No matter how you think about it, it feels strange.
Xiao Feng had someone torture Wang Shuhua, trying to pry some clues out of her mouth.
However, before Wang Shuhua could speak, the poison of the blood-drinking ointment broke out, causing her orifices to bleed to death.
When he learned the news, Xiao Feng finally understood the intention of the poisoner. The person didn't want to poison him, but wanted to poison the person responsible for delivering the letter, the unlucky Wang Shuhua. As for the reason...
It means killing people and silencing them.
There must be a reason for silence. It was obvious that Wang Shuhua knew some things that the poisoner did not want her to know. Xiao Feng immediately asked people to conduct a thorough investigation of the people Wang Shuhua might have come into contact with these days.
Eunuch Xia held a jade pendant in both hands: "Your Majesty, this is what was found from Wang Shuhua's body."
Xiao Feng picked up the jade pendant. The jade was transparent and he could tell it was a very valuable jade pendant. When he looked at the sun, he could vaguely see two very faint characters engraved on the jade pendant.
These are two very ancient characters that have long been discontinued and almost no one can understand them now.
Xiao Feng had these two characters rubbed and taken to the library to compare and search, and finally found out the meaning of these two characters.
It is the word "Xiling".
Xiao Shen turned around with the jade pendant in his hand and asked curiously: "What does Xiling mean?"
Xiao Feng said slowly: "Xiling is the royal family name of Jialou Kingdom."
"Brother Huang means that the mysterious person who forced the emperor's sister-in-law... no, the mysterious person who forced Wang Shuhua to deliver the letter was named Xiling?"
Xiao Feng: "I don't rule out the possibility."
"As far as I know, there are not many people with the surname Xiling..." Xiao Shen paused, an idea flashed in his mind, as if he suddenly thought of something important, he immediately put down the jade pendant and said hurriedly, "Before, Wang Yu brought
I introduced him to a distant cousin, whose surname is Xiling, and his full name is Xilingtan!"
Xiao Feng said thoughtfully: "Wang Yu's cousin's surname is Xiling?"
"It is said that his mother is from the Wang clan, and later she married and moved to the Snowy Region, where she has been settling ever since." Xiao Shen looked at him cautiously, "Could this Xilingtan poison the envelope and then force Wang Shuhua to deliver the letter?"
Is he the mastermind who wants to harm you?"
"It's not certain yet, but based on the current clues, he does have this suspicion."
Xiao Shen frowned: "Then what are you going to do now? Send people to hunt down Xilingtan now?"
"He is so cautious. He must have expected that Wang Shuhua would be poisoned to death. I am afraid that he has already hidden himself. It will be difficult to find him now." Xiao Feng raised the corners of his mouth gently and smiled meaningfully, "
Since he left this jade pendant, which hints at his surname and origin, he hopes that I can go to the Garuda Kingdom. If this is the case, then I will help him and go to the Garuda Kingdom to see what his true intention is."
Xiao Shen was very worried: "What if he wants to do harm to you in the Garuda Kingdom? It is too far away from the Wushuang Dynasty, and we are guests, so the position is too passive."
"So, I have to play a little game with him first."
Xiao Shen looked at him curiously: "What game? Can I play together?"
"No," Xiao Feng refused coldly.
"Why?!" Xiao Shen exclaimed exaggeratedly, "You won't even call me to play games, are we still good brothers?!"
"You have to be responsible for looking after the home."
“Isn’t that what dogs do to look after homes and homes?!”
Xiao Feng glanced at him calmly.
Xiao Shen: "..." I am not a dog!
Afterwards, Xiao Fengceng sent people to trace Xilingtan's details, but they all returned in vain. Xilingtan seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no news about it anymore.
Knowing that Xiao Feng was going to the Garuda Kingdom in person, the Empress Dowager specially called him in front of him and gave him a lot of sporadic instructions, such as remembering to put on clothes in time when it was cold and being careful to prevent heatstroke when it was hot. Don't kick the quilt off to eat at night.
Have to wait on time.
She regarded Xiao Feng as a child who was traveling away from home for the first time, and she was filled with worry and concern. No matter how much she nagged, she still felt uneasy.
Xiao Feng listened patiently, nodding in response from time to time.
The Queen Mother: "Who do you plan to take with you to the Garuda Kingdom this time?"
Xiao Feng had already planned this matter in his mind, and he replied: "I want to take Xiao Qi with me. He is better and ordinary people can't do anything to him. Moreover, he has been guarding the border all year round. This time I will take him to Jialou except for business."
In addition, I also want him to take the opportunity to broaden his horizons and play around."
Seeing that their brothers had a good relationship, the Empress Dowager was very pleased: "Although Xiao Qi is a little younger, his character has become more and more calm in the past two years. The Ai family thinks he is a good boy who can be trusted. You must treat him well."
he."
"Please rest assured, Grandmother Royal, I know everything in my heart."
The Empress Dowager asked again: "Your trip will take at least two months. How do you want to handle the affairs in the court?"
"It's the same as before. Small matters will be left to the Zhongshu Province to solve. Major matters will be decided by fifth brother and Prime Minister Song through discussion. If it can't be solved, write a letter and send it to me as soon as possible." Xiao Feng paused, "As for the
I can only trouble the Imperial Grandmother to worry about this matter in the harem for a while. Only with you here can I truly rest assured."
