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Chapter 355 Undersea Needle

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A few days later, a half-old woman in her thirties and forties came to Wuchang City. She was Zhou Mengxiong's old concubine, but in fact she was the dowry girl of his wife Zhou Li. Later, she naturally became Zhou Mengxiong's concubine. Although she rarely served in bed after she became older and her sex was declining, she still deserved it as a reliable person of the Zhou family.

The woman went directly to the Chu Palace to find Zhou Erniang, but the guards at Wangjing Gate did not know the woman. After asking, they sent someone to the palace to inform Mrs. Zhou (second lady). After Mrs. Zhou's maid came out to confirm her identity, she was allowed to be put into the palace...

But even if you recognize someone, you still have to search for it because you are not your own person who often goes to and from the Chu Palace.

Since the last accidental fire, the prevention in the royal palace has become even more stringent.

When searching for the woman's body, it is naturally the woman who comes forward.The woman kept saying that I was so old that I had to take off all my clothes in front of others. I was so ashamed that the young lady who was searching for her body laughed.

When the young lady was searching, she had to ask about her identity, surname, age and other information again, and then describe her appearance and record her appearance. When she heard that she was only in her thirties, the young lady couldn't help but talk: You can't convince her old age. Our Mrs. Yao is about the same as you, Gui Geng, but the teenage girl dared not compete with her.

Noble people are different.

The woman said.

She was glad that fortunately, the master Zhou Mengxiong did not ask her to bring a letter before coming, but just asked her to tell Zhou Erniang orally; otherwise, if she searched her body like this, she wouldn't be able to find anything?

However, there is no danger in this errand. When Zhou Erniang was in Changde Mansion, she often went back to her parents' home by herself, and there was no need to hide her from her family.

Therefore, Zhou Mengxiong asked this concubine to go directly to the Chu Palace to meet Zhou Erniang.

Later it was indeed revealed that no one paid attention to the Zhou family when they saw Erniang.

After about ten days of this incident, my mother was watching the singing and dancing at Yao Ji on Tuesday. Gu Chunhan made up the dance and tried to play it. The ladies in the palace were all enjoying it together.

The atmosphere was very good, and the rich courtyard and palace were laughing. While speaking, Yao Ji asked Zhou Erniang jokingly: Am I good to you?

Zhou Ernie was not vague and immediately replied: Madam is as good as my mother.

Yao Ji continued the conversation and said with a smile: I am happy that Er Niang said this, but there are still some differences, don’t you?Zhou Erniang asked: What is the difference?Yao Ji smiled but refused to answer.

Zhou Erniang pretended to be thinking, but after a while she said beside Yao Ji: I remember something and wanted to tell my wife.

Seeing that she was serious, Yao Ji took her hand and left the hall and entered the inner room to speak.

Zhou Erniang took the opportunity to tell the place where Jianwenjun lived in seclusion and said, "Last time my wife asked me about this, but I didn't tell you, and I felt uncomfortable for a long time."But my father had told me before that other ministers would not talk about this matter, and our family should not talk too much... I just talked to my wife, and I remembered this matter again. The emperor is now in the palace, so I am not considered violating my father's order. My wife said, right?

Yao Ji nodded and praised her kindly.

However, Zhou Ernie suddenly told the secret, which made Yao Ji a little confused...

If Zhou Ernie was sincere and would rather tell her secrets on the verge of disobeying her father's order, then this little lady is really good; it was just a little wrong, and now Yao Ji may be able to find that place secretly by herself, and Zhou Ernie would have a great discount on the value of her.

Could it be the Zhou family’s calculation?Exchange a secret that has lost value for a bargaining chip?

Soon Yao Ji realized that this secret was still very valuable. If Prince Wenkui found a place to catch Empress Ma before he returned; then Wenkui lost his value and could be assassinated halfway…

The prince's disappearance after his defeat was much smaller than the murder of the Taoist temple where Jianwen lived, or the persecution after the prince's whereabouts came into the sight of the remains of his ministers, the side effects were much smaller and the impact was not great.

Yao Ji didn't have much grudges and prejudice against Prince Zhu Wenkui, but she felt that Zhang Ning's brother was harmful to his future, and she was Queen Ma's son. It was better to die than to live.

Yao Ji left the courtyard where she was dancing and having fun and returned to the center of the Escort Provincial Department.

She ordered the Chang Shi Chunmei to immediately send the White-Clothed Sword Master to investigate the designated place. If Queen Ma is indeed found, she would catch her. After she was found out, she would automatically activate the second order and sent the White-Clothed Sword Master to track down the whereabouts of Prince Zhu Wenkui and kill him and everyone around her.

Chunmei solemnly repeated the order and asked: There are two people around the prince who are our secret spies, but they are just people from the branch sect, not an important role... The wife ordered them to be killed, including them?

What did the secret agent kill them? If you don't remind me, I didn't pay attention to this detailed rule. Yao Ji said.

Chunmei said: The prince was killed after his defeat, but it has nothing to do with us. Everyone should think so.Those two secret spies will definitely understand who killed the prince after they survived.

