Chapter 198 Shocking Secret
Seeing Liu Qi's hesitation, Da Qiao chuckled and said, "Isn't it possible that the general is afraid that there are other agencies?"
"No!" Liu Qi shook his head and said, "It's dark at night, and a man and a woman alone in a room may affect the reputation of the wife."
Da Qiao sighed faintly: "This place is isolated from the world and no one comes and goes. Who knows? What's more, a gentleman does not bully the dark room. If the young master hadn't saved me back then, maybe I would have fallen into the quagmire and turned into dust."
This is true. If Da Qiao really becomes Liu Xie's woman, the end will probably be very miserable. Even if he escapes the palace coup, he cannot escape Dong Zhuo's clutches!
Da Qiao said again: "Young Master still has a bodyguard accompanying him, how about we go together?"
"Okay!" Liu Qi hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement and asked Zhao Yun to walk down the mountain together.
According to common sense, Da Qiao should refuse to break into her residence, but she insisted on inviting her even though she said it, which made Liu Qi more and more curious about what was in the cliff below.
Walking down the stone steps along a winding corridor, you can hear the sound of the waterfall as a cool night breeze blows.
Liu Qi had seen this waterfall in Ganlu Temple, but he didn't expect there to be a cave inside, which reminded him of the Water Curtain Cave.
Walking down the steps, I saw that the interior was very neatly decorated, with all the carved beams and paintings, and even a floor paved with white jade. It didn't look like being in a cave at all.
There were rooms on the left and right. Da Qiao walked straight to the front and saw a Buddhist temple three or four feet in diameter. Under the four-foot-square bronze Buddha statue, there was a tablet for Sun Ce.
Zhao Yun first observed the surroundings, then came back and said to Liu Qi: "The general will be waiting outside the door. The sound of the waterfall can cut off all human sounds."
"Zilong, you..." Liu Qi couldn't laugh or cry. What was this hinting at?
Unexpectedly, Changshan Zhao Zilong, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would have such dirty thoughts.
Da Qiao silently lit the incense and handed it over. Although he was wearing a veil, there was an indescribable look in his black and white eyes, which made Liu Qi's heart tremble.
Liu Qi took a deep breath to calm down, bowed three times politely, put it in the incense burner, and sighed with emotion:
"If you live as a hero, you will die as a ghost.
I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong!"
"What a poem!" Da Qiao's eyes lit up, but he sighed: "It's a pity that General Sun is no more than a little overlord after all. It is difficult for him to ride across the Central Plains like Xiang Yu, fight for the balance of the world, and die at the hands of a traitor."
"It's easy to hide from open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows!" Liu Qi also said helplessly: "When I was in Jingzhou, I was also plotted by someone. Mrs. Cai poisoned the soup, and she almost died early like General Sun."
Da Qiao looked at Liu Qi and suddenly said: "Actually, Bo Fu... also died of poisoning."
"Ah?" Liu Qi was stunned, turned around and asked, "Didn't General Sun die from his injuries after being assassinated by an assassin?"
Da Qiao sneered: "Sun Bofu has the courage of an overlord, how can a few assassins kill him? Even if he is seriously injured, there are good doctors in Jiangdong, how can the treatment be ineffective? In fact, he was poisoned before this
, I just don’t know it.”
"Sure enough, it's poisoning?" Liu Qi was shocked: "How do you know?"
Da Qiao looked forlorn and said slowly: "I didn't know it beforehand. When I was changing clothes for General Sun, the cracked wound started to bleed, so I wiped it with a silk scarf and accidentally dropped it on the ground. When everything was over, I found the silk scarf.
There were many ants crawling on the towel, but they all convulsed and died, so I became alert..."
"Is there such a thing?" Liu Qi didn't expect that there was such a secret. If Sun Ce really died in a conspiracy, then this matter in Jiangdong would be a big deal.
In the cave above the Buddha statue, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao also changed their expressions. They wanted to catch the adulterer on the spot, but they didn't expect such a shocking secret.
Liu Qi was inexplicably shocked: "You didn't tell Wu Hou or Zhou Lang?"
Da Qiao shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "I am used to the intrigues in the palace. How dare I question this matter rashly? It will definitely lead to death."
Liu Qi frowned. The time when Da Qiao was in the palace was indeed the most chaotic time. The ten ministers and hundreds of officials, Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He were all fighting for power and profit, which was more sinister than the palace's scheming.
"I went to visit Mr. Qiao when I came here, and it seemed that he didn't know anything about it. Could it be that you are the only one who suspects this matter and has never told anyone?"
"That's right!" Da Qiao looked at Liu Qi, helpless and pitiful, and said slowly: "This matter is related to the safety of the entire Jiangdong. Who can be trusted and who is worthy of trust? I don't know the mastermind behind it. If the news is rashly released, not only will he be unable to protect himself
, it will also harm your loved ones.”
What she saw and heard in the palace taught her a lot of self-protection methods, at least she knew not to speak carelessly.
Liu Qi was unable to make a decision for a moment, and said: "Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have known each other since they were young, and they have shown sincere love for each other. They have become brothers for a long time, and he is your brother-in-law. Isn't this credible?"
"Zhou Yu?" Da Qiao looked at the moonlight outside and smiled coldly: "When Bo Fu was killed, it ended with the murder of the assassin and he never asked about the matter again. He only had his great cause in mind and only wanted to make great achievements.
How can it be meaningful to have a name in future generations?"
The words made Zhou Yu tremble all over in the cliff cave, and he gritted his steel teeth. He never expected that here he would hear the secret that he had been wondering about for many years, and that Da Qiao's evaluation of him would be so heartbreaking.
Liu Qi came back to his senses and sighed: "It turns out that Madam endured the humiliation and stayed here because she wanted to find out the matter and vindicate the little bully."
"Zhao Xue?" Da Qiao suddenly laughed strangely, tears streaming down his face, and seemed a little crazy. He cried loudly: "My two sisters are just the spoils they shared after the war. Xiao Qiao is fine, getting along with Zhou Lang."
As time goes by, I will become his wife! I have only been with Sun Ce for a few days, and I have no name or status, and I am not even a concubine. Why should I bear the humiliation and bear the burden for him and make peace for him?"
Liu Qi was so startled that he took two steps back and said in astonishment: "Then Madam, why is she guarding the burial place alone?"
"Do you think I am voluntary?" Da Qiao's eyes were red, and he had lost his dignity and coolness before, and said sternly: "It is also Sun Shao who is guarding the spirit. How can I, a woman with no status, get my turn for the Shen family?"
"Ah this?" Liu Qi was shocked and asked in shock: "Is Madam imprisoned here?"
Sun Ce's wife Shen gave birth to one son and three daughters. The eldest son Sun Shao, Gu Yong's eldest son Gu Shao and Lu Xun were both Sun Ce's sons-in-law. They seemed to treat Sun Ce's children well, but in fact they were also tools for Sun Quan's marriage.
Da Qiao cried so much that he sat down on the ground and said sadly: "I was snatched away with no status. Just because I am Sun Ce's woman, I cannot be free and cannot remarry. I spent my good years locked up on this cliff, and I am not the same as the ones here."
What’s different in the cold palace? But what sin do I have to suffer in this imprisonment?”
Liu Qi stretched out his hand at the side, but couldn't help it. He sighed helplessly: "So, you only told me about this matter? But I am just a passerby. The matter is very important. I'm afraid there is nothing you can do to help!"
"No, I believe you!" Da Qiao suddenly got up, knelt in front of Liu Qi, grabbed his robe tightly, and gritted his teeth: "Eight years... eight years in a row, do you know how I lived these eight years?
Chapter completed!