Prince Rui's mansion was unusual tonight.
The servants who came and went in the yard all had solemn expressions, as if the sky had fallen. Even the wind at night seemed to be icy cold, blowing so much that cold sweat broke out on people's foreheads.
Tie Yi followed the young man and said in a low voice, "Master, no trace was found."
Xie Jing Xing glanced at him, the calmer his expression, the more a black storm was brewing in his eyes, it seemed that the next moment would sweep people into it. He asked back, "No?"
Tie Yi froze and was about to speak when he saw Gao Yang come out from inside. Gao Yang was still smelling of alcohol, and he was obviously called over at the banquet. Fortunately, his eyes were clear and he didn't get drunk. He walked straight over and said, "Sister-in-law is fine. The knife marks haven't hurt her vitals. She has already ordered someone to bandage her. She probably fainted when she was frightened. She took some tranquilizers. She will wake up early tomorrow."
Xie Jing Xing's eyes calmed down, Tie Yi also let out a sigh of relief, and listened to Gao Yang again, "However, Pei Lang's injuries are very serious, the stab wound is too deep, and he bleeds a lot, I did everything I could. Whether he can survive or not depends on himself." The meaning behind the words is that whether Pei Lang can wake up or not depends on whether his life is tough enough.
"It seems that Mr. Pei blocked the knife for Madam." Tie Yi said cautiously. Although Pei Lang's position in Prince Rui's mansion was a little tricky, at this moment he had no choice but to thank him.
“This is not a good thing.” Gao Yang glanced at Xie Jing Xing with a cold expression, and said, “If he really can’t wake up… With the temperament of a sister-in-law, he will feel guilty in his heart for the rest of his life.”
Shen Miao was the one with the most clear feelings and also the least like to owe favors to others, what she owed to others would definitely be returned. Pei Lang really saved his life, and when Shen Miao woke up in the future to find out about it, if Pei Lang did not survive, what would happen to Shen Miao, I really dare not let people think about it.
“Did Long Ye seal the city gate?” Xie Jing Xing asked.
"It's closed." Tie Yi said, "The people from the Mo Yu Army's Anbu also all dispatched, but since no one around found out, and Madam didn't even have time to call for help, that person either has no martial arts skills or is very clever."
Xie Jing Xing said, "Don't think about it, just catch the living ones and kill them directly."
"The man behind that..."
"Check again!"
Tie Yi was ordered to leave, Xie Jing Xing looked at Gao Yang again and said, “You stay here tonight, if the situation is critical, you don’t need to walk back and forth.”
Gao Yang said, "I know." He glanced at Xie Jing Xing again, "You should rest first." But his expression was very solemn.
Not far from Bixiaolou, he rushed to attack Princess Rui, and the other party's courage was too much. Not only that, I'm afraid that even Prince Rui's mansion will not be taken seriously. There are people with such courage in the Ding capital, probably the Lu family. But the Lu family would not start from Shen Miao, so the article in it was somewhat meaningful.
No matter what, this was a signal that the forces hidden in the dark finally couldn’t hold back and started to move, and the first person they chose to sacrifice in Prince Rui’s residence was Shen Miao.
But at the moment Xie Jing Xing did not care so much, he walked into the room and Shen Miao was lying on the boat, her face was pale, her eyes were closed, her eyelashes were drooping, she looked very weak.
He sighed and sat down beside Shen Miao's bed.
There was also a food basket on the table in the room, which contained the longevity noodles that Shen Miao instructed the kitchen of Bixiaolou to make specially for him. Star anise said, I was afraid it was broken, so I deliberately filtered it with cold water first. But it has been so long now, even after filtering it, it has long since become a sticky ball.
Xie Jing Xing thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to open the food basket and fished out the bowl from it.
The noodles in the bowl have already congealed into a bit of goo, and there are faint white noodles, green vegetables, and egg yolks lying on them. It's cold and not tasty.
