Yun Ke also woke up on the fourth day. When he woke up, the morning light had penetrated the window of the Zen room and slanted into the room. There was a faint fragrance of sandalwood at the end of his nose, and there was a distant sound of ancient bells and golden jade in his ears. Voice. As in the sky and as in the ears.
"Are you awake?" A warm voice came from the room, and Yun Ke turned his head in the direction of the voice.
Under the reflection of the morning light, a man in a gray-white Zen robe stood by the bed, his eyes calm and gentle. His face was still covered with a veil, his black hair hung down his shoulders, and he was randomly tied up with a mahogany hairpin. A string of boxwood Zen beads hung on his slender fingers. The beads were slowly turning on his white fingertips, just like the movement of life.
"Brother Six." Yun Ke wanted to sit up, but as soon as he moved, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back, which made him gasp suddenly.
"You lost a lot of blood, so you slept a little longer." Yun Ling said with a slight smile. "Physician Sun was scared to death by you. If you don't wake up again, I'm afraid I'm going to report the truth to my father."
"Sixth brother is worried." Yun Ke didn't dare to act rashly now, so he could only nod his head slightly.
"Between you and me, there's no need to say these outlandish things. I've been practicing here all year round, and you're the only one who can visit me and talk to me." Yunling's eyes dimmed slightly, but then he recovered. normal.
"Brother Six. Did anything happen while I was in a coma?" Yun Ke looked around, pondered for a moment, and then asked.
"Which aspect are you asking about?" Yunling lifted the hem of his clothes, sat down on the soft stool by the bed, and looked at his younger brother meaningfully.
Yun Ke was slightly taken aback. Then he burst out laughing, he, the sixth brother, had been out of the world for a long time, although he couldn't hide what happened in the capital from him, but he almost never talked about it in front of him, and asked him himself. Isn't it a white question.
In fact, what he really wanted to ask was how Gu Yuqi was doing. It's just that he didn't have the nerve to ask so directly in front of Yunling.
He never expected Gu Yuqi to come to see him, but he couldn't help but think, maybe she would really come to see him? Yun Ke felt a little tired and lost.
"When you were in a coma, Mrs. Dingyuan Hou came to beg to see you." Yun Ling seemed to see through Yun Ke's mind. "But I was dismissed by me."
"Oh." Yun Ke nodded thoughtfully.
"I think the young lady from Dingyuan Hou's family must be very beautiful." Yunling said with a slight smile, "Although it is not polite to talk about others behind their backs, there must be something special about making you risk your life to save her, isn't it? "
Suddenly two blushes appeared on Yun Ke's jade-like cheeks, and she turned her head away unnaturally, "What are you talking about?" That woman is not beautiful, she is obviously very hateful. Yun Ke thought of Gu Yuqi's eyebrows, and there was an inexplicable emotion in his heart.
Well, that woman is beautiful and will be even more beautiful in the future.
"Don't be stubborn." Yunling smiled lightly. He always felt that his seventh brother was too cold, with a calmness and ruthlessness that didn't match his age, but at that moment just now, he seemed to be alive When I woke up, there was a bit of a smell of human fireworks. "With your skill, if you didn't have to take other things into consideration, how could you be injured so badly? I have already mentioned you back to the emperor, but I just said that you accidentally fell, and the fifth brother sent someone to ask about your injury." , That's what I said too. You can rest assured to stay here for a few more days."
"Thank you Fifth Brother." Yun Ke nodded.
Soon the capital will be in chaos, he remembers it clearly, anyway, he has already arranged everything early, it is good to stay in Huguo Temple for a few more days, and it happens to avoid those things in the capital.
"It's a pity." Yun Ling suddenly sighed again.
"What's wrong?" Yun Ke asked smoothly.
"I'm afraid we won't be able to see Mrs. Dingyuan Hou in the future." Yun Ling sighed. "Besides, that Miss Dingyuanhou's wife is more famous now, and she can be regarded as notorious. It is rumored that she forced her biological mother to death, disobeyed her biological father, and was expelled from Dingyuanhou's residence. I am begging hard in front of him, I am afraid that now the emperor has ordered to arrest the daughter of the Dingyuan Houfu, oh, no, it can only be said to be the former daughter."
