In the shadows, someone reported: "...someone appeared with Lord Wu's token. His humble position had already been secretly followed, but that person was very cunning, and his subordinates lost track of him. As Long Live Lord expected, the person who held Lord Wu hostage,
It is the fugitive criminal Yang Zhixu and his confidants."
Yuchi Gong was not surprised. He ordered: "Tomorrow is the day to escort Yang Zhixu's wife and children. We must capture them. I want to live!"
Yan Ming knelt on the ground: "I humble my duty and obey the decree!"
Yu Chigong added: "Wu Dingbang is a meritorious minister. Tomorrow you not only have to protect his life, but also prevent the people behind the scenes from sending dead soldiers to kill everything. Also, send people to guard outside the Wu Mansion and related houses." Yan Ming was a little confused, how could there be dead soldiers, and why did he need to keep an eye on the Wu family? Is Long Live Lord afraid of Wu Dingbang's rebellion?
After receiving the order and leaving Cangchen Palace, he figured out the reason.
The emperor set up this trap, clearly telling Yang Zhixu that he only had one chance to rescue his wife and children.
And if Yang Zhixu wanted to rescue people, it would not be enough for him and his confidants. He would have to resort to chaos, so the best place for an ambush would be on a busy street.
But it was not enough. The Internal Security Department could quickly calm down the chaos caused by the common people, so Yang Zhixu also needed to use other forces.
In desperation, the best power Yang Zhixu could use was to take a desperate risk and leak the news in advance to let the people behind the scenes know his plans.
The people behind the scenes were afraid that he would be captured alive by the court, so they would send dead soldiers to intercept and kill him.
When the chaos broke out, the Internal Security Department and the dead soldiers fought together, and Yang Zhixu took advantage of the chaos to save people.
After rescuing people, it is not that easy to escape from the capital when the whole city is under martial law.
At this time, Yang Zhixu still had a bargaining chip in his hand, which was Wu Dingbang's life.
He threatened Wu Dingbang's life and entered the Wu Mansion. After entering the Wu Mansion, he captured Wu Dingbang's wife and children, and then in turn blackmailed Wu Dingbang to find a way to hide him and help his family escape from the capital.
Therefore, tomorrow the Internal Security Department will not only have to take care of the people in the busy city, protect Wu Dingbang, capture Yang Zhixu alive, and fight with the dead, but also need to send people to guard outside the Wu Mansion to prevent the worst case scenario from happening.
Such a demanding task, if not carefully planned in advance, will fail if you are not careful.
Yuchi Gong sat quietly for a while, thinking for a moment, then summoned the shadow guard and gave instructions in a low voice.
Nancheng, Beijing.
A dark figure looked around, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, climbed over the wall and entered a small courtyard.
He hurriedly entered the main room and whispered something to Yang Zhixu.
Wu Dingbang could only vaguely hear scattered words such as "Sir", "carriage", "ready" etc.
Yang Zhixu nodded to express his understanding and asked his confidants to change the dressing for a stab wound on his chest. It was a wound inflicted by a dead soldier while escaping, and he almost died
After changing the medicine, he looked at Wu Dingbang with a sinister look, then turned to Yinshan and signaled to his confidants.
The confidant understood, and immediately picked up a rope and walked towards Yinshan without saying a word.
Wu Dingbang's pupils trembled, and he said quickly: "Master Yang, Yinshan has no enmity against you, and he doesn't know your plans. He can't hinder you, so why not spare his life?"
Yang Zhixu laughed at Wu Dingbang's naivety.
The confidant walked up to Yinshan and put the rope around Yinshan's neck.
Yinshan's eyes revealed sadness, he shook his head slightly at Wu Dingbang, closed his eyes and prepared to die.
Wu Dingbang looked anxious: "Mr. Yang, after rescuing your wife, you have injured your children and are in need of help. Yinshan can help you. With me in hand, Yinshan will never act rashly.