Xie Jing Xing took out a pair of chopsticks and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Star Anise and Fennel said that Shen Miao asked Gu Yu to buy some fireworks early this morning, as well as food and drinks, in the small pavilion not far from Bixiao Tower, the best way to watch the fireworks is by the lake. He also specially instructed people to cook longevity noodles according to the time, thinking that he wanted to make amends.
The two of them fought coldly for a while and it was Shen Miao who bowed her head first. Bajiao also said that Shen Miao's life was not very good these days, Xie Jing Xing felt relieved, he was a man, in the end he had to be more generous and he would not care about the past. Who knew that before the words of apology were said, they saw Pei Lang and Shen Miao lying in a pool of blood.
It's hard to describe the feeling at that moment. It was about the height of summer, but I felt chills from head to toe, and I lacked the courage to step up and confirm.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Xie Jing Xing's noodles tasted like chewing wax and he finally finished the bowl of noodles. He put the empty noodle bowl on the table and held Shen Miao's hand. But regret it.
If it wasn't for him to be angry with Shen Miao, why would Shen Miao want to apologize to him and not go to the pavilion next to Bixiaolou, perhaps this would not have happened.
Outside, Luo Tan got the news and was rushing towards this end. Seeing Gao Yang, he first asked Gao Yang, "What's wrong with my little cousin?"
"She's fine." Gao Yang said, "Pei Lang blocked a knife for her."
"Mr. Pei?" Luo Tan was stunned: "How about Mr. Pei?"
"Not very good." Gao Yang shook his head.
"Can't you even save him?" Luo Tan asked.
Gao Yang smiled bitterly: "I'm a doctor, not a Bodhisattva. If everyone can be put out of the fire, no one will be in the palace of the King of Hell."
Luo Tan said, "I just found out today that my little cousin had a fight with my brother-in-law, saying that it was because my little cousin didn't visit my brother-in-law when he was ill? The ladies in Bixiao Tower were all saying that my little cousin was not my little cousin. My cousin is ruthless and ruthless, what do they know! When the little cousin was begging for medicine for her brother-in-law at the strange Taoist priest, who did they see? Make trouble!"
"Strange Taoist priest?" Gao Yang heard the key point in her words and asked, "What strange Taoist priest, what's the point of asking for medicine?"
Luo Tan was stunned for a while, annoyed in her heart that she had said the wrong thing, she sneered for a while, thinking that Shen Miao would not let her speak, and said, "Nothing, I will say it at will. I will go and see the little cousin first." Shen Miao walked in the room where she was lying.
Gao Yang grabbed her and said, "Don't go, Xie Jing Xing is inside."
"Ah?" Luo Tan lowered her head, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Are you staying here tonight?"
"I want to stay here and see what's going on with Pei Lang." Gao Yang said, "Go back first."
Luo Tan shook her head: "I'm not going back, I'll be right here, wait until the little cousin wakes up."
Gao Yang knew that Luo Tan was stubborn, so he didn't persuade him much.
This night, in everyone's heart, was extraordinarily long.
The assassination of Shen Miao and Pei Lang was concealed and everyone in the Bixiao Tower did not know about it and thought that Xie Jing Xing had left the table early, but they did not know that Prince Rui’s residence was a sleepless night. This night, the people all waited anxiously for the ending.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. There was a little light in the sun, and when the birds in the yard began to sing, there was silence in both rooms.
Xie Jing Xing looked at Gao Yang and asked, "What's going on?"
Gao Yang frowned, playing with Shen Miao and Pei Lang, but in front of a room full of people, he shook his head.
"Strange, Pei Lang's injuries are too severe, but so far there has been no movement. He should have reacted, but it was like falling asleep. The princess didn't hurt her flesh and blood, and she should have woken up after taking tranquilizers, but she hasn't woken up yet. Come."
"So?" Xie Jing Xing's face was sinking as he stared at Gao Yang aggressively.
