There is a price to be paid for eavesdropping on His Highness Li Wang's corner. No matter who it is or what their status is, this is the ironclad rule of Li Wang's residence.
"I was caught on the spot." Shen Zhi made up his knife and walked slowly to Bo Yunxiu's side. One big and one small stood with their hands behind their hands, looking down at Bao Yu who was sitting on the ground with a blue complexion. "Father!" Bo Yu was terrified, her eyes were full of fear and panic, "I, I was passing by, I didn't mean to listen to what you said. Father, I dare not, I really dare not, I don't have the guts , father, you believe me!"
"You walked to the door by accident." Shen Zhi smiled coldly, "Accidentally heard something, accidentally jumped in, and accidentally didn't find a good reason, and you didn't even prepare to lie, it shows that you have something How perfunctory your father!"
As he said that, Shen Zhi looked up at Bao Yunxiu, with sympathy and compassion on his face, "It's really hard to be a father, the prince! This is a matter between you father and son, it has nothing to do with me, I'll go first!"
It happened to be a reason to run away without answering Bo Yunxiu's question, why would Shen Zhi not do it? !
Only blame, Bo Yu himself was unlucky.
"Oh, that's right!" Shen Zhi had already reached the steps, turned back to Bao Yunxiu, and said earnestly, "My mother said that the child has to be taught by himself. If you borrow someone else's hand, it will be useless. All words Here, do it yourself!"
Bo Yunxiu's face is as black as ink, and when he is about to come, he needs a little kid to teach him how to be a father? Heh... The son of a bitch raised by Shen Muxi, his mouth is all after his mother, he really hates people. His eyes were cold, and he looked down at Bo Yu at his feet. Bo Yunxiu's whole body was cold.
Running out of the yard, Shen Zhi felt comfortable all over, holding the grasshopper and trembling towards the prison.
At this moment, Chunxiu has already helped Shen Muxi to apply medicine to Ah Luo, and is squatting at the gate of the prison to decoct the medicine.
"Zhier, what are you doing? You're so happy!" Chunxiu asked with a smile, shaking her cattail fan.
Shen Zhi shook the grasshopper in his hand, and ran into the prison quickly. Before he arrived, he suppressed the sound of his footsteps and tiptoed inside, trying to scare his mother. Who would have heard Shen Muxi's choked up voice, mother's nasal voice is very strong, who bullied mother
Shen Muxi didn't cry, but sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the unconscious A Luo, feeling as uncomfortable as claws scratching his heart, "When you came, you said you were Wei Xian'er's maid, and seeing that you looked the same as before, I thought You're living a passable life, but you didn't expect it to be so difficult. Back then, you were the one who talked to me when I was sad, and relieved me when I was in pain, but when I left, you were left behind!"
A Luo was lying on the bed, and his back was full of injuries, some old and some new, not caused in a day or two, it can be seen that A Luo's life has not been easy these years. Thinking about it, how could Ah Luo, as her maidservant, be treated kindly after the death of her master? Especially when working under Wei Xian'er, some of the blame would inevitably fall on A Luo's head.
"A Luo, I'm sorry!" Shen Muxi whispered.
Shen Zhi was surprised, and stood still. Mother and A Luo knew each other? When was it? Was it before he was born? But A Luo is the maidservant of Li Wang's mansion, and mother is A Luo's master, so that mother... Could it be that she came out of Li Wang's mansion
Thinking of this, Shen Zhi covered his mouth, his eyes widened in disbelief, could it be that the mother and the prince knew each other? What exactly is going on? Thinking about it carefully, the prince insisted on taking his mother to the Eastern Capital, but the mother refused to die and hated the prince in every possible way, while that bad woman kept bullying the mother.
The grasshopper in his hand fell to the ground suddenly, Shen Muxi got up abruptly, and quickly walked out of the cell.
"Zhier?" Shen Muxi was stunned, "You, when did you come?"
"Mother, do you have any relationship with that prince?" Shen Zhi knelt down and picked up the grasshopper.
Seeing this thing suddenly, Shen Muxi's pupils shrank slightly, "Where did you get this thing?"
