Chapter 1486 791 Hostages

Jiang Yixi was specially escorted from the capital by Xiao Yi to the southern border. A few days ago, Nangong Yue had already received news that Jiang Yixi had entered the southern border and came to Yaoping City, which is more than 100 miles away from Luoyue City.

Immediately, Nangong Yue hurriedly sent someone to welcome Jiang Yixi to Luoyue City, but he didn't expect this person to arrive, so he sent such a bad news first.

Sister Xi was kidnapped!

Baihui's report just now echoed repeatedly in Nangong Yue's mind...

Nangong Yue's lips pursed into a straight line, Huo Di stood up, and strode out.

Even if she didn't speak, the maids guessed that she was going to the outer study and exchanged glances quickly.

No words were needed, the maids had a very tacit understanding, Baihui and Haitang hurriedly followed Nangongyue's escort, while Thrush hurried to inform Zhu Xing.

After a cup of tea, Nangong Yue met Zhu Xing and a man in Tsing Yi in the outer study.

Zhu Xing was so anxious that his eyebrows were deeply locked. The assassin's matter had not been resolved yet.

After the two saluted Nangong Yue, Zhu Xing gave the man in Tsing Yi a look, signaling him to report what happened.

The man in Tsing Yi hurried back to Luoyue City day and night to report the news, his eyes were sunken in due to exhaustion, and a dark shadow appeared at the moment.

He rationalized his thoughts and reported Jiang Yixi's disappearance exactly.

The night before yesterday, three soldiers, including the man in Tsing Yi, escorted Jiang Yixi's master and servant to Fengxian City. At that time, it was already dusk, so they decided to rest at the inn in the city for the night. Jiang Yixi was a female family member, and the soldiers were inconvenient to protect themselves at night. After sending her and the maid Qingyi into the room of the inn, they retired to rest...

No one expected that when they were about to leave early yesterday morning, they found that there was no response or movement in Jiang Yixi's room, and a gap was opened in the door. , and Jiang Yixi is gone!

They asked all the people in the inn, including the courier and the residents, and searched the entire inn carefully, but they found nothing. They could only find out from the slightly messy bedding in the room that Jiang Yixi should have been kidnapped by someone silently. .

So, the man in Tsing Yi rushed back to Luoyue City to report the news, while the other two and Qing Yi continued to stay in Fengxian City to search for Jiang Yixi's whereabouts to see if they could find any clues.

After the man in Tsing Yi finished speaking, there was silence in the outer study, and everyone seemed to be able to hear their own breathing and heartbeat.

Nangong Yue took a deep breath and commanded in a deep voice, "Zhu Xing, send someone to investigate!"

It was just a few simple words, and she almost used all her strength.

"Yes, Concubine Shi." Zhu Xing hurriedly replied with his fists clasped.

Zhu Xing hurriedly withdrew, and Nangong Yue took Baihui and Haitang back to her yard restlessly, her mind being occupied by Jiang Yixi being kidnapped.

Who the hell stole Sister Xi? !

Not many people knew that Jiang Yixi had feigned death and escaped. He hadn't even told Yuan Yuyi and Han Qixia, and planned to wait until Jiang Yixi arrived at Luoyue City before telling them.

In the capital, only the Duke and his wife Enguo and the Shizi and his wife knew, and they should not have leaked the news...

Nangong Yue thought about all the relevant people in the capital, but did not think of any suspicious people.

Besides, what is the benefit to the robbers of taking Sister Xi away? !

In this chaotic thought, Nangong Yue went back to the house. The little guy who had just taken a nap had woken up. She was playing with the little guy absentmindedly, and her thoughts were still flying...

Or was it just a simple accident?

After all, the people who live in the inn are either rich or expensive, maybe some robbers with bad intentions kidnapped Jiang Yixi with the intention of blackmailing a sum of money...

Or, someone was eyeing their Zhennan palace, so they followed the people of the palace to find Jiang Yixi?

Nangong Yue racked her brains to think about various possibilities, but couldn't get an answer at all, there were too few clues, and things came too suddenly...

The sun outside gradually slanted westward, and the sky darkened along with it, just like Nangong Yue's gloomy mood.

That night, Nangong Yue almost stayed up all night, unable to eat from the dinner that day to the breakfast the next day. Even Xiao Yu seemed to feel that his mother had something on his mind, and he has been very well-behaved since yesterday.

The sun rises and sets again, and the Bixiao Hall is particularly silent on this day, and time seems to pass very slowly.

Until dusk, a guard returned from Fengxian City, and Baihuitong reported to Nangongyue: "Prince Concubine, I still haven't found Young Mistress Han..."

