259 Accompaniment
Xuanwu Yicheng also said: The Soul Devouring Guide is recorded in the "Western Earth" of "The Witch God's Language", and the "Western Earth" is just in Murong Qin's hands, if he can get the "Western Earth", maybe he can also solve the poison of this Soul Devouring Channel!
However, how easy is it to get to this "Western Soil"?
Su Qi was slightly calm.
The letter also said that the patriarch of the Wuluo tribe has arrived in the imperial capital, and the "Wushen Language" is the treasure of the Nanban Wuluo tribe, and perhaps this Wuluo patriarch has a way to solve the soul devouring attraction on her body.
It's just that now it's a problem for her to leave the palace.
When it was twilight, Murong Qin walked in quietly, wearing a bright yellow regular suit, and the five-clawed golden dragon on the side of the placket was lifelike, as if it was about to fly, which matched the bright yellow of this room very well. β
Su Qi only felt dazzling, and she lowered her eyelids slightly.
"Better? I heard the report that I didn't have a fever later, but I still didn't look energetic. As he spoke, Murong Qin stretched out his hand to Su Qi's forehead, "It's not hot, and it's not sweating, so it's better." He smiled and said, "Are you hungry?" I'm hungry, so I've watched the excerpts for an afternoon and have some meals with me, okay? β
Whispering, and then looking at those eyes, full of tenderness.
If he hadn't known the truth, Su Qi would have been deceived by this scene!
She looked up, her eyes red, and tears rolled down her face.
Murong Qin panicked, hurriedly wiped his tears, and said with a frown: "Okay, why are you crying again, your eyes hurt carefully." β
Su Qi insisted on getting up, and didn't go down, kneeling directly on the dragon bed, "...... My grandmother is still in the house. Qi Niang is worried, His Majesty's care is Qi Niang's blessing, but the grandmother has not yet entered the earth for peace, the dead are the greatest, and I hope that Your Majesty will allow Qi Niang to return to the house immediately......"
Whether the soul devouring lead can be solved, Su Qi doesn't know, and now she doesn't have so much spare time to bother, she just wants to get out of the golden silk prison of the palace first, handle her grandmother's aftermath well, and then think about it in the long run!
Murong Qin painfully hugged the woman with pear blossoms and rain in front of him into his arms. Stick to your face. sighed: "Silly girl, the affairs of the Duchess have not been completed yet, as a granddaughter, she naturally has to guard, do you still need to kneel and beg?" β
"I'm with you ......"
Su Qiyi's tears swirled in his eyes for a while.
Let me be blunt. The three princes and my general's mansion have always had a deep enmity. Although the past is unbearable. But it has to be said that it is a matter of human life! The old woman and I are already sick and crippled, but if the third prince still has any plans against my general's mansion, the old man will fight back with his life. The old lady looked excited.
"Back then. I can only watch the young child being victimized by the adulterer, and now under my nose, the old woman is willing to give up this old life and never let the past repeat itself, but the third prince is not dead? β
Murong Qin's expression was gloomy, and he knew that it was probably not a good thing for her old man to come here.
"The old lady was too worried, just because I had not cleared the remaining poison, so I bothered Mrs. Su to diagnose and treat her. The grievances of the previous generation, although I have been implicated to some extent, but the stakes are very high, and I have already been dealt with by my father, after many years, although I have a heartache, I have never had the heart to hurt others, and I hope that the old lady will investigate. He stood up and saluted her respectfully.
When he first looked for Su Muli, he knew that there would be such a day, but he didn't expect the old lady to be so ruthless. Didn't the secret guard's message say that she was an old man who was half-stupid and soft-hearted, and had not asked about the world for many years?
Why do you sing today's play?
"My Muli is young, and his medical skills are not enough, it is rumored by outsiders that it is too much, what a miracle doctor and a living Bodhisattva are all rumors, my wife's illness has not been good through her hands, the body of the third prince is not better than that of mortals, and the gold is very expensive, so don't be delayed by my family's seven mothers." The old lady decisively refused.
