Zhou Songbai Yingshi was assassinated, and Ji Qusheng regretted it for the rest of his life.
The Qingming Festival is a good time to go out for an outing. Pei Linyan, Gu Yanzhou, Shen Shaobai and others gathered by the Qingshan Lake. In the distance, a huge convoy was moving forward.
"This is the Xiongnu envoy coming to pay tribute." Shen Shaobai said
"Well, the war is finally over, and the people can live and work in peace and start their lives again." Pei Linyan said
"Yes, I hope that one day, the world will be peaceful, without any more troubles, and everyone will be happy and healthy." Gu Yanzhou said
After a short rest, the team became panicked, the horses were frightened, and they began to flee in all directions. Only a few horses came towards the crowd. Pei Linyan hugged Gu Yanzhou in his arms and jumped onto the pavilion. At the same time, Shen Er protected Shen Shaobai and also stayed away from the horses. Pei San carried Gu Nanfeng and landed steadily on the rockery like a chick.
A fierce horse charged towards the Grand Herald. Suddenly, a man descended from the sky, grasping the Grand Herald in his left hand and striking the horse with his right. A moment later, the Jinwu Guards arrived and recaptured all the horses. After the commotion subsided, a silver-haired woman began treating the wounded, and the crowd joined in to help.
"Oh, it turns out that the Grand Herald is here. No wonder there is a commotion here." said the Minister of Justice Ji Gusheng.
"Thank you, Ji Tingwei, for arriving in time to stabilize the situation. Otherwise, if there were casualties, I would be the one who suffered the consequences." Grand Herald Zhou Baisong apologized.
"I just hope that the Grand Herald will go out less next time, then I will be thankful for that." Ji Gusheng said sarcastically.
Zhou Baisong just smiled and didn't get angry. "Baisong, your hand is injured." The silver-haired woman said
"It's nothing, Nanxing. I was busy saving people and was just scratched by the horse." Zhou Baisong said
Ji Gusheng glanced at the wound with a cold face and said, "You know you are powerless, but you still insist on showing off and causing trouble everywhere."
"Guosheng, why are you so harsh on Baisong? Back then, you..." Liu Nanxing said.
Before Liu Nanxing could finish, Zhou Baisong interrupted her, saying, "Don't worry about it. Just let it go. By the way, why are the horses going crazy?"
"After a careful inspection, we found that the horse lost control due to the sudden death of the groom." Lan Ci said
Liu Nanxing examined the situation and said, "The groom died from a poison needle, and the poison was tetrodotoxin. The murderer must have hidden in the crowd and shot the groom to cause a riot."
"Then why shoot a groom at this time, even at the cost of causing a riot? The cost is obviously too high. If you are not careful, the murderer will be imprisoned. It's not worth it." Shen Shaobai said
"That only means that the assassination target is usually difficult to approach, and only today is the most likely to succeed. There are only two people who meet the requirements: one is the Xiongnu envoy, and the other is the Grand Herald Master Zhou Baisong. The Xiongnu envoy has come a long way, but there are many opportunities to attack, so it wouldn't be this late. So the answer is the Grand Herald Master." Gu Yanzhou analyzed.
"Damn it! How dare someone be so audacious! Jinwu Guards, listen to my orders! Turn this place upside down and find the murderer!" Ji Gusheng said angrily.
After a stick of incense, the Jinwu Guard said, "No suspicious people were found, but a scent bag was found."
The sachet was embroidered with pine and cypress trees in gold and silver thread, the pattern vivid and lifelike. Ji Gusheng took it in his right hand, examining it carefully. His face turned from yellow to red, from purple to black, his eyes pierced with coldness, and he turned and left.
Zhou Baisong didn't expect it to be easy so he quickly caught up with him, and everyone followed him in confusion.
After a while, Ji Gusheng returned home, kicked the door open, and asked the housekeeper, "Where is she?"
