Chapter 32 Chapter Nine Haohao Yin Yang Shift

In the birthday celebration, the palace gauze is drooping, and the aroma of wine is intoxicating.The lanterns in the hall are confusing, and the singing and dancing are peaceful.After a song, the dancers swayed their long sleeves and flew in the air, singing and dancing to the music.The glazed lamps on both sides flickered in a blurry way, reflecting the warmth of everyone in the hall, as they exchanged cups and cups, they staggered. Above the main seat of the main hall, the emperor watched the singing and dancing with a smile, and drank several cups of fine wine in one hand.And Bu Qingyun also wore a luxurious palace gown, and waited by his side with a wine bottle.She wore heavy makeup today, her flaming red lips complemented her fair complexion, and her expression was even more charming. She smiled like a flower and poured wine for the emperor glass by glass.

At this time, the dancers of His Highness threw up the bright red silk for birthday celebrations, and the red silk and satin that filled the hall fluttered and swayed, blocking everyone's sight.The dancers danced more and more intensely, and the sky was full of red, which made people feel intoxicated. Bu Qingyun put down the jug, turned to pick up the jade cup in front of him, touched the body of the cup with one hand, slid over the coldness, and there was a faint cold light in his eyes.She has made an appointment with all the masked men who are ambushing outside the hall at this moment, and at the birthday celebration, they will capture the emperor together under the name of throwing cups.A trace of tension gripped his heart, Bu Qingyun stared at the emperor who had completely sunk, slowly raised the cup, and was about to drop it, but saw a figure rushing outside the palace, that was wearing a red palace dress, with a high bun, It's the queen!

"It's the queen! Why is the empress here?" All of a sudden, there were whispers of discussions in the hall. The singing and dancing stopped for a moment, Bu Qingyun hurriedly put down the cup, and saw the queen stepping all the way in, knelt down in the direction of the emperor: "The emperor—" The emperor leaned forward, looked at the queen who was kneeling under his highness, seemed furious, slapped the table and said: "Didn't you be ordered to return to Beijing? Why are you back again?!" The queen burst into tears, only looked at the emperor, and said affectionately: "The concubine does not want to leave the emperor! Your majesty, the concubine got the news that someone will harm the emperor, so the concubine came back overnight to report the letter! No matter how the emperor treats the concubine, But the concubine does not forget the emperor for a moment in her heart!"

The emperor turned cold, waved his hand and said: "What a disappointment! Come on, invite the queen out!" The queen took a step back, shook her head, pulled out a pair of scissors from her sleeve, and raised it high: "Your Majesty! This concubine is going to admonish you with death today. This trip to the south of the Yangtze River is full of dangers, and there are treacherous people like Mr. Jing The villain is by the emperor's side, the emperor must guard against it!" The emperor resolutely shouted coldly: "Pull it out..." "Your majesty, my concubine is not a jealous person. If you don't listen to dissuasion, this concubine is really helpless." A line of cold tears fell from the queen's eyes, she knelt down slowly, raised the scissors to cut off her hair, "The concubine will cut off the will in front of the emperor. If the emperor is willing to obey the concubine's words, the concubine will cut off her hair and become a nun. The ancient Buddha with the green lamp will pray for the emperor for the rest of her life."

The queen ran towards the emperor with her hair and scissors in her hands. Before she arrived, she said, "Your majesty, your majesty, this...don't you believe it?" At the end of the sentence, the guards who were ambushing around the emperor suddenly jumped out, each holding a weapon to block the queen's footsteps. Seeing this, Bu Qingyun was already horrified, thinking that the emperor had already become suspicious of her and set up a net. Fortunately, the queen came to make a fuss, otherwise if they started to act, they would be caught in the net.Turning around, he saw that the emperor was signaling to the guards to come and grab him. Bu Qingyun quickly kicked over the table, jumped out, and rolled in the air. He saw dozens of dead men dressed as officials and eunuchs in the venue rushing forward Come out, throwing out thunderbolt bombs and pyrotechnic bombs.

For a moment, the venue of the birthday celebration was filled with smoke, and all the dead men and Bu Qingyun escaped completely.In order to protect the emperor, the queen rushed forward anxiously. She was hit on the head by a missile in the smoke, and she fell limp to the ground instantly. The emperor rushed forward and rushed to hug the empress: "Empress—empress—" Hearing the calls one after another, the queen blinked her eyes in a trance, a line of blood slipped across her forehead, and the hand that touched the emperor's shoulder fell to the ground for a moment. At this time, the imperial physicians swarmed around the queen's bedroom, and the emperor was very anxious, walking up and down in the study anxiously.When Hengtai and his party learned that the queen was coming back for the birthday banquet, they also came together, but it was a pity that they came a step late and could not reverse the tragedy of the queen's injury.At this time, Hengtai knelt in the study, waiting for the emperor to deal with it.

"I want you to escort the queen back to Beijing, why can't you even do this little thing? Why don't you keep an eye on the queen? Do you know that because of your dereliction of duty, you ruined a good situation of mine! You know Don’t know? It’s all in vain! It’s all in vain!” The emperor was furious, and he slammed his palm on the desk, attacking Hengtai again and again. Seeing this, Hengtai had no choice but to kowtow and say: "Your Majesty, I know I'm wrong! For the present plan, I should quickly ask the Empress Empress to see who was instigating her to come back. I dare to say that there must be a Infiltrated spies!"

"I already know about this, let's go ask the queen in a while and find out the ghost." The emperor sighed, looked at him again, and asked softly, "Hengtai, you know that I have set up such a big game, What is it for?" "I really don't know." The emperor looked out of the window, the night was lonely, and he fell into memory: "It was a long time ago. At that time, I was going to Jiangnan. I went to visit Jiangnan privately, and a person belonging to a mysterious organization in Jiangnan threatened me. I went to investigate a case of repairing a river pond, but was shot dead by Ouchi guards. I remember that person had a unique fish-shaped tattoo on his hand. Later, I also investigated the case. There was indeed a grievance, but I have already replaced them Rehabilitation. I thought the matter was over like this, but how could I know that this is just the beginning..."

"Start?" Heng Tai asked in a daze. The emperor nodded, sighed, and continued: "Later, there was an opera singer named Liang Gong who came to the palace to sing. He had an affair with Concubine Hui. After I discovered it, he died at the hands of Concubine Hui. It was just an ordinary work. Scandal, but I saw an identical tattoo on his hand... I was very scared at the time, and until today, over ten years have passed, nothing has happened..." "Since nothing happened, how could the emperor be aware of Bu Qingyun's party's plan?" The emperor gritted his teeth coldly, frowned deeply, and said quietly: "Until Bu Qingyun appeared. She had the same tattoo on her hand, and I began to think about why these people appeared in the palace one by one strangely, and what exactly did they have?" The purpose? I saw that Bu Qingyun wanted to seduce me, which prompted me to start planning, to seal Bu Qingyun as a noble person, to tolerate everything she did in the palace, and then announce that she would have a big birthday. This is their best chance. It's also my best chance, I want to uproot them and wipe them all out! It's a pity that this layout was ruined because of your negligence, and it's completely in vain!"

