After two full days, Li Yanzhen still showed no sign of waking up. At Su Shiyu's suggestion, the palace sent someone to the Taiwei's mansion to ask Du Yue, a saint of medicine, to help him. Chu Mingyun wanted to keep Li Yanzhen's life for a while, and agreed to be free, so Qin Zhao accompanies Du Yue to enter the palace.
It's just that Qin Zhao didn't expect that after Du Yue took the pulse, he shook his head at him with an embarrassed expression.
"You can't save it?" Qin Zhao dragged Du Yue to an empty palace corridor.
Du Yue lowered his head and stared at his toes, and murmured, "...I don't know."
Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment, not understanding what this meant.
"There are several kinds of poisons mixed in his body. I'm not sure about one or two. Maybe it can be saved, but I..." Du Yue tugged at his belt and whispered after a while, "... I'm afraid."
He was terrified of that feeling, the hot blood became cold, and the person who was holding the corner of his shirt the next moment froze and froze, so fast that he didn't even have time to react, and he could only see the picture under the pale moonlight. The face with sharp eyes stared at Chang'an.
He didn't have the face to tell Qin Zhao that the woman who suddenly appeared at night was not the first time he faced a corpse, but the first patient he really had. Then he suddenly realized that he used to help the master to cure some minor injuries, but now he is sitting in the medicine house pouring herbs all day, and he has never really faced anything alone.
Du Yue actually knew that he had always been well protected. He had parents in the Jinling family, a master on Cangwu Mountain, and a cousin in Chang'an. There were people with the surname of Chu and Qin Zhao. Everyone helped him. After handling everything, he just needs to look at it and accept it with peace of mind.
But…
"... I've already reached the crown. My mother wrote a letter a few days ago saying that I'm already an adult, and I'm always like this. Isn't it useless, Qin Zhao?" Du Yue's voice was very low, Qin Zhao must be very focused to hear clearly.
Qin Zhao blurted out: "No."
Du Yue slowly raised his head to look at him, his eyes full of unease.
Qin Zhao looked distressed, but was so clumsy that he couldn't find a word of comfort for a long time, so he looked at him seriously and shook his head, "I don't think so."
"... But I'm really scared," Du Yuedie frowned, "if he dies under my hands again, I'll really... I'll never want to study medicine or touch anything related to practicing medicine in this life. Just a moment."
Qin Zhao turned his head to look inside the hall, and his sight was cut off by a splendid screen. Behind the screen was Li Yanzhen, who was lying quietly. This emperor is also pitiful, he has long since lost his blood relatives, and the concubines in the harem were estranged because he favored Jiang Yuanjian, and because Su Shiyu blocked the rumors, he only thought that His Majesty was sick and slept for a long time. After fulfilling her duty, Li Yanzhen almost fainted, but there were only a few imperial physicians, Gong E, waiting in front of the couch.
Although Qin Zhao had some pity on him, looking at Du Yue's appearance, he couldn't help but say, "If you don't want to save me, I'll take you back, and I'll tell my brother for you."
As soon as he said that, he went to pull him, but Du Yue stood there motionless, his brows furrowed.
Qin Zhao hesitated for a moment, carefully placed his hand on his shoulder, and asked in a gentle voice, "Don't want to leave?"
"I..." Du Yue opened his mouth, and then he said nothing with a tangled face.
"Then let's try it. With my brother and me, it's okay if I can't save you." Qin Zhao realized that he had made a mistake after speaking, and hurriedly added: "You are Master Ye's only apprentice."
You are the only disciple of the Medical Saint.
Du Yue was shocked when these words hit his ears, and all the messy emotions disappeared. The only thing is that he is the only one who is invited, and he is also the one who is invited, and no one else can do it except him.
He sank his restless and restless heart, nodded heavily, looked at Qin Zhao again and asked, "...Are you going back to the manor later?"
He looked straight at him, and there seemed to be a glimmer of hope in his eyes. Qin Zhao's heart moved, and he blurted out, "I'll accompany you outside the hall."
"Okay!" Du Yue smiled and grabbed Qin Zhao's hand on his shoulder, "Enough brother!"
Qin Zhaozheng felt that his palms were hot and he was a little overwhelmed. Hearing this, his eyes dimmed, "I don't want to..."
"What do you want?" Du Yue pulled him back and turned his head to look.
Qin Zhao stopped in front of the gate of the hall, and pressed back the untimely words he couldn't help but look at Du Yue and said, "...I don't want you to be embarrassed, I'm waiting for you."
"It's embarrassing, but although you don't think so, I think I'm useless, so I can't keep trying to hide, right?" Du Yue scratched his head and glanced inside the hall, "Qin Zhao, you don't need to. Just stand here and wait until I can find you when I come out." He smiled at Qin Zhao, turned around and took a deep breath, walked into the bedroom, and Gong E immediately closed the door.
