Xiao Fengwu was lying down, in fact he was completely sleepless, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the bed board in an irregular manner, one after another directly to the bottom of his heart, there was no reason to panic, he closed his eyes and recalled the Queen's pulse case, his brows wrinkled unconsciously. I didn't know why, but after a long time, I suddenly sat up from the bed with a bang.
Xiao Fengchuan was shocked and scolded: "What are you doing, you scared someone to death at night!"
The queen may be giving birth tonight—
Xiao Fengwu moved his lips and finally swallowed the sentence without making a sound. He sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, his fingers interlocked, his knuckles turning blue, and by the faint moonlight outside the ventilation window, Xiao Fengchuan noticed Xiao Fengwu's lower jaw. The line was so tight that even the blue veins on the forehead burst out. I only felt that he was evil, and didn't dare to disturb him any more.
The bright moon is hanging high, but the palace is brightly lit. The people in the Jingyang Palace are entering and leaving, filled with a silent tension. The carved wooden windows are tightly closed, isolating the cold wind at night, but there have been intermittent women screaming. sound came out.
There was still some strength at first, but in the end the voice became weaker and weaker, almost inaudible.
The emperor was sitting outside the hall with a string of beads in his hand, rolling in and out, and the speed was getting faster and faster. When a palace maid ran out of the inner room with a crying voice, the string of the beads suddenly broke, and the bead was broken. La rolled to the ground, and the crackling sound was incessant.
The palace maid fell to her knees crying and said, "Your Majesty, Empress... Empress, she fainted..."
When a woman is giving birth, fainting is the worst thing to do, as exhaustion may lead to the risk of stillbirth. The emperor opened his eyes quickly after hearing the words. The sharpness in them made people dare not look directly. Said: "If the queen is a little short, everyone in the hospital will be buried with you!"
The eunuchs and maids in the hall knelt down in unison, becoming more and more deadly, and the emperor's words were passed on to the inner room.
The imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital were all here. They were anxiously discussing countermeasures across a screen. The smell of blood filled the room, which made people feel sick. Facial ashes.
The doctor woman asked anxiously: "Doctor Xiao, how can this be done?"
Xiao Linru got up with an ugly face: "Feed another Peiyuan Pill."
A palace maid came in with a hot cotton handkerchief and accidentally stumbled when she passed by him. Xiao Linru subconsciously supported her, but there was a pile of thick paper in his hand. He raised his eyes in surprise, but the palace maid did not look at him. , went straight into the curtain.
Xiao Linru hid the prescription in his sleeve and hurriedly glanced with his back when everyone was not paying attention. His face was horrified, and he seemed very hesitant. At this moment, the anxious voice of the doctor came from behind the screen: "Sir Xiao! I've already fed Peiyuan Dan, but Niangniang's breath is getting weaker and weaker—"
"Whoa-"
When Xiao Linru heard the words, he couldn't control his strength, and the prescription was torn to pieces immediately. His facial muscles were twitching, he paced back and forth like a trapped beast, and he was dripping with cold sweat. He made a big decision: "Get the knife and spirits, cut the abdomen for the empress and take the child, hold the knife from the moon, everything is as I said!"
Congyue is the best medical doctor in the Imperial Hospital. When she heard the words, her face was pale, but she did not dare to disobey. Folk women also use this method when they have dystocia, but the Queen's phoenix is precious and precious. Who dares to use the knife easily, but now this The situation is better than a dead horse being a living horse doctor, or better than being buried in the Quantai Hospital.
The eunuchs guarding the gate outside Jingyang Hall only heard the sound of a teacup smashing inside. I don't know what happened. The emperor seemed to be very angry, as if he was going to eat people. After a while, it was quiet again, and only the palace servants who were waiting for the birth came in and out, and the blood was pouring out.
This night seemed to be extraordinarily long, and the little eunuch guarding the door had numb legs, but thinking that the emperor was sitting in it, he didn't dare to change the value. asphyxia.
