Chapter 42: A Night Visit to Qing Embroidery
"Amitabha!"
The monk at the top of the altar pronounced a Buddha horn and turned to step down. The water and land puja chanting will last for seven days and nights, and it won't be long before a new monk will take the stage, but for the Lu family, the puja is over.
After the group got up and left the temple and came to the carriage, the old housekeeper looked up at the sunset that was about to set, walked to the old lady and proposed: "Master, the sky is dark, I am afraid that it is not safe to walk at night, why not rest in the city for one night?" ”
The old lady bowed slightly when she heard this, "I also have this intention, there are too few empty rooms in the backyard of the pharmacy to live in, you go and arrange it, see if there are any empty rooms in the city inn, it's really not good, it will be one night." ”
The old butler nodded again and again, "That old slave takes the first step." ”
Tingyuan Temple is very close to Luzhou City, and before and after the tea time, the Lu family carriage has already entered the city. The old housekeeper was lucky enough to find an inn with a lot of vacant rooms.
Maybe it was a day's walk, everyone was tired, and at dinner, the Lin family didn't trouble Lu Yunqing, and the old lady didn't speak, and everyone dispersed after eating.
In the room, Dingchun was kneeling on the ground and making a bunk.
Lu Yunqing sat at the table and unfolded the note that the old housekeeper had just sent, and along with the note, there was also a set of freshly made night black dresses and black gauze hats, as well as a key.
"Chunxi Street B No. 2."
Noting down the address of the store, Lu Yunqing burned the note and bathed in Dingchun's service as if nothing had happened.
Dingchun didn't say much, and after serving the young lady, he also wiped his body, and while untying the cloth strip on his legs, he said, "It's not too early, Miss should rest early." ”
"Hmm."
Lu Yunqing put on a long black dress and slept with a hood and clothes.
Until the night was dark, Lu Yunqing put on a hat to hide her face, and quietly turned out the door from the back window, after being abandoned in her previous life, she wandered outside, and she was so hungry that she often went to other people's yards to steal food, and the inn room where she was was deliberately arranged by the old housekeeper on the first floor, and it was not difficult to open the window.
After Lu Yunqing left, Dingchun first climbed onto Lu Yunqing's bed, and then directly swaggered up, walked to the table calmly and poured tea and water.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
"I'm just a little thirsty, so let's go to sleep."
"Oh......"
There was a faint conversation between the two in the house, and the old servant who was watching outside the house woke up and saw the black shadow walking normally in the house, and after putting his mind down, he continued to doze off.
In the early summer of Luzhou City, the cold was still thick at night, and the sound of beating people could be heard in the distance on the empty streets.
Lu Yunqing was dressed in a black dress and black hat, like a ghost, and quickly walked to Chunxi Street through the night.
The old housekeeper was exquisite, and the inn he chose was not far from the shop of "Qing Embroidery Workshop", and Lu Yunqing arrived at his destination in less than half a cup of tea, unlocked and moved the door panel and walked in.
Facing a heavy smell of wood paint, Lu Yunqing covered his nose, touched the fire fold on the table and lit the lamp, turned around and closed the door panel, and looked at the shop.
The shop of Qing Embroidery Workshop is not big, about 30 squares, and the shelves account for half.
After a few days of hard work, the house has been almost decorated, and the shelves and furnishings are placed according to Lu Yunqing's wishes, and the overall style is indigo, revealing a dusty and elegant atmosphere.
Sitting down behind the counter, Lu Yunqing's eyes flashed with a faint joy.
In her previous life, when she was shaken in suffering, her greatest wish was to have a shop as a place to live.
It only took two months in this life for the wish to come true.
But that's not enough!
Lu Yunqing's eyes flashed, he got up and walked to the side of the shelf and turned the candlestick on the wall.
The shelves immediately turned in an arc, revealing a small door on the wall, and Lu Yunqing pushed the door in without saying a word.
Behind the small door was a very narrow compartment, small enough to hold a medicine table.
When Lu Yunqing came to the medicine table, he saw that there were many commonly used medicinal materials and utensils on the table.
This was originally a small warehouse for storing goods, but when the old butler found out about it, he asked her what she meant, so he changed it into a secret room.
The real function of the Kaiqing embroidery workshop is to treat people, and naturally they need some medicines, and those medicinal materials and utensils cannot be carried with them, so there is this secret room.
Lu Yunqing's main purpose for this trip is to come to see this secret room, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing, only after really seeing it, she can better arrange for the old housekeeper to add things in this secret room.
After checking the utensils on the table, Lu Yunqing came to the vacant space on the other side of the compartment again, and measured the size of the space with his eyes.
"There should still be a poison master table."
Lu Yunqing crossed this thought in her heart, that half of the medicine involved a small part of the poison tract after the operation, but because the damage was too great, she only mastered a small part of the poison technique, but it did not prevent her from continuing to study.
"Bang...... Syllable! ”
Suddenly, there was a strange sound outside the door, like the sound of a heavy object hitting the door panel.
Lu Yunqing's heart tightened, and without saying a word, he blew out the light in the secret room, and the room suddenly became dark.