Hearing this, Hengtai immediately lowered his head and frowned. The emperor sighed, and pointed at Hengtai: "Everyone ran away, even Bu Qingyun ran away. Thrill the snake! Hengtai, you ruined all my plans." "I know I was wrong!" "Then do you know what kind of punishment you should accept?" "This……" Hengtai was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when a maid hurriedly ran outside the study, and the news came that the queen had woken up. The emperor was overjoyed and wanted to rush out of the study, Hengtai also followed, chasing after the emperor's footsteps and said: "That's great, your majesty, the empress must be instigated by a traitor when she returns this time, as long as you know who this person is, Then we can know their overall layout, and it will not be difficult to catch these chaotic parties."

The emperor nodded, anxious, walked in a hurry, and turned straight into the queen's bedroom, but saw the queen on the couch looking like a madman, a little bit out of her mind.And Xingdai had tears in her eyes, kneeling in front of the couch to support her. The emperor pushed away the imperial physicians surrounding the couch, sat down in front of the queen, held the queen's hand nervously with one hand, and asked anxiously, "Is the queen okay?" Xing Dai responded: "I suffered a severe blow to my brain, and I felt a little retched. The imperial doctor has gone to make medicine." The emperor nodded and looked at Hengtai.Seeing this, Hengtai quickly knelt down and greeted the queen with a voice: "Hengtai greeted the empress, may I ask the empress, who encouraged you to come back this time?" The queen blinked her eyes in pain, struggled to get up, her lips moved, and a voice seemed to overflow: "Yes... yes..." Hengtai held his breath and said nervously, "Who is it?" "Yes—" the queen grabbed a corner of Hengtai's sleeve suddenly, her complexion suddenly turned blue, her eyes rolled, and she fell straight down.In an instant, people lost their breath. "Your Majesty - Your Majesty -" Heng Tai screamed, and hurriedly grabbed the Queen's wrist, but felt that the Queen's hand was already cold and hard.Hengtai felt a pain in his heart, he couldn't help but let go of the queen's wrist, exhaled, and sat down on the ground blankly. "What's going on here? Empress! Empress! Come on, come on—" The emperor didn't know what was going on, so he supported the queen and called her continuously. The imperial doctors rushed up immediately, and after feeling the pulse, they all knelt on the ground and cried repeatedly: "Please mourn the emperor, the empress has already passed away—" The emperor didn't seem to react, he just hugged the dead queen in his arms, dazed in a daze.His face turned blue, he paused for a while, then suddenly turned his face, stared at Hengtai, and ordered in a cold voice—— "Fucha Hengtai listens to the order!" Hengtai hurriedly knelt down again, and cried out in pain: "The minister leads the decree." The emperor closed his eyes, and only hugged the queen even tighter. He stared out of the window with dull eyes, and a cold and painful voice overflowed lightly—— "This matter happened because of you. You have three days to find out the cause of the queen's death and catch all the culprits! Otherwise——the whole family will be executed!" Liancheng lowered his head and looked at his hands bound by the rope, and then at Jiang Yichen who was holding the rope. For several days, Jiang Yichen kept himself trapped like this.If we stay with him any longer, we will not be able to leave, and the danger on Hengtai's side will not be relieved either.But for a while, she couldn't think of any chance to escape. Fang glanced away, and saw Jiang Yichen took out a steamed bun from his bag, took a few bites, looked back at her sitting nearby, took out another steamed bun and threw it over.The steamed bun fell into Liancheng's bound hands, Liancheng threw the steamed bun on the ground without thinking. "Who wants to eat your buns!" Liancheng snorted. Jiang Yichen looked at her coldly, and said slowly: "Tong Yuxiu, stop putting on airs! Even if you don't eat or drink along the way, don't think that I will feel any sympathy. Anyway, there is only one steamed bun, eat it or not, it's up to you. Starving to death is none of my business!" It seems that Jiang Yichen will never believe that he is Liancheng.Liancheng fell into despair, but then she thought again, since he identified herself as Tong Yuxiu, she might as well make a mistake and pretend to be Tong Yuxiu, let him let her go first, and then wait for an opportunity to escape! Thinking of this, Liancheng paused, stood up, walked in front of Jiang Yichen calmly, and looked down at him who was sitting on the ground: "Jiang Yichen, you are really cunning, since you have seen through, then I will not hide it from you." .I am indeed Tong Yuxiu! You see, I have suffered so much and suffered so much. Now I have thought very clearly, and I will stop spinning in hatred. Please let me go! I want to change my past. From now on, from now on, I want to start a new life." Jiang Yichen tilted his head and thought for a while, only to think that Tong Yuxiu in front of him seemed a little more interesting than before, and looked at her with a smile: "You really think so?" Liancheng nodded. Jiang Yichen smiled, slapped his thigh and said heartily: "Since you want to start a new life, it's just right, you can stay with me!" "What? With you?" Liancheng was in a hurry and looked at him with wide eyes. Jiang Yichen nodded, only thinking that if Tong Yuxiu could be trapped and stop causing trouble, the world would be peaceful. Let her be his companion first, and then slowly build her up. "Yes! Didn't you always want to be with me? You always wanted to elope with me. Now that the opportunity comes, aren't you happy?" Liancheng sat down on the ground, and shook his head with a bitter face: "Oh! What do you call that? I know you never have me in your heart, you only like Liancheng. Twisted melons are not sweet, in fact, I know it myself, I can I don't want to be Liancheng's substitute. Jiang Yichen, just let me go! It's good for you and good for me!" When Jiang Yichen saw her expression of reluctance and complaints of distress, he felt that she seemed a little bit connected, so he snickered for a while.He suddenly stepped forward to grab Liancheng and kissed her violently. Liancheng was startled, then struggled, and suddenly pushed Jiang Yichen away: "Oh! What are you doing? Let me go! Let me go!" Jiang Yichen let go of her slightly, touched his chin, looked at her with squinted eyes, and said quietly: "Now it seems that you are more and more like Liancheng! If this is the case, then I will not let you go! " Liancheng became nervous, quickly raised his head, and asked in a daze, "Why?" Jiang Yichen stood up with a smile, pulled the rope, and signaled her to go forward together.After walking a few steps, he held the rope behind his back leisurely, in a good mood to enjoy the sunshine, and said with a smile all the way: "If you are Yuxiu, then stay by my side, at least I can prevent you from harming me again. Liancheng; but if you are really Liancheng, hehehe—do you think I will let you go? Stop thinking about it!" Walking all the way to the village on the outskirts of the city, not far away, there is a farmhouse with lights and festoons. It turns out that some villagers are holding a big wedding.Seeing this, Liancheng seemed to have seized a good opportunity, hurriedly ran a few steps, chased Jiang Yichen and said, "Hey, Jiang Yichen. There is a wedding ahead, let's go ask for a wedding drink too! I didn't eat the steamed buns before, but now hungry!" Jiang Yichen looked in the direction she pointed, and there were indeed some villagers celebrating a happy event, so he couldn't help but say, "Look, how lively they are. Yuxiu, don't you think that instead of being exhausted to death in a place with complicated personnel Living a tiring life is not as good as they do, living a busy life in a poor village. From now on, work from sunrise to rest, no fights, no hatred, this life is simple and quiet, which is rare Good luck!" Liancheng gritted his teeth and asked him deliberately: "Then let me ask you—do you think I'm Yuxiu or Liancheng?" Hearing this, Jiang Yichen turned his head suddenly, stared at her face, looked up and down, and sighed again: "To be honest, I can't see it right either. But I think you are like Liancheng Duo. It’s more like Yuxiu, of course, it’s only a little bit more.” Liancheng smiled, and it was indeed a good answer, so he simply said: "Since this is the case, anyway, there are ready-made red candle lanterns in front, banquet guests, do you have the courage to marry me now?" "Oh?" Jiang Yichen was stunned when he heard this, and looked at her with vacant eyes, thinking, "You really think so? Don't have any evil ideas!" "The words that are said, the water that is poured out, since I said this, it is naturally true-I am Tong Yuxiu! Of course I am willing to marry you. But if you think I am Liancheng wishful thinking, then naturally It's up to you to fantasize, anyway, no matter who I am, you've earned it!" Liancheng nodded firmly, with a serious look on his face. "Success! This is so clear." Jiang Yichen suddenly smiled and agreed, "If you dare to marry, I will certainly dare to marry!" "Okay, then we've made a deal like this! What are you still waiting for? Why don't you help me untie the rope? Even if it's a forced marriage, there's no reason to tie up the bride!" Liancheng said, and put He raised the rope in his hand, motioning for him to untie it. Jiang Yichen shook the rope, immediately untied it, and looked at her sideways: "I tell you, even if you are not tied, you will not be able to escape from my palm. You'd better be obedient." Liancheng rubbed his wrists, and smiled obediently: "That's natural, you are a big man, can you be gentle!" Jiang Yichen snorted, then turned his head, with a warm smile on his lips. In the village, several fellow villagers hurried over to greet two strangers. "This little brother and this girl, you are from other places! What a coincidence, we are having a happy event here, if you two don't mind, you can sit down and have a drink or two, and feel happy!" "Several folks have invited me. It's a coincidence that we will not only drink wedding wine this time, but also borrow your precious land to get married!" Jiang Yichen cupped his fists and pointed to Liancheng behind him, "See, she