"Master, I know you're worried, but you can't go on like this, don't let the old lady and Mrs. They haven't found it, and you're going to fall yourself!" Cao Yu took the rock sugar bird's nest porridge that had been placed on the small table and had been placed in the warm cover too early, and said: "You are just for the sake of the lady, for the old lady, and you can't boil your body down!" ”

"Where else can I eat?" Huo Shijiu pushed away the enamel Caifu Lu Suxi four-color small bowl, and many things were mixed together in his mind, and his mind was entangled when he hadn't rested well for the past two days. couldn't figure it out, couldn't tell the difference, which made him more and more anxious, "There was a fight outside the city, and the dead soldiers were killed and wounded. Daddy and mother are old, the old and young in the group, Ah Ming is still carrying seven catties, and the woman is still pregnant......"

Huo Jiu closed his eyes, propped his elbows on the table and supported his forehead, and said helplessly: "If the sky really doesn't hang the curtains, let them have three long and two short, then I have no intention of living." ”

"Master......" Cao Yu groaned, and couldn't find the words to persuade for a while.

He asked himself, if this matter was left on him, he was afraid that he would have gone crazy a long time ago. In the past two days, he couldn't find anyone and couldn't get any news, Huo Shijiu was anxious not to eat or sleep, and a lot of gray hair suddenly grew on his temples. He is also a person who cares about his family, and what he misses most is family affection. If something happens to his family, he's afraid he's going crazy.

"That's it."

While Cao Yu was pondering, Huo Shijiu had already picked up the bowl and scooped a spoonful of rock sugar bird's nest porridge into his mouth. In the past two days, he had a few mouth sores in his anxious mouth, and it hurt very much to eat the porridge, but he forced himself to finish a bowl.

"It is expected that there will be a follow-up soon. In case the father and mother and the concubine are really arrested. Most of the other party will also come to talk to me about the conditions. If it's true. I'm afraid there should be a letter too. I'm just thinking about the good thing. If people are kidnapped, and I fall without eating or drinking, who will save them? ”

"That's right!" Cao Yu deeply admired his will, and said with relief: "Madame is not an ordinary woman, and the person we ordered to bring is not a straw bag, and now there are still three dead soldiers missing from the corpse, which means that these three people are fine, although they may escape alone." But from what I know about them, they are all very loyal to the master, so the chance of escaping alone is not great, most likely this son will follow the lady. Moreover, as long as Mrs. is fine, the old lady and Mrs. Tai and the second master are all fine. ”

Cao Yu analyzed exactly what Huo Shijiu was thinking at this time.

Jiang Fei's temperament, if there is really danger, she will definitely sacrifice her life to protect her family, and would rather die together than leave his parents and relatives to live secretly regardless of himself. So if Jiang Yu is okay. Most of the family members are fine. If something happens to her family, Jiang Wei is afraid that she will not be alive. And that kind of fight. The casualties were so heavy, you can imagine how intense and tense the situation was at that time, could Jiang Yu not take action?

She was still pregnant, and she wanted to have such an adventure, and I don't know what happened to her now.

The thoughts that had already been turned countless times in his heart these days came up again, and Huo Jiu controlled himself not to think too much, otherwise he would drive himself crazy, and instead think about something else: "You say, we have an extra group of people outside the house to monitor?" ”

"Exactly." Cao Yu said: "I didn't say it before, I didn't know for sure, but now looking at their style and secrecy, they do look like people from Dongchang." I only looked at it, but it was not publicized, and few of the guards in our house knew about it, so three or two came to talk to me, and I only told them not to publicize it, so I came to say to the Hou Ye, please show me. ”

Huo Shijiu groaned, who can cultivate such a master comparable to Dongchang Fanzi? Even some of the guards he kept in his house were unaware. And these people have only recently been added, and they have just been determined.

"I haven't heard anything about the East Factory recently."

"Yes."

"Whether it is Dongchang or not, the timing of these people's appearance is too coincidental. They just disappeared and disappeared, and these people appeared outside our house. Huo Nineteen's index finger knocked down on the table, and in the middle of his thoughts, a guess came to his mind, and he was immediately shocked by the cold sweat on his back.

