178 Jasmine
Someone you don't know?!
Jiang Yufan's breath was stagnant, you answered...... Is it nonsense?
"It turns out that you brought other guests with you?" The man in the room paused in his elegant voice: "I'm really sorry for the tightness, I only prepared a cup of tea, and I asked Master Jiang to take care of it." ”
Jiang Yufan looked at Jun Qinglan, which number one person is this? Jun Qinglan only pursed her lips and smiled, but did not answer.
At the other end, there was a slight sound at the door, and the glow of the oil lamp leaked out of the door. One person has a long body and a jade body, a long and straight body, white clothes are better than snow, and a smile stands on the streamer. It seems to be a fairy, stepping on the Milky Way, and it is full of brilliance in an instant.
"It's ......." Jiang Yufan narrowed his eyes.
The man in front of him looked at him with a bit of inexplicable kindness in his eyebrows, but it was clearly a stranger he had never seen before. This person's clothes are very ordinary, even crude, and they are made of fine arrowroot cloth worn by the low-ranking people of the Dingguo Mansion, and they are already thin hairy. However, it is such a garment, but when worn on this person, it presents an indescribable dignity and elegance. That dignity has nothing to do with clothes, it comes from the temperament and habits that this person has carved into his bone marrow for a long time. This innate temperament is independent and eye-catching in the world.
Jiang Yufan squinted, when did there be such an eye-catching figure in Yanjing City? He has a wide range of friends, and it stands to reason that he will have memories of such a striking person. How...... Can't think of anything at all.
"This brother is ......." Jiang Yufan didn't notice that his tone had changed from unhappiness because of the man's faint unwelcome to a cautious with a bit of temptation. He has always been very arrogant, and he has never paid attention to everything, and such a cautious posture will only be inadvertently revealed when he subconsciously feels the danger.
For example, when I met my father or Li Congyao. was in awe of such a stranger who met for the first time, and this feeling made Jiang Yufan very uncomfortable.
"His name is Chen Mobai." The corners of Jun Qinglan's lips were slightly hooked, and there was a bit of pleasure in his expression because of relaxation: "It's my childhood playmate." ”
The smile on Chen Mobai's face was warm and warm, but there was a moment of frustration when Jun Qinglan mentioned the words "childhood friend". But it was only for a moment, and it was like a spring breeze blowing again, ironing people's hearts.
"Fortunately." Chen Mobai nodded at Jiang Yufan, his attitude was humble and impeccable: "Two guests, please come in." ”
Seeing the two of them enter the house with light steps, Chen Mobai's eyes finally gave birth to a slightly cold ridicule. Childhood friends? Guest? Time is really the most helpless thing, only a few short years later, the relationship between him and her has become such a situation?
Can't you go back to the past? Chen Mobai took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little ...... Not very willing!
"Jasmine tea?" In the room, Jun Qinglan's voice was a little surprised: "You know I'm coming." ”
The ridicule in Chen Mobai's eyes turned into a warm smile in an instant: "From the moment you sent those two silver needles, I guessed that you would come sooner or later." But you are always so busy, I can't be sure of the time you came, so I often brew jasmine tea and wait for you. When it's cold, change the pot again. One day, I will make you cry out. ”
Chen Mobai pushed the tea with a faint golden halo on the table to Jun Qinglan: "According to your preference, there are a lot of flowers, no condiments have been added, and the temperature is not hot or cold." It's a pity that this is not the origin of Maojian tea, and I really can't find it. Just look for the jasmine flowers that are fresh this year, and you will drink some of them. ”
Jun Qinglan smiled and picked up the teacup, and first took a deep breath of the misty water vapor on the water surface. I felt the faint fragrance of jasmine refreshing, and then smiled: "In this world, only the tea brewed in black white is the most suitable for my taste." ”
Chen Mobai only smiled silently, quietly got up and took the teapot on the fire, turned around and poured it.
Jiang Yufan stared at him: "There is another person here!" ”
Can't you see such a big goal? After a day of running today, am I thirsty too? You actually poured it?!
Chen Mobai smiled: "Ah Wei has liked the aroma of jasmine tea since she was a child. Although jasmine is good, there is only a second course of tea, and the aroma and taste are the most delicious. One more bubble, one less bubble will not work. What's the use of keeping things that can't be eaten, if they don't fall? ”
Jiang Yufan blinked and looked at Jun Qinglan: "I really underestimated you before, you are so particular?" ”
Jun Qinglan's expression froze, but she saw Chen Mobai handing a cup of hot tea to Jiang Yufan: "Master Jiang, please use tea." ”
"Thank you." was able to get the tea personally served by this fairy-like man, Jiang Yufan only felt flattered, and hurriedly thanked him.
After taking a sip, I suddenly felt that something seemed wrong: "This is ...... The second brew of tea? ”
"Of course not." Chen Mobai smiled and said, "The second bubble should be left for Ah Wei." Aren't you thirsty? ”
So, he deserves to drink what others don't want? Jiang Yufan only felt aggrieved, but he was speechless. He's really thirsty!
