Chapter 44: The Living Corpse

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Under the moon, it looked strange and eerie, as if there were a dense mass of living corpses standing outside the door.

There were a dense crowd of people, all of whom were dragon guards with knives, they stood upright with expressionless faces, but there was no trace of living luster in their eyes, and some of them even had injuries on their bodies, and their clothes were disheveled, surrounding the entire courtyard, almost crowded...... There is no end in sight.

Autumn leaves were stunned for a moment, and then took a few steps forward, and found that the courtyard gate had been opened, and outside the courtyard gate-

All the crane guards outside the door appeared from the shadows, carrying the bone lotus scimitar on their shoulders, and were quietly looking out of the courtyard gate.

The two glanced at each other and went their separate ways.

The sharpness of the person who practiced martial arts made her immediately open her eyes sensitively, and Baili Chu also woke up.

After Autumn Leaf White and Baili Chu fell in love, she was very tired and fell asleep, and she nested in Baili Chu's arms, which was the time to be comfortable. But suddenly I heard a very strange sound from outside the door.

Let's say that the mansion of the governor of eastern Guangdong is the time when the moon is in the middle of the sky.

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"Zhu Jingping β€”β€”!"

He covered his face in pain, stumbled to his feet, and threw himself at Mama Li with his eyes closed.

Even if the irritating drug is not directly smeared into his eyes, it makes people cry, let alone directly smeared it on his eyes!

Because the distance between the two was so close, he couldn't dodge it at all, and only turned his face, but then a hot sting pain on his face made him can't help but scream in pain: "Ah! ”

He was puzzled, but suddenly he looked up, but saw Mama Li smiling at him, reaching out and grabbing him in the face.

But then, he looked at the ointment box and was stunned, a large piece of the ointment inside was missing, this medicine was very irritating, not used much, how could it be .......

Tianshu smiled and took the ointment, and while covering it, he said, "This is safflower ointment, one of the specialties here." ”

Mama Li lowered her head and sniffed the plaster, and then returned the ointment to Tianshu: "Well, it smells good." ”

Tianshu hesitated for a moment, but still handed it over.

Mama Li nodded: "Well, it's not bad, can I smell the ointment." ”

The cold and slightly spicy feeling penetrates into the skin, and it is indeed very comfortable.

"Are you comfortable?" Tianshu asked.

"If you don't wipe it, it's more uncomfortable." Tianshu said quietly, and then rubbed a lump of medicine in the ointment and rubbed it on her wrist.

He said that he was very courteous to her, but he never relaxed his surveillance of her.

Mama Li looked at the marks on her hands and said coldly: "Wipe every day, wear shackles every day, is it necessary?" ”

Tianshu simply cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, took another box of ointment and sat on the edge of the bed, wiping the bruises on Mama Li's wrists.

At this meal, both of them ate without knowing the taste and did something hastily.

Mama Li looked at his calm expression, but she felt inexplicably frightened, and she didn't say anything more, but continued to eat.

Tianshu looked at Mama Li and said lightly: "I'll say it again, these things don't bother Mama to worry about." ”

"Smack!" With a crisp sound, the chopsticks in Tianshu's hand broke instantly, which also startled Mama Li.

After the cunning and spicy woman who had been fighting in the palace for many years had gradually let the protΓ©gΓ©s of the Du family take over important positions in the court, or forced neutral ministers to be loyal to her and the Du family, she liquidated all the royalist ministers and families involved in the palace rebellion in the following days.

At that time, the queen mother did not immediately eradicate all the families and ministers who participated in the palace change, if so, the court must be half empty, causing the family to be disgusted, but said that as long as the first offender was confessed, the past was not to blame, but in fact, the queen mother and the Du family did not stop after killing a large number of confessed 'first offenders'.

Mama Li chuckled, and her voice was cold: "Chu Yunfei, do you think you still have the title of 'Meicong in the book', the son-in-law of the Jiangmen Chu family who moved to Beijing, the Chu family and the Jiang family of Tianqi slowly collapsed after the palace change twenty years ago, if His Royal Highness the Eighth has the ability to rehabilitate your family, he would have been rehabilitated a long time ago!" ”

Tianshu's hand paused, and said, "Auntie doesn't have to worry about me." ”

"Do you think that if you take refuge in the Eighth Prince, he will clear your family's grievances for you?" Mama Li suddenly spoke.

