When all the doors and windows of the Westinghouse were closed, King Jing couldn't help but feel the urge to send someone to eavesdrop on what was being said inside while Fei Liu was playing outside. But in the end, he controlled his impulse and did nothing.
There was no doubt that Mei Changsu was hiding a secret, but King Jing was still hesitating whether he should use any means to dig out this secret. After more than a year of cooperation, his disgust and suspicion for the strategist he had defected to had gradually turned into trust and respect now. He didn't want to undermine that trust, and he didn't want to lower that respect.
So facing the Westinghouse with the doors and windows closed, Xiao Jingyan tried his best to suppress the tumbling doubts in his heart and remained silent.
It was Mei Changsu who took the initiative to open the door and walk out.
The counselor's face was very pale, and there was a faint blush on his eyelids, but his expression was very calm, and when he entered the main house, he seemed to feel the same as usual.
But as soon as King Jing raised his head, he suddenly knelt down.
"What's wrong with Mr. Su?" King Jing was taken aback and stepped forward to help him, "It's so good, why did you make such a big gift?"
"Su Mou has an unkind request, I hope His Highness approves."
"If you have something to do, you can do it. I will try my best to do it for you."
"Su is bold enough to ask His Highness to come to the inner hall... to invite the imperial concubine for me... to diagnose and treat a patient..."
"Patient?" King Jing's eyes jumped, "The... patient in your room?"
"Yes."
King Jing frowned slightly, his expression slightly unpleasant, "Although I am in the hunting palace, it is not difficult for my mother and concubine to come to me. But when it comes to diagnosing and treating patients... shouldn't I seek an imperial doctor?"
"This patient is not an imperial physician." Mei Changsu raised his head, his eyes flashing with sincerity. "I know that this request is unreasonable, but I have to speak to His Highness. Please, Your Highness, consider my dedication this year. I implore the imperial concubine on my behalf. If she refuses to come, I have nothing to say. ."
King Jing pursed his lips and hesitated. Since Mei Changsu started assisting him, he has made countless contributions. But he never made any request. At this time, he couldn't afford to kneel, and it was impossible to refuse.
"...Okay. I'll go in and talk, but it's up to the concubine to decide whether to come or not."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Since King Jing agreed, he didn't delay. He slightly adjusted his clothes and entered the inner hall. Coincidentally, Emperor Liang has tightened and loosened since the bloody five days. I often dream of coughing and wheezing at night, sleep restlessly at night, but can't wake up during the day. Concubine Jing had just finished serving him with medicine and sleeping peacefully. I was sitting under the porch outside the hall watching the parrot, and it happened to be fine. See King Jing coming. Very happy.
"Why did you come in again? You have a lot of things to do outside, so you don't have to come here to greet him." Concubine Jing took her son's hand. Just as he was about to take him into the hall, he stopped again when he saw his expression, "Is there something wrong?"
"Baby... there is indeed something." King Jing thought for a while and said, "To be exact, it is Mr. Su's business."
Concubine Jing was slightly shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Su?"
"He's nothing, it's just that he took in a strange patient with white hair all over his body, and he wanted to ask his mother-in-law to go to the doctor to see him. "The whole body has..." Concubine Jing's eyes flickered, and suddenly she froze, "I see, You wait. "
King Jing originally thought that Concubine Jing would at least ask why he didn't ask an imperial doctor," but he didn't expect that she would say nothing at all, and went in and took a small medicine box in person, and decided to go out with him. up.
Concubine Jing walked in front, inadvertently paying attention to her son's expression. Her pace was fast, and the small courtyard of King Jing was not far away, so she arrived at a young age. Mei Changsu greeted him outside the courtyard. After seeing the ceremony, he led her into the Westinghouse, and Prince Jing naturally followed closely behind.
