frightfiction Chapter 241 When the Cannon Fodder Prime Minister is Discovered in Man's Clothing (2)
Chapter 241 When the Cannon Fodder Prime Minister is Discovered in Man's Clothing (2)
Five days later.
The continuous rain in early autumn always carries a damp smell, especially as you get closer to Ningguang, which is close to the sea.
Sui Yu did not announce her trip this time. She only brought twenty close soldiers with her and left Shengjing in the early morning of the next day.
The biggest resistance to opening up the sea comes from the complicated local families.
They firmly control Ningguang's trade channels. Whether it is land trade or the subsequent strong promotion of maritime trade, the most pressing issues to be dealt with are these aristocratic families.
The twists and turns here are invisible to the inspector who goes there with drums and gongs.
So Sui Yu traveled in simple clothes, pretending to be a wealthy businessman passing by to do business and to experience the customs of Ningguang.
As for Xia Mochi, who had already requested permission to go to Ningguang with her...if he wasn't so stupid, he would have understood what she was thinking.
A three-horse carriage on the official road may not be that conspicuous, but there is no family crest engraved on it, and no brocade rope that officials must tie when taking office. Its identity is only one - a businessman.
The highest standard a merchant could use was a three-horse carriage.
Even if the people sitting inside are not wealthy, they are definitely not short of money.
"There are bandits... Protect the master."
Lu Ming's sharp shouts rang out outside the carriage, followed by the clanging of swords and knives.
The life-and-death situation in the original plot was imminent. Sui Yu sighed deeply, and saw Sui Hao beside her pull out another long sword placed beside the carriage, and was about to lift the curtain to fight the enemy outside.
"There have always been bandits rampant around here. Lu Ming reported it to the officials early on and cleared the road. This isn't a bandit."
They were sent by the termites involved in the interests of the court and Ningguang, disguised as bandits, in order to skin and pull out the tendons of the leader who vigorously promoted the opening of the sea.
Only people in the court could delay the rescue efforts of the nearby authorities.
Sui Hao knew the stakes from the moment they looked at each other, but the half-grown boy had never seen a fighting scene.
He got off the carriage, holding his sister's sleeve and protecting her behind him. He cried as he hacked to death a bandit who wanted to attack him from behind.
He had practiced the six arts of a gentleman, riding, archery, swordplay and knife-wielding, and Sui Hao was not a fool who just waited to be killed.
Sui Yu is even less so.
The tips of their knives were all poisoned. If the bandits were touched by even a little bit of poison, they would become paralyzed and fall to the ground within a few breaths, unable to resist.
If silverfish can kill people to stop change, why can't they use some underhanded tactics?
"Damn it, their swords are poisonous, don't get hurt." The scarred man who led the group came towards Sui Yu and killed his companions who were lying on the ground and were poisoned but not dead.
Sui Yu frowned slightly, swung the long sword in her hand and stabbed the bandit who was attacking her, then turned around and ran towards the mountain road.
Scarface was secretly delighted. He dodged the attack and chased towards the mountain road, his feet stepping into the mud as he chased very closely.
This is the place he is most familiar with. The Jade-faced Prime Minister will definitely die in his hands today.
As they ran, they had already entered the forest. There were trees in front and behind. Sui Yu seemed to be unable to support herself on the slippery tree trunks. "Whether you want wealth or an official position, I can promise you anything. Why don't you work for me?"
Scarface grinned, revealing his large yellow teeth. "Do you think I don't know that your family has no money at all? Even if it's the annual salary of the Prime Minister, you still don't accept bribes. You want to bribe me? You are not qualified."
As he said this, he was about to raise the big knife to chop towards Sui Yu, but his legs went weak and he fell to the ground, and the knife in his hand fell.
Sui Yu kicked the big knife away and pressed the dagger she carried with her to Scarface's neck. "Who sent you here?"
"You poisoned me again? When did you poison me... bullshit... ah..."