Murong Qin was helpless, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Okay." β
"The old grievances in the past, the saint has already dealt with them, and I don't want to worry about it anymore, I hope that the three princes will remember today's promise, and if each other's well water does not interfere with the river water, they will be safe, if not, the old woman can accompany each other with her life at any time!" The old lady dropped such a sentence, and left without looking back.
And the tea on the table is still warm.
"Childe, this ......", Shao Gong's face was extremely ugly, but he didn't know what to do.
Murong Qin frowned, it was urgent, but such a figure appeared at the most critical moment, no one expected that the old lady who was seriously ill would have a great change in temperament, it seemed that ...... Things are getting trickier.
At the beginning of June, it was the day of the concubine's sacrifice, and if he couldn't rush back to the imperial capital before then, he was afraid that he would have to spend another year in Cen Zhou......
Calculate carefully, how many years he has wasted......
Murong Qin's pale face flushed sickly from anxiety, and his deep eyes were full of pain and helplessness at this moment......
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At night, just after the hour, an uninvited guest waited in the small courtyard of the bamboo forest.
Xuanwu Yicheng's expression was calm, and the usual shallow smile at the corners of his mouth was evil and demonic, but the faint bloodshot at the corners of his eyes revealed his haggardness.
Murong Qin was neatly dressed, and he was playing chess pieces alone, and the lights were dim, stretching his figure for a long time.
"The third brother is so idle." King Xuan sat on the opposite side.
"It's just that I'm idle, and the fourth brother is late." He pushed over the clay pot filled with sunspots.
"This king is not good at chess, so he won't compete with the third brother." King Xuan pushed back the clay pot and smiled reluctantly.
It had been more than twelve hours since the clue was discovered, and he had indeed arrived a little late.
From the general's mansion aster to the bamboo forest courtyard, it only took a pillar of incense to turn the ground, but it took him a whole day. During this period, he has been locking himself in the house, not eating, drinking, or sleeping for more than a day!
Sixteen years have passed, and it has been a full sixteen years since the Xuanwu royal family was used to use the "curse killing technique", but he still clearly remembers the urgent expectation and remorse in his father's eyes before he died.
"Cheng'er, you ...... Certain...... You must crack this technique, you must ...... To reproduce the ...... of offspring, the father ...... Wrong......"
Over the years, in order to find a way to crack it, in order to fulfill his father's last wish, and in order to avenge his mother's concubine, he searched almost the entire Middle-earth continent under the pretext of playing, but unfortunately he has not been able to find the book "South Water". But he didn't expect it to be in Murong Qin's hands.
But he was scared.
He was afraid that the final result would be that the "curse and killing technique" was unsolvable, and he was afraid that he would not be able to achieve the last wish of his father and queen mother in this life......
"The third brother is so bitter that the fourth brother is hidden." King Xuan smiled bitterly, his eyes flashed, and he asked tentatively, "Is it okay?" Let my brother take a look. β
"Yes." Murong Qin put down the chess pieces in his hand. "But ......," he hesitated.
Xuanwu Yicheng's heart hung in his throat, "The third brother said directly, the fourth brother will definitely do his best." β
"But. Need the younger brother to resolve the prejudice between the third brother and the Duchess of the Kingdom? He pressed on. He had already received the message of today's events.
"It's not. I have a deep grudge with the General's Mansion, and it is not an overnight thing. The corners of Murong Qin's eyes flashed helplessly, "What's more, the old lady has an upright temperament." I'm afraid it will be more difficult for the fourth brother to get out. β
This matter is not trivial, and he does not dare to act rashly.
Xuanwu Yicheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, isn't it good, this matter is related to the previous dynasty, and he is really not a little sure.
"Since the third brother brought the younger brother here, he must have something in his heart. The younger brother is eager to read and hopes that the third brother will speak out. β
Murong Qin glanced at King Xuan, who was eager on the other side, "This first thing is very simple for the fourth brother. β
"So, what about the second thing?" Xuanwu Yicheng raised his eyebrows.
