armyinform Chapter 59 Assassination
Chapter 59 Assassination
A few days later, it was Concubine Zhong's birthday in the palace, and Xia Mingyu drove to Yujingxuan when he was approaching You after finishing his government affairs.When he sat on the main seat and began to enjoy singing and dancing, a young eunuch came rushing to deliver the message.
"Your Majesty, another civil servant has fallen ill!"
Recently, there seems to be an unknown strange disease spreading in the court, and ministers frequently fell into nightmares in the middle of the night and became unconscious.The imperial physician consulted many times, but nothing could be seen. The only thing that is certain is that only officials will suffer from this strange disease.
Although there are plenty of vacancies in the court who can fill these officials, this incident has caused panic, and everyone is worried whether they will be the next one to be recruited.And under this mental pressure, some people even got into heart disease first.
Seeing that the situation is getting worse and the treatment has not progressed, Xia Mingyu became angry, "I'm not a doctor! I can't cure the disease! Everyone comes to report once, what do you want to force me to do?" In one piece, Xia Mingyu slowly regained his senses after venting his anger, and asked Director Su beside him with a pinch of his brows: "There are so many hidden doctors among the people, none of them has revealed the list?"
Director Su lowered his head deeply, clenched his palms covered in cold sweat, and responded cautiously: "Your Majesty, there is only one wandering quack warlock who said that this is not a disease, but possessed by a monster. But this kind of crazy talk How can you believe the words, the imperial guards have already caught people in the prison."
After listening, Xia Mingyu narrowed his eyes, "It's crazy to say that there are monsters in this world? How can you resolve it after letting someone else finish talking." He paused, rubbing his fingers together, his face unable to discern emotion, "Still There is one thing, the General's Mansion can find Yan Shi."
"Not yet."
Xia Mingyu smiled, looked around slowly, and finally fixed his eyes on Xu Lingyi on the right back, and said softly: "Zitong, it seems that my soldiers who are powerful on the battlefield are not very good at finding people in the city, but we need to Did I send the Imperial City Secretary to help?"
"Your Majesty's wishes are appreciated by the ministers and concubines. It's just that the Secretary of the Imperial City's action is too fanciful. I'm afraid it will disturb the common people and make them uneasy." Xu Lingyi frowned slightly, and the words fell when the Concubine Zhong on the left opened her mouth. : "Sister, let's go on behalf of the General's Mansion. The capital is so big, so it's easy to find a lot of people. And now everyone in the city doesn't know that the General's Mansion has lost a child, and there are people who want to replace it."
Xu Lingyi glanced over indifferently, and said, "Your sister is really well informed."
Concubine Zhong took away the coldness in the other party's eyes, did not intend to stop talking, and continued with a smile: "It's not just this kind of funny story, there are also rumors that the child is dead, and turned into a ghost to collect debts from those civil servants who had betrayed."
With a bang, Xu Lingyi slapped her palm on the desk, "Your concubine, be careful, this is your own birthday banquet."
"Yes, what are you talking about, hell, it's too unlucky."
In an instant, the hairs of the people around stood on end, and their heads were lowered, not daring to break out in sweat.When Xu Lingyi saw that Xia Mingyu was staring at a point in the sky indifferently, intending to let the hurtful words go, Xu Lingyi immediately felt chills.Seeing that Concubine Zhong was getting more and more complacent, she finally couldn't sit still and leave the venue, without even looking at the master, "Your Majesty, this concubine suddenly feels unwell, so I will take my leave first."
After watching his most familiar figure go straight away, Xia Mingyu took a deep breath, but still didn't suppress the upset in his chest.After he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, he threw down the handkerchief after wiping it, and was about to get up.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing this, Concubine Zhong became flustered, "This banquet has just started, where are you going?"
Xia Mingyu stood on the spot, glanced at Mr. Su beside him, and before he could speak, the other party explained complacently: "The weather is getting colder, and the imperial doctor specially asked Ms. An not to go out frequently. It will be late at night, and she should be in Liyan Palace." Stay inside."
After listening, Xia Mingyu nodded inconspicuously, but before he could take a step, Concubine Zhong Guifei, who was about to gnaw her silver teeth into pieces, stepped forward and said, "You might as well invite Ms. An to come to the banquet too, it's not far from here. There is enough floor heating. Your Majesty, the concubine has specially invited a famous musician from outside the palace, so please stay and watch for a while."
Seeing that the person's attitude has softened, Concubine Zhong took advantage of the situation and said: "Your Majesty, I didn't even have a chance to talk to you properly for a while. I really don't know what I did wrong." Tears from the corners of his eyes opened.
"It's your birthday, don't cry." Xia Mingyu stayed and sat down again.Seeing the chime bells and Qin Zheng starting to be placed below, he turned his head and told Mr. Su: "Invite people here."
"Yes."
When Vivienne wrapped herself in white fur and went to the banquet, she saw that she was being stared at by all the seats.
For Concubine Zhong Gui, who is under one person in the harem and who is fierce and resolute, almost all concubines who want to survive will be there to please.In the huge crowd, no matter if it is the master or the servants, they all basically know what kind of undercurrents this birthday party is going to be tonight.
After taking off the white fur, Vivienne calmly met the eyes of everyone quietly looking at her, and moved towards Director Su who came forward without any emotion.
"Miss An, you are a guest, please sit in the first seat next to His Majesty."
Vivienne turned her body to see clearly, and found that the queen who was closest to that position had already left the field.Afterwards, she nodded and walked over without thinking, and everyone followed her with their eyes all the way, and even whispered.