is my fiancee Well, it’s better to catch up sooner than later, I’ll pay a few dozen taels more for water, wine and food, and today we’re getting married here with you, what do fellow villagers think?” Liancheng took the opportunity to salute quickly, "Please fellow villagers." Several fellow villagers looked at each other and nodded, all of them looked happy. "It's a happy event, and good things come in pairs, but it's a matter of great auspiciousness! Good! One of the two, please!" "That's right! We want to make the wedding event lively and auspicious! Let's go! We asked the women in the house to help you dress up this pretty wife, and we will tidy up a good house for you tonight, and we promise to let you enter the bridal chamber!" "Okay! Congratulations, congratulations! Let's go!" While talking, everyone surrounded Liancheng and Jiang Yichen and walked to the wedding venue, and called the woman in the courtyard: "Fifth Aunt! Come, come!" I saw a woman lifted the wedding curtain, peeped out, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" The fellow pointed at Liancheng and Jiang Yichen, and said to the woman: "This girl is going to marry this little brother here today, you two hurry up and take the girl into the house to dress up, and you can come out with our bride in a while. !" "Hey! There is such a coincidence!" The woman walked up, took Liancheng by her arm, and exclaimed as she pushed into the room, "What a beautiful girl! Come, come in with your aunt! The caretaker will dress you up like that!" It's like a fairy descending to earth." Seeing this, Jiang Yichen hurriedly stopped him a step: "Hey, let me come with you!" The woman smiled, pointed at him and said: "Yo! How can the elders go to make up with you? No, no! You, just wait outside, and I will send you a bride in a while! What are you in a hurry for?" !Hahaha--" While joking, the villagers pushed Jiang Yichen to the other side for a drink.Surrounded by fellow villagers, Jiang Yichen sat in the middle of the banquet, watching Liancheng walk into the compound, with a look of uneasiness on his face, but he smiled helplessly. Liancheng followed the woman into the bride's room, and saw a group of girls helping the bride to make up. Liancheng quickly stepped forward, knelt down in front of them, and begged repeatedly: "Help me! All sisters and aunts, help me In fact, I was abducted by that man outside, and he even forced me to marry him! We are all women, I don’t want to be pushed into the fire pit at a young age! You must save me!” The female relatives were stunned, and the bride also stood up from her seat, looked at the woman in front of Liancheng suspiciously and asked, "Fifth Aunt, what's going on?" The woman hurriedly pressed the bride's shoulders, and advised An: "Don't be afraid, it's none of your business, you just get married." Then, she turned around again, looked at Liancheng and asked, "Miss, Tell your aunt, what you are telling is the truth? Don’t you just have a quarrel between young lovers?” Liancheng was anxious and shook his head: "Auntie, everything I said is the truth! I have been held hostage by him for several days. Look, my feet are broken and my hands are wounded, and he still doesn't give me a hand." I'll eat! I'm still hungry!" As he spoke, he handed over his wrist. All the female relatives hurriedly gathered around, seeing that there were indeed many strangle marks on Liancheng's hands, they exclaimed repeatedly: "Oh, there are so many scars, it's really scary!" The woman who led Liancheng into the house just now hurriedly brought a plate of peanut candies, stuffed it to Liancheng, and said, "Girl, don't worry! We will help you escape! Here are some sweets and pastries, you fill your stomach first." , I will play it by ear in a while!" Half an hour later, Liancheng walked out of the wedding room in men's attire, looked at Jiang Yichen who was surrounded by the banquet, pulled down the brim of his hat, turned around and ran out from the back gate.Finally, finally escaped. After the empress passed away, the emperor couldn't afford to be sick. For two consecutive days, he could only lie in the bedroom of the post house, covered his face with a gauze, and was trapped in a dimly lit room, unwilling to even open his eyes.When Hengtai entered the bedroom, the emperor raised his eyes slightly, looking blankly at the portrait of the queen hanging in the room, muttering in his mouth, as if talking softly with the portrait. After waiting for a while, the emperor sighed slowly, glanced lightly at the imperial doctor who came to take the pulse, and asked lightly: "How is it? How is my illness?" The imperial doctor took half a step back and saluted, "I report to the emperor that the illness is not serious, but it is a little troublesome to treat. The emperor misses the queen too much, and has eczema, so it is not suitable to see the light, so the veil covered by the emperor cannot be taken off." Yes, otherwise it would be...somewhat inappropriate for the dragon body." It's like this all day long, it needs to be adjusted carefully, the condition is not serious, but he feels like he is going to die of pain, his body and mind are in pain, it is a sharp pain.The emperor waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, step