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The confidant ignored him and tightened the rope around Yinshan's neck.
Wu Dingbang struggled for the first time since he was arrested, shaking his chair, trying to save Yinshan.
Yang Zhixu's face showed perverted pleasure and sarcasm.
When he thought of something, he paused and stopped him: "Slow down!"
He suddenly thought of a good idea...
Inside Tingli Courtyard.
Lihua looked at the dug things and fell into deep thought.
Generally, frame-up should not involve poison, medicinal materials or weapons, etc. Why a pot?
In addition to the unique and unusual style of this pot, the material is not expensive and there is no clue about its appearance.
Lihua tried the lid and handle, pressing and twisting, but she couldn't find the mechanism. It wasn't the old Yin-Yang pot.
Could it be that she thought wrong?
Zhichun didn't dare to disturb them. Although she couldn't see anything strange about the pot, she still knew that someone was trying to harm them.
Lihua felt something was wrong, she must have missed something.
She continued to search, put the pot under the candlelight and looked at it carefully, then gently tapped various parts of the pot with her hands, and finally found a small hole in the hidden bend of the spout.
Lihua's eyes were focused, and she slowly turned the angle and poured out two small round objects. Upon closer inspection, they looked like insect eggs.
After Zhichun had been busy for a long time, two insect eggs about the thickness of needles came out. If you didn't look carefully, you would think they were pot ashes.
She asked in confusion: "Master, what is this?"
Lihua shook her head. She didn't specialize in biology in modern times, so she couldn't identify her.
She put her ear to the edge of the pot and shook the pot gently. She heard a slight sound, which was difficult to distinguish without listening carefully.
Lihua immediately knew that there were more than two insect eggs in the pot. It was just a matter of angle and it was difficult to shake them out.
She was a little puzzled, and she and Zhichun stared at the two insect egg-like things for a while, but found nothing.
Lihua thought for a while, then asked Zhichun to bring some water, and put one of the eggs into the water with a small clip.
Then a magical scene happened.
There was no change in the egg at first, but after a while it was discovered that it was slowly absorbing water and swelling. Then the egg shell burst, and a young worm crawled out of it.
After the little insect came out, it moved slowly at first, then gradually became faster and faster. It ate the egg shell and began to spin silk, wrapping itself into a cocoon.
Lihua and Zhichun were surprised. Just when they thought there would be no more changes, the cocoon broke, and what crawled out again was a small moth.
From breaking out of the shell, to turning into a cocoon, to becoming a moth, it takes less than a cup of tea, which is extremely fast.
If it weren't for the pear blossom's sharp eyesight and quick slaying with a handkerchief, the moth might have flown away.
Governor Ewha had something fishy. He soaked the moth in water and tried it with a silver needle. It was not poisonous.
Thinking that the silver needles of this era could not detect all poisons, Lihua decided to go out to catch two birds tomorrow and feed them moths and another insect egg to try.
Zhichun scratched his head: "Hey, did they bribe Liu Sanzi just to cause such trouble?"
She was confused, thinking something important would be poured out, but she didn't expect it to be a moth.
Lihua was amused by Zhichun's words. Yes, it was a real troublemaker.
She couldn't figure out why she bothered to bury the pot, which contained non-toxic insects, but there must be something she couldn't understand.
Could it be a poisonous insect? Lihua couldn’t identify it, and it didn’t look like it.
To be cautious, Lihua felt it was inappropriate, so she asked Zhichun to come over and whisper like this, and so on.
As for this pot...
"Master, where to throw it? Why don't you go to the Imperial Garden early tomorrow morning and pick a lake and throw it away?"
Lihua waved her hand: "That can't be done!"
Anyone who wants to harm them will send the pot back to them. This is called reciprocity.
After Lihua thought about it for a moment, she came up with a good candidate.
But why send it away quietly?
Lihua glanced in the direction of the main hall, smiled, and had a good idea.