No, it won't! It won't be his!! He knew the emperor's dependence and trust in him, and he also knew his status in the emperor's mind, and the fans of Dongchang were supposed to do these things, maybe the British Duke ordered them, and it was not known that they came to their house to monitor!

Huo Jiujiu thought like this, but there was another voice in his heart saying: He has not had a grudge with the British Duke for a day or two, could it be that the British Duke has been slow to react until recently, and only remembered to send a wave of more powerful spies?

The calm on Huo Nineteen's face could not be seen in anger, only the clenched white fingertips revealed his thoughts.

Cao Yu had always observed Huo Shijiu's affairs in detail, and seeing him like this, he knew that he might already have a guess in his heart.

In the past two days, Huo Shijiu has lived a hellish life, which is enough to punish his heart. He must not make matters worse at this time, you must know that even if his heart is as strong as Huo Jiu, when he encounters the affairs of his family and Jiang Yan, he will panic, his nerves are already tense to the point that he can no longer bear more, maybe just a little more can make him completely collapse.

Cao Yu pondered his words and said softly: "Master said before that he was going to Yi County, I said to wait first, but after waiting for the Dao, there is no news now, I am also worried that I will be delayed, why don't I accompany you to Yi County to have a look?" After all, those things are all listened to by people, and it is easier to analyze them than to see them with your own eyes. ”

"That's what you said." Huo Jiujiu came back to his senses and said strongly: "I haven't gone to ask the emperor for a few days, if I go to Yi County rashly out of the city, I'm afraid the emperor will think too much." Mo Ran, you can accompany me into the palace, see what the emperor says, and make sure that it is okay before going out. ”

"Nature is good. But should Hou Ye take care of it? ”

Following Cao Yu's gaze, Huo Shijiu looked down at the wrinkled robe on his body, touched his chin with stubble, he didn't close his eyes for two days and didn't eat, let alone wash and change clothes and comb his hair. A stubbly beard. It is indeed not good to face the saint in this way.

But what does it matter?

"Let's go at that." Huo Nineteen said thoughtfully.

Maybe. There are still people who want to see him like this.

When Huo Shijiu entered the palace, the little emperor was leading the little eunuchs to play kites outside the dormitory.

The sky that had just rained was now as blue as a wash, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance of grass and fragrance.

Huo Shijiu watched from afar as the little emperor was dressed in light yellow, folded branches, pearls, dragons and phoenixes, and his robe was constantly tattooed and shining under the air, compared with his own haggard description, the emperor was like a bud in early spring, and he was like a leaf about to wither and crumble.

"Your Majesty. Jin Ninghou is here. ”

The little emperor listened to the little eunuch's reply, and looked in the direction of Huo Shijiu with a smile. In fact, he had already seen people out of the corner of his eye, but he didn't want to take the initiative to speak.

However, the closer Huo Shijiu got closer, the more clearly the little emperor saw his haggardness, and the kite string in his hand almost dropped in surprise. Thanks to the little eunuch named Xiaolu beside him, his eyes were quick and he firmly grasped the kite string.

When Xiao Lu Fang had just made a light leap, Cao Yu, who was following behind Huo Shijiu, glanced at him thoughtfully.

The little emperor has already greeted him: "Brother Ying, are you here?" How did you get it like this? ”

Looking at the black green under his eyes, the little emperor couldn't help frowning: "Didn't you sleep well?" I haven't seen you enter the palace for the past two days. I thought you were resting at home. Why, everyone who is with you is dead? Don't you know how to serve you! ”

Huo Nineteen saluted the little emperor. The body shook a little.

The little emperor was busy supporting with his hands, and when he saw Huo Nineteen like this, he turned around and ordered: "Hurry up and prepare hot water and wait for the Hou Ye to freshen up and change clothes." Call the Imperial Doctor into the palace again! ”

"Yes." The palace people retreated.

