Inside the White Tiger Gate of Taichu Palace, Sun Jun, the attendant, saw Princess Quan and asked: "The queen went to Jianchu Temple to pray, and she asked Ma Mao to lead troops as a guard?"
Princess Quan glanced at Sun Jun with some confusion, and saw that he was frowning, and he looked a bit ugly! Sun Jun's brows were narrow, and when he was younger, it wasn't an obvious flaw, but as he got older, Quan
The princess felt more and more tired.
Princess Quan said casually: "The queen brought a copper vase to the Ashoka Pagoda to pray. If the Buddha can respond to her request, he will give birth to a relic out of thin air within seven days. Do you believe me?"
Sun Jun didn't seem to care about the relics, and said hurriedly: "There is something wrong with that Ma Mao, he may be a spy of the Wei State!"
"What?" Princess Quan was also stunned for a moment, "Since you know, why don't you report it?"
Sun Jun frowned and said: "It's just suspicion, there is no evidence, and I didn't care about it for a while."
Princess Quan continued to ask: "Why do you see it?"
Sun Jun thought for a while and said: "Zhuge Yuanxun believed that there was a spy in the court and had access to the secrets of the court, so he must be an official of Wu State. After thinking about it, Ma Mao, a surrendered general of Wei State, is very suspicious.
Big! So I looked at it carefully and felt something strange, but I couldn’t tell what was wrong.”
Princess Quan said: "It turns out it was just suspicion. Don't panic, sir. Even if Ma Mao is a spy, he can't do much with his small number of people. Can he still attack Jianye City and storm Taichu Palace?"
Sun Jun nodded and said: "That's true, but Ma Mao once said good things to the queen. I'm afraid that he will provoke the queen and do something unexpected."
Princess Quan took a few steps and said, "They have not interacted with each other often enough to trust each other. The same is true for the eminent monk Zhi Qian of Jianchu Temple and the doctor who taught Prince Sun Liang. These people can be loyal as soon as they have contact with each other."
Are you so aggrieved? And then you can actually risk your life to plot something? On the contrary, it is my sister who saved the queen, so you should be more careful. And it is not a bad thing for the queen to leave the palace."
Sun Jun also seemed to think that Princess Quan's words were reasonable. He did not refute it for a while, and then said: "I still feel that there is something fishy about the matter. I have to send someone to keep an eye on it."
Princess Quan said: "The queen has many palace maids and eunuchs, including my people. Who the queen has met and how long she has been plotting, we will know soon."
...Just as Princess Quan said, although the queen is closed in the Ashoka Tower, there are palace maids and eunuchs guarding her day and night. The stone tower is built on a platform, with nothing around except railings, and there is only one exit.
Within the sight of the attendant.
In the early morning, when it was just dawn, two women wearing bamboo hats and hats carried wooden boxes into the Ashoka Pagoda. One of the women, whose gauze scarf had been lifted up on the bamboo hat, was the sister of Queen Pan Shu.
Pan Shu didn't expect that people would come so quickly!
She had just arrived at Jianchu Temple yesterday, and she was still very scared. She was suddenly leaving the familiar Jianye, and there was no need for any reason for her fear of a strange environment! Especially women, who were completely inferior to their husbands in this aspect.
But if he stayed, he would definitely die. Pan Shu had completely believed in this judgment! He died unjustly in the palace conspiracy, and no one knew the final cause of death. The only advantage was that the result was more honorable.
And if you choose to believe in Ma Mao, you will have a chance to survive. As long as you survive this disaster and come back in the future, you will still be the empress dowager! The danger here is whether Ma Mao is really reliable?
"Do you want to change your clothes?" my sister's voice asked.
Pan Shu's meditation was interrupted and she suddenly asked: "What did I ask my sister to look for?"
My sister took out a dark porcelain bottle and handed it to Pan Shu with a complicated expression.