Yun Ke's heart skipped a beat, "What happened?" He just fell into a coma for a few days, how could so many things happen! Forcing the biological mother to death and disobeying the biological father? What a crime!
"On the night you were injured, I heard that the Dingyuanhou's family who lived in the monastery in front rushed back to the capital overnight. The disobedient biological father was expelled from the house and set fire to the mansion. Mrs. Dingyuanhou disappeared in the fire and her whereabouts are unknown. Most of them were burned to death in the Houfu. " Yunling said while carefully watching the expression of his seventh brother.
Madam Dingyuanhou is dead! Yun Ke couldn't bear it any longer, and sat up, "Is what Sixth Brother said true?" He eagerly held Yun Ling's hand, and Yun Ling looked down at his movements, then raised his eyes and nodded. "Should be inseparable." He paused, "The Dingyuanhou's mansion has issued a notice last night, and invited the mage from the Huguo Temple to perform three-day rituals for Mrs. Dingyuanhou." He said He just told the truth according to what he heard, as for the truth or falsehood, he had nothing to do with it. He only said it because Yun Ke was very concerned about the daughter of the Dingyuan Houfu. Chi's private claws carried it.
Although Yun Ke has been refusing to say who fell in with him after being rescued, the cloth strips tied to his body are made of a completely different material from his clothes. Even if he refuses to say, Yun Ling would guess Get one or two. Mrs. Dingyuanhou's unexpected visit and sound-testing, coupled with the fact that the person who came to report the news was obviously dressed as a servant girl from a wealthy family, Yunling can probably guess the reason for it as long as he thinks about it.
Yun Ke has always been cold-hearted, if he hadn't become protective of the young lady of Dingyuan Hou's family, how could he have remained silent
Yun Ke frowned deeply.
He slowly lay back on the bed again, his mind is in a mess now, how could this happen
Counting the previous life, Mrs. Dingyuanhou also passed away around this time. But in the previous life, Gu Yuqi was always the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and she was not kicked out of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion. What went wrong
Still... Yun Ke's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but clenched his fists tightly. Damn Gu Yuqi, in order to avoid me, she used such a cruel method! Set fire again! In your last life, it was the imperial palace that was set on fire, and you were the one who burned down. In this life, you burned down the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion first, and it was your own mother who was burned to death! The Dingyuanhou Mansion also left.
That's right, it must be Gu Yuqi's fault. She blatantly contradicted herself, and beat herself again. Beating up the royal family is considered a felony. Marquis Ding Yuan must have wanted her to come to apologize and admit her mistake after learning about it, but she refused, so she disobeyed her biological father.
He just felt a surge of anger suddenly rising from his heart, damn it! He thought that in this life, this woman would restrain herself, stop filial piety, and be unkind, but who knew that Gu Yuqi in this life would become even worse. In the last life, Gu Yuqi married into the palace under the filial piety, and she was shameless. This life is even better, directly setting fire to her mother and absconding in fear of crime? !
He instantly felt that he was simply a fool, how could he think about this kind of woman for decades, even if he lived another life, he would never forget it! It's true, if there is a crime, he can't clean himself. He killed his brother with his own hands, but if he doesn't do it, he will die, and what about Gu Yuqi? Thinking about how the Marquis of Dingyuan cultivated her carefully, how could he easily be unfavorable to her? Even if he had thought about it, he never said that he forced his daughter to death, but Gu Yuqi forced her biological mother to death and disobeyed her biological father. Can it be done, is it still human
Anger surged, and even the eyes dimmed a bit. But after getting angry, he thought about it carefully, and felt that there seemed to be something wrong.
This made Yun Ke frowned deeply.
"You go to rest first. Don't think too much about other things." Looking at his brother's deeply furrowed brows, Yunling sighed silently, comforted him a few words, then got up and left.
The more Yun Ke thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he summoned the secret guards, "Send someone to check the whereabouts of Gu Yuqi in Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, who he is with, and report back immediately if you find out." He ordered. The dark guard took the order to leave, and Yun Ke slowly closed his eyes.
