Rong Tang panicked for a moment, then calmed down again.
Rong Tang was not surprised that Liuyun found this place. Instead, it confirmed his inference: the second prince's achievements were indeed made by Su Huaijing.
And if Su Huaijing had met the patient on the bed, the cases concerning the remnants of the traitors in his previous two lives would probably not have had that outcome, so Su Huaijing is most likely not here.
As long as Su Huaijing was not there, everything would be fine. Even if he was suspected in the future, Rong Tang could explain that he met Xiao Zhu asking for help on his way out of the city, and he followed her out of compassion.
Thinking of this, he calmed down a little, bowed to Liuyun to thank him, then turned to look at the patient, feeling helpless, angry and amused: "Your brother knelt on the road and begged me to save you. It took a lot of effort to get me here, and you want to kill me right away?"
Shen Feiyi's attention was all on the person who suddenly appeared at the door. He was stunned when he heard the words and looked at Xiao Zhu with a puzzled expression.
Xiao Zhuren cried until she was stupid, and only came back to her senses now. She suddenly threw herself on the bed and hugged Shen Feiyi's arm, fearing that he would stab Rong Tang again: "Brother, don't kill the kind brother... He came to save you."
Rong Tang stood aside with his arms folded, looking at Shen Feiyi coldly: "Your brother is filial, but you don't seem to care about him? You are such a heartless person, I won't save you!"
He pretended to be angry and turned to leave, but Xiao Zhu hurried over and hugged his waist, burying his face behind him. The heat from the small stove kept coming to him, and her tears soaked his outer robe again: "No! Kind brother, don't go! Please save my brother... My brother didn't mean it..."
Rong Tang couldn't bear to see a child cry. He was just pretending to cry for Shen Feiyi to see. He felt a little sad when he saw this. He subconsciously touched Xiao Zhu's hair and turned his head to look at Shen Feiyi coldly: "Do you want me to save you?"
Covered by the quilt, Rong Tang couldn't see where Shen Feiyi was injured, but his complexion was visibly bad, and he pursed his lips and struggled desperately.
After a long time, he finally let go of his strength and said, "Thank you, sir. I am Chen Fei. I am sorry for offending you today. If I can recover in the future, I will definitely serve you like a cow or a horse."
Rong Tang was slightly surprised but did not show it on his face. He walked out of the room and told Shuangshou to drive to the city to find a doctor.
Shuangfu glanced at the wound on his neck, his face turned pale for a moment, and he stumbled over and said in a trembling voice: "Master..."
"It's okay." Rong Tang shook his head and pressed it with a handkerchief for a while until the bleeding stopped before walking to the middle of the yard.
Liuyun hasn't left yet.
Although Shen Feiyi's change of attitude was abrupt, it was not difficult to understand. He was now alone with two children in the suburbs. If there was no doctor to treat him, he might die at any time.
But he cannot die, he wants to avenge his adoptive father and brothers.
So when Rong Tang gave him a way out, he immediately stepped down, but Liu Yun...
It was very strange that Liuyun would rescue him, and it was even stranger that he didn't leave after rescuing him.
After being poisoned to death by Liu Yun in the first life, Rong Tang took the time to investigate him in the second life.
He was an orphan picked up by Su Huaijing in Shu. He was only seven years old when he met him, and now he is only sixteen years old. He has some kind of infantile complex towards Su Huaijing.
Liuyun's family suffered a disaster when he was young, and his temperament became cold. For a long time when he was a child, he couldn't even speak, and the only sound he made was "ah". It was Su Huaijing who found someone to heal him. Su Huaijing and him were monarch and subject, and also brothers.
He is a knife hidden in the dark beside Su Huaijing, with the tip of the knife always facing outward. The whole world has nothing to do with him. He only listens to Su Huaijing's words and only obeys his orders.
According to Rong Tang's understanding of him, Liuyun was here to monitor Shen Feiyi, so even if he had just been killed by Shen Feiyi and was lying on the ground as a corpse, Liuyun would not blink an eye and leave the sentry post.
unless…
Rong Tang narrowed his eyes.
Unless Liuyun determines that his appearance will disrupt Su Huaijing's plans.
Rong Tang remained calm, walked to Liuyun, bowed again, clasped his fists, and bowed: "Thank you for saving me, sir. May I ask your name?"
"Liuyun." His voice was as cold as usual, as if he wanted to freeze someone to death.
Rong Tang felt a bunch of small bumps on his arms, and said with a smile: "I am the Prince of Ning Xuan, Rong Tang. I am grateful to Master Liuyun for saving my life. I have no way to repay you. If there is anything I can help you with in the future, please don't hesitate to help me. I will definitely be at your service."
