Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 428
Chapter 428 Don’t Lose Sight of It, Don’t Forget It
Hou Junji finished reading the palm-sized piece of paper and was stunned for a full cup of tea.
With great difficulty, he regained his senses and immediately burned the paper on the oil lamp to ashes. Then, he stared at Princess Wen Cheng without saying a word, staring at her until her heart went numb.
“General Hou, why are you looking at me like this?” Li Xueyan was not afraid, she was just surprised and curious about the contents of the note.
“Nothing.” Hou Junji took two turns and turned his face. He said calmly, “It turns out that Major Marshal already knew that he was poisoned, so he made a lot of arrangements in advance.”
“Ah?” Li Xueyan couldn’t help but exclaim, “Is he really poisoned?”
“You should know better than me by staying by his side day and night.” Hou Junji said calmly, but an ambiguous look flashed in his eyes.
Li Xueyan naturally understood the meaning behind his words and blushed slightly. Thus, she did not say anything else and bid him farewell.
“Don’t leave so quickly.” Hou Junji suddenly stopped her and said to her, “I have to rely on you to save Major Marshal’s life.”
“Relying on me?” Li Xueyan blinked her eyes in confusion and said, “Even Su Lianqing, a great poison expert, is helpless. What can I do?”
“There’s no need to ask anymore now. Follow me.” After saying that, Hou Junji took her out.
“Where to?”
“I knew it as soon as I arrived.”
The two of them walked straight to the camp behind the handsome tent. Zhang Tong personally guarded the camp and blocked Hou Junji from entering with a cold and frosty face.
“General Zhang, if you want to save Major Marshal’s life, please let me in.” Hou Junji whispered.
Zhang Tong was slightly stunned and looked at Li Xueyan suspiciously. Li Xueyan could only nod.
“Alright, General Hou, please lead the way personally!”
“Do you know where I’m going?” Hou Junji asked.
“Didn’t you go to see Major Marshal?”
“I want to personally interrogate Tibetan masterpieces, Deg Danba Wangjie!”
“… Alright, please!”
Hou Jun gathered into the inconspicuous cabin where Danba Wangjie was being held. He rejected everyone and entered the room alone. He locked the door, and Zhang Tong stood on guard outside to prevent anyone from approaching within ten zhang.
After Qin Mubai’s accident, Danba Wangjie became the first suspect to poison him. Right now, he was tied to the pillar of the room, and his body was riddled with whips. It seemed that he had fainted.
When Hou Junji walked up to him, he didn’t even react.
“General Wei Ru, Deg Danba Wangjie!” Hou Junji whispered in his ear, “Stop pretending. I know you can hear me.”
Danba Wangjie raised his head slightly as expected. His eyes, which were covered with messy hair, had also opened. He said coldly, “Don’t waste your energy. I didn’t plant the poison, and I don’t have an antidote.”
“I know it’s not you, and I’m not here to ask for the antidote.” Hou Junji looked at him with a faint smile and said.
In the past two days, Danba Wangjie had seen more eyebrows furiously glaring at him and eating more leather whips and torture tools. It could be said that life was worse than death. However, despite all this, he had experienced many worlds and did not feel much despair. But now, the man in front of him neither roared nor used torture. It was only a bitter sneer that caused him to feel a chill from the bottom of his heart.
“Who are you? What do you want?!” Danba Wangjie asked loudly.
“Hou Junji.” He still only smiled.
“So it’s the famous Hou Junji, I know you!” Danba Wangjie looked at him in surprise and said, “You used to be one of the top generals in the Great Tang, but now you are Qin Mubai’s right hand man!-What are you looking for me for?”
“I need to borrow something from you.” Hou Junji said.
“I told you, I don’t have an antidote! I didn’t poison it!” Danba Wangjie shouted angrily, “Not only did I not poison Qin Mubai, I even killed the assassin who wanted to assassinate him! Is this how you treat your friends?”
“Friend?” Hou Junji chuckled several times, “How can you hide such a bitter plan from me? Don’t think that you can trick us by killing a few insignificant pawns. Let me tell you, Qin Mubai isn’t as stupid as you think. I, Hou Junji, haven’t lived in vain for decades.”
