Chapter 508: Nobody is worth killing
The purple-clothed woman said timidly, "I am not good at drinking, I am afraid I will lose my composure after drinking..."
Ding Su had not heard her tiny voice, and laughed loudly, "Ruyue, this is a gift from the envoy, you can't refuse it!"
No emotion could be seen in the purple-clothed woman's lowered eyes. She said nothing more after hearing what was said. She obediently replied "yes" and drank the wine in one gulp.
She frowned slightly, and indeed seemed not to be used to drinking, but she still said to Chang Suining, "Thank you, envoy, for the wine."
After he finished speaking, he respectfully poured tea for Chang Suining.
Chang Suining nodded, said "thank you", and motioned for her to put down the teacup.
The purple-clothed woman pushed the teacup in front of Chang Suining, then stood up, saluted, bowed and stepped aside. After a moment, she raised her hand and lightly pressed her temple, her gesture showing that she was drunk.
Seeing this, the governor's wife curled her lips secretly, secretly thinking that she was a foxy act, and then said quietly: "Ruyue, since the envoy praised you for playing well, you can play another song."
The purple-clothed woman subconsciously looked at Ding Su. When she was about to speak, Ding Su, who was in high spirits, smiled and waved at her: "Go on!"
The woman in purple had no choice but to sit back and pick up the pipa again.
The music soon started again, and the atmosphere in the hall was harmonious. However, halfway through the song, the music suddenly became chaotic.
Everyone looked over and saw the purple-robed woman kneeling down in panic, holding her pipa: "…Ru Yue was really drunk and played the wrong note out of composure. Please punish me, sir."
"This..." Ding Su was very tolerant of beauties, but he was afraid that it would spoil Chang Suining's interest, so he hurriedly said to Chang Suining apologetically: "My concubine is not presentable, please don't be offended, Lord Envoy..."
"It's okay." Chang Suining looked calm as usual.
Seeing this, Ding Su waved his hand at the purple-dressed woman and said, "Get out of here quickly."
"Yes..." The purple-clothed woman was about to leave with the pipa in her arms, but she heard Chang Suining say, "Wait a minute."
The woman in purple raised her head slightly.
Chang Suining looked at her and said, "I didn't know Miss Ruyue was so bad at drinking. I didn't think it through. I see Miss Ruyue's face is not looking good. It might be bad for her to go back like this. I have a sister who is proficient in medicine with me this time. Why don't we let her come and take a look at Miss Ruyue? If she is fine, I will feel at ease."
"Why are you troubling me so much, my Lord? I am fine..."
Chang Suining: "Since he is the one Governor Ding likes, how can you say that he is a bother?"
When Chang Suining finished speaking, She Cai had already left to invite Qiao Yumian.
Qiao Yumian and Doctor Sun followed Chang Suining to Jiangdu, which was a well-considered decision.
Ding Su was flattered by Chang Suining's attitude. He quickly asked Ru Yue to thank Chang Suining: "Hurry up and thank you for your kindness!"
Ru Yue put down her pipa and walked to Chang Suining again to pay her respects: "Thank you, Envoy Chang Jie..."
Chang Suining nodded slightly to her, and Ding Su motioned for Ru Yue to go to the side room and wait for the doctor to come.
When Ru Yue was about to leave, she glanced at the untouched teacup in front of Chang Suining. A trace of struggle flashed in her drooping eyes, and then it suddenly disappeared in an instant.
She raised her hand without warning, changing her timid and weak posture, and swept towards Chang Suining as fast as a gust of wind.
In her raised right hand, there was a dagger held horizontally. The sharpness of the dagger's blade and the swiftness of the movement of the person holding the dagger left no doubt that once it touched the skin, it would break bones.
In a flash, Chang Suining leaned back suddenly, and the dagger almost grazed his jaw. At the same time, Chang Suining raised his right leg and kicked the food table in front of him. The food table flipped over and flew heavily towards the woman in purple.
The woman in purple was hit in the abdomen by the food tray. She staggered back and fell to the ground, vomiting blood.
This happened in just a short moment. Screams were heard in the hall. Ding Su was the first to react. He sobered up in an instant, slammed the table and stood up, saying urgently: "Catch her!"
The purple-clothed woman wanted to crawl up and attack Chang Suining again, but she was controlled by two guards on the left and right.
Chang Suining stood up slowly.
The governor's wife suddenly came back to her senses, stood up, pointed at Ru Yue, and said in shock: "...You vixen, you really have bad intentions! What kind of mad dog disease are you suffering from!"
How dare you assassinate the envoy!
