Chapter 53 The Cause

Ji Qianning looked distressed, she squatted in front of the couch, took out a brocade handkerchief from her sleeve, raised her hand to gently attach Xuan Qi's face, and carefully wiped the sweat beads from his face for him.

The military doctor approached behind Ji Qianning with a worried expression: "Girl, Your Highness's condition is dangerous, so let the humble post take care of it." ”

"Yes, sister-in-law, Lord Liu is a doctor after all, he has a lot of experience and knows how to take care of Brother Wang." Xuan Yi also suddenly walked to Ji Qianning's side, looking worried.

Ji Qianning shook her head at them, trying to squeeze out a smile: "It's okay, I know how to take care of myself, don't worry, let me take care of Your Highness!" There was a hint of pleading in her eyes.

Everyone couldn't match her eyes, so they could only compromise.

"Girl, you must be careful, you must not take off your veil and talk directly with Your Highness." The military doctor, Lord Liu, admonished earnestly.

"Got it, my lord, thank you for all this time." Ji Qianning glanced at him gratefully.

"The girl has tormented me, this is a lowly matter."

Ji Qianning smiled, suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked, "Eleven, where did this disease come from?" ”

Xuan Yi thought for a moment: "Five days ago, someone in the army fell ill, and it took three days to retreat from outside Kowloon City to this place, and in just a few days, hundreds of people were infected. ”

"That is, someone got sick before they left the station?" Ji Qianning frowned together, thinking about something, "Lord Liu, is this disease easy to get?" ”

Master Liu touched his beard: "This similar disease has only been seen in ancient books, and it has been said in the book that if a healthy adult person is not susceptible to this disease, but if he comes into contact with a sick person, saliva, breathing, and under this path, he will quickly become ill." Unfortunately, although it is recorded in the book, there is no antidote to the disease. ”

Ji Qianning just wanted to ask if there was a way to solve this problem, but when she heard the second half of Lord Liu's sentence, she already understood, and suddenly felt a little lost in her heart. "Eleven, have you heard that someone in the army is sick before? No matter what the disease? Ji Qianning's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Never." Xuan Yi is very sure.

"That's right." In the dark night, which had been silent for a long time, he suddenly thought of something, "I have heard rumors from the local people that someone in Kowloon City was infected with a similar disease and was later cured, but I don't know whether it is true or not." ”

Ji Qianning stood up suddenly: "I'd rather believe it." Her expression became serious, "I'm afraid that someone has ulterior motives, and only the five of me know about today's events, and I can't tell others." 11. Investigate in secret, and do not startle the serpent. ”

"Yes." The three of them immediately understood the meaning of Ji Qianning's words.

"Okay, I'll stay and take care of Your Highness, and you go and rest." Ji Qianning's tone softened slightly.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Wang, please ask you." Xuan Yi's eyes were full of trust in her.

"Girl, be careful." Lord Liu saluted Ji Qianning and said goodbye.

When the figures of the three of them were about to disappear, Dark Night suddenly turned around and said with a sincere face: "Girl, Your Highness's golden body will be fine." ”

Ji Qianning nodded to him gratefully.

The weather was already hot, the sun was basking all afternoon, and the tent was even hotter, Ji Qianning rolled up the curtains everywhere, and after a while, she went out to fetch a wooden basin of water and put it on the side of the couch, she knelt next to wet the silk handkerchief she had just used, and gently wiped away the sweat beads that kept pouring out of Xuan Qi's face and neck, and then, picked up his hand and wiped the sweat from his palm over and over again.

She threw Jinpa into the wooden basin, held Xuan Qi's left hand tightly, leaned forward, stared at him, for a long time, whispered to him forward, and smiled at the corner of her mouth: "Xuan Qi, do you know that the cherry blossoms were brilliant that year, and Ning'er, who was only six years old, met a ten-year-old boy in Youlan Valley. She freed her right hand, untied Peiyu from her waist and held it in front of her eyes, tender, "The mountains are full of maple leaves, and the little boy is leaving, so I gave him this auspicious cloud jade pendant that my father gave him on his fifth birthday." After many years of separation, fate allowed me to meet him again. You used to ask me if I remembered the boy I knew when I was a child, but in fact, I lied to you, and I remember everything. It's just a small promise when you were a child, but you don't want to pass so many years, you always keep it in mind. You see, now, this half of the jade, I wear it on my body every day. She picked up the jade pendant and shook it in front of his eyes.

She clenched his hand again: "Xuan Qi, if you hear this, you will be happy. As she said this, she held back the tears that were about to overflow her eyes.

She raised her eyes to look out the window, the sun only left a trace of afterglow in the sky, a cool breeze blew in from the window, she suddenly felt a refreshing coolness on her forehead, the hair on her forehead had been wet with beads of sweat on her face, she didn't care about this, just wiped it lightly with her sleeve twice, then picked up a fan and gently fanned it next to his face, wanting him to sleep more comfortably.

In the blink of an eye, the sun set, a few stars climbed into the night sky, Xuan Qi slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his body was a little heavy, his eyes looked down, and suddenly found that Ning Er was lying on his body and asleep, he suddenly became happy, swept away the irritability caused by the condition, and heard Ning Er talking in his ear in a daze earlier, thinking it was a dream.

He propped one hand on the couch and slowly lifted his heavy upper body for fear of waking her up. Then he looked at her with a warm face, and couldn't help but raise his other hand to touch her face.