I don't know how long it took, one hour, or two hours, the second half of the night was the time when people were the most tired. When a faint baby cry sounded, everyone couldn't help but be refreshed, and their eyes widened—
The queen concubine finally gave birth? !
Just as the idea came to mind, there was another frantic exclamation.
"It's not good! The maiden's blood has collapsed!"
A ray of dawn on the horizon passes through the thick clouds, but people can't feel the light at all. The glazed tiles on the Jingyang Palace are dyed with a layer of gorgeous colors. The red sun is rising, and the sky is bright...
Xiao Fengwu didn't sleep all night, he let go of his hand, his palm was full of deep nail prints, got off the bed again, moved his numb legs, and then looked out through the palm-sized skylight, a bird was just flapping fly over.
Xiao Fengchuan also slept soundly on the dirty floor, Xu Shi was blinded by the morning light, covered his face with his hands in displeasure, muttered a few words, turned over and continued to sleep, snoring like thunder.
Xiao Fengwu took a look and suddenly realized that he was not the most heartless one of the Xiao family.
When the hour came, a yamen came to deliver meals. Jiang Ping'an carried the porridge bucket and served the bowls one by one. Those who fell asleep and couldn't wake up would just starve. Xiao Fengwu grabbed the railing and asked in a low voice as he took the bowl: "The capital Any news?"
Jiang Ping'an said: "Yes, the official who came to our side for inspection last time seems to have participated in our county magistrate's book, saying that it was corrupt or a sidekick, and a new one will be replaced soon."
Xiao Fengwu was a little disappointed. Yancheng was neither too far nor close to the capital. Even if there was news, it didn't come so quickly. He wanted to ask Qin Mingyue's current situation, but after deliberating for a long time, he could only be bored. The sound poured the bowl of porridge into his stomach.
Xiao Fengchuan is not an honest person. He has been timid since he was a child. He bullied people with his brute force. A gray-skinned mouse, slid and disappeared from sight.
Seeing this, Xiao Fengchuan kicked away the hay by his feet, only to find a mouse hole in the corner. The prison was in disrepair, and the walls were rotten. With a slight twist, the masonry was broken into slag, and his eyes were dripping. Turn, muster up all the strength, use the fist to slam the hammer, and with a click, the mouse hole is visible to the naked eye.
Xiao Fengchuan couldn't do anything but his head, and he was overjoyed when he saw this, but the yacha didn't come. He took off his clothes and wrapped his hands in his sleeves, digging with all his might. Find.
The opening of the hole is not big, and a pile of hay can block it. Xiao Fengchuan dug all morning, but no one noticed.
Xiao Fengming was the first to find out. After lunch, everyone went to take a nap. He was all alone and had nothing to do. Seeing Xiao Fengchuan squatting in the corner with his upper body naked, he didn't know what he was doing, so he leaned over. I wanted to take a closer look, but was blocked by my figure, and finally frowned and patted the railing: "Unlucky thing, what are you doing?"
"what?"
Xiao Fengchuan turned around blankly when he heard the words, a hole the size of a watermelon appeared on one side of his body, Xiao Fengming's eyes widened abruptly, his breath stuck in his chest, almost choking to death, he hammered his chest desperately, pointing at him in horror. Said: "You, you... You are crazy! Escape from prison is a capital crime!!"
Xiao Fengchuan rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Then you don't have to die if you stay here?"
Xiao Fengming jumped his feet in a hurry, looked around, found that no one saw him, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up! Hurry up and block me! You ran away alone, we all have to sit together, it's a shit, our brains are caught in the door. Isn't it?!"
Xiao Fengchuan's boss was unhappy, and he pouted and didn't want to move.
Xiao Fengming was stunned, and called Xiao Fengwu directly: "Sixteen! Sixteen! Don't sleep! Get up and take care of this bastard! No matter what happens!"
This voice came out, Xiao Fengwu woke up, and the yacha also came.
