"Your Majesty, after all, it is very inconvenient to be in the camp, so I want to take my elder brother back to Lin'an first, lest we can't follow everyone's speed when the big army returns to Lin'an, we can go slower on the way if we start earlier .”
This time, due to the incidents in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the hunt was delayed for seven or eight days. Yan Huai and all the officials in the court must not leave the capital for too long, and it is time to return to the capital in two or three days. Although Ta Bahong woke up Speaking of recuperating and nourishing, the conditions in the camp are limited after all, so Tuoba Hong doesn't want to delay, anyway, it's fine to stay in the camp, it's better to leave for Beijing earlier, but if you follow the big army, Ta Bahong's current body will not It cannot keep up with the speed of the large army.
Tuoba Wu took the initiative to mention it, but Yan Huai couldn't refuse it directly, but he was afraid of another accident, "The prince's body may be able to withstand the fatigue of the horses and horses? If you leave for a few more days, it's okay for you to walk behind .”
Tuoba Wu said, "I asked Qin Wan. The elder brother's wound has scabbed over. As long as the road slows down, it will be fine. It's not about anything else, it's just that the tent is shabby. The elder brother has had a terrible appetite these days. I think Prepare some meals for him in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but we can't find the ingredients, and the tent is damp and cold, there are too many people in the camp, there are too many noises, and it is not suitable for recuperation."
The corners of Yan Huai's lips curved slightly, "Since Jiu Yatou said yes, that's fine, I will send someone to escort you back!"
Tuoba Wu hurriedly said, "It is enough for the emperor to send a team of troops to lead the way to guard the road, and our own people are also enough."
Yan Huai didn't want Ta Bahong to have another accident, so he responded first, but he planned to send more people to Ta Bahong, and asked, "When do you plan to leave?"
Tuoba Wu said, "We will set off early tomorrow morning. We walked for two days when we came. We may have to walk for four days when we go back. At that time, the emperor will return to the capital."
Yan Huai nodded, "Okay, then I will let Zhao Yu follow you."
Tuoba Wu nodded his thanks, and then he left the big tent, Yan Huai called Yuan Qing to give instructions.
When Qin Wan arrived in Tuoba Hong's tent again, Tuoba Wu was talking to Tuoba Hong. Seeing Qin Wan coming, Tuoba Wu stood up and said, "We have agreed with the emperor, and we will leave early tomorrow morning."
Qin Wan smiled and nodded, holding a few medicine packs in her hand, "The medicine for drinking here and the medicine for trauma are all ready. The medicine must not be broken in the next few days, and you must not be in a hurry on the road."
Tuoba Wu took it and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I know everything about it."
Qin Wan said again, "I heard that the emperor sent an imperial doctor to accompany him?"
"Yes, the emperor is afraid that something will go wrong on our way."
Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief, "It couldn't be better."
Tuo Bahong leaned against the head of the bed, and after resting for another day, his complexion regained a bit of vitality, "I've troubled Miss Nine. When I return to the capital, Ta Bahong will be very grateful."
Qin Wan only said, "Prince, don't worry about it. He needs to take care of his health along the way." Then he turned to Tuoba Wu and said, "Does His Highness Fifth go back with the others?"
Tuoba Wu nodded, "Yes, we will go back together, and the fifth younger brother is also responsible for escorting the eldest brother."
A cloud of haze flashed across Qin Wan's eyes, but he didn't say anything after all, he explained a few words to Tuoba Wu and walked out.
Knowing that Tuo Bahong had to go first, the Queen Mother was also very concerned, and hurriedly sent Nanny Chen to Tuo Bahong's place to ask if there was anything she could help with. She wanted to arrange a few maidservants to accompany her to take care of her, but Tuo Bawu herself also had a problem. Maid, forget it.
In the Queen Mother's big tent, Yan Li was bored and played Reversi with Yan Sui.
The square outside was full of gongs and drums, and today was a sunny day. It seemed that we would go hunting in the mountains later. The Queen Mother looked at Yan Li and said, "Why don't you go out to play? What are you doing in the tent?"
Yan Li stretched her waist, "Grandmother, it's not like you don't know me. I just do things like join in the fun once or twice. I'm tired of making noise all day long."
