance, Nangong Yue skillfully gave Jiang Yixi the needle, and then she thought about looking at Zhu Xing.
Zhu Xing recounted everything that happened during the hostage exchange, and finally said: "Concubine Shizi, when we pull Mrs. Han's small boat to our side and want to chase Carrero again, his leaf Suddenly the boat was overturned from the water, Carrero fell into the water, and the hidden guards also went into the water to search, but they couldn't find anyone." The person behind the scenes is really as cunning as a fox!
Nangong Yue listened calmly, without showing any disappointment, which was already in her expectation. Since the other party dared to make this request, it showed that he had full confidence in his heart
"Well"
At this moment, Jiang Yixi who was on the bed suddenly let out a low moan.
"Sister Xi!" Nangong Yue blurted out, and hurriedly looked at Jiang Yixi.
Seeing that the imperial concubine couldn't care about him anymore, Zhu Xing bowed and retreated directly.
On the bed, Jiang Yixi's long eyelashes fluttered like cicada's wings, and then slowly opened his eyes, his pupils were in a daze, as if he was wondering where he was.
When Jiang Yixi saw Nangong Yue's familiar face, his pupils shrank slightly, showing surprise, "Sister Yue!" Why did she only sleep for one night, and sister Yue appeared
Jiang Yixi rubbed her forehead, feeling a little groggy.
Baihui hurriedly supported Jiang Yixi to sit up, and stuffed a big pillow behind her.
"Sister Xi, it's okay, don't worry, let's talk slowly." Nangong Yue comforted Jiang Yixi's emotions, "Sister Xi, can you tell me who kidnapped you at the post station in Fengxian City? "
"Abducted?" Jiang Yixi's complexion changed slightly, she looked at Nangong Yue in surprise, "Sister Yue, what do you mean? I was abducted?"
Nangong Yue's heart sank. It seems that Sister Xi has been in a coma since the moment she was taken away and never woke up.
Nangong Yue calmed down, and first reminded: "Sister Xi, it is midnight on the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month."
When she said this, Jiang Yixi's pretty face became even paler. The twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month is almost over, but her memory still stays at the inn in Fengxian City on the twenty-first night of the twelfth lunar month..
My memory disappeared for three days, so where was I for these three days? ! just in case
Thinking about it, the blood on Jiang Yixi's face was almost gone, Nangong Yue hurriedly held her hand, and said with certainty: "Sister Xi, you are fine. You were just drugged and unconscious for three days."
Hearing this, Jiang Yixi breathed a sigh of relief, finally calmed down a bit, and said to herself in her heart, yes, there is nothing wrong with her body, don't scare yourself.
After letting go, Jiang Yixi only felt a wave of tiredness, and yawned lazily, with a look of tiredness that couldn't be concealed between his brows and eyes.
Nangong Yue said with a smile: "Sister Xi, you have been drugged. You should be a little tired these days, and you will recover after a few days of recuperation."
During the speech, a tempting smell of food came from behind, and soon someone came in with a tray. On the tray, a large celadon flower bowl and two or three small plates were steaming white.
Nangong Yue hurriedly said again: "Sister Xi, you must be hungry because you haven't eaten for three days. I asked the kitchen to cook some shredded chicken porridge. You should eat some porridge before resting."
Jiang Yixi thanked Nangong Yue, and under the service of a little maid, he began to eat porridge in a gentle manner on the small table placed on the couch.
Nangong Yue was going to say goodbye, but the moment she was about to get up, she saw a finger-sized lump on the skin on the side of Jiang Yixi's neck out of the corner of her eye.
This is
Nangong Yue took a closer look, but saw that the skin on Jiang Yixi's neck was smooth and flat as usual.
Could it be that I am tired these days, so my eyes are blurred
Nangong Yue thought, and glanced at Jiang Yixi's neck again, and suddenly remembered something that she found when checking Baiyue's history a few days ago, and her pupils shrank for a moment.
Could it be
Nangong Yue's heartbeat quickened a few times, but her expression remained calm.
After Jiang Yixi finished her porridge, she smiled nonchalantly: "Sister Xi, shall I give you a pulse?"
She spoke naturally, and Jiang Yixi didn't notice anything wrong, she just thought that Nangong Yue was asking her for a peace pulse, and immediately stretched out her right wrist kindly. But Haitang and Baihui at the side knew that Nangong Yue had checked Jiang Yixi's pulse once, and vaguely felt that something was not easy.
Nangong Yue put her fingers on Jiang Yixi's slender wrist again. After pondering for a moment, she calmly withdrew her hand, told Jiang Yixi to rest well, and then left with Baihui and Haitang.
The moment Nangong Yue exited the inner room and walked to the main room, her complexion suddenly changed, and there was a look of solemnity in her expression.
She was too careless, she didn't realize that Sister Xi had been poisoned just now, and she still—
Gu poison!
Moreover, she couldn't cure the poison.
It is precisely because she is not good at Gu poison that she failed to discover that Jiang Yixi had been poisoned by Gu poison at the first time.
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue's eyes instantly became extremely dark.
She ignored it!
According to the books she read about Baiyue a few days ago, there is a large rainforest in the southwest of Baiyue, where not only are there all kinds of strange snakes, insects, rats and ants, but also hide a few small clans that are good at raising Gu.
Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Take a hundred insects and put them in a urn, and after years of opening, one insect will eat all the insects. This is called Gu."
Gu is equal to the king of all insects, and there are many types, each with its own characteristics, and it can change even infinitely. It is completely different from the medicine and poison in the Central Plains.
In Dayu's history, there are many books that mention Gu, but they basically demonize it. I don't know what it is. The real Gu is mostly a secret passed down by word of mouth between master and apprentice.
Unexpectedly, the mysterious person behind the scenes is proficient in Gu art.
The more Nangong Yue thought about it, the heavier her heart became. When she walked into the yard, she suddenly stopped and asked, "Baihui, go ask Zhu Xing, the night when Bai Yi was rescued, who were killed?" Where is the body of your bodyguard now?"