Anecdotes of Tianyuan: The Long Night is Young

Chapter 176 Returning Assassinated

Zhao Xiyan was still indifferent to Qiu Ruyu and Wu Qingyao, he just cared about playing by himself, and when it was late at night, there would be a secret guard reporting back on the daily operation of Qiushui Villa.The past few days when Zhao Xiyan came to Qiushui Villa, everything was extremely calm.Except for the daughters of Zhuangzhu Han who always come to hang around in his courtyard under the pretext of giving things, there is no other abnormality.The ladies of Qiushui Mountain Villa are all beautiful, well-educated, and versatile, all of them are stunners in the world.Zhao Xiyan could see that the owner of Han wanted to marry his daughter into the palace like the previous owner, so as to keep the villa prosperous.Now on the surface, Qiushui Villa has belonged to the rivers and lakes and has nothing to do with the imperial court, but over the years, at least one of each generation of ladies in Qiushui Villa has become a concubine, and has a very close relationship with the royal family.Now that Zhao Xiyan is proclaiming himself emperor, Zhuang Zhuang naturally doesn't want to be an exception.But Zhao Xiyan contacted Han Qiuyi's actions, and he probably knew what was going on in his heart.He didn't want a new concubine to enter the palace. If a young lady from Qiushui Mountain Villa entered the palace, she would have to be a concubine according to her family background. Zhao Xiyan didn't want those women who had nothing to do with him to take the concubine position.

Zhao Xiyan pretended to be deaf and dumb, and ignored those young ladies who showed his affection, and stayed away until the day he returned to Beijing.Zhao Xiyan had received letters from those old cabbage clappers a long time ago, and he didn't want to care about it, but it was time to go back.On the ninth day of May, the group bid farewell to Qiushui Villa and returned to Beijing by the same route.The mood of leaving Beijing to go out to play is very good, and I feel a little reluctant to go back.After walking for two days, Zhao Xiyan thought about it and made a detour to Qinzhou.Firstly, Qinzhou was the place where Xia Shuning and the others hid, and secondly, it was where Zhao Linghan's biological mother is now. Thirdly, Qinzhou was known as "Little Jiangnan", with pleasant scenery.Zhao Linghan didn't know that her biological mother had moved to Qinzhou from Yizhou, nor did she know that someone told Zhao Xiyan every day that she missed her biological mother and cried loudly in the middle of the night.Zhao Xiyan had never been to Qinzhou, but when he came here, he also felt that the reputation of Xiaojiangnan was really well-deserved, and even Yan Fengjun praised that it had a Suzhou flavor.Xiangyun booked the largest and best inn in Qinzhou, and the group of them settled there.After resting for a while, they all said they wanted to go out for a stroll, and Zhao Xiyan agreed.

A group of people walked in the street mightily, which was very eye-catching.Zhao Xiyan wasn't afraid at all that someone would dare to make trouble, he was surrounded by a net of heaven and earth.If someone is unruly, he is afraid that he will die before the knife reaches him.There are many skilled craftsmen in Qinzhou, so there are also many exquisite gadgets. The materials used are not very good, but exquisiteness is better.It's a woman's nature to love shopping. Even Yan Fengjun and Xia Shuning, who have always been deserted, gather together with their children to look around and comment on these things from time to time.This Ulan Rongruo brought Qi Rui and bought all the good ones, so I won't talk to you.Qichen also wanted to have a look at those exquisite gadgets, so he dragged Qiu Ruyu to look.Beside Zhao Xiyan was only Su Qingshu who was holding the child, followed by Wu Qingyao who was only five steps away.Qiyi kept crying in Su Qingshu's arms, and Su Qingshu was busy coaxing him.Zhao Xiyan casually bought a rattle and coaxed the child together. After coaxing the child for a long time, he smiled and stretched out his chubby little hand to grab it.

"Qingshu, just let me hold the baby. You also go and see if there are any gadgets you like. There are many skilled craftsmen in Qinzhou. If you like it, you can buy it and play with it."

"There are enough things in the house, so there is no need to buy them. My sisters are all picking things up. Wouldn't it be good for Qing Shu to accompany your husband?"

"It's better not to be wronged."

"Staying by your husband's side, how can it be a grievance."

Su Qingshu's eyebrows were all smiling, and when he met Zhao Xiyan's eyes, the smile was even more obvious.Zhao Xiyan bent down and pinched Qiyi's small face.I didn't want to bring such a small child with me when I went out this time, but this crybaby couldn't stop crying, so I had to bring it together.Zhao Xiyan looked at Qiyi's widened eyebrows and eyes, except for the shape of her head, eyebrows and ears, she looked like Su Qingshu in everything else.Zhao Xiyan thought that if she really was the son and mother, it would be better if she looked like a queen, he would be more handsome.Zhao Xiyan thought that Qiyi was the one who cried the most among his many children, probably because he was like Su Qingshu who loved to cry.Qiyi has a special feeling in his heart, every time he sees this child, he feels pity for it, maybe it's because it's hard to come by.Zhao Xiyan also dotes on Qiyi very much, and Su Qingshu only had a child in nearly ten years, so he dotes even more.The queen mother planned to bring Qiyi to Xianfu Palace to raise her when she was more sensible, so that the emperor and queen would not spoil the good son-in-law.The queen mother doesn't like the queen, but the grandson is her own, and she won't vent her anger on her grandson.

