A faint blue light appeared in the dark sky, and the originally bright stars became dim and gradually disappeared in the morning light.

Dancui Villa, which had been noisy all night, finally quieted down, Chen Zhutou, Master Gu took away Huaqiu's body, and Vice General Xie also took a few relatives and went away. Zhang Jiao, who originally wanted to use the death of Huaqiu to make trouble with the wind and rain, also shouted that she had a headache, and Xiaoqing knew that the rain was waiting and hid back in her courtyard.

The sky was already bright, Xiaoxiao blew out the candles, pushed open the heavy vermilion lacquer window lattices around the flower hall, and wanted to disperse the turbid atmosphere that had accumulated in the house all night.

Just as a gust of autumn wind blew, the green waterfall-like vines outside rattled, and the small purple flowers that had withered most of the vines scattered like rain, sparsely sprinkled on the shoulders of Feng Wu, who was standing guard under the tree.

Xiaoxiao looked at Feng Wuwan through the window lattice and smiled, turned her head to Hua Lianyue and said, "Madam, I'll go to the kitchen to get some hot porridge and water to warm you up." ”

Hua Lianyue nodded and said, "Go ahead!" by the way, let the kitchen get some more Chongming chrysanthemum cakes, cream goose rolls, rose poria cakes, and white frost coconut milk soup, I remember Uncle Weng loves sweets, and these pastries taste good." ”

"Yes"

Xiaoxiao retreated, and only Hua Lianyue, General Weng, Feng Qi and Zhang Yuanyang were left in the huge flower hall.

After a sleepless night, General Weng's eyes were already bloodshot, he coughed a few times, and said with a wry smile: "It's hard for my niece to remember what the old man likes to eat, but it's a pity that there is no taste for anything to eat now." "Anyone who knows that he is highly poisoned and that his life is short, he must be unable to eat and sleep at night!

At this moment, General Weng only felt sullen, and his heart seemed to be clenched by an invisible big hand, and he didn't even breathe as freely as before. The hideous bruises on Hua Qiu's body kept shaking in front of his eyes, making him feel terrified.

"Uncle Um, Uncle Um......"

Hua Lianyue's soft call made General Weng wake up suddenly, and he agreed a little absentmindedly. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then spit out the tea foam in his mouth to the ground. It turned out that the tea in the cup had long since dissipated the last trace of temperature and became cold and bitter.

Feng Qi saw all the gaffes of the old general Weng in his eyes, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, he always thought that the old general was taking advantage of his serious illness and didn't want to be involved with King Xian, it turned out that the old general was really in a strange state of body, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he would refuse King Xian's overtures.

Hua Lianyue got up and made a new cup of hot tea for General Weng with her own hands: "Don't worry about Uncle Weng, although my niece has not learned my father's methods of curing diseases and detoxifying, I know that my father is in the ancient town of Erna where my eldest brother is stationed at the moment." I'll fix a book and have someone send it to him, and ask him to come and come over in person. ”

Old General Weng nodded and said gratefully: "There is a niece of Lao!"

Hua Lianyue put the brewed hot tea in General Weng's hand and asked, "Uncle Weng, when did your body have problems?"

Old General Weng's eyes couldn't help but sink, and he thought secretly. After half a ring, he said slowly: "I can't remember the specifics, after all, these bruises on the old man's body have been repeated for many years." It's just that I'm a military general, and I need to train soldiers and horses every day, and it's easy to be bumped into it, and it's common for me to have injuries on my body, so I didn't care about it at first......."

General Weng only remembered that three years ago, because of his high spirits, he had a kung fu competition with one of his young generals. Don't look at the old general Weng at that time, he was old, but he was still brave, because of the daily exercise, his physical fitness was no worse than those young generals.

But in that fight, because General Weng couldn't dodge, he let the handle of the gun in the opponent's hand sweep the tip of his nose. In an instant, the old general's nosebleed gushed out, staining his placket red.

At the beginning, no one paid attention to it, such bumps were too common, including the old general himself. He sent away his men who were terrified because of the trouble, and asked the military doctor to find a few wounds to stop the bleeding, and bandaged the wounds.

Unbeknownst to me, the bandages have been changed countless times, and several bowls of hemostatic medicine have been drunk, but the nosebleeds have not stopped, but there are signs of more and more bleeding. Seeing that the bandages were red with blood every time he was replaced, and when the old general was bedridden due to excessive blood loss, his family panicked.

The doctor changed like a marquee, and he also took a lot of prescriptions, and even invited Taoist monks to practice things and worship the Bodhisattva, which made the chickens and dogs in the general's mansion jump, and people were panicked. It wasn't until the fifth day that the old general's nosebleed gradually stopped, although it was considered to have saved a life. Since then, the old general's physical condition has been much worse than before.