The reality cruelly shattered the glimmer of hope in Nangong Yue's heart, and the atmosphere in the inner room became more solemn.

Nangong Yue didn't speak, her mind was chaotic, and she felt as if her heart was being tormented on fire. She was patting Xiao Xiao Yu's hand and stopped unconsciously.

The drowsy little Xiao Yu was lying on Nangong Yue's lap. He felt his mother's rhythmic beating stopped, so he opened his big sleepy eyes, yawned lazily, and made a "woo woo". The voice is like a poor little milk cat.

Nangongyue absentmindedly continued to pat again. After a while, the little guy fell into a deep sleep, while Nangongyue's hands were still flapping unconsciously, like her chaotic mood...

When the sun was about to set, Baihui came to report again, holding a letter in her hand.

"Concubine Shi," Baihui replied quickly without further ado, "A little beggar came to the concierge just now and said that an uncle asked him to send a letter to the Concubine Shi."

At this time, someone sent a letter inexplicably. Could it be that...

Several people in the inner room thought of going in one direction, all their faces condensed, and the air suddenly sank.

After Baihui opened the envelope, she took out a piece of silk paper and presented it to Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue quickly unfolded it and looked down at a glance. From her solemn expression and tense fingers, she could see that the content of this letter was not simple.

After reading the letter, Nangong Yue gave it to Baihui.

Baihui looked at the letter, her eyes widened, her eyes filled with shock and anger, her pale goose egg face was so gloomy that water almost dripped.

This letter should be regarded as a blackmail letter from the kidnapper.

The kidnapper who kidnapped Jiang Yixi asked Jiang Yixi as a bargaining chip in exchange for Carrero, the sixth prince of Baiyue in their hands.

Baihui's mind was chaotic, and the events that happened during this period flashed through her mind quickly, from the time she was rescued from the clothes, until now...

Concubine Shizi had previously speculated that the mysterious person who killed Qiyi and failed to assassinate Concubine Shizi might want to rescue Carrero, which means that the kidnapper who kidnapped Jiang Yixi was probably sent by that mysterious person.

This person is still in the southern border, and has even been lurking in Luoyue City!

This man is really daring!

Thinking about it, Baihui's fingers holding the silk paper subconsciously exerted force, and the blue veins on the back of her hand bulged.

Now this extortion letter undoubtedly proves the previous speculations of Concubine Shizi from the side. This mysterious person has a noble status in Baiyue, and he is well-behaved and orthodox.

"Prince Prince..." Baihui looked up at Nangong Yue with a complicated expression, "You mean..."

Nangong Yue didn't speak, stood up and said indifferently, "Let Zhu Xing meet me in the outer study."

While she was speaking, Thrush beside her hurriedly put a cloak on her.

Nangong Yue walked out of the house facing the cool night wind in the evening, and went to the outer courtyard familiarly.

She already had the answer in her heart, so she didn't hesitate, no doubt...

When Zhu Xing looked at the extortion letter in surprise, he heard Nangong Yue's decisive voice: "Zhu Xing, change."

The word "change" clearly indicated her position, and Zhu Xing subconsciously looked at Concubine Shizi and looked at her clear and firm eyes.

Although it was less than a stick of incense since she received this letter, Nangong Yue had already thought about it and made this decision.

Carrero is the prince of Baiyue. Although Baiyue has leveled up now, their Zhennan Palace is not deeply rooted in Baiyue after all. If Carrero is released, it will mean that Baiyue will have more variables and will be buried. A dangerous seed, I don't know when this seed will sprout in the dark...

However, Jiang Yixi is Han Huaijun's wife. At this moment, Han Huaijun is fighting bloody fighting for the people of the Central Plains and the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains on the battlefield in the Western Xinjiang. How can they not even keep his wife in their Zhennan palace? !

Nangong Yue didn't say much, Zhu Xing immediately clasped his fists and took orders without objection. Lord Shizi said that when he is away, he will listen to Concubine Shizi!

After a pause, Zhu Xing asked respectfully, "Prince Prince, I wonder if you need to set up an ambush in advance?"

Nangong Yue pondered and nodded in agreement. There was a flash of light in her dark eyes, and she muttered: "This person knows that it is Bixiaotang who dares to act like this, but he is afraid that he doesn't care about our ambush at all..."

This mysterious person behind the scenes acted boldly and carefully, which was unexpected. Since he proposed to exchange the hostages, he must have already made up his mind.

Zhu Xing's expression became even more solemn. He still has a lot of preparation to do, but not much time left for him.

