Chapter 29: Incident
Wei Lang, who was calming his head, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and he felt a gaze full of murderous intent fall on him, although there were many eyes stopping on him on weekdays, but this kind of feeling that made him creepy and seemed to be entangled by poisonous snakes was rare, and he wanted to take advantage of Princess Rongle's effort to get up and look back, but found that the feeling disappeared again, his feeling would not go wrong, what was going on? Suppressing doubts in his heart, he put on a modest and gentle appearance, walked in front of Princess Rongle, and stood at a distance of about three feet from Princess Rongle, although he also called Princess Rongle "Imperial Aunt and Grandmother", but he was not very close to the princess since he was a child. Instead of being too close and annoying, it is better to leave a comfortable distance between each other.
"Girl, girl... Is there something wrong with the girl? Girl? Tinghe stood behind Yan Meng, watching her tremble uncontrollably, worried that her old injuries would recur, and afraid of attracting everyone's attention, so he walked to Yan Meng's side lightly, held her trembling arm, and supported Yan Meng, who couldn't stop trembling.
Feeling the hand behind him, Yan Meng suddenly woke up, his reaction just now was too big, that person's senses were sensitive, if it wasn't for listening to the lotus, he might have attracted the person's attention by now, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a chill behind him.
Yan Meng wanted to stretch out his hand to appease Tinghe behind him, but he noticed that his nails had been torn out of his palms at some point, and a row of crescent-shaped wounds were slowly oozing blood outwards at this time, so he withdrew his hand without leaving a trace, turned his face to Tinghe slightly, and comforted him with a voice that only two people heard, "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”
Tinghe's eyes were full of worry, but now it was not easy to make a sound, and he looked left and right and saw that everyone was looking towards the hall, and no one noticed the strangeness here, so he slowly got up and stood behind Yan Meng.
"If the girl is uncomfortable, signal the slave."
"Hmm."
Princess Rongle chatted with Wei Lang a few words unkindly, the left and right were just some caring scenes, it was not early at this time, and it was time for curfew soon after, Princess Rongle said a few words and instructed the grandmother around her to order everyone to leave.
The carriages were already waiting outside the princess's mansion, it was already dark outside, but the sky was still brightly lit from a distance, and as the carriage walked out of the imperial city, the closer it was to the market, the more lively sounds could be heard. The carriage in Yan's mansion was unusually quiet, listening to He and Zhang's mother sitting outside, Yan Meng seemed to be able to hear the sound of wheels compacting the stones on the side of the road.
It's been more than half the time since I returned to Yan's Mansion, and if there is a curfew, I don't know why the door of Yan's Mansion is extremely deserted, and even the stone lions on both sides reveal some murderous aura under the reflection of the moonlight.
Steward Li was standing at the door, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.
"Old lady." Seeing the carriage of Yanfu coming in this direction, he hurriedly greeted it.
"What's wrong?"
Yan Meng was keenly aware that Steward Li was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, what was wrong? Could it be that the matter of Qingli has been exposed?
Steward Li whispered something in Mrs. Yan's ear, and Yan Meng vaguely heard Yan Jingyuan's name a few times...
"yes, got it." Old Madam Yan turned her head to Yan Meng and said, "Come with me to Qingyun Courtyard."
Yan Meng didn't know how to have a strong premonition that this thing was coming towards him.
As soon as Yan Meng arrived at the gate of Qingyun Courtyard, he felt that countless eyes were projecting towards him, and he shrank his neck a little suddenly, and followed the steps of Old Madam Yan.
The people in the house are complete, except for Yan Jingyuan, all of them are in the house.
"How is Sister Yuan?"
"Mother, Sister Yuan, she..." Zhao's eyes were red and he stepped forward, and when he heard Mrs. Yan's question, he couldn't help but cry again, and looked at Yan Meng behind Mrs. Yan, and his eyes became fierce, "Sister Meng, you say, Yuan'er can't live anywhere for you?" ”
Yan Meng was a little nervous by the sudden inquiry, and stumbled and said, "Auntie.... Why did my aunt ask? ”
"Why? Why do you say I?! Zhao stepped forward and grabbed Yan Meng's arm, his face fierce.
"Yun Zhuo!" Seeing Zhao's appearance, Old Madam Yan seemed to have lost her mind, and slammed her cane on the ground heavily, her eyebrows furrowed, and her face was pale.
Sensing Old Madam Yan's displeasure, Yan Bocheng strode over to Zhao's side and pressed her arm.
Zhao Shi was stunned, stood up, looked a little out of strength, but his hand was still firmly grasping Yan Meng's sleeve, and said to Mrs. Yan in a sad voice, "Mother, Yuan'er is still lying on the couch and has not woken up!" ”
Yan Meng looked down at the hand that was grabbing him, the cuff was grabbed and grabbed today, but in the end, it was a good material, after so many hands, it was still smooth and not a little wrinkled.
Old Mrs. Yan is also a mother, she can understand the state of mind of the Zhao family now, her face is a little loose, and she no longer preaches the Zhao family, but Yan Bocheng made a look and asked him to take care of his daughter-in-law, so she turned her head and looked stern, and asked Yan Meng without a trace of tolerance:
"Do you know why your aunt is like this?"
"I... I don't know..."
When Zhao heard Yan Meng's voice, he immediately turned his head, and his ruthless eyes seemed to tear Yan Meng into his belly, "You don't know? You..."
Seeing that the Zhao family was about to get out of control again, Old Madam Yan coughed, turned her face to Director Li and said:
"Maocai, repeat what you just said."
Mao is the name of Director Li.