Silent in the middle of the night, Lu Yunqing pressed down to speed up his heartbeat slightly, carefully walked to the door panel and squatted down, and immediately heard a heavy gasp that tried to lighten up and an extremely suppressed cough.
Someone?!
Lu Yunqing's eyes narrowed instantly, and several thoughts flashed in his mind one after another.
Those who come here late at night are either thieves or are being chased and killed, and fleeing here. The man outside the door tried to hold his breath, most likely the latter.
It's a hassle, and if nothing else, a big one.
To save, or not to save?
She never felt that she was a good man and a woman, and her luck had never been good, and if she fell into unknown danger, she would probably lose her life because of it.
"However, if he is left to lie at the door, I am afraid that the embroidery workshop will also be in trouble."
Thinking of this, Lu Yunqing got up and moved the door panel, and saw the bloodstained white robe on the person leaning outside the door by the moonlight, as well as the blood stains on the door panel, and immediately frowned.
The white-robed man struggled to open his eyes, only to see a blurry face swaying in front of his eyes, and then he felt that he had been helped up and entered the room, and then he felt that the world was spinning, and his vision was darkened.
"It's so heavy......"
In the secret room, Lu Yunqing's steps sank suddenly, and he couldn't support the white-robed man who had fainted, so he could only let him lie on the ground.
Putting down the burden, Lu Yunqing came to the shop and found half a bucket of water and wiped the blood stains on the door panel.
Not long after she finished wiping, she heard a dense sound of footsteps not far away.
Lu Yunqing's pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly ran to the back of the shop, opened the window, and stepped on the edge of the window, then turned back to the shop, picked up the lit lamp and hid in the secret room, and closed the switch.
Just as the shelves were closed, a group of masked men in black rushed in.
Lu Yunqing subconsciously relaxed his breathing, and was about to cover the snort of the person lying beside him, but found that he was angry.
"This shop hasn't opened yet, there's no one, there's no light."
"Escaped through the back window, chase after you!"
"Chase!"
At this moment, there was a short and muffled conversation outside the door, followed by a dense pace of footsteps, and the store returned to calm.
Lu Yunqing's heart was slightly relieved, but she still didn't dare to make a big move, even if there was no window in the secret room, she didn't dare to light the lamp, and only groped for the wrist of the white-robed man in the dark to check the pulse.
"The pulse is almost none, this person is dying."
Lu Yunqing put down the wrist of the white-robed man, and his face showed a trace of helplessness: "Count yourself lucky, if it weren't for the master's insistence on letting me take the life-sustaining pill......"
She shook her head, took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom and gave it to the white-robed man, and then took a pair of silver needles from the medicine table and waited quietly.
Half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the shop outside the secret room, and at the same time, the white-robed man's breathing became heavier.
Lu Yunqing lit the lamp and gave the white-robed man an acupuncture to help him absorb the medicinal power, but before the silver needle could be done once, the white-robed man suddenly began to vomit blood, and soon, the red was dyed on the ground.
"What's going on?!"
Lu Yunqing's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately grabbed the wrist veins of the white-robed man.
"The pulse is strange, this is poisonous, and it is still hidden poison, and it has been more than ten years...... Troublesome. ”
Lu Yunqing's brows furrowed tightly, it was really a trouble, even she felt that this poison was tricky, and she had not yet cultivated the poison in her hands, and it was a fool's dream to detoxify it by means of a doctor alone.
Shaking his head, the acupuncture method in Lu Yunqing's hand changed, turning the medicinal power into sealing strength, sealing the hidden poison from all directions, and the white-robed man finally stopped vomiting blood and fell asleep peacefully.
Lu Yunqing was tired and sweaty, and sat down on the side and breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, she moved a little slower, this white-robed man definitely lost blood and died, the hidden poison is really as ruthless as recorded in the book, it is usually difficult to find, and when the poison is released, it is too late, and she can only wait for death.
"Huh? It's ......"
Lu Yunqing's eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of the jade pendant on the waist of the white-robed man, took it off and leaned in front of the lamp to take a closer look.
"Although the style is different, it is very similar to Na Ayi's."
Lu Yunqing was stunned, put the jade pendant back, came to the white-robed man with the lamp, wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve, and the appearance of a young man came into view.
Although the young man in front of him is like white paper, he can hardly say that his facial features are noble, his eyebrows are like swords, his cheeks are like knives, and his thin lips are cold, even if he is in a coma, he can still make people feel a rushing might.
Although this appearance is handsome and abnormal, it is too fierce and cold, which makes Lu Yunqing frown.
Could this be the "son" in Ah Yi's mouth?
It seems that her speculation is not wrong, the reason why Ah Yi is on the verge of emotional collapse is because of his master's imminent death and despair.
Even if it weren't for this hunt, this man wouldn't have survived for long, but those who were chasing and killing obviously didn't want to save even the last bit of his time.
"That's it, count yourself lucky, for the sake of you not caring about Yuan Yan's mistakes today......"
Lu Yunqing got up halfway, and suddenly squatted down again, staring at the young man's quiet sleeping face, with a touch of deep thought in his eyes.
I don't know if it's an illusion, she always thinks that she has seen this face somewhere.