Volume 1 Dongchang Yan (Sweet Pet) Chapter Seventy-Four: Another Surprise Attack
In the carriage β
As soon as the exclamation was raised, it was met with a merciless suppression.
Leng Qingtang bowed his head and grabbed Gu Yunxi's small mouth fiercely, forcing her to stop.
Ai Qing, the head of the big block, rode next to the vehicle, heard an unusual movement in the car, knew that it was not easy to disturb but could not be relieved, turned his head on the horse, and shouted in a low voice:
"Overseer......"
Leng Qingtang let go of Gu Yunxi, panted and asked outward, "What's the matter?" β
Ai Qing heard that the Overseer's voice was different, so he couldn't say anything more.
It just so happened that a flying eagle with white feathers landed on Ai Qing's arm. Ai Qing saw that there was a small bamboo tube tied to the eagle's leg, so he took it off and said to the car:
"Snow Eagle is here with news."
Leng Qingtang took the bamboo tube, took out the note from it, and saw the four characters in the book:
The God King returns to Beijing.
He curled his lips and smiled indifferently, casually throwing the note into the charcoal stove in front of him.
Turning his head to look at Gu Yunxi again, he saw that she was very honestly shrunk in the corner of the car, and she didn't dare to move again, so she asked with a blue face:
"What's wrong again?"
She pursed her lips and looked at him aggrievedly, with a frightened and shy look written on her little peachy face, and her eyes no longer dared to stare at his chin.
"Overseer, I didn't mean to say the wrong thing......
As soon as the Overseer read the note, she was there to examine herself.
The Overseer was castrated, how could he have those male characteristics? It's just that he has no heart, no lungs, and no mouth to cover, so if he doesn't have to open which pot to mention, won't he seriously hurt his self-esteem again?
Obviously, his heart was already messy and crazy, and Leng Qingtang had to make a forbearance attitude.
Those who don't know are not guilty, this innocent little girl doesn't know his true identity, no wonder she is so shocked.
When he left Beijing, Leng Qingtang brought with him a face ointment and herbal medicines for decoction. But after entering Fengyuan, he encountered too many things, and he was too busy to take care of himself, and he didn't have time to take medicine on time, so that some male signs were exposed.
I think I'm still grateful to this girl, thanks to being discovered by her, if I change to someone else, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble.
"Ahem......"
In order to avoid embarrassment, Leng Qingtang cleared his throat, his face sank like water, and instructed Gu Yunxi:
"If you want to stay in the East Factory safely, you are not allowed to talk nonsense about what happened just now, it will rot in your heart, understand?!"
"Oh......"
Gu Yunxi stared at the serious but handsome face of the Overseer, and nodded as if he didn't understand.
Thinking back to last night when the two slept in the same bed, and the Overseer's behavior was as moody as now, Gu Yunxi couldn't help but worry about his physical condition again.
The smooth little hand slowly touched it, tentatively covering the warm big hand.
Her soft-voiced inquiry:
"Overseer, if you really feel unwell, let's not delay. When you get to the inn, I'll go to the doctor to check your pulse. β
"I'm fine!"
Leng Qingtang didn't squint, and said in an accentuated tone:
"It's just a few more mops, what's the fuss?!"
"But, but those...... It's not like a mole......"
Gu Yunxi insisted on his opinion in a low voice, and was about to continue to say something, when he suddenly saw the sharp eyes of the overseer like a blade, and suddenly he didn't dare to squeak anymore.
Beside him, the Overseer shouted:
"Honestly ride in the car, make me angry, beware of kicking you out!"
"Humph!"
Dog bites Lu Dongbin......
Gu Yunxi muttered to himself, but he didn't dare to read out loud what was in his heart.
Resentful little eyes glared at the Overseer, and she stopped talking to him.
It was already evening when we arrived in Fanyang County.
Compared with Fengyuan, Fanyang's jurisdiction is not large.
A few days ago, when Leng Qingtang stayed in Fengyuan, Zhao Shenling's grain team had already passed here.
In the evening, Leng Qingtang met with Bai Taishou of Fanyang County at the post house, and listened to his report on the number of people in the county, the use of rice and grain for disaster relief, and the progress of repairing private houses.
Gu Yunxi and Qing'er live in a room. As soon as she entered the guest room, she fell asleep and did not get up to eat dinner.
Sleeping until midnight, a wave of hunger forced her to wake up.
It's dark all around, and I don't know what time it is.
Qing'er slept on one side of the bed. Afraid of waking her up, Gu Yunxi cautiously got out of bed, secretly pushed the door and slipped out to find something to eat.
As she passed by the Overseer's room, she saw a light inside, and the smell of decoction emanating from the room.
Because Gu Yunxi discovered a secret in the afternoon, after arriving at the post house, Leng Qingtang asked for a room alone in order to quietly carry out some things.
