The food box was the most common red lacquered wooden box, Ji Yanran picked it up casually, it was just an inadvertent move while talking, and he didn't think about checking anything carefully. But when he put it down, his fingertips suddenly felt a icy chill, like melting snowflakes, fleeting.
A small three-inch cockscomb snake raised its neck high, and jumped up from the crack of the food box, like a red lightning bolt, with strong fangs.
The hem of the white clothes brought out a stern wind, Yun Yifeng shot very quickly, Ji Yanran was pushed back two steps by him, and when he looked again, the poisonous snake from the Western Regions was already wrapped around the opponent's snowy wrist, and his head and neck were firmly pinched. Unable to move for half a minute, he was "hissing" and struggling angrily, with scarlet mucus dripping from between his teeth.
His Royal Highness Xiao Wang hadn't had time to care about whether the disgusting mucus was poisonous or not, Yun Yifeng had already made a mistake with his fingers, tightened his fingers like an eagle's claws suddenly, and with a "crack", pinched the red spider snake to pieces, and the dirty black blood splashed instantly. The exploded cockscomb also quickly wilted, drooping its head, rotten and limp.
Yun Yifeng threw it aside, propped it on the table with one hand, the pure white sleeves slid off one after another, and was also stained with red and black blood between his fingers, which was a little dazzling. The tip of her beautiful red eyes was raised slightly, and she looked at Ji Yanran who was at the side.
His Royal Highness Xiao Wang took his hand and made a vow.
"You can't repay your life-saving grace. From today on, my mother will belong to you."
Yun Yifeng ignored the dude's nonsense, and just pulled his arm back: "It's poisonous, don't touch it."
Ji Yanran frowned: "Then you..."
"I'm not afraid." Yun Yifeng dipped his hands into the clean water basin and said lightly, "I'm immune to all poisons."
Ji Yanran heard quite a lot of knowledge, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt strange, since she was already invulnerable to all kinds of poisons, what was going on with this strange poison that was hot and cold all the time
"It's a long story, and the plot isn't very interesting, so it's fine if the prince doesn't listen." Yun Yifeng washed his hands seven or eight times before he washed away the sticky smell, "Let's go, let's go find Aunt Zhong .”
Ji Yanran said: "What if I want to hear it?"
"I do not want to say."
"..."
Ji Yanran was by his side, and the two left Xu Qiuping's residence together. Taking a sneak peek, I saw that the other party didn't seem to be angry, nor was the sad past brought up, so I added in my heart, no matter what day in the future, if you want to talk, it doesn't matter whether it's Wangcheng, Chunlincheng, anyone In any place, I will prepare a jar of wine, which is sweet and has a nice name. Accompany you to bury all the melancholy past in the wine. After you get drunk, you will only have a dream and a happy life after waking up.
Yun Yifeng said: "Here we are."
The official guards had already surrounded the entire compound. Xu Qiuping died strangely. Whether it was because of the snake or the poison, the people in the kitchen should obviously be the first suspects. It was almost late at night, and the cold wind was blowing "swish", making the candles on the table flicker, adding to the chill. The little girl curled up in her mother's arms. Although she didn't understand what happened outside, she still felt a little scared. She just twisted the hem of her clothes with both hands and kept her mouth shut.
Yun Yifeng knocked on the door, the sudden movement startled the two people in the room, and it took a while to think of opening the door. I thought it was the vicious servant who called me to ask questions, but I didn't expect Ji Yanran and Yun Yifeng to be standing outside. After seeing the people coming, Aunt Zhong was obviously relieved, and the little girl also got up to say hello: "Dear elder brother."
Aunt Zhong turned on the light: "My lord, Master Yunmen, please sit down quickly."
"Come to the door late at night, sorry to bother you." Yun Yifeng said, "However, there are some things I still want to ask in time."
Aunt Zhong nodded: "Yes, yes, I understand."
"Have people from the government come to ask questions?"
"Master Zhang has already asked." Zhong Gu said, "In the afternoon, the girl ran to the kitchen crying and looking for me, so the first thing Sir looked for was us."
But nothing was found, and indeed nothing. The little girl accidentally fell and injured herself while climbing a tree. There were no other adults in the yard at the time. Seeing her knee bleeding, she was frightened, so she ran to the kitchen to find her mother. Although she was crying a little bit, she didn't enter the kitchen, and was quickly taken away by her servants. During this time, Aunt Zhong had been busy working in the backyard, and she didn't even know what was going on outside, so it didn't seem like much. Doubtful.
But Ling Xing'er was able to slip into the kitchen and poison her precisely because of her crying at this moment. Based on this, it is entirely possible that other people, like her, took the opportunity to change the food box with the poisonous snake in it.
Yun Yifeng smiled, with a gentle voice: "Wearing such a beautiful pink skirt, why would you want to climb a tree? It's not a crazy little boy."