Qin Zhao lowered his eyes and silently stood outside the hall as a stone statue.
The lights and candles were lit and extinguished. Night after day, only the palace maids who took medicine and changed water hurried in and out. Du Yue looked back occasionally, and every time he could see the straight figure cast on the door of the palace, he couldn't care about the taste in his heart. , and then devoted himself to the administration of medicine and needles.
It wasn't until nightfall that Qin Zhao suddenly heard a commotion in the hall, and then the door of the hall was pushed open, and the blue figure jumped out and hugged him excitedly, "Qin Zhao, wake up! Wake up! I'm awake! He did it, he woke up!"
Qin Zhao froze slightly, then hugged him, his eyes soft, "En."
In the dormitory, Li Yanzhen finally woke up, his face was still weak and white, his eyes were blank and staring at the top of the tent for a long time, and suddenly asked softly, "Where's Jiang Zhaoyi?"
"Report to Your Majesty, Jiang Zhaoyi committed suicide when he murdered you."
Li Yanzhen was silent for a moment, then closed her eyes and sighed. She seemed very tired, but she instructed: "Forget it, let's bury her properly according to Zhaoyi's etiquette."
The news of His Majesty's waking up reached the Su family overnight, and Su Shiyu finally calmed down, nodded and thanked the messenger.
When Linglong came out of the inner room with the piano score, she saw the palace servants leaving respectfully, and asked strangely, "Your Excellency, do you still have government affairs to do?"
She didn't wear white clothes anymore, she put on a crimson dress, the red jade and silver hairpin on Ruyunwu's hair was especially bright and moving.
"It's just a trivial matter." Su Shiyu took the piano score and looked at it, and pressed the other hand on the paulownia to try the rhythm, and the low and ethereal tune lingered.
Linglong sat beside him and listened intently.
Su Shiyu put down the sheet music and pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "This reminds me of another piece of music." After saying that, he pointed to the next turn, the strings trembled slightly, and the soft and small notes slowly swayed like ripples.
As soon as the prelude sounded, Linglong's eyes suddenly lit up, "This is the tune that Lin'an sang when coaxing the children to sleep!" She closed her eyes slightly and hummed along with the sound of the piano, her voice soft and soft.
Su Shiyu keenly sensed a trace of nostalgia from the surprise in her tone, looked at her quietly for a moment, and said softly, "Do you know this song?"
He saw Linglong paused for a while, then opened his eyes and smiled, and said, "I heard it by chance, so I wrote it down. How did you know, sir?"
"My mother is from Lin'an. She sang it when I was a child, and then taught me piano music." Su Shiyu got up with the piano score and smiled at her: "It's getting late, so I won't bother you anymore, you rest early."
Linglong was stunned for a moment, then stood up after him, stretched out his hand and grabbed his sleeve without warning, lowered his head and said softly, "Since it's getting late and it's frosty and dew outside, why do you have to work hard to go back, it's better to stay."
Su Shiyu glanced at her in surprise, shook his head and chuckled: "You know that there is already someone in my heart."
"But your sweetheart is not by your side, isn't it?" Linglong said, "Three wives and four concubines are not uncommon for such a lord, not to mention that slaves have nothing but to serve the adults with all their hearts."
"Not by my side, but in my heart." Su Shiyu smiled, "I understand your affection."
Linglong slowly loosened his sleeves and laughed at himself: "Why do you need to explain this, my lord, in the final analysis, but I dislike that this slave is a lowly dancer, and I'm afraid that I will tarnish my identity."
Su Shiyu sighed helplessly, and turned to face her, "I haven't looked down on you, so why should you only think that you are serving others with sex and belittle yourself."
Linglong Dingding glanced at him, and suddenly stepped forward and hugged him, her cheeks pressed against her warm chest, and before she could wrap her hands, Su Shiyu grabbed her wrist in time. She paused for a moment, then stepped back, Su Shiyu released his hand, Linglong lowered his head and rubbed his wrist, and smiled bitterly: "It's the slave who has offended, please forgive me."
"It's nothing, let's rest early." Su Shiyu smiled lightly and walked away. When he walked to the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned around, "That's right."
Linglong looked up at him.
"This dress suits you very well."
The sight he was looking at was full of smiles, Linglong's heart moved for no reason, and she stood there blankly watching Su Shiyu leave. After a while, she returned to the dressing table and sat down, put her hand into her sleeve and pulled it out. A dagger with a sharp edge. Linglong looked at the dagger, then raised her face in a daze, and suddenly saw herself smiling in the bronze mirror. She pursed her curved lips and touched the hairpin on her head again. After a while, she couldn't help but chuckle softly. Put the dagger in the drawer.
