After Su Mingjian and Alan withdrew, Yong Ruo and Feng Liao continued to enjoy the cool, chat and drink tea.
Not long after, from the direction of the kitchen, there was a flute sound with clear timbre and melodious tune.
Yong Ruo smiled slightly and asked Feng Liao, "What song is this?"
Feng Liao shook her head: "I haven't heard this song before. It may be a folk tune here."
Yong Ruo nodded, and boasted: "It's quite nice."
She thought: Alan is playing the flute at this time, is he sending some kind of signal to the person in the cellar
This is what she expected.
It's a pity that she didn't know the password they agreed upon, so naturally she couldn't know what message she was passing.
She sat on the chair, leaned her head on Feng Liao's shoulder, closed her eyes and listened to the music.
Because Yong Ruo boasted that the sound of the flute was good, Feng Liao didn't ask anyone to stop Alan, and let Alan finish the two pieces.
The surrounding gradually quieted down. Feng Liao asked Yong Ruo who was leaning on her shoulder: "Do you still want to listen?" The implication: If you still want to listen, ask that Alan to play two more tunes.
Yong Ruo didn't answer him, but leaned quietly on his shoulder.
Feng Liao turned her head to look, a little funny: "Asleep?"
He shook his head, carefully supported Yong Ruo's head, stood up, then carefully picked her up and walked towards the main room.
He put Yong Ruo on the big carved bed, and when he was about to take off her shoes, he saw Yong Ruo trembling slightly, and suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the top of the curtain and panting.
"What's the matter?" Feng Liao hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed, half lying on top of her, and asked gently, "Did you have a nightmare?"
Yong Ruo blinked, looked at him, and said in a daze, "Why am I here? I remember we were enjoying the shade in the yard."
Feng Liao laughed, thinking that she looked very cute.
He held her face in his hands, stroked her smooth and delicate cheeks with his fingers, and said with a light smile, "You fell asleep in the yard, and I carried you in."
After he finished speaking, he took a step back and pulled Yong Ruo up from the bed: "Since you're awake, get up, wash up, and then go to bed!"
Yong Ruo started to wash in a daze.
After washing, she whispered to Feng Liao: "Let's go and find Master Su and Imperial Doctor Xu quietly! I have something to say."
Feng Liao looked at her very surprised: "At this time?"
Yong Ruo nodded solemnly: "Yes, at this time."
She couldn't help but dragged Feng Liao out, to the East Wing where Doctor Xu and Xiao Guizi shared, and had someone call Su Mingjian to the East Wing.
After all the people arrived and the guards secured the surrounding area, Yong Ruo said to the others in a low voice: "I just took a nap in the yard, and I had a nightmare..."
Imperial Physician Xu and Su Mingjian stared at her blankly.
They had the same thoughts in their hearts: it doesn't matter if you take a nap or have a nightmare, just share it with the prince? Is it necessary to call us all to hear your nightmare
Yongruo began to tell a story: "I dreamed of Alan in the kitchen playing the flute and summoning a monster from under the bed in the main room!
"The monster looked very ferocious, opened its bloody mouth wide, and swallowed the prince in one gulp.
"I yelled anxiously, wanting to save the prince. But the monster immobilized me, making me unable to move. I could only watch helplessly as the monster ate the prince and turned into a puff of black smoke , and retracted under the bed again!"
"So?" Both Su Mingjian and Imperial Physician Xu felt that her dream was unlucky, and they looked a little uneasy, urging her to continue talking.
Feng Liao squeezed her hand and said very gently: "You are too worried about me to have such a nightmare, right?"
Yong Ruo shook his head: "What I want to focus on is not this nightmare.
"After waking up from the nightmare, a thought suddenly flashed in my mind: Today is the Ghost Festival, the day when the legendary ghost door is open. I just took a nap and had that dream, isn't it? What omen? So, I thought about the past few days in reverse.
"When I was washing up just now, I suddenly thought: Is there something weird in the completely preserved main room? Maybe the anti-poem in the main room is not as simple as poetry expresses ambition?"
Feng Liao, Su Mingjian, and Imperial Physician Xu immediately concentrated their attention and asked Yong Ruo to speak quickly.