The queen mother smiled helplessly, "I'm afraid you don't like the desertedness in the wilderness, and you miss your pink friends in the capital..."
Yan Sui looked up at Yan Li eagerly, as if he was asking what a confidante is.
Yan Li coughed lightly, and said, "Grandmother thinks too much of me."
The queen mother snorted, "You are not presumptuous enough? When I return to the capital, I will let your father find a way to marry you!"
Yan Li shook his hands, and looked up at the Queen Mother helplessly, "Grandmother, Seventh Brother is not married yet, why did you make plans for me first?" He glanced at Qin Wan who was not far away.
Qin Wan heard Yan Li's words, but Ba Feng didn't even look at him.
The Queen Mother continued to snort, "Your Seventh Brother has ideas, but you have a loose temper. What can you do if you go on like this? It's better to get married early and have someone to accompany your mother."
Yan Li propped her chin up with one hand, "Mother doesn't want to be accompanied."
The Empress Dowager looked at Qin Wan helplessly and said, "Did you see that, you haven't been serious all day long!"
Qin Wan made tea and sent it to the Queen Mother, and said with a smile, "Your Highness also has an idea, don't worry, maybe His Highness hasn't met the one he likes yet?"
The queen mother snorted coldly while drinking the tea made by Qin Guan, "If he wants to meet the person he likes, when will he have to wait?"
Qin Wan smiled but said nothing, turned his eyes, and saw that Yan Li was still playing chess with Yan Sui, but he didn't seem to be moved by the Queen Mother's words at all, Qin Wan sighed, although it was not a day since he knew Yan Li, and He and Yan Chi had a good relationship, and he was also a playful and unassuming person, but Qin Wan looked at him from this direction, but it seemed that he couldn't see through him.
Because he had to leave the next day, Qin Wan took the last pulse at night for Tuo Bahong, and everyone was relieved when he saw that there was no abnormality after the pulse. ?”
Tuo Bahong hurriedly said, "I've been taking medicine for the past few days, and I'm already much better."
Qin Wan said conveniently, "Do you need me to take another look?"
Tuo Bahong didn't talk about it before he woke up, but now that he woke up, he had to take off his clothes if he wanted to see the injury, so naturally it was inconvenient, Ta Bahong didn't expect that Qin Wan didn't mind at all, so he took the initiative to bring it up.
Ta Bahong thought for a while and then untied the front, "Ninth girl is very skilled in medicine, it's best for you to see for yourself, I just need to trouble you."
Qin Wan shook her head, looked at the wound first, and then looked at the bruises on his body. With this look, many questions arose in her mind. The injuries on Ta Bahong's body were still varying in color. But how is this possible
Ta Bahong was pushed down into the mountain stream, and after that, Ta Bahong himself only woke up once, but he couldn't move. It was impossible for him to inflict new injuries on himself.
"Ninth girl, what's wrong?"
Tuo Bahong asked while tying his coat belt, Qin Wan came back to his senses and shook his head, "The injuries are recovering, Your Highness need not worry."
After saying that, Qin Wan said goodbye and walked out.
Tuo Bahong was leaving tomorrow, and she always had a question in her heart, which came again tonight, but this question was as unsolvable as the scar on Ta Bahong's body, because Xu Chang was already dead.
As night fell, Qin Wan unconsciously walked towards Yan Chi's big tent.
When the case was solved, Yan Chi was no longer in the tent. At this moment, if he was not on the square, he should be in his own tent. Qin Wan didn't care so much, and went to Yan Chi's big tent first.
When they arrived at the tent, they saw the guards guarding outside, and they were shocked when they saw Qin Wan coming.
"Meet the Princess—"
Although there is no imperial decree yet, Yan Huai has already informed the officials, and the guards around Yan Chi are the quickest to respond. Qin Wan glanced at the lighted tent door, "Is Your Highness inside?"
As soon as the words fell, Bai Feng lifted the curtain and came out, "The princess is here! Your Highness invites you in!"
Qin Wan nodded, and then entered the tent.
In the tent, Yan Chi was sitting in the main seat, with several letters on the long table in front of him, seeing Qin Wan's approach, he couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of his lips, "Why are you here?"