Even if they came to assassinate her, she wouldn't be so shocked and angry! Fortunately, the envoy reacted in time. If something really went wrong with the envoy today...the Ding family would have no chance of survival!
The wife of the governor of Shenzhou was born in a merchant family. She was plain-looking but impulsive. At this moment, she was both afraid and angry. Her soul and spirit seemed to have left her body. She took a few steps forward, tremblingly pointed at the woman in purple, and said to her husband with trembling blue lips: "...I told you long ago that this woman can't be kept! We asked her to play mahjong, but she said she couldn't. The concubines wanted to teach her, but she refused to learn. She just stayed in the yard every day holding a broken pipa and didn't come out! It's obvious that this thing is not from our Ding family! What's going on? I was right!"
She was not the intolerant wife, otherwise the five concubines in the family would not be able to play mahjong together in such harmony! "... Madam!" Ding Su was overwhelmed, and after hearing his frightened madam talking nonsense, he hurriedly asked someone to take her away to drink the tranquilizing soup.
Looking at Chang Suining approaching, Ding Suxian said, "Sir, this matter was indeed my fault, but it was definitely not my fault!"
"I know." Chang Suining lightly kicked the broken pieces of the teacup. The blue bricks stained by the tea soup had turned a strange dark color.
Ding Su saw this and felt nervous - Ru Yue had poisoned the envoy's tea! He looked at Ru Yue again and saw that the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth was also black, which was obviously a sign of poisoning.
In just a moment, Ding Suquan, who had sobered up, understood everything.
Chang Suining looked at Ru Yue.
She herself could not drink alcohol and knew very well the pain and embarrassment of being drunk in public, so she would never persuade others to drink, especially if the other person was a weak woman - but this weak woman was not actually weak.
From the moment Ru Yue stepped forward to pour the wine, Chang Suining noticed that calluses had formed on the base of her right hand. These were definitely not marks caused by playing the pipa, but were most commonly seen on martial artists, especially those who frequently used bows and arrows.
But this was not enough to confirm anything. At first, Chang Suining just paid more attention without noticing anything.
The other party's method of poisoning was very sophisticated. Chang Suining couldn't even see the specific movements clearly because of the sleeves covering them, but this did not stop her from testing the other party with the glass of wine.
It turns out that this is an assassin who is very good at adapting.
After being forced to drink the poisoned wine, she was able to remain calm and composed, and tried to leave at the right time with the right excuse to detoxify herself. But at this moment, she was "made difficult" by Chang Suining, so that she could not escape.
She must have realized that Chang Suining had become suspicious of her, and knew that once the doctor came, her poisoning would be exposed. Rather than waiting to die, she had no choice but to give it a try.
"Tell me! Why did you assassinate Envoy Chang Jie!" Ding Su's face was as cold as frost, and his eyes no longer had the love they had before.
The purple-clothed woman with blood oozing from her mouth glanced at him with a sneer. Her eyes were cold, arrogant and disgusted, without any trace of cowardice or shyness, as if telling him to shut up.
"..." This strange and disdainful look made Ding Su's heart swell.
Chang Suining raised his hand and twisted the purple-clothed woman's bloody jaw to make sure she didn't have any other poison in her mouth. Then he asked Ding Su, "When was the person brought back to the mansion?"
"Your Excellency, it happened a month ago..." After Ding Su answered, his heart sank again.
Chang Suining understood, so the assassination attempt on her today was not purely accidental, but was well prepared - if she had not appeared here today, this woman would always find an opportunity to take action in the future when she followed Ding Su.
It could be considered an assassination that was planned with patience.
"You seem to be quite an accomplished assassin." Chang Suining looked at the purple-clothed woman and said, "I think you are quite skilled, but it's a pity that you poisoned yourself. Before you could really make a move, you poisoned yourself."
The purple-clothed woman was furious. What did she mean by feeding herself poison? It made her look like a stupid person with a mental problem! The purple-clothed woman stared at Chang Suining and gritted her teeth and said, "You are lucky today..."
"Indeed, I have a great destiny." Chang Suining smiled and looked at her: "So the nameless ones are not worth pursuing."
The girl's calm appearance carried an indescribable arrogance. The purple-clothed woman became furious again, feeling that this assassination attempt was not only a failure, but also infuriating.
"But the person who can train an assassin like you must not be an unknown person - tell me, who is your master?"
The purple-clothed woman turned her face away and said, "Envoy Chang Jie, there is no need to waste words with me. Just kill me directly."
"Sir, please hand the man over to me for trial." Ding Su said solemnly and ashamedly, "I will give you an explanation for this matter!"
