Chapter 241: Beating Mandarin Ducks
The next day, the weather gradually warmed up, and unlike the south, the weather in the north seemed to be only winter and summer, and spring was surprisingly short.
Qingshuang gently smeared the ointment on Wen Jing's slender and white neck, looked at the smile on the corner of Wen Jing's mouth, and said in surprise: "Lady, don't you hurt?" β
"No problem."
The voice was a little hoarse, and Wen Qiran had just injured his throat, which was naturally painful, but Wen Jing felt happy when he thought that his father was getting better.
"Lady, who have we offended?" Qingshuang asked.
Wen Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head, without answering Qingshuang's question, his throat was as painful as fire, and he felt pain even when he swallowed.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, this voice was too familiar to Wen Jing, and sure enough, he heard a knock on the door.
"Qi Niang, it's me."
Qingshuang opened the door, and Ji Changge hurriedly walked in: "I heard that Lord Wen is crazy again?" β
Wen Jing pointed to his throat, and Qingshuang took over the conversation and said: "Back to the little grandfather, the old man has another attack today, and he grabbed the lady's neck and didn't let go, but fortunately, the prince and the prince subdued the old man later, and they scared people to death." β
"Isn't Master Wen tied?" Ji Changge asked.
"It's all to blame on the slave and maid, the slave and maid saw that the master's hand was worn out, and the master didn't have another attack in the past few days, so she persuaded the lady to let the master go, and I never thought that the master had another seizure." Qingshuang lowered her head and said.
Wen Jing waved his hand, signaling the two to stop chattering about questions and answers.
"How's it going?"
"I came to tell you about this, Uncle Zhen rushed back from Xuanzhou overnight last night. It was discovered that Cao Xi died of an incurable disease more than ten years ago, and the Cao Xi in the palace was just an impostor, and no one noticed it for so many years. Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing was startled, and a thought quickly flashed in his mind, the original damned little eunuch Liu Junchu was not dead, and the current big eunuch Cao Xi was an impostor.
"Could this Cao Xi be Liu Junchu who didn't die back then?" Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing nodded and wrote on the paper: Check Liu Junchu's whereabouts.
"Ding Wu has already rushed to Yongzhou. Even more coincidentally. Concubine Shu's maiden home is Yongzhou, it seems that the two of them really have an unusual relationship between master and servant, I am afraid this is also the reason why Concubine Shu tried her best to save Liu Junchu. Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing then wrote a few words on the paper: let him be more careful.
And the guards reported that Xing Yuan said that there was no body of the eunuch sent to Yizhuang back then. If it's a eunuch. He should remember. Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing bowed. This further proves that their speculation is right, Liu Junchu is very likely to be Cao Xi.
"I'll go see Uncle Win." Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing also stood up, and the three of them walked out together. Qingshuang swallowed her saliva, although she didn't know who Cao Xi was, but she really heard the four words of Concubine Shuniang, and it was related to Niangniang, no wonder Ji Changge and Wen Jing were so nervous.
Wen Qiran lay motionless on the bed, and Qingzhu just helped feed him the decoction.
"Lord Wen, do you recognize your little nephew?" Ji Changge leaned over to Wen Qiran's bedside and said.
Wen Qiran turned around slowly, looked at Ji Changge, and suddenly shouted: "The old minister knocked on the saint, long live the saint, long live the saint." β
As he spoke, he got up and kowtowed.
Ji Changge hurriedly held down Wen Qiran, and was just about to speak, Wen Jing glanced at him, comprehended, and said, "Wen Aiqing, I ask you, have you been to the palace a few days ago?" β
Wen Qiran nodded again and again: "There are two fathers-in-law who told the old minister that the saint summoned the old minister, and the old minister followed them, but they were the old minister at all, and took the old minister to Cao Xi's house, and the Cao father-in-law asked the old minister a lot of words. β
"What did you ask?" Ji Changge was overjoyed in his heart, and then asked, it seems that Wen Qiran has already remembered many things.
Wen Qiran pondered for a moment: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister can't remember"
"It's okay, Wen Aiqing thought slowly, and when she thought about it, she told sΓΉ me, and then what?" Ji Changge said with some embarrassment, the word "I" is particularly awkward to say, if outsiders hear it, don't report him as a chaotic minister and thief
"Then Cao Gelding poured a bowl of medicine into the old minister, and the old minister didn't remember the rest of the matter." Wen Qiran said.