Liuyun looked at him silently, his eyes were cold and indifferent, but with a hint of subtle confusion: "Oh."
After saying this, he turned around, found a plum blossom stake in the yard and stood on it, looking coldly at the open door of the bamboo house, changing from secret surveillance to open surveillance.
Shen Feiyi probably knew that there was a master staring at him. Seeing this, he was stunned at first, and then closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Rong Tang was very self-aware and did not get involved with the two of them. Instead, he followed Xiao Zhu to feed the chickens and shared all the candied fruits with the two children.
The doctor arrived at 3:30 p.m. The sunlight had dimmed a little. Rong Tang did not bring a coat or scarf with him when he went out today, so he was already feeling cold and a little sleepy by this time. He obediently held the hand warmer and watched the doctor treat the patient.
There were many knife wounds on Shen Feiyi's body, new wounds stacked on top of old ones, each one was very horrifying. The latest one cut diagonally from his left shoulder all the way to his waist and abdomen. He treated it, but perhaps because he was exhausted, he did not treat it well, and the wound became infected. The situation is not optimistic.
Xiaozhu and another child cried hoarsely. Rong Tang couldn't bear to watch it, so he left some change before leaving and told Xiaozhu to go to the city to see the doctor for another consultation every two days. If the doctor didn't work, he could go to Ningxuan Palace to find him.
Liuyun's expression paused when he heard that, and he turned his head to glance at him with a somewhat puzzled look. Rongtang smiled at him, turned around, and got on the carriage with the doctor to return to the city.
He originally wanted to keep Shuangshou to take care of him, but on the one hand, the same old saying applies: don't be too deliberate; secondly, the injuries on Shen Feiyi's body showed that he was being chased by his enemies, and Shuangshou was a servant who didn't know any martial arts at all, and if he ran into them, he would be asking for death.
Anyway, Liuyun was here, and he would definitely tell Su Huaijing if he bumped into him today. In this way, given Su Huaijing's suspicious nature, even if he didn't come to see Shen Feiyi this time, he probably wouldn't hand him over to the second prince directly.
Moreover, when the doctor comes to see the patient again in two days, Rong Tang can come with him again.
After solving this problem, Rong Tang felt relieved. He knocked on the car door and said, "I heard that there is a shop in the western suburbs of the city that makes very good peach blossom cakes. I'll buy one on the way back."
He doesn't really like sweet pastries, but Su Huaijing likes them, so he can have someone send them to him tomorrow.
Rong Tang was used to telling the system his thoughts from time to time. The system had not been in a good state recently and mostly just accompanied him. Hearing this, he asked: [Why don’t you go by yourself?]
Rong Tang: "My neck is injured. If I go, he will easily notice it."
[Oh.]The system said.
It only spoke one syllable, but Rong Tang felt something was wrong. He frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
[Su Huaijing was just outside the yard.] The system said.
Since the host does not perform tasks, the host's permissions are restricted and the system's functions are also restricted. Every time the permissions are used to check the character's status, it is a very energy-consuming task, so it is generally not done.
However, the flowing clouds just now were very different from the flowing clouds it had known before. Before leaving, it explored the surrounding environment. Sure enough, it saw Su Huaijing outside the yard, accompanied by another confidant, Xingfeng.
Rong Tang opened his mouth, seemed to be in a daze, and after a moment, he smiled helplessly: "Trouble."
"Can you wake me up early tomorrow morning?"
[do what?]
"To comfort the baby." Rong Tang said with a smile.
After thinking for a while, he opened the car curtain and said with a smile: "Let's buy two peach blossom cakes."
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A small courtyard in the bamboo forest.
After Rong Tang left, Liuyun turned around and flew out without even looking at Shen Feiyi.
On an open space not far behind him, Xingfeng had a tense look on his face and his palms were clenched into fists.
"Master." Liuyun said.
The boy's face was as bright as the moon, and his pupils were pale. At first glance he seemed extremely gentle, but upon closer inspection he was extremely cold.
Su Huaijing nodded: "He went back?"
"yes."
"Yeah." Su Huaijing finally moved and walked towards the bamboo house.
Su Huaijing didn't stop walking, and seemed to smile lightly: "What if I don't?"
"Master!" Xingfeng was heartbroken and looked at Su Huaijing's back with horror.
Su Huaijing walked straight to the bamboo house. The sunset had slowly spread up, scattering gold all over the ground. In the yard, two children, one was boiling medicine and the other was cooking dinner. No one noticed Su Huaijing walking all the way to the room.
