From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 407

Zhou Yuan already knew the ins and outs of the regicide case. It was nothing more than a joint effort between the royal family and the Eastern Tartars, using his identity to achieve his goal through marriage.

Now it seems that this is a perfect plan, because Zhou Yuan did not think carefully about donating Buddha statues to temples, and was fooled in the end.

But looking back, Zhou Yuan discovered that the eldest sister was abnormal.

The parting reward was really inexplicable, like an early comfort, like a farewell.

Is this a big chess game played by the eldest sister?

It is impossible to speculate, because any guess will be too far from the truth if it is wrong.

Zhou Yuan prefers to analyze the problem through facts.

What is the fact?

The Buddha statue exploded, and he was only slightly injured, and Wanyan Daichan was almost fine.

This shows that when the other party planned, they strictly calculated the explosive power of twenty barrels of gunpowder, which happened to be in the range of being able to kill the eldest sister but not hurt Wanyan Daichan.

After all, when the eldest sister lit the incense, she was closer to the Buddha statue...

But a problem arose.

None of them knew that the eldest sister knew martial arts, and she was proficient in Taoism. She had a deep inner strength of gathering lotus in her palm, which was no weaker than the black moon on Wanyan Daichan's head.

So objective facts proved that the eldest sister was at most injured, and she would never die.

But Wanyan Daichan checked and said that the eldest sister had died, and Xiaozhuang's performance seemed to be trying to cover up the truth.

Everyone thought that the eldest sister was dead, which was obviously a trap.

Only after confirming this point can we plan further.

Why did the eldest sister fake her death? Was it to lure out Prince Fu and his forces and eventually eliminate them together?

There is this possibility, but Zhou Yuan thinks it is too small.

After all, the risk of faking death this time is extremely high. If it is just to eliminate Prince Fu and his forces, then the return rate is obviously too low. The eldest sister is so smart that she will not do this kind of business.

There are bigger plans!

But now the trouble is that I have no idea, and the elder sister didn't even discuss it with me.

Zhou Yuan scratched his head hard. It was too difficult to figure out the elder sister's complete plan with limited information.

At present, he can only take one step at a time.

And the dramatic changes in Shenjing obviously have little influence on the south. The only thing he can do is to escape to the south.

Destination...Yangzhou!

My father-in-law's territory is not panic at all.

But it's a long way, how can I survive it!

Elder sister, your kiss is too expensive.

Zhou Yuan was so anxious that he couldn't help but take out the map in his arms.

From Shenjing to the south, through Baoding Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture to Jinan, and then south through Yanzhou Prefecture and Huai'an Prefecture to Yangzhou.

This road is long, and there must be many pursuers. The official road can't be taken, and the only way is to take the mountain road.

Mountain roads have their own difficulties. Jackals, tigers and leopards are no joke. With his own strength, he can fight against jackals, cheetahs and leopards. Killing a group with a sword is not a big problem. But what about tigers? It's just a waste.

Just thinking about this, Zhou Yuan had a headache. How could things turn out like this!

"You have been smooth sailing all the way. Do you feel good?"

The voice outside the door was steady and powerful. As the door opened, Song Shanao walked in with a tall and majestic figure. His eyes were like torches and he was in high spirits. He didn't look old at all in the daytime.

Zhou Yuan raised his head and clasped his fists, saying, "Lord Song, it's not easy for me to go this way. I have to trouble the Song Mansion to prepare some change and dry food for me."

Song Shan'ao said, "Can these things help you out of your predicament?"

Zhou Yuan said, "At least it can be a little better."

Song Shan'ao smiled and said, "I joined the army at the age of fourteen, experienced hundreds of battles, and survived life and death to this day. You have been in the capital for just one year, and you are in charge of the Beijing camp and have been made a marquis at a young age."

"It's been so smooth all the way, have you ever thought that sooner or later you will hit the bottom?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Isn't it the bottom now? I may not be able to make it to the south."

Song Shan'ao said, "If I can't make it, then It is a flash in the pan. Only those who survive it can save the world. "

"Zhou Yuan, you have proved that you have literary talent and military strategy."

"But you have not really proved how you can position yourself in extreme political adversity and finally rise."

Here, he paused slightly and said in a deep voice: "Whether you are a civil official or a military general, you are all officials and politics. Excellence in politics is the foundation for you to stand firm in the court."

Zhou Yuan clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for your guidance, Duke Zhenguo. It's so late, you are not talking about this specifically, right?"

Song Shanao smiled and said: "Of course not, what I want to say is that there is a master around Chen Shou, who has guessed that you are here.”

Zhou Yuan was shocked, and frowned: “Not really, right?”

Song Shan’ao said: “After all, I am the only one in the whole capital who dares to hide a regicide like you.”

“Just now, Chen Shou came to see me and said that there was a mutiny in the five military camps and asked me to go out to suppress it. But he was trying to find out your information. It is obvious that he has noticed something.”

“If I don’t let go, he will certainly not dare to make any move, but after leaving the city, you will be hunted down immediately.”

“I am afraid that your way to the south is not just unsmooth, but basically unworkable.”

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment before saying: “Can I live here all the time?”

Song Shan’ao said: “Do you want to hide here?”

“No.”

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: “I have to go after all. Please prepare silver and dry food for me.” "

……

The next morning, Zhou Yuan transformed into Song Shan'ao's personal guard and followed him out of the city.

He could clearly feel that people were staring at him, and their eyes were like those of jackals.

But no one dared to come forward. Before he was completely separated from Song Shan'ao's guards, no one dared to come up and catch him.

So they galloped and headed towards the Fifth Army Camp.

Halfway through, Zhou Yuan shouted goodbye, changed direction on his horse, and headed south at a high speed.

When he reached the bend of the official road, Zhou Yuan threw off his horse and plunged into the deep mountains.

He was in full strength, even without The deep mountains on the road were like fish in water, cutting through thorns and running very fast.

There seemed to be no pursuers behind him.

But he did not stop, he just crossed the mountains and went south.

It was not until it was completely dark that he finally stopped, found a tree to lean against, and panted heavily.

The night in late autumn was already a little cold, but he was not afraid of the cold with his internal strength protecting his body. He just hoped not to encounter a tiger.

But the howling of wolves in the distance made him feel a lot more at ease. There were wolves but no tigers, at least there was no worry about his life.

"Damn it, it would be so good to be an honest son-in-law in Yunzhou. Why did you have to do something big and make yourself so embarrassed now. "

He muttered, took out a piece of cake and started to eat it.

But soon, he stopped.

The moonlight was like water, and a fire stick lit up in front of him.

The woman in a black dress, with black lipstick and silver earrings, was mysterious and beautiful...

Wanyan Daichan was still as stunning as when they first met,

but at this moment, she was the real god of death.

Of course, she came to kill Zhou Yuan.