The two of them happened to see a clean tea shop with their baby in their arms, so they walked over to sit and rest.Children who have been exposed to the sun for so long should also avoid it.Zhao Xiyan hugged Qiyi in his arms, and fed him a few sips of water.Just after the water was fed, the baby started crying again, so Zhao Xiyan could only hug him and stand up to coax him.Su Qingshu is very happy to see such a scene. It should have been a scene ten years ago, but it took so many years to get it.The weather was a bit hot, Zhao Xiyan's forehead was a little sweaty after walking for a while, Su Qingshu took out a handkerchief and wiped it off for him, everyone envied Zhao Xiyan for having such a beautiful wife and child in his arms.Wu Qingyao was drinking herbal tea in the back, and her eyes never left Zhao Xiyan. Seeing this picture, her heart was full of self-mockery and bitterness.Because of the crying of the child, Zhao Xiyan and Su Qingshu could only continue walking and coaxing the child in their arms. Naturally, Wu Qingyao couldn't fall behind and followed.Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Xiyan and Su Qingshu walked out of the store, a bean curd stall next to it would be rioted, and they would come to Zhao Xiyan with a knife to assassinate him.

"Be loyal to His Royal Highness! Kill the dog emperor!"

Zhao Xiyan quickly stuffed the child back into Su Qingshu's arms, protecting their mother and child behind him.All of a sudden, the food vendors in the surrounding area picked up their knives and attacked.Zhao Xiyan's hidden guards and followers also jumped out to protect the master, and ten people stood in front of Zhao Xiyan and Su Qingshu.Zhao Xiyan pulled Su Qingshu and walked back to a safe place. Unexpectedly, a man with a veil and a bamboo hat jumped off the roof and stabbed at Qiyi who was in Su Qingshu's arms.Seeing that the thin sword was about to stab, Zhao Xiyan couldn't bear the blow of losing his son for the second time, so Zhao Xiyan pushed Su Qingshu away and stood in front of him.Zhao Xiyan heard the sound of the sword piercing into flesh and blood very clearly, but he was fine, Su Qingshu was fine, Qi Yi was fine, it was Wu Qingyao who blocked the sword.This chaotic party only had such a sword time, and he was caught in one fell swoop.Wu Qingyao's left shoulder was pierced, but luckily it wasn't the heart, otherwise she would have died on the spot.Zhao Xiyan pushed Su Qingshu back to Yan Fengjun's place, and hugged Wu Qingyao who was bleeding like a fountain.

"Your Majesty, I can finally do something for you."

"Be patient, it just pierced your left shoulder, and I will take you to a doctor soon, save your strength."

"I really envy Princess Mobei. She died in your arms. You have missed her for so many years."

"Don't talk too much, let's talk about what to do when you recover from your injury."

Wu Qingyao was not hurt to the core, but she was bleeding all the time, some of them lost too much blood, and her whole face was very pale.Wu Qingyao boldly stretched out her hand that was not stained with blood, and stroked Zhao Xiyan's face.

"Qingyao owes the emperor too much, and the emperor doesn't want me to pay it back, what should I do?"

"Save your strength and don't talk too much."

The entourage quickly caught the rebellious party. There were 25 people in total, all of whom were very strong in martial arts.The situation was under control, and the prefect of Qinzhou came with his troops and knelt down on the ground.Zhao Xiyan's face was cold, and the prefect of Qinzhou trembled with fright.He set up a net this time, but he never thought that someone would fall from the sky to assassinate him.

"The lowly prefect of Qinzhou kowtowed to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, and met all the empresses, princes, and princesses."

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and ask the doctor to bring enough medicine and find a clean place. My Zhaoyi is seriously injured."

"The humble mansion is not far from here. If the emperor does not give up, he can go to the humble mansion first."

"lead the way!"

Zhao Xiyan carried Wu Qingyao all the way to the magistrate's mansion, and a group of people followed.Those rebellious parties were also thrown into the magistrate's prison for interrogation.Wu Qingyao lost a lot of blood and passed out. Xia Shuning entrusted the child to Yan Fengjun and began to diagnose and treat her first.When Xia Shuning went to see Wu Qingyao's wound, she found that her wound was slightly black, and the sword wound was poisonous.When the doctor came with the medicine, Xia Shuning had already completed the steps of drawing the sword, cleaning up, and reducing inflammation. He also took the medicine and applied it to Wu Qingyao's left shoulder.Xia Shuning scraped the poison from the sword and tested it, and it turned out to be such a poison as Datura.If a child is hit by this drug, he may die on the spot, but adults can still hold on.When the doctor came, he only received Xia Shuning's prescription, and went to prescribe the medicine after taking the prescription.Xia Shuning's medical skills are superb, mandala can be cured, but it will take a while, and Wu Qingyao will have to suffer for a while.

