Chapter 40: Fueling the Flames and Continuing the Suffering
Old lady Shen's sentence "Come and don't be rude", you taste, you taste, really has a deep meaning!
Mu Qing, who was thinking and undecided, was also amused by the former's ridiculous remark and smiled bitterly.
It seems that Mrs. Shen is well aware of his difficulties, that is, he knows that Xiang Xuemei is pretending to be sick in order to escape marriage, but he can't and can't bear to complain and accuse her with a few words.
That's why the former said this meaningful sentence.
The implication is: I know that your little prince has been wronged, and I also know your heart for Rong'er. Rong'er, she pretended to be sick and avoided you, it was her fault, you didn't want to criticize her, now you are pretending to be hurt or something? Scare and scare her, and the right to be evened out as a box!
This old lady Shen, as expected, was like a fairy-like insight, and he said wonderful words, and with just one sentence, he calmed Mu Qing's sorrowful thoughts, and Mu Qing was convinced and respectfully gave the former another salute.
"Grandfather, I'm back, but why can't I find your traumatic elixir "Baicaodan"? Xiang Xuemei slipped a medicine box and ran in in a hurry, panting, stroking the beads of sweat on her forehead with her hands, and looking at Old Lady Shen with apricot eyes.
The latter pouted and thought about it, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took out a small blue and white porcelain vase from his sleeve and raised it, "It seems that the old man is really old and confused, and he put it on me!" Come on, give him the medicine. ”
After Xiang Xuemei carefully half-squatted and applied the white medicinal powder to the wound finely, and after the blood red that slipped away was gone, she stood up, patted her hands and said, "It's okay now, as soon as the powder is on, it won't hurt, right?" ”
This little bit of flesh and pain, Mu Qing didn't take it to heart. It's just that this medicine is really effective, and immediately after taking it, I felt that the wound was clear and bright, and it was extremely comfortable, so I looked at Xiang Xuemei with a smile, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, it doesn't hurt at all." ”
"What's good? This trauma is good, but this muscle and bone are still injured, and the old man has to go out of the horse, I will personally go to the orthopedic plaster, it will take about an hour, you will take good care of him, it is best to help him to the guest room to rest for a while. Old lady Shen held her voice and commanded her granddaughter in a straight voice.
"Okay, grandfather, go quickly!" At this juncture, the latter naturally obeyed his grandfather's words, and then reached out to take Mu Qing's hand, put it on his shoulder, and then reached out to wrap his waist, and gently helped him to walk towards the guest room.
Mu Qing looked at her silently and with a gentle side face, and with her support, he limped towards the guest room.
After settling Mu Qing, Xiang Xuemei also sent dinner intimately, and after watching Mu Qing use some of it, she said with a sigh: "Grandfather said that the plaster will take more than an hour to be ready, so you can rest for a while!" If there is something, call someone, there is a small servant waiting outside! ”
"Okay, Miss Xiang, go back and rest too! I'm fine, don't worry! Although Mu Qing wanted to stay with her for a while, he was afraid that she would be tired, so he urged her to go back to rest.
As soon as Xiang Xuemei returned to the house, she fell asleep. Indeed, this afternoon, she was very tired, and she had deep self-reproach and worry, so she fell asleep.
Originally, I thought that I would wait for a nap and get up to see if my grandfather's medicine was good, and then watch Mu Qing's injuries be treated with medicine, and only after everything was in order to settle down.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she hit her head on the pillow, she fell asleep soundly and deeply.
Outside the Shen Mansion.
After Mu Qing entered the Shen Mansion, more than an hour had passed, and Younan and the other two guards all looked at the gate of the mansion with blank eyes, and they all looked at Youdong, who was not in a hurry at all, "Brother Dong, what should I do?" He hasn't come out for so long, do you want to go in and have a look. ”
"What's the hurry? The longer you stay in it, the better? I guess I won't be out tonight. Youdong Wenfeng said without moving.
"If you don't come out, why aren't you nervous at all? If something really happens to you, you and I can't afford to be guilty. "One of the guards is upright and loyal, and he is bent on the safety of his master.
"Alright, stop arguing, what do you know? Ye is the safest in this mansion, even if something really happens, it is a good thing, understand? Youdong's face was full of subtle smiles, and after laughing, he then arranged: "In this way, Ah Qi and I will stay in the first half of the night, and Younan and Ah Quan will be together in the second half of the night, and you guys will go back first!" ”
Inside the inn.
Ishikawa and Xiao Yan were taking advantage of Mu Qing's absence to order a table of good dishes, but these dishes were all ordered by Ishikawa himself, and all the dishes were the ones he ordered a few days ago.
Of course, the two bottles of Fenjiu ordered before, sorry, quietly turned into six pots, three pots in front of each person.
This is also Ishikawa's wish, didn't he say before that he wanted to celebrate the prince's singleness and drink three cups?
But where is three cups enough? Three pots are barely enough?
The two of them were eating happily and drinking happily, when they squinted their eyes and swept to Younan who quietly walked in, put down the wine jug in their hands together, and stared at the comer with sparkling eyes.
"Master, he won't come back tonight, I'm here to tell the second master, don't wait for him." Younan didn't come forward, but stood by the door and whispered back.
