Ci Jinzhi - Chapter 216

  Chapter 216 Taiping

  Xin You firmly grasped the girl’s hand, and on the face was the merchant’s enthusiasm for the customers: “Yesterday, the girl left a purse in the bookstore, and we have been waiting for the girl to pick it up…”

  The girl wanted to pull out her hand, but was grabbed even tighter.

   “Let’s talk about it in the bookstore.” Xin You smiled, “I was still worried that the girl didn’t know where she was, and wouldn’t come back to look for it. I finally feel relieved to see the girl…”

  King Qing casually glanced this way, and led his attendants to the carriage parked by the roadside.

   Soon the carriage moved, and the hidden guards scattered around followed.

  Although these hidden guards were dressed in ordinary clothes and were very low-key, it was not difficult to guess when they watched them keep up with King Qing’s carriage.

  The young girl’s face became pale with the naked eye, and a look of fear flashed in her eyes.

   “Follow me, girl.” Seeing King Qing and his party walking away, Xin You stopped laughing and returned to her indifferent appearance.

  The girl looked at Xin You in amazement, but understood from the strength in the opponent’s hand that it was not easy to get away. She froze for a moment and nodded slightly.

  Xin You led the girl into the bookstore, instead of entering the reception room, but went directly to the east courtyard from the back.

  The east courtyard is full of green shade, flowers are in full bloom, and birds fly from one branch to another, creating a bright spring scene. The girl looked around anxiously, and her whole body was still tense when she sat down.

   “I’m Kou Qingqing, the owner of Qingsong Bookstore, and this is my residence.” Xin You first reported her identity, “What’s your girl’s name?”

  The girl pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment, then said, “My surname is Zhu.”

   “Miss Zhu.” Xin You called out, her tone was as calm as water, but her words were like thunder, “Why did you assassinate King Qing?”

   Just now, the first time she saw Miss Zhu, she saw the scene of her assassinating King Qing.

  The picture is very bloody, but it was not King Qing who had the accident.

  The dagger hidden in the sleeve of Miss Zhu was shot by the crossbow arrows of the hidden guards before she could draw it out completely, and then died under the random knives of King Qing’s attendants.

  From the beginning of the picture to the end, it is sadly fast.

  The mantis is like a chariot with its arms, and it hits a stone with an egg, which is probably the case.

   That’s why she didn’t have time to hesitate and rush over.

  Even if the enemy of the enemy cannot be a friend, he may become a collaborator, not to mention such a death is not worth it.

  The girl jumped up like a frightened bird, and was about to run out, but the voice behind her made her stop suddenly.

   “If I want to harm Miss Zhu, I won’t save you.”

  Miss Zhu turned around slowly, her pale face was full of confusion: “You, how do you know?”

   “Miss Zhu, sit first.” Xin You pushed the tea towards her.

  Miss Zhu sat down slowly.

   “Miss Zhu is a foreigner, right?”

  Miss Zhu’s eyes tightened: “Who the **** are you? Why do you know so much?”

  Xin You bent her lips: “Miss Zhu, don’t be nervous, I guess you are a foreigner because your accent is a little different from the locals.”

   “You said I assassinated King Qing—”

“I saw it from Ms. Zhu’s face.” Xin You waved the banner of the fortune teller, “I’ve dabbled in the art of fortune-telling, and when I see Ms. Zhu’s seal turning black, it’s a sign of doom, and yours All the attention is on King Qing, so I have this guess.”

  Miss Zhu bit her lip for a long time, and asked Yu Yu: “Is it so obvious?”

  She thought it was a good cover-up, so she didn’t dare to take a direct look at King Qing.

   This is actually Xin You fooling the other party. At that moment, her eyes were full of sudden images, so how could she pay attention to so much.

   “What enmity is there between Miss Zhu and King Qing?”

  Xu Xinyou’s tone was too calm, as if assassinating the prince was not a big deal, Miss Zhu felt a little calmer, and asked: “Since Miss Kou guessed that I wanted to harm King Qing, why did you save me?”

If she was annoyed at the girl who suddenly stepped in at the beginning, when she saw with her own eyes the vigilance of King Qing’s attendants and those guards hiding in the dark, no matter how stupid she was, she would understand that this assassination would not hurt King Qing at all. And she will definitely end up dead on the street.

  Thinking of this result, Miss Zhu bit her lip.

  She can’t just die like this!

   But she really couldn’t understand this Kou girl.

  King Qing has come to Qingsong Bookstore many times, so he should have a good relationship with this girl Kou, at least not like a complete stranger like her, not to mention that what she is going to do will be punished by everyone.

  Why did Miss Kou save her?

   “Probably because—” Thinking of the tragic scene, Xin You decided to confess, “I don’t want King Qing to have a better life either.”

   What is the difference between Ms. Zhu’s all-or-nothing and her. She could feel that Miss Zhu’s hatred for King Qing was genuine.

  Xin You’s words surprised Ms. Zhu.

   “You also have a festival with King Qing?”

  Xin You nodded: “Yes, there is a grudge.”

   Enmity sounds much more serious than festivals.

  Miss Zhu obviously relaxed her tense body, and she no longer looked so warily at Xin You.

  She came all the way to the capital, and she didn’t trust anyone for a long time, but a person who dared to say that she had an enmity with the prince, how much could she believe?

  More importantly, seeing King Qing’s protective power with her own eyes made her desperately realize that revenge by herself is impossible.

  Even if she believed in the wrong person, it wouldn’t be worse. Maybe… this Kou girl can really help her?

  People who face desperation will inevitably have a little extravagant hope.

   Seeing Miss Zhu’s vacillation, Xin You said again: “I often go to the eldest princess’s mansion as a guest, and I am familiar with the envoy of Jinlinwei Town, maybe I can help you?”

  A lady in Beijing would only find these words ridiculous, but Ms. Zhu was persuaded.

   “I’m from Dingbei, Taiping Town…”

  As soon as Ms. Zhu opened her mouth, Xinyou’s heart settled down.

  Assassinating King Qing, outsiders, and what Mr. He told her, made her think about the disaster area in Dingbei.

“Almost all the people living in the town are people with the surname Zhu. My father is a squire in Taiping Town, and he is in charge of the big and small things in the town… The earthquake came, and many houses in the town collapsed, but it was too late to wait for relief. , my father went to the county to report, but found that the adult who was running for disaster relief was killed, he escaped and stopped King Qing’s car on the street, King Qing said in public that he would investigate, but—”

  Miss Zhu clenched her fists tightly, and the tears in her eyes covered her deep-seated hatred: “What we are waiting for in our town is not relief, but the long knives of the officers and soldiers… dead, they are all dead…”

  The weeping maiden fell again into that purgatory scene, a nightmare from which she could never escape.

  She came to Beijing alone, with only one goal, to kill that dog prince!

“After entering Beijing, I stared at Prince Qing’s mansion from afar, and found that Prince Qing often came to Qingsong Bookstore. I thought it would be the best opportunity to pretend to be a book buyer when King Qing came to the bookstore…” Miss Zhu smiled wryly, “I’m too stupid, I, I can’t do anything…”

  She covered her face with her hands, tears pouring out.

  Xin You waited silently for her to cry enough, then raised her hand and patted her shoulder lightly.

  (end of this chapter)