After hearing Yan Fengjun's report, Zhao Xiyan was furious.These assassins did not come for him, but for the queen and the son-in-law.The sword just now was clearly intended to kill Qi Yi in Su Qingshu's arms, and it could kill the emperor, so why did he want to stab a child who had just turned six months first.Datura is not a strong poison. Adults can survive it, but children cannot survive for a quarter of an hour.If it is really the old department of King Lixin, I wish to use the most poisonous drugs, so that they will never come back.How could it be possible to target a child who is only six months old?Who on earth hates the queen and the son-in-law so much?Must be removed?Who would benefit the most from getting rid of the son-in-law?On the bright side, if the queen and the son-in-law die, then the imperial concubine will succeed the queen, and the children will all become the son-in-law, and it will be justifiable to inherit the throne in the future.But Zhao Xiyan never doubted Xia Shuning. If Xia Shuning really had other intentions, Su Qingshu couldn't sit on the throne of queen safely and give birth to a child in peace.Wu Qingyao was not in danger of her life, so Zhao Xiyan was busy trying to interrogate those rogue parties.

"Your Majesty, if you don't do enough to protect me, you deserve death, and you are willing to apologize with death!"

"You deserve death. I trust you so much and entrust my family and life to you. How dare you let someone with a heart take advantage of it!"

"The minister is willing to apologize with death!"

"I will punish you again when I return to the capital. I will give you a chance to make amends. Go and bring those rebellious parties to me. Make sure they tell the truth."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lin Haotian is deeply trusted by Zhao Xiyan, and now he is not doing enough to protect the Lord, so he is extremely ashamed.Lin Haotian proposed 25 people together, and clapped his mouth twenty without asking any questions.Lin Haotian's subordinates are all secret guards who have been trained for many years, with strong hands, 25 rebels, and their faces are all swollen.But this group of people have very hard mouths, but there are more methods of torture, and their mouths are gagged again, so they are not afraid to bite their tongues and kill themselves.Lin Haotian escorted them to Zhao Xiyan, and Yan Fengjun followed Zhao Xiyan to interrogate these rebels.

"Remove the cloth from your mouth first, I want to ask questions."

The cloth from the mouths of those rebels was taken away, and the one kneeling at the front shouted immediately.

"Be loyal to the virtuous prince! The dog emperor who steals the country!"

"Paws!"

The man was stuffed with cloth again, and his mouth was slapped severely by the hidden guards. Seeing that it was almost done, Zhao Xiyan waved them to stop.

"Say, who ordered you to assassinate me?"

"The dog emperor! Stealing the country and framing the prince, everyone gets to kill him!"

"Chopped off his right hand."

The dark guard's knife fell, and the man who had been stubborn just now was already in excruciating pain.

"Chop off his left hand again!"

The guard cut off the man's left hand again, and the man passed out from the pain.The dark guard took pepper water and splashed it on his wound, and immediately woke up again, rolling all over the floor in pain, hitting his head on the ground all the time.

"Cut off a pair of his legs, a pair of ears, and a nose, gouged out his eyes, and peeled off his skin. Then take a big jar, fill it with salt and pepper, put him in it, and let him shout three times. The sky will die again. I used to read books, and when I read Han Gaozu's passage, I have only heard about the human punishment law of the Empress Dowager Lu, but I have never seen it, and I just saw it today."

"According to the order!"

The remaining 24 people, after hearing such cruel torture, were trembling with fright and sweating profusely.According to what Zhao Xiyan said, that man was chopped into a human pig by the dark guard and stuffed into the vat. He was in great pain, but he couldn't even cry out, which was very terrifying.Zhao Xiyan just looked at them coldly, this man was so terrifying that even Yan Fengjun felt disgusted when he saw it.Zhao Xiyan didn't have any kindness at this time, his women and children could not be touched by anyone, even if he tried.Qiyi was the child he had been looking forward to for eight years. Even though the queen was at fault, she was still his first wife.He would have no sympathy for trying to kill his child in such a cruel way.Zhao Xiyan held Yan Fengjun's hand to comfort her, waved his other hand, and the guards took Ren Zhi down.

"I don't like nonsense. If you don't tell the truth, you will end up like this. I know that you are not afraid of death, but killing you with a knife will make your death too simple. You don't deserve it. You have eaten the heart of a bear and dared to kill me. Your empress and princes, this is the lesson you deserve! Tell me honestly, I will spare your lives and send you to the south of the Five Ridges to serve as an army. It’s a bit hard to be an army, but at least you still have life, don’t you?”

Those rebellious parties were scared out of their wits by the human pig. They were not afraid of death, but becoming a human pig would be worse than death.The cloth that the rebels were talking about was taken off, and they rushed to tell the truth first.Zhao Xiyan listened coldly, and heard a very familiar name.There were two fat men hiding among the 25 people. After hearing what the rebellious party had just said, the hidden guards immediately took off the cover of the two fat men.Looking at the two identical faces, Zhao Xiyan suddenly realized.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

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