Later, after Ah Xiu learned that he and Ying'er were stunned, four assassins came in and stabbed him in the chest, wounding him on top of the old trouble. The knife was supposed to cut off the head horizontally, but it seemed to be unloaded by something, and it was only cut on the shoulder. One of the Assassins died on the ground, presumably in a fierce fight, which alarmed the guards in the palace, and when the guards rushed in, the three fled in a hurry. But strangely enough, flee in different directions. The sergeants caught up with two of them, two of whom committed suicide by poisoning, and the other was found dead a few days later in a wasteland on the outskirts of the city, as if he had been killed.

Ah Xiu couldn't think of anyone who wanted to kill him, and he didn't know why he wasn't stabbed the first time, but the second time he came directly to take his life. When Ah Xiu was just getting better, Xu Dalai came to visit, but in her illness, there were many people and mixed eyes, and he never brought her any news. If you think about it like this, you will be slow to get better. Although the thieves were all dead, Zhu Yuanzhang still gave up his personal expedition to Zhang Shicheng, stayed with Ah Xiu every day, and sent all official business to Ah Xiu's room for processing. Ah Xiu's illness came again and again in the autumn, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to live his birthday, but Hongdu had not moved.

In desperation, Ah Xiu could only write a letter to Su Xin, implying in the letter what she wanted to ask, and asked Ying'er to send it. On the day of his illness, Ah Xiu counted clearly the phoenix carved on the golden hook with more than 50 feathers, counted the cloud dragon pattern on the tent with more than 90 groups, the tassels on the bed curtain with more than 200, and even counted the beads in the distance There are more than 3,000 beads in the bead curtain, and he has been sick for too long. Now that he has written a letter, while waiting, Ah Xiu began to count how many peonies and how many petals he had on his quilt.

On the fifth day, there was still no reply, Ah Xiu was anxious, and someone at the door reported that Su Xin was coming. Dai Si checked the pulse the day before yesterday and said that the residual poison had dispersed, but he still didn't let him go to the ground, let alone see the wind, so Ah Xiu could only wait for her to come. Zhu Yuanzhang came in from outside and said with a smile: "You look forward to it day and night, why can't you do without Su Xin?" Now that the people are here, you can keep it in peace! After speaking, she asked Ying'er to send someone to prepare tea and fruit, and said: "She is here this time, she must have lost my place, wait for me to move the desk and so on, let Su Xin be here!" ”

Ah Xiu's face turned red and he felt guilty: "The prince said so, Ah Xiu is embarrassed." This time, I have been sick for so long, and I can't go out or rest because the prince is here. Now that Su Xin is here to replace you, it is time to go to Lian'er Huilan to rest comfortably for a few days. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard her say this, his face was hesitant, and he pouted: "You don't want me anymore, just give me a favor?" Since you hate me, I won't go to them, I'll go to Yezhen! After speaking, he went out, and he was facing Su Xin, Su Xin hurriedly greeted him, Zhu Yuanzhang hummed lightly, and went out without stopping.

Su Xin came in and asked Ying'er quietly: "Good sister, I saw the prince just now, and I seemed to be unhappy, but why?" Ying'er often went inside, pulled Su Xin aside and whispered: "When the prince saw you coming, he was relieved and wanted to move out." The princess persuaded the princess to go to Lian'er and Huilan's two side concubines to rest for a few days, but the princess felt that the lady was giving him a favor, so he left in disappointment. When Su Xin heard this, her heart sank, and she didn't say anything, so she walked in and said hello to Ah Xiu.

Hearing the footsteps, but only seeing Su Xin come in during the day, Ah Xiu knew that this was talking to Ying'er outside, so he deliberately joked to her: "What? I haven't heard from you for so long, so it's so easy to wait for you to come, why did I meet with your spy first? How is it? What did Ying'er say? When Su Xin heard this, she knelt down with a thud, Ying'er hurriedly went to pull, but Su Xin asked her to go outside to guard, afraid that people would see it. As a result, Ah Xiu was puzzled: "What is this for?" We girls talk, which of you are still worried about eavesdropping? ”

Su Xin burst into tears and lifted the broken hair on her forehead, and Ah Xiu saw that her face was bruised! Hurriedly asked, "How did you get this?" Why did it hurt? Suddenly, he asked, "Could it be Wenzheng?!" Su Xin nodded, put down his hand, and rolled up his sleeves again, Ah Xiucai noticed that Su Xin's clothes were all worn in late autumn, and although it was autumn now, it was not enough to change the gauze jacket, and then looked at it, the two arms that were originally like snow lotus roots, were full of bruises and scabs.