According to the time written on the letter, the exchange of hostages will take place in the second watch tonight, and the time is very rushed. Obviously, the other party does not intend to give them too much time to prepare, and the other party also requires that there are no more than three people in Bixiaotang.

Zhu Xing immediately called in a few secret guards, and asked four of them to ambush to the place where the hostages were exchanged, and then took the remaining one man and one woman to the back mountain prison, and brought Na Carrero out in person.

Carrero can't afford to lose now!

A few people escorted Carrero, whose hands were shackled and blindfolded, into a carriage, all the way to the north of the city. At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and the cold silver moon shone a faint light. Dimly illuminates the road ahead.

A car and a horse galloped through the streets of Luoyue City. After half an hour, they arrived at the agreed alley. There was still a cup of tea before the appointed time. Someone was already in the alley - a small figure. Zhu Xing, who was driving the carriage, had a bad feeling right now.

Sure enough, it was a little beggar. The shivering little boy wrapped in a tattered cloak gave Zhu Xing a letter and asked him to go to the next location, Shili Pavilion outside the North City Gate.

At this time, the city gate has long been closed, but for Zhu Xing, it is easy to get out of the city with the token of the prince, and this is obviously in the other party's calculation.

Zhu Xing's face was extremely ugly, but there was nothing he could do. He immediately drove the carriage to turn around, and went out from the North City Gate all the way north.

After a stick of incense, the carriage and horses arrived at the Shili Pavilion. Not far away, a small river was sparkling in the moonlight. The surrounding area was flat and vast. At a glance, you could see that there was no one in the area, only a small boat on the river was quiet. Floating quietly on the water, he couldn't help attracting the attention of Zhu Xing and others.

There was no one in the boat, only a letter and a clairvoyant. The handwriting on the letter was very familiar, and it was from that mysterious person.

The letter contained a few words, instructing them to put Carrero on the boat in a cup of tea, then untie the rope and let the boat go down the current.

But what about Jiang Yixi? !

Just as Zhu Xing was thinking, he heard a low exclamation from the female guard: "Butler Zhu, look there!"

I saw the upstream direction of the small river, about a hundred feet away, a small boat was docked on the other side of the river. An oil lamp was lit on the boat, allowing people to see the position of the boat at a glance in the dark, and to see the boat vaguely. Inside was a woman in a blue dress.

Zhu Xing now understood what the clairvoyant was used for, he picked up the clairvoyant and looked in the direction of the other Ye Xiaozhou.

At a glance, I was convinced that it was Jiang Yixi.

From her slightly twitching nose, she was sure that she was breathing and that she was still alive.

Zhu Xing did not hesitate any longer, and asked the two guards to put Carrero on the boat in front of them, then untied the rope and let the boat float away.

Almost in the next moment, a silver light flashed, and the rope of the other boat was also broken, and the boat swayed towards this side.

One leaf boat is getting further and further away from them, and the other leaf boat is getting closer and closer to them...

...

It was almost midnight when the unconscious Jiang Yixi was brought back to Bixiao Hall by Zhu Xing and the others.

The Bixiao Hall was still brightly lit, Jiang Yixi was temporarily placed in a small courtyard, and Nangong Yue heard the news as quickly as possible.

It wasn't until Nangongyue took a pulse on the unconscious Jiang Yixi that she breathed a sigh of relief and followed her with a gesture. Baihui opened the medicine box and took out a needle pack...

With the assistance of Baihui, Nangong Yue skillfully gave Jiang Yixi acupuncture, and only then did she have the intention to look at Zhu Xing.

Zhu Xing recounted everything that happened when the hostages were exchanged, and finally said: "Prince Concubine, when we pull the little boat of Young Mistress Han next to us and want to chase Carrero, his leaf The boat was suddenly turned over from the water, Carrero fell into the water, and the dark guards also went into the water to search, but no one was found..." The person behind the scenes is really as cunning as a fox!

Nangong Yue listened calmly, without showing any disappointment. This was also in her expectation. Since the other party dared to make this request, it means that he has full confidence in his heart...

"Well……"

At this moment, Jiang Yixi on the bed suddenly let out a low moan.

"Sister Xi!" Nangong Yue blurted out and shouted, hurriedly looking at Jiang Yixi.

Seeing that Concubine Shizi couldn't take care of himself anymore, Zhu Xing directly bowed and stepped back.

On the bed, Jiang Yixi's long eyelashes trembled like cicada wings, and then slowly opened his eyes, his pupils were chaotic and confused, as if wondering where he was...

When Jiang Yixi saw Nangong Yue's familiar face, her pupils shrank slightly, revealing a look of surprise, "Sister Yue!"

Jiang Yixi rubbed his forehead, feeling a little groggy.