There is still some time, if you are not in a hurry, let her wait, wait a little longer.
Suddenly it started to rain outside the window, and it hit the eaves densely.
Su Shiyu glanced outside, the lights flickered under the corridor, reflecting the wind and rain in the night, he retracted his gaze, and continued to instruct Su Bai: "She is from Lin'an, it will be faster to find this clue, and send more people over there. ."
The sound of the rain gradually became louder, arousing the smell of dust and vegetation, and puddles formed on the Qingshi Palace Road, and the lights in the Jianzhang Palace were dimly lit. The night was as deep as ink, the thunder rumbled, and suddenly exploded, a blazing white light split open in the dark sky, and a magnificent palace collapsed and disintegrated under the white light.
Thunder and lightning flashed, and it rained heavily.
Someone stood with an umbrella and watched in the dark. Seeing this, they turned and left with satisfaction. Stepping on the screams of the palace people, they walked away step by step. The rain fell along the edge of the umbrella and dripped on their shoulders.
Early the next morning, in order to stabilize the court situation, Li Yanzhen forced her sick body to go to court.
There are Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu in the government, but in fact there is nothing for him to negotiate and decide. Li Yanzhen made a brief inquiry and was ready to disperse the dynasty. Unexpectedly, Yue Yuxuan, Minister of Works, suddenly appeared and said:
"Report to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has something important to report."
"I love you, but it's okay to talk."
Yue Yuxuan stood up and said solemnly, "Last night, it rained heavily, causing the Jade Hall in Jianzhang Palace to collapse suddenly, killing and injuring dozens of palace attendants."
Li Yanzhen nodded and sighed: "It's a pity, let's deal with it."
"This is not an important matter that the minister is referring to, please listen to the minister's details." Yue Yuxuan said, "Although there was a torrential rain last night, it was not enough to overwhelm the palace, and how could such a huge palace be so fragile? The minister was puzzled, so he checked carefully and found that there were obvious signs of cutting corners in the Yutang Palace. It must have been someone who took the opportunity to embezzle money and do things perfunctorily. In addition, please think about it, since there was a problem with the construction, could it only be Is there a problem here?"
it goes without saying. The ministers whispered and nodded again and again.
Yue Yuxuan glanced around for a week and continued: "As I can see, Lord Yu Ke Yu, who oversaw the construction of the Zhangzhang Palace, was the most suspicious. Lord Yu can be said to have full control over the construction, and as soon as the construction of the Zhangzhang Palace was completed, he immediately After being transferred out of Beijing, it is inevitable that he would run away in fear of crime.”
Li Yanzhen was still thinking about it when Yan Ye, the censor, also stood up, "I also have something to report."
"Aiqing, please speak."
"The minister dared to impeach Lord Yu for corruption and bribery, forming a party for personal gain! Regardless of what Lord Yue mentioned, the minister alone has a lot of evidence against Lord Yu. The amount of stolen money is staggering. The most important thing is," Yan Ye paused. "I am sure that Lord Yu is collecting money for others, and the forces behind it are intertwined. I am afraid that there are many involved."
As soon as these words came out, several officials couldn't help but change their color slightly. Chu Mingyun looked calm and raised his eyebrows slightly.
And Su Shiyu couldn't help but glance at Yan Ye, feeling a little strange. If you want to impeach officials, you can report directly to Your Majesty, but in fact, all submissions must be reviewed by Su Shiyu first. The way, how can you suddenly report it without authorization
"This minister thinks that what Master Yan said is reasonable." Yue Yuxuan continued, "After all, Master Yu is only an officer who supervises the construction of fortifications, and his position is not high. If it is not supported by someone behind him, I am afraid that I would not dare to be so bold. Your Majesty, Jianzhang The palace is built for you, cut corners and perfunctory things, this is undoubtedly putting your safety at risk, and it is so involved, you must pay attention!"
"What Aiqing said is very true." Li Yanzhen thought for a moment, then looked at Su Shiyu, "Since this is the case, let Su Aiqing find out as soon as possible and deal with it strictly."
"The minister takes orders."
"Senior brother, three people have already been taken away by the Censor Station for interrogation. I'm afraid you will be found soon." Qin Zhao's tone was a little dignified.
"Where did it come from? It's clearly aimed at me." Chu Mingyun said casually, "What is a petty official who has already left the capital, but it's just a provocative introduction. If you want to overthrow me, it's the real issue."
Qin Zhao was a little anxious, "We can't sit still."
Chu Mingyun evoked a cold smile, and suddenly said, "How did you investigate the gunpowder thing about Tan Jing?"