"It's really Wenzheng?!" Ah Xiu saw that Su Xin was silent, and he expected it in his heart: "How can this be reasonable!" Why did you hit you? Tell me, I'm in charge with you! Su Xin wept and said: "Su Xin didn't know why he was cruel to me at first, once he beat me hard, I asked, but he said that I was a spy of Mrs. and the prince, staring at him, I asked him why he said this about me, he threw out Mrs.'s letter, and asked me why I had to go to Yingtian?" ”

"I just said that my wife hadn't seen her for many days, and she missed us, and wanted to let us go back when she had a birthday. He got angry again and asked me if this is the case, why didn't the prince and his wife cherish his merits in guarding Hongdu, and everyone else was named Hou Baixiang, why not only did he not have a good reward, but he also never compared to others? He also said that when his wife went to Hongdu, she came to help in secret, but in fact, she was monitoring and supervising the war, afraid that he would have an external heart. Speaking of me when I went back from Peng Ze, my face was sad and hesitant, and every time I looked at him, my expression was not as usual, and I suspected that my wife and I had an agreement to harm him at that time, so I said that I did not abide by women's morals and helped outsiders to harm my own man! Su Xin choked up, crying in a mournful low voice, Ah Xiu, who was crying, was very unbearable, and was about to have a seizure, Su Xin said again:

"That's it, I explained at the time that I was worried about my wife's injury, and I was also worried that the son would lose his mother, so he scolded angrily, 'In this case, why pretend to be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, don't you marry him in the first place?' I started crying and asked him to think more about the good of his wife and the prince, although his name is Yizi, but he is the son of the prince's deastated brother, how can he harm him. He didn't believe it either, but he just kicked me headlessly, and when Tie Zhu saw it, he stopped him, and he even threw Tie Zhu aside. Ying'er burst into tears and handed Su Xin a handkerchief.

Su Xin continued to cry: "I saw that little iron pillar's forehead touched the chair, bleeding and crying, so I asked him if he didn't believe me at all? If you don't believe, you will leave me, and I will take the iron pillar away from him. He pulled my hair and beat me, saying that the iron pillar was the seed of his Zhu family, and if he wanted to go, I would go, I was very angry, so he picked up the iron pillar and walked out, he pulled my hair, smashed it on the ground, and snatched the iron pillar alive and let the next person hug it. ”

"That Wen Zheng was originally temperamental, but he has always been polite to me, this time I beat me as if with enough resentment, I had a body at the time, the side room Xu couldn't bear to see, and he had the courage to stop, he also threw off and continued to fight, and even more on his new A little prostitute instigated on the side, Wen Zheng made a dead hand. For so many years, he has never treated me like this, and he just adds up his fists and feet, and when he beats me, a wife, in front of the little prostitute, where is his face? The most desolate thing is that the child in the womb has also fallen, how can you not be sad?! After saying that, I couldn't stop sobbing.

"Bastard! This rebel! Ah Xiu rushed to his heart, feeling dizzy, his eyes dark, his face hot, his throat sweet, a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground, and his heart jumped: "How is this good?!" Ying'er thought it was the residual poison, but after a closer look, she also snorted, where is the dark blood clot with poison on the ground, it is clearly bright and bright red and glamorous heart blood, knowing that this is moving, she hurriedly came to help, Ah Xiu's eyes rolled, and she fainted angrily.

When the little girls heard the shouting in the house, they hurried to take a look, and clamored to go to the front to return to the prince. Ah Xiu relieved his breath, heard them shouting, and hurriedly asked Ying'er to stop him, not to make a noise, but he almost fainted again several times, remembering that the doctor didn't let him move, looking at the blood on the ground, his heart was gray: ancient novels say that people die before they are old, and they must vomit blood, and Dream of Red Mansions also says that young people vomit blood, and their years are not guaranteed, even if they have a long life, they will eventually be wasted. Although it is not a statement recognized by modern medicine, it is not a good thing after all, so I can't help but feel a trace of sadness in my heart.

relieved his breath and gathered his mind, Ah Xiu also shed tears, but endured grief and indignation and asked Su Xin: "This is all my sin!" What do you want to do against the sky! Knowing this, I decided not to let you marry him, but unfortunately it's too late to regret it now! Now I just say that you are still willing to follow such a careless person? If you don't want to, I'll let the prince be the master, and you will come back." If you continue to follow him, you will inevitably suffer even greater sin. Su Xin wiped away her tears and said: "Madame, don't alarm the master, although I hate him for being kind, I don't want to have more rights and wrongs." ”

Ah Xiu suddenly exclaimed, and hurriedly asked Ying'er to drive everyone out of the door, guarding the door, only Su Xin was left in the room, and Ah Xiu spoke: "You say, what has Wenzheng done in the past few days?" How did you get out again?! Su Xin was shocked, and subconsciously replied: "I have been irritable a lot in the past few months, and I have been locked in the study every day, and only my cronies are allowed to enter, ......especially in the last few days." Ah Xiu was instantly disheartened, lay down, waved his hand weakly, and said in a coquettish voice: "Yes, there is no need to say it." Don't worry, since you don't want to pursue it, I won't pursue it. It's just that the way of heaven is clear, and Wenzheng has gone too far, I'm afraid that I don't need to say it, and the limit is coming. ”

Su Xin's body was crooked, and he sat on the ground, sweating from his forehead. His shoulders trembled slightly, and after a while, he tried hard to calm down, and asked without giving up: "What does Madam mean, is Wenzheng harming you?" No, even if he is not convinced, he will not do it. Ah Xiu laughed miserably, tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes: "He doesn't need to do it, he just needs to express his dissatisfaction, and someone will come to sell his life!" I never told you, but now I might as well do it, do you know who the thief I was assassinated for the first time? It's the pro-soldier who guards the water pass in Hongdu! Do you want me to say more? Su Xin, do you know what it means to raise a tiger? Here I am! ”