CHAPTER 12
Mu Nanfeng slowly untied the patient's clothes and withdrew the clothes to his chest, his hands shook violently. I was shocked: he, he, he turned out to be a woman. However, there was no surprise on his face, because he felt that Dugu Yanxiang was looking at him with a cold gaze.
Mu Nanfeng looked at the person lying in front of him, although he was wearing a man's clothes and combing a man's hair, but when he looked at his face, it was not a woman's face. The skin is as white as snow and the lips are like cherry blossoms. Only the pair of heroic eyebrows made him look a little manly.
After taking the medicine, Mu Nanfeng exited the house, ready to go to the thatched house, but because he was not very familiar with this inn and found the wrong place, he accidentally came to the firewood room, and when he saw that he was about to go out without finding the right place, he didn't know what he tripped over, and he turned his head and couldn't help but be frightened, it turned out that there was a person lying on the ground.
Mu Nanfeng stepped forward and touched the man's snort, knowing that he was already dead. Looking at this person's face again, it seemed to be a little familiar, and when I thought about it, it turned out to be the same Lang Zhong he met on the stairs when he came. What the hell is going on? He thought in his heart and checked Lang Zhong's body again. There was a red dot in his throat, and he looked closely at what turned out to be a pinhole. "A golden needle pierces the throat." He almost cried out, and he realized that this Lang Zhong had been killed.
But who would kill a Lang Zhong? Could it be that someone died in this Lang Zhong? Someone is looking for revenge on him? Still is? No, could it be that this Lang Zhong also came to treat the patient upstairs, but why did they kill him, just because he also found out that the patient was a woman? Mu Nanfeng thought.
Who are these people? Look at the clothes of the boy upstairs, and the kung fu of the big man who brought him here. These people are certainly not ordinary people. A hint of foreboding passed through Mu Nanfeng's heart.
Just as I was thinking this, I heard a noise outside. He quickly got up and slipped out of the firewood house, and stumbled into the thatched house. As soon as he stood still, he heard a shout outside: "Mr. Mu is okay, my master is invited." "It's the voice of the black-faced man." Okay, okay, come out right away. Mu Nanfeng pretended to answer easily.
After Mu Nanfeng returned to the room, Dugu Yanxiang said gratefully: "Sir, what a wonderful hand to rejuvenate!" My little brother's fever has subsided. This bag of money is a sign of gratitude, and I hope that Mr. will accept it with a smile. Mu Nanfeng looked at this smiling person, but his heart was flustered. He knew that the man in front of him was unfathomable.
But this bag of money still has to be taken, people don't love money, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed! He secretly thought in his heart and took the money bag and said, "Thank you, Childe, then I will accept it." ”
Dugu Yanxiang smiled and said: "Lao Li, bring the wine, I want to pay tribute to Mr. Mu, Mr. Mu is worthy of being the heir of the miraculous doctor period Mizi, he is really a holy hand in medicine!" "Where, where, it's too famous." Mu Nanfeng replied.
As he spoke, the wine was served. Dugu Yanxiang poured a full glass of wine and handed it to Mu Nanfeng, then poured a full glass for himself and said, "Sir, please." Mu Nanfeng also said a word of invitation and put the wine to his lips.
A strong aroma of wine wafted by, with a faint hint of medicine in the aroma of wine. If this is something that ordinary people must not be aware of, but what kind of person is Mu Nanfeng, he is the apprentice of Qi Mizi, who has studied medicine since he was a child, how can he not understand the reason.
This faint medicinal smell is clearly a moment of tranquility. The so-called Momentine is a colorless and odorless poison, and if the antidote is not found within a quarter of an hour of taking this medicine, people will sleep and die forever.
Mu Nanfeng thought in his heart: This wine must not be drunk, where can I find the antidote within a quarter of an hour. This man must have taken the antidote beforehand, otherwise he would have dared to drink the same pot with me. But I can't run away now, and I don't necessarily have to run out. There is that black-faced man guarding the door, although I am good at light skills, I may not be able to beat him, not to mention how many people are outside their door. How good is that?
"Why doesn't the gentleman drink it?" Dugu Yanxiang saw Mu Nanfeng holding a wine glass and asked for a long time. Mu Nanfeng thought in his heart, so he didn't hear Dugu Yanxiang's words. Suddenly, he nodded, and thought of a way to get out. Then I heard again: "Sir, sir?" ”
Only then did Mu Nanfeng look up at Dugu Yanxiang and said, "It's rude, I was thinking about Brother Ling's illness just now." "My brother's illness?" Dugu Yanxiang couldn't help but feel nervous, but he still looked at the other party quietly.
"Although Brother Ling's high fever has subsided, his sword wound is not shallow, and the villain does not dare to ensure that the residual poison is cleared!" "When will it be cleared again?" "It depends on his recovery, if his brother can wake up tomorrow, the poison has been cleared, and if he is still asleep tomorrow, he must be cleared again."