Such a gentle movement made Ji Qianning wake up instantly, she raised her head, looked at him sleepily, and when she saw that it was Xuan Qi, she suddenly straightened up, and her eyes exposed outside the veil were full of joy and excitement.

Xuan Qi smiled at her, and suddenly, coughed violently, he immediately covered his mouth with the cuffs of his white bedgown and quickly turned around.

"Xuan Qi?" Ji Qianning looked worried, her voice trembled a little, and as soon as her body leaned towards him, he immediately raised his hand to stop her.

"Ning'er, stay away from me, it's dangerous." His words were intermingled with coughing, staccato sounds.

Ji Qianning shook his head, seeing his body trembling from a violent cough, and his blushing face, he couldn't hold back any longer, and a line of tears overflowed his eyes.

She didn't care about anything else, grabbed Xuan Qi's outstretched arm, and let him push her away. She then put her hand on his shoulder, and the other hand kept patting him on the back, and it was a long time before he stopped coughing.

Xuan Qi looked a little embarrassed because of the cough, and most of his hair fell down. Seeing this, Ji Qianning gently untied the ink-colored ribbon and stopped all his hair, and after a while, the ribbon was firmly wrapped around the blocked hair.

Xuan Qi had a complicated flow of emotions in his heart, he wanted Ji Qianning to stay away from him, and he wanted her to be by his side, he stretched out his hand and held her slender jade hand tightly, but his body was still facing away from her.

"Ning'er, be obedient, leave quickly." His tone was full of pleading.

Ji Qianning got up and sat in front of him again, seeing that he was pale and weak, he couldn't bear it, so he rushed forward and hugged him tightly, tears fell silently.

Xuan Qi subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, no matter how he struggled, Ji Qianning never let go.

Xuan Qi was helpless and moved, raised his other hand to stop behind her head, and hugged her tightly.

"Xuan Qi, no matter when, I will never leave you."

Xuan Qi heard the trembling of her voice and hugged her tighter.

Suddenly, a smile spread across his pale face.

In this life, Qing is on my side, what are you afraid of?

……

Last night, Xuan Qi woke up a few times intermittently, didn't eat much, and only drank a little porridge. Ji Qianning's arrival made him feel a little more energetic, and he didn't want to burn again in the middle of the night.

Ji Qianning hurriedly called Master Liu, and after more than an hour of busyness, Xuanqi's fever finally subsided.

Ji Qianning stayed in front of the couch all night, worrying about him until she heard that his breathing was a little more stable, and then she lay down on the couch to rest.

Xuan Yi, Su Yi and Dark Night also didn't sleep all night, just to find out the "person behind the scenes" they guessed in their hearts.

The eastern sky was white, and gradually, a large red glow was revealed.

Xuan Yi straightened up his somewhat messy appearance, slapped his cheeks twice with his hand to make himself sober, and then walked outside the military tent where Xuan Qi was and shouted softly: "Sister-in-law." ”

One or two in a row, Ji Qianning in the account woke up immediately when she heard the sound, she got up from the couch, glanced at Xuan Qi, gently put his exposed arm back into the quilt, and then tidied up her appearance, for fear of disturbing him, she tiptoed open the curtain and pulled Xuan Yi down the steps.

"Sister-in-law, how is Brother Wang now?" Xuan Yi was always thinking about his royal brother.

"It's pretty stable." In just one day, Ji Qianning had a lot less smile on her face and more haggard.

Xuan Yi was a little relieved: "By the way, sister-in-law, as you expected, I have been guarding outside the account with the dark night, half an hour ago, someone sneakily walked around outside the account, we took down the interrogation, and the person was recruited in a few clicks." ”

"Is the sudden epidemic really related to Kowloon City, coming at your brother?" The conjecture in Ji Qianning's heart was confirmed.

Xuan Yi's face darkened: "Yes, to be exact, it is coming for the entire Chiyan soldiers." ”

At this time, Ji Qianning seemed to understand the intentions of some people, but it still needed to be confirmed: "Where are the people?" ”

"Dark Night and Su Yi are interrogating."

"Take me there."

"Hmm."

The clouds in the east are getting bigger and redder......

After a while, the two came to another tent, and as soon as they entered the door, Ji Qianning saw a man who had lost his armor and was tied to a pillar, with no traces of being beaten, but his eyes were full of fear. At this time, Su Yi was holding a leather whip and glaring at him angrily.

Su Yi and Dark Night saw the arrival, and hurriedly saluted.

Ji Qianning returned the salute: "It's hard work, how is the trial?" ”

"The subordinates haven't been tortured yet, and this kid has recruited a lot." Su Yi looked serious.

"Okay, I'll ask again." As he spoke, Ji Qianning pulled out a sword from Su Yi's waist, "Su Yi, borrow the sword and use it." A wicked smile rose at the corner of her mouth, and she walked to the kidnapped man step by step, shaking her sword from side to side in front of his eyes: "I'm not as gentle as General Su, what will I ask later, what will you answer." ”

Ji Qianning's smile made the man feel scared.

"If you dare to tell a lie...... Ji Qianning suddenly put his sword against his neck, his eyes became fierce, "I will let you die a miserable death." ”

The man closed his eyes, his expression was pained, nodded like pounded garlic, and said "yes" over and over again.

Several people present praised Miss Ji's outstanding acting skills in their hearts and held back their laughter.

"Your Highness, girl, the villain is wrong, they gave the villain a lot of gold, the villain is greedy for money, and he makes a big mistake, the villain is really wrong."

"You're being sincere." Ji Qianning snorted coldly, "Who are they?" ”