Murong Qin's smile became deeper and deeper, "The fourth brother is straightforward, and this second and last thing is to ask the fourth brother to assist me in thoroughly investigating the Huo clan's extermination back then." He asked rhetorically, "Fourth brother, do you dare?" β
Xuanwu Yicheng was stunned when he heard it, when the Huo clan went to the Zhulian Nine Clans because of treason with the enemy, this matter was related to the secrets of the Great Yue Kingdom, and it involved the Nanban, which was really not simple.
"Why don't you dare?" He chuckled wickedly, "In this world, there is really nothing that my brother does not dare." β
Apart from...... Absolute ......
Therefore, he had to find a way to crack the "curse and killing technique" from "South Water" anyway.
"Third brother, what about the first one?"
"I want Su Muli, the name is right, go back to the emperor!"
Inside the house, the oil lamp was still bright, and the flickering flames were about to be extinguished, but Murong Qin's eyes were extremely firm......
On the second day, Xuanwu Yicheng left Cen Zhou alone before dawn, and there was a letter left in the purple garden, which was addressed to Qi Niang Su Muli, and there was only one piece of paper in it, which was taken from her in the Moli Garden that day, and there was nothing else to say.
Qi Niang sighed lightly, why did she expect to leave an explanation to King Xuan, who came to do her own thing, she really thought about it.
Banxiang stood outside the door with a bitter face, hesitating.
"Banxiang, why don't you go in?" Chensu came over with a pot of honey lotus leaf soup.
After this little girl came back from outside yesterday, she had a bitter and hateful face.
Banxiang was stunned, "Oh, I'm ...... I'll go in. β
Chen Su sighed lightly and then pushed the door directly into the house regardless of her, the lady has also been worried recently, and she has been displeased with the old lady, so she is even more anxious, she is worried and anxious, so she can't take care of anything else.
"Lady, the newly made honey lotus leaf soup is the best way to get rid of the fire in your heart."
Qi Niang was copying the scriptures and stopped writing, "Mother-in-law has a heart, did grandmother send it?" β
"I just sent it, and the fourth lady tasted it and praised it deliciously." Dust Su was overjoyed.
"Well, then I'll boil some more and send them to all the houses and courtyards." Qi Niang thought for a while and then added, "The lotus leaf is cold, and the uncle has a heart disease, so don't eat more." β
"Yes." Dust bowed and retired.
After another quarter of an hour or so, the half-incense outside the door came in.
She immediately knelt down with a "poof", "Lady...... Lady ......", she choked up, but she couldn't say any more.
Qi Niang was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the little girl up, "What's the matter, Banxiang?" β
"But Shopkeeper Yu scolded you?" She asked with concern.
Yesterday just after noon, she went to deliver the embroidered three-foot cloud smoke brocade, but I heard that it was almost dark before she returned home, and as soon as she came back, she fell asleep under the pretext of being uncomfortable. Qi Niang was puzzled in her heart, could it be that the shopkeeper didn't like her own design.
After the half-incense was embroidered, she repeatedly checked that there was nothing wrong, the needle angle was fine and hidden, the embroidery thread color was elegant and bright, the koi coloring was fresh and free, the beauty embroidered was even more beautiful, and the new nine-tailed spirit fox green hosta between the green silk was more smart and fresh, and she also boasted about the little girl at that time.
"No, no, no." Banxiang wiped her tears and shook her head vigorously.
Qi Niang breathed a sigh of relief. "What the hell is that?"
"Yes...... It's the handkerchief that has been snatched away, lady! Banxiang howled and cried, it was a relic left by the lady to the lady, and the mother-in-law had been treasured for so many years, but now it was snatched away by the disciples.
Qi Niang suddenly, it turned out to be for the green cicada wing silk handkerchief.
"I see, it's not a big deal, don't cry." Qi Niang comforted.
"Lady...... Got it? Banxiang was stunned, but she didn't ask the shopkeeper Yu for a long time. The lady actually knew it a long time ago!
"It's King Xuan. Not to rob, but to buy. She took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears from the little girl, "Don't feel distressed, find good materials another day." I'll teach you how to embroider better. Luckily? β
"Huh?" Banxiang is even more puzzled. "However, this is left by the lady to the lady!" It's not that she's rare, and she's afraid that she won't be willing to love the lady?
