Chapter Seventy-Four: Protecting Each Other Through the Storm
79_79301As soon as these words came out, the room was silent.
Bu Xihuan lowered his head, with a deep smile in his eyes, Qinglou ...... She's there!
Wu Jin didn't know if this was true or not, but when she saw Twilight Qing holding her hand behind her, she couldn't help but move her eyes slightly.
Ning Zhao's maidservant's face turned pale, and he secretly glanced at Yuan Min and Hua's family, and saw that both of them had a dull face, and couldn't help but think about it, looking for an opportunity and hurriedly retreated.
After the maid left, Twilight returned to the Governor's Mansion.
As soon as she returned home, Twilight entered the study and summoned Moon Kill and said, "Can you find some disfigured things, can you disguise your hands?" ”
When she was in the northwest, the men in the army were careless, and no one cared about her hands, but Shengjing was full of shrewd people, and it was a little dangerous today. When Yuan Xiu grabbed her hand, I don't know who saw it, and this matter had to be guarded against. She didn't expect anyone present to believe her words, but just diverted the attention of the people in the room, so as not to show flaws in her hands. But at that time, there were many people in the house, and I am afraid that someone had already paid attention, and she had to hurry up to remedy it!
"I need to make the joints of my hands a little thicker, and I need to have some thick calluses on my hands, just like that." If someone in the house had paid attention to her hands at that time, then the sudden change in the complexion of her hands would be suspicious, so it would be better to just change her dress a little.
"Also, find a way to set me up as a protégé in which yamen in Jiangnan, so that no one will be suspicious." She has investigated a lot of cases in less than a month since she arrived in Shengjing, and there should be people who are suspicious, if someone goes to the yamen of the state capitals in various parts of Jiangnan to investigate, there must be an identity to check.
When Yue Kill heard this, he glanced at Twilight Qing coldly and said, "I thought you knew how well you knew your master!" ”
Twilight looked at him, saw him take a piece of paper from his bosom, put it in front of him, and took the handkerchief with the love poem written on it as well. Twilight was busy looking at the piece of paper, and didn't say anything about giving him the handkerchief, and Moon Kill secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I saw that there was only one sentence written on the paper - Bianzhou Thorn Shifu was a protégé of Ma Zheng, and he was apprenticed to the second day of March in the thirteenth year of Xinglong.
"The master arranged your identity as early as when you went to the northwest, and I didn't say it before, but it was just when it wasn't used." Moon Kill glanced at Twilight Qing angrily, she went to the northwest to walk simply, I don't know how much the master has done for her behind her back!
As soon as she left, the master ordered someone to check her identity. This poor family left the village five years ago to make a living, and then he was brought into the business of a bandit, and the people in the village have not seen him since he left the village. The people of Jiangnan hate the water bandits the most, and his family was afraid that they would be beaten out of the village, so they kept it a secret from him about being a water bandit, so only his family and the water bandits of the Jiuqu Gang knew about it.
Since few people know where he has gone and what he has done all these years, the master has placed his identity under the Bianzhou Thorn Shi Mansion and Ma Zhengmen, and the time of apprenticeship is three months after he left the village on Tuesday.
Now, there is no Jiuqu Gang in Jiangnan, and there are no two Tuesday eggs in the world, as for the family of that Tuesday Egg, they should have killed and exterminated their mouths, but the master took into account that she didn't like to kill innocents indiscriminately, so he spent his efforts to make the family obediently shut up.
He didn't understand why the master didn't tell this woman that the master was doing more for her behind his back. The Shenjia of the underground palace, and An He, the head of the Shengjing Palace...... If these things are spoken, the woman should make a personal promise! But the master didn't say a word, he had to pass on the handkerchief and visit the boudoir at night, I really don't know why he was so attentive.
Twilight looked at the paper, and didn't say anything for a long time, this person is always like this, protecting her from the wind and rain, in the subtleties.
Dad often went to the Assassin Mansion for autopsy, and this Assassin Mansion did a lot of Ma Zheng and met with Dad a lot, and he didn't learn much about the methods of Daddy's autopsy. Placing her identity under this person's door, her autopsy method is so similar to that of the Nanpai Twilight family can be justified.