Shen Zhi stepped forward holding the grasshopper and handed it to Shen Muxi, "I picked it up at the window, it's very beautiful, so I like it very much. Mom, this is very similar to your weaving, but it's better than the one you taught me!"
"Zhier!" Shen Muxi hesitated to speak, and reached out to touch his son's immature face, "Mother..."
"If Mother is not easy to speak, Zhi'er just doesn't ask." Shen Zhi hugged his mother's waist and buried his face in her arms, "Where Mother is, Zhi'er will be there, and other things, Zhi'er doesn't care at all." Do not care."
Shen Muxi hugged her son tightly, she knew what her son wanted to ask, but she had her concerns, "Zhier, mother doesn't want you to get involved in those right and wrong, mother only wants her son to be safe and happy, be a Ordinary people. If you like to practice medicine, mother will teach you to cure diseases and save lives. If you like to study, mother will send you to school. There is no point in being forced to cater to anyone or anything!"
Shen Zhi nodded obediently, looked up at his mother's eyes that had lost their brightness, "Zhi'er doesn't want to make mother worry, nor will she make mother sad, Zhi'er doesn't want anything, just mother!"
"Good boy!" Shen Muxi's eyes were red, "If one day Zhi'er really wants to know the truth, Mother will definitely tell you."
"Zhi'er doesn't want to know." Shen Zhi was so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed. He stood on tiptoe, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his mother's eyes with his white and tender fingertips, "Mother, don't be sad, Zhi'er grows up and can protect mother! I will also take good care of myself and not let my mother worry!"
Shen Muxi led Shen Zhi into the door, "A Luo didn't know her mother anymore, so she didn't know that mother was the one she knew before. Zhi'er pretended not to know these things, and called her an aunt from now on, just like treating Aunt Chunxiu Can Zhi'er respect her like that?"
"Yes!" Shen Zhi nodded, walked to the bed, gently held A Luo's cold hand, and called out in a low voice, "Aunt A Luo!"
Shen Muxi smiled, with tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Mother, when will Aunt A Luo wake up?" Shen Zhi asked.
"She's hurt quite badly, and the plaster has a soothing effect, so she won't wake up for a while." Shen Muxi sat on the edge of the bed, holding her son on her knees, "Can you tell mother about it outside? situation?"
Shen Zhi nodded, and told his mother what he saw and heard, and what happened before, but when he mentioned the question that Bao Yunxiu asked him, his mother's face seemed not very good, Shen Zhi A little bit worried.
"Where's your Uncle Lu?" Shen Muxi asked.
Shen Zhi thought for a while, "In the past two days, Uncle Lu seems to be very busy. Either he is locked in his room to write, or he asks Zhishu to deliver letters. He doesn't know what to do, but Uncle Lu said that he will not give up."
Shen Muxi frowned, "What do you mean?"
"I don't know!" Shen Zhi shook his head, "After my mother was locked up here, I rarely saw Uncle Lu smile."
"That's all!" Shen Muxi sighed, hugged the son in his arms tightly, lowered his head and kissed his forehead, "Soldiers come to cover the water and earth, let nature take its course!"
Shen Zhi was puzzled, "Mother, why did the prince send so many people around outside? He didn't really want to punish you, but to protect you, right?"
Shen Muxi didn't make a sound. Before she thought that Bo Yunxiu was venting her anger for Wei Xian'er, but now it seems that she is really sending someone to protect her, and seeing that there is no one in this prison, leaving her alone in it, maybe it was Bo Yunxiu who noticed it. What is it!
"By the way, where is Catcher Liu?" Shen Muxi asked.
Shen Zhi shook his head, "I haven't seen it for two days!"
Shen Muxi's expression tightened slightly, "Didn't see it?" Logically speaking, it's impossible, could it be that something changed in the middle? Before coming in, Catcher Liu knew what she was going to do, and he should be extra careful these few days.
"Zhi'er, go and call Aunt Chunxiu in, and tell her that I have something to look for!" Shen Muxi put down Shen Zhi.
Shen Zhi responded, and ran out.