"Hmm. I knew I would come back if I had the chance. Qi Niang comforted, "However, you can't tell your mother-in-law that the Xuan throne is high and powerful, and it is not something we can compete with." β
In other words, I don't want my mother-in-law to be in a hurry.
"yes, okay." Banxiang nods in understanding.
Qi Niang looked straight at it, took out a letter from her arms and handed it to her, "It's been inconvenient for me to leave the mansion recently, you send this to Prince Murong Qin." β
"Yes." Banxiang wiped away his tears and reluctantly withdrew.
Qi Niang sighed, her grandmother never called her to go since she was forbidden, even if she took the initiative to go to acupuncture, she was turned away, and she was really angry with her.
On that day, it was true that she was too eager, but ...... But she didn't know why, once it came to Murong Qin's matter, she was extremely easy to get angry, even if she deliberately suppressed it, she couldn't suppress it.
King Xuan suddenly left Cen Zhou, and Prince Murong had no news at all, and she was now sitting in a well and watching the sky.
Can...... There were countless whys in her mind that she wanted to ask.
Why lie to me?
Why approach me?
Why use it for me?
Why do you deliberately deceive me?
Her chest swelled with doubts, speculations, resentment, and the sadness of being deceived and concealed.
Really...... The five flavors are mixed, indescribable, unclear, only self-knowing.
This morning, she wrote countless whys in her closed-door study.
But in the end, the letter sent by Banxiang only contained a prescription to suppress the poisonous fire, and she ...... after all I can't ask.
Thinking about it carefully, whether she is with Murong Qin or with Xuanwu Yicheng, they are just friendships, so why bother to talk deeply......
What's more, there is still a hatred between her and Murong Qin for killing their father and mother, they are destined to be enemies in this life, and they will only be enemies!
Qing left the courtyard, and Sanniang now wanted to know why, so she slapped her hard, "Slut, then you tell me why!" β
Wu Niang was beaten to her knees and sat down, blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, "My sister doesn't understand what my sister means." β
"Don't understand?" , the corners of Sanniang's eyes flashed fiercely, "Then I'll beat you slut today until you understand!" She raised her hand and slapped her face a few more times.
Wu Niang couldn't dodge and was beaten, her cheeks were red and swollen, and more blood overflowed the corners of her mouth.
"Stop!" Da Lang, who rushed to hear the news, kicked the door open.
"What is the third sister doing?" He hurriedly helped Wu Niang up, and the pain in his eyes was obvious.
"Yo, the eldest brother is so fast, I guess I didn't have such a speed when I went to Chunmanlou to find Sister Yao's happiness." Sanniang's language was sarcastic.
Wu Niang was so ashamed that she hurriedly pushed away Da Lang's hand.
"Five sisters ......", Da Lang cares about chaos.
"It's better if the eldest brother is here, let's just ask the conversation together." Sanniang raised her eyebrows, "It was your bad idea that day, let the eldest brother ask the girl next to her grandmother, and it was the girl who complained to the second room later, you say, it's not you slut who framed me behind my back, who else can there be?" β
"Third sister ......", Da Lang couldn't help but persuade him.
Wu Niang's tears fell, "My sister didn't, my sister didn't, Zipei's friendship with Chun Manlou Lu Ji was said by my mother's side, I also thought about it for a while, thinking that Xu was useful to inform the third sister, as for the rest, my sister really didn't know at all." β
Wu Niang cried even more aggrievedly as she spoke.
Da Lang's heart was broken when he heard this, "The third sister, the fifth sister is still young, how could she know that these things must have been provoked by others." β
"Hmph, I don't know.!" Sanniang gritted her teeth with hatred. "From the original proposal to prevent my grandmother from returning to the house to the later proposal of the girl, she has designed and planned all of them a long time ago, and now she dares to talk to me with sharp teeth, quibbles and cry, see if I don't kill you cheap billet!"
