This voice was so loud that not only the people in the courtyard, but even Duan Baiyue, who was in a drowsiness, woke up.
Just woke up, but didn't open his eyes.
Chu Yuan put on a robe beside him and hurried out. Hearing the sound of the door being closed, Duan Baiyue just opened her eyes and looked at the top of the bed, as if thinking about something.
Duan Yao stood in the courtyard, panting.
"Have you got it?" Nan Moxie rushed over from the next door with messy hair on his head. He even wore only one shoe, and he was very anxious when he saw it.
"Yes." Duan Yao took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, "This is it."
"Hurry up and give it to me." Before Chu Yuan reached out his hand, Nan Moxie took the first step to get the thing in his hand - after all, it was a fake.
"Is it Tianchensha?" Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Yao nodded, then shook his head again: "Not sure."
Chu Yuan said, "Who did you get it from?"
Duan Yao answered simply: "White-browed fairy."
Chu Yuan said: "I have never heard this name before."
It's right if you haven't heard it before, I'm making it up this afternoon. Nan Moxie opened the cork and smelled it, and said, "Take some and try it first."
Chu Yuan doubted: "I'm not even sure what this thing is, can I really try it?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry," Nan Mo said evilly, "The White-browed Immortal Weng and the Southwest Mansion have never had any grudges. This time, I was only willing to give this thing to make a deal with me. Besides, even if it is to test the medicine, I will do enough. I am fully prepared, and I will definitely not risk my apprentice's life."
Speaking of which, Chu Yuan only nodded.
Nan Moxie took the small porcelain bottle into the bedroom.
Chu Yuan wanted to follow up, but was stopped by Duan Yao and said, "When Master is healing, he doesn't want to be disturbed by outsiders."
Nan Moxie closed the door with his backhand in time.
Chu Yuan stood in the courtyard and didn't speak for a while.
He would never have imagined that Tian Chensha, whom he had been looking for all along, would appear so easily. It's just that although the antidote has been found, there is no sense of relief, but it feels even more hopeless.
Duan Yao stood beside him, at first he didn't dare to make a sound, he just kept looking at him carefully, and then he was really worried that he would think wildly, just then said: "Actually, over the years, the Southwest Prefecture has sent a lot of people to look for Tianchensha outside. The desert is overseas, if it is serious this time, it will be considered a hard work that pays off."
Chu Yuan returned to his senses, nodded and said, "Xiao Jin also said that finding this medicine depends entirely on fate, and maybe at some point, it can be found by accident in a small shop on the street." The voice was very low, more like he wanted to Tell yourself, maybe that is really the antidote, after all, after so many years of searching, you should always find it.
"Auspicious people have their own good looks." Duan Yao said, "Brother will be fine."
Chu Yuan forced a smile and said, "Well."
Inside the house, Duan Baiyue asked, "What the hell is this?"
Nanmo evilly said: "Chicken dung."
Duan Baiyue resolutely stuffed the bottle back to him.
"Take it first." Nan Moxie took out two pills from his sleeve, "It can make your pulse a little more stable these days." After all, if you take the so-called "antidote", it will not improve at all. Not a word either.
Duan Baiyue said: "It's a blessing to have a master on this trip."
"I just hope that you can survive this disaster safely." Nan Mo evilly said, "Yao'er has sent a letter to Chase Shadow Palace today, and it is estimated that Xiao Wu will return to the Southwest Mansion one step ahead of us."
"Over the years, my brother has not done anything for him, but I have to trouble him to do a lot for me." Duan Baiyue sighed.
"If you can have half of Xiao Wu's life, you should be thankful." Nan Moxie patted his head. A person who has been bitter for more than 20 years, can't help being the king of the Southwest, not to mention being poisoned, his sweetheart is still thousands of miles away, and he can't even walk on the street together. The other was at ease when he was a child, and went to the Chasing Shadow Palace by his own wish, married a good girl as his wife, and had twin fat sons in the first year. He was strong and handsome. With the two of them lined up together like this, whoever looked at them couldn't help but sympathize with the one on the left.
Duan Baiyue closed his eyes slightly, and after the breath stabilized, he said, "Okay."