Qin Wan avoided meeting him in private.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, wanting to pull her over. Qin Wan glanced at the door, then walked up to him and put his hand in his palm. He thought Yan Chi just wanted to hold her hand, but just now he held her hand. Yan Chi suddenly pulled her into his arms, Qin Guan whispered and wanted to sit upright, but Yan Chi hugged her on his lap and held her down. She has a slender waist, how can she get up again
"Bai Feng and the others are outside, don't worry!"
Seeing her anxious brows furrowed tightly, Yan Chi couldn't help flicking between her brows, "Why are you here?"
Qin Wan glared at Yan Chi, and then relaxed. Anyway, there was no one in the tent, so he hugged her, and she said with a slightly serious face, "There is no proof of Xu Chang's death, but there are still two questions that have not been resolved. Always a little uneasy."
Yan Chi waited for her to continue, and Qin Wan said, "You know about the scar before, and one more thing, it is the injury on Prince Tuoba's body. After Prince Tuoba was rescued that day, I immediately drew an arrow to save him. I never touched him, and when I looked at him three days later, I found that the bruises on his body were of different shades."
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, "You mean to say that his injuries were suffered back and forth?"
Qin Wan nodded, "When I thought about this at the time, I found it unbelievable. In addition, he had several abrasions that had begun to fester. I'm not quite sure. Sometimes the injury is serious, and the color will be darker. In the light places, the color should be lighter, but it is not easy to use this to judge the time difference before and after the injury. Just now I was worried and went to see the injury of Prince Tuoba, and found that even the same degree of scars on his shoulders and backs had healed The speed difference."
"So are you sure?"
Qin Wan exhaled, "Yes, especially for a few bruises, the ointment used is the same, and the healing time should be about the same, but I just went to see it, but there are still some obvious gaps, and there are more than one. After careful examination, most of the bruises with abrasions have not healed completely."
Yan Chi thought for a while, and his expression became calm, "The bruise was caused by him being dragged and fell down the mountain stream!"
Knowing that Yan Chi understood what he meant, Qin Wan looked at him and said, "After Xu Chang killed His Highness the Crown Prince, he must have known that everyone would come to look for the Crown Prince. If he wanted to destroy the corpse, he should have killed the Crown Prince at that time. His Highness pushed him down the mountain stream, but according to the injury, it should be at least two hours later."
"His Royal Highness didn't see you until half past the hour, that is, when they had just separated, two hours later, it was half past the unitary hour. At that time, everyone else had already returned, only Tuoba Rui and the other guards were left. Come back, is Xu Chang worried about killing Tuo Bahong, so he went back and pushed His Royal Highness into the mountain stream at that time?"
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, and raised his jaw slightly, "Xu Chang is not such a person. He has precise archery skills, and just hit Ta Bahong's heart with one arrow. He shot fiercely, and he is confident enough in his archery skills. What's more, he got off his horse and checked whether Ta Bahong was dead. At that time, he must have thought that Ta Bahong was dead before leaving. If he found that Ta Bahong was not dead, he would definitely shoot an arrow. If you want to destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces, you will do it at that time."
Qin Wan also thought so in his heart, "That's why I feel something is wrong. I think so after seeing Prince Tuoba's injury just now. Besides, do you still remember what Xu Chang said when he died?"
In this way, Yan Chi also thought of it, when Xu Chang died, there was more than one person who said he wanted to harm Ta Bahong!
He knew the details of Ta Bahong's murder!
"The person who shoots arrows is not the same person as the person who pushes the crown prince to the mountain stream."
Qin Wan nodded, "Xu Chang is the one who shoots the arrow, but someone else is the one who shoots the arrow."
So it makes sense! Yan Chi continued, "Although Xu Chang said those words, he didn't name them. Firstly, he may not be sure of the murderer's identity. Secondly, he is afraid that he wants the remaining person to kill Ta Bahong. .”
If Xu Chang was so ruthless, Yan Chi could understand their thoughts better than Qin Wan.