Looking at Mama Li's serious appearance, he laughed: "Auntie is still so straightforward. ”

"Some of them are too sweet, and if such things are brought to the master's table, they will definitely be punished by the aunt in charge to kneel on the patio." Mama Li said lightly.

"How?" Tianshu watched her use the snack and asked.

Mama Li glanced at the plate of red bean cake, although the paste looked muddy and the red beans were overcooked, she still silently took a piece and ate it.

Tianshu saw that although she was cold, but she cooperated as before, he flashed a trace of satisfaction with his handsome Sven, and also sat down, and handed the plate of red bean cake in his hand to her: "Aunt Li, just use a little." ”

Mama Li did not refuse, followed him to support his sore legs, walked to the table and sat down, picked up chopsticks and began to eat.

Tianshu looked at the bruises on her wrists, and said lightly: "Let's eat first, I'll help you wipe the safflower oil in a while, and it will be fine soon." ”

"Why do you want to say anything like this 'friend' and 'master and apprentice', when you betrayed the four young people and let Luzhulou fall into such a situation, you and I would have already been strangers." Mama Li looked away expressionlessly, retracted her legs, and gently stroked the shackles and bruises on her wrists with her slightly trembling hands.

The first time she escaped, he threw her into the water, and when she almost drowned, he fished her up, and she still has lingering palpitations.

His voice was gentle, almost calm, but the coldness in it was known only to Mama Li.

"I regard you as a teacher, after all, the way of survival in the building, many of them are taught to me by my aunt with the way of the palace, so like the people in the palace, I respect you aunt, after all, the process of arrest must not be so pleasant, and my aunt definitely doesn't want to suffer that kind of crime again, and the family motto since childhood is to respect the teacher."

He raised Xiuyi's eyes and looked at her: "I asked myself that I was courteous to my aunt all the way, and I never had anything rude, because I regarded my aunt as a friend, and even ......." ”

Mama Li looked at him and snorted lightly: "Yes." ”

Tianshu smiled while untying her shackles: "Auntie is a smart person, we only ran once along the way, but soon we were on the road together again, and you haven't done anything in vain since then, after all, my martial arts may not be as good as Si, or even as small as Qi and Ning Chun, but it is not difficult to catch a weak woman like you who has no kung fu." ”

"You're not afraid that I'll run away?" Mama Li looked at him and suddenly asked.

Seeing Mama Li's disapproving appearance, Tianshu didn't care, and only took the key from her waist to untie the shackles on her hand: "You haven't eaten for most of the day, you're hungry, let's eat first, and I'll take my aunt to the banana forest outside the house for a walk in a while." ”

When Mama Li heard this, she pulled the corners of her mouth sneeringly,

At the beginning, he was not soft at all in dealing with Si Shao, if the identity of Si Shao's daughter was known to him, would he have let go of Si Shao who blocked his way to win the heir for this reason?

Won't hurt a woman?

Tianshu helped her rub her legs, and said lightly: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness will not hurt a woman, he is a real soldier." ”

Mama Li chuckled in her heart, and she was silent for a while: "I don't have any value to you, I'm just an ordinary woman, and I don't participate in any decisions of Si Shao." ”

"To be honest, I don't know, but this is His Highness's will, so we can only obey." Tianshu smiled.

"Why?" Mama Li was stunned.

Tianshu looked at her and sighed lightly: "I'm sorry, no, I also want to let you go, but His Royal Highness asked me to bring you over." ”

Mama Li looked at him expressionlessly: "Since you are ready to join your master, what are you leaving me to do, when can I leave?" ”

Tianshu saw that her face was not good, and he seemed to be apologetic, he reached out and put his hand on her leg and rubbed it slowly: "It's numb, I'm sorry, my acupoint skills are not as good as Sishao, I can only wronged you." ”

Mama Li seemed to have been lying down for a long time, her legs and feet were weak, and she was very reluctant to sit up and lean on the edge of the bed.

"We are already on the border of eastern Guangdong, and we will be able to meet His Royal Highness the Eighth soon." The Book of Heaven helped her up.

Tianshu put down the plate in his hand, and then lifted the quilt on the woman's body, as soon as the quilt on her body was lifted, she could see that the person under the quilt was handcuffed with a heavy flail, and the chain on the flail was locked at the head of the bed, so she couldn't move.