Of course, Gu Yuqi's whereabouts must be found out, but there is still one thing that is in front of him. If he remembers correctly, in half a month, a nationwide plague will break out in Daqi.
He has secretly collected a lot of medicinal materials such as dead leaves and stored them in secret. This kind of medicine is only three taels of silver per catty now, but the price will soar to twenty gold per catty in a month. The speed of the price increase and the high rate of increase are simply shocking.
It was this plague that caused Emperor Jing's trust in His Royal Highness to drop sharply, and there were many bandits everywhere. The fourth brother Ding Wang Yunqing of the Jiangbei Camp will also lead troops out of Jiangbei on the grounds of righteous suppression of bandits. After the banditry is eliminated, Ding Wang Yunqing will rise to the throne King Jing, Yunyi, was favored by Emperor Jing because of his timely and proper handling of the plague. In order to check and balance the rising King Ding, Emperor Jing would allocate part of the military power to Yunyi and himself.
This plague is a starting point for him to start to gain power and step towards the peak step by step.
In the previous life, he risked his life to enter the epidemic area, accidentally contracted the plague, and almost lost his life there. Thanks to Zhang Wanyi who took out an ancient prescription, the method recorded on it saved the people of the world, and even more so. He, and the most important herb in this recipe is the dead leaf grass, because it accounts for a large proportion in this recipe, so the dead leaf grass will be out of stock for a while, making it hard to find.
It was also because of this that Zhang Wanyi was married to Yunyi by Emperor Jing and became the main concubine of Prince Jing.
In his previous life, he had nearly died in the epidemic area, and he was disheartened. Yunyi and Concubine De forced him to go. If the people in the epidemic area were saved, all the credit would be on Yunyi's head. If he also got the plague, all the responsibilities would be on him. They will all be pushed on his head, and have nothing to do with Yunyi, everything is due to his mishandling.
Such a ruthless concubine De, such a ruthless Fifth Brother, in his last life he swore when he was seriously ill that if he could escape this disaster, all those who bullied him would be punished.
In this life, he had known the prescription given by Zhang Wanyi for a long time, so naturally he would not suffer from infection anymore, but the most urgent thing was that he had to heal the wound on his body immediately, and then return to the capital.
Because it won't be long before the plague breaks out, and he will be sent to the affected area by Yunyi.
Thinking of the prescription, Yun Ke suddenly remembered something, which he didn't take to heart in his last life, but in this life, he needs to take a look.
Gu Yuqi and her party mostly travel at night after they have rested enough. They will not attract too much attention when they set off on the road at night, but this also has a disadvantage, that is, according to the laws of Daqi, towns must be closed at night , so Gu Yuqi and the others can only try their best to avoid the towns and not pass through the towns. This will take more distance, but compared to the risk of crossing the towns, it is nothing to take more mountain roads.
From the capital to Kuizhou, it would take about 15 days for a fast horse to rush without listening day and night, but Gu Yuqi and the others only drove at night and rested during the day, which slowed down the journey even more. Gu Yuqi estimated that it would take them almost In Kuizhou, the plague has already broken out in a town a little to the south.
She found the prescription in an ancient book in her previous life. She happily showed the prescription to Zhang Wanyi and asked her to send someone to test the medicine on a few sick people. After a few days, Zhang Wanyi preemptively offered this prescription.
Because she heard that Yun Ke was sent to the epidemic area to provide disaster relief, she was so anxious that she stayed up all night foolishly, diving into medical books to find a cure. No one would know how many nights she had stayed up. Yun Ke also didn't know how uncomfortable and worried she felt when she learned that he was infected with the plague and was quarantined in the epidemic area. A tattered manuscript was found in an inconspicuous little shop, it was an ancient book from the previous dynasty, and this prescription was recorded on it.
She was very angry at that time, and just wanted to go to Zhang Wanyi to make a theory, but she didn't expect that Zhang Wanyi went to Dingyuanhou's mansion to take the blame, crying and complaining that the prescription was not offered by her behind Gu Yuqi's back, but was accidentally given by her. Her father, Prime Minister Zhang, found out that she dedicated it to His Royal Highness Jing Wang without her knowledge, and His Royal Highness Jing thought it was Zhang Wanyi who found it, and invited His Majesty the method.