The dungeon was already dark, and suddenly there was a hole the size of a watermelon. The light came in from the outside, and the light was not a single star. Xiao Fengchuan put on his clothes and quickly blocked the hole, but his body was stiff and his face panicked, which made people feel It's a ghost at a glance.
Jiang Ping'an looked at him suspiciously, and knocked on the door with his saber: "Get up."
Xiao Fengchuan shook his head desperately, but he couldn't afford it.
Seeing this, Xiao Fengwu probably understood what was going on. He sneered and didn't want to worry about it. He continued to lie down and sleep, but when he saw that Ya almost whispered something to a brother, after a while, he only heard a scream, Xiao Fengchuan covered his hands. He jumped up from the ground like his waist was on fire.
A yacha lied outside the cave and said, "Head! So he wanted to escape from prison!"
Jiang Ping'an frowned fiercely and waved his hand: "Take the person away, and quickly find someone to fill the hole!"
If something happened to the prisoner, the yacha couldn't escape the relationship. Xiao Fengchuan was dragged out, tied to a rack, and used thirty whips. Screaming, everyone is worried.
Xiao Fengwu changed cells and was locked up with a beggar who stole money. The stench kept piercing his nose and his face turned green. Xiao Fengming asked him from a distance, "Hey, is your starling okay?"
Xiao Fengwu said angrily, "I can't die."
If it weren't for Jiang Ping'an's mercy, he would have to go up and get 30 whips, and he would have the heart to strangle Xiao Fengchuan.
Jiang Ping'an passed in front of the prison door: "Doctor Xiao, you can endure it for two days, and let you change it back when the hole is repaired."
When the hole is repaired, it will be three days later.
When it was just dawn in the morning, an unknown yacha opened the prison door: "Xiao Fengwu, come out."
I thought it was a room change, but who knew that after Xiao Fengwu came out, the yacha went to another cell and brought out the second brother Xiao and the sixth brother. Now the fools realized that something was wrong, Xiao Fengming's legs went soft, Putong knelt to the ground, unwilling to go out, and was dragged out directly.
"It's over, it's over..." Xiao Fengming's face turned pale, "Shouldn't we be going to the vegetable market to beheaded?"
Everyone was silent when they heard the words, their faces were gray and defeated, and they were forcefully escorted out by the yamen. Xiao Fengming grinned and cried like a dead father. Xiao Fengwu wanted him to stop crying, but his throat seemed to be blocked. Generally, half a word can't be said.
Brother Xiao was walking well in front, but suddenly stopped, turned around and slapped Xiao Fengming hard: "What is it like to cry, cry and chirp! Isn't it just a matter of slashing down, what kind of horse urine is flowing from a man and a man? Let me see you cry, without them doing anything, I'll strangle you now!"
His face was honest and honest, but when he got angry, it was a bit terrifying. Xiao Fengming didn't dare to speak out, and hid behind a few younger brothers, wiping tears with his sleeves.
"Come one by one, don't rob them."
The yacha took the key and untied the shackles on their hands one by one, thinking that they were going to be bound and sent to the execution ground, but who knew that the yacha returned all their previous clothes: "Change the prison uniforms, you can go. already."
Xiao Fengwu's pupils shrank, and he raised his head subconsciously. Several brothers beside him also reacted the same way. They were shocked and couldn't believe their ears. They all asked dumbly, "What?! We can go?!"
The yachai smiled and said, "Of course it's true, I heard that it was the emperor's personal will, and he gave you a plaque 'Hanging the pot to help the world' to your Xiao family, the second master of your family, but saved the empress. my life..."
Xiao Fengwu's mind went blank when he heard the words. He didn't even know how to change his clothes and get out of the prison. Someone was waiting for him on a horse outside. Xiao Fengwu narrowed his eyes slightly. .
Seeing this, the man sighed, turned over and dismounted, his temples were gray, not Xiao Linru, who was it
Xiao Fengwu narrowed his eyes: "Second uncle."
