Chu Zhong was driving the carriage, while Aunt Guo and Jiang Yanyi were sitting in it. Seeing that the situation was not good, he quickly whipped the horse whip and shouted, "Protect the young master and young lady!"
The horses pulling the cart had reached their maximum speed and were unable to completely avoid the carriage in the alley when it came crashing down upon them.
Jiang Yanyi was also frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. She reflexively pushed Chu Yangui towards Aunt Guo: "Aunt, take Yangui out!"
The carriage that rushed over knocked over all the stalls at the entrance of the alley. If the inertia had hit their carriage, the people in the carriage would have been injured or killed.
Chu Yangui's face turned pale. He stretched out his hand to grab Jiang Yanyi's sleeve, but his grasp was empty. At that moment, his eyes were full of pleading and vulnerability: "Sister!"
Without saying a word, Aunt Guo jumped off the carriage holding Chu Yangui. She was good at martial arts, so she protected Chu Yangui and rolled on the ground twice before releasing the force, but her arm was still broken.
Jiang Yanyi was in the carriage. As Chu Zhong tried hard to turn his horse around to avoid the carriage, she felt the whole carriage was spinning. If she hadn't held on tightly to the crossbar at the window, she would have been thrown out of the carriage.
Just as a horse-drawn carriage rushed out from the alley and was about to hit them, the horse pulling the carriage was suddenly chopped off its head by someone with a knife. The horse's head fell to the ground, blood gushed out, and the horse fell straight on the street.
The carriage behind him dragged for a distance due to inertia and only stopped when it ran over the horse's body.
The driver lost his balance and fell forward, lying in a pool of horse blood, his face and body in a mess.
Tick, tick, tick.
Blood was still dripping from the tip of the sword in Feng Shuo's hand. There were a lot of blood stains on his cold face and the black robe embroidered with dark red蟠螭纹. The murderous intent in his eyes was sharper than the sword in his hand.
When he discovered something was wrong, he immediately cut the reins of his carriage and rode his horse forward to stop the assassination.
The driver was obviously frightened. His legs were trembling and he looked at Feng Shuo in horror. He couldn't even stand up and backed away using his hands and feet.
Feng Shuo took a step forward and stabbed down with the sword in his hand, hitting the driver's thigh. The driver held his leg and howled in pain, with veins bulging on his neck.
Xing Yao rushed over with several guards, and Feng Shuo said coldly: "Take him back and torture him to extract a confession."
The driver was quickly tied up and dragged away.
Feng Shuo then walked towards the carriage where Jiang Yanyi was. When he lifted the curtain, he saw Jiang Yanyi still holding the crossbar of the window tightly with both hands. His face was pale, and it was obvious that he had not yet recovered from the shock.
He felt as if something had stabbed his heart, and tried to soften his tone and said, "It's okay."
Jiang Yanyi nodded, her hands and feet still a little weak. When she saw Feng Shuo extending his hand to her, she handed it over.
She staggered when she stood up and fell into Feng Shuo's arms.
Feng Shuo pressed his hand firmly on Jiang Yanyi's back and repeated in a calm tone: "It's okay."
I don't know if he was talking to Jiang Yanyi or to himself.
Jiang Yanyi also recovered. She staggered just now simply because she had been sitting in the carriage for too long and the road was bumpy, which caused her legs to be weak.
Feng Shuo was always a man who never showed his joy in front of outsiders, but at this moment she could clearly feel his panic.
Jiang Yanyi felt her heart soften, and she replied, "I'm fine."
Feng Shuo still didn't let go and directly carried her down from the car.
Aunt Guo broke her arm and couldn't help Chu Yangui up, so two guards from Feng Mansion helped him over.
The wound on his leg had healed, but the bone inside had not yet grown fully. He had never stood before, and the first time he stood up, his knees felt like they were being pricked by needles. After only a few steps, his forehead was already covered with sweat.
“Sister…” Chu Yangui saw Feng Shuo hugging Jiang Yanyi and thought she was injured, his eyes looked extremely painful.