Huo Jiu shook his head, and said in a hoarse and tired voice: "The emperor doesn't have to be busy, the minister doesn't want to do anything at this time." There was something at home, but I didn't come to see the emperor for two days. ”

Hearing the words "there is something at home", the little emperor's expression was a little the same, and his jaw tightened and he said with great concern: "What happened?" ”

Huo Shijiu shook his head and entered the hall with the emperor, the little emperor sat in the first place, Huo Shijiu stood with his head hanging on his chest, and replied weakly: "Originally, the minister's parents and family thought that now that the situation is very good and the weather is warm, they will go to the south to play. Then he took counsel and sent someone with him. The emperor also knows that Jingjing's temperament is the most filial one, and he is not worried about his parents, so he should accompany him to walk a distance and send them to Yi County and come back. But just such a short journey, something happened! ”

"Huh?!" The little emperor exclaimed in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

"None of them were heard from, and the bodies of the accompanying guards were found outside the city. Chen thought, maybe his parents and family have suffered a tragic accident. ”

The little emperor frowned, and said thoughtfully: "Brother Ying, don't be too anxious, maybe something is delayed?" Besides, a character like a bully like my sister won't look at what her family is like. I can't be sure that something is stumbling. ”

Huo Jiu shook his head, his beautiful eyes kept looking at the little emperor's expression, under the bright sky, not a single subtle expression of the little emperor escaped his eyes.

He hadn't thought too much about it originally. It's just that when I entered the palace today, I realized that something was wrong with the emperor.

At first the exaggerated surprise at the sight of him, then the unnatural exclamation when he said that his family was gone, and what he said.

If it was usual, when the little emperor heard such news, he would first wonder if it was done by the British duke. The second will be anxiously spinning the ground, and will take his anxiety as his own anxiety.

But today, the little emperor comforted him like this, saying that there was something to delay.

In fact, Huo Jiujiu couldn't find anything wrong with saying this, but he knew too much about this child he watched grow up, and too much about what his every expression represented.

His expression was genuinely flustered.

Good and dignified, what is he panicking about?

Huo Jiujiu remembered what Cao Yu had said—there was an extra watcher outside the Hou Mansion, and his actions were similar to those of the people in Dongchang.

Once he had this guess and carefully observed the current situation, Huo Shijiu had 10,000 reasons to believe that his guess was not wrong.

Heartache, shock, unspeakable colic spread through the chest, and the heart whirled as if an invisible hand was gripping the small piece of flesh in half.

Huo Shijiu's eyes turned black, and he covered his chest in pain.

"Brother Ying!" The little emperor exclaimed. and Cao Yu to hold the crumbling Huo Nineteen. Let him sit in the circle chair. He turned around and shouted: "Don't rush yet, hurry up and call Imperial Doctor Du and Imperial Doctor Liu!" ”

"Yes, yes!" The little eunuch in front of the door saw that the emperor changed color in a hurry, and his voice was so loud that he hurriedly climbed away with the Marquis of Jinning.

Huo Jiujiu had recovered a little by this time, and the intense colic pain had disappeared, leaving only cold sweat all over his body. Soaked soaking down my back.

"Master, how are you?"

"Brother Ying is okay, right?"

Huo Jiujiu shook his head, "I'm fine, I'm just hungry." What the emperor said is very true, maybe it is really delayed," lowered his forehead, and continued: "The matter has come to this, and it is useless to be anxious. The minister was just waiting for news, what happened to him, or if there was something delayed. It should be known soon. ”

Only then did the little emperor put his mind at ease and said, "Yes." It's going to be fine. Brother Ying settled down, since they were hungry, I asked them to prepare some smooth food, and it happened that I was also hungry, so Brother Ying accompanied me to eat something. Now it's better to go and wash and take care of it, you look at you, alas! Later, the imperial doctor will come and take a look. “

Speaking of which, the little emperor was worried and held Huo Shijiu's sleeve with both hands, "Brother Ying, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, for me, you must take care of your body, I can't live without you." ”

Huo Shijiu avoided the serious, and said apologetically: "Such a wolf bèi, it is unsightly, it is really the negligence of the minister." ”

"Why do you need to be so polite, I don't care what you are, you are what you are, aren't you all my big brother Ying. I'm really worried that Qijin will be scared to see your sloppy appearance. ”

The little emperor was an unintentional joke. But stopping in Huo Jiu's ears is another matter. The next time I see Qijin, don't say it's scared, I'm afraid the child won't know his father.