After a while, Chunxiu walked in the door shaking the cattail fan, "Doctor Shen, what's the matter?"
"Chunxiu, help me with something!" Shen Muxi whispered in Chunxiu's ear, "Do you remember everything?"
Chunxiu was a little nervous, "Remember!"
"Zhier!" Shen Muxi told Shen Zhi, "In the next few days, you follow the prince, even if you follow him from afar, and you must not go out of his sight, remember?"
Shen Zhi nodded blankly, "Mother, what's the matter?"
Shen Muxi narrowed his eyes, breathing heavily, "I'm afraid something will happen!"
Chunxiu shook her cattail fan, her heart flustered.
In the evening, A Luo woke up, Chunxiu gave A Luo medicine, and then left the prison with Shen Zhi.
Ah Luo stared at Shen Muxi for a long time, but never said a word. Shen Muxi was not in a hurry, but just quietly accompanied her, A Luo didn't speak, and she had nothing to say, and she was even more afraid that if she opened her mouth, her heart would be touched.
Coming out of the cell, Chunxiu sent Shen Zhi outside Bo Yunxiu's courtyard, looking at the guards standing at the door like door gods, Chunxiu smiled flatteringly, but made the guards stare at her like a ghost.
Chunxiu was full of embarrassment, "Can I bother you guys with one thing? I have something to do here, and I can't let go of my little friend. Can I leave it here, and I can bother you to watch the meeting?"
"Aunt Chunxiu, go get busy!" Shen Zhi obediently sat on the steps in front of the door, "I will remember everything Mother told me! Don't worry, I will never run away by myself this time. Mother Still in prison, I don't want her to worry about me!"
"So good!" Chunxiu took a deep breath, "Then I'll go first, you pay attention to safety."
"En!" Shen Zhi nodded, and put the grasshopper beside him, keeping him company like a good friend.
The guards looked at each other, not understanding what they were doing for a while, hesitating whether to report to the prince? But thinking of the prince's anger before, even the young master was punished. If he touches the prince's bad luck again, he might suffer some kind of blame.
If you don't go, no one dares to go!
Xu Shi was bored sitting alone on the steps, after a while, Shen Zhi became sleepy and leaned against the doorway to doze off. Suddenly his body swayed, and his head fell to the ground. Fortunately, someone had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly covered the child's face with both hands.
Shen Zhi sleepily murmured twice, rubbed his eyes, his face was bewildered.
Mi Li let out a sigh of relief, "I was scared to death! Mr. Shen, if you want to sleep, you should go back to your room. What are you doing sitting here?"
"Mother said let me follow the people inside to ensure my safety!" Shen Zhi pointed to the yard.
Mi Li frowned, "Your mother asked you to follow the prince?"
Shen Zhi nodded his little head, and at the same time he didn't forget to catch the grasshopper back and hold it tightly in his hand, "Mother said, I can't leave his sight, only in this way can I be safe and sound I'll do whatever my mother says, I won't get in your way, I'll just sit here, I'm very good, I won't disturb you!"
"Wait a minute, I'll report to the lord!" Mi Li got up and left.
Shen Zhi didn't plan that Bo Yunxiu would take him in, anyway, Mother said that as long as she was nearby, Aunt Chunxiu would come to pick him up after finishing her work. Scratching his neck, Shen Zhi leaned against the door and closed his eyes lazily.
In the quiet night, Chunxiu carefully pushed away Li Butou's bedroom. Too many things happened these days, so Li Butou didn't go home. Anyway, he was a loner, so he simply lived in the government office.
The mattress hadn't been touched at all, and there was a peace amulet under the pillow.
According to Shen Muxi's instruction, Chunxiu opened the cabinet again, after a search, she squatted down and checked the shoes under the bed. His fingertips brushed over the soles of the shoes, and he sniffed lightly at the tip of his nose. At the end, Chunxiu stood up and patted the dust off her body, walked around the room slowly, and then left quickly.
Chunxiu returned to the prison, panting slightly, "Doctor Shen!"
"How?" Shen Muxi hurriedly asked.