Sanniang rushed forward suddenly, punching and kicking Wu Niang, Da Lang was in a hurry, Aunt Wan, who was hiding in the backyard window, gritted her teeth and burst into tears, she couldn't stand it anymore, turned her back and ran out crying.
So, it didn't take long for even Changfeng Hall to be alarmed.
The lights are on. The Nagafudo Hall is brightly lit. The kitchenette has prepared meals long ago and reheated when they are cold.
"Let's warm it up first, it is estimated that it will not be finished in a while." The housekeeper's mother-in-law commanded.
"Yes." The cook was anxious, "Can ...... I'm afraid this peach blossom assorted honey fish is ...... Fishy. β
When the fish is cold, it has a fishy smell.
"Withdraw." The housekeeper's mother-in-law sighed, there was a lot of trouble today. The implication is widespread. It is estimated that the old lady has no intention of having dinner. "Prepare some ginseng soup."
"Yes." The cook stepped back cautiously.
The marble tiles of the main hall were full of kneeling, and sparse sobs came and went.
The old lady sat upright, her eyelids half-drooping. Don't be angry.
Fang Cai, the resentful Sanniang, the aggrieved Wuniang, and the cowardly Dalang all told the ins and outs of the matter, and the girl who had been locked up made a supplement.
Chen's heart is uneasy, whether it is Dalang Sanniang or Wuniang, she is the person in her big house, and now there is such an unfilial scandal, I am afraid that her mother will be to blame.
The eldest lord was annoyed and angry, first he did such a big rebellious thing, and now they are still fighting for it, which really disgraced his old face, it was his father's poor discipline, and he was useless.
"Mother, it was unfilial piety for them to prevent you from returning to the house that day, and it was unkind to fight today, it was disrespectful not to listen to the teachings of the elders, and it was dishonest to know and not change, so unfilial and disrespectful, unkind and insincere people, please punish you severely!"
The old man's righteous words have the meaning of righteousness to destroy relatives.
Siniang, who was sitting beside the old lady, trembled her eyebrows, and the uncle was really angry this time.
"Sir!" Chen's language was crying, "Sanniang said it all, it was Wu Niang who planned and instigated it, you can't beat it to death with a stick!" β
She knelt down and climbed forward again, crying and begging for mercy, "Mother, mother, you have to make the decision for Sanniang Dalang, they are young and ignorant, please spare them once, I will definitely be optimistic about them in the future, and there will never be these ugly things again." β
"Chen, shut up for me!" The eldest lord stepped forward and grabbed her, "You are talking nonsense in front of your mother." β
Sanniang is even more angry now, obviously it's not her fault, why did her father punish her and that slut together?
"Grandmother and father, I was completely deceived by the slut Wu Niang, I am innocent!" She was in a hurry and didn't choose what to say.
"Sanniang, don't be presumptuous!" The eldest lord reprimanded.
"Father, what's wrong with the daughter!" She is out of the way, these days the humiliation of the second room, the framing of Wu Niang, the grievances of her mother, the protection of her father, and the arrogance of the slut in the third room, she has had enough, she is not wrong, but today she has to be punished together, this kind of day, she Su Qingfeng is fed up!
"On that day, you and your mother teamed up to drive Su Muli away, and the eldest brother burned down the Hongyan Inn overnight, and the eldest brother killed the shopkeeper, don't you want your grandmother to return home later?"
She stood up excitedly, walked up to the eldest master, and asked sharply, "Wu Niang's mind is the most poisonous, and she came up with a plan to tell me, and the eldest brother sent someone in a hurry, isn't it exactly what you want?" β
"Father, mother, second uncle and second aunt, ask yourself, how many people in this house are sincerely willing to let Su Muli return home? Who in the general's mansion doesn't know that the Su family hasn't relied on the three-room industry to maintain it all these years, and now as soon as she comes back, even the general's mansion will be left to her as a dowry, will you be willing? β
"Grandmother will come back later, so the big guy will have time to do it, and who of you doesn't think so? It's just that it was only later that my grandmother was critically ill and everyone was scared, so they put the blame on our juniors! Honestly, what is wrong with my eldest brother, tell me, didn't we do exactly what you wanted? β
Sanniang was extremely excited, and in the end, she pointed at the eldest master and asked.