Although the Empress Dowager said she would no longer interfere in the affairs of the harem, this was a special moment. The emperor was going on a long trip, but there was not even a concubine in the palace who could take charge of the affairs. The Empress Dowager did not refuse and simply agreed: "
The overall situation is the most important thing, so let’s leave the harem to the Ai family for the time being, you don’t need to worry about it.”
Xiao Feng said seriously: "Thank you, Grandma Huang."
The day before departure, more than 500 members of the Wang family were dragged to the Meridian Gate and executed personally by Prime Minister Song Huaicai.
People who came to watch the excitement crowded the square in front of the Meridian Gate. Everyone craned their necks to look inside, hoping to see the once high-ranking Prime Minister Wang who was now a prisoner. Everyone was very excited, but it seemed that he wasn't.
They came to see the beheading, but to see a big show. The scene was so crowded that they almost lost control. Fortunately, Song Huaicai discovered the situation in time and ordered to increase the number of officers and soldiers on site and strengthen supervision.
When the officers and soldiers pulled out the shining swords in their hands, the people finally regained their composure. They shrank their necks in fear and stood there honestly without pushing forward.
The faces of the Wang family were all as pale as paper. They knelt on the ground and stared blankly ahead with expressions of despair.
Song Huaicai walked up to Wang Qiuyu and looked down at him: "Prime Minister Wang, when you persecuted Prime Minister Qu's family of more than 300 people, did you ever think that you would be where you are today?"
Wang Qiuyu slowly raised his scarred face and said in a hoarse and dry voice: "Don't be too proud. Yesterday I was the prime minister, and today I will be beheaded. And today you are the prime minister. Do you think your future will be better than mine?"
How much better are you today? Since ancient times, emperors have been very suspicious, and the truth is absolutely correct. As someone who has been through this, I advise you to make plans early and leave a way out for yourself."
"I'm different from you."
"What's the difference?" Wang Qiuyu twitched the corners of her mouth and smiled ugly, "Aren't we all dogs under the emperor? When we are needed, we are released to bite people. When we are not needed, we are simply unloaded.
Grind and kill the donkey."
"You think you are a biting dog, but I think you are a killing knife. We are different."
Hearing this, Wang Qiuyu laughed even louder. He laughed so hard that he could hardly breathe, and his eyes were a little red: "Okay! What a murderous knife!"
Song Huaicai filled a bowl of wine and brought it to Wang Qiuyu's mouth: "After drinking it, let's go on the road."
Wang Qiuyu opened his mouth wide and let him pour the wine into his mouth. The wine flowed down the corners of his mouth and seeped into the wounds that had not yet healed, causing burning pain. He did not say a word and did not forget it after drinking.
He smacked his lips and laughed hoarsely: "Good wine! Thank you!"
Song Huaicai turned around, threw the wine bowl on the ground with a bang, and said: "Noon has arrived, the execution will be carried out."
The executioners raised their knives and dropped them, splattering red blood all over the floor.
The originally excited people suddenly became quiet, and the whole place was completely silent.
Some children were so frightened that they cried, and the clear cries were so sudden that the people finally lost their interest in watching the fun and dispersed in twos and threes, leaving only a few brave people who were still watching the novelty.
In the palace, Eunuch Xia raised his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the entire Wang family has been beheaded for public display."
Xiao Feng gently rubbed the red concentric knot in his hand and said lightly: "Let's all bury them."
"yes."
Two days later, under the escort of 3,000 elite guards led by Prince Jing Xiao Yu, Xiao Feng left Wushuang City in a dragon boat with great fanfare.
At the same time, in the distant snowy land, Qu Le is facing the biggest crisis in her life.
The university was flying all over the sky like goose feathers. Qu Le wrapped herself tightly in her cloak, stepped on the snow with one foot deep and the other shallow, and moved forward with difficulty.
She shrunk her neck and hid her entire head in the hood, only revealing a pair of slippery black eyes. The cold wind blew, and cold snowflakes fell on her eyelashes, condensing into fine ice crystals. She exerted all her strength
He sniffed, turned his head and glanced at the two monks and apprentices who were following him, and shouted angrily: "Can't you go faster? It's getting dark, and we can't find a place to rest today.
I’ll have to sleep in the snow at night!”
If you sleep in the snow for one night in this kind of weather, you can turn into a human-shaped ice sculpture the next morning.
Miao Ben was the thickest dressed among the three, and his already fat body was even more rounded. If you didn't look carefully, others could have kicked him like a football. He carefully stepped on Qu Leliu's feet.
On the footprints he left, he said dissatisfiedly: "How can we, the old and the young, compare with you, the young man? Can't you show your virtue of respecting the old and loving the young and wait for us?!"
"If I didn't respect the elderly and care for the young, I would have pushed the two of you into the icy lake when the sled fell into the ice lake just now!" Qu Le felt very angry when she mentioned this matter.
Back to half a day ago, Qu Le, Miao Ben, Jue Yu and the bearded uncle in charge of driving, a total of four people, took a sled and trudged forward in the wind and snow.
They passed a pine forest and looked at the beautiful rime landscape. The youngest Jueyu couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!" (To be continued)