She begged Gu Yuqi bitterly not to tell this matter, otherwise their family would be criminals deceiving the emperor, and they would kill the whole family. Besides, whether this prescription will work is another matter. If it doesn't work, their Zhang family will bear the consequences. Gu Yuqi was so angry that she was going to die, but Zhang Wanyi's begging made her feel compassionate. After all, in that life, Zhang Wanyi was already her best friend. It's just a prescription, if you give it, you will give it.
Gu Yuqi recalled these, and couldn't help but smile coldly, how stupid was she in her previous life
How could a woman like Zhang Wanyi, who was born with a delicate heart, give the prescription without confirming it? Besides, Prime Minister Zhang is an old slicker who has been in the officialdom for many years, but if there is a slight mistake in this prescription, he will not make a cage for himself to get in.
Therefore, Zhang Wanyi must have confirmed that the prescription was indeed effective before taking it out.
She gained a good reputation because of this Fang Zi and became Princess Jing, but what about herself? I feel that the goal of saving Yun Ke has been achieved anyway, as long as he is safe, it doesn't matter who gave the prescription.
Later, after he returned to Beijing, he just went to thank Zhang Wanyi, and ignored him, the real savior. Even if she told him that the prescription was found by himself, he would only get ridiculed.
So silly, so silly. Gu Yuqi leaned against the carriage, holding a piece of grass in her mouth, looking up at the sky.
The sun shines through the gaps in the woods, warm and dazzling, Gu Yuqi can't help squinting her eyes. In this life, without her spending days and nights reviewing medical skills in the capital, would anyone still offer this prescription
Gu Yuqi sighed, there should be more. Even if she didn't find out the prescription in this life, that Yun Ke was reborn, so even if there is no her in this life, even if he is infected with the plague in the epidemic area, it is just a near miss. Somewhere, it seems that arrangements have already been made. Even if Gu Yuqi hadn't been frantically looking for a prescription for Yun Ke in the capital in this life, Yun Ke would not have passed away due to the plague.
As for Zhang Wanyi, I don't know how she will become Concubine Jing in this life. After all, she is two or three years older than herself, and she is not young now. But judging from the current situation, she might be canonized in a short time.
"If you go back to Miss, I'm afraid the mountain in front is a bit uneven." Zhao Wu rode a horse from a distance, dismounted and clasped his fists in front of Gu Yuqi and said.
In order to avoid towns and to avoid the pursuit of Marquis Dingyuan, they always chose relatively remote paths to walk. When they saw towns, they tried to avoid towns as much as possible. This place is already far away from the capital, so it is not surprising that there are bandits in the mountains.
Gu Yuqi still remembers that after the plague in the last life, these robbers and bandits could not survive in the mountains, they went down the mountain to rob one after another, and this caused great chaos in Daqi. They ransacked the palace. The official historian of Daqi also named the turmoil, the Gengzi Rebellion, because this year happened to be the Year of Gengzi.
Because of the plague and Gengzi Rebellion that affected the whole Daqi this time, Daqi was hurt a little bit, and the national strength will be weakened for the next few years, giving Rouran a chance to make a comeback.
However, Gu Yuqi felt that the Rouran people came a bit late. If the Rouran people took advantage of the Gengzi chaos to send troops, it would not be impossible to occupy half of Daqi.
History is like this. When you look back, everyone will be an afterthought, but at that time, there was no such courage and speed.
The further north, the more bandits. Because of the desolation, there are large and small cottages on many hills. Daqi had been fighting for years, and it seemed to be prosperous and stable, but in fact, hidden dangers had already been hidden. In the vicinity of the capital, there are even more flowers blooming like brocades. Where can we see that people in remote areas are still starving and suffering from cold.
The extravagance of the aristocrats is still unabated, and Emperor Jing is only worried about his position all day long. How can he care about whether the people live and work in peace and contentment? Peace in the world, this kind of slogan is shouted to the emperor. He is aloof, so naturally he doesn't know the real situation.