Chunxiu shook her head, "There is a peace talisman under the pillow, there is no clothes in the closet, and a pair of shoes are placed under the bed, but the bottom of the shoes is clean. But I can smell the fragrance you mentioned in the room, it is faint, say I don't know what it smells like."
Shen Muxi snorted softly, "Sure enough!"
"So what?" Ah Luo asked.
The two stared at A Luo together.
"It was you who helped me to apply the medicine?" Ah Luo sat on the corner of the bed, with his knees bent, his body pressed against the cold wall, his eyelids were half-drooped when he was talking, and he looked sleepy, very nervous. Listless.
Chunxiu frowned slightly, looking at Shen Muxi with a little puzzlement.
"Do you feel better?" Shen Muxi asked.
A Luo still lowered his head, but still said, "Thank you!" Seeing this, Shen Muxi and Chunxiu looked at each other, quite helplessly.
"Chunxiu!" Shen Muxi whispered in Chunxiu's ear.
"Must be like this?" Chunxiu frowned, "I'm afraid it's not easy to ask, will he believe me?"
"Yes!" Shen Muxi took a deep breath, "He wants to go back to Dongdu with all his heart, so the things here are naturally the sooner the better. As long as you explain your meaning, he will definitely agree."
"Okay!" Chunxiu turned around, looked back at Shen Muxi uneasy after thinking about it, "What about you?"
"There are guards outside, what can I do? Hurry up and remember to watch Zhier for me!" When Shen Muxi said this, the expression in his eyes was a bit complicated, his hands in his sleeves were slightly curled up, but his face was still It is the color of light clouds and wind.
After Chunxiu left, the smile on Shen Muxi's face gradually disappeared.
"You have a different purpose." A Luo said.
Shen Muxi looked back at her, "You should go too!"
A Luo looked up at her, frowning tightly, "I don't know why, when I look at you, I always feel like I know you."
"Perhaps it was like old friends at first sight!" Shen Muxi smiled at her, but his heart was hazy.
Ah Luo, Ah Luo, I am—Xia Wenxi!
It's a pity that A Luo couldn't hear the voice in her heart, and she didn't dare to let A Luo know. After all, in the eyes of everyone, there was no such person as Xia Wenxi in the world, and she was Shen Muxi now.
A Luo left, and Shen Muxi was the only one left in the prison. She roughly estimated that the flowers in the alchemy furnace should have grown, and they are the only medicine that can be used as an antidote for snake venom. Those people should really want it! Didn't Lu Guizhou say that before? flower!
Yes, this is the flower that those people want to get, blooming on the body of the dead Gu insect carrier, the crystal clear flowers of death hovering on the edge of life and death! Can make life, also can make people die.
Quiet night, inexplicable heart palpitations.
Shen Muxi leaned against the wall, closed his eyes tiredly, and after an unknown amount of time, he suddenly remembered a small sound outside, accompanied by a disgusting "rustling" sound!
in the room.
Bo Yunxiu looked at Chunxiu coldly, and Chunxiu stiffened her neck, "Are you going to agree or not?"
"Presumptuous!" Mi Li scolded in a low voice, "How can you be rude to the prince!"
"She said it?" Bo Yunxiu said quietly.
Chunxiu nodded again and again, "Dr. Shen explained it. She said that Catcher Liu mentioned that the safety talisman was left by his mother, so he would always carry it with him when he went out, but he would put it under the pillow at night and never leave it." Liu Butou is not in the room, but the safety amulet is still there, so Liu Butou probably fell asleep while sleeping at night!"
After hearing this, it does make some sense, Mi Li asked, "What's the matter with the cabinet?"
"Liu Butou is a widow. We are familiar with him. There is no one in his family. He lives in a government office by himself. It stands to reason that he should bring one or two sets of clothes to change, but now the wardrobe is empty, which means that someone has taken it away. As for why his clothes were taken away, there is no need to ask too much, there are precedents of real and fake Lu Guizhou!" What Chunxiu said was all given by Shen Muxi, and the words were well-founded.
Mi Li nodded, and looked at Bo Yunxiu with a frown, "My lord, it seems that someone really pretended to be Catcher Liu."