Xiao Linru became a lot older in an instant, and shook his head slightly: "It was I who harmed you... If it wasn't for you to ask someone to bring in the recipe, I wouldn't have taken the risk and cut open the abdomen for the empress, so that I could save a life... Now I have Resign and go back to old age."
Xiao Fengwu raised his eyes slightly when he heard the words, a little stunned: "I... the recipe that I entrusted to bring in?"
"This matter has a lot to do with it, and there is a risk of life at every turn. No one wants to go into this muddy water. Thanks to your close friend, he knelt in front of the General's Mansion for a day and a night, and then he asked General Huaihua to think of a way to give a prescription. Proceed to the palace, or my Xiao family will die."
Xiao Linru's voice fell, and his hand was empty. I saw Xiao Fengwu grab his whip and get on his horse. There was a crisp sound from the tip of the whip, and the dust flew up, and he disappeared for a moment.
Qin Mingyue…
Qin Mingyue…
There was a strong wind in his ears, and the surrounding scenery was rapidly receding, but Xiao Fengwu felt that his heart was about to jump out. He had never felt this way in his life. The sound of horses' hooves was rapid. The famous actor held by him has a tactful tone, but he is not as soulful as before.
Xiao Fengwu tilted his head, took a quick glance, and then withdrew his gaze again, only to hear the sound of the play getting farther away, and could vaguely identify the song "Wen Zhaoguan".
"A bright moon shines in front of the window, and the sad person's heart is like an arrow.
I really hoped that the Wu State would turn around with the help of troops, but who knew that Zhaoguan would block it.
Fortunately, it was convenient for the Donggao public to travel, and he hid me in the back garden..."
The hurried sound of hooves finally stopped in front of a small courtyard. The begonias in the west mansion were in full bloom, and the branches were stretched and full of life. Xiao Fengwu got off his horse and was about to open the door. Before Xiao Fengwu could speak, Uncle Zhong was pleasantly surprised: "Doctor Xiao, you are finally back, I really thought you were dead."
Xiao Fengwu breathed evenly and said in a low voice, "He died, but came back to life... Where is Mingyue?"
Uncle Zhong said, "Don't you know that Mr. packed up and left. I heard that he was going to Tongcheng."
Xiao Fengwu heard the words, his pupils shrank slightly, and his fingertips clenched the door frame: "How long has he been gone?"
Uncle Zhong thought for a while: "If you go to the east, cross the mountain and take a boat to the ferry."
Xiao Fengwu came in a hurry, and he was in a hurry when he went. Hearing the words, he immediately got on his horse and disappeared like a gust of wind. He used to travel with his family caravan when he was young. A carriage, accelerated to catch up, directly across the middle of the road.
The driver who was driving the car thought that he had encountered a robbery on the mountain road, and was shocked. He picked up a small bench from his hand, got out of the car and blocked it in front of him: "Gan! Where is the sound of the horse! If you dare to come here, you will eat your grandfather's bench!"
Xiao Fengwu kept staring at the curtain. He dismounted from his horse and was about to step forward when the coachman raised the bench and rushed over with a wow. Who knew he was kicked away by Xiao Fengwu with a cold face: "Get out of the way! !"
The driver rolled around Gulu on the ground and fell to the ground pretending to be dead.
Xiao Fengwu's eyes returned to the back of the hidden blue curtain, moved his lips, and finally spit out two words: "Mingyue..."
He clenched the wheel of the car tightly and asked softly, "Why are you leaving?"
The people in the car were silent, a gust of wind passed, and the corner of the curtain raised and fell slightly, but it was still silent.
Xiao Fengwu couldn't hear the answer. His straight back was bent, he lowered his head, and slowly closed his eyes. He looked a little embarrassed and a little pitiful. His low voice was mixed with the sound of the wind-moving treetops, making it hard to tell who he was. mood.
