Xia Chu looked surprised and happy after hearing what Xiao Mubai said. She never thought that what Xiao Mubai said at the beginning, "I picked a plum blossom in the water when I was a child", was referring to the plum blossom on her head at that time.
Xiao Mubai chuckled and continued: "At that time, I saw you fall into the water, and the more you fluttered, the more you moved towards the center of the lake. The water was submerged above your head, and only a plum blossom on your bun floated out of the water from time to time. "
Xia Chu looked embarrassed, Xiao Mubai pinched her delicate and rosy face and joked: "I still thought it was strange at that time. The child was obviously dressed as a boy, but he had a plum blossom like a girl."
Xia Chu pressed his hand and argued: "Do you still remember that I told you that Lan Lan prefers plum blossoms just like you?"
Xiao Mubai naturally remembered that at the door of Nongmei Ju, she said to him with an affectionate look: "The green plums on the mountain are just like you. She also likes plum blossoms very much."
Xiao Mubai was so angry that he walked away. Now when he heard her mention the past, he felt that he was really stupid and pitiful at that time. He had suffered so much injustice and jealousy for nothing.
Xia Chu continued: "You walked away before I finished speaking. The next thing I wanted to say was that Lan Lan was always keen on using a plum blossom to tie my hair, which led to me Leaves a shadow that doesn’t like plum blossoms.”
Xiao Mubai was stunned for a moment, then scolded: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xia Chu looked stunned and pursed his lips: "Didn't you say you were not interested and turned around and left?"
Xiao Mubai thought about it for a while, and it seemed that it was indeed the case. He was speechless and looked embarrassed for a moment. After a moment, he held Xia Chu in his arms and whispered in her ear: "It's my fault if you said it at that time. , maybe I can recognize you earlier."
Xia Chu smelled his breath, thinking that she had recognized the wrong person in her previous life, and choked with sour words: "Of course it's your fault. I only said that I picked a plum blossom in the water, and I didn't explain how I picked it. Otherwise I would have recognized you then.”
Xiao Mubai was speechless for a moment.
this…
At that time, she clearly looked unbelieving. She only cared about Xiao Zimu's comfort in her heart, so he didn't say much about her childhood memories. But now, she was full of grievances in his arms. He couldn't even bear to say anything about her, so he could only be gentle. The voice coaxed in her ear: "Blame me, blame me, blame me."
Xia Chu felt sentimental in his arms for a moment, and then remembered what happened when he was seriously injured and fell into coma when he was thirteen years old. She pushed away his arms and looked at him and asked, "What happened on the day you saved me?"
Xiao Mubai's eyes dimmed, and Feng Qingyun said calmly: "It was just a plot, and those who did it back then are all dead."
Xia Chu saw that he didn't want to mention it again, thinking that maybe the assassination was too tragic and touched his heart. In short, it was over. He didn't want to talk about it, but she had to ask about the ice Gu. , then said to him: "Who poisoned you? Have you ever found out over the years?"
Xiao Mubai frowned and thought for a moment, and the expression on his face gradually became serious: "My father thoroughly investigated the matter back then and concluded that the poison should have been put in my drink at the banquet before the assassination, but the banquet The man refused to plead guilty, and his father originally ordered them all to be killed. Because his mother and concubine always wanted to get the antidote from that man, she begged her father to spare his life, so he was spared death and has been detained in the Ministry of Punishments. on death row."
Xia Chu's eyes lit up: "That person is still alive and on death row in the Ministry of Punishments?"
Xiao Mubai knew what she was planning, so he poured a basin of cold water on it: "Don't even think about asking anything from his mouth. What kind of punishment was not used on him back then, and now he can't do anything." It’s just a matter of hanging on for a breath.”
Xia Chu didn't take it seriously: "I didn't point him to hand over the antidote. Anyway, you can recover after a month by drinking a little bit of your heart's blood every day. I just want to ask how big the hatred is. How old are you to use this strange poison from the Western Regions on a child of yours?"
"How old are you?" Xiao Mubai's eyes were filled with shock: "Didn't I win the prize when I was thirteen?"
Xia Chu was startled by his sudden reaction and replied to him: "No, this ice poison will have to be buried in the body for at least ten years before it attacks. Judging from the time of your attack, the maximum is three years old, and the minimum is It was probably buried when it was born.”
Xiao Mubai's face instantly lost all color. If it was true as Xia Chu said, he couldn't be the person on death row.
"What, what's wrong?" Xia Chu asked tentatively when he saw that his expression was not right.
Xiao Mubai's face froze, and then he told her the whole story of his thirteenth year: "That day was the 40th birthday of Pang Weiguang, Concubine Qi's wedding guard, and the concubine concubine commemorated him when she escorted him from Liang Guo to Xiao He took good care of him on his way to the country and prepared to go in person to congratulate him on his birthday and make him look good.
Although Xiao Mubai was only thirteen that year, he also knew that it was not easy for his mother and concubine in the palace, so he asked for permission to leave the palace for a visit and celebrate her birthday on her behalf.
Concubine Qi didn't think anything of it and told him to pay attention to safety and not lose his identity, so she agreed to him.
Pang Weiguang spent most of his time in the palace and rarely returned home.
Therefore, he bought his house in the open western suburbs. Although the house was huge, it was cheap because it was in the suburbs.
After Xiao Mubai left, Pang Weiguang treated him to fruit wine when he saw that he was still young. He had never drank fruit wine before, so he took a sip of the sour and sweet wine and drank it before he felt drunk. "Xiao Mubai paused when he said this.
Xia Chu naturally knew how much he drank, and it didn't take long for him to get drunk.
Xiao Mubai's face was full of regret: "When I woke up, my whole body was as cold as if blood had condensed. Every time I moved, it felt like thousands of needles and awls were pricking my body, which made me miserable. The first picture I saw when I opened my eyes was a The sword passed through the body of the guard in front of me and stabbed into my chest. If he hadn't blocked the front, I would have been the one who was pierced through the heart by the sword. If I hadn't been greedy, they wouldn't have had to tie me up and suffer heavy casualties. "
Xia Chu saw that he looked sad when he said this, and gently patted the back of his hand to comfort him: "You are so fashionable and young, I really can't blame you."
Xiao Mubai suppressed the grief in his heart: "They protected me and fought out of the house. The people chasing me shouted, 'It's useless for you to protect him because he's suffering from cold poison. It's better to escape alone.' Although I may have more I was slightly injured but not fatal, but I didn't expect that I was poisoned. The secret guards did not escape and took me out of the house, but suddenly a group of people from all walks of life came out in a fight on the way. The secret guards stopped them and let me Run quickly. I don’t know the way, so I stumbled all the way and ran as hard as I could in one direction. Somehow I got to the foot of Zilan Mountain and saw you falling into the water."
(End of chapter)