Thinking about his family who had no news, and looking at the emperor who was smiling reluctantly in front of him, he was a little confused for a moment, and he didn't know why he insisted until today. After agreeing to the words of the first emperor, can it still be done?

Huo Jiujiu didn't want his inner fluctuations to be shown in front of others, so he got up and asked the little eunuch to wait for him to wash, shave and comb his hair, and changed into a bamboo leaf cyan cross-collared plain gauze robe specially given to him by the little emperor, with a buckle inlaid with gold and sapphire around his waist.

Changing clothes properly, even if he is haggard, Huo Shijiu is still as chic as Yushu in the wind and the moon. The little emperor looked pleasing to the eye, and affectionately pulled him to sit down and talk, and when the imperial doctor came to check the pulse, he only said that Huo Shijiu was overtired, and it was fine.

In this way, both the little emperor and Cao Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial doctor went outside to prescribe medicine, and the little emperor immediately ordered someone to decoct Huo Shijiu.

Huo Jiu hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, there has been no news from Yi County, the minister plans to go out of Beijing and see it in person, so he will not use medicine in the palace, and it is not too late to return to the matter and leave the medicine to recuperate, and now the top priority is this top priority." Otherwise, how can the minister sleep in peace? I also asked the emperor to give the minister a few days of vacation. ”

He's going to go in person?

The little emperor was a little anxious, and blurted out: "Brother Ying, don't go." Now that things are like this in Kyoto, our second plan has been implemented a few days ago, and the British public security is not sure when they will find something, and they can't say when they will attack me. It is the time to employ people, without you by my side, how should I be good? ”

The little emperor grabbed Huo Jiujiu's sleeve, like a child who was cheating on his father, the dependence in his expression and the request in his words made Huo Jiujiu's heart palpitate.

Maybe it's because I already have a guard against him in my heart, and I don't trust him as much as before. Listening to the emperor now, he will think of several possibilities, such words that used to make him feel comfortable in his heart, but today make him feel selfish.

There is indeed a sentence "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die". But how could he and the emperor have been just simple monarchs and ministers?

The emperor is also a human being, and he is not iron-hearted, so can't he cover it at all?

"Your Majesty. You have a point. Huo Nineteen said tiredly: "The matter of the British Duke is indeed urgent, so the minister is in a hurry to get the concubine back." After all, this plan was what she thought, and she did the main hands-on. The third link is really the key, if there is no her, it will be difficult for the minister to take the bait, and it will be difficult to lure him into the trap. ”

The little emperor bowed his head seriously, and his expression did not move.

Huo Shijiu said again: "Originally, she only sent her father and mother to Yi County and turned back, so she wouldn't delay the serious matter at all." Her whereabouts are unknown. How can the plan be carried out? ”

The little emperor chewed on these words. Re-analyze Huo Nineteen's behavior on weekdays. Suddenly, I felt that he was telling the truth, and Jiang Yan didn't go out to hide with him......

"Brother Ying......" The little emperor subconsciously spoke, and only when he made a voice did he realize that his tone was very wrong.

He is the king of a country, and how he makes decisions can only be obeyed by the courtiers, and cannot be distinguished. Not to mention whether he did anything wrong. Could it be that before the courtiers did such suspicious things, they didn't consider Long Yan's anger? Jiang Yu's skills are not good to stay at home. And go out and walk around.

Originally, he didn't plan to get involved in this at all.

But in Huo Nineteen's words, he even said that the Huo family was going out to play. At this point, he still didn't tell him the truth, and he couldn't complain about him.

