Chapter 60: Grief-stricken
Xiao Qing woke up again in the afternoon two days later. He lay alone on the bed in the inn, and there was no one in the room.
Xiao Qing looked at the beam of the house in a daze, and the suppressed pain was like ten thousand horses galloping through his body. Xiao Qing curled up and buried himself in the quilt, trying not to make a sound, he was afraid that he would no longer be able to control himself if he made a sound. But the pain is still like a flood that bursts the embankment, and it can't be suppressed.
Ye Yujiang and Yumei came in quietly, both of them were haggard and emaciated, but they were at a loss when they saw the trembling quilt! They understood Xiao Qing's pain. It is precisely because I understand that I don't know how to solve it.
The deathly silence, the suppressed sobbing, and the shaking of the heartbreak all beat the two broken hearts hard. Especially Ye Yujiang is also very worried because he knows a lot. The master has just detoxified the poison, and he has lost so much blood for everyone, and he is still running around. How can such a weak body withstand the blow of losing so many relatives at the same time!
"Master, do you still remember what Mo Gongzi said? Don't be gullible in everything, don't panic in case of trouble, and check more clues! Master, you have to take good care! If Wu Hou and the old lady are okay, you should not be sad, but make plans in advance so that you can find their whereabouts. If they really have a chance, you have to cheer up, you can't let them die in vain, you have to avenge them!"
There was really no other way, Ye Yujiang had to give Xiao Qing some meager hope to support that broken heart.
After a long while, Xiao Qing gradually stopped.
"You guys go out first! I'm fine, let me be quiet!"
Ye Yujiang withdrew, and the emperor and the eldest prince stood at the door.
"The master has woken up. If you want to be quiet, please go back!"
Ye Yujiang saluted the two and stood under the porch. He must protect his master, especially now, and must not let his master suffer any more harm.
Of course, Ye Yujiang is also suppressing his incomparable grief, because among those broken fragments of flesh and blood, there may be his own siblings. What he said to Xiao Qing was actually to himself, and it was the only belief that still supported him.
Xiao Qing lay on his stomach for another day and a night, he wanted to force himself to calm down, but he still couldn't think. My mind was a mess, like a blank slate. It's like a dusty machine that has lost its belt, has a bunch of gears and has forgotten how to turn.
On the third day, the emperor and the eldest prince finally lost their patience and broke in despite Ye Yujiang's dissuasion. Looking at the tired and lonely Ye Yujiang, as well as the anxious emperor and the eldest prince, Xiao Qing's brain finally began to squeak and slowly turn.
"What did the emperor and the eldest prince find?"
The emperor said: "The carriage and the fragments of clothing have been determined, and they are Wu Houtheus." ”
Seeing that Xiao Qing was about to lie down again, the emperor hurriedly took another step and said hurriedly.
"This has come to this, you have to take care. ”
Xiao Qing sat on the bed and shook a few times.
"Thank you for coming to see me, I'm fine, I'm tired!"
As he spoke, he didn't care what the identities of the two people standing were lying in the quilt with their faces facing in.
"If you're sad, cry out! ”
Gongzi said in a deep voice.
"Yes, don't worry, I will definitely find out about this matter. ”
It's rare that the two of them didn't coax each other, and they were still in the same step.
"Yujiang, send off!"
Xiao Qing's voice was unusually calm and indifferent, with an icy chill.
Xiao Qing was lying on the bed alone, and his rusty brain finally sped up.
The first time Han'er and they were attacked, it was so tragic that all his hidden protection was exposed, but Mo Ke, who cared so much about Wu Houfu, was very calm, and he must have sent a lot of protection in secret.
The second time he sent so many people, as well as Moke's people, it is impossible for all of them to die mysteriously in a place that deviates from the route, and they are still so silent. Nowadays, there is nothing to prove identity except for those physical evidence. And what kind of attack can kill so many people in an instant? And it's not ordinary people.
What's even more weird is that there has been no news from the Cao Gang, and now that things are like this, the Cao Gang has not taken any action at all, and there is no hint. It's not like Moko.
Xiao Qing had a guess, maybe Wu Houfu had a great favor to Yu Moke, maybe there was some intimacy. In short, Xiao Qing can be sure that Mo Ke's feelings for Wu Houfu will never be less than his own, and he will never be so indifferent. But why didn't Ye Yujiang get any news after going to it a few times?