As soon as she was in danger today, this paper was delivered, and this matter must not have been done today, it should have been arranged a long time ago.
He had expected that there would be today's danger when she went to the northwest!
What else is he hiding from her?
Twilight remembered that Tuesday and looked up to ask Moon Kill, only to find that Moon Kill was no longer in the study.
The moon is killed and goes out of the house, and the disguised things in the rivers and lakes that Twilight Qing wants are in the Moon Gate, which is much easier to find than iron wire!
When the moon was killed, in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Zhenjun Marquis's Mansion, Yuan Min sat on the top and asked: "Xiu'er went to Yuchun Tower a few nights ago, you are a mother, do you know which fox charmer in the land of fireworks has fascinated him?" ”
Lord Huajun shook his head and said: "He was invited by the little grandfather of the Ji family that night, Yan'er lost the silver with a brain fever for a while, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain when he returned home, so he invited Xiu'er to be the old man of peace." After gambling that night, Xiu'er went back to the Hou Mansion to rest, I specially inquired about this matter, and it should be so. The old ancestor is the most knowledgeable about Xiu'er's temperament, how could he linger in Flower Street and Willow Lane? ”
"That's the case, but he's not too young, when he went to the northwest, he reached the age when he should get married, and the family affairs have dragged on for so many years, and the children in Beijing who are younger than him are all married and concubined, and it's normal for him to think about the love of his children."
"But a few days ago, he said that he fell in love with the young lady in the courtier's mansion, and I saw Zhao'er in front of him every day, he just didn't want to see it, and he must still be thinking about that young lady in his heart, so how could he go to the Qinglou?" Lord Huajun doesn't believe it, knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, even if all men in the world are lucky, her son is by no means that thin son!
"This palace naturally remembers this." Yuan Min held the hand stove and raised his eyelids lightly, and his face was a little tired. She originally thought that since Xiu'er liked it, when the great cause was accomplished, she would summon that girl into the palace to seal a concubine, but she didn't expect him to think about the girl in his sleep, "This palace will go back today to find out which young lady in the palace of the third-grade courtiers in Beijing has a blue character in her name." ”
"If it is found, what does the ancestor plan?"
"What else?" Yuan Min sighed, "Take people into the mansion and use Xiu'er as a side room, Xiu'er is sick, it's not bad if he can be happy, as long as he is happy, his body can get better faster." ”
Lord Huajun nodded slightly, although it was really bitter for Zhao'er to accept the side room without passing through the door, Xiu'er didn't like her, this was also her life, and it was also the life of the woman in the main room in the world.
"Do you still need to check those flower streets and willow alleys?" Although Lord Huajun didn't think that his son's heart would fall on the Qinglou woman, it was better to ask.
"Check it out! Anyway, this matter is also what his old ministry said, maybe his old ministry knows more than you, the mother. Yuan Min stroked the stove, and the peony flowers embroidered on the brocade set bloomed layer by layer, and she stroked it layer by layer, and the fog in her heart was also layer by layer.
The young man's hand ......
At that time, she was so focused on Xiu'er that she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the young man's hand, but she withdrew so quickly that she didn't see it too clearly. But the picture of Xiu'er holding her hand is always in her mind, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels that the comparison between that hand and Xiu'er is really not like a man's hand!
Yuan Min got up suddenly, "The palace is tired, go back to the palace, and come to see Xiu'er at night." Yuqiu stayed in the mansion, and asked her to return to the palace at any time to spread the word. ”
Yuqiu is the head of Yongshou Palace, and she is a palace-level fourth-grade.
Lord Huajun should have personally sent Yuan Min to Fengren, but he just looked at the car that was gradually moving away, and his eyes became cold.
Twilight rests for the day, and after dinner, Moon Kill brings what she wants.
A jar of shredded human skin mask-like things, a jar of transparent ointment. The ointment was used to crush human skin, and some of those human skins were made calluses that could be applied when pasted on.