The originally sturdy old man gradually became old and fragile, and the old general was strong in his life, so he couldn't explain to the world that he was just crushed by a small nosebleed. So he often closed his door, and the power in the army was gradually controlled by Vice General Xie.

Speaking of this, General Weng sighed slightly and said, "Don't hide it from my niece, the old man originally wanted to take a resignation before the year." I have been away from my hometown for decades, and I am old, and I still want to bury this old bone back in the ancestral grave. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all silent, seeing that the heroes of the generation who defended the country were secretly poisoned and tortured by gangsters, and the ambition was lost, it was really unbearable.

Feng Qi couldn't help but say, "Old General, you thought you had a strange illness before, so you would retreat. Now that you know that it is a strange poison in your body, don't you want to arrest the person who harmed you?"

"Think, although the old man is old, he is not a toothless tiger or a clawless wolf!" General Weng slammed the tea cup in his hand to the ground, his originally dim and cloudy eyes suddenly became extremely bright, like an angry flame burning in it, and he shouted: "If you let the old man know who secretly poisoned him, no matter what noble identity he is, the old man will also peel off a layer of his skin." ”

"Uncle Weng, don't worry, my niece will definitely help you find out this person!" Hua Lianyue smiled, her face as white as jade was exceptionally clear and warm in the dark flower hall.

Zhang Yuanyang couldn't help but interject: "So many years have passed, this person is afraid that he has long since escaped, and it is not easy to find out." ”

"It sounds difficult, but it's not really!" Hua Lianyue took a sip of tea calmly, and said slowly: "Those who have always hidden in the shadows and harmed people, although they have their own purposes, they are nothing more than for money, profit, or revenge!"

Old General Weng stroked his beard and nodded secretly as he listened.

Hua Lianyue smiled slightly and continued: "Uncle Weng Bo Rongma must have made many enemies in his life. ”

"Not bad!" General Weng said proudly: "Speaking from afar, back then, when the Northern Underworld came, Great Xia came to attack, and there were not a thousand but eight hundred who died under the old man's knife. Speaking closer, the surrounding robbers' nests hiding in the high mountains and tombs, the old man also led the troops to carry seven, seven, eight or eight. If you want to talk about mortal enemies, there are indeed a lot. ”

Hua Lianyue pursed her lips and smiled, and continued: "Since it is a mortal enemy, it is natural to want to settle the grudge happily, not this poisonous Qianhongshu that takes several years to slowly take effect. Although you have been poisoned, because of the peculiar surname of this poison, maybe because of proper maintenance, you can live a good life for eight, nine, ten years, but you have boiled your enemy to death, then he will not gain more than he loses. ”

General Weng heard that he was suffering from the strange poison of southern Xinjiang, so he had been thinking carefully about whether there were strangers in southern Xinjiang among the enemies he had formed. When Hua Lianyue said this, he couldn't help laughing, and said continuously: "What my niece said is reasonable, reasonable!"

Hua Lianyue pursed her lips and smiled, and Feng Qi on the side said hesitantly: "Could it be...... For money?"

This is a bit heart-wrenching, General Weng is dead, and those who can get the property behind him are naturally his children and grandchildren.

Old General Weng's face also changed when he heard this, he frowned and thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, although none of my sons have become successful in studying. But they all follow my temperament, and they are only obsessed with martial arts. They may fight for a rare book or a formation map, but they will never do such a vicious thing for the sake of the old man's little family property. ”

Zhang Yuanyang, who listened with relish, couldn't help but interject: "Then it can only be for profit!"

"Li?" General Weng frowned and shook his head: "What are the benefits of the old man, which is worth their painstaking efforts?"

"It may not be a good for Uncle Um, but for those who are secretly harming you, it is a great benefit worth the risk. ”

Hua Lianyue opened her mouth leisurely, her cold black eyes were not happy, as deep as ink as a thousand-year-old well.

Old General Weng suddenly felt a chill in his heart, he smiled reluctantly, and said, "Why don't you talk about it in detail!"

Hua Lianyue pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle Weng, you just want to think about who among those people around you has received the most benefits since your body has weakened?"

General Weng was silent for a while, and slowly squeezed out three words from between his teeth: "Xie Jingde!"

After a pause, he said slowly: "Before I had a problem with my body, although he was the second lieutenant general in the official position after me, because those old guys in the army were used to listening to my orders, so they didn't buy him." Since I fell ill, he has gradually taken control of the affairs of the army, and most of the disobedient old guys have been taken away by him under various names.