Pan Shu clutched the poisoned wine tightly, and the horrific scene flashed through her mind. She was being held down by several people and was about to be strangled to death! She thought with a sudden thought: "I'll go change my clothes."
The space inside the stone tower was very small. Pan Shu took a wooden box, went up to the second floor, changed her clothes, and came down. She glanced at the woman next to her sister and asked, "What should she do?"
The woman said: "Madam, don't worry. I will wait for a while and then look for an opportunity to leave. The general guarding the door belongs to me... Master, he will take me away. My family committed a crime, and I was sent to work in the camp and was almost tortured." He died. It was General Ma who rescued me and rewarded me to the general. I am willing to repay General Ma for his kindness."
My sister also said: "As long as no one from above suspects it, usually no one dares to disturb him. Who can bear the crime of affecting His Majesty's happiness and longevity?"
Pan Shu nodded, picked up a wooden box, put down the gauze on the bamboo hat, and followed her sister out of the Ashoka Tower. The woman behind immediately bolted the door of the tower.
The two walked off the platform, walked to one side, and soon came to the gatehouse on the side of the temple. There were soldiers standing both inside and outside. The sister walked in front, came to the gatehouse, and lifted the veil in front of her. The military commander clasped his fists when he saw this and said: "Mrs. Pan please."
Pan Shu felt her legs were a little weak, but luckily nothing happened. These gatekeepers should be Ma Mao's people.
Her mind went blank, but she was scared and nervous. She almost didn't know how she walked to Huaishui Pier and boarded a awning boat. After saying goodbye in tears, her sister boarded another boat. The ship was about to dock and go back. Pan Shu stayed in the cabin with a little palace maid, feeling uneasy along the way.
Fortunately, everything seemed to go smoothly, the pursuers did not appear, and the surroundings were very quiet most of the time. Pan Shu also passed through the gap in the cabin and began to look at the scenery outside. The awning boat entered the river from the Huai River, and then went eastward. .This time the group of people wanted to go to Piling in the east. It would be a bit of a detour to go east along the river, but it is still possible.
In the afternoon, when the sun was setting, Pan Shu was watching the river outside the boat, and suddenly realized something was wrong!
The awning boat unexpectedly turned to the left and headed towards a water mouth in the north! Although Pan Shu had hardly been far away, she was not completely ignorant of the direction. Not to mention the direction of the sun, this vast and vast water surface was obviously a large river. , can the river flow back?
Pan Shu hurriedly bent over and walked out, and the little palace maid followed her closely. At this time, she remembered something, and hurriedly took out the dark brown porcelain bottle and held it in her sleeve!
"Why go north?" Pan Shu leaned out and asked.
The young man sitting on the deck said hurriedly: "Your Highness, please be calm. My uncle will be here soon."
Pan Shu saw that the boat was still heading towards the water mouth in the north, and a boat not far away was rowing towards this direction. After a while, someone hooked the awning boat, and Ma Mao jumped on.
"Don't come over!" Pan Shu shouted tremblingly.
She has realized that she has been deceived by Ma Mao! She did not expect that this kind-faced, knowledgeable and courteous person could be such a villain!
At this time, Ma Mao not only did not come in, but also knelt down on the deck, paused and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me."
Pan Shu said in a strange voice: "I trust you so much, why do you plot against me?"
Ma Mao said: "I told Your Highness that Your Highness values you, and I have no intention of harming Your Highness. But please be clear to Your Highness that you are the Queen of Soochow, and you cannot hide in the Kingdom of Wu. No one dares to risk the annihilation of the clan.
Hide the Queen!"
Pan Shu glared angrily and said, "Don't you know Taoist Wang Biao and have a close friendship with him?"
Ma Mao said: "My servant does know Wang Biao, but Wang Biao has been rewarded with glory and wealth by the Lord of Wu. Once he hears that the Queen is missing and becomes suspicious, he will definitely betray His Highness. Don't His Highness still understand? If you don't leave Wu at this time, you will definitely
There is no chance of survival! His Highness only thought that he was about to leave Jianye, and he was very afraid. If he did not hide this from His Highness, but told the truth and asked His Highness to leave the country of Wu, how could this be done? In this case, how could it be done?