Yong Ruo analyzed the three functions of the anti-poem to Feng Liao and others.
Su Mingjian's face changed drastically after hearing this.
He stood up and knelt down on one knee towards Feng Liao: "It's the official who has neglected his duty. He didn't even check the room carefully today. Please sit down here for a while, and the official will take someone to search carefully."
"Master Su, please wait a moment!" Yong Ruo quickly stopped Su Mingjian, and said with a slightly hesitant expression, "I have an idea, please listen to it, Sir."
Su Mingjian stopped in his tracks, turned to face Yongruo, and said very respectfully: "Madam please give me instructions!"
Yong Ruo shook his head: "I don't dare to obey the order. It's just... these few days, I always feel that something is wrong, so I want to take advantage of today's time to verify some of my ideas..."
If her suspicion is correct, the matter of the bandits will be much easier.
———
Alan lay on the haystack in the kitchen, with his eyes closed and his ears pricked up, listening carefully to the movement in the yard.
She heard that Su Mingjian increased the guards in the yard after the prince and his wife returned to the house;
She heard the footsteps of the guards on patrol, the sparse chirping of insects, and some slight noises that she couldn't figure out;
I also heard the two guards guarding the kitchen door, taking turns on duty at night and resting, never leaving a single step except for going to the latrine...
The night is getting deeper and deeper.
Alan tried to stay awake and stayed up all night listening to the sound. There was no obvious movement in the yard, just like an ordinary night of sleeping peacefully until dawn.
When the window revealed a little twilight, Alan heard a woman's scream.
That sound pierced the tranquility of the morning, awakened the people in the yard, and made the sound in the yard immediately noisy.
Immediately afterwards, a shrill female voice yelled: "Someone is here! Come soon! Something has happened to the prince! Doctor Xu, doctor Xu, come quickly!"
This is Huarou's voice!
Alan felt: Huarou's voice was so high-pitched that it seemed to be mixed with strong fear.
Her mood immediately became excited and apprehensive. Is this a success
She turned over neatly, got up from the haystack, and opened the kitchen door.
The two guards who were in charge of "taking care" of her were still guarding outside the door.
But their attention was no longer on Alan. They were looking anxiously in the direction of the main house—though they could see nothing.
Alan believed: If they hadn't been responsible, they would have rushed outside the main house to watch.
"What happened?" Alan asked the two guards while listening to the movement in the main room.
"I don't know yet!" One of the guards said impatiently, "Miss Alan should stay in the kitchen! It's more like this time, the more you can't run around. Otherwise, you will be killed by someone as an assassin. Blame yourself for suffering."
"I understand!" Alan smiled flatteringly at them, with a look of deep worry on his face again, "Two elder brothers, can you go and inquire about the news? I just heard in a daze: something happened to the prince? I I am really worried about the prince and his wife. The prince treats me so well, and the lady is so kind... "
Before Alan could finish his words, another shrill female scream came from the direction of the main room.
Immediately afterwards, she vaguely heard Hua Rou screaming in a changed voice: "Madam! Madam, what's wrong with you? Doctor Xu! Come and see what's wrong with Madam!"
Alan looked at the two obviously absent-minded guards, and ran to the main room.
The two guards froze for a moment, then they chased after her belatedly, and shouted at the same time: "Alan, don't run around!"
Alan rushed to the main room regardless, squeezed in from a group of people like headless flies, and squeezed into the east room of the main room.
Feng Liao was lying motionless on the large carved bed in the main landlord's room. His face was grayish and black, and one foot was exposed, which was red, swollen and black.
Yong Ruo was also lying on the bed, his eyes closed tightly, and he was also silent.
When Alan rushed into the room, he saw Imperial Doctor Xu checking Feng Liao's feet.
She was about to rush to the bed to get a better look, but her arm was grabbed by Su Mingjian who was standing by the door.
Su Mingjian's face was darker than the bottom of the pot. Looking at her, he said viciously, "If you dare to step forward again, I will kill you immediately!"
His thick palm firmly grasped Alan's thin wrist, like an iron pincer, preventing Alan from taking a step forward.
