Chapter 181 Assassination on the way back to the city
The snow was falling overwhelmingly, and the vastness was covered with whiteness. Amid the sad and sorrowful music, the funeral procession slowly walked...
In order to reflect the grief of losing a loved one, copper stoves cannot be placed on the carriage. In this cold winter month, Song Ruoxi held a hand stove to keep warm. In the carriage with a not-so-sealed degree, he was trembling with coldness.
Qinghe changed Song Ruoxi's hand stove, looked at Ouyang, and said, "Fortunately, I just sent it to thirty miles outside the city."
There is a difference between relatives and distant relationships. Nephews and nephews only need to be sent to the city thirty miles away. The children and grandchildren of the 19th Master sent him to the burial cemetery, built a hut in the cemetery, guarded for seven days, and then buried in peace.
Thirty miles away, after stopping to worship, the team split into two, and those who were moving forward continued, and those who were returning to the city turned their horses. The wheels rolled over the muddy road full of snow and walked nearly ten miles. When they arrived at a place where two mountains were intersecting, suddenly the guards shouted outside the car, "Protect the city lord!"
The silkworm's face changed drastically and she exclaimed: "Mrs. Young lady, be careful!"
Before Song Ruoxi could react, he heard a dense sound. Several sharp arrows shot through the car board and shot in, nailed it to the car board. The arrow feathers trembled, which showed how strong the force was. Ouyang and Qinghe screamed in surprise, Xiangxiu and Cannibal rushed over at the same time, protecting Song Ruoxi tightly under him.
There was constant fighting outside the car, and sharp arrows broke through the air. The horse let out a sad whine, and the coachman shouted in anger and shock: "No, the horse was caught in an arrow...ah!"
Before the coachman finished speaking, he let out a shrill scream and was shot down by an arrow. The horse was injured, lost control of the person and ran forward. Song Ruoxi's head hit the wall of the car, and suddenly he could not see the things in front of him.
A car of people was like sitting on a boat sailing in the wind and rain, shaking up and down. The horses dragged the carriage and ran away, hitting many fighting guards and assassins.
No matter how good the silkworm's martial arts skills were, he could not stabilize his body in the bumpy carriage. He kept shaking and hitting, and Song Ruoxi felt that his bones were about to fall apart. At first, he could scream, but later, he could only groan.
The car was getting more and more severe, and the branches on both sides made strange noises across the carriage. The horse ran too hard, and the blood flowed too fast on the wound, and it fell down with all its strength. However, the carriage did not stop because of its fall. The huge inertia made the silkworm unable to hold Song Ruoxi, and saw her fall out of the cracked wall of the car and hit the big tree in front.
Although she was wearing a thick cotton robe, she could not resist the pain caused by the violent impact. Song Ruoxi felt that her ribs were about to be broken. Her throat was sweet and her mouth was spurted out. Her eyes turned black and she bounced from the tree and fell to the ground. She heard the shrill shouts of Cannibal and others in her ears, "Young Madam!" The man fainted in an instant and fell into the boundless darkness.
Song Ruoxi felt that she seemed to be in a dark space with no light. Where is this? Where did the person go? He opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but his chest felt like it was about to be torn apart.
The pain made Song Ruoxi remember what happened and it still hurt, which means that she is not dead yet. The desire to survive made her unwilling to be trapped in this darkness. It seemed that she had used all her strength to open her eyes. What caught her eye were the haggard faces of Cannibal and Xiangxiu, as well as her blood-covered eyes.
"Mrs. Young Madam, you finally woke up!" Xiang Xiu cried with joy.
Song Ruoxi pulled the corner of her mouth and wanted to sit up. The stinging pain in her chest made her exhale, "Ouch!"
"Mrs. Young lady, don't move around. Your injury has not healed yet. You need a good rest!" The silkworm pressed her shoulder.
Ouyang said loudly: "Go and tell your wife, the young lady is awake."
Song Ruoxi's eyes turned slightly, and the familiar big red curtain of embroidered pomegranate flowers was the bedroom of Shuyuyuan. He frowned and asked, "How long have I been in a coma?"
"Two days and two nights." Silkworm wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"What do you think of a good doctor?" Song Ruoxi asked.
"The good doctor said that fortunately the young lady was dressed thickly and did not hurt her internal organs. After a little rest, she could recover as before." Ouyang looked glad. If the young lady was injured, she would not be able to raise healthy children.
Song Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to soak in the medicine jar for the rest of her life. "Did you find out who did that day?"
"I heard that they are some killers who take money." said Cannibal.
Killer?
Song Ruoxi's eyes were slightly slight, "How many people were killed or injured?"