Moon Kill said: "Wherever you want to stick, just stick it, you are not afraid of getting wet for a while, but you can't soak it in the water for too long." ”
After hearing this, Twilight took the calluses and scattered human skin she needed, and dipped them in the ointment and pasted them carefully, she already knew some superficial disguise techniques, and she knew the human skeleton best, and she knew where to stick it before looking at nature. Half an hour later, a new pair of hands appeared in front of me. I saw that although the skin of the hands was white, the joints were thicker than the woman's, and there were calluses between the fingers.
Her hands are pampered by her father, in the past, at home, chopping wood and boiling water, these heavy jobs her father never let her do, he said that there are men in the family, can afford the heavy work, and the daughter's family is delicate, not to do this. But where did the daughter of the poor people come from such a delicate body? Dad just loves her.
Twilight looked at her hands, a little shaken, and Moon Kill quietly retreated.
The master has something to order him to do!
On the second watch, Dusk Qing went to the Hou Mansion, and when he arrived at the Xinuan Pavilion, Yuan Min sat in the back room with tea, the Lord of Huajun was guarding in front of the couch, and Wu Jin was diagnosing Yuan Xiu's pulse.
Seeing that Wu Jin had not applied the needle, Du Qing knew that Yuan Xiu had not yet had a fever, but when he saw that there was no imperial doctor in the house, he waited for Wu Jin to finish his pulse diagnosis and asked, "Why are you the only one here?" What about the Imperial Doctor? ”
Hearing this, Yuan Min put down the teacup, with a slight anger on his face, and said: "The cadres of the imperial hospital are called holy hands in vain, and when it comes to using them, one by one, they are either not skilled in medicine or afraid of death, and none of them can share the worries of the palace and the imperial court!" ”
Twilight's face was expressionless, she didn't think she would have the heart to tell her this, and she wasn't really angry, she put the teacup first and then spoke, her movements and words were inconsistent with the timing of her speech, obviously fake anger - what tricks did she want to play?
"These mediocre talents are not at ease in this palace, Xiu'er's work to take a knife to mend his heart is all in King Jin and you, and his injuries will be handed over to the two of you for diagnosis and treatment." While Yuan Min was talking, Wu Jin had already sat down at the table, dipped her pen in ink, and wanted to write a pulse case, so she said to Du Qing, "King Jin is in the house all day today, and he has been checking the pulse once every hour, and he has never rested, so he must be tired, so it is better for you to write the pulse case." ”
When Twilight Qing heard this, she sighed in her heart, but her face did not show it, and she generously took the pen and paper in Wu Jin's hand.
Wu Jin stepped aside, his eyes unconsciously fell on Twilight's hand, and Yuan Min's gaze also fell on Twilight's hand, and he was stunned when he saw it. I saw that Twilight Qing was holding a pen in one hand, and the other hand was flat, and the candle was close in front of me, and I clearly saw that the fingers of the hand were slender, the bone joints were slightly thick, and there were calluses between the fingers, except for the whiteness, it did not look like a woman's hand.
Yuan Min was suspicious in her heart, thinking back to the situation in front of the bed this morning, remembering that Yuan Xiu was holding Twilight's hand, only her fingertips were exposed, she immediately glanced at Twilight's fingertips, and saw that her fingertips were pink and round, and they were really like onion jade! Just looking at the fingertips, it really felt like a woman's hand, but when I looked up, I looked at the thick joints and calluses, and it didn't feel like a woman's hand.
Could it be that she only saw her fingertips this morning, so she thought about it too much?
When Yuan Min was puzzled, Wu Jin was also a little puzzled, he looked at Twilight Qing's hand, his face was not revealed, and the candlelight shone into his eyes, but there was a warm light leaping and jumping.
Well? He had seen her hand when she had restored her skeletal face, was that what it was then?
Wu Jin was puzzled, and suddenly saw Twilight Qing raise her head, she looked at him and raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Does the prince think that I can read minds?" ”
Wu Jin was stunned, mind reading?
