"Boom ......" Every time Zhu Gaoxu took a step, he could hear the sound of his boots crushing the snow.

You can't see the road surface in the snow, and only when you step on it carefully and feel the solid road surface, will you feel at ease.

He looked down at the road and said no more. The past came to my mind one after another, and many things I saw and didn't saw were like knitting a sweater, slowly connecting into one.

Junying grass is the modern lily of the valley, and the whole plant is poisonous. That thing is very common in modern times, and it was a rare thing in ancient times, and Zhu Gaoxu dabbled in it because of his hobby.

When Zhu Gaoxu was in the Nanjing mansion, he saw the little white flower blooming in the corner of the wall for the first time, and he knew what it was; He didn't think it would be of any use at the time. That's why he said it in front of Du Qianrui and teased those slaves who were gossiping in the corner.

However, later Zhu Gaoxu and others were imprisoned, and things developed worse than expected. Zhu Gaoxu had nothing to do, so he decided to take a risk, using lily of the valley and causing the illusion that the prince was seriously ill in order to create a chance to escape.

After all, lily of the valley is a thing that is out of the understanding of the ancients, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't think that this matter would be discovered at that time!

The lily of the valley is not a plant that grows in the south, and the lily of the valley plant in Nanjing Mansion is very rare, and it may have been brought from the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping. Its characteristics have only been studied in modern times, and even the later Compendium of Materia Medica has not been recorded, and no one knows at this time...... If the ancient Langzhong imperial doctor had already figured it out, it should have been recorded by now!

However, he was still secretly worried, so he used cinnabar halfway and finally detoxified the prince......

Later, the prince actually said Jun Ying Cao and suspected that Zhu Gaoxu used Jun Yin Cao to poison him, and Zhu Gaoxu was very confused.

At that time, Zhu Gaoxu thought that Du Qianrui had leaked secrets, otherwise the ancients would not have suddenly figured out an unknown plant, its toxicity and symptoms.

…… However, today's Wang Gui's words overturned Zhu Gaoxu's speculation.

Occasionally, there will be such uncontrollable small probability events in the world, so some people say that they are not as good as heaven...... It happened that during the time after returning to Beiping, someone in Yanwangfu actually ate Junying grass by mistake!

Obviously, the poisoner first confirmed that he had eaten Junying Grass, and the symptoms of poisoning were very similar to Shizi's, and then he attracted Shizi's attention.

The whole process, Zhu Gaoxu even guessed and thought, and gradually figured it out.

It's just a little strange: since the prince found out about this matter and had little to do with Du Qianrui, why was she in a hurry to leave?

……

Chinese New Year's Eve is just a few days away, which is the biggest festival in ancient and modern times.

The entire city of Beiping seems to have forgotten the pain of the war very quickly and immersed in the joy of the festival. Zhu Gaoxu, Shizi and others all went to Yanwang's Mansion, and the whole family was reunited.

After dinner, the most anticipated scenery is the fireworks, and everyone in the Yanwang Mansion, from the noblewomen to the maids, put on their best clothes after dinner, and happily wait for that splendid moment.

For Zhu Gaoxu, fireworks are not unusual. But what people enjoy may not only be rare, but also a short-term joy.

The joy of Chinese New Year's Eve, like the lives of countless people in the world, is full of sadness, hardship, and pain, and only occasional joy like a wave dots it, making the long journey and a little gratifying.

Zhu Gaoxu and several brothers and sisters accompanied Princess Xu to the city tower at the front gate of King Yan's mansion, and everyone stood on a high place, feeling the prosperity of tonight while waiting for the fireworks to be set off.

Their "little aunt" Xu Miaojin is also there, and at this time, the princess will definitely call her.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but glance at her from a few people. After all, in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, Xu Miaojin's face is much more beautiful than any fireworks.

Her expression was still cold, and it was intuitive to be unapproachable. The people around her may have long been accustomed to it, because she has always been like that. But in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, there is a big difference between her and ordinary people tonight.

Although Xu Miaojin is indifferent, her eyes are very clear, as if nothing can escape her gaze. But Zhu Gaoxu has been observing her tonight, but she hasn't found out?

If Xu Miaojin was covered in thorns before, it was also appropriate, she could be hit by her at any time, but at least there was not so pleasant interaction; So now she is a screen, she is inside, and Zhu Gaoxu is outside...... Xu Miaojin completely ignored his existence.

This feeling may not be experienced by others, most people will not touch the thorn, only Zhu Gaoxu is touching her thorn as soon as they meet.

"Bang!" Suddenly, in the middle of the night, a firework broke through the sky first. Immediately there was a woman's scream from below the tower, followed by cheers from the people.

The fireworks spread out in the air, emitting fleeting colors and light. Zhu Gaoxu used the light to see that Xu Miaojin's charming apricot eyes were still looking straight ahead, completely ignoring the fireworks.

There was a feeling of despair, and the fire reflected in the eyes flickered, like tears.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: What's wrong with her today?

"Bang bang bang ......" several fireworks canisters are lit at the same time, and the air is like the shadow of a hundred flowers, welcoming the arrival of spring. The shouting of the people became louder, and the atmosphere quickly climbed.