"I don't know how many people were killed or injured. I only know that the fourth young master was shot in his arm. Mrs. Jing San fell from the car and broke his leg. Miss Ting's forehead hit the shaft of the car. She was slightly injured. Mrs. Lin was chopped twice on the corridor." Ouyang's tucked the corner of the quilt, "The young lady has just woken up, have a good rest. Don't worry about these things. There is the city lord and the wife here."
When Song Ruoxi heard her say this, he didn't ask any more questions, but just glanced at the silkworm girl.
When the Zhaoping County Lord learned that Song Ruoxi was awake, he rushed over to see her and told her to rest well. He also told Ouyang and others to take care of her carefully. He sat for two quarters of a minute and watched her drink medicine before leaving.
Mrs. Chen and other side of the wife also learned the news and sent the maid to greet him. Wei Lingjuan, Ming, Chen and Su Nianjin came to visit him in person. Mrs. Jing San Ming and Ye Shuting were injured and did not come, so she asked the maid to come with tonics. Li Luaner came to visit the next day. Ping'er herself did not come, nor did she send the maid to come, as if she disdained to interact with Song Ruoxi.
The greetings were similar, and Song Ruoxi had no energy to socialize, so they sat down for a while and left. Ouyang went to visit Ye Xiaogong, Ming and Ye Shuting in the name of Song Ruoxi, and sent the best official Yan and ginseng, and went to each courtyard to thank him one by one.
Song Ruoxi was recovering from the house and could not go there. The internal affairs were temporarily held by Ouyang. On this day, Ouyang went to Rongqing Hall. When the villa saw that there were only Hongxiao, Xiangxiu and Qinghe in the house, she sat beside the bed and lowered her voice: "That day, those people were mainly attacking the city lord's carriage. More than half of the iron guards around the city lord were killed or injured. The city lord was also infected with a poisonous dart and was unconscious for an hour. The elders in the city suspected that someone assassinated the city lord, intending to seize the position of the city lord."
"Even if they stab the city lord to death, there is still the young city lord here, it's not the turn..." Hongxiao's face changed slightly, her eyes were frightened, and she couldn't continue to say anything.
Song Ruoxi also thought of a possibility and said anxiously: "Mom Cannabi, go find someone to ask about the safety of his senior brother."
"I'll go now." The silkworm took the order and left.
"Mrs. Young lady, do you want me to go out of the city and ask the shopkeeper to ask the people in the business in Chenzhou to inquire about the disaster relief situation of the young city lord?" Hongxiao was worried that this matter would be concealed by someone who was interested, so the silkworm could not find out and suggested.
Song Ruoxi pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to ask the people from the business to inquire."
The next day, Hongxiao went out of the city with the token of leaving the city and went to the Ji family business.
That afternoon, Su Nianjin came to visit Song Ruoxi again. The maid behind her was holding a small and exquisite box, "Mrs. I think there is nothing to lack here, but this thing is from overseas. I'll give it to the young lady for a fresh look."
As she said that, Su Nianjin put the small box on the kang table and opened it. It contained seven glass bottles, which contained liquids of various colors. She took out one, opened the bottle plug, and a fragrance wafted out.
Song Ruoxi has never been seen in ancient times, but has seen it many times in modern times. He asked with a smile: "Are these perfumes?"
Su Nianjin looked at Song Ruoxi with a little surprise, "Mrs. Young lady is worthy of being a girl from a famous family. There are not many people in the city who can recognize this thing. Young lady recognized it at a glance. This is the perfume from Yilan Kingdom."
"My third uncle is in the spice business. He mentioned it to me before I recognized it." Song Ruoxi smiled.
"These are some small gifts that Nian Jin gave to the young lady. Please don't think it's simple." Su Nianjin put the bottle in her hand back into the box, covered it, and pushed it in front of Song Ruoxi.
"I have a wound on my body, and the smell of medicine. If you combine this perfume, it will become a strange smell. Don't waste this precious overseas thing. Miss Su will keep it for yourself." Song Ruoxi leaned against the brocade mat and did not touch the box. She looked calm and refused.
"These perfumes have been stored for a longer time than those perfumes. When the young lady is injured, she can be used." Su Nianjin said with a smile.
Song Ruoxi's eyes turned slightly and said, "Miss Su's words are reasonable, then I will accept Miss Su's generous gift."
Green sleeves stepped forward and took out the box. The spices were most likely to be mixed with some harmful things.
Su Nianjin chatted with Song Ruoxi for a while and got up to say goodbye.
Song Ruoxi smiled and said, "Xiangduo goes and brings those two packets of Liumeixue to Miss Su, which is my return gift."
"Thank you, the young lady, for sending Nianjin a good tea like this." Su Nianjin bowed.
"Miss Su, you're polite, I'm polite."
Su Nianjin asked the maid to take the tea and go out.
Green Suit took a long time to enter the door with a bottle of perfume, "Mrs. Young Madam, I can't smell the fragrance of this bottle."
