Chapter 65: The Grave Keeper
When Jin Qiu and Yinqiu went to find Xiang Xiu, Xiang Xiu had already changed her clothes, and she was dressed in a neat night clothes. Jin Qiu asked, "What are you going to do in the middle of the night?"
Xiangxiu pulled Jin Qiu and Yin Qiu to the door of the house last time, and pointed to the room and wrote the word "medicine".
“...... But the side concubine said that she was not allowed to go in in the future, if it was ......" Yinqiu hesitated.
Jin Qiu asked Xiangxiu, "The last time you went in, you saw that there was medicine inside?"
Xiangxiu nodded, she clearly saw that there was a box of unclosed in the crystal coffin, which contained all kinds of rare herbs. After a moment's hesitation, Jin Qiu said categorically: "I'll go with you, Yinqiu guards the side concubine, if the side concubine asks, just say let's go out to see Lord Cao." Xiangxiu and I got the things and came up......"
"However, the side concubine won't let you go down, won't we still seal that place?" Yinqiu felt uneasy.
Jin Qiu also hesitated a little, "Let's go and see the side concubine first, don't mention this matter first." ”
Xiangxiu's clothes had already been changed, so he waited at the door. When Jin Qiu and Yinqiu went to see Zhang Erzhen, Zhang Erzhen had already fainted, she was hanging on the side of the bed with one hand, holding a silver ticket in her hand, and the other hand on her chest, her face was crimson and she was short of breath.
"Concubine Side, Concubine Side, are you awake?" Jin Qiu shouted in a low voice, put one hand on Zhang Erzhen's forehead, and exclaimed: "It's hot, it's hot! I can't wait any longer, I have to feed the concubine medicine now, and I have to cool down now! Yinqiu, you hurry up and fetch water to wipe the body of the concubine, I'll go get the medicine, I can't delay, the concubine must take medicine." ”
Yinqiu, who was originally hesitant, also made up his mind, "Jinqiu, go quickly, I'll take this silver ticket to exchange for some wine, I heard that rubbing wine cools down faster." ”
"Hmm...... No, this silver ticket can't be moved, Xiangxiu and I have gone down, only you are in the courtyard, we can't guarantee that they won't have bad intentions, the side concubine is now in a coma, you must stay on the edge of the bed!"
Yinqiu agreed, Jin Qiu pulled Yinqiu out of the room again, and after meeting with Xiangxiu, he went to the sealed room, opened the lock, and the three of them struggled to lift the big bed and pull open the fiery red carpet, "Yinqiu go back and take care of the side concubine, we will come when we go." ”
Seeing Jin Qiu and Xiangxiu disappear from view, Yin Qiu shivered in hindsight, and then quickly ran to the kitchen to fetch water, ran to Concubine Zhen's side, carefully folded the silver ticket and put it on the small table, and then twisted the handkerchief a little bit to wipe the body of the side concubine, and tears fell down: "Side concubine, you can't have anything to do, we still have to live together, why are you sick...... Woo...... , the slave and maid will cool you down, you wait, tomorrow morning the slave and maid will go to Lord Cao, no matter what, I will find Lang Zhong for you to see...... Side Concubine, can you hear the slave and maid talking? Side Concubine...... Woo...... The slave is really worried...... Side concubine, wake up......"
Zhang Erzhen hadn't dreamed for a long time, she could vaguely hear Yinqiu's crying, but she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand, there was no light in the darkness around her, Zhang Erzhen's head was a little painful and dizzy. Then she felt that she was moving forward rapidly, she seemed to feel the chic fluttering clothes, and then suddenly the scene changed, Zhang Erzhen looked around in disbelief when she froze, isn't this Kunning Palace, isn't the woman with a serious face wearing a gold-rimmed coral red palace dress the queen?
Zhang Erzhen couldn't hear what the queen was saying, but saw the eunuch kneeling with his hands trembling and kowtowing, and then a man with a long figure came in, oh - isn't this Zhu Youzhu! After Zhu Youzhen saluted, he smiled and handed a letter to the queen's mother, and the queen nodded again and again with a smile on her face after reading it. Zhang Erzhen just wanted to take two steps closer to see what was written on it, and then the scene changed and he arrived at the East Palace.
This is Zhu Youji's study, he is looking at a large map on the table, and the mountains on it are marked with dangerous areas, are you going to go out to fight again? Zhang Erzhen looked at Zhu Youzhu in distress and rubbed his sore eyes, and then watched Zhu Youzhu take out a scroll in the dark compartment, and opened it very carefully, and seemed to be fascinated.
Zhang Erzhen probed to see, this ...... Isn't that her?
At that time, she was still young, standing in the snow in a red suit, next to her was a cute snowman as big as her, the snowman wore the same red hat, this was when she was in Yizhou that year, Zhang Erzhen piled up this snowman to thank Prince Zhu for saving his life, and then in a blink of an eye, the snowman was gone, and Zhang Erzhen was depressed for a long time. In the painting, the corners of her mouth are exposed with a lovely pear vortex, and her eyes are crooked like crescent moons, this is a cute little girl, Zhang Erzhen thought narcissistically, and then saw the tenderness in Zhu Youzhi's eyes that was about to overflow, she saw Zhu Youzhi's slender hand slowly caressing the girl in the painting, and said softly: "...... Vera, I'm sorry......"