"It's... a little weird."
Uncle Tang said cautiously: "Could there be another poison? It's just that Dr. Gao hadn't discovered it before."
"Impossible." Gao Yang categorically denied: "The pulse of the two of them is not a sign of poison. On the contrary, if there is or not, there is no problem, but they have not woken up."
"Then what should I do?" Luo Tan became a little anxious: "My little cousin can't sleep like this all the time, there must be a reason."
Gao Yang glanced at Xie Jing Xing, Xie Jing Xing's gaze made him a little overwhelmed, so he could only say: "Wait for another half a day to see."
For half a day, Xie Jing Xing only stayed by Shen Miao's bedside, but let alone half a day, Shen Miao did not wake up until late at night. Pei Lang was the same.
Uncle Tang asked Gao Yang, "Young Master Gao, what's going on here? Even if Madam and Young Master Pei don't wake up, there must be a reason. Even you can't see the reason?"
Pei Lang's heart was really bitter and could not tell, this Shen Miao and Pei Lang had no symptoms so far, but they just couldn't wake up. Even the doctor should judge based on the patient's reaction, but apart from the absence of pulses, the two of them are just like ordinary people falling asleep. How can he tell
Just facing Xie Jing Xing's increasingly indifferent and sharp gaze, Gao Yang felt pressure.
Later, Ji Yushu also hurried over with the news, and everyone was worried together.
Luo Tan couldn't help it, she was about to get angry, and she almost burst into tears, she said, "Is it because of a collision these days, first my brother-in-law, and now I'm a little cousin, if my little cousin has three strengths and two weaknesses, what should I do? How can I explain it to my aunt and uncle?" He blew his nose again: "I came here and swore to protect my little cousin, but who knew that I would protect my little cousin like this, I'm really ashamed!"
Gao Yang patted her on the shoulder: "It's not your fault."
"If I were by her side, at least I wouldn't let anyone take advantage of it." He thought of something, and said angrily, "And my brother-in-law too, if I didn't get angry with my little cousin, it wouldn't be for nothing. Let people follow the little cousin to start with the little cousin."
Gao Yang was helpless, the matter between Xie Jing Xing and Shen Miao was really not something he could get involved in. However, Luo Tan was in a time of fury and it was a fact that Shen Miao refused to wake up.
"If the little cousin can't wake up, then he will regret it!" Luo Tan said angrily, "Those ladies are partial to their beliefs, he is always the bedside of the little cousin, and he still doesn't believe that the little cousin really has no feelings for him. She thought for a while, then squeezed her fist: "I think about it, there is no need to hide this matter from my brother-in-law. The little cousin has paid so much for him, and the result is that he was taken advantage of by others. If the little cousin really does not Well, we have to let her speak clearly. Little cousin doesn't say it, I will!"
"What are you going to say?" Ji Yushu asked curiously.
Luo Tan glared at him, "Of course it's a bigger credit than the Ye family's siblings!"
Luo Tan angrily went to find Xie Jing Xing, Gao Yang was afraid that she would cause trouble, so he hurriedly followed behind. When he arrived at the door, he saw Xie Jing Xing come out of the house with a sullen face, since Shen Miao's accident, Xie Jing Xing has not changed his face.
Luo Tan said, "Prince Rui!" She didn't call her "brother-in-law" that affectionately.
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her, Shen Miao was still awake, he was also bored in his heart, and he was even more impatient when dealing with others, his face was calm.
But Luo Tan had a disregarding temperament. When her temper came up, the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu were not afraid. She said: "little cousin refused to let me tell me before, but now she's lying on the hospital bed, she doesn't speak, I can speak. I don't have any scruples, and I don't think as much as she thinks, what I have done is plain. It is too much of a loss to hide for no reason and not be known!"
Uncle Tang and Tie Yi, who came here after hearing the news, also stood aside, and they all looked at Luo Tan with a little surprise when they heard the news.