King Yan pointed to the sky with his hand, Princess Xu gently approached to hear what he said, she suddenly stretched out her hand to cover her lips and smiled. Zhu Gaoxu immediately felt that he had given birth to a happy family, and his parents and family had a harmonious relationship...... It's just that he doesn't feel it.

At this moment, Xu Miaojin's voice was faintly heard not far away, she was talking to a middle-aged woman: "I don't like to be noisy, go back first." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked sideways, followed Xu Miaojin's eyes, and saw a monk in a robe coming up. My aunt is a Taoist priest, so she doesn't like monks?

Xu Miaojin also noticed Zhu Gaoxu's gaze, her eyes were empty, and she said expressionlessly: "King Gaoyang, I'm leaving." ”

I'm leaving. These three words seemed familiar, and Zhu Gaoxu's heart was suddenly stunned.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Xu Miaojin's back and walked as he seemed to have a feeling of being one foot deep and one foot shallow, but he thought of another person who had not been retained before...... For some reason, or the ghost sent a god, Zhu Gaoxu took advantage of the warm scene of the fireworks, and went downstairs quietly after a while.

Xu Miaojin paced along the road to the north of Yanwangfu, and met two maids on the way to give way, but she also ignored it.

Zhu Gaoxu was walking in the back not far away, anyway, at his parents' house, it didn't matter if he walked around, as long as he didn't walk into the inner courtyard where King Yan's wife and concubine lived.

Xu Miaojin quickly left the middle avenue and walked to the west path. Zhu Gaoxu could only see her faint back, but her walking posture and waist twisting movements could be recognized by Zhu Gaoxu just by looking at it.

There are lampstands on both sides of the roads in the Yanwang Mansion, and red lanterns are hung outside the building, but the light of the lamps and candles is not strong, and everything around them looks hazy.

From time to time, the fireworks in the air flickered, and the sound of explosions felt like they were getting away in the palace, as if they were coming from far away, and they were irrelevant......

Zhu Gaoxu followed slowly for a while, and suddenly laughed at himself again, feeling that he was about to become a stalker, what did it mean to follow him like this? He planned to wait for Xu Miaojin to enter the gatehouse of the inner hall of King Yan's mansion, and then went back.

At this moment, Xu Miaojin walked into a courtyard door.

Zhu Gaoxu stood for a moment, wondering in her heart: She doesn't live in the front hall, why do you enter a courtyard gate here?

He hesitated a little and turned his head to look around. After all, on the Yanwang Mansion, if he and Xu Miaojin are both walking on the road, it is not unusual; But one after the other entered a small courtyard and was seen, it was very strange.

Zhu Gaoxu observed, then calmed down and paced to the side of the wooden door, found the right angle to look through the crack in the door, and took a few peeks inside.

There were two red lanterns hanging at the door, but they didn't do anything! Because Zhu Gaoxu looks from a bright place to a dark place in the courtyard, his eyes need time to get used to it...... It's better not to have these two lights.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu's face suddenly changed, and he was taken aback!

He didn't care much, so he immediately opened the courtyard door and strode in. I saw Xu Miaojin sitting next to the well in the middle of the yard, her legs poking into the well, her face facing down, looking into the well!

Xu Miaojin heard the movement and turned his head to take a look. Zhu Gaoxu had already rushed to the courtyard and soon rushed to the well.

"Ahh Xu Miaojin was surprised, and the person suddenly jumped into the well. said that it was too late, and then it was fast, Zhu Gaoxu's whole person fell over, stretched out his hand like iron tongs, and grabbed Xu Miaojin's left arm, but the whole body had no strength, and the person was also carried forward and sliding!

Zhu Gaoxu only felt a sharp pain in his jaw, as if he had been bruised on the ground, and his entire upper body was numb by the fall. But he didn't think much about it, and the strength of feeding was also used in his right hand, and his left hand grabbed and grabbed a stone on the ground, and finally barely lifted Xu Miaojin's body.

He kicked his feet wildly, hooked a small tree next to him with the instep of his foot, and reached over with his left hand to support Xu Miaojin's body weight from under her left armpit. The palm of his hand had to be pressed her left chest, and it suddenly seemed to be pressed on a large ball of cotton.

"Let it go!" Xu Miaojin raised his head from the well and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with cold eyes, "What are you doing?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "What are you doing?" ”

His mind was blank, and he didn't care what she was thinking, so the hand that grabbed her right arm also changed places, forcibly stuffed it from under her right armpit, pressed her hands on her chest, hugged her upper body, and violently pushed up, dragging Xu Miaojin out of the well.

Zhu Gaoxu was afraid that she would continue to die, so he grabbed one of her hands and didn't let go, and he sat on the ground first and gasped, and immediately felt pain everywhere in his body. Falling, rubbing, and stumbling, he was injured more than once.

"You're still not letting go?" Xu Miaojin said in a trembling voice.

Zhu Gaoxu was confused, and he didn't understand the situation at all, but he saw with his own eyes that it was true that Xu Miaojin was going to jump into the well! He said, "You're like this, I'll never let go." ”

"Bang!" There was another flash in the air, and fireworks exploded. When Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look, he saw that under the brilliance of the festive fireworks, Xu Miaojin's face was pale with tears in his eyes.