The Golden Age
Chapter 39 The Man Coming in the Middle of the Night
Biquge www.xbiquge.cc, the fastest update of the latest chapters of Sun Moon Fenghua!At the hour of the sea, Wuyifang Kushui Alley was already dead.
If it was normal, Gu Qiuniang would have already fallen asleep.
But today is different.
When Gu Baiyi went out in the morning, he told Qiuniang that there might be a lot of official duties in the yamen today, and it might not be possible to come back.
Qiuniang knew that whenever something major happened in Kyoto, the officials of the Kyoto Prefecture Yamen would stay at the Yamen, especially the officials like Gu Baiyi, who had to stay in the Yamen and wait for orders regardless of whether there was anything on hand.
However, this kind of situation has not happened much. In the past two years, Gu Baiyi has almost rushed home before dark, and shrank in the study, gnawing on his precious military books.
Gu Baiyi stayed at the Yamen, and it was not uncommon before. Qiuniang was alone at home and would rest early.
Only this time is different from before.
Qin Xiao let the people of Tsing Yi Tang run away in embarrassment twice. What's terrible is that the people of Tsing Yi Tang directly found Kushui Lane for the second time.
The group of people knew where they lived. Although Qin Xiao was beaten and ran away in embarrassment, Qiuniang didn't feel relieved because of this. Instead, they were worried that the people from Qingyitang would come to the door for revenge.
If Gu Baiyi was at home, it would be better, but now there is only one person at home. If the people in Tsing Yi Hall come to the door in the middle of the night, how can a weak woman be able to deal with it.
The courtyard gate was damaged by the people of Tsing Yi Hall, and it was impossible to repair it for a while.
In fact, the people from Tsing Yi Tang really came to the door again. It makes no difference whether there is this door or not, but in Qiu Niang's heart, it is very different. I always feel that this door will be more practical.
Now that the door is gone, people from the alley can see the yard directly, which makes Qiuniang very uncomfortable.
Although it is late at night, I still can't fall asleep in bed, but whenever I hear a little movement outside, this beautiful lady will tiptoe to the window, open a gap in the cotton covering the window, and take a look outside. What happened.
Make sure there is no problem, then lie back under the quilt, and put the kitchen knife next to the pillow.
Five or six times like this, although it was already at the time of Hai, the neighbors of Kushui Alley had already fallen asleep, but Qiuniang turned over and over in bed, feeling restless, lest she fell asleep, and the people from Qingyitang sneaked into her house.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I thought that three or four fierce Tsing Yi Tang had helped the people into their room, and rushed to the bed like a wolf, but they did not dare to close the eyes.
Several dog barks came from the alley.
Qiuniang suddenly became nervous when she heard the sound of horseshoes.
Kushui Alley are all ordinary people, and Gu Baiyi is a clerical clerk, and he is already a person of considerable standing in this alley.
The horses of the empire were very expensive. It was impossible for ordinary people to own a horse, and Qiuniang knew that no one in this alley owned a horse. In the middle of the night, the sound of horses hoof suddenly came from the alley, which was naturally very unusual.
Qiuniang immediately reached out her hand and fetched the kitchen knife from under the pillow, got out of bed, leaned to the window, pulled the cotton cloth away, stared at the yard, holding the kitchen knife tightly in one hand.
Soon, she saw a horse appear outside the yard, she only hoped that the horse hurried over, but unfortunately things went against her wish, but the horse buckled into the yard.
This horse is dark and has long legs. There seems to be a person on the horse’s back. Seeing this horse, Qiuniang feels
Very familiar, before thinking about it, I saw the man on the horseback was about to turn over and get off the horse, but he moved slowly and accidentally rolled off the horse and lay on the ground.
Qiuniang was taken aback, and then she saw the man standing up forcibly, staggering like she was drunk.
"It's him!" Qiuniang didn't have bad eyesight, and finally recognized that the person here was Qin Xiao.
Seeing that it was Qin Xiao, Qiuniang was relieved and was about to open the door, but suddenly thought that there was only one person in the house, Gu Baiyi was not at home, and it was really inconvenient to let a man in in the middle of the night.
What she worries most is that the fat woman leaning across the door sees her, her big mouth is yelling everywhere, if she finds a man here in the middle of the night, tomorrow the whole alley will know that she let a man into the house in the middle of the night and is still a lone man. The widows live in the same room, and even if there is nothing, the fat woman will surely be able to make up an adulterous affair.
The door of the house was knocked lightly, Qiuniang put on her jacket, walked behind the door with a kitchen knife, through the crack of the door, she saw Qin Xiao already sitting outside the door, knowingly asked: "Who is it?"
"Sister Qiu Niang, yes... it's me...!" Qin Xiao's voice was feeble: "I'm Qin...Qin Xiao!"
"You...Why are you here?" Qiuniang whispered, "White clothes are not at home, you...it is not convenient for me to open the door here."
Qin Xiao didn't answer immediately, Qiuniang only thought he hadn't heard, and repeated: "I'm the only one in the room, you... it's not convenient for you to come in."
"Yeah!" Qin Xiao responded, and Qiuniang saw Qin Xiao struggling to stand up in the crack of the door and walk towards the horse, but her footsteps were vain, and she seemed to fall down at any time.
Qiuniang thought to herself that this fellow didn't know where to drink, so she came here so drunk.