Danba Wangjie shook his head furiously and struggled like a trapped lion. “What else do you want me to do before you believe me?” He roared. “I’m Zan Pu’s secret envoy. I’m here to discuss the alliance! I’m not an assassin, I’m not a spy!”
“Shut up, or I’ll cut off your tongue.” Hou Junji’s cold words caused Danba Wangjie to immediately shut up.
“Let me tell you this. Whether you’re an assassin or a secret envoy, it doesn’t matter to us.” Hou Junji’s smile was a little strange, and even a little gloomy. He said meaningfully, “Do you understand?”
Danba Wangjie was speechless. He stared at Hou Junji with wide eyes and muttered, “So, Qin Mubai doesn’t have the slightest sincerity to strike?”
“Even if he were to go crazy and agree to it, his dead father’s spirit in heaven would not agree. Even Da Feichuan’s 100,000 brothers would not agree.” The corners of Hou Junji’s mouth curled up as he said slowly and courteously, “I’m just saying this to let you lend me something in peace of mind.”
Danba Wangjie’s expression immediately dimmed. He sighed again and lowered his head, “Isn’t it just a human head? Take it! Danba Wangjie hasn’t fulfilled Zan Pu’s mission, so he deserves to die!”
“I definitely won’t kill you. You’ll see you again, Zan Pu, alive.” After Hou Junji finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out a snowy dagger from his boots and patted Danba Wangjie’s face, saying, “Your long ears wearing bronze rings are not bad. Cut them off and lend them to me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his saber in his hand and blood spurted out!
Danba Wangjie gritted his teeth until his bones rang, and he held back his screams.
“It’s a man.” Hou Junji raised his bronze ring ear with the tip of his saber and said, “In the past, I would have been interested in drinking two cups of wine with you to make friends. But you really didn’t appear at the right time.”
After saying that, Hou Junji turned around and left.
“Wait, stop!” Danba Wangjie suddenly shouted, “What do you want my ears for?”
Hou Junji paused, turned around and smiled, “You’re such a smart person, do you want me to say it?”
“Don’t tell me you want to send my ears to the big tent for Marshal Zan Pu and Marshal Garr to see?” Danba Wangjie said.
“I guessed correctly.” Hou Junji grinned, “It’s not just your ears, there are also eleven fine heads. Of course, it’s more than just a look. I want to use them to exchange for the antidote to save Major Marshal!”
“Despicable! Shameless!” Danba Wangjie shouted angrily, “I didn’t poison him at all. How can I start with the antidote!”-You are trying to sow discord between Marshal Zan Pu and Marshal Garr! ”
“You guessed right again.” Hou Junji still smiled and shook his ears with the tip of his saber, saying, “Aren’t you trying to separate Major Marshal from the Imperial Court? It’s fine if you use your own methods! Also, there’s no such thing as despicable and shameless in marching to war, only’going to war and plotting ‘and’never wearying of war’!”
“Shameless! Shameless Han!! Shameless!!”
Hou Junji ignored it and strode away, throwing Danba Wangjie’s furious roar far behind him. Later, he sent someone to take the heads of the eleven Tibetans and pack them in a large box. Then, he packed Danba Wangjie’s ears in an exquisite small box. After everything was ready, he personally went to see Princess Wencheng, Li Xueyan.
The two discussed for a moment. After listening to Hou Junji’s words, Li Xueyan was extremely surprised. “You want me to go to Tibet camp as an envoy?”
“What, are you afraid?” Hou Junji sneered provocatively, “If you’re afraid, I’ll choose another person.”
“As long as I can get the antidote to save Mubai’s life, I don’t care if I go through fire and water.” Li Xueyan asked confusedly, “I’m just curious, why me?”
“Because … of the 100,000 people in Da Fei Chuan, you have the most weight.” Hou Junji said, “Also, you are most concerned about Qin Mubai’s life and death. You are the person who saw his poison hair with your own eyes, so you are the most convincing.”
“I understand” Li Xueyan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. She firmly nodded and said, “Holy shit!”