Twilight said: "The prince doesn't repeat the pulse, how can I write the pulse?" ”
Only then did Wu Jin remember what was going on, and his mind was attracted by her hand, and he forgot to repeat the pulse. He hurriedly opened his mouth to repeat, and Twilight Qing put pen to paper, and just after writing two sentences, Yuan Min suddenly opened his mouth.
"I heard that Aiqing was born in the village, and this hand looks quite white."
Twilight Qing didn't raise her head when she heard this, she kept writing, and her voice was a little cold, "Weichen was originally a man, looking at the corpse bones, wearing gloves all day long, naturally whiter." ”
Yuan Min stared at Twilight's handwriting, and saw that her handwriting was not crooked, if she was not too calm, then there was really nothing suspicious.
Could it really be that she was overthinking?
"Aiqing is a servant, where did he serve?"
The elder brother once said that the emperor sealed a Zhou beauty in the Bianhe Palace, and his name was the same as this young man, he suspected that this young man was the person who was placed in the Northwest Army by the emperor, and sent someone to check in the south of the Yangtze River, but it was unfortunate that the dark pile of the Bianzhou Thorn Mansion was uprooted by the emperor, and the matter was not found.
If this young man is the emperor's Zhou beauty, he will be placed in the army as an eyeliner, and it is said that he should be asked to change his name, but the emperor's mind has become more and more unpredictable over the years, and it may be his intention not to change it. The same name, the same Jiangnan clan, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the emperor's attitude towards her on weekdays seems to be close and sparse, their minds are attracted by this young man, and they don't know how many vacancies they want to create for the emperor to plot other things, so she doesn't let her brother take this young man to heart.
But last night's contact, she thought that she had underestimated this young man, so it would be better to find out her identity.
Twilight Qing wrote a pulse case, and when she heard this, she still kept writing, and said casually: "Not in office." ”
"What?" Won Min straightened up.
"Weichen is the apprentice of Ma Zheng of the Bianzhou Thorn Mansion."
Apprentice?
Twilight Qing stopped talking, believe it or not, the Yuan family will send someone to investigate, she believes in Bu Xihuan!
Yuan Min stared at Twilight, her eyes moving slightly, and when Twilight Qing wrote the pulse case and handed it to Wu Jin, she looked slightly tired and didn't say anything more.
Twilight went to the outhouse to sit and wait, and every hour she went into the house to help Wu Jin write a pulse case. In the second half of the night, Yuan Xiu had a fever again, Wu Jin treated him with an acupuncture, and Yuan Xiu's fever subsided at dawn. Twilight Qing felt a little relieved when she saw that his fever had receded faster than last night, but she didn't dare to approach the bed before returning to the governor's mansion this time.
Wu Jin still lives in the Hou Mansion, returns to the house during the day, and comes back at night.
Yuan Xiu had a fever for three nights in a row, and on the fourth night, there was no more fever, but the person had not woken up yet.
In the past few days, Yuan Xiu has not been in court, and although the news of his serious injury has been concealed by the Yuan family, there is still a rumor that has leaked out.
The Marquis of Anping's mansion, the snow is covered with green tiles, the red paint of the pillars under the tiles is half off, and the mansion that has not been repaired for a long time shows a little dilapidation. Under the corridor, a big maid was in a hurry carrying a medicine basket, and the maids who came and went saw her with a look of contempt on their faces.
The maid walked around and entered a remote courtyard, where a decoction was simmering on the stove outside the door, and a low cough came from the house. The maid looked at the pottion, poured out a bowl, and carried the basket into the house.
"Miss, the slave has come back with the medicine." Lan'er put the medicine basket and decoction on the table, looked outside the courtyard before closing the door, and hurriedly walked to the warm couch to collect the account.
Shen Wenyu half-leaned on the couch to read, his eyes fell on the book, and he didn't raise his eyes, only coughed twice.
Lan'er said: "Miss, the slave maid went to get the medicine just now, and I heard about a big event!" ”
Shen Wenyu didn't answer, and only continued to read, waiting for Lan'er to return.
Lan'er approached and said in a low voice, "General Hou Yuan of the Zhenjun Army...... Seriously injured! ”
Shen Wenyu's coughing stopped, and he raised his eyes suddenly, and then the cough became heavier.