The woman's face was a little pale, as pale as if she hadn't seen the sun for many days, and when she saw him coming, she looked at him coldly: "Where have we been?" ”

As he spoke, he put a plate of fresh red bean paste on a plate, took it and walked to the bed, looking at the woman lying on the bed.

The door of the thatched hut was opened with a 'squeak', he looked at the figure lying on the bed, his heart relaxed slightly, and he put the things in his hand on the table by the door, while untying the revenge, he smiled and said: "Auntie, I bought a lot of good things in the town today, although the dim sum made by the old grandson is not as good as the one you made in the green bamboo building, but it is not bad, these days you are troublesome to follow me around, and I haven't eaten red bean cake for a long time, I remember that you liked to eat red bean cake the most." ”

He picked up the two packages of food and clothes from the cart and headed into the hut.

A carriage grunted and grunted along the path through the woods, and at last came to a halt at the edge of a hut, where the coachman turned over, looked left and right, and when he was sure that no one was there, he unfastened his hat from his head, revealing a handsome countenance, which seemed utterly out of proportion to his modest dress.

Eastern Guangdong border

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Jiucui was silent and didn't speak, just smiled softly and helplessly: "Because this is my responsibility as the eldest sister and Princess Miaojiang." ”

"Wait a minute, then why are you, not Miss Jiujia, General Akui doesn't like her, and the officials of the Han people are all three wives and four concubines, not dedicated at all, they hate it to death, let her marry the Han people she hates!" Jixiang was dissatisfied and puzzled.

Jiucui bowed his head slightly and chuckled: "But the Lord of Sheng Ming is the most powerful Lord of the Seventy-two Mountains of my Miao Jiang besides my father, so our marriage with Akui must not be broken." ”

"Miss, are you saying that King Rongnaiya and Princess Geshu plan to use you and kiss?" Ruyi can't believe it.

"Therefore, my father and mother will make other arrangements for my marriage."

"That's right, establish a kingdom that belongs to our Miao people, just like the Hehe people, and protect our people from being enslaved and exploited by the Han people!" Jiucui bowed his head, and his gentle expression was full of perseverance.

"What?" Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know why: "We fought so hard against the Han people in order to be recognized by the Han people?" ”

Jiucui looked at Ruyi and chuckled, a cold and deep light flashed in his bright eyes: "After all, the Tianji Empire is so huge, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of Longwei are about to be overwhelmed, we can't keep fighting with them, there will definitely be a day of compromise, Hehe has signed many peace treaties with Tianji back then, and there has been no war between the two countries for many years, and we also need to be recognized by the Tianji Empire in the end." ”

Ruyi said after a while: "The Han people will not give up." ”

"Drive away all those hateful Han people who have bullied us!" Jixiang said indignantly.

Jiucui was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "What kind of victory do you think we need in the end in the war with the Han people?" ”

But their Miao girls dare to love and hate, and never joke about their marriage, even if the sisters like the same man, if they can't marry them at the same time, they will win the man's heart fairly.

Ruyi sighed and looked at the back of his master with pity: "Miss, you obviously like General Akui, why do you want to give it to Miss Jiujia, just because you are sisters?" ”

"I'm fine." Jiucui turned her face away.

It stands to reason that after Rong Naiye Tusi was called the king, and Mrs. Geshu also canonized the princess, they should call Jiucui and Princess Jiujiazi, but everyone is used to calling them Miss, and they don't like others to call them princesses, so the big guys still call them Miss.

She froze: "Miss?!" ”

Ji Xiang immediately saw that Jiucui's originally calm eyes were already filled with tears at this moment.

"Miss......." Jixiang ran a little faster, almost hit Jiucui's back, and quickly stopped, just at this time Jiucui turned around and supported her.

Ji Xiang and Ruyi glanced at Akui, shook their heads, and immediately turned to catch up with their master.

With that, she turned and left.

Jiucui bowed slightly, and looked at the two maidservants: "Auspicious, wishful, let's go." ”

He wanted to say something, but looking at Jiucui's cold gaze, a bitter smile slowly appeared on the corner of his lips: "Okay, I understand." ”

Jiucui looked at him and said again: "Jiu Hairpin is infatuated with you, and I hope you don't have to lose." ”

Hearing the word wedding, Akui's face instantly froze.