back!" With an order, the imperial physician retreated. The emperor closed his eyes and called Hengtai again. Hengtai took a step forward and saluted: "The minister is here!" The emperor sighed slightly, and only asked: "How is the cause of the Queen's death found? What progress has been made in tracking down the whereabouts of the rebellious party?" "I have been investigating for a whole day and night, but there is no progress." The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, without looking at him, he just said coldly: "The three-day deadline has already passed, and you still have two more days to work!" Hengtai nodded heavily: "I never dare to take it lightly." "Okay! Just remember." The emperor frowned, but when he thought of the queen, he couldn't hide the pain in his eyes, and said sadly, "Since I went to the south of the Yangtze River this time, I haven't left Zhili yet. Things are not going well, not only the remnants of the chaotic party have appeared, but now the empress has also died for no reason, I am so sad." "Your Majesty, the deceased is dead. Your Majesty, please mourn." The emperor turned his eyes slightly, stared at the portrait of the queen lonely, and suddenly said: "I want to hold a funeral ceremony for the queen here, the more grand the better, it will be tomorrow!" Hengtai said anxiously: "Your Majesty, there are still many things that have not been clarified at this time. It will be very dangerous to make a big fuss here!" The emperor shook his head, slammed his fist on the seat, and said emphatically: "I and the empress are husband and wife, and we are deeply in love. How can we not mourn and mourn?" Hengtai hurriedly knelt down, and persuaded again: "Your Majesty, this is a serious matter, please think twice!" "I have made up my mind, don't say any more! Back off!" Seeing the emperor's angry expression, Hengtai had no choice but to kowtow and obey the order.Turning around and leaving the bedroom, he took a last look at the emperor who was still in a daze, and sighed helplessly, looking back, he saw Xingdai anxiously waiting outside the door. Seeing Hengtai stepping out, Xingdai stepped up, grabbed his wrist, and said softly: "Hengtai, what should we do? There are less than two days before the deadline given by Huang Ama, and there is no clue now. No……" Hengtai leads Xingdai and walks in the corridor. The rockery in the garden is scattered, and the stone forest is overlapping.Walking along the way, Hengtai breathed a sigh of relief, comforted Xingdai and said, "Princess, please don't worry, anyway, tomorrow is the empress's funeral. After the funeral, the emperor will return to Beijing. I believe that the remnants of the chaotic party will definitely have something to do." They took action. After a lot of effort, they finally tricked the emperor out of the Forbidden City. If they missed a hit, how could they stop? We definitely still have a chance!" Xing Dai paused, and quickly squeezed his hand: "Are you really sure?" Hengtai smiled wryly, but he didn't know how sure he was, I'm afraid this is also the last chance. "The enemy is dark and we are clear. Although we don't have any clues, as long as we know that they will definitely attack again, then we will stop quietly and wait for the rabbit." Holding Xing Dai behind his back with one hand, he pressed heavily, "Everything , play by ear!" In the imperial kitchen of the Xinggong Pavilion, Liancheng covered her face with a gauze and was stir-frying with a spoon. On the wooden table behind her, three dishes had already been placed.With a sound of "out of the pot", she stacked the dishes in the pot on a white porcelain plate, and then brought the dishes to the wooden table. "Oil-fried prawns, fish presented at the palace gate, Luohan Shangsu, plus a bamboo fungus soup. Please taste it, father-in-law." Liancheng handed over the dishes and looked at the eunuch serving food expectantly. The serving eunuch gave a wink, and the little eunuch tasting food walked over and tried everything with the silver needle first, and there was no abnormality on the silver needle.The little eunuch who tasted food picked up a small plate, took a bite out of every dish, nodded, and stepped aside again.The eunuch then raised his chopsticks, took a few mouthfuls of food, and praised: "Yes! Not bad! Not bad! Your name is Suyun? The cooking skills are really good! Good! There is a lack of a cook here, so you can stay here!" Liancheng covered his smile, and hurriedly saluted and asked, "Thank you, father-in-law! Suyun has something to ask: I heard that the current emperor and General Fucha Hengtai are both in this palace post during this journey. Father-in-law, what is this?" Really?" The eunuch's face changed: "Bold! Who are you, how dare you ask these things?" "Oh, how dare Suyun ask anything, I just think that if it is true, then I can cook for the emperor and the general, but my ancestors have accumulated a lot of virtue! It is very glorious to say it!" The eunuch serving food looked at her: "Really? Why do you always cover your face with a scarf?" Lian Cheng hurriedly explained: "There is a lot of oily smoke in the kitchen, so it's good to use this to cover it up." The eunuch serving food