In his absence, there was no one to help him shave his face with cotton thread, so he had to use the spatula he carried with him to dip a little soap powder to scrape his face, and then fry a dose of herbs on the stove to prepare to take it before going to bed.
"Overseer! Overseerβ"
Smelling the fragrance of medicine, Gu Yunxi kept banging on the door outside the house, as if he had discovered a big event like the sky was falling, and his voice was already out of shape.
After a long time, there was a sound of the deadbolt inside, and the doors opened to both sides.
Gu Yunxi leaned on the door, the door opened coldly, and his small body fell into the arms of the overseer.
"If you don't sleep at night, what do you scream?" Leng Qingtang's face was flat, and his voice was displeased.
"What do you do when you don't sleep at night, hiding in the house and boiling medicine? Are you feeling unwell? Does it matter? β
Before she could separate herself from his, she leaned against his chest and eagerly raised her head, her eyes burning at him with horror and anxiety.
couldn't hide, Leng Qingtang had no choice but to admit: "It's okay, it's just boiling some wind and cold medicine." β
"Then how good you told me to do it!"
Gu Yunxi had always believed in everything the overseer said, and when he heard that he was caught in the cold, he hurriedly left his mind and went straight to the charcoal furnace.
The decoction in the jar was steaming, and it smelled fresh and different, not like a cold medicine.
In those days in Fengyuan, Gu Yunxi boiled medicinal soup in front of the stove every day, how could he not remember the taste of the wind and cold medicine?
Thinking in his heart, Gu Yunxi opened the lid with a handkerchief, looked into the medicine jar, and asked without looking back:
"Overseer, is this the wind and cold medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Jiang?"
"Of course!"
Leng Qingtang stiffened his head and affirmed with strong words.
"Oh......"
Gu Yunxi still had all kinds of doubts in his heart, but he was afraid of upsetting the overseer, so he didn't argue anymore, and continued to squat and use bamboo chopsticks to rummage the soup and water in the jar.
Leng Qingtang stood silently behind the little girl, looked at her slender figure carefully guarding the charcoal stove, and listened to her tell him in a sweet voice:
"If you feel unwell, just go to bed and close your eyes for a while, and I'll bring it to you when the medicine is ready."
At this moment, his heart was full of mixed feelings.
was obviously moved by her thoughtfulness, but because she wanted to keep it a secret, she had to pretend to be a hard-hearted man who couldn't be shaken.
Suddenly, a disturbing thought arose in my head. He especially wanted to carry this delicate and cute little person to the bed immediately, and show her all the secrets of his body with practical actions.
But when he thought of his parents, who often appeared in his dreams and were in a sad or angry shape, when he thought of the old overseer who calmly died, and the whole Zheng family who was brutally killed, and the blood red that was reflected in the snow, he returned to full sanity.
It comes naturally, and it's better to go with the flow. The right thing to do now is to return to Beijing as soon as possible and do what is planned!
In order to end walking on thin ice as soon as possible in the bloody power game, in order to share his secrets with her as soon as possible, the most urgent thing to do is how to take action-
Looking at the little girl who was still busy decocting medicine for him, Leng Qingtang's face softened, and a happy smile bloomed on his lips.
He said silently in his heart:
Grow up, girl, I'm waiting, waiting for the day when I can tell you all my secrets......
Leng Qingtang firmly believes that that day will eventually come, and he is no longer the eunuch of the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, but Hua Nanhe, the relative of the Dayi royal family.
She is no longer Gu Yunxi, a little girl who is excluded from the tribute courtyard, but the daughter of Zheng Guogong, the official of Dayi's feudal territory, and the county lord Zheng is like it!
ββ
There was a commotion outside, and the movement was extraordinary.
Leng Qingtang vigilously blew the lamp. In the darkness, he jumped over, blinked like a whirlwind and swept to Gu Yunxi's side, stretching out his arms to protect her.
"Overseer......"
Gu Yunxi was scared, and as soon as he screamed, he raised his hand to cover his mouth in time.
There was a faint noise by the window.
Leng Qingtang turned his eyes.
On the dark and dim side of the vision, I saw a finger-thick copper pipe piercing through the window paper and poking into the room, and thin green smoke curled out from the copper pipe.
Leng Qingtang pressed his big hand on the top of Gu Yunxi's head and stuffed her under the square table. Then he turned around quickly, grabbed a facekerchief from the basin shelf and threw it into the basin to soak it quickly, one side blocked Gu Yunxi's mouth and nose, the other side covered himself, and the two ends of the faceker were tied tightly at the back of his neck.
Gu Yunxi lay under the table, staring at the black shadows back and forth outside the door and window nervously, his heartbeat was so fast that he lost the beat.