Chang Suining did not comment. When he saw She Cai and Qiao Yunmian coming over, he turned around and said, "Sister, please help me see if this person can be saved."
When Qiao Yumian saw the mess in the hall and the woman who was held up, she was shocked. She first confirmed that Chang Suining was not injured, then nodded and walked forward.
During this time, Chang Suining instructed Ding Su: "Or have someone search her residence. There should be an antidote there."
Since the other party has just made an excuse to leave, I think there should be a solution.
Ding Su made arrangements immediately.
"If she can still be saved, hand her over to me." Chang Suining said to Ding Su, "Let me take her back to Jiangdu and interrogate her slowly."
Seeing that she seemed to have some guesses in her mind, Ding Su knew better and stopped taking on the matter blindly. However, he became more and more uneasy and panicked because he lacked the opportunity to make amends.
Ding Su didn't dare to sleep all night because of this, but his wife, who had drunk the calming soup, snored loudly.
The governor's wife slept well the next night. At dawn the next day, she opened her eyes, sat up suddenly, and said, "I told you long ago that Ru Yue is not a good person at all. But you were drugged by her. Now something bad has happened!"
Ding Su, with dark eyes: "..."
Soon, his old mother and five concubines also heard the news and came over, surrounding him and asking questions and scolding him.
"Let's see if the master dares to indulge in beauty and be seduced by the foxy woman..."
"..." Ding Su looked at the beautiful concubine who was speaking. If he wasn't obsessed with beauty, would she be standing here and saying these things? But Ding Su was also really scared. He slowly realized that this well-known hobby of his, which he used to think was harmless and even had a bit of romantic spirit... But in the current situation, once it was used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences would be something he could not bear.
Ding Su stood up suddenly and walked out with a resolute look.
"…What are you doing, Master?"
Several concubines exchanged fearful glances, looking at their master's back, and they found that... he was quite determined to castrate himself?
Ding Su was not so extreme. He went to apologize to Chang Suining and expressed his position.
But Chang Suining's attitude was noncommittal. She did not mention punishing him, nor did she reveal the truth. She just said she would do it after she found out the truth.
Ding Su was heartbroken. It seemed that the envoy really took this matter to heart. The merits he had previously made by following the envoy in the expedition to the Han River would probably no longer exist after this, and he might even be in debt.
Oh, I must be extra careful on the road ahead.
Chang Suining took the female assassin and left Shenzhou in the afternoon of that day, leaving Ding Su to regret it.
In fact, Chang Suining didn't have much in mind to blame Ding Su, but if she wanted to prevent such things from happening, she couldn't appear too easy to talk to, otherwise it would only make the people under her become lax and careless.
Moreover, Ding Su is indeed an easy target for others to exploit. This was also the case when he almost conspired with Cao Hongxuan to rebel. It would be a good idea to scare him appropriately, to wake him up and make him more vigilant, which would help him to do his job well.
If you accidentally get scared and want to jump over the wall, just change another one.
After leaving Shenzhou, Chang Suining went to Guangzhou.
Previously, the provincial governors of Huainan Road gathered in Jiangdu. On the way back, the governors who had received a lot of errands smiled bitterly and joked that the new policy was like planting vegetables. After they received the seedlings and went back, they had to carefully cultivate their own one acre and three mu of land.
Therefore, they jokingly said that the entire Huainan Road was the vegetable garden of Jiangdu Changjieshi, and they were like a "stinky vegetable grower".
Shao Shantong, the governor of Guangzhou, did not think so. In his opinion, he was just pretending to grow vegetables temporarily. What he held in his hand was not a hoe, but a sharp sword waiting for rebellion! Not long ago, when Chang Suining led his troops to Mianzhou, Shao Shantong learned the news and was secretly excited. After hearing the news, he suddenly realized with some disappointment - Oh, it was not a rebellion, but a rescue.
But it doesn't matter. After this incident, the governor gained more reputation and support from the people. The foundation of the rebellion became even more solid!
With such enthusiasm in mind, Shao Shantong worked particularly hard, and Guangzhou's enterprising spirit actually had some of the style of Jiangdu.
Chang Suining also discovered this after arriving in Gwangju. He was very satisfied with the progress of things under Shao Shantong's rule and praised him generously. At the end, he said with satisfaction: "Gwangju will surely have great potential in the future."
Shao Shantong's eyes sparkled, and he responded in a strong voice: "Yes!"
[Great Potential] - How could he not understand the hidden code behind this! After leaving Guangzhou, where "Great Potential" was located, Chang Suining headed towards Luzhou.
In Luzhou City, which was still 500 miles away from Jiangdu, Chang Suining met someone who had been waiting for a long time.
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