"Ah Wei." Chen Mobai looked at Jun Qinglan: "It's still a little hot now, let's drink it colder." ”
"Ah Wei?" Jiang Yufan squinted: "Aren't you called Jun Qinglan?" ”
"It's a milk name." Jun Qinglan's heart trembled, why did she suddenly relax her vigilance when she saw Chen Mobai? I almost forgot that Jiang Yufan followed like kraft candy.
She decisively put down the teacup: "What about Uncle Liu?" "At times like these, it's necessary to change the subject!
"The prince sent him to do the next thing." Chen Mobai said: "Before leaving, he explained everything about you to me. ”
Chen Mobai got up and walked to the inner room, and came out with a small black lacquered wooden box. When they opened it, everyone saw that it contained the cloth towel that Jun Qinglan used to wrap the two silver needles. Chen Mobai opened the cloth towel, and the two silver needles inside that were as black as ink appeared in the light.
"Uncle Liu has experienced the poison on the silver needle." Chen Mobai said slowly: "It's poison." ”
Poison?!
Jiang Yufan was taken aback and took a hard breath of cold air. Could it be this?
Legend has it that the bird is extremely poisonous and eats poisonous snakes. The venomous snake is poisonous to all organs of the bird's body, not only the body and internal organs are poisonous, but also the beak and feathers. The dung of the plover falls on the stone, the stone will rot like mud, the nest of the plover does not grow a single inch of grass within dozens of steps, and the stream where the bird drinks, the fish and insects are wiped out. If a person ingests poison, he will die in an instant.
However, the venom has a miraculous effect on cracking snake venom, so it has also become a good medicine. The poison is powerful but not easy to obtain, because it is extremely difficult to capture. So, until now, poison has only existed in the palace. It was the poison of choice for successive emperors when secretly executing their concubines or important ministers.
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Jun Qinglan frowned fiercely: "These two poisonous needles are stained with poison?" ”
"You can't be wrong." Chen Mobai said solemnly: "If I can't even do such a trivial thing, where is it worth asking you to sacrifice your life to save me?" ”
Jiang Yufan raised his eyebrows: "What does it mean to sacrifice your life to save each other?" ”
"It's not important." Jun Qinglan waved her hand vigorously: "So far, how many people know that these two silver needles are contaminated with poison?" ”
"Uncle Liu only told me, and I didn't mention it to anyone except you."
Jun Qing's blue eyes gradually sank, and he pursed his lips without saying a word. Jiang Yufan looked at her and said, "Is there anything wrong with poison?" ”
Jun Qinglan glanced at him, as if she wanted to say something. Chen Mobai smiled faintly: "Ah Wei, do you think that there are some words that are inconvenient to say in front of me?" Why don't I avoid it first? ”
That's what Jun Qinglan thought in her heart. Although Xiao Wan's background is not noble, her death has linked Duanwangfu, Xiao Guifei and even Empress Zhang. And the grievances and hatreds between these people should not be something that an outsider like Chen Mobai should know or participate in.
Mixed with the court's intimidation is often death. Jun Qinglan had no choice but to get involved, but she didn't want Chen Mobai to be innocently implicated, so she gave her life for no reason.
She inadvertently raised her head, and was shocked by the sadness in Chen Mobai's eyes. She had known him since childhood, and the man had never been a self-relenting man, and when he had just been rescued from the pile of dead by his father, there was never sadness in his eyes. And yet now......
Bai Ying's affairs, after all, has it become a gloom in his heart that cannot be dispelled? He automatically excluded himself from the lives of the crowd! Jun Qinglan suddenly felt a little unbearable, she didn't want to see Chen Mobai like this.
"Evade what? I'm just thinking about where to start. She said softly, and immediately saw the brilliance in Chen Mobai's eyes blooming in an instant.
Jun Qinglan sighed in her heart, maybe there is really a certain number in the dark, could it be that Chen Mobai is destined to be entangled with her life?
"Master Jiang, I want to ask you a question." Jun Qinglan took her eyes off Chen Mobai: "In addition to being in the palace, where else will the poison appear?" ”
"Of course it won't be anywhere." Jiang Yufan laughed and said, "What do you think that is?" In our Northern Xia, what other poison will become a tribute? This is a rare thing, and even in the harem, it is not something that can be used casually. Although it is famous, its production is really scarce and pitiful. ”
"In that case......." Jun Qinglan groaned, "How could Xiao Wan and Zhang Wu be poisoned? The two of them, who is qualified to get the poison? ”
There is no one to answer this question, and the facts are often subjugated. Although the emperor intended to crown Xiao Wan as Princess Duan, before this, no one in Yanjing City seemed to care that Xiao Guifei had such a cousin, and Zhang Wu was a beggar who didn't even have a serious name. Neither of these two people could have come into contact with the poison that was strictly controlled in the palace.
"Could it be...... Is it a mistake? Jiang Yufan opened his mouth, apart from this explanation, he really couldn't think of any other possibility.
Jun Qinglan half-narrowed her eyes. When Zhang Wu died, his face was peaceful and serene, and his posture and expression were almost the same as those of deep sleep. Except for the bleeding of the seven orifices, there was no trace of poisoning. Such a death is indeed consistent with being poisoned. Because the poison is so fast, it almost touches the lips and dies, and the deceased does not feel pain at all until he dies.
"Zhang Wu should have been poisoned." Jun Qinglan said in a low voice: "But Xiao Wan ......." ”