"This last scene, do enough." Nan Moxie urged, "Don't let him worry about it any more."
"Naturally." Duan Baiyue smiled, "Why should Master Lao bother with this kind of thing."
Too. Nan Moxie thought while opening the door, afraid that even if he had his last breath left, he would still say it with an affectionate expression on his face.
This is how the troupe sings.
"How's it going?" Chu Yuan hurried forward.
Nanmo evilly said: "It seems to be the antidote."
"Really?" Duan Yao was ecstatic, after all, he had rehearsed more than a dozen times.
Nan Mo evil said: "The pulse phase has stabilized a lot, and the tingling in my heart has also subsided a lot. It's just that the golden silkworm thread has been in the body for too long, and it has damaged the foundation. It is not suitable for it to be removed suddenly. Just rest."
"That's fine." Duan Yao said, "As long as the golden silkworm thread can be cured, everything else is easy to say."
"Go in and have a look." Nan Moxie turned sideways.
Chu Yuan walked in, and Duan Yao hurried to keep up, but was dragged by the master: "What are you doing to join in the fun."
Duan Yao's chest was tight, how could he say that he was joining in the fun, shouldn't he be concerned about his brother.
Nan Moxie closed the door for the two of them, and then carried the little apprentice to the courtyard, complaining in a low voice: "I usually have tears all day long, and I don't squeeze two drops at critical moments." Be ecstatic.
Duan Yao thought to himself, my brother didn't eat anything good, he almost ate chicken feces. Only ghosts like this kind of thing.
Duan Baiyue leaned on the bed and reached out to him with a smile.
"How are you?" Chu Yuan sat beside the bed.
Duan Baiyue said: "It's much better."
Chu Yuan held his wrist and tried the pulse, then put his ear to his heart, and listened to the heartbeat again and again, without blinking for a long time.
Duan Baiyue laughed, reached out and rubbed his head: "I'm really like a little fool this time."
"It seems to be more stable than before." Chu Yuan looked at him, "Is it really Tian Chensha?"
Duan Baiyue said: "There should be nothing wrong."
Chu Yuan said: "You'll be fine."
"Even if the poison of the golden silkworm thread is cured, you still have to go back to the southwest first." Duan Baiyue said, "The retreat practice is as short as a year, and it may take longer. During my absence, Duan Nian will stay there forever. In Wangcheng, you can find him anytime."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "As I said, there is no need to keep anyone to protect me."
"It's not only to protect you, but also to make me feel at ease." Duan Baiyue said, "Duan Nian grew up in the Southwest Mansion since he was a child, and he has never been to a few prosperous areas. There is a reason for this. Let him live a luxurious life in a big place for two years, and you are not allowed to treat him badly."
Chu Yuan pushed him: "Well."
"Okay, one more kiss." Duan Baiyue said, "Then go back to the palace, I don't want you to see me being sealed."
Chu Yuan said: "What is it like being sealed in a wax shell?"
Duan Baiyue said: "That won't work either."
Chu Yuan smiled, pinched his chin, and leaned in for a kiss.
Duan Baiyue stretched out her arms around his waist and pulled the person into her arms, her lips pressed tightly together, and the tip of her tongue slid between each other's teeth, with a familiar sweetness and peace of mind.
This kiss lasted longer than any previous intimacy. Thinking of the upcoming parting, I can't wait for time to stop and not a moment to pass.
Duan Baiyue let him go, and then leaned in and kissed his forehead lightly.
Chu Yuan looked at him, his heart throbbing faintly.
"Take care of yourself." Duan Baiyue rubbed his thumb against his reddish eyes, "Don't stay in the imperial study all night, your body is yours, you have to eat meat, don't fight with those old men for the southwest again, If you like to scold, let them scold, everyone is a lot of age, and they will not live for a few years, don't you think?"
Chu Yuan looked away and said, "Okay."
"Go back." Duan Baiyue said, "A little later, it will be dawn when we go back."
Chu Yuan leaned in and hugged him, his chin resting on his shoulders, his arms tightly tucked, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Feeling the wetness on his shoulders, Duan Baiyue patted him on the back: "It's all said before, be obedient."