nodded: "Don't ask about things that shouldn't be asked. Since you are a cook, as long as you cook well, you will be benefited at that time. If something goes wrong, we will all be out of luck! You know Yet?" After hearing this, Liancheng nodded quickly: "Yes! Thank you, Eunuch, for your reminder. Suyun will definitely do her best!" After working all day in the imperial dining room of the post house, Liancheng finally got some free time to go out of the small kitchen and walk all the way to the front yard.She wholeheartedly wants to get close to Hengtai, wholeheartedly wants to tell him, and be wary of Yuxiu who is beside him.On the way here, she had already heard the news of the queen's death. She was afraid that there would be even more unexpected disasters in the future.Walking all the way into the back garden, in order to avoid the passing maids, Liancheng walked around behind the rockery. When he passed the side of the rockery, he heard Yuxiu's voice—— "You dishonest woman!" Hearing the voice, Liancheng quickly squatted down.Behind the rockery, Yuxiu was restrained by a masked man in black with a dagger. "Shut up if you want to survive. Don't forget, you still have poison on your body, and the antidote is still in my hand." The man in black pulled off the black scarf covering his face, revealing a fair face.Liancheng remembered this face, it was Bu Qingyun! "I finished my work last time, and you didn't give me the antidote, so what do you guys want to do this time?" I saw Yuxiu standing in front of Bu Qingyun, as if arguing with her about something. That Bu Qingyun just smiled, looked at Yuxiu and said: "You are a useful person, even the queen was plotted against by you with poison, how could I let you go so easily? Thanks to you, tomorrow is the queen's funeral Yi Dadian, what you have to do is very simple, that is, put gunpowder in the queen's coffin..." Yuxiu's face also seemed to be shocked, tremblingly said: "Gunpowder!" Bu Qingyun picked up a small bundle and handed it to Yuxiu: "Yes, this is a pack of special gunpowder with great power, as long as you put it in the coffin, when the emperor comes to pay homage, there will be a bang , Both jade and stone will be destroyed! As long as you finish the matter, I will give you the antidote! Otherwise, our plan will fail, and you will not be able to live, and you will have to suffer all the tortures before the poison to die!" Liancheng hid behind the rockery, and after hearing their plan, he didn't dare to show his anger.Conspiring rebellion in front of the palace is a huge matter. If they succeed, once the explosives explode, not only the emperor's life will be lost, but even Hengtai will be greatly threatened.Even if he survived by luck, it would be a bad escort, which would harm Hengtai!The more Liancheng thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he quietly ran out of the rockery and rushed to Hengtai's residence. When he was about to step into Hengtai's gate, he called out: "Hengtai, Heng..." With a sound, he was suddenly covered by a hand behind him, and he dragged Liancheng from the door into the dark corner at the end of the corridor.Liancheng struggled, but when he took a closer look, he saw that the person covering his mouth turned out to be Jiang Yichen.She stared at Jiang Yichen angrily, and was about to speak, but Jiang Yichen stopped her with words—— "I know, you are Liancheng!" Liancheng was taken aback, and stared at him blankly: "How do you believe it now?" Jiang Yichen held her shoulders, stared at her eyes carefully, and let the face change in every possible way, but he believed that the eyes would never change.Yes, he remembered the look in her eyes, Liancheng was really good in front of her. "I've been following you these days. You've been in the kitchen. I've observed you for a long time. If you were Tong Yuxiu, you would have had many chances to kill Fucha Hengtai, but you didn't. On the contrary, you just spied on Tong Yuxiu. Yuxiu and the masked man conspired, but rushed to tell Fucha Hengtai that the only person who can do this is Liancheng." "Since you already know, why don't you let me go? I'm going to inform Hengtai!" Jiang Yichen shook his head, lowered his voice, and comforted him: "This matter is too involved. If I let you out, Hengtai may not believe you, but even if it does, Tong Yuxiu and those gangs will not trust you once this matter is leaked. The masked man will not let you go. Liancheng, a place of right and wrong should not stay for a long time, I will not let you be in danger again! Come with me!" "No! I can't go!" Liancheng insisted. Jiang Yichen shook his head, grabbed Liancheng, and left the posthouse.He grabbed Liancheng and walked quickly along the street.Liancheng struggled all the way, repeatedly shaking the hand held by Jiang Yichen—— "Jiang Yichen, let me go! Why don't you understand? I am from Hengtai. From the first time I saw Hengtai, I have never had anyone else in my heart! He lives for me, and he dies for me. I can't live. I beg you, just let me go! I'm going to save Hengtai, I'd rather die than save Hengtai..." Jiang Yichen didn't even look at her, just said: "No! I can't let you take risks! Absolutely can't let you go!" Liancheng was anxious, and stopped