This trip to Jiang'an is really dangerous! A few days after the robbers in Qianqi Mountain, he came to Fanyang County and met assassins again! How many people did Dongchang offend, as soon as the overseer left the capital, he kept being plotted against -
The door was kicked open, and Leng Qingtang jumped out with a vigorous posture and fought with the intruder.
In the dark, Gu Yunxi heard the overseer's shout, and his voice sounded muffled through the handkerchief:
"Girl, run!"
Gu Yunxi quickly slipped out from under the table and crawled out of the door without his life. A silver light swept up in front of him, tearing his face angrily.
Gu Yunxi unconsciously waved his hands when he dodged to dodge the attack, and instantly dropped the wet handkerchief that covered his mouth and nose. Immediately after, an extremely sweet smell entered her nostrils.
Standing up and just about to fight the enemy, Gu Yunxi suddenly felt dizzy, and his limbs were weak.
I want to call the Overseer, but I can't make a sound when I open my mouth.
The body was picked up.
It's the Overseer!
Leng Qingtang opened a path with three fists and two feet, hugged Gu Yunxi and rushed out of the room, and encountered an ambush again.
Unable to use his arms, he flew his legs to attack, and Xinlang's figure shuttled flexibly between the sword and sword shadows. There were people wailing, people were falling.
Leng Qingtang hugged Gu Yunxi and fought with many opponents for a long time, advancing and retreating, back and forth, and finally taking the road to the outside of the post station.
Under the deep and empty night, the piercing sound of gongs shocked the four fields
γ In the distance, lanterns and torches were boiling, and countless officials rushed in the direction of the post station.
Bai Taishou, who was the leader, held a torch in one hand and a knife in the other, and shouted:
"Protect the Chincha, rush me-"
Seeing that the government was alarmed, the assassins jumped over the wall and fled without a trace.
As soon as Leng Qingtang put Gu Yunxi under a banyan tree, he was surrounded by a group of people.
Bai Taishou was panicked, wiped away a cold sweat, and bowed to Leng Qingtang with a fist:
"The incompetence of the subordinate officials frightened the overseer. Is the Overseer hurt? The lower official will send the doctor over. β
"It's okay, those people can't hurt me! After a while, let the doctor show the blockers, they should have choked on the smoke. β
"Yes, the subordinate obeys."
Leng Qingtang frowned when he unveiled the wet handkerchief covering his face, his expression was grim and puzzled: "How could you bring someone here?" β
Bai Tai Shoudao:
"Don't hide it from the superintendent, the lower official mansion suddenly sounded in the middle of the night, and the drummers didn't know where to go when they saw it, and only inscribed six characters on the drum skin, saying that the superintendent was in trouble, and the lower official brought people to the post house."
Inscription? It's the inscription again......
Hearing Taishou talk about the "inscription", Leng Qingtang immediately had a conditioned reflex in his mind, and clearly recalled the inscription incident of Qingfeng Temple in the northern suburbs of Beijing.
Could it be him...... Why did you chase all the way to Jiang'an?
Leng Qingtang's sharp gaze looked at Bai Taishou and asked solemnly:
"Which six words? I'll take him to see it later. β
"Yes." Taishou arched his hand, and then replied: "Drum question:
The post station is dangerous, and the superintendent is in danger. β
Leng Qingtang smiled disdainfully and muttered to himself:
"It's really a trick to walk the rivers and lakes!"
Gu Yunxi sat under the big banyan tree, leaning his back against the rough trunk of the tree, and heard the conversation between the overseer and the Taishou clearly.
Don't...... Is he ...... again?
For some reason, the moment she heard Taishou mention that someone was beating a drum to warn, Lu Qiange's face once again appeared in her mind.
Gu Yunxi raised his head nervously, looking for a look at every place around, cautious and serious.
The night was deep, the moonlight was cold, and the slender and gorgeous white figure could not be seen under the vast sky......
Lang Zhong came, prescribed fresh medicine to relieve nightmares, and asked a group of people who were in the smoke to apply ice water to their faces, and they were not able to be considered normal until dawn.
Ai Qing, the head of the big block, saw the overseer in front of him, knelt down and said:
"The subordinate protector has failed, please punish the overseer!"
"After dawn, we will leave for Fuji County,"
Leng Qingtang sat on the Taishi chair, and gave a decisive order while wiping the sword in his hand with a clean handkerchief. The blade of the sword was polished, and when he flipped his wrist, a ray of essence instantly slid across the blade, and the cold light was reflected in his dark eyes, which was extremely cold and bright.
Leng Qingtang hooked the corners of his lips and pulled up a cold smile, as thin as there were:
"Ai Qing, do you see? This trip out...... Some people wish that the governor would die soon......"
(Volume 1 Dongchang Yan End)
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