"Liu Butou used to walk around a lot before, but I haven't seen much in the past two days. It doesn't look like Liu Butou's old-fashioned and warm-hearted character." Chunxiu continued, "Liu Butou's shoes in front of the bed are clean, but the house is clean. There is a scent of medicine, which was planted by Dr. Shen deliberately in the backyard, it's not mean, but just worried that if someone's hands and feet are not clean, they will take the good things from the medicine house and sell them."
Mi Li thought for a while, "You mean the things that were placed in the backyard and moved out of Dr. Shen's medicine shed have been touched?"
"Yes!" Chunxiu nodded, "Knowing that it was moved out of the Prince's Mansion, who would dare to touch it so easily?"
Bo Yunxiu's complexion was somber, so there are only people from the Changshengmen! But, why do you want to search for things in the medicine shed? Are you looking for that bronze key? Or what purpose? Anyway, I'm looking for something!
Suddenly, Bo Yunxiu's complexion changed suddenly, and he rushed out of the room like the wind, "Go to the prison!"
Mi Li was shocked, and immediately chased after him, "Quick, protect the prince!"
Chunxiu was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, so he ran out quickly, thought for a while and shrank back, "No, Dr. Shen told me to keep an eye on Zhi'er, I can't go with him!" It's just that they were in such a hurry to go to the prison for what
There are guards inside and outside the prison, what will happen
It's not just an accident, it's a major event!
Except six years ago, Mi Li had never seen the prince so crazy, he jumped straight up, the speed was as fast as lightning, before they had time to catch up, the prince had already disappeared into the night.
The movement inside and outside the prison broke the original tranquility of the government office.
A large number of yamen servants and guards from the Prince's Mansion kept rushing towards the prison, as if something serious had happened.
Lu Guizhou limped and ran out of the house, "Something happened in the prison! Something happened!"
"My lord!" Zhishu grabbed Lu Guizhou, "Your foot injury hasn't healed yet, won't it add to the trouble if you go? My lord, you should wait for the news in peace! Li Wangfu is responsible, which of Li Wangfu's guards is better than you?"
"Let go!" Lu Guizhou gritted his teeth.
Zhishu shook his head, "Don't let go, don't let go, even die!"
Lu Guizhou became anxious, and raised his leg to kick Zhishu away, but Zhishu hugged his leg instead, almost knocking him to the ground, "Let go!"
"Don't let go!" Zhishu simply sat on the ground, refusing to let go, "I can't just watch the young master seek death!"
"Let go, I'll go and see Zhi'er!" Lu Guizhou is not an impulsive person, Zhishu's words reminded him that with Bo Yunxiu around, Shen Muxi would definitely not be hurt, but Zhi'er might not! The child is Shen Muxi's lifeblood, as long as the child is fine, Shen Muxi will definitely work hard to live, it was like that back then!
Zhishu was stunned, "Oh!" He quickly let go and got up from the ground.
But there was neither Shen Zhi nor Chunxiu in the room, neither of them were there.
"Where did you go?" Zhishu scratched his head, "Have you all gone to watch the excitement?"
Lu Guizhou calmed down and thought for a while, and he guessed, "I know where they are, let's go!"
Zhishu was surprised, "Since when did you learn how to tell a fortune teller? You can guess where the person is if you think about it? Young master, where is the person?"
As for Shen Muxi's thoughts, Lu Guizhou could somewhat guess a little bit, this girl's most important thing is Shen Zhi, she is extremely intelligent, if she realizes that she is in danger, she will definitely arrange Shen Zhi to go to the safest place in advance. The so-called safest place is next to Bo Yunxiu.
Although Bo Yunxiu is cruel and ruthless, he is extremely conceited and does not allow others to make trouble in front of his eyes. Even if Shen Zhi has nothing to do with him, he will temporarily protect Shen Zhi because of his face.
The government office was in turmoil, and the corridors were full of running servants or domestic servants. Lu Guizhou and Zhishu rushed towards Bo Yunxiu's courtyard, but while running, Lu Guizhou suddenly grabbed Zhishu, and the two The man quickly walked down the steps of the corridor and hid behind the bushes in the dark night.