Alan didn't dare to rush forward.
She smiled flatteringly at Su Mingjian: "The daughter of the people is only worried about the prince and his wife..."
Su Mingjian snorted coldly, turned his head to look over to the bed, but still held onto Alan's wrist.
Alan took this opportunity to stand on the spot, staring at Feng Liao's chest from afar without blinking his eyes.
A burst of ecstasy quickly surged in her heart: the prince's chest has not heaved at all, and he is obviously dead!
So the plan really succeeded, and it was the biggest success
At this moment, Su Mingjian turned around and dragged her out of the east room and into the main room involuntarily.
His big hands like iron pincers pulled Alan's wrist painfully.
After arriving in the main room, Su Mingjian pushed Alan to the ground casually, and said coldly: "Kneel here! If you dare to act rashly, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Pushed by him, Alan staggered, took two steps back, still couldn't stabilize his body, and fell on his back.
But she didn't care about screaming for pain, she got up quickly, and quickly knelt down with her head down, and began to think about the way to get out.
Su Mingjian ignored her and just paced back and forth in the main room anxiously.
Not long after, Imperial Physician Xu came out of the east room with a dark face.
Su Mingjian hurriedly took a step forward, and asked extremely nervously: "My lord...is it really hopeless?"
Doctor Xu gave him a sideways look, and said coldly: "The prince passed away for at least an hour or two! His body has cooled down, how do you ask the old man to save him? Even Immortal Da Luo can't save him."
"Then... what about Madam?"
"The madam is just furious and fainted, and she will wake up after a while. Alas! Even if such a thing happens, the madam wakes up, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't live long!" Xu imperial physician shook his head with a dark face. Sigh.
Su Mingjian gritted his teeth, stared at a pair of red eyes and said: "It's fine, why did the prince pass away? He...he looked like he was poisoned! Didn't you check all the food and water? Have you ever been? How did the prince get poisoned?"
Doctor Xu's face turned even darker!
"My lord was bitten by a poisonous snake and died from the poison of the snake! Can you blame this old man? I really saw a ghost! My lord was sleeping on the bed well, why was he bitten by a snake? Could there be ghosts in the Ghost Festival? "
Su Mingjian yelled unconvinced: "The prince was bitten by a snake, wouldn't he wake up? Why hasn't there been any movement all night?"
"Then you have to ask the people who serve the lord and his wife! In that room, the residual scent of tranquilizing incense is a bit stronger. Last night, the lord and his wife probably slept very deeply."
Hua Rou in the east room seemed to have heard the words of Imperial Physician Xu.
She stumbled out of the east room, fell to her knees on the ground with a plop, and said very anxiously: "Physician Xu, Mr. Su, the Anshenxiang should not be used too much. How could the slaves know that they have served for so many years? I beg your lord and the imperial physician to be careful! "
Imperial Physician Xu sighed: "What's the use of explaining to me? The emperor will definitely be furious when the prince passes away. None of us who follow the prince can get away with it. At that time, I'm afraid you will have to explain it to the emperor yourself. well… "
He sighed, bent his waist, lowered his head, and walked out of the main room with an extremely dejected expression.
Hua Rou slumped on the ground all of a sudden, with a blank face and started to be in a daze.
In the east room, the eunuchs' crying could be heard faintly. All the guards in the main room also looked depressed and lost their souls.
This situation made Alan feel a strong pleasure in his heart.
Who told you dog officials to bully people? Who told you lowly slaves to look like no one, with eyes on top of your heads? Are you punished now? !
The dignified prince was bitten to death by a snake, and died without a sound. How are you going to explain it to the emperor? Ha ha! I can't even imagine how miserable your end will be.
She restrained the pleasure in her heart and tried to show a dumbfounded expression.
Su Mingjian stayed for a while, then gritted his teeth, and arranged the funeral viciously: "Robu, take fifty people, find some materials in the village, or cut down some trees, make a simple coffin for the prince to wrap, and then Secretly escorted the prince's body, Mrs. Yong, and Imperial Physician Xu back to Beijing.
"Jiang Baogong, go and gather the guards, and let's take the rest of us to chase down the bandits. Even if we all die in battle, we must destroy them, leaving no one behind. Pull a few people forward!"