Song Ruoxi took the bottle, opened it and sniffed it, and said, "This is lavender and cannot be used in the early stages of pregnancy."
"As expected, she gave perfume to assassinate the young lady." Lu Xiu said with hatred.
Xiangduo stamped her feet and said, "Those two packets of willow and eyebrows are better than giving them to her."
"Don't blame others for now. This may not be true. Even Green Sweet doesn't know what perfume it is. How could she know that this perfume cannot be used in the early stages of pregnancy? Besides, I'm not pregnant now." Song Ruoxi handed her the bottle, "What other perfumes are? Are there any problems?"
Lu Xiu glanced at Xiangduo and the others, approached Song Ruoxi's ear, and lowered his voice and said, "There is a bottle of Yanxi Xiang, which is used to make fun of it, which can make the man not ejaculate for a long time."
Song Ruoxi frowned. Su Nianjin might not know about the family, but did Mrs. Chen and Wei Lingjuan not know about it? The perfume was probably given to her by Su Nianjin, with a slightly slight look on her face and said, "Doil the thing."
All the perfume in the green sleeve box was destroyed.
At dusk, Hongxiao came back and brought back a box of all kinds of gold and silver croquettes. "Mrs. Young lady, please choose some styles you like. When the Chinese New Year is over, the young lady will take them out and reward people."
Song Ruoxi selected ten novel styles of gold and silver croquettes from the box, and then put aside the cute and cute gold and silver croquettes from a naive jade rabbit. "Warm, give me 100 taels of gold and silver. Tomorrow, let Hongxiao take Qiaoer out to exchange some gold and silver croquettes, half of them were replaced with the ten styles I picked out, and the other half were replaced with the jade rabbit pounding medicine. Next year is the Year of the rabbit, and this jade rabbit pounding medicine is the right time."
Ouyang responded with a smile.
The next day was November 26th, and it was good to enter the house. The second prince Ye Xiaoshun took the lead in moving out of Nanyuan and moved to Shungong Mansion in the east of the city.
Shen Shizheng, Hongxiao and Qiaoer entered the city with the box of gold and silver croakers, and met Ye Chengchang halfway, "Who are you? Why don't I know you? What are you holding?"
When Song Ruoxi recognized his marriage, Hongxiao and Qiaoer did not follow him. They did not know Ye Chengchang, but judging from his age, he could guess his side with his maids and servants.
Hongxiao bowed and said, "I have seen the young master, and I am Hongxiao, who works as a servant in Shuyuyuan."
Qiao'er followed and said, "I have seen the young master, and Qiao'er is also working as a servant in Shuyuyuan."
"Oh, you serve that short-lived ghost..." Ye Chengchang's mouth was covered by his maid.
The child must have taught this because the adults could say this. A hint of anger flashed in Hongxiao and Qiaoer's lowered eyes. Hongxiao was afraid that Qiaoer would impulsively confront her, so she hurriedly said, "If you have nothing to do, I will go back to Shuyuyuan first."
The maid smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are busy...ah!"
Ye Chengchang bit the maid, and the maid screamed and let go of her hand.
"What are you in your hand? Is it delicious? I'm hungry, so I'll give it to you for me." Ye Chengchang said arrogantly.
"Young Master, this is the gold and silver croquette that the young lady ordered to exchange for, not for food." Hongxiao said respectfully.
"Young Master Chang, the snacks have been sent to your room in the kitchen. I will send you back to your room to eat!" said the maid.
"Open the box, I want to see if it is filled with gold and silver croakers. If you dare to lie to me, I will whip you to death with a whip." Ye Chengchang refused to let Hongxiao go like this.
Hongxiao put two of the three boxes in Qiao'er's hand, opened the boxes in her hand, and put dozens of silver croakers in it, "I dare not deceive the young master."
Ye Chengchang reached out and grabbed a few silver crocks, "Let's go back to have a snack."
The maid turned around and smiled apologetically at the two of them.
Hongxiao and Qiaoer looked at each other, spat hard in the direction where Ye Chengchang left, and quickly returned to Shuyuyuan. The two did not tell Song Ruoxi the words Ye Chengchang said that Ye Shuhua was a short-lived ghost, and quietly told Ouyang and Cannibal.
Ouyang gritted his teeth in hatred and cursed, "Cut your head and get a thousand knives."
The silkworm clenched his fists and said nothing.
On November 28, after the snow was fresh, the family of Xiao'an and Ye'an moved into Angong Mansion. Su Nianjin entered the city to accompany Mrs. Chen, and did not move away with her cousin and sister-in-law. I wonder why Mrs. Chen told the Lord of Zhaoping to move to Xiyuan with Li Luaner and became neighbors with Ye Shuting and Ping'er.
Mrs. Bian delayed Ye Xiaojing's time to leave the city on the grounds that Yue was injured and had no mistress to manage the internal affairs.
Chapter completed!