Chu Zhong knew that Chu Yangui's leg injury prevented him from standing, so he quickly took out the wheelchair from the carriage and let him sit.
Jiang Yanyi was embarrassed to be intimate with Feng Shuo in front of his brother, so he pinched Feng Shuo's stiff arm and signaled him to let her go, but Feng Shuo ignored him and only said to Chu Yangui: "She is not injured."
Jiang Yanyi nodded in agreement and asked Chu Yangui, "Are you hurt?"
He looked so pale that he didn't look like he was uninjured.
Chu Yangui shook his head: "I'm fine, but Aunt Guo broke her arm to protect me."
They couldn't go to Ruyi Tower, so they returned home. There was a ready-made doctor in Feng Mansion. Jiang Yanyi saw that Chu Yangui's forehead was sweating profusely in the carriage, and was worried that he had injured his bones again when he forced himself to stand up. Aunt Guo also needed to see a doctor, so they went to Feng Mansion together.
The doctor at Feng Mansion first set Aunt Guo's bones before examining Chu Yangui's injuries.
The doctor asked Chu Yangui to lift up his trouser legs. There was floor heating in Feng Mansion, so he didn't have to worry about being cold.
Seeing that Jiang Yanyi had no intention of avoiding suspicion, the doctor thought that they were siblings, so he didn't say anything. But Chu Yangui seemed a little embarrassed: "Sister, go wait for me outside."
Boys and girls over the age of seven sit at different tables, and even if they are siblings, they still need to avoid each other on weekdays. Chu Zhong has always been the one who changes the medicine on Chu Yangui's leg. Except for the time when his wound festered, Jiang Yanyi has never seen the wound on his leg.
She still trusted Jiang Yanyi, the doctor in Feng Mansion. Seeing that Chu Yangui was very reluctant to let her stay in the room, she stood up and said, "I'm outside. Just call me if you need anything."
Chu Yangui nodded, and Chu Zhong also said, "Don't worry, Miss. I'll be watching inside the house."
Jiang Yanyi then left the room.
Feng Shuo went to interrogate the driver personally. She was under the eaves, looking at the gray sky and the heavy snow falling like goose feathers, feeling a little dazed.
There must be a mastermind behind this accident, but I don’t know if it is the emperor or someone else.
In the room.
After Chu Yangui lifted up his trouser legs, the doctor in Feng Mansion knew why he wanted Jiang Yanyi to leave.
The wound healed, but his knees were covered with hideous scars, which made me feel sick just by looking at them. And his calves showed signs of muscle atrophy, which was totally disproportionate to his thighs.
The doctor pressed the area below Chu Yangui's knee and asked him, "Does it hurt?"
Chu Yangui shook his head, his eyes dim.
He had discovered earlier that he had almost no feeling below his calves, and knew that he would undoubtedly be a useless person in this life. He was afraid that Jiang Yanyi would be sad, so he kept the fact that he had no feeling in his legs a secret from Jiang Yanyi.
However, his calves had become noticeably smaller due to muscle atrophy, and he felt sick just looking at them.
The doctor took a silver needle and inserted it into that place. Chu Yangui's legs twitched uncontrollably. The doctor continued to ask: "What about now?"
Chu Yangui said: "It hurts a little."
The doctor nodded and pressed the acupuncture point on the inner upper side of his knee. Before he asked, Chu Yangui groaned, "It hurts."
The doctor's face was a little serious. He pulled out the silver needle below the knee and said, "Many tendons and veins in my young man's leg have already died, but he has not completely lost sensation. It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. You must not exert any more force on your leg until the bone heals. As for walking like a normal person, I'm afraid it's hopeless in this lifetime..."
Chu Yangui interrupted the doctor and said, "Just tell me whether these two crippled legs will kill me."
The doctor said, "That won't happen."
After getting this answer, Chu Yangui curled the corners of his lips as if it didn't matter: "That's enough."
Chu Zhong felt uncomfortable seeing him like this and turned his eyes away.