"Okay, Wen Aiqing has a good rest, remember not to hurt people, if you think of something, you will order someone to bring a message to me." Ji Chang sang.
"The old minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's instructions." Wen Qiran said.
"Well, ahem, I'll go first." Ji Changge's face was slightly red and walked out.
The three of them walked outside.
A man who looked very inconspicuous suddenly walked in and said a few words in Ji Changge's ear, and Ji Changge's face changed greatly.
The man put a thin bamboo tube in Ji Changge's hand, and Ji Changge opened it to look at it, his eyes suddenly cold.
"The people who dare to blatantly move my Dali Temple are really soft persimmons and easy to pinch."
"What happened?" Wen Jing asked in a low voice.
"They arrested Ding Wu, and his life and death are unknown." Ji Changge's voice trembled slightly, both angry and repentant of his carelessness, he was annoyed that he underestimated the number of minions of those people, maybe in Dali Temple, there are their eyes and ears, even Liu Wuhuan can be bought, what else is impossible, after so many years in the officialdom, he can't tolerate himself making such a mistake, if Ding Wu loosens his life because of his negligence, he will have a troubled conscience for the rest of his life.
"They're at the end of their rope, so be careful." Wen Jing said.
"Let Uncle Qian take people to Yongzhou to rescue Ding Wu, if you live to see people die, you must see corpses, and those who stand in your way will be killed." Ji Changge lowered his voice, but the killing intent in his tone made several people feel a chill in their hearts, this trip was destined to be a killing, fighting for his life, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, no one was the real winner.
And Ji Changge only has one purpose, to rescue Ding Wu.
"What did Ding Wu find?" Wen Jing asked.
Ji Changge motioned for Qingshuang to go out and guard, and after Qingshuang walked out, he said in a low voice: "Ding Wu found out that Cao Xi is Liu Junchu, this Liu Junchu has a solid family background, and there is no need to enter the palace as a eunuch, he entered the palace in the second year of Concubine Shu's entry into the palace, Concubine Shu's original name was Mu Xiangyun, Liu Junchu and Mu Xiangyun were originally lovers, and later Mu Xiangyun was sent by her father to choose a concubine, and she became today's concubine, but I didn't expect Liu Junchu to chase him to the palace and not hesitate to be a eunuch." β
Wen Jing was silent, there is such a man in the world, he would rather be from the palace, just to be able to face his old lover day and night, regardless of the fact that they killed Concubine Rong, this kind of love is also worthy of praise, just ask the men in the world, how many people can stand out?
"Would you do it if it were you?" Wen Jing asked in a low voice.
Ji Changge was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wen Jing to ask such a question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Two years after Concubine Rong's case, Cao Xi changed his name and surname again and entered the palace, isn't he afraid that someone will recognize him?" Wen Jing then asked, although there is a plot of disguise in the novel, but after all, it is just fiction, and it can be deceived for a while by putting on a fake mask, but it can't be hidden for ten years, unless it is the current plastic surgery technology, it can't be done in ancient times.
"A person's appearance can be changed, Liu Junchu was just a little eunuch at that time, no one paid attention to his appearance, and in the two years since he disappeared, maybe it is not impossible for him to find a way to change his appearance, two years later, he changed his name and surname to enter the palace, and it is normal for no one to recognize him, even if there is, Concubine Shu can cover the sky with one hand." Ji Chang sang.
Wen Jing nodded, the masked person who caught her last time could even change his voice, and it didn't seem impossible to change his appearance.
"What kind of attraction does Concubine Shu have? can let a man be born and die for her many times" Wen Jing said to herself, this is completely unimaginable to her, she is a rational person greater than emotional, she believes in love, but she also believes that love only exists in the first eighteen months, after enthusiasm, but never get tired of looking at each other, when the love is strong, the love becomes thin, human nature.
Ji Changge looked at Wen Jing and said: "I don't know, in my opinion, Concubine Shu is just an ordinary woman, at most she is just a little more outstanding in appearance, radish and green vegetables have their own love, maybe this Liu Junchu just fell in love with Mu Xiangyun, and others can't get into his heart." β
Feeling Ji Changge's scorching gaze, Wen Jing couldn't help but scold: "I'm afraid that the slightly outstanding in your mouth has already captivated the country and the city, if you want to talk about appearance, don't talk about ordinary men, even if they are women, how many of them are better looking than you?" (To be continued......)