"Oh-" The two who were snoring slightly intrigued and had an endless aftertaste, and the long "oh" sounded in unison.
Younan was used to seeing it, and after replying, he turned around and wanted to withdraw, but his body turned around, but he couldn't take a step.
How could the two who were so lively and the most gossip the most easily let him go and missed a good opportunity to listen to gossip stories in vain?
So, the two of them jumped up with one brush, and each of them grabbed one of Younan's arms, dragged him back, and sat him down, staring at him with all four eyes.
At the end, Ishikawa boldly handed him a pot of wine, and flatteringly pushed the large plate of sauced beef in front of him, "Come, Younan, this pot of wine belongs to you, let's drink together and chat again." ”
Under the staring eyes of the two of them, Younan lightly straightened out the sleeves that were twisted and deformed by the former, and did not move, "The wine and meat of the second master of Xie are still on duty in the middle of the night, and they dare not drink." ”
"Oh, that's the case, then you just have to eat meat, and I'll make you a pot of good tea, so that you can refresh yourself, and you will have a good night in the second half of the night." Ishikawa's words turned, and brushed past with the end of Youdong's words.
"No, after drinking tea, don't think about sleeping now, my subordinates have to hurry up and rest immediately, and only then will I have the energy to go to night duty in the second half of the night." This Younan, it's really not oil and salt, and it doesn't leak! After that, he got up and left.
Xiao Yan and Ishikawa will stop there, and both hold him down again, "Then you tell me where he lives tonight first?" Xiao Yan no longer beats around the bush, just ask for an answer.
"Didn't the prince tell you? In the past, he would tell you wherever he went! Unexpectedly, Younan actually threw the question back, and after speaking, while the two of them were in a daze, he got up and slipped away.
Leaving the two of them, shaking and shaking, Xiao Yan pointed his hand in the direction of Younan's departure, and said inarticulately: "Little traitor is slippery!" If you don't tell us, we know the same, didn't he just go to Miss Xiang's house? ”
Ishikawa grabbed the former's fingers, "This is easy to guess, but it's hard to guess, how did the master confess to Miss Xiang?" Why did I still live in her house, this progress, this speed, is faster than my black whirlwind. ”
"I guess? He must have used his clever heart and liver to make a beautiful man or something, but that's it. Xiao Yan had a big tongue, and it was not easy to say the complete words of the seven-trick exquisite heart, and after speaking, his head rushed and fell on the table.
As soon as Xiao Yan fell, Ishikawa couldn't support it, and he also fell.
Shen Fuli.
Xiang Xuemei slept until dawn on the second day.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes and looking at the sunlight outside the window, she came to her senses and exclaimed, "Ouch, didn't you have to wait for my grandfather's plaster last night?" Why did you fall asleep? After exhaling, Ma Li got up and hurriedly freshened up, and ran to Mu Qing's room.
But Mu also got up early in the morning, and there was no figure of him in the guest room, and after thinking about it, Xiang Xuemei ran to the small flower hall again.
Sure enough, in the small flower hall, Mu Qingzheng sat leisurely, sipping tea and looking at the few magnolia trees blooming outside the window, and then saw Xiang Xuemei running in a hurry, so he immediately stood up.
The latter saw the refreshed Mu Qing, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice apologetically: "Mu Gongzi, your leg is better, grandfather's plaster can be effective." ”
"Miss Xiang doesn't have to worry, after taking the medicine last night, it doesn't hurt anymore, and she can walk as usual." As he spoke, he wanted to take two steps to show that the injury was healed, but as soon as he lifted his foot, the severe pain made his mouth crack, although he gritted his teeth and forcibly moved one or two steps, but the painful color hidden by the force on his face was still seen by Xiang Xuemei.
She stepped forward and helped Mu Qing sit down, and then half-squatted down to check his injuries.
Mu Qing hurriedly blocked her hand and said softly, "I'm really fine, don't look at it." ”
The latter looked at him who was not good at lying, and avoided his eyes that looked directly into the past, and sighed: "At first glance, you are lying, well, it is impossible to hurt like this, according to my grandfather's medical skills, after taking medicine, it still hurts like this after a night, the wound must not be good, let me see it." ”
Mu Qing had no choice but to gently uncover the corner of the plaster on the wound, although she gritted her teeth and held back, she still cracked her mouth in pain and "hissed" lightly.
It turned out that Mu Qing's wound was not slightly scabbed as imagined, but became black and purple, swollen and shiny, and faintly festered.
Xiang Xuemei saw the injury at a glance, and also empathized with the "hiss", so she said to herself distressed and confused: "How can this be? The wound did not heal, but festered, you sit still first, and I will go to my grandfather. ”
Mu Qing had been watching her reaction, and seeing her distressed and lovely anxious, unbelievable little expression when she saw the wound worsening, Mu Qing completely forgot about the pain, and was just immersed in her whole body of pity.
Alas-
I have to admit that it was still Mrs. Shen's high scheming, which made her feel distressed and cared for.
Although in order to get her distress and pity, he did not hesitate to disfigure the wound, it was definitely worth it willingly.