"I'll wait for you to come back." Chu Yuan's voice was hoarse, "I'll wait for how long."
Listening to his trembling voice, Duan Baiyue clenched her palm tightly, and after a long time, she said, "Okay."
"You're coming back." Chu Yuan repeated it again, not knowing who he was talking to. Although Tianchensha has been found, the poison of the golden silkworm thread has been resolved, and the rest is not serious, but I always feel that a heart is hanging in the air, and the bottom is not an abyss, but a sharp blade, and the slightest carelessness is blood dripping. .
The pain in her heart was so painful that she almost suffocated, Duan Baiyue exerted all her strength, almost smashing the person into the bones.
"Um."
Nan Moxie walked back and forth outside, looking at the sky from time to time, sighing in his heart. Even if it seems to be fine now, it is still a pile of medicine and silver needles. If it is dragged on, if the golden silkworm thread wakes up again, it will be difficult to fool. After thinking about it for a while, he hardened his heart and knocked on the door.
"Go back, be careful on the road." Duan Baiyue wiped his tears with his thumb.
Chu Yuan stood up and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what he wanted to say. His heart and life were on the man in front of him, so what could he do
Duan Baiyue smiled: "Good."
Chu Yuan closed his eyes, turned around and strode out the door. When he crossed the threshold, he almost fell over.
"Your Majesty." Sixi hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Duan Yao secretly closed the door to prevent her brother from vomiting blood and being discovered.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, going back to the southwest is for healing, not for other things." Nan Mo said evilly, "It looks serious now, but a martial artist, who hasn't been injured a few times, right?"
Chu Yuan nodded: "Senior You Lao."
"Go back." Nan Mo evilly said, "It's cold in the mountains, don't catch a cold."
Chu Yuan looked back at the closed door for the last time, and Si Xi put on a cape for him and left the courtyard together.
Nan Moxie was covered in cold sweat, his knees softened, and he almost sat on the ground.
Acting is a chore, but it's really more tiring than killing people.
Duan Baiyue's condition was not so bad, she still leaned on the head of the bed, looking at the front in a trance.
Duan Yao pushed open the door.
"Go?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"Well." Duan Yao sat beside him, "Want to drink water?"
Duan Baiyue laughed: "What water do you drink in the middle of the night?"
"..." Always find something else to talk about. Duan Yao said in her heart, otherwise, I don't know how long you will be miserable.
Nan Moxie said at the door, "Let's leave tomorrow morning."
Duan Baiyue said: "Okay."
Nan Moxie took out a few white silkworm chrysalis-like fat worms from the bottle, which were the rumored white jade cocoons. It can spit out waxy silk threads and seal people firmly, even if they don't breathe for a while, they can still last for three to five months.
Duan Baiyue lay back on the bed.
Duan Yao was lying beside the bed, her eyes were a little red.
"Why don't you cry." Duan Baiyue patted his head, "It can't be auspicious."
Duan Yao was holding back her tears.
Duan Baiyue said: "It is a blessing to be able to sleep for a hundred days."
Duan Yao said with a heavy cry, "Well."
Duan Baiyue laughed: "If you don't want to watch it, just go out and wait."
"You have to wake up." Duan Yao urged, "You must wake up."
Duan Baiyue nodded.
Nan Moxie picked up the little apprentice's collar and threw him out.
Duan Yao squatted at the door, staring at Zi Toad with big eyes, wanting to cry and feeling unlucky, so the whole person twitched.
Duan Baiyue said: "Master, let's do it."
Nan Moxie sighed and put the white jade cocoon on him.
Time passed very slowly and very fast.
The sun gradually rose in the east, and the dew on the blades of grass fell, splashing a crystal on the ground.
Nan Moye came out of the room.
"Master." Duan Yao, who had been outside all night, stood up.
"It's alright." Nan Mo said evilly, "Get ready to go back to the Southwest Mansion."
Duan Yao glanced inside the room, saw the human-shaped white jade wax seal on the bed, and finally couldn't help crying "wow".
I think it's one thing, seeing my brother really become like this, I still want to cry.