"I... I haven't climbed before." The little girl said embarrassedly, "In the afternoon, I was dancing in the courtyard. It was my elder brother who said that there were bird's nests in the trees, and there were rare birds of various colors in them. I want to go and see."
Yun Yifeng's heart moved: "Big brother? Who is it?"
"He said he was a teacher in the villa." The little girl said, "By the way, he even gave me a nice sachet."
She jumped off the stool and rummaged in the cabinet for a long time on tiptoe before pulling out a small dusty bundle. Aunt Zhong looked on in surprise: "This... this girl, why have you never told me these things?"
"Big brother told me not to tell others." The little girl unpacked the bag and looked at Yun Yifeng again, "He also said, unless this big brother came to ask."
Things seem to have been ripped apart.
The sachet was exquisitely embroidered, one side was full of hibiscus and peonies, the other side was peach blossoms, and there were bats, magpies, and koi fishes, all of which were ordinary auspicious patterns. The only side was a red snake coiled on the table with its mouth open To rush towards the woman in front, there are five playful little dolls on the ground. In the embroidered portraits, everyone is smiling and full of flowers. Will notice the snake in the fruit.
If these five little dolls refer to the five brothers of the Xu family, then the woman in the picture who is taking care of them should obviously be Mrs. Xu when she was young. She looks like she died from the sharp teeth of a poisonous snake, which also happens to correspond to Xu Qiuping's "wow crying to find a mother".
Aunt Zhong asked tremblingly, "Is there... a question?"
"The problem is the so-called 'teacher'." Yun Yifeng put away the sachet, and said to the little girl, "What else did he say to you?"
"Hmm..." The little girl thought for a long time, then stammered, "It's nothing, just say that the villa is dirty, and it will fall if it collapses, and that the bad guys will have retribution, and that, he knows a lot of big things. Secret, if I have the ability, I will find it myself... I don't understand what it means."
She didn't understand, but Ji Yanran and Yun Yifeng understood that the other party didn't want to say this to the little girl, but just wanted to convey it through her.
But there are more than thousands of ways to send letters, and he chose the most troublesome and casual one—even a bit like a joke, if the two of them never came to the courtyard and saw this sachet, how would they want to solve the problem? The connection between Qiuping's tragic death and the nursery rhyme may require a lot of effort.
Under the memory of the little girl, Yun Yifeng drew the appearance of the "teacher", but when she turned around, she saw Ji Yanran still sitting at the table, frowning slightly.
"Let's go." He patted the other person's shoulder, "Let's go find Zhang Guhe."
The night was gloomy, and compared with the daytime temperature, it was like two completely different seasons, and the wind was colder.
Yun Yifeng rubbed his palms, put them to his mouth and breathed out.
Ji Yanran stopped in her tracks, and only glanced back, the secret guard of the palace immediately ran forward with interest, holding a light cloak in her arms.
Yun Yifeng: "..."
"No way, be prepared." Ji Yanran wraps him around him, and carefully fastens the tie, "You always refuse to dress properly."
Yun Yifeng smiled: "Thank you."
He looked at the other party's expression, and asked again: "Why, are you unhappy?"
Ji Yanran sighed: "The other party is too arrogant."
This kind of feeling of being spied on by people and throwing out a clue from time to time is like a fish being teased by a cat's paw. It doesn't feel good.
Yun Yifeng patted him on the chest: "When you see this person in the future, don't worry about him, just beat him up first."
Ji Yanran asked: "Are you beating up or should I be beating up?"
Yun Yifeng replied: "Beat me together."
Ji Yanran smiled: "Okay."
Zhang Guhe sent troops to search overnight, but they didn't find the person the little girl was talking about. Instead, they found a human skin mask from a handyman's room. After careful investigation, it was found that there was indeed a cleaning servant missing in the villa. Before Master Xu's accident, he was recommended by a middleman.
"This kind of handyman is recruited in groups." The housekeeper said, "It's not an urgent job, and there was no trouble at home at that time, so I didn't investigate it carefully."
And the middleman was terrified when he heard that the handyman he had sent caused the accident, so he ran back to the store to look through the roster. After a noisy night, it was noon before he knew it. Ji Yanran looked at the bright sun in the sky and said, "Go back to the inn."
"Not waiting for a reply?" Yun Yifeng asked.
Ji Yanran said: "It's so easy to fabricate identities, is it possible that the other party will honestly report their names and places of origin? Since we know that what we found is fake, why should you and I waste time here. What's more, there is Zhang Guhe here , he is the parent officer of Wangxing City."
"That's right." Yun Yifeng stretched his muscles, "I'm really sleepy."
After a while, he added: "Hungry again."
"..."
"Dizzy again."
Ji Yanran only responded, and led him to turn over and ride Feishuangjiao. The silver-white horse briskly carried the two of them back to the inn. Lao Zhang had already prepared light meals and hot water for medicinal baths.
Yun Yifeng said politely: "I told you I'm hungry, sleepy and dizzy—"
Ji Yanran stuffed a shepherd's purse dumpling into his mouth, and blocked the rest of the sentence: "Eat, after finishing this plate, I will keep an eye on you personally."
