Chapter 267: The Riot in Front of Prince Qi's Mansion
Chapter 267: The Riot in Front of Prince Qi's Mansion
When Su Tang arrived at the gate, the commotion at the door had not stopped yet.
The guards of Prince Qi's mansion who were controlled by Ana seemed to feel no pain and they swung their swords desperately at the other guards around them.
Each strike of the sword was a desperate move intended to hurt the enemy by a thousand and lose eight hundred of one's own.
They stood at the door and kept an eye on the situation outside to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to rush into the palace. A few guards were also left at the door to guard the gate.
Seeing Su Tang coming out, the guards immediately made way for her and clasped their fists towards her, saying, "Princess."
"Well, if one's own people fight one's own people, how will it spread if outsiders see it?" Su Tang said with a frown.
"Well, I don't know what's wrong with those grandsons. They were joking and chatting just now, but now they act as if our people are the murderers of their fathers. Let's fight..." a guard explained.
But before he could finish his words, Su Tang had already dodged and rushed into the crowd of people fighting.
"Princess!!!" Behind her, the guards exclaimed.
The grandsons in front were simply blood-thirsty. If the princess rushed in and got hurt in the slightest, the King of Qi would kill all of them when he came back.
Amid the exclamations, only two guards were left guarding the door, while the others had already rushed out.
Chunmei and the others didn't expect Su Tang to suddenly rush into the crowd. They screamed in surprise, and Chunmei reached out her hand immediately, trying to pull Su Tang back.
But her speed was still too slow, and the hand she stretched out didn't even catch the corner of Su Tang's clothes.
Su Tang moved very quickly, and at the same time, she reached out from her arms, took out a handful of sleeping pills and threw them towards the fighting crowd.
A breeze blew, the white drug scattered, and a group of people fell to the ground at the same time.
Su Tang's drug attacks indiscriminately, including Ana.
The man fell to the ground, and Su Tang stopped her feet in time. She smiled at the crowd and said, "Hehe, I'm sorry to make you laugh. I just said that I would let them show their boxing skills to the people in Beijing.
As you all know, the people under the King of Qi are all reckless men, and they really showed off their abilities after hearing the order.
I'm sorry, I made you all laugh."
Silence. The long street that was bustling just a moment ago suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
It was the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture who reacted the fastest. He smiled and clasped his fists and replied to Su Tang: "Hahaha... The boxing and kicking skills just demonstrated by the guards of Prince Qi's Palace are really amazing. It's just right for the foreigners who come to Kyoto to see the powerful strength of our Dayong soldiers, hahahaha..."
"As expected of someone from the Qi family army, his kung fu is truly amazing." Someone echoed.
"Yes, the fight just now was really exciting. I was wondering why the Qi family army would fight among themselves. It turns out that the eldest princess asked them to perform for us..."
"We can watch the Qi family guards perform for us right outside our own doorstep without leaving the capital. Today is a real feast for the eyes..."
"Now that the performance is over, everyone should go home, go home." The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture waved his hand, signaling everyone to stop watching.
Most of those who came to watch the fun at Prince Qi's mansion were servants from officials living nearby, so he couldn't be too harsh in coaxing them.
Fortunately, many people saw that there was no more excitement and wanted to report the situation to their masters as soon as possible.
After the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture said this, most of the people immediately dispersed.
But a few of them still stayed to see if there was anything else to watch.
Seeing that the remaining people were not leaving, Jingzhao Prefecture Yin walked to Su Tang awkwardly. He glanced at the Qi Wangfu guards lying on the ground and said, "If everything is fine here, I will go back first."
"I would like to thank the prefect for helping to protect the place. I remember your kindness. These are the hard work fees for the yamen runners from Jingzhao Prefecture who have made the hard work of this trip." A purse suddenly appeared in Su Tang's hand, and she handed the purse to the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture.
"This, hehe, this is what I should do, this..."
"Hey, this is hard-earned money for everyone. The security of Kyoto is usually maintained by the hard work of the yamen runners. Today, the Prince Qi's Mansion has caused trouble for everyone again. You can't be polite to me."
Su Tang handed the purse to the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture again. The prefect could not refuse and took it immediately, "Hey, everyone, why don't you thank the Grand Princess for the reward."
"Thank you, Grand Princess." The yamen runners bowed and thanked Su Tang with a smile.