After complicating his feelings, the little emperor was already full of confidence when he spoke again: "Since Brother Ying said so, it is not good for me to keep you in Kyoto for more." If you want to go to Yi County, go there. Just remember to come back soon, and don't forget that there are serious things to do in Kyoto City. ”

In this way, the dissatisfaction of the little emperor has been expressed very clearly.

If he stays in an ordinary courtier, he will immediately prostrate and plead guilty.

Huo Shijiu said gratefully as if he hadn't noticed it: "Thank you for the emperor's understanding." The emperor also said. Chen's parents are honest and honest people, and they are both blessed. The minister borrowed this auspicious sentence from the emperor. And I believed from the bottom of my heart that they were safe and sound. ”

This sentence sounded like he was comforting himself.

But in front of the little emperor's eyes, Huo Dazhuo's honest smiling face and Zhao's loving and gentle smile appeared.

Previously, the courtyard was destroyed, and before he returned to the palace, he had lived in the Huo family for a while. Although Huo Dazhuan has no culture, he is a very upright and loyal honest man, the family is not willing to enjoy the glory and wealth, he grows vegetables, raises chickens and pigs all day long, pulls him to help in the field, teaches him a lot of crop knowledge, and loves him like a nephew, he will not say flattering words against his will because he is the emperor, but he really cares about him, remembers his favorite dishes, and always puts them in front of him when eating. Zhao also helped him mend his torn sleeves and make shoes for him. Those shoes, although they don't look very good-looking, they are very comfortable to wear, Huo Nineteen's younger brother is an honest scholar, Huo Nineteen's sister is a very cheerful woman......

There is also Jiang Wei, the character who became a sensation in Huangyu Mountain, and then became a heroine in order to help Huo Shijiu.

These people died because of his anger.

The little emperor was actually not sure whether the people he sent were successful at this time, because none of them survived this time. But he thought, these people are the best of the elite, can't they do this? Secretly, he also knew that Jiang Yu was pregnant again.

When it comes to a real fight, it's impossible for her not to shoot. A pregnant woman, if she wants to fight with people, I am afraid that if she does not die, she will lose half her life.

Now the little emperor is a little regretful and guilty.

He also wondered, was his mind hot and made a wrong decision, if it was really as Huo Nineteen said, Jiang Yu did not plan to leave Kyoto and no longer interfere in this matter, and it was not Huo Nineteen who arranged for everyone to go out for refuge?

“…… Emperor? ”

"Huh?" The little emperor came back to his senses, "Brother Ying, what did you say?" ”

"The minister is asking, what is the emperor thinking? It seems to be very contradictory. Huo Nineteen had already made up his mind and asked knowingly.

The little emperor shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Brother Ying, don't worry, the old lady and the lady are both blessed people, can a few little assassins do anything to them?" I'll arrange for someone from the Jinyi Guard to go with you later. They were originally your people, and they also had a tacit understanding with you, so it was important to get your sister back. ”

"Yes, minister, thank you for the emperor's grace."

The little emperor actually forgot that he had just ordered someone to prepare lunch for Huo Shijiu to use together, so he let him go......

Outside the palace gate, Huo Shijiu lifted the window screen and looked at the splendid palace through the falling light blue tassels. muttered, "In the end, it still came to this day." ”

Cao Yu called worriedly: "Master? ”

"Let's go. In any case, if you live to see a person and die to see a corpse. When Huo Jiujiu said this, there was a little more mockery in his smile, "Fortunately, the emperor's words made me sure that he didn't know if his father and mother were not there." This shows that there is still room for improvement. ”

Cao Yu pursed his lips, just now the emperor's words did not match the afterword, and the appearance of panic and contradiction, and finally said that the assassin was not a mountain bandit road tyrant or other accident, which had already proved their previous guess.

"Master, he's like that, do you want to continue to work for him?" (To be continued......)

PS: Recommend the text of my friend Snow Fairy 01. The title of the book is "The Story of Hundred Flavors". Introduction: Crossing for a small peasant girl, hand-made soup. Let you sit and taste the food, smile and accept the marriage.