Baihui hurriedly helped Jiang Yixi to sit up and stuffed a big pillow behind her.

"Sister Xi, it's alright, don't worry, let's talk slowly." Nangong Yue comforted Jiang Yixi, "Sister Xi, can you tell me who kidnapped your inn in Fengxian City? "

"Abducted?" Jiang Yixi's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Nangong Yue in surprise, "Sister Yue, what do you mean? I was kidnapped?"

Nangong Yue's heart sank, it seems that Sister Xi has been in a coma since the moment she was taken away, and has never woken up...

Nangong Yue settled down and gave a hint: "Sister Xi, it's midnight on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month..."

When she said this, Jiang Yixi's pretty face turned even whiter. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month was almost over, but her memory still stayed at the inn in Fengxian City on the 21st night of the twelfth lunar month...

My memory has disappeared for three days, so where have I been these three days? ! just in case……

Thinking about it, Jiang Yixi's face was almost bloodless. Nangong Yue hurriedly took her hand and said with certainty, "Sister Xi, you're fine. You were just drugged and comatose for three days."

Hearing this, Jiang Yixi breathed a sigh of relief, and finally calmed down a little, and said to herself in her heart, yes, there is nothing wrong with her body, don't scare yourself.

After resting his mind, Jiang Yixi only felt a sense of tiredness coming up, and yawned lazily, the look of weariness between his brows and eyes couldn't be concealed.

Nangong Yue smiled and said, "Sister Xi, you've been addicted to the drug. You should be a little tired these days, and you'll be fine after a few days of rest..."

Between the words, a tantalizing aroma of food came from behind, and someone came in with a tray. A large celadon flower bowl and two or three small plates on the tray were steaming with steam.

Nangong Yue hurriedly said again: "Sister Xi, you must be hungry if you haven't eaten for three days. I asked the kitchen to cook some shredded chicken porridge. You can eat some porridge before resting."

Jiang Yixi thanked Nangong Yue, and, under the service of a little maid, ate the porridge gently on the small table on the couch.

Nangong Yue had planned to leave, but just as she was about to get up, she saw a finger-sized piece of skin on the side of Jiang Yixi's neck bulging out of the corner of her eyes...

This is……

Nangong Yue took a closer look, but saw that the skin on Jiang Yixi's neck was smooth and flat as usual.

Could it be that you are tired these days, so you are blinded?

Nangong Yue thought to herself, and glanced at Jiang Yixi's neck again. She suddenly remembered something she found when she checked Baiyue's history a few days ago. For a moment, her pupils shrank.

Is it...

Nangong Yue's heartbeat quickened a few times, but her face remained calm.

When Jiang Yixi finished drinking the porridge, she smiled casually and said, "Sister Xi, shall I get you a pulse?"

She said it naturally, Jiang Yixi didn't notice anything wrong, she just thought that Nangong Yue was asking her for a Ping An pulse, and immediately stretched out her right wrist in a kind and fluent manner. On the other hand, Haitang and Baihui knew that Nangongyue had already checked Jiang Yixi's pulse once, and vaguely felt that it was not easy.

Nangong Yue's fingers rested on Jiang Yixi's fine white wrist again. After pondering for a while, she calmly retracted her hand, told Jiang Yixi to rest well, and then left with Baihui and Haitang.

The moment Nangong Yue exited the inner room and walked to the main room, her complexion suddenly changed, and there was a look of awe in her expression.

She was too careless, she didn't realize that Sister Xi was poisoned just now, and she still——

Poison!

Moreover, she couldn't get rid of this poison.

It was precisely because she was not good at gu poison that she could not find out that Jiang Yixi had been caught in the gu...

Thinking about it, Nangong Yue's eyes became extremely dark in an instant.

She ignored it!

According to the books about Baiyue she read a few days ago, there is a large rainforest in the southwest of Baiyue, where there are not only all kinds of strange snakes, insects, rats and ants, but also a few small clans who are good at raising Gu.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Put a hundred insects into a urn and open them over the years. There will be one insect that will eat all the insects. This is called Gu."

Gu is equivalent to the king of all insects, and there are many kinds, each with its own characteristics, and it is even more adaptable and infinite.

There are many books about Gu in the history of Dayu, but basically they are demonized and demonized. I don't know what it is.

Unexpectedly, the mysterious person behind the scenes is proficient in Gu art.

The more Nangong Yue thought about it, the more serious her heart became. After she walked into the yard, she suddenly stopped and asked, "Baihui, go and ask Zhu Xing, who was killed on the night that Qiyi was rescued? Where is the body of the guard's body now?"

This book was first published by Xiaoxiang Academy, please do not reprint!