"I, Xiao Fengwu, have been stubborn since I was a child. I have lived in vain for such a young age, and I haven't grown up yet. Others scold me for hating me. It's all right. In the world of Yan City, if you ask ten people, ten of them will say that I am. You bastard, but you say, why... why..."
The knuckles of Xiao Fengwu's hand that was holding the chariot turned blue, and his throat seemed to be stuck with something. You bastard, how about risking your life?"
"I stayed in prison for six days, but it felt like six years had passed, reflecting on the past, more than a hundred mistakes, the most regrettable in my life, two years ago..."
"You know, I drove away a man two years ago. I used to hold him very high, but I ignored him when he fell. He was hungry and cold in winter, and I was not by his side. Pinch off his fingers, I'm not by his side, he eats the leftovers, and I'm not by his side... When he's the worst, I'm not there... "
"Later, he became famous, and I appeared again. He is the best actor in Yancheng. Once on stage, I don't know how many people are willing to spend a lot of money for him, but he is still willing to follow me, follow me, a penniless bastard."
"I was trapped in prison. He traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and the foreign minister of the General's Mansion knelt all night to save my Xiao Manchu from the fire... He knelt all night, but I was still not by his side. Xiao Fengwu is twenty-five this year. These twenty-five years have all survived into the belly of a dog—"
Xiao Fengwu lowered his head, his eyes were flushed, a tear didn't have time to fall from his face, and it slammed on the back of his hand. The veins on his forehead burst, and he slammed a fist on the wheel of the car. blood flowed out.
He trembled: "Now that I'm out, but he's leaving, do you think he hates me so much that he doesn't even want to see me?"
"Xiao Fengwu died in prison, but he is alive again. The living Xiao Fengwu wanted to earn another round of wealth and honor for that person, and held him very high. He would never let him fall in this life, but he had to leave. now…”
"I still have a lot of things I want to say to him, and a lot of things I haven't told him. I have never regarded him as a plaything, and I have never thought him lowly..."
The back of Xiao Fengwu's hand was bleeding with blood, but as if he could not feel the pain, he tightened the curtain of the car, leaving mottled blood on the navy blue cloth, and whispered almost humbly, "Mingyue, don't go."
"When you leave, Xiao Fengwu is really dead..."
The navy blue curtain was slowly opened, revealing a cyan skirt, but he didn't see the expected face, only a thin and thin girl huddled in the corner crying, Xiao Fengwu's pupils shrank, and his face turned pale. Solidified, I only felt a blow in the head, my brain was blank, and the whole person was stunned.
He realized that he had mistaken the person, and he was in a hurry to chase after him on horseback. Who would have thought to turn around and found a figure riding on a horse with a hat on the mountain road behind the carriage. The man was holding the reins and his tail finger was broken. He raised his head slightly, revealing a thin chin in the shadows.
Xiao Fengwu froze, staring at him intently.
The horse walked back and forth uneasy, the man reined in the reins, looked at Xiao Fengwu for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, and the moment he landed, his steps were faintly awkward, and he looked a little limping.
"Mingyue...?"
Xiao Fengwu had difficulty breathing, and approached him step by step, slowly reaching out his hand, cautiously, as if facing the most precious treasure in the world, slowly opening his hat, revealing a thin and pale face, only a pair of phoenix eyes, still looking forward and affectionate, Stunning.
Xiao Fengwu clasped his hand a little bit, and suddenly hugged the person tightly in his arms, the strength was suffocating, Qin Mingyue tilted his head slightly, with a playful smile in his eyes: "Sixteen Master, your eyes are not very good , it's time to get cured."
The most expensive thing in the world is to find it again.
Xiao Fengwu hugged him tightly: "I have no eyeballs, I should be treated."
The wind moved the forest, and the silence flowed in the air. After a long time, Qin Mingyue pushed him: "Go back."
Xiao Fengwu was reluctant to let go, Qin Mingyue pushed him again, and his patience finally ran out: "You haven't showered for a few days, and your body stinks!"