The more amiable he was, the more frightened Jiu Zhu felt, especially when there was a dying person lying in front of him.
Looking down, there was a person lying between Jiu Zhu and Wen Qingzhu, it was Tao Baiwan.
Jiu Zhu had never seen dead people before, but he had never seen such a person slowly waiting to die.
He raised his eyes and looked at the sky. There was no moon tonight, but the stars were shining brightly. Unfortunately, they couldn't compare to the brightness of the moon.
It's dark around and there are mosquitoes.
They had been sitting here cross-legged for two hours, and Jiu Zhu couldn't sit still any longer: "Princess, you are still pregnant. Going to bed too late is not good for the child."
"It's okay, I'll just sleep during the day." It's not that Wen Qingzhu has to wait for Jiang Yuancheng's people to come, but she really doesn't feel sleepy now.
Jiu Zhu opened his mouth and finally chose to chant.
The sound of chanting sutras sounded in front of him, and Wen Qingzhu's mood calmed down.
Suddenly, Jiu Zhu suddenly opened his eyes, looked behind Wen Qingzhu with his eyes widened, raised his hand and said tremblingly: "Come on, come on, come on!"
Jiu Zhu stood up and wanted to run, but the next second a sword was placed across his neck. He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Hero, spare your life! Spare your life!"
Looking at the man in black in front of Jiuzhu, Wen Qingzhu knew that there was probably someone behind him.
She asked very calmly: "Master, why are you here late at night?"
"Where's that batch of gold?" A familiar and hoarse voice sounded from behind, and a smile suddenly appeared on Wen Qingzhu's face.
She calmly ordered: "Someone, go get the gold."
Green Tao, who was not far away, patiently left and brought a small box of gold over.
When he came to Wen Qingzhu, before he put down the box, he heard the person behind him speak again: "Wen Qingzhu! My patience has limits!"
"Really?" Wen Qingzhu was about to stand up when a knife fell on his shoulder. The blade gently broke off a few black hairs and fell to the ground along his shoulder.
So Wen Qingzhu wisely did not move anymore, and just told the people behind him the truth: "The gold is all here, there is so much, you can't take it away."
"Where?" The person behind him didn't talk nonsense.
Wen Qingzhu laughed softly: "It must have taken a lot of effort for you to get in."
Jiang Yuancheng behind him narrowed his eyes slightly, and iron plates were fixed on his legs to support him to stand up.
The sword in his hand moved towards Wen Qingzhu's neck: "I don't have the patience to talk nonsense with you! Tell me where the gold is quickly!"
"Jiang Yuancheng, Jiang Yuancheng, it seems that you really gave all the money to Tao Baiwan for safekeeping. Unexpectedly, he fell into my hands, right?" Wen Qingzhu's smile grew bigger and bigger.
From the dark pupils of Jiuzhu opposite her, she saw Jiang Yuancheng, who was supported by iron armor behind her.
After sighing slightly, Wen Qingzhu slowly moved to the side. Jiang Yuancheng wanted to move his hand, but found that he couldn't move it at all.
This made Jiang Yuancheng immediately shout: "Retreat!"
Wen Qingzhu stood up and turned to look at Jiang Yuancheng behind him. His upper body still looked like a handsome young man, but his lower body looked like a prosthetic limb equipped with iron sheets.
Seeing him like this, Wen Qingzhu was a little curious: "Who treated your legs like this?"
Jiang Yuancheng was unwilling to escape, but the secret guards lurking around quickly gathered.
Unexpectedly, Shuzong, who was holding Jiu Zhu hostage, suddenly attacked Wen Qingzhu's back.
"Be careful!" Aisha rolled out from under the divine case, pulled Wen Qingzhu behind her, and at the same time sprinkled a handful of black powder on the attacker.
When Jiu Zhu saw this, he quickly retreated, fearing that he would be contaminated.
The man in black immediately took two steps back, but it was still too late as the poisonous powder contaminated his body.
Ayesha stood up straight: "I really didn't expect that Master is still alive."
"Compared to a good disciple like you, of course I have to live a good life as a teacher." There seemed to be resentment in the eyes of the man in black, and he turned and disappeared.
Wen Qingzhu looked back and saw that Jiang Yuancheng was gone too.
However, she was not worried and helped Lu Tao to walk in front of Tao Baiwan. Most of the poisonous powder just fell on him.
At this time, his face quickly darkened and his breathing became turbulent.
"It seems there is no hope." Wen Qingzhu turned to leave, but he didn't know that someone grabbed the corner of his skirt.
Looking back, he saw that the darkness on Tao Wanwan's face was slowly fading. He said angrily: "Save me! I also know how to contact Xianbei!"
Wen Qingzhu's eyes narrowed: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Of course, cough!" Tao Baiwan felt extremely uncomfortable. He tried desperately to breathe, but he could only breathe out but not in.
He opened his eyes unwillingly, why would he die! Why!
After thinking for a while, Wen Qingzhu bent down and used a silver needle to protect his heart pulse, and his breathing suddenly became easier.
Seeing that no one was caught, Aisha immediately gave Tao Wanwan the antidote.
"Lord Ayesha, let's talk." Wen Qingzhu turned and walked towards the meditation room. He didn't care whether he could catch Jiang Yuancheng, as long as he could catch up with him this time.
When he arrived in the Zen room, Wen Qingzhu felt a little tired, as if Ayesha had opened her heart: "I have helped Fu Lie all the time. I don't know if he will believe me this time."