"Those ladies all said that when you were bedridden, the little cousin didn't come to see you very much. You feel that you are being neglected. The little cousin is a ruthless person, so you are not happy, and you are angry with her, right?" Luo Tan stared at him and said, "But you don't know that she refused to come to see you in those days, not because she didn't want to come, but because she went out of town to ask for medicine for you!"
Going out of the city to ask for medicine for Xie Jing Xing, Xie Jing Xing's eyes fell on Tie Yi, Tie Yi Nuonuo lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at Xie Jing Xing.
It was because Shen Miao asked them to hide it from their servants, but after Shen Miao came back, she inexplicably had a cold war with Xie Jing Xing again. Once Xie Jing Xing became cold-hearted, no one around would dare to touch his bad head at this juncture. I wanted to wait a few days to talk about it, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen again.
"Clarify!" Xie Jing Xing took a step forward.
Luo Tan said: "Don't you know, I heard that there is an expert in Fengtou Zhuang who can change his life against the sky and help people change their fate." She glanced at Gao Yang: "At that time, Gao Yang was refining and detoxifying for you. Medicine, the little cousin gave you all three Guiyuan Pills, but it can only save your life for a while. If you can't find an antidote within ten days, your life will be lost. But you are on the fourth day. When the situation was critical, the imperial doctor said that you could not last for seven days, and my little cousin heard the legend of the master in Fengtou Zhuang, so she took me and a few guards to Fengtou Zhuang."
Xie Jing Xing's eyes froze fiercely.
Who was Shen Miao, who analyzed the pros and cons rationally and shrewdly, and seemed to especially not believe in ghosts and gods, even to believe such absurd words as changing one's fate against the sky, it was really desperate and anxious.
"Fengtou Zhuang is not far from Longye, but the place where the masters live is extremely difficult to find. That day we rushed there overnight, almost lost our way in the woods, and the wolves, the little cousin was not afraid of it. For the slightest bit, I insisted on lighting a torch to find a way through the night, for fear that I would not be able to come back in time to save you."
"On the second day, we found the expert. Because of the Qimen Dunjia, the expert only brought me and my little cousin into the valley, who have no martial arts skills. It is said that there is a spirit grass that can cure hundreds of poisons, but it needs to be small. Cousin pays the price. The price is actually not very difficult. It doesn’t need people’s gold and silver, let alone people’s lives. But it requires people to pick out the bugs one by one from the red-sleeved grass in the valley, and then give them to They fertilize one by one."
Gao Yang and Ji Yushu both looked surprised, Tang Shu and Tie Yi were even more shocked.
They haven't heard others say these things, and they don't even know that there are these origins. Uncle Tang also suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Shen Miao was so embarrassed on the day she returned to the residence, and in Ye Mei's comparison, she had lost the demeanor of Princess Rui. I didn't know the reason at the time, but now I understand it. It turned out that Shen Miao did not sleep that night, but was busy working as a flower farmer for Xie Jing Xing to ask for medicine. For a while, there was a bit of sigh, to be able to condescend to do this for others, in addition to being able to bend and stretch, what is more valuable is the mind.
Luo Tan seemed to be more and more relieved: "It doesn't sound like anything, right? But she has been pampered and raised since she was a child. A valley full, even those peasant women can't complete it alone. Go to sleep, immediately start moving, and have been busy all night. You people in fine clothes and jade food, I am afraid that you have never touched a fat pole in your life. Since she can do this, why should she be shorter than that pair of siblings One point?” Luo Tan looked at Xie Jing Xing and said, “It’s true that the Ye family’s brothers and sisters saved you, they do have the kindness to save your life, but my little cousin is not inferior!”
"Say she's not by your side, but you can ask the servant of the prince's mansion, how many days did she stay in front of your bed before she left the mansion? Did she ever leave? She takes care of you without sleep? Can't compare to the Ye family's sister and brother who only have that one-sided relationship?"