It was not until he closed the door, sat on a bamboo chair, and slowly poured himself a cup of tea that Shen Feiyi opened his eyes: "Are you finally going to take action, sir?"
There was someone watching outside the house, and he only discovered it the night before yesterday. He thought the other party would take action soon, and since he was sick in bed, it was the best time. But somehow, the young man in blue stood outside the yard like a stone, motionless, for another two days.
He knew that there was someone else behind the scenes, and he thought it was the person in the room.
Shen Feiyi was not afraid of death. He only hated himself for not being able to kill the dog emperor, and also hated himself for not being able to send Xiaozhu and Xiaoye away in time. He pursed his dry lips and said, "I don't know who you are, but it's bad luck for me to fall into your hands today. Just one thing, don't let the children suffer. The two children outside the courtyard are too young and don't know anything. I hope you can give them a chance to live."
Su Huaijing laughed softly, not knowing whether it was a mockery or a ridicule: "Cut the grass at its roots to avoid future troubles, don't you know this truth?"
Shen Feiyi's eyes narrowed and he made an attacking gesture with his hand under the quilt.
He had three blades left, and had just used two on the rich young master. If the two masters outside the house hadn't come in, he would have a 30% chance of killing him with the last blade...
Su Huaijing suddenly asked a question: "Do you know him?"
Shen Feiyi was slightly startled: "Who?"
"Rong Tang."
Shen Feiyi was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking about the young master who had just left. He shook his head and said, "I don't know him."
"Forget it then." Su Huaijing said softly, as if he had lost interest. He put down the teacup and slowly walked towards the bed. However, the porcelain cup behind him cracked in an instant and turned into powder, which scattered all over the floor, but did not touch him at all.
Shen Feiyi was shocked when he saw this, and tightened his grip on the blade in his hand.
Su Huaijing looked down at him with an indifferent expression, but a smile was on the corner of his lips: "Shen Feiyi."
"!" Shen Feiyi's eyes narrowed, not caring that his body was already at the end of its strength. He turned forward and strangled Su Huaijing with his backhand, with the blade pressed tightly against his neck, "Who are you! How do you know my name!"
Shen Feiyi is the name given to him by his adoptive father. He has been using an alias instead of this one when traveling around in the world over the years.
Su Huaijing became increasingly bored. He lowered his eyes to glance at the tip of the knife and said in a cold voice, "Shen Qing said that his adopted son was reckless and had an unstable mind. He should go to the military camp to gain some experience before coming back... And you became like this?"
There was obviously no change in the last few words, but the tone was slightly deep and the momentum was calm, as if he was born with a deterrent power of a noble family, which was frightening.
Shen Feiyi's wrist trembled slightly, and he looked at Su Huaijing in shock: "How... do you know my adoptive father's name?"
Su Huaijing raised his hand. Shen Feiyi didn't even see how he moved. He just felt his arm go numb, and he lost all strength in his body. The blade rolled to the ground.
Su Huaijing turned and looked at him. It was hard to describe his mood. He felt a little pity, but also a little murderous intent: "You were supposed to die tomorrow."
Shen Feiyi didn't care whether he would die tomorrow or today: "Who are you?"
"My third brother took you to Jiangnan. How did you survive?" Su Huaijing asked softly.
Su Huaijing tilted his head, childishly wondering, "You are alive, but my third brother got beheaded?"
At this moment, Shen Feiyi finally reacted. He looked at the face in front of him that looked nothing like the late emperor. He trembled for a long while before asking in a trembling voice, "Seventh, Seventh Prince...?"
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That night, at Prince Ningxuan’s palace.
Rong Tang had been traveling all day and had a low-grade fever at night. Before going to bed, he said to the system helplessly, "How long can the peach blossom cake last?"
The system rolled its eyes at him and went into sleep.
It was normal for Rong Tang to faint when he had a fever, but he didn't care much about it. He just hoped that the fever would go down tomorrow, and it would be best if he didn't faint, otherwise the peach blossom cake might go bad.
In a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness, he felt almost suffocated, as if someone was strangling him by the neck, trying to kill him silently in his sleep.
But in the end, the man let go. The illusion of being stared at by a wild beast could be felt even in a dream. Rong Tang tried desperately to open his eyes, but he couldn't. After an unknown amount of time, he heard a murmur that seemed to be filled with hatred: "I'll give you one chance."
Then there was no sound.