Nie Feng was wrapped in a thick quilt, only showing half of his head, but he was very quiet. King Jing's eyes fell on a small bowl on the table, there were still two drops of blood left in the bowl, and then he looked at Mei Changsu's wrist, and sure enough, it had been bandaged again, and his heart suddenly tightened.
He knew very well that Mei Changsu was not in good health, and it was almost like desperately trying to bleed over and over again. If it was just for a strange patient, how could he do it to such an extent? Madam, how is he doing? "Mei Changsu couldn't care about King Jing at the moment, and all his attention was on Concubine Jing's two fingers, "How many layers of toxicity are there?" "
"It's okay." Concubine Jing let out a long sigh of relief, "The toxicity is not deep. Before reaching the third floor, I gave him a needle once, which can suppress it for a month or two. But the poison of fire and cold is the first strange poison in the world. I still can't solve it with my medical skills, not to mention that he has been poisoned for too long, and it is very troublesome to solve it." "Oh," Mei Changsu pondered, "Then ask your mother to do acupuncture."
Concubine Jing gave him a deep look and said nothing. She opened the medicine box and took out a silver needle. After using the wine flame to disinfect the poison, she began to give acupuncture to the patient. This set of acupuncture seems to be very complicated. It took nearly half an hour to close the needles one by one. The patient still had no response, and Concubine Jing was already dripping with sweat.
"Thank you for your great virtue, Su..." Well, doctors should have a benevolent heart, so why thank them. With a smile, Concubine Jing took the towel he handed over to wipe her sweat, and then asked tentatively, "You... should know someone who can detoxify this poison?" "
"Yeah." Mei Changsu nodded calmly, "I'll invite him over as soon as possible, but the journey is a little long, so it will take some time."
"If the doctor has any problems with the patient before the future, just find me."
Mei Changsu responded in a low voice, and only then did he remember to look at King Jing.
"Mother and Mr. Su seem to have known each other for a long time," King Jing raised his eyebrows when he saw that the two finally remembered himself, "But Mr. Su looks younger than me, so I don't think I knew my mother before I was born, right? ?"
Concubine Jing slowly put away the silver needle and sighed, "You still want to know..."
"But mother still doesn't want to say it?"
Concubine Jing glanced at Mei Changsu, who turned his face to one side and shook his head slightly.
"Mr. Su is the son of an old friend. I didn't even know he existed before. It's really a coincidence that everyone can meet each other."
"Old man?"
"Yes, the old friend..." Concubine Jing's eyes showed a complex expression of nostalgia and sadness. "At that time, I was a little girl and followed my master to practice medicine. However, I was bullied by local doctors in every possible way. If this old friend hadn't passed by and helped me, I would have died in the ravine long ago..."
Prince Jing had never heard of his mother's past, and immediately moved, "Mr. Su has such a relationship with his mother. Why didn't you mention it before?"
"I didn't know either until I met the Empress." Mei Changsu lowered his head.
"But... this past is nothing, why doesn't mother want to tell me?"
Concubine Jing seemed to know that he would ask such a question, and smiled sadly, "It's not that I don't want to talk, but I don't want to.
King Jing saw that his mother's face was gloomy, although he felt that she couldn't say enough. Couldn't bear to ask any more, he turned to Mei Changsu and said, "Then this patient... What does it have to do with Mr.?"
"Friend." Mei Changsu replied succinctly, "Very good friend."
Xiao Jingyan was stunned. Knowing to ask again is tantamount to digging people's privacy. Moreover, Mei Changsu only came to seek refuge with his advisors more than a year ago. There are a few friends he doesn't know. That was really normal.
"Jingyan, it's time for Your Majesty to wake up. Let's go." Concubine Jing got up slowly, nodded slightly to Mei Changsu, and walked out of the room first. King Jing had no choice but to pick up the medicine box and follow.
Mei Changsu only escorted them to the door, then turned back and comforted Nie Feng with a smile: "Fortunately, the poison is not too deep, don't worry, take care of it, everything is mine, of course you can trust me, right? ?"
