AWB Chapter 564: The Mantis Catches the Cicada, Waiting for the Yellow Bird Behind
Chapter 564: The Mantis Catches the Cicada, Waiting for the Yellow Bird Behind
"Second brother..."
Yu Tingjin opened his eyes wide and looked at Yu Yongnan in horror.
All the strength in my body was drained away in an instant, and I couldn't even speak.
But Yu Yongnan didn't look at her, but at the person who took action.
"How dare you... This is under the feet of the Emperor, you..."
The other party drew his knife.
Blood splattered.
Yu Yongnan fell down softly and hit Yu Tingjin who was already lying on the ground.
"Under the Emperor's feet? Now you're thinking of the Emperor. When you were stealing the grain and grass maps, you wished your Emperor was dead!"
The two men wiped the blood off the knife and took off the bloodstained robe. There was another robe underneath, exactly the same as the bloodstained one.
This way, when you go out, no one will notice that you have changed clothes and arouse suspicion.
But when they were busy taking off their clothes and tidying themselves up, they were not prepared. The door was suddenly pushed open and several figures rushed in like arrows.
Without saying a word, he raised his sword and killed the two men together.
The two men reacted extremely quickly, but before they could shoot their sleeve arrows, they had already lost their lives.
"Brother, thank goodness we acted quickly!"
While the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it, the oriole tore through the clothes and socks of the two mantises and discovered that they were covered with all kinds of hidden weapons, and even had a few "fire bombs".
This thing is a replica of an artillery shell from an old artillery battalion. It's small and easy to carry. When it's taken out and detonated, it can blow anyone standing directly in front of it to smithereens. However, due to its high cost and extremely difficult to obtain, ordinary wanderers simply can't afford it.
Who would have thought that these two mantises actually had three of them.
Ma Xiaofeng stepped into the house, quickly glanced at the situation inside, and asked his brothers to clean up and take away things that should not be left. He disguised the place as the scene where Yu Yongnan eloped with his sister and had an argument with two businessmen on the road and stabbed each other with knives.
The group of people were all experts in murder and robbery, so they had no problem doing this kind of work and quickly got everything done.
Ma Xiaofeng hid the map properly and went around the shop again. He made sure that they were not in serious trouble after being knocked unconscious and would wake up soon to report the case to the authorities. Then he took his men away.
It was New Year's Day and there were no other guests in the inn.
This work was done secretly. When the brothers went out, they went their separate ways. Those who needed to hide hid, and those who needed to leave left, leaving no trace.
Ma Xiaofeng went into the city, delivered maps and passed on messages.
In just one hour, Fei Wan knew everything in Concubine Shun's palace.
After closing the door in the room, she opened the map and asked Xiaohui to quickly copy it.
Xiaohui is proficient in wood carving and has extremely accurate control over details. She draws quickly and well, and finishes the work in a short while. When the two maps are placed together, there is no difference at all.
Fei Wan called Xiang Yi, gave her some instructions, and sent her to take people out of the palace to deliver New Year rewards to the Yu Mansion.
During the New Year, it was customary for the palace to distribute rewards. The concubines would often take advantage of the general celebration to send rewards to their natal families and relatives to ease their homesickness.
This kind of interaction would not be considered as being too close to the woman's family or as colluding with people outside the palace.
At this time, the Yu Mansion was still celebrating the New Year.
Although Yu Wangbei was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, Yu Zhong ordered the whole family not to cause any disturbance and to live their lives as usual. His actions to save his son were all carried out in secret, so everyone in the Yu Mansion maintained superficial peace and did not seem any different from other families.
The bloody incident occurred in an inn in a village outside Beijing. The officials had not yet figured out the identity of the deceased, so the news naturally had not yet reached the Yu Mansion.
Yu Zhong didn't know that his second son, who had been causing trouble all the time, was already dead.
After a good sleep, he went out again to run around for his eldest son.
Xiangyi entered the house and waited for a while before he hurried back from outside after hearing the news.
After meeting and receiving the reward and expressing gratitude, he spoke directly and asked Xiangyi to tell Feiwan to find a way to rescue his elder brother.
"I am getting older, and Wangbei will be the pillar of the Yu family in the future. If the Imperial Concubine has children in the future, and the little prince and princess grow up, it would be both respectable and reliable if they had a reliable uncle to help them. Saving people is one thing, but if the Empress is willing, why not take this opportunity to severely warn the people who framed our Yu Mansion and eliminate the bad guys as soon as possible, which will also clear the way for the little prince and princess in the future."