"When you are free, Madam Prefect can come to the Princess's Mansion. There are many flowers blooming in the house in autumn." Su Tang said to the Prefect with a smile.
The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture was obviously very happy to hear Su Tang's words. He quickly smiled and greeted Su Tang, "Haha, then I would like to thank the princess for the invitation again on behalf of my wife."
Su Tang nodded, and the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture took his men away.
As soon as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture left, a fast horse galloped towards the Prince of Qi's palace.
The horse was so fast that it brushed past the entourage of the Jingzhao prefect.
However, the prefect of Jingzhao had very good eyesight and recognized that the man on the horse was the King of Qi, so he did not stay and continued to leave with his servants.
At Prince Qi's mansion, Su Tang was directing other guards to carry the unconscious guards into the mansion.
"Princess, what should we do with this person?" a guard pointed at Ana lying on the ground and said.
“Send someone to the inn where the people from Southern Xinjiang are staying and bring their leader.”
"Yes." Immediately a guard turned around and left.
At the end of the street in front of the palace gate, the sound of galloping horses could be heard.
Su Tang and others looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fast horse galloping towards them.
Soon everyone saw who was coming, it was their prince.
"Your Highness." A guard and the King of Qi saluted.
Qi Lingheng quickly tightened the reins, and the tall horse immediately raised its hooves and stopped not far away.
Qi Lingheng reined in the horse he was riding, flipped over and flew to Su Tang's side.
"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Qi Lingheng pulled Su Tang's arm and looked her up and down. Seeing that her clothes were clean, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm fine." Su Tang shook her head.
"What's going on?" Qi Lingheng immediately saw Ana lying on the ground.
This man wanted to fight with Su Tang at the palace banquet yesterday, so he might be here to cause trouble for Su Tang today.
This woman is so bold that she even dares to challenge the princess of Dayong in the imperial capital of Dayong.
Qi Lingheng frowned and said to the guards beside him: "Come here, send this man to the dungeon of the palace."
"Don't touch her for now. I've sent someone to find the envoy from southern Xinjiang." Su Tang spoke out to stop them.
"Well, let's go back first and let them guard here." Qi Lingheng pulled Su Tang's hand and replied.
"Wait a moment." Su Tang shook her head again.
Just now, the man from southern Xinjiang used poisonous insects to control the guards of Prince Qi's mansion. Although only the woman in front of him dared to do it so blatantly.
But Su Tang was still afraid that the people from southern Xinjiang who would come in a while would do something like use poisonous insects to control people.
Furthermore, she also wanted to ask the people from Southern Xinjiang for an explanation in person about what Ana had just done.
Seeing that Su Tang insisted on doing so, Qi Lingheng had no choice but to wait outside the palace with Su Tang.
Fortunately, the people from southern Xinjiang arrived quickly. They were the man who stopped Ana yesterday.
When he arrived, he saw Ana lying unconscious on the ground.
Just as he was about to go forward to check on Ana's condition, he was stopped by a guard from Prince Qi's palace.
"She won't die yet. Let's go into the palace and talk." Su Tang said to the person who came.
The man looked up at Su Tang and Qi Lingheng, and finally nodded in agreement.
Soon everyone returned to Prince Qi's Palace, and the unconscious Ana was carried into the palace.
The front hall of the palace.
Su Tang and Qi Lingheng sat in the main seats at the top, the man from Nanjiang sat at the bottom, and after Ana was carried in by the guards, she was placed directly on the ground.
Fortunately, the floor was carpeted, so it wasn't too cold.
"She came to the palace to provoke and even used poison on the palace guards. This is the capital of Dayong. Are you from Nanjiang coming here to provoke Dayong this time?" As soon as she sat down, Su Tang looked at the man and asked sternly.
"No, we came to Dayong to submit a sincere letter of peace." The man immediately stood up and clasped his fists.
"What about the poisonous insect? It was indeed right to expel you from the palace yesterday. Today, she dared to throw poisonous insects into the people in my palace in front of the common people. I think what you said may not be true." Qi Lingheng glanced at the man and said.
"Since you are not sincere, you don't need to submit your letter. We dare not accept the letter from Southern Xinjiang. Who knows if there is a poisonous insect hidden in it."
"Ana is ignorant. I will apologize to the King of Qi and the Princess again on her behalf." The man bowed and replied.
"Ha!" Qi Lingheng snorted coldly.
This guy's address is so strange. When he says it, it seems as if he and Su Tang are from two different families.