Nan Moxie knew that he would react like this and did not persuade him. Worrying about this all night, he was somewhat dizzy, so he sat under the corridor to rest. After half an hour, Duan Yao stopped sobbing and asked, "Master, do you want breakfast?"
Nanmo evilly said: "I still think you are going to cry until tomorrow."
Duan Yao wiped her tears, washed with cold water, and returned to the kitchen with breakfast. The two of them didn't want to go to the dining room either, so they ate and talked on the stone table in the courtyard. How to crack the Burning Star chess game has not yet been fully learned, even if Duan Yao is extremely talented, it will take at least half a month, so this time Nan Moxie will take Duan Baiyue back to the southwest first, leaving him to continue in the north palace.
"Just in time, go to accompany the emperor more." Nan Mo said evilly, "With you by his side, he will feel more at ease, just remember one thing, don't talk nonsense."
Duan Yao nodded: "Yes."
Nan Moxie wiped his mouth for him, full of grief.
When I came to Wangcheng this time, I was excited and couldn't wait when I left, but I didn't expect that when I went back, I would be so embarrassed.
After living for seventy or eighty years, it is the first time that I feel so sorry for my apprentice. If he could exchange his life for his life, he would really like to go back to the grave and never come out again. He honestly closed his eyes and returned to the sky, just hoping that these juniors could have a good home.
After having a simple breakfast, the people in the Southwest Prefecture were also ready for their carriages and horses. Nan Moxie took Duan Baiyue all the way out of the mountain and galloped towards the southwest.
"Your Majesty." Si Xi said in a fair way, "Go back." They all stayed here all night, and now that the King of Southwest China has also left, it will only be an empty mountain road for a long time.
Chu Yuan's shoulders were covered with dew, as if he didn't hear what he said, and he kept watching the convoy disappear completely before saying, "Okay."
Si Xi sighed in her heart, the emperor's eyes really couldn't bear to look at it more.
Duan Yao simply tidied up the room, and then returned to the palace alone.
The old man was still dozing off in front of the chess game, and when he heard the door slammed, he raised his head and said, "I'm back, how is your brother?"
Duan Yao sat opposite him and said, "Don't talk, I'll calm down for a while."
The old man paused and said, "Okay."
Duan Yao's eyes were red, and his chest was heaving.
The old man said, "I'm sixteen years old. When something happens, I shouldn't cry anymore."
Duan Yao choked desperately and corrected: "Sixteen years old."
The old man said, "You can't cry at fifteen."
Duan Yao wiped her tears, my brother doesn't know if it's bad luck or good luck, can't you cry if you cry? !
The old man looked at him and shook his head, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it over.
Looking at the black rag, Duan Yao decisively held back her tears.
The old man said: "I've already said that, if you learn this Star Burning Chess game well, you may be able to save your brother in the future."
Duan Yao said: "Well."
"Let's learn four tricks today." The old man said, "You can leave a few days earlier."
Duan Yao coughed: "Thank you, senior."
The old man picked up a chess piece and landed it lightly on the chessboard.
Duan Yao was wiping her nose while looking at it carefully.
A group of courtiers were still guarding outside the imperial study. Sixi waited on Chu Yuan to change and wash, and then asked tentatively, "Why don't you disappear today? The emperor has a good rest."
"No need." Chu Yuan said, "You can't sleep even if you lie down, let's go."
"Yes." Sixi opened the door for him and followed him to the imperial study. Tao Rende is naturally at the top of the line. He has been worried for several days. This time, he finally saw the emperor and made sure that he was safe and sound, and his heart just fell back into his stomach.
"I only stayed in Suhuai Villa for three or four days, why can there be so many things?" Chu Yuan frowned and sat behind the desk.
"It's the courtiers who are worried about the emperor." Tao Rende said, "I heard that the emperor has already returned to the palace, so they all thought of coming to greet him."
"Anyone who came here to greet him without incident, let's step back." Chu Yuan waved his hand.
Everyone knelt down to receive the decree, and the room was mostly empty.
"Whoever wants to ask about the Southwest Mansion can step back." Chu Yuan said coldly, "I don't want to talk about it now."
The room was more than half empty.
Liu Dajiong glanced at Tao Rende, did you listen, the emperor asked you to step down.