Rob and Jiang Baogong agreed, and went their separate ways with sullen faces.
Su Mingjian squatted down in front of Alan, pinching her chin with his big hands like iron pincers, forcing her to raise her head, and said with a blunt smile: "Alan, don't you want to follow the bandits? about you!"
Alan looked at him in horror, and said with a trembling voice: "Yes! Yes! My lord..."
However, before she could finish speaking, a pale yellow liquid that smelled like urine quickly flowed out of her body, soaking through her crotch, soaking half of her pants, and dripping. The answer flowed all over the place.
Alan held back the urination all night, and releasing it in public at this time is naturally very impactful.
Alan peed his pants in public? !
A girl who could get married in two or three years, actually peed her pants in front of all the men? !
This scene stunned everyone.
After Su Mingjian was stunned, he immediately let go of Alan's jaw, stood up in disgust, took two steps back, and shouted angrily, "Get lost! Go and wash yourself clean!"
Alan showed a shy and embarrassing expression on his face.
"Yes! Yes! Minnen, go and wash up now." After she finished speaking, she covered her face with one hand and tried to protect her crotch with the other. Under the amusing and disgusting eyes of a group of guards, she scrambled and ran out. .
She didn't go back to the kitchen, but ran to the gate of the courtyard, crossed her legs, and said to the guard guarding the gate in embarrassment: "I... I peed my pants... Mrs. Su told me to go wash it off..."
The guard at the gate looked at her trousers, smelled the faint smell of urine again, pinched his nose and stepped back, waved at her angrily and amusedly: "Go!"
Alan ran from the village to the cave with the mountain spring and pool in the back mountain.
Along the way, she encountered several sentry posts, but she passed them all with her wet pants and shameless appearance.
After entering the cave, she didn't run towards the pool, but turned in another direction. She deftly walked around the labyrinth-like complex cave for a while, and then saw another exit of the cave.
At this exit, there stood a tall man with a fleshy face.
The big man was leading two saddled horses.
As soon as he saw Alan, he took out a pair of clean trousers from a horse's saddle bag and threw them to Alan.
"Your trick 'Pinking Your Pants' is really effective, and it allowed you to retreat here unscathed! But, don't you think it's ugly for a big girl to pee her pants in public?" The big man shook his head and clicked his tongue. endlessly.
Alan took the trousers and snorted: "What's the matter with being ugly? As long as it's easy to use! Turn your head away and don't peek at me changing clothes."
The big man also let out a cold snort, and turned his back to Alan: "You want me to watch it, but I'm not interested in watching it either! Skinny and ghost-like, what's so interesting?"
Alan ignored him, quickly changed his trousers, rolled up his dirty trousers, stuffed them into the saddle pockets, and got on the horse very neatly.
She and the big man rode out of the cave, trotted along the mountain path, and quickly disappeared at the end of the path.
———
Not long after Alan left on horseback, Su Mingjian was rewarded by the scouts.
He nodded, said "Got it", turned around and walked towards the courtyard where Feng Liao and others lived.
Feng Liao, who had been lying motionless on the bed with a gray face and was declared "dead" by Doctor Xu, was sitting on the porch at the moment, letting the little eunuch wash his feet.
His face had returned to its original rosy and healthy color. The "red and black swelling" on his feet was carefully rubbed off by the little eunuch, washed off with water, and the feet returned to their normal size and color.
"How is it?" Feng Liao asked Su Mingjian with a smile.
"Madam predicted exactly. That Alan has already escaped from another exit of the cave." Su Mingjian sighed, said with emotion and admiration, "This time, it is really thanks to Madam! Otherwise, This subordinate is about to make a big mistake!"
Feng Liao shook her head. Apart from emotion and admiration, the expression on her face was also full of pride and love: "I have to thank her! This time, thanks to her..."
Otherwise, I might be a dead man by now! This is the second time that Ruoruo has saved herself!
Feng Liao was silent for a while, then sighed softly: "I hope those scouts are still useful, don't lose them."
The risk of setting a long line and catching big fish is that if the line breaks accidentally, the bait will be lost in vain.