suddenly: "Jiang Yichen, if you don't let go, I'll bite my tongue and kill myself! Tell you, if you don't let me go, I'd rather die than die with Hengtai!" Jiang Yichen stopped, turned his head to look at Liancheng, and asked her calmly, "What if I just don't let you go?" Liancheng nodded, turned his body to one side, and slammed into the wall beside him.Seeing this, Jiang Yichen hurriedly blocked Liancheng's impact, and looked at Liancheng fixedly: "Are you really willing to die for him?" Liancheng was angry and impatient, stomping his feet and said, "Am I still not clear?! You... are you going to force me to death first?" Jiang Yichen couldn't help sighing, let go of his hand, looked at her slowly, and nodded heavily: "You can't handle it alone! I'll go with you!" Above the Spirit Hall, prayer flags are swaying, and white silk hangs down.The queen's coffin is placed under the prayer flags in the spiritual shed, with long lights hanging high on both sides and candles flickering.The sound of monks chanting sutras floated layer by layer, accompanied by the distant bell, which was sad and desolate. In the deep silence of the cold night, Yuxiu raised her head and saw the empress's tall spirit tablet head-on, and the onyx white curtains and long curtains flying around. As she walked, the guards guarding the spirit hall said that the place of mourning was so important that outsiders were not allowed to enter. stop. Yuxiu just stared at them, and said coldly: "I am Song Liancheng, Fucha Hengtai's concubine, the general and the princess sent me to inspect the queen's coffin again. The queen's empress has been buried for several days, if there are any scars, at this time It should be possible to check, I want to take a look!" "It's not that the subordinates didn't allow it, but the imperial coffin of the empress has been nailed firmly with golden nails, so it can't be opened easily! Now that the outer outer coffin has not been nailed with gold nails, even if you look at it, you won't gain anything." Yuxiu immediately said after hearing the words: "I am following orders, the inner coffin cannot be inspected, so it is worthwhile to have a look at the outer coffin!" A guard stepped out of the way and said, "Then I'll take you in." Yuxiu shook her head: "No need, you stay here and guard, I'll just go in by myself!" Slowly pushing open the heavy lacquered door in the dark, step by step into the cold hall with plain curtains and white flags flying, the spiritual candles stretching all the way on the left and right sides are streaming with warm tears, benzoin is burning in the incense burner, mist is lingering, and green smoke is floating up. Yuxiu lit a handful of incense in front of the queen's coffin, she glanced around and saw that there was no one around, she gently pushed off the top cover of the outer coffin, and saw that the inside was indeed a tightly nailed imperial coffin.She took out the small bundle full of gunpowder from the skirt, and took out the gunpowder packets from the bundle, and put them one by one into the gap between the outer coffin and the inner coffin, and skillfully placed the detonating device.The explosive device in his hand, as Bu Qingyun said, is very ingenious. During the memorial ceremony, the emperor will definitely go to cry in the coffin, and then there will be firecrackers going off.The explosive device of this powerful gunpowder is detonated by vibration. As long as the firecracker outside is fired, the sensing device of the vibrating explosive will be detonated immediately, and then everything will be destroyed. Outside the hall, Liancheng, who was ambushing in the darkness, was already waiting for an opportunity, so he wanted to go forward and catch Yuxiu.Jiang Yichen stopped her abruptly, and whispered in her ear: "No way! Catch the thief and take the stolen goods. If you go out now, it's easy for her to bite back and blame you. Even if you are full of mouths, you still can't tell. gone." 连城咬着牙，眼见毓秀从殿中而出，盯着她的背影远去，连城道了声：“她走了。” “好机会！现在我就去把火药浇灭，然后再去告发佟毓秀的阴谋。”江逸尘轻轻站起身，忙又一把制住连同起身的连城，“实在太危险了！你在这儿等着，我一个人去！” 说罢，便飞身潜入灵棚。一时间，惊动了守灵的侍卫，江逸尘就势将侍卫打倒在地，一步跑去皇后的棺椁前，掏出一只水葫芦，正要打开皇后的棺椁注水，却听到身后一声冷喝—— “大胆！什么人？竟敢夜闯行宫馆驿！” 几个侍卫立时围了上来，只听见呜呜几声怪响，四只锯齿飞环被放了出来。江逸尘左躲右闪，并且徒手和侍卫们战在一处。混战中，江逸尘夺下一把单刀，用单刀拨打下了两个锯齿飞环。另一个锯齿飞环向江逸尘的背后飞来，此时江逸尘正被一个侍卫缠住，背后露出了空门。 躲在暗处的连城忙惊叫道：“小心背后！” 江逸尘将身就地一伏，飞来的锯齿飞环正打在身后的侍卫身上，那侍卫顿时毙命。 其余的侍卫见殿外还躲着一人，转身便朝着连城冲去。听得连城一声惊叫，江逸尘大惊，忙回神赶去救连城，猛力杀退了几个侍卫，护住连城，却被锯齿飞环重重地划伤了腹部。 “哎呀！你受伤了！”连城唤了一声。 “快走！”江逸尘全然不顾身上的伤，带着连城便一路逃出了驿馆，往西面的山林中跑去，脚下的血迹引来了身后一众侍卫的追杀。江逸尘受了伤，越走越慢，脚下的血越流越多。连城低头间，见他半个身子已浸在血水中，急道：“你在流血，还流了很多很多的血，你要是再这样跑下去，血会流光的！” 江逸尘惨笑，握紧连城的手：“只要你平平安安的，我就算是死又怎样？何况我身上的血多得是，你放心，这点小伤，奈何我不得。” “那你也先停下来，我给你包扎一下。” 江逸尘停下脚步，将连城拉入一处隐蔽的树林后，坐了下来。连城忙将衣襟撕下，给江逸尘腹部的伤口包扎起来，心疼道：“你这又是何必呢？” 江逸尘痛得吸了口冷气，笑道：“我早说了，只要过去，就会有危险，既然你执意要过去，那么伤在我身上，也远比伤在你身上要好，我心甘情愿。” 连城手下一顿，幽幽地看着他，不无纠结道：“你……对我真的很好，但……” 江逸尘笑着摇摇头，抬起一手封住连城的唇：“够了，不用再说下去了，我不为了什么，只是想着你好。” 远处，已传来侍卫们搜山的声音，眼见那火把越来越近，声音越来越大。江逸尘转眸看着连城，镇定道：“好了，没时间了！你快躲在草丛中，我去把他们给引开！” 连城急忙拉住他，阻止道：“不要！不要！你要是出去，必死无疑啊！” “好姑娘，有你这句话，我死了又怎样？”江逸尘一把握住连城的手，望着她缓缓溢出笑容，“呵呵，你信不信，我江逸尘是打不死的！你还记得吗？从你见到我的那天开始，我死了多少回？可悬崖摔不死我，炸药炸不死我，刀剑也杀不死我。” 泪，涌出连城的眼，她仍是不肯松手，不肯放开他。 江逸尘笑着掰开了她的腕子，安慰道：“你放心，咱俩是有缘之人，我和你的事情还没有完呢！我引开追兵之后，也许在某一年，某一天，我还会突然出现在你的面前，把你抢走，或许还会逼你做我的女人。” 连城猛地哭了出来：“不要！不要走！你不要走！” 