Su Tang glanced at Qi Lingheng's gloomy face and raised her eyebrows.
"The poisonous insects of several guards in my mansion have not been removed yet. Please tell me the method first. This will also show the sincerity of you people in southern Xinjiang." Su Tang said.
"Well, I can remove the poison from their bodies, but our poison technique will not be passed on to outsiders." The man replied.
"You're still not sincere. How do I know if you have completely removed the poison from their bodies? What if they are controlled again and hurt their family members with a knife?" Su Tang replied.
"No, I will remove the poison from their bodies right away," the man assured.
"That won't do. You said you came here to submit a letter of credence seeking peace, but when you came to Dayong you first disrespected our people, and now you have planted a Gu on them. How can you be trusted now?"
"These poisonous insects are all controlled by the mother insect. If we can lure out the child insects, we can break the control of the child insects." After thinking for a moment, the man finally said.
"Oh, then you can untie them now." Su Tang waved her hand, and immediately someone carried the guards who had just been controlled into the front hall.
Similarly, the guards were also placed on the ground, but they had wooden boards underneath them.
Upon seeing this, the man from southern Xinjiang immediately stood up and walked to Ana.
The guards at the side immediately stopped him when they saw this.
"I need to take her blood to draw out the poison she has planted."
Su Tang nodded, and the guards immediately stepped back.
The man from southern Xinjiang squatted in front of Ana. He first reached out his hand and probed under Ana's nose to feel Ana's breathing was steady. Then he took out a dagger from his body and a small white jade bowl.
He grabbed Ana's hand and cut a gash in the palm of her hand. Blood immediately gushed out and flowed into the white jade bowl below.
Su Tang and Qi Lingheng were sitting at the top and could see everything clearly.
The blood in the white jade bowl was purple in color, and it was obviously different from ordinary people's blood.
After collecting half a bowl of blood, the man immediately stopped Ana's bleeding.
But he kept frowning while doing all this.
The reason was simple. He cut Ana's palm, but Ana didn't even frown and didn't show any sign of waking up.
The man bandaged the wound on Ana's palm, then glanced at Su Tang and Qi Lingheng while holding the jade bowl.
Seeing that the two men looked normal, he quickly walked over to an unconscious guard.
This time, he was going to use the dagger to cut the guard's palm again, but Su Tang immediately stopped him, "Hey, change the knife."
This guy didn't even disinfect and clean the dagger he just used.
Putting aside the question of hygiene, just because Ana has the mother insect in her body, her blood is not clean.
The man was stunned for a moment, looked at the dagger in his hand, and looked up at Su Tang, "This is the only dagger I have."
Qi Lingheng gave a look to the guard beside him, and the guard immediately understood, pulled out a small dagger from his waist and threw it in front of the man.
The man put away his dagger and then picked up the dagger on the ground.
Then he used the new dagger to cut the unconscious guard's fingers and placed the guard's fingers on the edge of the white jade bowl.
Soon a small white insect crawled out from the guard's finger and fell into the bowl of blood.
"The Gu in this person has come out."
"Well, let's change the next one." Su Tang nodded in response.
In fact, she had already learned this method of removing the poison from Tian Ningxue. Today, she insisted that the man from Southern Xinjiang demonstrate it to her in public to prevent the man from Southern Xinjiang from knowing that it was Tian Ningxue who revealed the matter of the Southern Xinjiang poisonous worm after she removed the poison again in the future.
After all, Tian Ningxue’s betrayal is likely to arouse the anger of the people in southern Xinjiang.
Su Tang didn't want to have to be on guard against people from southern Xinjiang going to Dahe Village to cause trouble for Tian Ningxue in the future.
It would be troublesome if someone in the valley was accidentally injured.
Soon, the poisonous insects in the bodies of several guards were released.
The few small poisonous insects floating in the bowl seemed to be full and had gained a lot of weight.
Su Tang looked at the bowl of blood, stood up and walked to the man.
"Princess, what are you doing?" The man was surprised why Su Tang came up to him, but he didn't expect that Su Tang would snatch the white jade bowl from his hand.
"I want to keep this blood. If she attacks my people again someday, I can solve the problem myself."
Man... "But this blood has to be fresh. It will be useless if it is left for too long."
"Don't worry about this." Su Tang said, and walked back with the white jade bowl.
In fact, she wanted to put a bowl of the man's blood in front of her, so that she would feel more at ease.
Well, maybe I can try it tonight.
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