"Yes, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the old slave followed the old lady to Xiangze Zhai, but somehow the fourth lady fainted after eating the dishes served by the next person, just now Dr. Hou came and said that the fourth lady was poisoned."
Li Maocai's tone was light, his tone was not intense, but he just stated the facts plainly.
"After that, the servants waited for someone to check the food and found that this matter had nothing to do with Xiang Ze Zhai, the dishes passed by Xiang Ze Zhai were all the same in the house, but the fourth lady ordered an extra hot meat soup, and that soup..."Li Maocai looked up at Yan Meng, "It was the fourth lady's maid Yuchen who brought it over." ”
Old Madam Yan looked at Yan Meng, who was silent except for saying that she didn't know anything just now, and her brows frowned slightly, "What about Yuchen?" ”
"Mrs. has already ordered someone to inquire once, but she is not telling the truth, and is locked up in the firewood room at the moment, waiting for the old lady to come back and deal with it."
Old Madam Yan understood what Li Maocai's "I have already asked once" meant, and looked at the Zhao family, her face was a little unhappy, that is, if she let herself administer justice, she should wait in peace, but thinking of Zhao's temperament, she had to be relieved, and shook her head helplessly
"Bring her here."
Just as Dr. Hou had finished the needle and walked out.
Zhao wanted to walk over, but Yan Bocheng stopped her movements, turned to Dr. Hou and asked, "How is the little girl?" ”
"Lord Yan rest assured, Fang Cai Xiaoke has already applied a needle to draw out the poison in Miss's body, and Miss is fine."
"There's Dr. Laohou."
"Where is Lord Yan, it can be divided into small things." Doctor Hou bent down and arched his hand towards Yan Bocheng
"Please also ask Dr. Hou to tell me, what kind of poison is the little girl?"
Doctor Hou twisted his white beard, "Miss should have taken an overdose of jade fruit, only to fall into a coma, jade fruit is often said to be meat-cardamom is commonly used as a kitchen spice, mostly used to cook delicacies, although the taste is strong, but it is not suitable to eat more, more food will have a decrease in perception, the risk of fainting, but the amount of Miss is not large, plus a small needle, there is no impact on Miss in the future." Dr. Hou has been seeing a doctor for the women in the back house all the year round, and he also knows a little about the hooks between the back houses, and he heard a lot outside the door just now, so he pretended not to know and said to Yan Bocheng, "Miss is young, it's better to eat more light food." ”
"Thank you Dr. Hou for explaining, Lin Bo..." Yan Bocheng habitually called behind him, but before he finished speaking, Mrs. Yan spoke, "Mother Zhang, go and send one to Dr. Hou." Yan Bocheng also stopped.
"Yes."
Seeing that the backs of Dr. Hou and Zhang's mother were not in the night, Li Maocai, who had been waiting at the door just now, took two men into the house with tattered clothes and dust.
The two men threw Yuchen on the ground and retreated, Yan Meng's eyes had not fallen from Yuchen since they entered the house, and when he saw Yuchen being thrown to the ground, he exhaled deeply and walked over with firm steps.
Yuchen had fainted at this time, even if she had just fallen so heavily to the ground, she didn't wake up, there was no intact place on her body, her clothes were already in tatters, and she couldn't see the original appearance, and it was stained with blood from her, and pieces of it were dyed on the material, reflecting the two red and swollen slap prints on her cheeks.
"Yuchen, Yuchen..."Yan Meng lowered her body and called her name softly, her voice was calm and she couldn't hear any joy or sorrow, she put her hand on Yuchen's neck inadvertently, reassuring her still strong heartbeat. Yan Meng lowered his head and looked at Yuchen's embarrassed appearance, as if someone had poked thousands of holes with a blunt knife in his heart.
It's all her, she shouldn't have endured, she shouldn't...
Yan Meng looked Yuchen up and down, and with a slight trembling hand, he sorted out her torn clothes and covered her bare and purple skin.
Zhao saw Yuchen lying on the ground with no sign of waking up, and ordered his subordinates to "splash her up for me!" ”
"Who dare!" Yan Meng's tone was calm, she raised her head and looked at them calmly, she lay on Yuchen's body, covering Yuchen with her body.
The subordinates were a little hesitant, although Yan Meng was not favored on weekdays, but in the end, they were the masters, and they couldn't afford to accuse them as subordinates. The water in the hand is not splashed, and it is not splashed. For a moment, the scene was a bit deadlocked.
Seeing this, Mrs. Yan said to Dongmei Qiuhua, "Pull the fifth lady away!" ”
"Yes."
Before he had time to walk over, Yuchen woke up slowly, saw Yan Meng beside him, was a little stunned, felt the hot pain from his body, and tears burst out of his eyes, "Girl, girl, help me, help me!" I was wronged! ”
Yan Meng didn't speak, he protected Yuchen in his arms, and whispered in Yuchen's ear: "Don't be afraid that Yuchen is here." ”
"Hmm!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Yan waved her hand to the maids on the side, motioned for them to retreat, and asked Yuchen, "Why did you harm the fourth lady?" ”
"Old lady, the slave and maid are not, the slave and the maid are wronged!" Yuchen was emotional, and hurriedly said to Mrs. Yan, the violent movements involved the injuries all over her body, and she couldn't stop trembling in pain.
At this time, Zhang's mother returned, handed a bag to Mrs. Yan, and whispered in Mrs. Yan's ear, "This is the meat-cardamom powder found in Youlan Courtyard." ”
Old Madam Yan's face sank, and she threw the powder in front of Yan Meng, "What else do you say?" ”