Qin Zhao didn't know why he asked this, but he answered honestly: "In addition to the large warehouse we went to, Tan Jing used his position to have other storage places. The gunpowder was finally searched and handed over to the Ministry of War, and every gram was registered. no problem."
"Tan Jing and Yue Yuxuan, two ministers of the Ministry of Industry, when their duties were handed over, how did you know that there was no omission? The weight that the Ministry of War received was not given by him?" Chu Mingyun said slowly, "At the beginning of the Tan Jing case I felt something was wrong, and now it seems that Tan Jing himself is an abandoned son who used to cover."
Qin Zhao had an epiphany, "Is there a problem with Yue Yuxuan?"
"Isn't the timing of their attack on me a good opportunity for me to fight back?" Chu Mingyun's smile deepened, but there was no trace of warmth in his eyes, "As soon as people are complacent, they will inevitably forget who they are. You go to check now, Definitely get that guy out."
"Yes, I'm going to check Yue Yuxuan." Qin Zhao said and walked out.
Chu Mingyun stopped him, "Add another person."
"Who?"
"I hate people who go to Qin Muchu." Chu Mingyun raised his hand to his chin, "Yan Ye."
Qin Zhao understood, nodded and replied, "Understood."
The study was quiet, Chu Mingyun leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated.
After an unknown amount of time, a shadow guard hurriedly knocked on the door and came in, "My lord, the people from the Censor Terrace are blocking the front of the mansion, and they want to come in and search."
Chu Mingyun slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were unpredictable.
In front of the mansion gate was indeed surrounded by the soldiers of the Censor Terrace. Censor Zhongcheng stood at the front, and when he saw Chu Mingyun appear, he said lukewarmly, "Master Chu taught us to wait."
Chu Mingyun glanced over, "Where's Su Shiyu?"
Yu Shi Zhongcheng's eyes flickered, but he didn't answer immediately. He just got the news that Chu Mingyun might be involved in the case, and when he ordered someone to report it, he brought someone over to search him. No matter whether the ambiguous confession was true or false, he would do a search first, even if it had nothing to do with Chu Taiwei. Take the opportunity to kill the arrogance of this person. Censor Zhongcheng calmed down and replied: "Master Su has other important matters to deal with. I am in charge of arresting and searching, and I hope Master Chu can cooperate."
Chu Mingyun didn't say anything, his lips tightened.
Censor Zhongcheng waited for a while, and couldn't help but walk up the steps, "Master Chu resists like this, could it be..."
The voice came to an abrupt end, because the moment he stepped on the stone steps, the attendant beside Chu Mingyun drew his sword and scabbard at the same time, pointing straight at the weak spots around him. Yu Shi Zhongcheng froze in one step, his face turned slightly blue, staring at the tip of the sword in front of him, "Master Chu, we, Yu Shitai, have been ordered by Your Majesty to investigate this case thoroughly, you are blatantly resisting and threatening my life. Can't it?"
Chu Mingyun finally looked at him and said coldly, "If you want to check me, let the doctor of the imperial censor come in person. What are you?"
Censor Zhongcheng's face changed completely, he stared at him fiercely, and then looked at the flickering sword in front of him, pressed his anger back to his original place, and called a subordinate. The subordinate got the order, and hurriedly mounted the horse and galloped away.
The Censor Zhongcheng's eyes fell on Chu Mingyun again, and he laughed in anger, "Master Chu, no matter what, we have been in the same dynasty for many years. It's really chilling when you say this. What did you say?"
It's a pity that this aggressive method failed, and Chu Mingyun didn't look at him again.
The two sides confronted each other in silence, and the atmosphere almost solidified, and was finally broken by the sound of hooves running back.
The subordinate went back alone, and whispered something next to Censor Zhongcheng. I saw Censor Zhongcheng's face changed several times, and finally it was hard to see the extreme. He took a deep breath, almost clenched his teeth and gave Chu Mingyun a salute, saying: "Xiaguan offended, please don't blame Master Chu!" Then he turned his head and told his subordinates to withdraw.
"He won't come to see me?" With a question without hesitation, Chu Mingyun's eyes darkened.
Censor Zhongcheng's teeth were clenched a little more, he acted like this without authorization, he must have to ask Su Shiyu to apologize when he went back, and replied very perfunctorily: "Your Majesty's status is noble, how can he be searched by anyone? The official is sloppy and abrupt, please…”
Chu Mingyun didn't want to listen anymore, turned around and walked back to the mansion, the shadow guard took his sword and followed behind him. Chu Mingyun suddenly stopped and stood in the courtyard.
After the rain last night, the ground was still slightly damp, and the wind passed through the courtyard with a dank chill, blowing his clothes. Chu Mingyun turned to look at the shadow guard nearby, "Bring the dancer from the Su family here."