The doctor wrote a prescription and went out to boil the medicine. He said that after giving Chu Yangui the medicine, he would then perform acupuncture on his calves, which would relieve muscle atrophy to a certain extent.
When there was no one else in the room, Chu Yangui said to Chu Zhong, "Uncle Zhong, don't tell my sister."
Chu Zhong really loves these two children. He said, "It's not a good idea to keep it a secret. The young lady will find out one day."
Chu Yangui said, "Sister is already worried enough about Ruyi Tower and the noodle shop, I don't want to add to her troubles. Besides, the doctor can't do anything about my crippled legs, so what can Sister do?"
Chu Zhong knew that what Chu Yangui said made sense, so he finally agreed and half squatted down to help him put down his trouser legs.
Chu Yangui held the armrest of the chair tightly, his eyes full of paranoia and hostility: "I will avenge my mother. I will not let anyone who harmed my sister go, and I will live well until all those people are dead."
If he hadn't been going out today, he wouldn't have encountered this assassination.
Chu Yangui hated himself, but he hated even more those maggots hiding in the gutter, ready to harm people at any time!
***
The sky was gloomy, and the dungeon in Feng Mansion was even darker, with only scarlet flames spitting out of the brazier.
Several branding irons had been burned red in the brazier. The driver was tied to the rack with his head tilted to one side and his body covered with scars from being whipped.
"Master, the person has fainted." Xing Yao said to Feng Shuo after going forward to check.
Feng Shuo's face was grim. He made a gesture and a jailer immediately poured a bucket of cold water with ice chips on the driver. After the driver was woken up by the water, he was breathing in more than out.
"I will ask you one last time, who ordered you to do this?" Feng Shuo's tone was even colder than the flying snow in the severe winter.
The driver looked like a coward, but he kept his mouth shut. Even though he was almost dead, he still refused to speak: "No one ordered me to do this. I frightened the horse..."
Seeing Feng Shuo's face becoming increasingly gloomy, Xing Yao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He said, "Master, this man is begging for death. We can no longer torture him. I will come to interrogate him tomorrow..."
Feng Shuo smiled coldly: "Feng Shiyan's dogs are really loyal. If you dare to hurt a finger of my princess for Jiang Yanxi, I will chop off Jiang Yanxi's entire hand!"
When the driver heard the words "Jiang Yanxi", his eyelids finally moved, and a slightly sarcastic look appeared on his face: "A bunch of traitors who are plotting to usurp the throne are not worthy of mentioning the princess."
Feng Shuo's eyes changed slightly. He had heard Jiang Yanyi talk about the plot of the original book a long time ago and knew that Jiang Yanxi was a princess of the previous dynasty.
The current Daxuan Dynasty is already in chaos enough, and he does not want to let people from the previous dynasty get involved and make the water more muddy. Not to mention that Minister Jiang is now in the hands of Emperor Feng Shiyan. Without Minister Jiang's evidence, Jiang Yanxi may not believe that she is a princess of the previous dynasty. Just expecting her to poison Emperor Feng Shiyan, given Feng Shiyan's suspicion, the chances of Jiang Yanxi succeeding in poisoning is pitifully small.
The best option is to keep the person in hand and use him to restrain Feng Shiyan.
The driver dragged on until now and suddenly revealed Jiang Yanxi's identity as a princess of the previous dynasty. It was obvious that he was no longer worried about Jiang Yanxi's safety.
Feng Shuo understood something in an instant, and ordered Xing Yao with a cold look, "Lead the troops to Pipa Lane immediately!"
In Xizhou, apart from the big prison near the government office, the only dungeon that can hold people is the dungeon of the Protectorate.
The Grand Empress Dowager was at home, and Feng Shuo didn't dare to take the risk of locking her up in the dungeon, fearing that she would be desperate and kidnap the Grand Empress Dowager.
After someone attempted a prison break, Feng Shuo moved Jiang Yanxi to a new place.