"Sir, it's getting late, I'll take you to rest!" Li Ying stepped forward and took the wine glass from Mu Nanfeng's hand.
After sending Mu Nanfeng to rest, Li Ying came to Dugu Yanxiang's room again. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Dugu Yanxiang ask, "How is it?" "Don't worry, master, I have sent a secret guard to keep an eye on him, and it is impossible for him to escape." Li Ying replied. "Hey, blame me for being careless, why did you forget to bring the accompanying medical officer from Beitang when you went out of Beijing this time. That's it, remember to bury that Langzhong and treat his family well. And Mu Nanfeng, alas..."
"The master doesn't have to blame himself, if he can exchange the lives of these two people for the safety of the prince's identity, it can be regarded as the credit of the two of them. What's more, if the prince is safe, I don't have to worry about the border of Jiang Country! The two of them can be regarded as serving the country. Li Ying reassured.
"That's it. Is Wei Xu back? Dugu Yanxiang shook his head helplessly and asked again. Only he knows in his own heart that he doesn't care whether the people in the world are dead or alive, all he wants is the peace of Beitang, but he still has to do what he should do in the throne!
"Nope." Li Ying replied. "If he returns, let him come to me quickly." "Yes."
In the room, Mu Nanfeng was thinking about how to escape from this inn, he had just observed that the front and back doors of the inn were guarded, and if he went out, he would definitely die. The window on my side is facing the courtyard again, so I can't get out at all. How good is that? Well? Wait, when he went to see the woman, he happened to catch a glimpse of the window of the woman's room facing the Yanghuai River.
Then, Mu Nanfeng patted his head and had an idea, and now that it is approaching, he must not be doubted at this moment. So Mu Nanfeng pushed open the door and walked towards the patient's room.
There were two men guarding the door, and when they saw him come out, they asked, "What are you doing?" "Take the pulse of that boy over there." Mu Nanfeng pointed to the room on the left. The two hesitated for a moment, but still let Mu Nanfeng out, and watched him walk into Shangguan Beitang's room.
A quarter of an hour later, the two people guarding the door saw that Mu Nanfeng had not come out for a long time, so they walked into Shangguan Beitang's room to check, only to see the maid who had temporarily found to serve Shangguan Beitang sleeping on her arm at the table, and the window facing the Huaiyang River was also open. The two realized that something was wrong and hurriedly reported Dugu Yanxiang.
Dugu Yanxiang thundered and was furious: "What a bold man, he actually fled under my nose, Li Ying passed my order to quickly arrest the important criminal Mu Nanfeng." "Yes."
At noon the next day, Shangguan Beitang, who was in a coma, slowly opened his eyes, and the first person he saw when he woke up was Dugu Yanxiang. "Beitang, how do you feel when you wake up?" "The minister is no longer in the way, the emperor is frightened, it is the minister's fault, and the emperor is asked to surrender." Saying that, Shangguan Beitang was about to get up and salute and confess his guilt.
"Well, what is this for, what are you guilty of? Don't you think I'm fine? You have saved the car meritoriously, you should be rewarded and awarded, and I will reward you heavily when I return to Beijing. Rest well now. "Dugu Yanxiang stopped Shangguan Beitang's action." Minister," Shangguan Beitang was about to say something more, but he heard someone shouting outside: "Subordinate Wei Xu has something important to report." ”
"Come in!" Dugu Yanxiang responded, and chose the corner of Shangguan Beitang upward. I saw a tall young man with a handsome face coming in through the door. After he saw Dugu Yanxiang, he first knelt on the ground and saluted: "See the emperor, see the prince." "Excuse me."
"What's going on?" Dugu Yanxiang asked again. "After a long time of chasing the woman, I finally caught up with her in a woods outside the south gate of Yanghuai, and also found her accomplice." "And accomplices?" "Yes, I fought with him for a long time, and finally the woman was captured by me because of her defeat with her fists and feet, and I used the woman to threaten her accomplice man, and when I saw that the man was about to surrender, I did not expect that the woman was still a loyal martyr, and she was hanged under the sword of the lowly position. I took advantage of the man's sadness to capture him and bring him back, and now he is imprisoned in the dungeon of Yanghuai County. ”
"Did the trial come out, why did these two assassinate me?" "Not yet, but the lowly has found it on them." As he spoke, Wei Xu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and a bird's-like pattern was drawn on the paper. Dugu Yanxiang looked at it and said, "The people of the previous dynasty." "Exactly." Dugu Yanxiang closed his eyes and sighed: "Investigate this matter thoroughly, and all those involved in the case will be severely punished." "Humble obedience."