If he is sober, he is drunk like this now. Hearing people say that he is drunk and courageous, if this guy gets drunk and confused, it would be a big deal.
Seeing that he was about to leave, she let her heart down, but saw that Qin Xiao only took three or four steps. Suddenly her feet were soft and she fell to the ground. Qiuniang was shocked. After seeing Qin Xiao fell to the ground, she did not move, but Seeing the owner fell to the ground, the big black horse immediately approached Qin Xiao, a little restless, spraying his nose.
Qiuniang saw that Qin Xiao hadn't moved for a long time, and felt a little weird. She finally opened the door and walked lightly over to Qin Xiao's side. Seeing Qin Xiao lying on her side, her delicate face was pale, making Qiuniang even more so. What was horrified was that on Qin Xiao's right shoulder, there was clearly a sharp arrow submerged in it. The shaft of the arrow had been broken, but a small piece remained.
Qiuniang hurriedly said: "Qin Xiao, what's wrong with you...?" Reached out and pushed gently on Qin Xiao's body.
Qin Xiao reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at Qiuniang Jiaoli's face in a daze, with a weak breath: "I...I hit an arrow. Someone...someone wants to kill me, the arrow is up. ...The arrow is poisonous!"
"Poisonous?" Qiuniang suddenly panicked: "I...I'll go to the doctor."
"The doctor can solve..... The poison can't be solved." Qin Xiao said: "I...I just rest...!"
Qiuniang said anxiously: "How did that happen? You are poisoned...!" Looking around, there was a dead silence, not knowing what to do for a while, thinking of what, and hurriedly said: "I will help you into the house first." At this time, there is no suspicion of being alone.
She put down the kitchen knife and raised Qin Xiao carefully. Fortunately, Qin Xiao’s body was thin and not heavy.
With strength, Qin Xiao supported Qin Xiao, put one hand on her neck, leaned on Qiuniang, and walked slowly into the room.
Qiuniang didn't want Qin Xiao to enter her room, and helped Qin Xiao into Gu Baiyi's room, which was completely dark, but Qiuniang was very familiar with the opposite, and helped Qin Xiao walk to the bed and sit down, and she whispered: " You wait, I'll get some water."
He helped Qin Xiao lie down first, then went out, picked up the kitchen knife, put it in the kitchen, scooped up water with a wooden basin, returned to the house, closed the door tightly, and then brought the wooden tray into the back room and placed it By the bed, I was really worried when I heard Qin Xiao breathe weakly, and lit the oil lamp, only to find Qin Xiao closed his eyes, his face was pale, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Qiuniang took the towel, sat on the edge of the bed, wiped Qin Xiao with cold sweat on her forehead, and whispered: "Qin Xiao, what are you doing now? How can I help you?"
Qin Xiao's consciousness was rather vague at this time. Although she heard Qiuniang talking next to him, she couldn't hear what Qiuniang said.
He was attacked in a remote alley, but he killed the giant man. The swordsman was also seriously injured and escaped. After the remaining archer hit Qin Xiao's shoulder with an arrow, he quickly evacuated.
Qin Xiao didn't realize that the arrows were poisonous at first. At that time, he knew that the alley could not stay for a long time, so he rode on the Black Overlord and left quickly.
The three killers ambush and attack him, which proves that their whereabouts have been monitored.
Someone wants to kill him, who is it?
The first thing Qin Xiao thought of was Tsing Yi Tang.
He and Tsing Yi Tang forged a death feud, and the other party is very powerful in Kyoto, and it is only natural to send someone to attack him secretly.
But Tsing Yi Tang is obviously not his only enemy in Kyoto.
Today, I made a big complaint in front of the Criminal Department’s Yamen, which eventually led to Fan Wenzheng, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, being brought into the Criminal Department. In the eyes of Fan Wenzheng’s party feathers, he was of course the chief culprit for Fan Wenzheng’s arrest.
Fan Wen has been working in the position of Shangshu in the Ministry of War for many years. There are many protégés and a community of interests. Now Fan Wen is being arrested. Of course, the forces behind him regard Qin Xiao as an enemy and arrange for a raid on the way, but it is not wrong. may.
The arrow is naturally not a good experience on the body, but he can't pull it out immediately. He cut the arrow shaft with a fish intestine stab, leaving only a small piece, ready to go to a safe place to treat the wound, but not long after riding a horse I felt dizzy and cold all over.
At that time, Qin Xiao immediately realized that the arrow of that sharp arrow must have been poisoned.
Since the other party arranged for three assassins to jointly attack, and none of them are general, it has proved that the other party is definitely going to kill himself.
It is only natural for the archer to poison the arrow.
Qin Xiao has been wearing black soft armor close to his body, but what is terrible is that this black soft armor is like a waistcoat. It protects the chest and back, but it can't protect the shoulders and arms. It happened to hit the right shoulder again, which was not covered by the black soft armor.
The poison spread quickly. Qin Xiao tried his best to stay conscious. When he arrived at Wuyi Lane, in order to prevent the guards from finding that he was hit by an arrow, he took out the road, with the road of the Ministry of Justice, and the guards let him go directly. After arriving in Wuyi Lane, Qin Xiao only felt that his whole body was like a falling ice cellar, and his consciousness was becoming more and more blurred. He rushed to the Gu's courtyard and wanted to dismount, but he was already weak and he just fell from his horse.