Why bother planning to save His Highness from danger?"
He paused for a moment, then his tone changed, "Today, there is only one person in the world who is not afraid of Soochow and is fearless! Only he dares to take you in and protect you."
Pan Shu thought for a while: "Qin Liang? Who and what are you?"
Ma Mao knelt down and straightened up. He confidently raised his hands to the north and said: "My servant is Ma Mao, the eldest son of Zhongli in the Wei Dynasty. He was ordered by Wang Yanyun, the governor of Yangzhou, to surrender to Soochow. After the death of the king's governor, he became the general of the Wei Dynasty.
A general under the command of Qin Zhongming, the Marquis of Pinggao County, under the orders of the general, went undercover in Soochow to help the general eradicate the warlords as soon as possible, bring peace to the world, eradicate violence, and benefit all people!"
Pan Shu looked at Ma Mao with incredible eyes, shook her head with a complex expression and said: "You want to dedicate me to Qin Liang for your own selfish interests, glory and wealth, but you say it in such a high-sounding way?"
Ma Mao was noncommittal, "I have been in Soochow for many years, and I have deeply hated Princess Quan, Sun Jun, Sun Hong and others. Your Highness is the only one who is innocent and treats me politely. Now that His Highness's life is in danger, how can I sit idly by and do nothing? Risking my life."
The rescue was also out of good intentions."
He thought for a while and suddenly said: "The general is both civil and military, has masters of music, music, and swordsmanship, has a heart for the piano, is courageous with the sword, and has great ambitions. Such a person must treat His Highness with courtesy."
Pan Shu was so angry that she sneered.
Ma Mao actually looked serious and took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, "This is the secret letter from the general. Just with these handwriting, such literary talent, and inspiring mind, isn't it heroic?"
After he said that, he stretched out his arm and carefully handed the paper over. Pan Shu's heart was in a mess, but she actually received it in her hand.
Ma Mao turned his head and said: "Your Highness, please take a look, Mrs. Pan, General Tan, Your Highness has nothing to worry about."
Pan Shu blurted out: "Didn't you say that my sister is fine in Jianye?"
Ma Mao shook his head and said: "Mrs. Pan, General Tan is reluctant to part with the little salary from the Wu Kingdom. They don't want to leave. If I try to persuade them, it will cause trouble. It's better to explain and apologize later."
Pan Shudao: "You are also a scholar. Officials of Wei and Wu have no faith and use all kinds of dirty tricks. Isn't this kidnapping and robbery?"
Ma Mao was silent for a moment, and sighed after a moment: "As a spy, I often have no control over myself. I have indeed done some disgraceful things, which have changed people a lot. But a servant is not a coward, he is a righteous man!"
Pan Shu held the porcelain bottle tightly and asked, "Isn't Qin Liang a murderer?"
Ma Mao shook his head and said: "The servant and the general have a relationship of faith. I believe that the general is a decisive and courageous person, and he is also sensible and has a benevolent heart."
Pan Shu frowned and said, "What do you mean, you haven't even seen Qin Liang's face?"
Ma Mao said awkwardly: "Why do we need to meet to have a heart-to-heart relationship? Without the general, I would have died in Soochow a long time ago. Without the general's words of comfort and the manpower to prepare an escape route for me, I would not have survived this time."
Pan Shu was about to cry but had no tears for a moment.
Ma Mao said: "Your Highness, please calm down for a moment. Then I will call Mrs. Pan and the maids will come to accompany you. I have no disrespect in my heart."
Pan Shu looked around and saw that the two boats had gradually arrived at the mouth of the water. The river to the north might be Zhongdu Water! But there was no human beings on all sides, only vast smoke and endless wasteland.