After returning to the capital, Shangguan Beitang's life was quite leisurely, and nothing major happened in the court during the private visit with the emperor's micro-service. I just returned home from the morning court that day. The housekeeper Lao Qin came in and reported: "Lord Wang, Gonggong Ning's decree is here. Shangguan Beitang remembered that in the early dynasty, the emperor rewarded him for his meritorious service in rescuing the driver on this trip, so he hurriedly led a group of people in the palace to greet him.
"The king of the north is taking the order." The great eunuch next to the emperor, Gonggong Ning, said in his characteristic sharp accent. "The minister's official Beitang receives the order." Shangguan Beitang and the others knelt down. "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Beixuan King Shangguan Beitang is brave and fearless in saving the driver, and he will be rewarded with a horse of Jiuyi BMW, a pair of Gu Changkang's landscape maps, a Tianshan snow ginseng, ten brocades, and a thousand taels of gold and silver. Chin this! ”
"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Shangguan Beitang received the holy decree, and everyone bowed again. Father-in-law Ning stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to the prince." "Father-in-law has worked hard, please come into the house and rest for a while after drinking tea." Steward Qin stepped forward and greeted. "You're polite, the slave has to go back to the palace to resume his life, so I won't bother."
Seeing that the people in the palace went back, Shangguan Beitang ordered: "Uncle Qin, put all the gold and silver rewarded into the account, and distribute it to the Beixuan Army according to the old rules, Yuzhu, take Gu Changkang's painting and take a look at it!" "Hey, okay." The maid Yuzhu responded, but still finished the work that was half counted, and said to the next person, "This snow ginseng should be collected for the prince to mend his body, and these ten rolls of brocade should be carefully stored in the warehouse, so as not to get damp, and rush Ming'er to make a few clothes for the prince." "Yes." The maids answered and went down with their things.
Yuzhu then took Gu Changkang's painting to Shangguan Beitang: "Lord, the emperor treats our house really well, this Tianshan snow ginseng is so precious, the emperor actually rewarded a whole one, I just looked at it and saw that the size is not small, and I heard the people in the palace say that the queen also wanted to borrow this painting a few days ago to see if the emperor still lent it, but I didn't expect it to be rewarded to our house today." "The old slave thinks that such a pampering is not necessarily a good thing." Shangguan Beitang's nurse Liu Shi brought a bowl of tea and said. "What is there to worry about Mama Liu, the emperor has been on good terms with the prince since childhood, and the two are aunts and uncles, so the emperor naturally takes the master to heart." Yuzhu said. "What do you little girl know, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm too concerned!" Mama Liu sighed.
"Mama rest assured, Beitang will pay more attention. Beitang understands. "It's good that the prince understands, whether it is the Beixuan Army or our Beixuan Palace, it is all in the prince's thoughts." Mama reminded her again and withdrew. Shangguan Beitang also had no intention of appreciating the calligraphy and painting, so he asked Yuzhu to take it and put it in the study.
couldn't help but he also fell into contemplation, the emperor's attitude towards him in recent days also made him faintly worried, although he has been familiar with the emperor since he was a child, and the emperor also knows his identity, but after all, none of them know that his identity cannot be revealed, this is related to the lives of many people! It's not that the emperor doesn't know these things, but why does he still do this? One big prize in three days, one small reward in two days. Isn't this creating public opinion and arousing the suspicion of the ministers?
"Yuzhu, Yuzhu." "Hey!" "Change the clothes of this king, and this king will enter the palace." "Yes, so many rewards have been sealed, so naturally I have to go to thank you." Yuzhu said as she helped him sort out his clothes. Yes, with so many rewards, he should have entered the palace to thank him.
Shangguan Beitang came to the Qiankang Palace, and Xiao Xiazi, the eunuch on duty, stepped forward to ask for peace: "The slave greets the prince." "Get up, what is the emperor doing?" Shangguan Beitang said and looked into the Qiankang Palace. "Back to the prince's words, the emperor went to the queen mother to say goodbye." "I went to the Queen Mother's Palace, okay, I'll also go and say hello to the Queen Mother." Shangguan Beitang went towards Fushou Palace.
At this moment, Fushou Palace is happy, and the emperor and the queen mother are chatting very happily. After the palace people reported, Shangguan Beitang walked in and asked for peace: "The ministers and Shangguan Beitang ask for peace to the emperor, and ask for peace to the queen mother." "Beitang hasn't been to the Mourning Palace for a long time, get up quickly!" "Empress Dowager Xie. What are the emperor and the queen mother talking about, so happy? Shangguan Beitang got up and asked.
"The emperor is telling me interesting things about your exit from the palace this time, oh, by the way, is Beitang better? This time, thanks to you, I can be regarded as protecting the emperor thoroughly. "Empress Dowager Xie cares, and the minister is fine." "It's okay, I'm still pointing at you, the king of Beixuan." The Queen Mother smiled slightly. "The minister is terrified." Shangguan Beitang was busy saluting.