He was also anxious and spoke very bluntly.
Hint to Fei Wan that we share the same fate. Although I am under your control now, my child will still need the help of my uncle's family when he competes for the throne in the future. You must not sit idly by and watch.
Xiangyi understood the implication of Yu Zhong's words.
A gentle smile.
He dismissed the servants and handed the original grain map to Yu Zhong.
"Master Yu has lost something important, but he doesn't even know it, right?"
Yu Zhong took the map and was terrified.
Xiangyi briefly recounted how Yu Yongnan escaped with the map but was silenced.
Remind Yu Zhong: "The other party is carrying a 'fire bomb'."
Yu Zhong was shocked again and again.
During the reign of the previous emperor, fire bombs were completely eradicated from the people. Although the artillery battalion was abandoned and the court did not use fire bombs, the people were not allowed to possess such things. Once discovered, the main culprit would be beheaded and his entire family would be exiled.
I didn't expect this thing to appear in the hands of someone who colluded with Yu Yongnan.
Yu Zhong is now responsible for rebuilding the Firearms Shenji Camp together with Lu Guinian.
Once this matter is leaked, no matter where the fire bombs on those people came from, he will be the biggest suspect as the provider!
Xiang Yi said coldly, "If someone hadn't helped you clean up the mess in time and cleared away everything that shouldn't be seen by the officers, the other party would have had the map and the fire bombs. You would have used the opportunity of rebuilding the Shenji Camp to collude with foreign treason, and I'm afraid you would have been guilty of this crime."
Yu Zhong was scared to death.
He didn't care about etiquette, nor even the pain of losing his son. He left Xiangyi and hurried inside. He looked in the secret compartment of the study and found that the map was gone.
He called the servants over and asked them, and guessed the time of the second son's escape.
He immediately sent his confidant to the scene of the incident outside Beijing to check the situation and verify what Xiang Yi said.
He returned to the living room in a cold sweat, no longer having the momentum he had just used to threaten Fei Wan to save his eldest son.
"Your Highness, please speak directly if you have any instructions."
Xiang Yi said, "What Her Majesty desires is nothing more than a harmonious and prosperous family and peace for Daliang. Lord Yu, please feel free to figure it out for yourself. You know better than anyone what to do. Please don't let Her Majesty down."
Xiangyi said goodbye and returned to the palace to report.
Yu Zhong went to take care of his second son's affairs himself.
At the beginning of the new year, big things happened to both of his sons, and you can imagine how exhausted he was.
While he was busy, he deeply hated his first wife, Madam Yu.
Marry a virtuous wife, the ancients were right!
If another woman had been chosen as a wife, the family would not be in the state it is today, and the legitimate sons would not have been such a source of trouble so often.
There is also the entanglement between Fei Wan and Ting Jin, the biological daughter, the adopted daughter, and the illegitimate daughter. If Madam Yu was virtuous enough, how could she let things get so out of control as they are now!
None of the children born to my first wife are worry-free!
However, he completely forgot that he had relied on his wife's family to rise to his current position.
He also forgot that the child born to Madam Yu was also his own flesh and blood.
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"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has been settled in my palace, so you can rest assured. The Imperial Physician came to examine her this afternoon and said that her rash has not worsened and is already subsiding. As long as she takes good care of herself and does not run a fever for the next three days, she will be fully recovered."
There is also a palace banquet on the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Empress Yan and Concubine De were busy with the arrangements, while Concubine Shun and her men served in front of the emperor.
Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Concubine Shun took the opportunity to mention Fei Wan.
The emperor said, "Hmm," and said, "Serve me well. When the Imperial Concubine recovers, I will reward you handsomely."
Concubine Shun smiled shyly: "Serving the Imperial Noble Concubine is my duty. Your Majesty, I am embarrassed by your words."
She served the emperor medicine with meticulous care and efficiency, making the emperor feel very comfortable.
As if casually mentioning it, she said, "There's just one thing I don't know whether I should tell you or not..."
"What's the matter?"
The emperor squeezed Concubine Shun's hand as she held the bowl.
It had been a long time since he had summoned Concubine Shun to his palace. Now that he was close to her, he suddenly discovered that her hands were well-maintained.
Soft and delicate, with pale pink nails, like the hands of a teenage girl.
"How old are you this year? I seem to have forgotten." asked the emperor.