"Madam is in the hall." The housekeeper said fearfully
In the hall, a beautiful woman was sitting leisurely, with her maid holding her shoulders. When she saw Ji Gusheng coming back, she stood up and rushed towards him.
Ji Gusheng grabbed her wrist and said, "How dare you hurt him."
Tu Sizi said suspiciously, "Master, I don't understand what you are saying."
Ji Gusheng said nothing and threw the sachet out. Tu Sizi immediately became stunned and speechless, and the maid knelt on the ground in fear.
"Why, you still don't plan to confess?" Ji Gusheng said
Tu Sizi came back to her senses and said coquettishly, "It turns out that the sachet was picked up by the master. I was wondering why I couldn't find it this morning." After saying that, she reached out to take it.
"It seems that you still don't want to confess. Someone, drag Si'er out and beat her to death with sticks." Ji Gusheng said
"Master, please spare my life, please spare my life." Si'er begged for mercy.
"Wait a minute, I'm telling you, I bought the Heart-Stirring Powder from the Changsheng Sect. This is the proof I left for them." Tu Sizi said calmly.
"I see. Come and beat Si'er to death with a stick. The maid failed to persuade her and allowed her to act recklessly and collude with the evil cult." Ji Gusheng said
"Ji Gusheng, do you know why I bought the Heart-Stirring Powder? It wasn't Si'er who pushed me to buy it, it was you who forced me to buy it. For the past twenty years, outsiders have said that we have treated each other with respect, but only I know that from the day I married you until now, for a full twenty years, you and I have never slept in the same bed. You treat me like nothing. No matter how much I care about you or how close I am to you, I can't warm your heart. Do you know how I have been living all these years? The winter nights are so cold and so long. If you don't come home, the house will be silent. And I am like a fish in an ice cellar, frozen for twenty years. "But I kept hoping and hoping, until I finally learned that you only loved pine and cypress, so I went to look for the best pine and cypress from Beimang Mountain and transplanted them into my home. I arranged all the utensils in my home to suit your taste, hoping that you would look at me more and stay at home a little longer. But it was useless. No wonder you took such a risk. I am connected with the Changsheng Sect, but so what? I just asked for what I asked for and wished for what I wished for. Is there anything wrong with that? I am not wrong, you are wrong. Why, why did I do so much, but you refused to even look at me? In that case, you can't blame me." Then he lit a candle.
Suddenly, the hall was filled with smoke, and everyone began to feel dizzy and see stars. "Oh no! This is a dream of drunkenness!" Everyone held their breath. Before he could finish his words, Gu Nanfeng and Shen Shaobai fainted, and Gu Yanzhou's eyes became blurry. Liu Nanxing quickly took out the antidote and distributed it to everyone.
After a while, everyone regained consciousness except Zhou Baisong, who began to spit out blood. Ji Gusheng hugged him and said in panic, "Nanxing, why is Baisong like this?"
Liu Nanxing felt the pulse and asked in panic, "Why hasn't the poison from twenty years ago been cured?"
"What? Why didn't you tell me? That's impossible. Senior Medicine King clearly took you back to Medical Valley and said you were cured. Why? Are you punishing me on purpose? Isn't it enough after twenty years?" Ji Qusheng said in disbelief.
"Of course it's not enough. Back then, we swore under the moon that we would be together for life. One less moment, one less hour, one less day and night, one less year and month would not be a lifetime. Now I have kept my promise. Finally, finally, I am lying in your arms. It's so warm. I'm so sleepy, Qusheng." Bai Song said
"Since you know your oath, you must not break it. I won't allow it. Do you hear me?" Ji Gusheng cried angrily.
