Queen Mother, she just wants to lie down

"Lord Su, you're not very courageous." Qiao Jun, who had climbed up behind her, couldn't help but blurt out when he saw this.

At the moment when the assassins fired a volley of arrows at Qiao Yun, Queqi kicked him into the dug grave.

Then I was warned to lie down and not move.

When Qiao Jun saw the Queen Mother with an arrow in her chest, falling straight into the pit where she was, she was so scared that she almost screamed.

But before she could utter a word, the empress dowager, with a two-stone sharp arrow stuck in her chest and her clothes stained red with blood, suddenly opened her eyes and shook her head at her.

Then she closed her eyes and lay quietly in the pit without moving.

It was not until the danger outside was lifted that the seriously injured queen dowager struggled to get up and crawl out.

When Qiao Jun saw her coming out of the pit, he also climbed out behind her.

"Is she, is she dead or alive?" Su Qiaofu ignored Qiao Jun's complaints and asked tremblingly while pointing at 'Ruan Qing'.

Qiao Jun subconsciously wanted to say, are you stupid? The Queen Mother has climbed up, so she must be alive.

As a result, she turned her head to glance at Ruan Qing and was immediately frightened and took a step back.

He looked like a normal person in the pit, but after he came out of the pit, he looked like a dead person.

But her face, covered with sand and blood, was a strange grayish-white.

The eyes were fixed, neither blinking nor moving.

The man stood there blankly, not moving at all.

"She's been poisoned. The arrow is poisonous."

Queqi, who had just come over, looked her over and was startled. He immediately took out a pill from his pocket and stuffed it into her mouth.

Then he took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood and dirt off her face.

After taking the pill, about half a cup of tea later, Ruan Qing's complexion gradually returned to normal.

"Are you okay?" Queqi asked.

"You should be the one to take the arrow and see if it's okay." Ruan Qing slowly rolled his eyes and spoke one word at a time.

"You still dare to argue with me. It seems you can't die. Can you pull out the arrow in your body?" Queqi laughed.

The secret guard disguised as Ruan Qing is called Fei Yao, who is about the same age as Que Qi, is good at disguise, and has a rather eccentric personality.

If you just look at her personality, people who are not familiar with her would never guess that she is a secret guard.

"No, it almost hurt his heart meridian. Without professional treatment, he would have died if he had pushed it hard." Fei Yao shook his head.

"Then we can only go back to the city and ask for help from a doctor. Oh, where's Qiao Wu? Wasn't he knocked unconscious by me before?"

Queqi spread her hands helplessly, then looked up and found that Qiao Wu, who was knocked unconscious by her and fell not far away, had disappeared without a trace.

"Send someone to look for him immediately and don't let him escape." Ruan Qing, who had just walked over, said.

Although Qiao Wu participated in the assassination because he was fooled by the fake Chai Qiong.

But he could be swayed by the other party's few words. It was obvious that he was not a man of strong will and had no loyalty to the emperor in his heart.

His two elder brothers have a close relationship with this fake Chai Qiong and might know some secrets.

When the fake Chai Qiong, who was being escorted by Wang Zhisheng, heard these words, his eyes fell on Ruan Qing, who was dressed as an old man. He was about to say something, but Fei Yao, who was dressed as Ruan Qing, suddenly came over and kicked him.

Seeing this, the two men who were guarding him instinctively took a few steps back.

The fake Chai Qiong's Qi Hai was destroyed, and her body's reactions were several times slower than usual.

He couldn't avoid her kick at all and was kicked four or five meters away, falling to the ground with a bang.

After Fei Yao kicked the fake Chai Qiong to the ground, he also started coughing violently.

He coughed and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Oh, hey, don't move. What if you lose your life just because of breathing out a breath?" Queqi was startled and rushed forward to support her.

Qiao Jun was stunned. This empress dowager was so different from yesterday's empress dowager. Could it be that someone else was pretending to be her?

But looking at the interaction between Magpie Guard and her, maybe they were really pretending?

"Prefect Su, the coffin has been dug out. Is your coroner still here? If he is, let him start the autopsy.

It's getting late, let's go back to the city after the inspection." Captain Zhang, who was seriously injured, coughed lightly and stood up.

Jiang Yuanze and Wang Zhisheng went together to command the canal guards to deal with the corpses all over the mountain.

If so many deaths are not dealt with in a timely manner, it will probably scare the people in the city.

The assassin's method was simple: he first took off the black scarves on their faces.

See if there are any familiar faces. If not, pile them all up in several large pits and bury them together.

Take those who look familiar back home, and then use the facial clues to track the people behind them.

Several internal guards and secret guards also died, and their bodies could not be brought back to the capital, so they could only be buried separately.

After dealing with hundreds of bodies, the autopsy work was completed.

Just as Qiao Yun said, Mr. and Mrs. Qiao Sima indeed died a violent death.

There were clear marks of strangulation on the necks of both men, indicating that they were strangled to death.

"Put the man in the coffin and bury him.

After returning to the city, arrest Qiao Wu first, and investigate the rest later."

At this point, Magistrate Su had completely believed Qiao Yun's words, and Qiao Wu happened to run away again, so he would arrest him as soon as he returned to the city.

When they returned from Mingshan, Ruan Qing asked Jiang Yuan to take Wang Zhisheng to the inn, while Queqi accompanied Fei Yao to the clinic to treat his arrow wound.

After returning to the inn, Ruan Qing changed his clothes first, and then came out to meet Wang Zhisheng.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." As soon as Wang Zhisheng saw her, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.

When he returned to Beijing to meet the late emperor the year before last, he met Ruan Qing and recognized her.

"I'm traveling incognito, so you can just address me as Madam. Please get up." Ruan Qing waved her hand.

"Yes."

"Envoy Wang, I need you to assist Jiang Yuan and take the secret order to bring back the second and third sons of the Qiao family as soon as possible, as well as the prefect of Xuzhou." Ruan Qing said.

"I obey your command." Wang Zhisheng responded without asking any more questions.

More than a month ago, his uncle wrote a letter to give him instructions.

If the Empress Dowager arrives in Jiangnan and needs his help in any way, he should do his best.

"Don't let anyone know that Chai Qiong tried to assassinate me. First, check if he has done anything illegal in the past few years. If so, detain him for this crime.

If not, we will catch the Qiao brothers in two days and detain them on the charge of collusion with the Qiao family." Ruan Qing said again.

"Then the Chai family..." Jiang Yuan's tone was a little hesitant.

Chai Qiong is from the Chai family of Qi and Lu, and it is not known whether his action was instructed by the Chai family.

The Chai family is a famous family of generals in Daxi. Now, important generals in the western and northern borders are all from the Chai family.

If they really have ulterior motives...

"There's no need to alarm the Chai family. We can't jump to conclusions before the truth of the matter is found out." Ruan Qing shook his head.

But my mood became increasingly heavy. Beiliang's plan of alienation was really powerful.

After the fake Chai Qiong's assassination attempt, even Jiang Yuan began to feel strongly suspicious of the Chai family.

If she hadn't happened to hear the other person's thoughts, the subsequent developments would definitely have been as the fake Chai Qiong had expected.

Fortunately, God gave her a golden finger that can read minds.

However, it is not enough to just know the other party's conspiracy. One has to think of a way to be the hidden mastermind, outwit them and deal a heavy blow to Beiliang in one fell swoop.