The next day was a rainy day. Rong Tang was surprised that he woke up, and was even more surprised to find that the fever had subsided. He happily ran out with the peach blossom cake in his hand. Shuangfu chased him with an umbrella, reminding him to go slower.
It was gloomy outside the window, and the temperature dropped due to the rain. Rong Tang wore a scarf, and a whole circle of soft rabbit fur fell around his neck. He couldn't help but pinch it again and again.
The doctor in the palace prescribed a plaster for him, and Rong Tang took him to find Su Huaijing.
When he entered, Su Huaijing was playing chess, leaning on the beauty couch where Rong Tang often lay. When he saw him come in, he paused in his chess moves and looked back at the continuous spring rain outside the window: "Why are you here?"
Maybe it was because of the gloomy weather, or maybe it was because he was still angry, but Rong Tang heard his tone was cold and kept people at a distance, even colder than when they first met.
Rong Tang secretly thought that this was not good, and obediently walked in front of him, put the food box on the low table, sat on the round stool beside him, and looked up at Su Huaijing: "I heard that the peach blossom cake here is especially delicious. Now is the season, so I went out of town to buy some yesterday afternoon."
Su Huaijing lowered his eyes, looked at him quietly for a while, and slowly spoke, each word rolling off his tongue: "Specially?"
Rong Tang nodded without hesitation: "Yes! I left the city yesterday afternoon after I came back from your place, but I encountered something on the way and was delayed for a while. Fortunately, I made it in time! Do you want to try it?"
Rong Tang actually had a very good-looking face, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a straight nose, and slightly thin lips. She was a standard beauty, but her face looked a bit pale due to illness, which weakened the sharpness of her facial features and made them look softer overall. When she looked at others with her bright eyes blinking, it was easy to give people the illusion that they were talking to a small animal.
Su Huaijing's eyes moved and stopped at his collar. Instead of answering, he asked, "Are you cold?"
"A little bit..." Rong Tang paused for a moment, then answered affirmatively. After answering, he seemed to feel that Su Huaijing's reaction was too cold, and frowned, with a somewhat shy and angry look: "I was scratched by someone yesterday, and I was afraid of my mother's blame, so I wore it."
As he untied his scarf, he angrily complained, "You don't know how much that man went too far. I was so kind as to help him find a doctor, but he actually wanted to kill me! Fortunately, I dodged quickly, so I only got a small cut."
The young man spoke quickly, feeling aggrieved and wronged. His exposed neck was long and white, with slightly protruding cartilage. A streak of solidified blood on the side abruptly fell on the white, making it look inexplicably pitiful and delicate.
Under the scratches were five round indentations, which were the marks caused by someone strangling the neck with one hand. They were gorgeous, luxurious, and dead silent.
Unfortunately, Rong Tang was completely unaware of this and even carelessly exposed his weakness to the executioner again.
The sound of rain outside the window was getting louder and louder. The tree that had just been planted two days ago was happily stretching its branches and leaves to absorb water. Su Huaijing lowered his eyes and put his hand on Rong Tang's neck. He gently stroked the scratch, but his fingers gradually aligned with the pressure marks: "Does it hurt?"
Rong Tang was forced to look up, staring at Su Huaijing without blinking, and whispered coquettishly: "It hurts..."
He pressed the wound lightly with his thumb, then casually slid it to the fragile Adam's apple. Su Huaijing asked softly, "Then can I help Tangtang kill him?"
"…?" Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, not sure if he had overacted or if the villain had turned evil in advance. He blinked to cover up the fact that his pupils were trembling slightly, and whispered, "Not good, I'm still sick."
"Yeah." Su Huaijing responded casually, but his hand did not leave. His thumb slowly and gently pressed on Rong Tang's Adam's apple, not using force, just stroking it gently, "Did Tang Tang lie to me?"
Rong Tang looked at Su Huaijing with some doubt. Because he had been looking up for a long time and his Adam's apple was pressed down, a small pool of mist gathered in his eyes, but he still shook his head brightly: "I won't lie to you."
Su Huaijing's voice was gentle and his tone was light, but it made people feel as if they were drowning: "Why?"
The sound of rain was getting louder and louder. The wind blew in, and Rong Tang's hair was blown slightly. He tilted his head and leaned forward a little. His Adam's apple was pressed deeper. He turned his face sideways, like the most docile and suitable animal in the world, and rubbed his cheek against Su Huaijing's wrist. His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and his voice was hoarse: "Because you are my wife-to-be."
"I can't protect you enough, how could I lie to you?"
"Would you like some peach blossom cake?" The little beast stepped back and asked him with a smile.
(End of this chapter)