If you understand, you will understand. What's the point?Even if someone is suspicious, what evidence is there?

Yao Ji's smile was filled with a common chill. I learned a truth from Ning'er that I still have to have the minimum trust of my own people, otherwise everyone would worry that their own people might stab the knife in the back and the atmosphere would be bad.

Chunmei hurriedly said: Yes, the wife has taught her a lesson right.

After explaining this, Yao Ji asked Xiaoyue to brew a cup of flower tea, and then sat alone in front of the window to think about the Zhou family's thoughts.

If Zhou Mengxiong or Erniang reported the matter out of scheming, wouldn’t it have killed Prince Zhu Wenkui in disguise?

If it weren't for their family's rumor, Yao Ji would not be willing to get rid of the prince halfway. Perhaps under the pressure of the public opinion of Jianwen's remaining ministers, the prince would be able to live longer...

He is always the blood of the Zhu family and cannot be persecuted at will.

Since we can think that the Zhou family is an accomplice in killing the prince, we should think further, they intend to break away from Emperor Jianwen and have the intention to surrender?

Everything can only be guessed and pondered.The human heart is like a needle under the sea. As long as he is not a prisoner, he cannot use various evidence to interrogate the true side. He can only guess and guess...

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Zhu Wenkui and several others had already crossed Wugong Mountain and entered Huguang territory from Jiangxi.

But their place is in southern Huguang, and the prefectures south of Hengshan have not yet surrendered to the power of the Xiang King. I think the power of the Xiang King is getting bigger and bigger, but in fact, it does not even occupy a single province.

Not only are there two prefectures in the south that have not surrendered, but the deep mountains and forests where ethnic minorities live in Baojingzhou in the west are probably not easy to occupy.

Wen Kui wanted to return to Queen Ma's place, and there was Baojingzhou where he passed. After passing the territory controlled by the chieftains and entering the Guizhou General Secretary, he was not far away.

He was very depressed and lost at this time. He came out of Guizhou and wanted to do something big vigorously. Unexpectedly, he was completely destroyed by a group of local troops just after a few months.

It is too dangerous to go to other places. The government may have seized the clues to find out the strongholds that smuggled salt and sea goods. I think it is better to go back to Queen Ma before talking about it.

People will question themselves when they fail, and Zhu Wenkui is no exception.

His ambitions cooled down, and when he was discouraged, he would think that King Xiang was his own younger brother. If he could tolerate it, it would be good even if he was a vassal king...

But can the essay tolerate myself?

It seems that the queen and Wenbiao's biological mother Yao Ji have deep grudges.

Along the way, Minister Song He and others were very wary of the accompanying craftsmen. They sent people to follow them in private and killed them once they found any abnormal movements. Unexpectedly, the craftsman had very good rules.

One day, Song He said again: That craftsman may be a meticulous work, but he is not ours anyway, so it’s best to get rid of it.

Zhu Wenkui said: Just stare at him. There are always people around him, what else can you do?

Why keep this craftsman?

Zhu Wenkui vaguely found a reason. He really wanted to learn more about the mystery of firearms from this craftsman when he was bored in the future. His younger brother Wenbiao succeeded through firearms.

One day, they were walking on a rugged path in the forest, with few people, but they saw a young woman walking towards her, which was very strange.

Everyone became a little nervous, and Zhu Wenkui suddenly had an idea whether he would meet the fox demon...

In this kind of mountain forest, no one is seen. What is a single young woman here to do?

It's really unreasonable and suspicious.

The road was too narrow and the woman did not give way when she approached, so the team stopped.Zhu Wenkui asked behind him: What's the point of doing, Miss?

Find someone.The woman holding a straw hat and wearing a green cloth clothes said coldly.

Looking for someone?Wen Kui and another man repeated in unison, looking at her with confusion and a little nervousness.But this woman is alone, so everyone can't be afraid.

The woman slowly reached into the coarse cloth clothes with her collar and took out a delicate sign: Who knows it?Everyone looked at each other and a man murmured: This girl is so strange.

At this moment, a man in the team suddenly pointed at Zhu Wenkui and shouted: He is the prince!

As soon as he finished speaking, the man rushed out to the side of the road, tripped by the thorns, and rolled into the grass on the spot.

Then the craftsman standing backwards followed suit and suddenly jumped out and ran away.

The sudden change made everyone nervous, and everyone drew their weapons one after another.

After a while, Song He's mind was still bright, and he reacted and shouted: Be careful, the person who ran away was a meticulous work, and our whereabouts were exposed!

Everyone was anxious. The man in front grabbed the back of the knife and raised his hand to throw it at the woman. Suddenly, a wind sounded like a whoosh in the air. The man screamed in pain, and a featherless crossbow arrow was inserted into his arm, and the weapon fell to the ground.

After a while, the man spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth and glared: It's poisonous!

People turned around and watched but couldn't see anyone, while the woman in front was walking slowly, without a bow and crossbow in her hand.