Banxiang stood behind Qi Niang, and her back was dripping with cold sweat when she heard it.
Qi Niang was surprised in her heart, and her face was still as usual. These things are just for the sake of a good word, and they are touching people's hearts, and they have been the case throughout the ages.
The old man was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, "You ...... You rebel! He got up and stepped forward, and the "snap" was a slap, the voice was very harsh, and You Shi, who was sitting in a corner, trembled.
Wu Niang knelt behind her head and stopped sobbing.
"Father......" Sanniang's eyes widened, her face full of surprise, "You...... You're ...... Hit me? β
"I ...... Where did I say something wrong, you said, isn't Su Muli the house you drove out, didn't the eldest brother send people to chase and kill her overnight with your acquiescence, and that day at the city gate, didn't you and the second uncle try their best to obstruct her from saving her grandmother? β
"Now, one by one, you open your mouth and close your mouths but only say that I am wrong, I am not filial, unkind, disrespectful and insincere, how good are you elders? Aren't they all vicious and rebellious? β
"You...... You ......", the old man's face was swollen red, his eyes were round, and his hand pointing at Sanniang trembled vigorously, and suddenly he closed his eyes and fell down with a "bang".
"Sir, sirβ"
"Big brotherβ"
"Fatherβ"
The hall was full of cries.
A quarter of an hour later, with a wave of Qi Niang's hand, all the seventy-seven forty-nine silver needles were pulled out, and the eldest master opened his eyes leisurely.
"Master-", Chen burst into tears.
The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and sat back with the help of Siniang.
"The eldest uncle fainted in anger, and now that he has woken up, he is fine, please rest assured that my grandmother and aunt will be relieved." Qi Niang packed up the silver needle and bowed back, "However, Uncle has a serious heart attack, and he needs more recuperation in the future." β
"Yes, yes." Chen wiped his tears and nodded, but he didn't know how to say thank you.
"Alright, let's all sit back." The old lady spoke.
Everyone sat silently, and the Chen family stood by the corner of the big man.
Sanniang didn't make any more trouble after this incident, and knelt behind them with Da Lang.
The girl was trembling with fright.
"Fang Cai, you've said enough, and you've made enough trouble, now let me be honest, let me say a few words." The old lady's words were slow and clear, threatening and angry.
Qi Niang couldn't help frowning, grandmother was going to be powerful.
"This first and most important thing, Su Muli, fourteen years old, is the eldest daughter of my Su family in Cen Zhou, the daughter of my son General Changfeng, I officially recognize this granddaughter today, do you still have any objections?"
The people below each half-hung their faces, shook their heads again and again, and said "I don't dare".
The old lady's face was slightly pale, "She, the seventh in the clan, will be the seventh mother of my general's mansion in the future." β
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
"The second thing, the Su family in the General's Mansion has never been separated, but the public is public and private, all the three-room properties will be handed over to me from now on, whether it is a big house or a second room, no more interference is allowed, if I find out that someone dares to have any plans for this, immediately expelled me from the Su family."
The old lady swept her eyes around, "You guys, do you still have objections?" β
Although everyone below had different thoughts, they didn't dare to say anything more, so they could only shake their heads unwillingly.
"The third thing is today." The old lady closed her eyes sadly, "I don't think I've ever had any intimacy with you. β
She looked at the eldest and second masters, "When you were young, the family business was at the beginning of its establishment, although your father and I were busy all day long, we never despised your discipline, loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, benevolence, poetry, books, etiquette, and music, what made you fall behind?" Your father and I only hope that you can cultivate your self-cultivation well, and that in the future, the three brothers will be able to work together to take care of the family business, but now you can see for yourself what has become of you? β
"Your father left early, Changfeng passed away suddenly, my wife is old, and the only one who can count on you is you, and this family can only rely on you, but ...... You have disappointed me so much......" (To be continued.) )