The other party has been lurking for so long, obviously to find out the location where Jiang Yanxi is imprisoned. The assassination arranged today is simply a move to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
When Xing Yao heard Feng Shuo's order, he turned around and walked out. However, before he could leave the dungeon, a personal guard rushed out and said, "Master, Pipa Alley was attacked! The prisoner was kidnapped!"
The driver who was tied to the rack laughed strangely: "When the princess recovers the Great Qi, all of you traitors will be killed without a burial place."
Feng Shuo's face showed no anger. He stroked the rim of the teacup with his fingertips and sneered, "There are less than 3,000 old subordinates from the previous dynasty. You may still have a chance to survive if you hide your head and show your tail. Restoring Da Qi? It's just a foolish dream."
Knowing that there were old subordinates of the previous dynasty outside the Great Wall, Feng Shuo would not take the initiative to provoke them. However, to avoid any eventuality, he still sent people to investigate early in the morning to find out the approximate number of people.
When the driver heard Feng Shuo could tell the number of former officials, his expression changed from contempt to fear: "How...how did you know that?"
Feng Shuo did not answer him, but stood up and left the dungeon. Xing Yao followed him and asked, "Master, what should we do with this man?"
Feng Shuo thought of the scene where he drove the carriage towards Jiang Yanyi, and his eyes were filled with infinite coldness: "Punish him to be torn apart by a chariot."
Even though Xing Yao's hands were stained with the blood of countless people, he couldn't help but shudder when he heard about such a punishment.
***
At this time, outside the main street of the Protectorate, a female itinerant doctor dressed in ordinary women's clothes looked at the Feng Mansion with a bit of pity in her eyes: "Guard Yu, take care."
The coachman was once an imperial guard of the previous dynasty.
Relying on her excellent medical skills, the female traveling doctor had been lurking in Xizhou City for more than a month. She usually went from street to street to see patients. She knew exactly who lived in which house and on which street. Therefore, after Feng Shuo moved to a new place to imprison Jiang Yanxi, she quickly determined the location.
"Aunt Fang, Xizhou will soon conduct a city-wide search. The princess has been rescued. Let's go back to the inn first." The man who followed the female doctor whispered.
The female itinerant doctor sighed, "I wonder if Xiaowu got the treasure map of the imperial mausoleum from the escort's daughter. The old fox Xing'an Hou won't protect us forever if he can't see the treasure map."
The man said, "It would be great if Aunt Fangqing was still here. She would always find a way to protect us."
When the female itinerant doctor heard the name, she looked at the high walls of Feng Mansion, and it was hard to tell whether there was resentment or regret in her eyes: "When I was selected to be a maid in the palace, she was only five years old. Later, she was sold to the Feng family as a maid to serve the crazy concubine. When the old villain Feng Zuo rebelled, it was thanks to her that she got the news and informed me in advance that the princess was replaced out of the palace. I thought I could see her again in this life, but she died in the hands of the King of Liaonan..."
Fang Qing, the chief palace maid beside the Grand Empress Dowager, was originally named Fang Qing and was her younger sister.
The female traveling doctor was once a maidservant beside the Empress Li of the previous dynasty, who was the successor of the fallen emperor Qi of the previous dynasty.
The founding emperor of the Daxuan Dynasty was Feng Zuo, also known as the previous emperor. Before he rebelled, he was the general of the previous dynasty. His wife did not die in childbirth, but because of her outstanding appearance, she was favored by the Emperor of Qi and forcibly abducted into the palace when he was away at war.
In order to save face, Feng Zuo announced to the public that his wife died of complications during childbirth.
Feng Zuo endured humiliation for more than ten years and worked hard to plan a rebellion, but the news eventually leaked out and the Emperor of Qi sent people to assassinate his only son.
In the same year, Feng Zuo's daughter-in-law, now the Empress Dowager, gave birth to Feng Zuo's grandson, the current Emperor Feng Shiyan. When Feng Zuo's first wife learned that her son had been assassinated, she chose to commit suicide.
After his first wife died, Feng Zuo became more determined to destroy the Great Qi. Later, he met Feng Shuo's mother, who looked exactly like his first wife, but was younger and more beautiful. He once treated Feng Shuo's mother as his first wife, deceiving himself that his first wife was not dead yet.