I thought that the old guys should give in after fighting all their lives, and it must be the world of young people in the future, so I endured it and didn't make a sound. Those angry old guys came to me to complain, and I tried my best to appease and suppress them. Now that I think about it, the one who has benefited the most over the years has no one else except him Xie Jingde. ”

........

Xie Jingde rode back to the house, and he didn't return overnight, he was not in a hurry to find his delicate and soft aunt, nor was he in a hurry to rest. After a little freshening, he threw off all his relatives and strode towards his own courtyard.

Although the partial courtyard is partial, it is full of flowers, rockeries, corridors, flowing water, and cornices, which seem to be more exquisite and luxurious than his main courtyard.

Outside the Moon Gate, there were several big men in ordinary clothes, vigilantly paying attention to the movements around them. Seeing Xie Jingde coming in a hurry, one of them shouted coldly: "Stop, the master is still resting, don't break in!"

Even though Xie Jingde was anxious in his heart, he had to patiently clasp his fists and said: "Please bring a message to the master, I really have something important to report to the master!"

"I don't know the rules, who dares to disturb the master when he is resting?" the big man scolded contemptuously.

Xie Jingde suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "If it is a trivial matter, I naturally dare not disturb the master's rest." This matter is related to the great cause of the master, if it is delayed, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to afford it. ”

"You dare to threaten me!" the big man raised his eyebrows, and his triangular eyes shot a cold glow of a gloomy owl. Xie Jingde, a fourth-rank general stationed on one side, is like an ordinary slave who cares for the family in his eyes.

"Long Eleven!" At this time, another big man said loudly: "Vice President Xie will have to be in a hurry in the future, there must be something important, you go and return to the master, see it or not, naturally the master will decide in person." ”

"Yes!" Long Shiyi immediately agreed respectfully, and he turned around and headed towards the inner courtyard.

Xie Jingde wiped his face, hugged his fist at the big man who spoke for him, and said gratefully: "Thank you Second Brother Long!" Long Er nodded lightly, and went to inspect elsewhere.

The vermilion lacquer carved window lattice of the east wing room is ajar, and the white bead curtain hanging in front of the window is gently swayed by the autumn wind, and the light gauze tent in the room can be faintly seen flying and fluttering like smoke and dust. It's a pity that it's late autumn, and the flowers in the courtyard have fallen, and only a pot of osmanthus bonsai made of red gold glaze is left on the windowsill, which is still gorgeous and dazzling.

Through the veil, Long Shiyi could faintly see several slender waist beauties wearing red and green walking around. He didn't dare to look closely, and called softly at the door with half-lowered eyes: "Has the master woken up?"

The sound of Suosuo's footsteps mixed with the sound of the collision of pearls and greens sounded in his ears, and the curtain of the door was lifted, and a faint warm fragrance of rouge came to his face. It's a pity that he half-hung his head, and can only see half of the lake-blue delicate skirt embroidered with large lotus flowers, and the crystal jade trick pressing the skirt.

"The master is washing, please wait a moment!"

A woman's soft voice sounded in his ears, and Long Shiyi said respectfully: "Yes!"

Outside, Xie Jingde had been pacing back and forth anxiously, and he craned his neck from time to time to look at the courtyard hidden by the green rockery. It was half an hour later that he saw the familiar figure of Long Eleven.

"Let's go in! The master has breakfast in the main hall, and after breakfast, he is ready to leave. It's just a little free at this hour, if you have anything to say, hurry back. ”

Xie Jingde hurriedly thanked him and strode towards the courtyard.

The huge round table with mica inlaid with flowers and branches in the main hall is filled with all kinds of snacks, porridge, water, and fruits, and there seems to be no trace of any movement. Several beautiful women in gorgeous clothes surrounded by pearls and emeralds are waiting for the brocade man sitting in the center to eat.

Xie Jingde, like Long Shiyi, collected the majesty of the past, lowered his eyes respectfully, bent down and said, "I've seen the master." ”

"Hmm!" the brocade-clothed man snorted from his nose, he took a sip of the bird's nest soup served by the maid to moisten his throat, and then said coldly: "Say, what is the important matter, so that I can't even eat breakfast!"

Hearing that there was a hint of blame in his tone, Xie Jingde hurriedly knelt down with a pout, and hurriedly explained: "It's not that my subordinates are bold and dare to disturb the master's rest, it's really urgent, and I ask the master to get an idea as soon as possible." ”

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and finally spit out the words that had been held for a morning: "Master, General Weng has already noticed the poisoning, and it is estimated that he will soon track down his subordinates." What should my subordinates do?"