Too lazy to listen to his nonsense, the dagger penetrated one-third of his shoulder, and blood splattered a few times on Sui Yu's wrist. "Ministry of Revenue?"
"Ministry of Industry?"
"Wang family?"
"..."
When a young woman stabbed him, Scarface didn't even have the strength to bite his tongue to commit suicide. He could only break out in a cold sweat and remain silent, stubbornly sticking to his bottom line of loyalty.
Sui Yu sneered, "Idiot, excluding those just mentioned, how could I still not know who it is?"
"Li family, the fourth prince."
Scarface's pupils dilated instantly, and he was hit on the back of the neck by a knife, and fainted completely.
Emperor Xuanwu's ability to govern the country was unquestionable, but he was already old and the position of crown prince was vacant, which was the time when the competition was most intense.
Among them, the eldest prince born to the late queen occupies the position of the eldest son and the legitimate wife.
The third prince, who is in favor and has powerful relatives, is the most powerful.
And the fourth prince, who is the most inconspicuous but recently married the eldest daughter of the Li family.
The Li family’s ancestral home is Ningguang.
After figuring everything out, Sui Yu propped herself up and tried to stand up, but suddenly heard applause from above.
"Who?" Holding the dagger horizontally for defense, Sui Yu looked in the direction of the sound.
A gust of moist wind blew past her from behind, and suddenly a tall figure covered her. A few drops of water fell on her face. "So he's a ruthless and jade-faced scholar."
There was no blood from the bayonet in his backhand, but his wrist was held in shackles, and his other hand was covered tightly. The fingers were pried open one by one, and the powder in his palm fell out.
"Hey, you have good vision. You even knew to use my poison to poison people."
"But why were you so kind to the man on the ground and only used drugs, but used poison on me? Could it be that I'm not as good-looking as him?"
Sui Yu was forced to turn around, and what came into view was a face so beautiful that it was difficult to tell whether it was male or female.
The willow-leaf eyes seemed to be smiling, the thin lips were raised, and the slanted, straight black eyebrows broke up the seven points of femininity, especially highlighting the depth of the facial features.
Yan Cheng threw a coquettish glance at Sui Yu, looking particularly talkative. "Tell me, am I as good-looking as him?"
Sui Yu's eyelashes drooped, and she felt the tip of the dagger in her hand faintly pointing towards her. Her mind was spinning wildly, and a sarcastic smile appeared on her face.
"No."
Yan Cheng paused in his movement to kill the beauty before him with a single blow, his eyebrows raised and his face wrinkled, and he asked with interest, "What did you say?"
"You're ugly." Sui Yu raised her eyes and looked directly at him, silently pinching a silver needle between her fingers, and kindly repeated, "I said, you're ugly, so ugly that I don't even want to look at you."
Before Yan Cheng's smile, which was getting brighter and brighter, could fully bloom, his hands and feet suddenly became stiff and numb, and for a moment he was unable to restrain the beauty who was pushing him away.
Sui Yu pushed the man down and ran away without stopping.
Looking at Sui Yu disappearing in the woods, Yan Cheng pulled out a silver needle from the Yaoshu point on his waist after a while, twisted it with his fingertips and laughed wildly.
Interesting. Knowing that the poison would most likely not work on him, he cleverly targeted the acupuncture points.
The needle was also tempered with his Ten Thousand Bones Withered. If he wasn't truly immune to all poisons, someone else would probably have gone to hell.
This was the first time Yan Cheng became interested in someone, a beautiful woman full of poison, the most interesting thing.
He was so bored that he was sleeping in a tree, but he still found such an interesting person. Isn't this a God-given joy?
Looking towards the exit of the woods, Yan Cheng's eyes were full of excitement for the upcoming hunt. He was excited by the fact that Sui Yu, who had bitten his teeth and released a deadly poison on his tongue, could not escape.
Ningguang, a great place.
He went to have some fun too.