"The princess and the regent..." Ayesha never thought that there would be any problems in their relationship.
Wen Qingzhu straightened his body, picked up the kettle and poured two glasses of water, handed one to Ayesha, and drank one himself.
The dry throat was finally moistened, and Wen Qingzhu's eyes became clear: "You came here this time to inquire about trade, right?"
"Yes." Ayesha was also very straightforward and did not hide anything. "The war has caused us to be short of food. We can use our minerals, cattle and sheep to exchange for it."
Wen Qingzhu laughed: "Ms. Ayesha is so direct, but this is not the way to discuss business. You should ask Denton or Goutou to come over."
"Denton is very busy, and the dog head said he didn't dare to come by himself, so I came."
"Not to see Shen Yu?" Wen Qingzhu asked with a smile.
Ayesha was not surprised and said frankly: "Yes, I like Shen Yu, but unfortunately I am Denton's fiancée. We will get married in another month."
Wen Qingzhu was puzzled: "Why do I feel like there is something wrong with Denton and Sister Shu?"
Ayesha directly took out the account book: "Princess, there is no need to test me. I have told the truth what I can confirm myself. As for Denton's matter, Princess will ask him herself."
After flipping through the ledger, Wen Qingzhu looked slightly calm, put it down and said, "Isn't the price unreasonable?"
"We have to feed the people." Ayesha's tone became serious. "The consequences of the war are more serious than imagined. In the past, my uncle helped manage these internal affairs, and we never felt anything. Now that we are in charge of it, we realize that it is really very serious." Disaster."
Ayesha didn't want to be fake. Wen Qingzhu felt strange: "I remember, didn't Sister Shuo bring tens of thousands of kilograms of grain there?"
"The queen's belongs to the queen, not to us Huns." As soon as Ayesha's words came out, Wen Qingzhu felt bad.
She frowned slightly: "Husband and wife are one, this is not the time to calculate this."
Ayesha said seriously: "The princess may not know something. Now many people think of the queen's men as slaves, because only her men can be fed. In our Huns, the king and the queen are equal, but for now..."
Is there a tendency for the queen to dominate the king? Wen Qingzhu sighed inwardly. She naturally knew the customs of the Xiongnu.
What I didn't expect was that the towers were so clearly divided.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the account book in front of him. There were many kinds of grains listed on it. Among them, coarse grains were low in price and large in quantity. It seemed that the other grains were just a foil.
"Yes, but I have a condition. Your marriage to Denton will be postponed for three months."
Ayesha frowned: "Do you think I will marry Shen Yu?"
Wen Qingzhu laughed: "He can get married."
"Bringing in a child?" Aisha wasn't very familiar with Chinese, but she still didn't understand the word.
Wen Qingzhu explained: "He will marry you and bring you a dowry."
Ayesha suddenly said: "So that's it."
After a pause, she suddenly became alert: "Aren't you still worried about the queen being bullied?"
Wen Qingzhu was a little helpless: "She has thousands of troops under her command. Who would dare to bully her? I just think that since you and Denton don't agree with each other, there is no need to get married. Why did you suddenly put the marriage on the agenda?"
After being silent for a while, Ayesha said: "Denton seems to like Lu Shu."
"That's good too. Let Denton marry into the Lu family!" Wen Qingzhu almost blurted out.
Ayesha frowned instantly: "No! Denton is Brother Wang's right-hand man and has both civil and military skills. How can he marry your Qi country!"
"My lord is really good at learning and applying." Wen Qingzhu seemed a little embarrassed, "It would be a bit difficult to let Lu Shu marry the Xiongnu."
Ayesha's expression dimmed: "It was precisely because we knew it was impossible that Denton suggested that we get married as soon as possible and have children as soon as possible."
Seeing that she was not too reluctant to leave, Wen Qingzhu felt a little uncomfortable: "Don't you like Shen Yu? Why do you want to marry Danton?"
"Because this is the marriage contract suggested by Brother Wang, ordinary women Denton don't like it, so I will marry him first and give him two children, and then I will let Shen Yu marry me."
Before Ayesha finished speaking, Wen Qingzhu almost spat out a mouthful of water. After holding it back for a long time, she said, "Then you never thought that Shen Yu wouldn't want to? You and Denton will divorce after you get married and have children."
Ayesha said with a strange look on her face: "If you don't want to, just don't want to. I don't have to have a husband."
I think this is really good!
Wen Qingzhu sighed secretly in his heart, but still explained to Ayesha carefully: "It is not as easy for us in Qi to get married and divorced as you are. What Shen Yu wants is-"
"Princess! Please don't embarrass Ayesha. You really don't have to worry about my marriage!" Shen Yu suddenly appeared at the door, interrupting their conversation.
He looked at the account book on the table and asked, "Can I come in and take a look?"
Wen Qingzhu nodded, and Shen Yu quickly came in, looked at the account book, and immediately said with a smile: "There happens to be a batch of old grain over there in Jinzhou to meet your needs."
"Is this price okay?" Ayesha was prepared for a price increase, but Shen Yu came in and directly agreed to her price.
Shen Yu nodded: "Yes, the Qi State is vast and rich in products. Every year, a large amount of old grain comes out. When the war ends this year, the soldiers will also farm, so you don't have to worry!" Shen Yu explained briefly.
Ayesha was surprised: "Your soldiers still farm?"
Wen Qingzhu interjected: "When we are not fighting, in order to increase productivity, we will also arrange for soldiers to grow wheat or other grains for a season."