Nie Feng stretched out his white-haired hand and grabbed him, whimpering twice.
"I know..." Mei Changsu said with a faint sadness in his smile, "You have gone through untold hardships, walking from Meiling to the imperial capital, avoiding expulsion and rounding up along the way, just to meet Sister Xia Dong... I'm sorry... , this time she didn't accompany you to Mount Jiu'an... But if she knew you were still alive, I don't know how happy she would be... As soon as I get back to Beijing, I will arrange for you to meet as soon as possible, okay?"
Nie Feng's shoulders trembled, he stayed for a moment, and suddenly shook his head violently.
"It's alright," Mei Changsu hugged him and patted his back lightly, "No matter what you become, Sister Xia Dong won't care, as long as you are alive, living... is the greatest comfort to her. ."
Nie Feng's head drooped down on Mei Changsu's shoulders, and the hot liquid dripped from his hair, soaking his clothes.
"Your life was taken by the brothers with all their might, right? They would rather die than let you live, so you have to live well. You are the only survivor in the vanguard camp of Soulless Valley, and only the Akabane camp is left. Wei Zheng and I... We were in charge of sixteen generals, and we managed to get away with one Nie Duo, Father Shuai, Uncle Nie, Uncle Qi, Uncle Ji... and 70,000 Chi Yan's grievances, every one of them survived. On us, no matter how painful it is, we must bear the responsibility of the survivors..." Mei Changsu gently helped Nie Feng to lie down on the pillow, smoothing the quilt for him, "Brother Nie, I'm very tired, you You have to help me, you know?"
Nie Feng gasped heavily, took his hand into his palm, and clenched it tightly.
"That's right... Go to sleep, I'll accompany you and have a good night's sleep." Mei Changsu had a gentle smile on his face, but Nie Feng only glanced at it and closed his eyes abruptly.
Because that wasn't Lin Shu's smile, it wasn't the most flamboyant smile in the world, full of youthful aura in his memory.
Nie Feng saw his future in Young Marshal Chi Yan's change like a ghost from hell.
This made him feel pain, not only for himself, but also for Xia Dong... Fei Liu, who went out to play, came back after about a quarter of an hour, and when he entered the door, he saw that Brother Su was folding a piece of paper with words into small strips. , and immediately went out sensible to hold a carrier pigeon brought from the capital, and helped to tie the small cylinder containing the note to the pigeon's feet.
"Let it go, Uncle Li and the others will immediately find a way to notify Brother Lin Chen that they are here when they receive the letter."
Fei Liu was letting go, and when he heard the second half of the sentence, he instinctively reached out and grabbed the carrier pigeon that had just spread its wings, and hugged it tightly.
"Fei Liu, put it away." Mei Changsu gave him a reproachful look.
"don't want!"
"It's very important to call brother Lin Chen here, he won't have time to tease you, don't worry, the young man blinked his big eyes and didn't seem to believe it.
"Just put it away, if you don't obey Brother Su, you will be angry. The young man flattened his mouth and let go of his hand reluctantly. He watched the homing pigeon fluttering its wings and rushing towards the sky, and soon it flew higher and higher, and disappeared. trace.
"His poison has only three layers, so it should be much better than mine..." Mei Changsu's gaze fell gently on the sleeping person on the bed, covered his mouth with a towel, suppressed his low cough, and walked all the way to the outside . Fei Liu ran over to pat him on the back, saw the white scarf wrapped around his wrist, pointed angrily, and asked, "Who?"
"I wasn't careful myself." Mei Changsu kept coughing, his chest became more and more stuffy, and his brain gradually began to feel dizzy. Knowing something was wrong, he immediately took out a vial from his arms with trembling hands, poured a bright red pill and swallowed it, leaning his body on the table.
Feiliu remembered that every time Brother Su took this medicine, the situation was the worst. He panicked and circled around him a few times before suddenly rushing out of the house and shouting, "Buffalo! Buffalo!"