"Now that my little cousin has fallen to this point, I feel wronged for her. What did His Royal Highness promise when he married her back to Great Liang from Ming Qi? But you can't even believe her. There are many bad things, but there is no doubt about one thing, her sincerity is no doubt!"
After Luo Tan finished speaking, her face turned red, but it seemed that the sullen anger in her heart had been swept away, and then she looked at Xie Jing Xing's expression. He was neither sad nor happy, and his face was calm, but the calmer he was, the more terrifying he felt. As if under the silence, a boundless storm is condensing.
"Done?" he asked slowly.
The tone was so cold that Luo Tan couldn't help shrinking her neck.
Gao Yang hurriedly stood up and said, "Now is not the time to investigate these matters. The top priority is to think about how to wake the two of them up."
Xie Jing Xing sneered, “This is not easy, just arrest the Ye family siblings.”
Ji Yushu was taken aback: "Third brother, what do you want to do?"
“Since she is abnormal for the Ye family’s siblings, there must be something wrong with the Ye family’s siblings. No matter if they are behind their instigation or not, there is no reason to forgive her.” Xie Jing Xing turned around and was about to leave. He was grabbed by Gao Yang and said, "No! They are not the powerless Li family now, but the Ye family. What's the fate of disturbing the Ye family?"
"Let go." Xie Jing Xing said coldly.
"Calm down!" Gao Yang said, "If the princess really hates the Ye family's sister and brother, she will definitely not want to hurt herself for so long. You're not holding her back!"
"That's right, third brother," Ji Yushu also chimed in, "The Ye family is not a small family in Long Ye. If you take action like this, I'm afraid it will bring trouble to the Prince's Mansion."
"She can bear it, I can't." Xie Jing Xing said, "The Ye family has moved the bottom line."
"Third brother..." Ji Yushu was still trying to persuade him, but suddenly an octagonal voice came from outside the yard, but the girl who was smiling, seemed a little flustered, and said, "Master, someone is here!"
Tie Yi frowned slightly, as if he was dissatisfied with Bajiao's gaffe, and said, "Who?"
"Yes... the Taoist priest that Madam and us met at Fengtou Zhuang that day." Bajiao said hesitantly.
"What?" Luo Tan's eyes widened.
Ji Yushu who was holding Xie Jing Xing's sleeve couldn't help but let go and looked at Bajiao: "Taoist?"
Octagon nodded.
In the hall, the strange Taoist priest in tattered clothes was touching this one, and looking at that one, it seemed that it was the first time he had entered the mansion gate, and his eyes were full of curiosity. Fennel and Congyang stood on the side awkwardly, they knew Daoist Chiyan. But the Chi Yan Daoist approached the two of them with this familiar tone as soon as he entered the door, but he was a little uncomfortable.
When Xie Jing Xing and his party came to the hall, Daoist Chi Yan was about to buckle down the jewel eyes of the crane on a vase, and asked Fenxiang, "Can this poor Daoist take it away."
"Master Chiyan!" Luo Tan shouted as soon as she saw him.
When Chiyan saw it was her, she smiled and said, "Miss Luo, long time no see."
Luo Tan thought to herself, it was clear that it was not too long, but she couldn't care about anything else at the moment, so she said, "You came here, did you know that something happened to my little cousin, and you came to change my little cousin's life on purpose?" Although Luo Tan felt this Daoist Chi Yan was very hard on people, but he seemed to have some real skills, otherwise Shen Miao would not trust the other party so much.
Daoist Chi Yan looked at Xie Jing Xing who was silent behind Luo Tan and said with a smile, “A poor Daoist can’t change his life, he can only tell his fortune. What do you think about this little brother?”
"I don't believe in heaven." Xie Jingxing said.
"The way of heaven is unbelievable, why should people be persistent and seek answers from the way of heaven?" Chief Chi Yan shook his head and said, "This lady's fate is so strange that no one else can fathom it, it's all up to her to choose. You and I , can't help it."