Jiucui looked at him with a faint expression: "Akui, Jiu Hairpin is going to be taken care of by you, the father and the mother are already preparing for the wedding in the capital, and the lord and wife of the lord of Sheng Ming have also arrived in the royal capital." ”

Akui watched her come down, flashing with joy: "Cuicui......." ”

With that, she got up and left to go downstairs.

Jiucui looked at her back, knowing that it was useless to say more, so she bowed: "You have a good rest, my sister will come to see you again." ”

Hearing this, Jiu Hairpin hesitated a little, and there was a trace of uncertain joy in his eyes, but he still turned his back: "You go." ”

When Jiucui heard this, his eyes were slightly cold, but his tone was still gentle: "Jiu Hairpin, don't be impulsive, think about it again, Akui was a childhood sweetheart with you and me back then, he may not have you in his heart, but at that time, the earliest father, the princess, asked me to be engaged to him, and he naturally regarded me as his fiancΓ©e, and he was confused for a while." ”

She turned her back and said coldly: "If Brother Aqua still has you in his heart, I won't marry him!" ”

Jiu Hairpin couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, but his laughter was full of sarcasm: "Sister Jiucui, you and I almost have the same face, but since I was a child, my father and mother, as well as the people in our village, and even the people in the entire Seventy-two Mountains of Miao Jiang think that you are the most sensible, obedient, and smartest, and even when the Gu King is here, I am ready to let you replace Xiao Chi as a saint, I am the most willful and the most ignorant, but no matter how willful I am, no matter how ignorant I am, I will not trade my own marriage, I won't be so lowly as to give a concentric Gu to the man I love! ”

Peach Blossom Gu and Concentric Gu are both common love Gus, and some Miao girls will cast such a Gu on their sweethearts to ensure that their men will not change their minds.

She paused, looked at the nine hairpins, and said calmly: "Akui just didn't turn around for a while, but you can put a peach blossom Gu or a concentric Gu on Akui." ”

Jiucui looked at her, her expression was a little complicated, and a little painful, she lowered her eyes: "Jiu hairpin, like will not change forever, Akui grew up with us, he will like you, sister has something more important to do than like, I only hope you can get someone you like, you are a smart person, you should understand that there is nothing bad about such an arrangement." ”

Jiu Hairpin paused, and a look of resentment appeared on his honey-colored little face: "But later, I learned that the person he loved was still you, it was you who abandoned him, so that I Li Dai Tao was stiff, my father and mother actually agreed, none of you came to ask me if I agreed, no matter how willful my Jiu Hairpin is, no matter how important I am, I don't want to marry a man who doesn't like me in my heart!" ”

"Am I willful? No matter how willful I am, I also know that it was the marriage contract that the lord of Sheng Mingtong and my father made for you and Aquigo, although I also like Aquigo, but since I was a child, I thought he was my brother-in-law, until one day you sue me that you will not marry Aquigo, but you will let me marry Aquigo, I am very happy, I think the person Aquigo likes is me! ”

"Aquigo is here with me, and his heart is not with me, what's the use, you sue me?" Jiu Hairpin listened to her, her heart became more and more annoyed, and she turned her face to look at Jiucui with annoyance.

Jiucui looked at her appearance, a little helpless: "Hairpin, don't be willful, my father and mother are already letting people start preparing for your marriage with Akui......." ”

"My injuries are fine." Nine hairpins simply interrupted her.

Jiucui entered the room and looked at Jiu Hairpin wrapped in gauze's shoulder: "Your injury ......." ”

Jiu Hairpin looked at her gentle smile, as gentle as before, and couldn't help but snort coldly, but didn't refuse anymore, turned around and entered the room.

As she spoke, she was about to throw the door open, but Jiucui quickly stretched out her hand to block her door, looked at the girl inside the door, and smiled: "Don't you invite my sister to come in and sit down?" ”

There was silence in the door, and after a while, the door opened with a 'squeak', and the girl standing inside looked at Jiucui angrily: "You're done, can you go?" ”

When Jiucui heard this, she sighed lightly: "Little sister, I was asked by my father and mother to come and see you, can't you let me leave without looking at it?" ”

When the two maids beside Jiucui heard this, they looked a little indignant, but they didn't dare to say more.

A cold voice from inside the door sounded from the nine hairpins: "No need, if you don't appear on the front line, my injuries will heal faster." ”

Jiucui sighed lightly: "Jiu hairpin, open the door and let my sister see your injuries." ”

There was no one in the door to answer her.

"Nine hairpins?" Jiucui knocked on the door.