It was from that time that Fang Qing started taking care of Feng Shuo's mother.
The Emperor of Qi was incompetent and tyrannical. Empress Yuan died not long ago. Because people had been rumored that he was indulging in sensual pleasures, the Emperor of Qi married Empress Li, who was twenty years younger than him, as his successor in order to silence people.
Queen Li was plain-looking, and indeed had no beauty that could seduce the emperor. She and Minister Jiang had been childhood sweethearts, but the two families had a huge gap in social status. The Jiang family had already fallen into decline, and the Li family would not let their daughter marry down. Later, in order to gain enormous wealth, they sent their daughter to the palace.
At that time, Shangshu Jiang, who was still a commoner, married the fourth daughter of the Chu family at the discretion of his family.
The year Queen Li gave birth to Jiang Yanxi, Feng Zuo rebelled.
On the night when Jiang Yanxi was replaced, an imperial physician came to the palace to see Queen Li. In the imperial physician's medicine box was a baby who was to die in place of Jiang Yanxi. Jiang Yanxi was then put in the medicine box and taken out of the palace by the imperial physician.
Queen Li asked the imperial physician to find a good family to adopt her daughter, but the imperial physician died after leaving the palace. The former dynasty's former subordinates searched for Jiang Yanxi for many years, but they never expected that it was Minister Jiang who risked his life to secretly take the child back.
The female traveling doctor closed her eyes and stopped thinking about those absurd past events.
The man thought she was sad about Fang Qing's death, and said, "Don't be sad, Aunt Fang Qing, maybe Aunt Fang Qing has been giving the crazy concubine drugs, and the King of Liaonan has noticed it. When the princess recovers her country, she will kill the King of Liaonan to avenge Aunt Fang Qing!"
If it weren't for the control of drugs, the crazy concubine would not have remained crazy for so many years.
The female itinerant doctor looked calm: "The medicine I prescribed will not be noticed by anyone. After the crazy concubine took the medicine, she only recognized that girl. Her position has been stabilized, her wings have been strengthened, and she has more thoughts..."
After the former dynasty's old subordinates fled outside the Great Wall, they did not do nothing.
In the early years, the Empress Dowager went crazy and occasionally regained her sanity. They wanted to disintegrate the Daxuan Dynasty from within and let Daxuan fight among itself. A son who was full of hatred for the late emperor would be the best weapon.
So they drugged the Grand Concubine to keep going crazy, and Fang Qing fanned the flames. The late emperor himself was a worthless person, and Feng Shuo did not disappoint them, and successfully grew into a vassal king who could threaten the emperor.
After the Grand Empress Dowager left the palace, her move was actually useless. After all, she could no longer use her to stir up conflicts between Feng Shuo and the Emperor.
The female traveling doctor once sent a message asking Fang Qing to stop following the Grand Empress Dowager, saying that the Grand Empress Dowager had taken crazy drugs and was obedient to her words. As long as Fang Qing wanted to, it would not be difficult for her to leave.
But Fang Qing refused. At first, she thought Fang Qing had developed feelings for the Grand Empress Dowager after serving her for so many years. Later, when she heard that the Grand Empress Dowager had been crazy, she realized that Fang Qing had not stopped giving her medicine, and it was obvious that she had other intentions by following her around.
While the female itinerant doctor was thinking about this, the gate of the Feng Mansion opened, and a large number of armored guards quickly poured into the street. The man who followed the female itinerant doctor looked evasive and asked in panic, "Aunt, what should we do?"
The female itinerant doctor led him back calmly, only scolding the man in a low voice: "Don't show your feelings on your face."
The man nodded, but he couldn't help but secretly look at the army.
Xing Yao personally led his troops to Pipa Lane. Seeing that the man kept glancing at them with a shifty look, he looked quite suspicious, so he immediately shouted, "Stop."
The man froze instantly.
The author has something to say: I am still writing, I will scold the characters instead of the author, I am so happy qaq