Luo Tan couldn't understand Daoist Chiyan's rambling words, so he hurriedly asked, "Daoist priest, what should my little cousin do now?"
"Is the spirit grass I gave her still there?" Chief Chi Yan asked.
"Huh?" Luo Tan wondered, "When we came back, the prince's poison had already been cured, so the herbs were naturally useless. I don't know where the little cousin kept them."
“The servants seem to know!” Jing Zhe said, and took everyone to Shen Miao’s room again, really found a dusty box under the dressing table, opened it, there was a tree lying inside that didn’t look like much Special herb.
Luo Tan said with sharp eyes, "That's it!"
"Let's fry it." Chi Yan stroked his beard.
“Wait.” Xie Jing Xing looked at the strange Taoist priest, “Why should I trust you?”
"You don't have to believe in Pindao, but you have no other choice." Chi Yandao sighed: "This medicinal material was found by this lady, but when it was found, Pindao said the word "futile" , even without this herb, you will be safe and sound. There is no such catastrophe in your life, and what she has done is nothing."
Everyone was stunned.
"However, it's not all in vain." The strange Taoist showed a somewhat relieved look on his face: "The one who loves people is Renheng, and the one who saves people is always saving. If she was in the valley, she was half insincere and half insincere. If you perfunctory, you will not get this spirit grass, and there will be no today. This spirit grass is in the name of saving you, but it is actually saving her, and she is actually saving herself by paying for you!"
At this moment, Luo Tan faintly heard some clues and asked: "Meaning, you already knew that this spirit grass would not be used on the prince, but on my little cousin. You counted as little cousin. There will be such a life and death catastrophe, so let her exchange herbs, in fact, for herself."
The strange Taoist priest looked at Luo Tan and said with a smile, "You can teach Ruzi."
Xie Jing Xing stared at him, “You asked her to be a medicinal farmer?”
But there was killing intent in his eyes, the Taoist took a step back, hid behind Gao Yang, coughed twice, and said, "There is a catastrophe in her life, and Pindao has reduced that catastrophe to the smallest. , wouldn't it be much easier to be a medicinal farmer?"
"But why isn't she awake yet?" Gao Yang wondered: "I am also a doctor. I checked her symptoms, but I couldn't find the source. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with her. She should have woken up today, but it was too late. Wake up, what's the reason for this?"
The Taoist said: "Pindao said, this is her destiny."
"What kind of robbery comes and goes, but people don't understand." Luo Tan said, "You might as well tell us directly, when will my little cousin wake up after eating that herb?"
Chi Yan smiled: "That herb is not for her, but for another injured person."
The other injured person, could it be Pei Lang
Xie Jing Xing said in a low voice, “If you dare to pretend to be a ghost, I can kill you right now.”
"The hostility is too heavy." Chi Yan shook his head: "The one who gave up his life for his wife was because of some entanglements in his life. This lady asked for medicinal herbs, and it happened to be enough, but this period of debt was indebted."
"Then what about my sister-in-law?" Ji Yushu asked.
The strange Taoist priest looked at Shen Miao lying on the bed, her expression was calm, as if she was asleep, but her face was pale and felt unreal.
"She picked out bugs for my red-sleeved grass in my valley, but she couldn't pick out the bugs in her heart."
"This catastrophe is both fortunate and unfortunate for her."
"Pindao has three relationships with her, and two dynasties. The last time with her is for this fate."
"Everything in the world is unsatisfactory, there are regrets, and there is unwillingness. She wanted to ask for an answer, but no one told him." The strange Taoist narrowed his eyes.
"Now, she's found a way, and the answer she's looking for is just around the corner. No one can help her, you can't, she can't, and neither can the poor."
“So, wait patiently.” The Taoist priest looked at Xie Jing Xing.
"That's your fate."