If he could have noticed the clues sooner, the Boxer Rebellion would not have exploded so comprehensively, and its impact would not have been so far-reaching.
Gu Yuqi gathered everyone together, and the more she traveled, the more Liang Huaiyu felt relieved to let Gu Yuqi arrange it. So in this team, although Liang Huaiyu is the boss, it is Gu Yuqi who counts.
"It's not far from Jiangbei Camp here. There should be bandits in the mountains ahead. Zhao Wu has already checked, if there are indeed bandits, we don't have to be afraid." Gu Yuqi thought for a while and said, "Well, let's go today Just go on the road during the day, and rest after passing the mountain. Zhao Wu, you lead the way with five guards, Sister Chunxing, you take Sister Dongxue to ride a horse together, Sister Xia He, take Sister Qiuyue, Bai Fu With black eyebrows, dyed ink with Runying, Rouge is with my mother. The rest of the guards are driving the carriage to the middle of the team. Everyone must walk together. Zhao Wu, you have rich experience. Be careful to lead the way, and carefully observe whether there are any traps or the like. If the bandits we encounter are not strong, we will fight them, but don't love to fight, in case they have support. If you encounter powerful bandits, We will focus on breaking through, and remember to go as far as possible to the Jiangbei Camp garrison after getting out of trouble, they dare not chase to the military camp. If anyone gets lost, we will gather outside the south gate of Jiangxia City where the Jiangbei Camp is located."
After Gu Yuqi finished speaking, she glanced at everyone, "Do you all remember?" She tried her best to let the maids who don't know martial arts be protected by people who understand martial arts, so that even if they break through, they won't hold everyone back.
Although Gu Yuqi is a cheater, she doesn't know much about the bandits in this area. After all, she has never experienced such a thing as suppressing bandits, but according to the memory of her previous life, she vaguely remembers that the bandits here are just a group of mobs, and it is difficult to succeed. What kind of weather, because the Jiangbei camp is not far ahead, this area of powerful bandits has long been wiped out by King Ding, and the rest are just some minions hiding in the ravines and making trouble.
So she was not very worried, but for the sake of safety, she still made such an arrangement.
"Yes, Miss." The ten guards responded in unison, their eyebrows shining brightly. It was a long time since they had heard such a powerful arrangement. They were originally orphans rescued by General Liang. They grew up in the military camp. In order to repay their kindness, they went to the Liang family in the south of the Yangtze River and became guards. However, the blood of soldiers still flows in their bones. The days in the gate of the deep house made them more and more numb, and only the days of fleeing with the young lady and the young lady awakened the blood that was already flowing freely in their blood.
Seeing the uniform answers of the guards, although there were only a few of them, they were very imposing, and Gu Yuqi's blood was also hot.
Although she has never been a soldier, she has seen others lead soldiers. It's not like she hasn't stayed with Yun Ke in a place like the military camp in her previous life. Following the voices of the guards, it seemed to evoke the memory in Gu Yuqi's mind. She straightened her chest proudly and looked at her mother.
Liang Huaiyu looked at his daughter in the morning light with warm and soft eyes. If she was a boy, would Daqi have another God of War? Maybe Gu Huaizhong doesn't need to pass on the father's mantle, but Gu Yuqi should inherit it.
In his daughter's eyebrows, Liang Huaiyu could vaguely see his father, General Liang, the god of war in Daqi. Yes, the blood flowing in his daughter's veins is the blood of generals!
"Mom, how are my arrangements?" Gu Yuqi asked.
"Okay." Liang Huaiyu nodded, then got on the horse, and lifted the silver gun stuck on the ground, "Just do as the young lady said!" She proudly raised the silver spear in her hand, and the body of the gun reflected in the sunlight. There was a dazzling light.
"Let's go then!" Gu Yuqi also got on the horse's back and raised the spear hanging from the back of the saddle.
The hearts of Chun Xing and Xia He were also filled with pride. With such young ladies and young ladies following them, there is nothing to be afraid of even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of them! What's more, it's just a group of small bandits.