“Aren’t you afraid that the Tibetans will detain you, kill you, or use some other despicable means to deal with you?” Hou Junji asked provocatively.
“If I don’t get the antidote back, Mubai will definitely die.” Li Xueyan said indifferently, “If the Tibetans do anything unusual, Xue Yan will only die! On the road to Yellow Springs, come with Mubai!”
“Alright. Only then can you go.” Hou Junji turned around and scissors his hands, saying, “This trip of yours is both public and private. One is the man you dreamed of, and the other is the man you admire now. It’s not bad for you to end it by yourself.”
Li Xueyan was a little embarrassed at first, but then she was puzzled, “General Hou, isn’t this what you said?”
“Why is it different?” Hou Junji turned his head and smiled. “Could it be that I don’t have any flesh and blood souls, and I don’t eat human fireworks?”
“I … didn’t mean that! I actually wanted to ask, was this Mubai’s order or arrangement?”
“There’s no need to say more. Get ready now and set off immediately!”
“… Alright!”
Shortly after, in Qin Mubai’s room.
Li Xueyan gently sat down beside Qin Mubai’s bed and carefully wiped Qin Mubai’s face with a hot towel. She said, “Mubai, I’m going to send an envoy to Tibet to get the antidote for you.” Although I know that this is all your plan, and that you have your reasons, I am very confused right now. I don’t know if this is a fake play or a real one … Perhaps none of this matters. You are lying in front of me, unconscious and in danger. This is indeed the real truth. “I don’t want to think about anything anymore. Regardless of whether that antidote exists or not, I would rather believe it or not. Even if I were to risk my life, I would still have to leave this time …”
“I remember the Buddhist stories you heard from the Great Master Qingshan of the Heavenly Monastery. You’re right, the most precious thing in the world is not the loss or gain, but the happiness that you can grasp in front of you. However, people often have to pay a great price to understand this simple truth.”
‘”Do you know how much I wish to see you standing in front of me like before? Even if you didn’t speak nonsense seriously, even if you ignored me like ice and even shouted at me … Even if you knew I loved you, you still pretended to be stupid and ignorant, even though I was thousands of miles away!”
As he spoke, tears began to flow down his cheeks. However, she did not cry. Instead, she allowed her tears to flow non-stop and trickle down her beautiful cheeks along the arc.
She bent down and hesitated. She closed her eyes and lightly kissed Qin Mubai’s lips.
“If you are ill, if I do not return, I will believe you on the Yellow Springs Road!”
“If you don’t leave, don’t forget!”
…
Two hours later, in front of the Tang army camp.
Princess Wencheng wore a royal royal dress and a veil hat. She boarded the carriage that was supposed to be used to send her to the Tibetan camp. Only ten armored guards accompanied him.
“General Hou, I’m going.” Li Xueyan lifted the window and said to the outside.
Hou Junji stood with his hands behind his back and nodded calmly.
“Dan Dan, you and Su Lianqing need to take good care of Major Marshal. Wait for me to come back.” Li Xueyan said to the Tantai Pill outside the car.
“Princess, don’t worry.” Tantai Dandan said, “I should have accompanied you.”
“No need.” Li Xueyan smiled and said, “If I am safe and sound, even if I am alone. If I am destined not to return, it will be the same even if thousands of troops go with me. Therefore, you should stay and take care of your sister and Mubai!”
“Ah! … Princess, take care of yourself.” Tantai Dandan sighed and cupped his fists.
At this moment, two eagle jitters came from the sky. Everyone looked up and saw two eagles circling in midair.
“It’s September Eagle Flying …” Hou Junji muttered to himself, “It’s a good time to go to war and hunt.”
“September?” Li Xueyan suddenly woke up and asked, “What day is today?”
“September 13.”
Li Xueyan hurriedly pulled back into the car, took out a small white brocade pouch from her close quarters, and opened it to take a look.
Inside was still a small piece of paper, and there was no written description of who it was addressed to. Thus, Li Xueyan carefully opened it.
Seeing the line above, Li Xueyan immediately felt the urge to cry–
“If in my previous life, I had only put on a garment on your corpse. In this life, punish me and bury me next to your grave.”