"Tuo Bahong went back this time, even if Tuoba Qi knew the news in advance, there was nothing he could do, unless he directly conspired against him, but in that case, if he failed, he would have nowhere to go, and if Ta Bahong died in Da Zhou, he would have nothing to do It's different, without Tuoba Hong personally confronting, and Tuoba Qi is in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he has many ways to turn black and white in front of the Northern Wei emperor."
Qin Wan has only seen many tragedies caused by fraternal struggles among the people, but she has never understood the struggles of the royal family. Now that Yan Chi is talking about it, she can't help but feel chills. However, the struggle of the royal family involves rebellion and mutiny at every turn. Once it happens, countless innocent people will be involved, and there will be a mountain of blood and blood.
"Then if it's not Xu Chang, who is the other person?"
There was a sneer on the corner of Yan Chi's lips, "The Fourth Highness of the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted to kill Tuo Bahong, didn't the Fifth Highness not want to? At that time, there were only Tuoba Rui and the rest of the guards on the mountain, but with Ta Bahong's guards, But was later sent back by Tuoba Rui to report, he made such an arrangement, if he didn’t think about it, nothing would happen, but after thinking about it, he felt a little profound.”
"You mean... it was Tuoba Rui who found Tuoba Hong and wanted to destroy him?"
Yan Chi pondered for a moment, "I guess, when Tuo Ba Rui found Tuo Ba Hong, he probably found that he was not dead yet, and he only had his bow and arrow in his hands. If he made another knife at this time, it would reveal his identity, so He simply put lures on Ta Bahong, see him push down the mountain stream, and when he finds Ta Bahong in a few days, he has already been eaten by wild beasts."
Qin Wan felt chills in her heart, she suddenly thought of the deep and gloomy side face of Tuoba Rui she saw last night, such Tuoba Rui made him feel a chill.
He was watching Ta Bahong quietly at that time, what was he thinking
"It's a pity that there is no proof of Xu Chang's death. Unless he can find a direct relationship between that mark and Tuoba Rui, he will definitely blame Xu Chang for everything, and he himself is safe and sound."
"He'll do it again—"
Yan Chi spoke in a deep voice.
Qin Wan looked at him, and Yan Chi said, "Tuoba Wu now hates Tuoba Qi with all his heart, and is thinking of going back to the Northern Wei Dynasty to take care of him. If Ta Bahong dies due to some accident at this time, then Xu Chang will become the real scapegoat." Lamb, Tuoba Rui and Tuoba Wu returned to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the two joined forces to defeat Tuoba Qi, and at that time, Tuoba Wu will probably have to thank Tuoba Rui for helping him ascend the throne."
Qin Wan was surprised, how dare Tuoba Rui come again? Failed to commit a crime once, and escaped by chance, if she is Tuoba Rui, she should stick to this secret as if nothing happened.
Yan Chi saw the surprised look on Qin Wan's face. He brushed Qin Wan's cheek and raised his lips, "You still don't understand Tuoba Rui's intentions. In order to win the throne, since he can do it for the first time, he can do it for the first time." The second time, but this second time, he has to do it more discreetly, and even if there is a very small possibility that it is not Tuoba Rui, the other person will not really give up, no matter that person is for the four Your Highness is still for the other princes of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat, but what she said was 100% true!
There is a murderer on the surface, and it is best for Ta Bahong to die accidentally now!
"They're leaving early tomorrow morning..."
Yan Chi knew about this, and he didn't pay attention to it at first, but Qin Wan came to look for him tonight, and after hearing these words, his face showed a bit of thought, "The other person probably wants to do something on the road."
They had to walk for four days and rest for three nights on the way, and Tuoba Wu and the warriors of the Northern Wei Dynasty thought that no one would kill Ta Bahong, so the other murderer was really easy to catch!
"Then I'll go to Princess Tuoba immediately and talk about it?"
Yan Chi shook his head, "No hurry, let them go."
Qin Wan rolled his eyes and understood Yan Chi's thoughts, "Okay, then let them go." He sighed, "I didn't expect two murderers to kill Ta Bahong this time."
Yan Chi took Qin Wan's hand and put it on his lips and kissed it, "You must not understand the bloody and complicated battle for succession. Assassination is already the most direct method."
Qin Wan nodded, and Yan Chi bit her fingertips.
"You don't have to worry, I will arrange it tomorrow."