A flustered footsteps disturbed Xiao Qing's thoughts from far and near.
"Master, Xiaoqu knows that you have been in poor health recently, and you have something sad, and there are some things that Xiaoqu shouldn't say, but I'm afraid that it will delay things. Xiaoqu has been entangled for a long time and still wants to talk about it. I don't know if the master wants to hear it. ”
The sound of the song became smaller and smaller, and finally Xiao Qing could barely hear it.
"It's okay, you say!"
Xiao Qing really didn't have any strength, so he had to still lie half-lying.
"In the past two days, a few birds have flown over, and I vaguely heard them say as if 'Lord Cangyun said, 'It's okay, don't worry'. And it's a few birds that say the same thing. ”
"Yujiang asked you to say that. ”
Xiao Qing was excited, but also suspicious.
"No, it's really the slave who listens to the birds. The slave did not dare to talk nonsense. ”
"Go back, be careful, don't show your face, it's all right after this paragraph. If you have something in the future, you will come back to me immediately, you did a good job today, I will remember. ”
Xiaoqu left, but Xiao Qing didn't dare to relax, he couldn't control such a thing as understanding bird language, if this Xiaoqu was arranged by someone with ulterior motives, then his credulity would be fatal. But when you really want something to happen and someone tells you that it happened, you will be more willing than usual to believe that it is true, even if you doubt it.
Xiao Qing is like this at the moment, no matter how suspicious he is, he still can't hide his excitement, so they may be fine, it's all right. He believed Cang'er and what it said! But suddenly Xiao Qing seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, how could Cang'er suddenly think of asking a bird to pass on the word? How could it know that there would be someone around it who understood bird language? Cang'er didn't see any other animals in that place?
"Master, there is news from the Cao Gang!"
Ye Yujiang came in and said softly.
"It just came in, and said the words 'Yueyang Tower'. There is indeed a Yueyang Tower in the town, which is located in the ancient street, which is not particularly prosperous and quiet. ”
"Finally there is news! But now that it's like this, it's not easy for me to go out without arousing suspicion! They are all around masters, and it's even more impossible to sneak out! Get me something to eat, I don't have the strength and my brain is not good, you're right, I have to be strong no matter what! Bring more, you can eat too, I know you're worried about Yuhai, but we have to protect ourselves to keep them. ”
"Also, Yujiang, how is the investigation of Xiaoqu? Has the person returned? Have you sent someone to keep an eye on Xiaoqu recently? ”
"Come back, everything is normal, she does often save some birds, everyone thinks she is a little girl with a good heart, but she is another little sister, who has married someone as a concubine, said that Xiaoqu quietly told her a few years ago, and was beaten for this matter, and then stopped talking, and no one else knew that she knew bird language. There's been a lot going on lately, and I haven't paid much attention to it, but there are other people I've told me before, so I'm going to ask. ”
"You go and check, since she got here, who has she come into contact with, and what does she do every day?"
"Yes, master, what's wrong with Xiaoqu?"
She said that Cang'er said through the mouth of the bird, it's okay, don't worry. I think there's something strange about it. ”
"I'll go. ”
Ye Yujiang soon came back and ate his food. But the emperor and the eldest prince came back together. They insisted that they didn't have any food, and they refused to leave Xiao Qing's place, and brought a lot of delicious food.
Xiao Qing didn't have much appetite, just to fill his stomach and have strength. Despite this, he had to admit that they were really attentive, and everything was very light and soft.
Xiao Qing forced Ye Yujiang to sit down and eat together, the emperor had a black face, but the eldest prince was easy-going, and told Ye Yujiang to eat more, so that he could have the strength to serve his master.
Although Xiao Qing ate very little, in the eyes of the emperor and the eldest prince, he finally barely ate some so that he would not be dragged down. Wait for Yumei to collect all the leftovers and cold rice. The emperor finally opened his mouth to talk about Wu Hou's afterlife.
Although Xiao Qing had a glimmer of hope, there was no eyebrow in this matter after all, and now all the evidence pointed to the old lady and Wu Hou were no longer alive. After their death, Xiao Qing, as the only remaining person in Wu Houfu, is also the head of the house, no matter how you say it, it is indeed urgent.