Lan'er hurriedly patted her on the back and said: "Miss don't worry, I heard that Hou Ye was injured in Yongshou Palace three or four days ago, the Holy Lord and the Empress Dowager were in the Hou Mansion that night, and the imperial doctors and Prince Jin were there. ”
"Dissecting the heart?" This not only did not reassure Shen Wenyu, but made her cough heavier, and her face was as white as paper.
Three or four days ago, on the day when the Northwest Army's pension and silver cases were solved, the DPRK and China dismissed their posts and investigated and prosecuted ten ministers, and the leader was Master Hu, the head of the Hanlin Academy. Master Hu is the confidant of Yuan Xiang, who doesn't know who is the real mastermind behind the corruption of the pension and the silver two?
He was injured in the Yongshou Palace, he must have been injured by the affairs of his family and country, and there are such heroic men in the world.
"The slave also thinks that this matter is appalling, but fortunately, Master Hou's life is great!"
"Hou Ye is really getting better?"
"The slave maid heard that this is the case, Lord Jin has been living in the Hou Mansion these days, and he is checking the pulse of the Hou Ye day and night, so the young lady can rest assured."
Shen Wenyu was silent, her mood gradually calmed down, and her cough gradually decreased.
Lan'er brought the decoction to the front of the bed, and said in a low voice: "Miss this medicine should drink it today, it is better to recover from the wind and cold earlier." ”
Shen Wenyu didn't look at the decoction, picked up the book again, lowered his head and said lightly: "Don't worry, you go and open half a window, let me blow the wind for a while." ”
Lan'er knew her master's temperament very well, and she didn't dare to be disobedient, so she had to put down the decoction and open half of the window. When she opened the window, she glanced out of the courtyard a few times, and when she saw that there was no one outside, she came back to the bed and said, "Do you know that these days in the court, the middle of the court is checking a young lady with blue characters in the name of the Sanpin official mansion?" I heard that it is the woman that Hou Ye likes! ”
Shen Wenyu was flipping through the book, and his hand tightened, and the page suddenly tore a corner!
"I heard that two people were found, but I don't know which one is the person in Hou Ye's heart. The two young ladies, one is Zheng Qingran, the daughter of Lord Yin Zheng of Shengjing Mansion, and the other is Yao Huiqing, the concubine of the Xiaoqi Battalion. Now the ladies in all the provinces in Beijing are jealous and red-eyed, and they can't wait for their names to have a blue character in them. I heard that if you find out who is the person in Hou Ye's heart, the Empress Dowager will immediately make the decision to send people to the Hou Mansion and give them the title of a side room. ”
Shen Wenyu's face was quite pale, and he was silent for a moment after hearing this, then lowered his head and flipped through the book again, and only said, "Take the medicine and pour it after it is cool." ”
Lan'er saw that her reaction was cold, and she was very calm, so she knew that she knew what she knew, so she turned around and took the medicine outside and blew it.
After the medicine has cooled down, it should be poured with snow, and the place where it has been poured should be covered with snow, and the horse's feet should not be exposed—these are all orders from the young lady.
The young lady came to Shengjing with a big heart, she knew it, but the Anping Marquis Mansion had fallen to this point, and she really didn't know how she could get to the high place she wanted.
In the house, Shen Wenyu looked at the book, the cold wind carried the residual snow into the windowsill, she looked up at the window, and sneered silently.
The man in my heart?
Since ancient times, a woman who has been accepted by the powerful men in the world has never lived long!
She waited and watched, and saw that she was bleak in life—
Off topic -
Yesterday, I saw a girl say, Qingqing don't be nervous, she is now Tuesday egg, Yuan Xiu's name is Qingqing, no one knows that it is her. This is true, but the key is the hand, Yuan Xiu grabbed her hand, her hand was like a woman, Yuan Xiu still shouted her name in her mouth, it was easy to show her stuffing.
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From the 5th to the 9th, the academy held an annual meeting of authors in Changsha, and I need to save up the manuscript.