flstandardbreds Chapter 257 Assassin
Chapter 257 Assassin
In a remote courtyard in Quyang City, Zhou Quankun was listening to his subordinates report on the whereabouts of Ye Jintang and his group.
Zhou Quankun's little follower Du Tianqing said proudly, "Boss, I think they are just a bunch of rabble. We have forty people. It would be easy to kill them."
"That being said, we should be careful not to leave any evidence behind. After all, this place is very close to the capital."
"If we leave behind too obvious evidence and the emperor knows that we killed Xiao Mo, do you think we can survive?"
Du Tianqing scratched his head embarrassedly. He didn’t think too much about it.
He was only thinking about completing the task quickly so that he could return to Beijing to get his reward.
"Then where should we ambush? Or we can just find a random forest outside the city to ambush."
"You pig-brained one."
Zhou Quankun was so angry that he slapped Du Tianqing hard on the head.
"As soon as the city gate opens tomorrow, you will take your men to Luoxia Slope, change into bandit clothes, and ambush at Luoxia Slope. Ignore the others, kill Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang, and then take away all the gold, silver, and jewelry on their carriages."
"Boss, how are we going to divide the gold, silver and jewelry we took away? We can't just hand them all over."
"According to the old rules, we keep half for ourselves and hand in the other half."
"Okay, I'll go get some bandit clothes."
When Du Tianqing heard that he could get half of the gold and silver in the palace tomorrow, he immediately grinned.
The Qin Palace is no longer the same as it used to be. Now it has profitable businesses like Bencao Tang. There must be a lot of silver in Xiao Mo's luggage. Even if it's only half of it, it will be enough for them brothers to have food and drink for several lifetimes.
Du Tianqing went out and Zhou Quankun was the only one left in the room.
He took out two sachets from his arms.
There were mosquitoes everywhere in such a shabby house, but Zhou Quankun didn't have any mosquito bites on his body.
The reason why no mosquitoes bit him was all thanks to the two sachets in his hands.
"Ruoyu, I sold you to a brothel, and I don't know if you regret it."
"If you had agreed to our marriage earlier and married me earlier, I would not have instigated Doctor Yao to kill all of your Lin family members."
"In the end, the reason why the Lin family has ended up like this is because you look down on me."
"After you spend a few days of despair in the brothel, I will send someone to redeem you. By then, I want to see if your so-called pride is still there."
Zhou Quankun held the sachet he had stolen from Lin Ruoyu and talked for a long time.
"You can't be my principal wife when you marry me in the future. I promised Yao Zhen that I would marry her as my principal wife in the future. However, since you have worked in a brothel, it is enough for you to be a concubine."
Zhou Quankun was holding two sachets with a crazy look on his face.
"You like Shi Bin, don't you? I will kill Shi Bin tomorrow, and then I will chop off one of his hands and send it to you. I wonder what you will think after seeing this."
As he said this, Zhou Quankun burst into laughter.
He wanted to trample under his feet all those who had oppressed and looked down on him, making their lives a fate worse than death.
As soon as the sky was getting light, Ye Jintang dug Luzhu out of the quilt, helped her wash, dress and have breakfast, as they still had a whole day of travel to do.
Set off early in the morning when the weather is neither too cold nor too hot, and then find a place to rest for a while when the sun is shining at noon.
Ye Jintang climbed onto the carriage yawning, and when he looked up he saw Xiao Mo sitting in his carriage.
"Maybe your Highness got on the wrong carriage?"
"That's right. My carriage will definitely become the main target of assassins. There is only a scarecrow on the carriage now. I will show you what it means to be pierced like a sieve."
"So the prince took refuge in my carriage. Could it be that the assassins split into two groups, with one group coming to assassinate me?"
"Normally an assassin wouldn't do that."
"Their main goal is to kill me. Of course, they will kill you, the princess, only after they have accomplished their main goal."
"I see. Since the prince likes my carriage, you can stay here by yourself. I will go to Mu Shigu."
Just as Xiao Mo was about to open his mouth to ask Ye Jintang to stay, Ye Jintang had already swiftly gotten off the carriage.
"Why are you still angry? It's been several days, and you're still mad at me. You can't even ride in the same carriage with me?"
At this moment, Xiao Mo really couldn't understand what Ye Jintang was thinking. She obviously liked him, so why couldn't they get along well with each other?
It's true that a woman's heart is like a needle in the sea, unfathomable.
There were a lot of medicinal herbs on Master Mu's carriage. When Ye Jintang came over, Liuli was grinding the herbs.
"Liuli, what are you doing?"
"We have to walk so much every day that many people have calluses on their feet and even their skin is worn out."
"I'll prepare some herbs for everyone. When we set up camp at night, let everyone apply these herbs on their feet. After one night's sleep, the injuries on their feet will be mostly healed."
"You're still thoughtful."
"Jintang, how do you think of the two prescriptions I gave you last time?"
"I have memorized them all, but there are a few herbs that I don't think I have seen before."
Whenever the master and the disciple started talking about medicinal materials and prescriptions, they had endless things to talk about.
They traveled westward for most of the morning, and when they took a break at noon, they still felt a little reluctant to leave.
"I was saying that medicinal herbs like Qi Linglong and Jiu Linglong have strange names. It turns out that they are made by mixing so many medicinal herbs."
"I have these herbs in my herb box. I'll find them all out later. Master, please help me check if my method of making Seven Linglong and Nine Linglong is correct."
"Row."
Master Mu agreed very readily, but she was a little surprised at the same time. The medicinal materials for making Qi Linglong and Jiu Linglong were very rare, but she didn't expect Ye Jintang to be able to take them out easily.
It was still a bit hot at noon in August, so after lunch the group rested for half an hour before setting off again.
"Shi Bin, we will pass by a place called Hukou Mountain in Luoxiapo this afternoon."
"The hills on both sides of Hukou Mountain are relatively high, and the trees on the mountain are also quite dense. Send a few spies over to check if there is anything suspicious."
Xiao Mo, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but remind Shi Bin.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have already made arrangements. If they want to attack us by surprise, it depends on whether I agree or not."
The spies in Shi Bin's hands were all experienced spies who had been on the battlefield and had been tempered. He felt very relieved to have them explore the way.
The carriage drove onto the official road again, getting farther and farther away from the capital. The road became bumpy and the bumpy feeling of sitting in the carriage became more and more severe.
Originally, Ye Jintang wanted to read a medical book or prepare some medicine in the carriage, but the carriage kept shaking, making her dizzy and unable to do anything.