The master of Yunmen was full of sorrow, chewing like a marionette, wishing he could eat it forever.
But there are at most 20 or 30 dumplings on a plate, and His Royal Highness Xiao Wang feeds them very diligently, one after another, the bottom is reached in a short time.
Yun Yifeng said: "I still want to drink a little noodle soup... Hi!"
"There is no more noodle soup, and Lao Zhang's pot has been cleaned." Ji Yanran took his arm and carried him all the way up the stairs.
The secret guard of the palace was surprised again: "My lord is in such a hurry, what are you going to do?"
The other person took a big gulp of soup from a bowl and replied without raising his head, "Watch Master Yunmen taking a bath."
The previous dark guard suddenly realized: "Oh!"
…
The medicinal materials used in the medicated bath are all divided in advance, as long as they are boiled in hot water and poured into the tub. Ji Yanran pushed open the bedroom door, and was greeted with a pungent smell, and after several sneezes, she said in surprise: "What is this?"
"Medical materials." Yun Yifeng untied his belt, and glanced at him again, "My lord is going to keep staring at me like this?"
Ji Yanran moved a chair and sat down: "I won't stare at you, what if I escape through the window again?"
Yun Yifeng thought for a while, then nodded: "It makes sense."
He turned around and put his belt on the wooden frame beside him. Layers of snow-colored gauze spread downward, like a flower blooming in summer. When it slid down the shoulders, it revealed a large white back, and the shoulders were also thin. Slutty, scorching and piercing.
Ji Yanran's eyes narrowed, and she unconsciously looked away, looking at the long blue sky and misty clouds outside the window.
The sound of "crash" came, and Yun Yifeng immersed himself in the bathtub, frowning slightly.
"Are you uncomfortable?" Ji Yanran stepped forward.
"Yeah." Yun Yifeng closed her eyes, "I'll adjust my breath for a while."
Ji Yanran found a small bench and sat beside him to accompany him.
I don't know what was added to the bath water, it smells pungent, and it's pitch black, not much better than ink. Yun Yifeng was originally born white, but once soaked in this messy water, it is more like a pure lotus born in the mud, clean and transparent, not full.
Drops of cold sweat slid down his forehead and landed on his long eyelashes, making his eyes hurt, as if he had just cried. There was no blood on his lips, even though the surrounding heat was steaming, it didn't make him half rosy.
Ji Yanran put her finger on the slender neck for a try, and then pressed her palm on his back.
Yun Yifeng trembled all over, and finally exhaled the depression that had been pent up in his chest.
Ji Yanran continued to help him adjust his breath, but felt his arm soaked in hot water was tingling, as if the wound had touched salt, burning his flesh and heart.
No wonder... He frowned slightly, and thought of Ling Xing'er's Jiaohan's sentence "It's uncomfortable to soak, the door master often steals and plays tricks".
But this piercing pain is not just uncomfortable.
After half an hour, Ji Yanran withdrew her internal energy and asked softly, "Are you ready?"
"Yeah." Yun Yifeng's eyes darkened, and she lay on the edge of the bathtub panting, "I'll take a rest first."
Ji Yanran pulled the cloth towel on one side, and wrapped him wetly: "Before you often said that you want to take a medicinal bath, is it the same?"
"Same." Yun Yifeng leaned in his arms and buzzed, "But if Xing'er and my disciples are not watching, I can secretly reduce the dosage and feel more comfortable."
Ji Yanran felt helpless, and put the person back on the bed: "A patient like you—"
"You don't understand." Yun Yifeng yawned, "If I could live for three years, with this medicine bath, I can live for three years and one month at most, but for a mere thirty days, I have to suffer so much inexplicably, If Qingyue hadn't been crying and chasing me and hitting me... no, please, I won't make love."
Ji Yanran pinched his chin: "Three years?"
"Maybe five years, or one year or two, I can't tell." Yun Yifeng originally wanted to mention the blood ganoderma, but was really exhausted, muttered a few words in his mouth, and fell asleep with his body tilted.
Ji Yanran reached out to catch him, her wet black hair was like cold satin soaked in water.
He took the towel and dried the long hair carefully. Seeing that there was a lot of water on the bed, he simply picked him up again and took him back to the next room.
Warm and fluffy bedding, the aroma is also extremely gentle.
Large swaths of sunlight flow through the carved windows, like melted gold, flowing into the bedroom mottledly.
The men in the yard were chatting and laughing, the sound was blocked by layers, and only the intermittent noise remained in the ears, the children were making noise, the women were laughing, and there was the cry of the pastry shop not far away, this quiet place In the afternoon, like a handful of insoluble honey, it wraps the heart viscously, making people more greedy for this warm and affectionate world of fireworks.
Yun Yifeng relaxed his body and completely fell into a dreamland.
Ji Yanran gently closed the door for him.
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