"male… "
"Hush!" Lu Guizhou signaled him to be quiet.
Following the young master's line of sight, Zhishu finally discovered the reason, isn't this the servant of Li Wang's mansion? Zhishu frowned, he remembered that this maid was following the blind side concubine, there was a lot of noise in the mansion, why was she wandering here if she didn't accompany the blind master
"My lord, didn't she come out to steal something?" Zhishu asked in a low voice.
Lu Guizhou frowned, "Is there anything in Liwangfu?"
Zhishu also thought about it, "Then she doesn't serve the master, what is she doing here? Join in the fun?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Guizhou took a deep breath, "Let's go and have a look."
"Don't care about Xiaozhi?" Zhishu was puzzled.
"Zhi'er must be accompanied by Chunxiu, and nothing will happen." Lu Guizhou gritted his teeth, "This concubine's master and servant always target Xi'er, and if they don't keep it together, they will take advantage of the chaos to act like a monster. It's right to follow!"
Zhishu nodded, and followed Yizhu from a distance together with Lu Guizhou.
Yizhu looked left and right, and quickly ran to the backyard. At this time, everyone was at the other side of the prison, and the backyard was empty, with no one there. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yizhu began to search, as if she was looking for something.
Probably because she couldn't find it, Yizhu stomped her feet and ran to the room where Shen Muxi used to live.
Lu Guizhou and Zhishu squatted outside the rear window, looking in through the gap between the windows that didn't fit together, while Yizhu turned over the mattress and the closet with a torch in hand. The master and servant looked at each other in blank dismay, and for a while they really didn't understand.
"I don't believe I can't find it!" Yizhu rummaged through the boxes, and was furious when she arrived, as if she didn't find what she wanted.
After a while, Yizhu took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve, poured something into the bed, and left in a hurry.
Lu Guizhou and Zhishu followed Yizhu all the time, making sure that Yizhu had returned to Wei Xianer's yard, the master and servant turned back, opened Shen Muxi's room, and lit the candlesticks.
"My lord, what do you think she is looking for here?" Zhishu looked around, "Doctor Shen is so poor, if he wants money or treasures, what can the blind side concubine think about?"
Lu Guizhou shook his head, "I don't know either."
As he said that, he walked slowly towards the bed, and they all saw clearly just now, what the woman poured into the quilt.
"What is this?" Zhishu lifted the quilt and looked at the powder scattered on the quilt in confusion. This powder is plain, as delicate as flour, and the color is extremely white. Zhi'er and Chunxiu?"
Zhishu stretched out his hand to dust off the powder, "If Xiao Zhier and Chunxiu come back, will they still be covered?"
"Don't move!" Lu Guizhou immediately grabbed Zhishu, always thinking that this matter is not that simple, such two vicious women, would sprinkle some flour to tease a child? Even thinking about it, it seems impossible, "Go find an empty porcelain bottle in the cabinet."
"Okay!" Zhishu hurried to find him, Shen Muxi was a doctor, and there were so many empty porcelain bottles.
Lu Guizhou swept some powder into the porcelain bottle with a pick, "Don't touch anything here, it's all evidence!"
Zhishu nodded again and again, "My lord, what should I do next?"
"You stay here and don't go anywhere, lest someone come in and it will be bad! I will go to Zhi'er and Chunxiu first, and come back after making sure they are all right." Lu Guizhou put away the small porcelain bottle, "Remember, don't go away!"
"I know!" Zhishu moved the stool and stood guard at the door.
Lu Guizhou limped away, feeling a little uneasy, what kind of powder are these? I don't know what's going on in the prison
All of a sudden, fireworks shot up into the sky, and a loud noise exploded into the sky, causing everyone to look up at the sky.
"This is... a signal?" Lu Guizhou's eyes widened in shock, it's broken, it's in trouble!
At the other end of the prison, a swarm of snakes spread, passed through the prison door, climbed over the skylight, and all rushed into the prison. The "chi chi" sound of swallowing and spitting letters was heard continuously, and the screams and screams were endless.