"Actually, that day, I arrived at the city gate, but when I saw you hugging Tu Sizi, I wanted to protect you silently. It's not a bad idea. After you got married, I lived next door to you, which was closer to you. But you never came back home, so I put red ribbons on the willow tree, and slowly the whole tree was covered with them. As soon as summer came, the sky was full of red, like your smile, like your dimples." Zhou Baisong smiled, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Ji Gousheng was like a beast that had lost its companion, and he let out a sad and compassionate wail towards the sky. It flew through the clouds, through the mountains, and fell into the deep sea, blasting out gullies. Ji Gousheng's tears blurred his eyes, and he embedded Zhou Baisong alive in his body. He reached out and touched his face, which was still warm. "Nanxing, save him, he is still alive, save him quickly." Tears dripped onto his face, and it was impossible to tell who was crying. Ji Gousheng gently wiped the tears from Zhou Baisong's face with his hand. His hand was stained with blood mixed with tears, which soaked through his fingertips. A chill swept over his body, and his heart was broken. Pieces of it were like glass and spread all over his body along his blood vessels. His face was red like the sun.
"Evergreen pine and cypress trees
This wish is sent to Quercus
The tree withers and cries
"You can't live alone." Ji Qusheng laughed loudly and drew his sword to commit suicide.
The two of them overlapped and merged into one, and the blood beneath their bodies dyed the earth red, like a bunch of grand and dazzling roses, with their roots embedded in the soil, sharing the same pulse with the earth, beating with every season.
"So that's how it is. Everything makes sense. My life is a joke. I tried every trick in the book, but it was all a foolish dream. How sad and lamentable. Haha ...." Tu Sizi looked like a madman. He had already lost his
"They were originally a pair of lovers, and could have walked hand in hand for their whole lives, but one was a gourd with a sawed mouth, and the other was a suona with no voice. They missed each other's lives in vain." Shen Shaobai said
Pei Linyan and Gu Yanzhou looked at each other, feeling a lot, and their hearts were filled with mixed emotions.
"Mother-in-law, you and I have been friends for many years. What kind of poison did the Grand Herald get?" Gu Yanzhou asked
"That was twenty years ago. The Poison King wanted to take Gu Sheng as his apprentice, but Gu Sheng refused. So Bai Song made a bet with the Poison King that if Gu Sheng could survive all the poisons, he would let them go. As a result, Bai Song was poisoned severely. The master used all his medical skills and the last Yin-Yang Life and Death Flower to keep him safe for thirty years. However, just as he broke the balance with drunkenness and dreams, he was overwhelmed by all the poisons in his heart, and there was no medicine to cure him." Liu Nanxing sighed.
"That means that from the beginning, the Changsheng Sect was targeting the Minister of Justice and the Grand Herald." Gu Yanzhou said
"What do you mean? What's the connection?" Pei Linyan said.
"The Immortality Cult first found out the whereabouts of the Grand Herald today, and then wanted to cause the horses to riot and kill people, but was unfortunately stopped by the Imperial Court. As for the Imperial Court, they deceived Tu Sizi and taught him to use the Heart Powder to control the Imperial Court. However, the Heart Powder actually makes people drunk and dreamless. Once it is ignited, the Imperial Court will be poisoned to death. So these two incidents were regarded as accidents. One was an accidental death by horses; the other was a bewitching husband and killing people with poison. Who would have thought that it was related to the Immortality Cult?" Gu Yanzhou explained.
"What a vicious plot, but why did they kill both of them? It's really puzzling." Shen Shaobai said
"There must be some secrets that we don't know yet. At this moment, we can only be cautious and wait for the opportunity." Pei Linyan comforted
"Let's bury the Grand Court Judge and the Grand Herald together. Since they couldn't sleep together in life, they can be buried together in death." Gu Yanzhou said
"We were together one moment, and separated forever the next. Life is unpredictable, so we should enjoy ourselves while we can. We really need to communicate with each other, otherwise it will be too late to regret." After saying this, Shen Shaobai ran away.
"Master, where are you going? Wait for me." Shen Erdao also quickly caught up.
"Lin Yan, what do you think will be our ending?" Gu Yanzhou said
"Of course, we will be together for life, growing old together." Pei Linyan said
"Yes, as long as you don't leave me, I won't abandon you. I will join hands with you and spend the rest of my life with you." Gu Yanzhou said
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