"She really dares to sit down!" "One step away from the back seat, what does Your Majesty mean by conferring another noble concubine?"
The incident happened suddenly, and Vivian didn't prepare any congratulatory gifts.After toasting Concubine Zhong Gui, she sat down at Xia Mingyu's gentle urging.
Not long after, the maiko appeared on the stage again, and the man who walked calmly at the end of the line was the musician Yu Gongzi who was specially invited into the palace.When looking at it from afar, all the attention of the audience gathered in the past, because the musician had white hair and snowy hair, an outstanding figure, and a bit of immortal air.What's more interesting is that the musician's eyes are covered by a piece of white silk.
With the sound of sighs and praises, the musician walked to Qin Zheng following the guidance of the little eunuch.
Xia Mingyu carefully observed the other person's face, and frowned slightly, "It looks familiar, where are you from?" The musician followed the sound towards the main seat, bowing his head and bowing: "Your Majesty, Caomin is from the south of the Yangtze River."
At this time, Concubine Zhong Gui also raised a smile and introduced, more to praise the musician's famous superb skills.
"I have indeed heard of your good name, please sit down." Xia Mingyu didn't suspect anything, and waved his hand to signal Director Su to start.
Accompanied by a crisp wind chime, the main dancer in the center of the hall threw off his water sleeves, and the white bead tassels on the clothes of the supporting dancers shone brightly as they rotated and moved.Every sound of the chime bells made the music more exciting, and every tone of the Qin Zheng's strings seemed to be in control of divine power, which aroused the excitement and restlessness of the audience.
Everyone seemed to be in an army that broke the formation, listening to the horns and cheers around them, they were about to usher in victory and the supreme glory.Suddenly, the tune turned sharply, like the sound of a city gate being opened, and maikos rushed to the front of the hall one after another, their eyes stern.
The spectators immersed in it all waited with bated breath, feeling the urgency brought about by the unknown and variable direction.Xia Mingyu curled up his fingers resting on the case, keenly feeling a trace of killing intent in this atmosphere.
The next moment, all the maikos who were gradually approaching showed their swords.The main dancer rushed to the front, leaped to the high platform with a few big strides, and decisively killed her.The pampered life didn't make Xia Mingyu, who had been in charge for many years, lose his sharpness. He quickly rolled away on the spot, breaking the pulled sleeve.
"Come to escort me!"
The scene was chaotic immediately, and the court ladies and concubines screamed and squeezed into the corner, or fled through the door.Immediately afterwards, screams erupted from the crowd: "Monster, monster!"
Vivienne, who was still sitting in her original position, leaned over and looked over, and saw that the maikos facing the guards seemed to be swimming away without a trace, but there seemed to be three fox tails behind them.She blinked her eyes for a moment, then raised her hands to cover her ears. As she thought, the anomalies on the maiko were hallucinations. Then, she turned her gaze to the musician who was still playing the zither.
The other party plucked the strings of the zither leisurely, as if unaware that the environment had changed drastically.Seeing that no one had enough energy to pay attention to this side, Vivienne slowly stood up and approached. At the same time, Xia Mingyu, who was hallucinating, ran towards this place in horror, and the girl became vigilant instantly.
At this moment, another maiko jumped up and intercepted from the side.With a dazzling silver light, the dagger in her hand caught up with Xia Mingyu and stabbed it in from the center of the back.
The girl raised her sleeve to block it, but from the corner of her eye, she saw the suddenly frightened musician put down the main dancer who had been chasing Xia Mingyu.But in a few moments, she kicked away the maiko who was about to push the dagger again, and in the next second, all the maiko remained in place, turning into phantoms and dissipating in front of everyone's eyes.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Realizing that she was rescued, Concubine Zhong Gui burst into tears immediately.She looked at the girl who was kneeling on the ground to check Xia Mingyu's injuries, and said sharply: "She is an accomplice, absolutely! Let me take it down!"
The guards who had just escaped from death were still in shock, and they were all limp on the ground and did not dare to move.
Vivienne ignored it, and quickly tore off the tablecloth from the side to apply pressure on Xia Mingyu to stop the bleeding.The latter lay on the ground panting violently, unable to speak, and could only hold the girl's sleeve tightly.
"Quickly pass on the imperial doctor, and then inform the empress." Director Su, who had been pushed to the ground before the chaos, finally came to his senses, held his hat and got up.He staggered and approached, seeing that Concubine Zhong was one step ahead of him and was about to raise her hand to slap the girl, he couldn't help but reprimanded: "My lady, it's already been a while, so don't make trouble. Come on! Don't let the imperial concubine approach you. "
Afterwards, Director Su knelt down beside Xia Mingyu with a plop, and turned towards Vivienne, "Miss An, how is your Majesty?"
"It's not very good, there is poison on the blade." After Jian Yan explained the situation, the girl looked around, "I need some clean cotton cloth, the more the better."
Director Su hurriedly ordered the people below: "All listen to Miss An, and bring all the clothes from Yujingxuan." Suddenly, he heard Xia Mingyu's murmur, "Your Majesty! What do you want to tell your servant?"
Xia Mingyu turned his head and said with difficulty: "Go get...that thing."
This sentence was said in a very low voice, and Vivian pricked up her ears in advance to barely hear most of it. After she got the cloth strip, she did not stop, and tied up the vital blood points on the upper and lower sides of the wound.And behind her, the musician who hadn't retreated quietly sat back in his seat, with a faint smile on his lips, with a hint of sarcasm.