Suddenly, a swaying branch shaking. When everyone looked up, they saw a dark figure swinging from a rope to another tree.

For a moment, Wen Kui and others realized that they were ambushed and retreated one after another to turn around.

At this moment, a tingling sound of piano came from behind.

The sound of the piano is melodious, the tone is graceful and slightly sad, and then the sound of the flute is also heard.

The woman in front pulled out a bright long sword from her back and approached step by step.

Finally, a fierce man raised his knife and shouted to fight. Without saying a word, he swept the ground with gravity.

The woman was originally slow to move, but she suddenly moved like a rabbit. She twisted her waist and leaned sideways to avoid a knife. However, she threw off the hat on her head too violently, and the black hair on her head also floated up. The blade only touched a strand of black hair. With a slight tilt, the rapid blade cut off three or two of the black hairs and fell in the air.

A cold light flashed, and the man didn't see the woman's movements clearly. She drew the sword very quickly, and the tip of the sword pierced his neck.For a moment, he didn't feel the pain, and he felt a little chill on his body.

One, two, three, four…five.The women counted, and there were five left.

The other three men behind Zhu Wenkui suddenly ran into the woods, leaving only Wenkui and Song He looking at each other.As a literati, Song He did not seem to plan to run away.

After a while, three screams came from the forest one after another.I didn't see anything happening, but the screams were filled with great fear.

The King of Xiang sent you here?Song He stood there and asked seriously.

The woman had no expression on her face and had a little hollow in her eyes. She obviously had no intention of answering the question at all, and she did not have the slightest desire to admire the literati's courage to be fearless in the face of danger.

After approaching Song He, she stabbed Song He to death without hesitation without hesitation, hitting the vital point of her left chest and killing her with one sword.

But Pity Song He studied hard for 10 or 20 years, from the Tongsheng Examination, the County Examination, the Provincial Examination, the Provincial Examination...

He passed through the obstacles and was only able to become a Jinshi, and then he lived in secret for more than 20 years, full of knowledge...

But he was killed in an instant, and there was no room for resistance.

The sword in Zhu Wenkui's hand fell to the ground, looked around and saw only a few horses left, and there were no one left.And those who have lost their lives prove the fact that there is no way out.

Wen Kui didn't care about the general matter and suddenly knelt down: Female hero, please spare your life!I surrender, it will be the same for you to catch the living... My brother will definitely not kill me. Then I will give you a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and thank you for not killing me.I told the emperor's brother Xiang that I would not be the prince... I gave the prince to him... Ah... Wen Kui was shocked to find that he had a slap on his head.

I instantly found that my head was still there, but the woman grabbed her hair.The woman was also expressionless, waving the sword in her hand and slashing directly at Wen Kui's neck, and she wanted to take the head from the living person!

I don't know what happened to this woman, but she became like this.

Whether it is Song He's righteousness or the prince and nobles who beg for mercy, they are useless to her, as if they can't understand human words and deeds at all.

The prince of Emperor Jianwen died in the corner of the wilderness, silently, without even a single wave in this world.

A crow was startled in the woods and flew away in a rattle, screaming like laughter...

Are you mocking the power and status of the world?

The woman squatted down silently, and slashed several swords with her sword before she cut off the bones on Zhu Wenkui's neck. It was like slaughtering an animal, with broken bones and blood splashing all over the floor, and her face and clothes were also covered in blood.

The head in his hand stared at his eyes, as if he was dying with his eyes open.

Another woman grabbed the rope from the tree and jumped down step by step on the trunk. Seeing that the woman's face was covered in blood, she asked: Ji Chou, are you okay?

The woman named Ji Chou looks not ugly at all, but her name is just there.She raised her head and shook it, and said: The errand is finished.

The woman who had just come down from the tree whistled, greeted her companions, and said: Put this head in the ice and take it back.We still have to deal with the aftermath. It is not enough to throw these dead bodies here, and they will not be cleaned if they leave traces... It is too difficult to burn the corpse, so we just burn off the clothes, and then peel off the skin, which makes it impossible to identify and dig a hole and bury it.

After a while, seven or eight people came from the forest and on the road, all of them were women. In order to keep the secret, they had to dig a hole to handle the funeral.

……

A few days before Zhu Wenkui's death, Empress Ma was caught in a Taoist temple on the territory of the Guizhou Provincial Administration. It was because of her arrest that others were ordered to ambush Zhu Wenkui and his group in the setting up a bureau.

The matter that Chunmei was responsible for the arrangement was very satisfied with Yao Ji. It was very appropriate to call Chunmei Gan. Another attendant, Xia Yu, was very knowledgeable in military and political affairs, but he could not do such a murder and looting, and probably he was not brave enough.

When Yao Ji heard the secret report, she closed her eyes and rested again, thinking about something.

My wish for many years will be fulfilled, but now I am not ecstatic, but I will become quiet.

Killing is no big deal. I was almost killed many times before. When Zhang Ning was still in her infancy, she almost died. To discuss right or wrong, what is wrong with a baby?