江逸尘迅速点中连城的穴道，将连城放倒在草丛中，最后望了望连城的脸：“几个时辰之后，你的穴道会自动解开，然后你就赶紧离开这个满是是非的地方，再不要回来！” 连城虽然不能动，眼睛却在不停地眨动，立时滑落滚滚泪水。 “连城，你要记住，我江逸尘这辈子就只喜欢过你一个人，我要你活着！所以你必须给我好好活着！因为只要我活着，无论天涯海角，我都会找到你！你要是死了，让我找不到你，那你就是不守信诺！我们——还会再见的！” 江逸尘的最后一声，传入耳中，连城痛苦地咬紧了唇，发出呜呜的声音。眼见江逸尘奋起最后的力气，冲下了山。连城猛地闭上了眼，身子躺在草丛中不能动弹，却是眼泪决堤。耳边随后便是一阵混乱，听到侍卫们追着江逸尘的步子越来越远，而后，所有的声音渐渐远去。 连城流着眼泪，望着天上的月亮，突然想起了从前那些美好的场景。想着那一年冬天，江逸尘牵着她踏雪走过，在白茫茫的草原上留下了一路的脚印；想起他的箫声，总是能一次次感彻她的心。耳边越来越静，再没有一丝动静，直至一片死静时，连城终于无法忍耐地痛哭出一声。 滚烫的热泪滑过她的脸，眼前尽是白雾模糊的一片，待眼泪风干，不知过了多久，天上飘起了雪花，大片大片地砸落在她脸上。麻痹的手指轻轻动弹着，连城缓过神，手可以动了，穴道解开了。她挣扎着爬了起来，来不及活动腿脚，便跌跌撞撞地跑向江逸尘方才冲去的地方。一路的血，江逸尘的血，她颤抖地追着那血迹。 终是在目光的尽头，看到了江逸尘。 此时，他宁静地伸出了一臂，似在等待着她的怀抱。他平躺在草丛中，胸前有无数支冷箭穿透了他的身子，俨然被射成了刺猬的模样。连城脚下一滑，便跌倒下去，她用力爬去江逸尘的方向，终于握上了他的一曳衣角。 “江逸尘——”她似平常一般，轻轻唤了他一声，却再也听不到他的回应。 他白色的衣衫，已被鲜红的血浸染，鹅毛般的雪花覆盖在他的身上，似为满身伤痕的他披上了一层薄薄的毛毯。他的眼睛尚是睁着的，安静地笑望着夜空，不知那最后一刻，他想起了谁，又在望什么。 “江逸尘，你不是说，也许在某一年，某一天，你还会突然出现在我的面前，把我抢走，或许还会逼我做你的女人吗？”泪，不停地滚出，连城抱着他的尸体，坐在草丛中，她哭着仰望夜空，不住地喊着他的名字。 江逸尘，你才是这世上最不守信的那个人。 天明，祭奠大典与初日一齐升起，钟声自灵棚中飘来，悲乐声围绕在灵殿周侧。跪于两道之上穿着素缟朝衣的群臣肃穆无言，一身缟白的太监和侍女站在后面，垂首哭灵。丧仪肃始，圣上亲悼。皇上自后殿而来，身着以素白缟衣遮掩的龙袍，一路以纱巾蒙着面，一步一步缓慢地走向皇后的棺椁。因悲伤过度，他的步伐似有些沉重而迟缓着。 埋伏在四处的蒙面人稍微探出了头，步青云亦藏匿在其中，眼见得皇上已走向预定的爆炸点，步青云打了个手势暗示着，其身侧的蒙面人便点了点头，又俯身隐藏了起来。 灵棚之中，皇上站在皇后的棺椁前，沉吟不语。 “哀思绝响，悲炮齐鸣！”司礼太监扬了一声，灵棚外传出了阵阵爆竹的巨响。 再一声轰鸣，接连由皇后的棺椁而来，只见一片火光中，灵棚发生了巨大的爆炸，瞬间被夷为废墟，皇上亦被炸得四分五裂，龙袍的碎片坠了一地。 一时间，场面极为混乱。步青云随即示意出手，十几个蒙面人由外掩杀过来。祭奠大礼上的守护侍卫们和蒙面人战在一处，侍卫不敌，节节败退着。 步青云一笑，扬声道：“好！我们成功在即！给我冲！” 说话间，一举倾上，奔去了灵棚之中。猛然之间，身后只听得三声震耳欲聋的炮响，灵棚四周突然出现了无数的弓箭手，对准了步青云一伙。 “静贵人，你就这样想要朕的性命吗？” 这一声听得步青云一震，她顺着声音飘来的方向转过身子，眼见皇上和恒泰从外面走了进来。 步青云疑惑地看着完好无损的皇上，不由得惊道：“我分明见到你被炸死，怎么……” “皇上神机妙算，又怎会中你的计策？刚才拜祭皇后的皇上，只是一个木傀儡。再说，皇后的遗体何其尊贵，岂能任由你们炸毁？这停放着的，只是一具空棺椁！”恒泰说着，将皇上护在身后，扬了一声，便欲拿下步青云，“来啊！将这群犯上作乱的贼子全部擒拿！若有反抗，格杀勿论！” 步青云一笑，便也毫无抵抗地束手就擒，她看着恒泰，颓然一笑道：“好！我输得心服口服，到底是你们棋高一着……” 皇上却突然说话：“来啊！把她给朕带到书房里来。” 恒泰见此，一时犹豫道：“皇上，这个步青云极其危险，是个亡命之徒！” “没事，带她过来，有些事情，朕要和她说清楚。” 恒泰立时应下，随同军士将步青云押送着离开。一时间，连城正由灵棚外奔来，眼见一片狼藉的灵棚，吓了一跳，只道是真的发生了爆炸。慌乱间，她焦急地在人群中寻找着恒泰的身影，远远地，看到了恒泰押送步青云的身影。 It's Hengtai!恒泰还活着！ 连城激动得尚来不及开口，却已被恒泰一眼盯住，并抬手向她指来—— “佟毓秀！你怎么会在这儿？来人，把她给我抓起来！” 两个军士迎面而来，将连城牢牢捆缚住。连城挣脱不开，却仍奋力扬声迎着恒泰喊去：“恒泰，不是这样的！我不是佟毓秀，我是连城，我是来救你的！” 恒泰冷冷地哼了一声：“胡说八道！你们几个看紧她，这个女人诡计多端，别让她又跑了！一会儿将那些乱党连同她，一齐押到前院去听候皇上发落！”说罢，便押着步青云快步走向皇上的书房。 连城一路凝着恒泰的背影，满心失望。垂首间，一滴泪落了下来，她喃喃道：“我把江逸尘抛在那么冷那么荒凉的地方，甚至都来不及安葬他，便想来解救你于危难。可是，你却再也认不出我了……” 书房之中，燃起了冷香。皇上还记得，这是步青云最喜欢的一味香，名叫断魂香。听说此香源自西域，嗅之断魂，不嗅反会思念至断魂。而他自己也曾笑说，步青云便也是这样的女子，明明知道是含着毒汁的罂粟，却忍不住靠近，忍不住不能拒绝。 如今，他望着跪在地上的她，依旧是那一脸的桀骜清冷，便如他初见她的那日，她幽幽抬起脸，面上虽是笑着，却从她的目光中看出了一丝冰冷。一直以来，他都想知道，那丝冰冷，那样的恨，到底是来源于何处。 “你，为什么一定要置朕于死地？”皇上俯身看着她，目光淡淡的。 步青云一仰起头，看着皇上，冷冷地笑：“报仇！为父报仇，为死去的兄弟们报仇！为成百上千死在你手上的人报仇！” 皇上摇了摇头，似不能相信她的话：“自朕二十五岁登基以来，重农开荒，兴修水利，怜农恤商，三次普免天下钱粮，两次免去八省漕粮。朕这一朝，古往今来称盛世，百姓臣工皆称圣君。我问你，朕又哪里去结什么成百上千的仇恨？” “好一个盛世，好一个明君！”步青云扬声一笑，缓缓抬起手，翻出手腕，露出腕中那鱼形的刺青，目光飘向他，“你可知道，这个刺青是什么意思？” 皇上略略皱了眉头，只一摇头：“我虽然见过多次，但始终不知这是一个什么样的组织。” “我告诉你，这不是什么组织，而是我们江南河工的刺青！”一声冷言落地，步青云咬牙道，“你还记得吗？在清口及江南运河的疏浚过程中，由于贪吏的盘剥，江南河工死了多少人？” 皇上吸了一口冷气，沉默着。 步青云握紧拳头，恨恨道：“有一个河工被逼得走投无路，抓住微服私访的你，以命胁迫，不为别的，只为让你听一听广大河工的哀号和他们的悲哀。而你呢？竟然下令将这个河工给杀死！你的这一举动，彻底激怒了我们江南的河工，众河工在我爹爹的带领之下，已经做好了万全的准备——我们要刺杀你！可惜我父亲的一念之仁，竟然给他带来了杀身之祸……” 皇上一时疑惑，问她：“你爹爹是？” 步青云溢出一丝冷笑，蔑视他：“你还装什么糊涂！我爹爹就是混入宫中唱戏的戏子，化名良工的那个人！” 皇上心头一震，猛地闭上了眼睛。 “突然有一天，我爹爹要放弃已经策划好的行刺计划！没有人知道这是为什么……”步青云说至此，已不能遏制地颤抖。只记得那一日他在众河工面前宣布他放弃了计划，不再刺杀皇帝。他宣告所有人说，当今这个皇帝未必是传闻中那么荒淫无道，他也在努力整顿吏治，惩罚贪官。而就算是把皇上杀了，也未必就能改变现在的局面，反而会搅得天下大乱，将有更多百姓受苦。 “可是，我爹爹没过多久，就被你给害死了！尸首从宫中运了出来——那时候，我就下定决心，要为他报仇！”犹记得父亲的尸首被运回来的时候母亲的哭喊，母亲哭着说这世上皇上是最不可信的，而父亲又怎么能相信皇上，终是因为错信，招来杀身之祸。那一日，她便看着父亲的尸身，咬紧了嘴唇，自此立誓，要将父亲身上的重任担负在己身，她要替代父亲，替代千万河工，完成刺杀大业，让父亲在九泉之下得以瞑目。 冷发垂落，终于，还是在一夕之间，尽败。 步青云颓然一笑，眼神流离地看向皇上，声音已是嘶哑：“你说！我爹爹都已经如此深明大义，饶过了你！可你为什么还要置他于死地？而且连他是怎么死的，都没有透露半句！我爹爹死于你手，昏君，我身负深仇大恨，我要你死！我要你死！” 皇上长长地叹了一口气：“我说怎么每次看你，总会想起一个人来，原来，你是他的女儿。可你知道吗？你的爹爹，你心目中的大英雄，其实他是骗你的，他骗了你们所有人，他不是为了大义，而是为了一个女人，为了我的一个女人……” "What did you say?" 皇上将双眼闭上，无奈地叹道：“你的爹爹爱上了我的女人，慧妃，他想带慧妃私奔——而后，他们的私情暴露，你爹爹为了保护慧妃，情愿自尽身死。而这，就是全部的真相。” 步青云惊住，一时无言以对。 “此时此刻，你还想再报仇吗？是我对不起你爹爹，还是他对不起我？”皇上一言问向她，话中亦是痛苦不堪。 步青云惨笑一声，不住地摇头：“笑话，笑话！我的复仇竟然只是一场笑话……太可笑了！” “你还是放下仇恨吧，仇恨不光会烧死别人，更会焚烧自己！” 步青云缓缓站了起来，望着皇上，面容一颤：“没有机会了，我的路已经走到了尽头，还有什么好放下的？” 突然之间，她咬碎了口中的一粒毒药，毒汁四溅，她连连将黑色的毒汁尽数吞入腹中。 “你要做什么？”皇上一手扶住她，急问。 步青云笑笑，目中闪烁道：“这本来是给你准备的毒药，看来用不上了，还是我自己吃了吧！”她不无悔恨地最后看了一眼窗外，似是觉得阳光极好，那遥远之外，她似乎又看到了高高的戏台，她便立在台上，嬉笑哀怒，书写着别人的故事，唱演着自己的人生。如是那样，该有多好，如是没有仇恨，她或许会做一个真正的戏子，敢爱敢恨，敢哭敢笑。 血，自嘴边缓缓溢出。 她最后笑了笑，终是睁大了一双眼，渐渐失去气息。 “何必呢，这又是何必呢？”皇上俯身，将她环住，不无哀怜地看着她此刻已苍白的脸，轻轻地，为她合上了双眸。他叹了口气，目中亦有一丝泪，无声而落。 院中雪落了厚厚的一地，恒泰便伫立在窗檐之下，凝望着园中的落雪，一时静寂无声。他身后，毓秀端着一盏茶缓缓而来，如今这茶中的毒药，是她最后的机会了。能否大仇得报，便在今日。 毓秀将茶轻轻送了过去，声音亦落在他的耳边：“恒泰，天气这样冷，喝点热茶吧。” 恒泰没有回应，只出神地望着漫天雪，似是极担心，叹了一口气：“今日走脱了一个乱党死囚，这可如何是好？” 毓秀奇道：“大牢里戒备森严，他是怎么逃出去的？” 恒泰亦皱起了眉，苦恼道：“这就是疑点所在。我已经查过了，他所戴的手铐脚镣全都被精钢线锯给锯开了，这说明这股乱党还有漏网之鱼，他们可都是亡命之徒。连城，这几日你可要小心，屋里屋外一定要打起十二分的精神，步青云已死，他们会将所有的仇恨都对准我的，同样，你也会被置于危险之中。连城，千万不要离开我的左右。” 毓秀点了点头：“好的！这可真吓人！” 恒泰一笑，轻轻抚了抚她的鬓角：“放心，我迟早会将他们一个个都拿下的。” 话音刚落，门突然由外间劈开，一个劈头散发的乱党从天而降，一刀劈向恒泰和毓秀。滚烫的茶盏跌落在地，毓秀骇得一躲。恒泰忙将她护在身后，抽剑挡住乱党的进攻。突然之间，那乱党自腰间抽出一颗药丸，放出一阵粉红色的烟雾，恒泰吸入鼻间，脚下忽然不能控制地颤了颤，立时已站不稳，昏迷倒地。 “哈哈哈——销魂蚀骨散，果然厉害！富察恒泰啊，富察恒泰！今日你死在我的手上，也不算冤枉。你害死了步青云，我马上就要你抵命！”乱党将恒泰踩在脚下，一时间仰头大笑。转眸中，一眼瞥到毓秀，锁紧瞳眸道，“你就是他的女人宋连城？好！我索性送佛送到西，将你们俩一起送上黄泉路！” “慢！”毓秀退了一步，正踩在碎裂的茶盏上，“你是步青云的人？”她看着躺在地上的恒泰，又看了看脚下的碎片，只道自己的毒茶虽没有派上用场，得天人来助，总算让恒泰丧命于此，不枉她这些时日来忍辱求全，费尽心机。 “我们都是河工组织，你是谁？”乱党只道了一声，冷冷地看着毓秀。 毓秀将头一仰，声音寂静：“大水冲了龙王庙，一家人别不认一家人啊！我可不是什么宋连城，我是佟毓秀，步青云和我认识的，皇后也是我给她送上西天的，她还叫我在皇后的棺椁中放了炸药！再怎么说，咱们也是站在一条船上的人。” "What you said is true?" 毓秀上前一步拉住他的袖子：“当然是真的。步青云还给我服下了七虫七草七花毒，如今她死了，一直没有人给我解药，我这还吐着血呢！你有没有解药