"...Yes." Tao Rende said that he was full of doubts, but seeing that Chu Yuan's expression was different, he didn't ask any more questions, and bowed and left the imperial study.
Liu Dajiong was the only one left in the room.
"Tell me, what's up with Liu Aiqing?" Chu Yuan asked.
"It has something to do with that Princess Goryeo." Liu Dajiong said, "The other day, there was news from the Nanhai side that the identity of the person Jin Shu married was identified, and his name was Bukun, the eldest son of a wealthy family in Baixiang. Doing tea business, and occasionally selling some deep-sea jewelry to Da Chu.”
"Wealthy households in the White Elephant Country, then there is no problem." Chu Yuan said, "After struggling for so long, this time it is considered a good marriage."
"Yeah." Liu Dajiong took the opportunity to say, "Koryo King is also very satisfied with this brother-in-law, and even wants to go to Nanyang to see it."
Chu Yuan said absentmindedly, "He does have time."
Liu Dajiong continued to laugh dryly.
Chu Yuan had a headache: "Speak straight."
"Actually, it's not a big deal." Liu Dajiong thought about his words, "It's just that in the past year, the deployment of my troops in Great Chu seems to have always been biased towards... Cough, in the south, there are three heavy troops guarding the Nanyang side. So the King of Goryeo wanted to ask, but what happened?"
Chu Yuan dropped the memorial in his hand and said displeasedly, "What's the matter with him?"
"Naturally it doesn't matter." Liu Dajiong hurriedly said, "It's just according to King Goryeo's intentions, if there is something serious, then he won't go, not only will he not go, but he has to bring his sister back to Goryeo quickly so that he can feel at ease—"
"Enough." Chu Yuan's brain was buzzing with pain, and he rushed out angrily to interrupt, "Let him go to visit relatives, as long as he loves, and don't think about anything that has nothing to do with him!"
"Yes." Liu Dajiong hurriedly bowed his head to lead the order, "The emperor must not be angry and hurt the dragon body, it is the Weichen who should not bother the emperor with such trivial matters."
"Go back." Chu Yuan rubbed his temples, "I am alone for a while."
Liu Dajiong disappeared from the imperial study almost instantly.
Tao Rende was waiting outside with his sleeves on his back.
Liu Dajiong waved his hands again and again, motioning him to walk further away. The emperor didn't look right, so don't go to the trouble again.
"I just said that Suhuai Villa can't go there." Tao Rende was still complaining until he was walking on the street of Yunde City, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, has the affairs in the Southwest House made him feel comfortable once? Not to mention this time. The King of Southwest is here in person." It was lucky that there was no fight.
"It scared me to death." Liu Dajiong looked around for fire to suppress his shock, "You didn't see the emperor's talented eyes, as if he wanted to eat people."
"I think it's the King of Southwest who has made an inch again." Tao Rende was worried, thinking in his heart where he was going to cut this time.
"Before the emperor dispatched troops, I thought I was going to deal with the Southwest Mansion." Liu Dajiong said, "I didn't expect that all the troops behind were suppressed in the coastal towns, and the others fell, and even Shen Jiu couldn't figure out the holy meaning. , but it's really weird."
Tao Rende continued to sigh. At the beginning, everyone had petitioned for this several times, but they never asked the reason. Instead, two people were almost dismissed. Although the emperor's political achievements in the past few years on the throne are obvious to all, the deployment of troops to the south this time really makes no sense.
The sky gradually darkened. Duan Yao came out of that remote courtyard, but saw Si Xi guarding outside: "Duan Xiao Wang Ye."
"Why is my father-in-law here?" Duan Yao was surprised.
"It was the emperor who asked the old slave to stay here." Sixi Gong said in a fair way, "The dinner has been prepared, just waiting for the little prince."
Duan Yao: "..."
"Only the emperor and the little prince." Sixi said in a fair way, and then lowered his voice, "The emperor has not eaten for a day, and I will ask the little prince to persuade him a few more words later."
Duan Yao nodded: "Okay."
After all, my brother is not here.
The errand of coaxing sister-in-law can only be herself and Sixi.