............
Zhang Erzhen was burned very uncomfortable, sticky, and had a splitting headache, she gradually woke up in her sleep, and saw that the sky was already bright, and the two girls around her hung their heads little by little, looking at it seemingly...... Didn't sleep all night? Zhang Erzhen moved her fingers with some difficulty, and found that she had felt a lot better, and said in a hoarse voice: "...... I want to drink water, Yinqiu, I want to drink water......"
Jin Qiu and Yin Qiu woke up at the same time, both of them had red eyes, Yin Qiu was busy pouring water, Jin Qiu lay on the side of the bed and asked with concern: "Concubine Fang, how are you feeling now, are you feeling better?"
Yinqiu brought the water over, Zhang Erzhen drank it with a grunt, and finally felt a lot more comfortable, "I feel much more comfortable, but I have a little headache, just rest for a while." It's just that my throat is a little bitter, have you fed me medicine?" Then he saw the silver ticket on the small table and asked, "This silver ticket has not moved, where did you get the medicine for me?"
During the golden autumn period, Ai Ai said: "Slaves and maids...... It's the medicine that Xiangxiu found, it should have been hidden by herself, and she took it out and fried it yesterday, and fed it to you once when she was young, and fed it to you once when she was young...... Side concubine, you finally woke up, thank God, you were going to scare the slaves to death yesterday. When the day dawns, the slave and maid will go to find Master Cao for a while, and see if they are looking for a Lang Zhong......"
Xiangxiu...... Zhang Erzhen looked at Yinqiu's dodging eyes, and guessed that things might not be so easy, if Xiangxiu really had medicine, why didn't he take it out during the day yesterday. But she really doesn't have the strength now, and she can't manage so much, "Lang Zhong don't look for it, I feel much more comfortable, just rest and rest......"
Hearing that Concubine Fang did not suspect the source of the medicine, Jin Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took a brown pill from the table on the side, "Concubine Fang, you eat this pill, this is for treating wind and cold, and the slave doesn't dare to use it for you when you fall asleep, for fear of choking in your throat." ”
Zhang Erzhen took the pill, looked at the smooth surface, and sniffed it to his nose, the faint medicinal fragrance with the fragrance of flowers was not an ordinary thing at first glance. In Jin Qiu's anxiety, Zhang Erzhen put the pill in his mouth, took a sip of water and swallowed it, and closed his eyes a little tiredly. After taking the medicine, Zhang Erzhen felt that her whole body began to sweat again, and she was uncomfortable. But the headache seemed to have subsided a lot, and she fell asleep again in a daze.
Seeing Concubine Zhen fall asleep again, Jin Qiu Yinqiu let out a long sigh, and Jin Qiu's face was worried: "We seem to be causing trouble to Concubine Fang again, what can we do." ”
Yinqiu Hou was afraid: "It was too scary last night, the side concubine was trembling all over, if there was no medicine, the side concubine would probably be ......."
"Look at the better just now, what the hell is ...... , all good stuff. ”
"But what about the man......
"When the side concubine is ready, let's talk to her again......"
Zhang Erzhen's illness was violent, and she walked slowly, she was in bed for three consecutive days, took a pill and then fell asleep, woke up and drank some gruel and went to sleep, and then was waited by Jin Qiu Yinqiu to change clothes and wipe her body, and finally got better after three days. When Zhang Erzhen got out of bed with the strength, she asked, "I haven't seen Xiangxiu for the past few days, where has she gone?"
Jin Qiu Yinqiu knelt down tremblingly and told what happened that night-
After Jin Qiu and Xiangxiu entered the tunnel, they successfully found the crystal coffin and the two Nanmu coffins, Jin Qiu dared to climb into the crystal coffin to find medicinal materials, and took out a box of thousand-year-old ginseng that was as smooth as white jade, Xiangxiu found a bunch of pills in one of the ear rooms, with the name on it, Xiangxiu looked around and hugged them in his arms, planning to take them all. After the two people met, they were about to leave, but they heard a rumbling sound outside the wall, things were not good, the two quickly hid in an ear room, and after a while, a huge stone and blue brick wall in the middle protruded, and from behind the wall came a hobbling old palace maid, wearing washed white gray clothes, holding a bunch of long candles in her arms, it seemed that she was here to change candles.
Originally, I was just waiting for the old palace maid to leave, but this old palace woman was not old-hearted and had excellent eyesight, as soon as she came in, she said seriously: "Someone is hiding here, is the old woman asking you to come out, or are you coming out by yourself......?"
Jin Qiu and Xiang Xiu didn't show up in anger, the old palace maid held a bunch of candles to find it little by little, Xiang Xiu had already knocked on a green jade bucket in the ear room, and in Jin Qiu's wide eyes, he knocked on the old palace maid's head while the old palace maid turned her head. The old palace maid fell down in response, and the candles were scattered all over the ground. The two of them summed up for a while, helped to insert the candles back one by one, and then found the switch on the stone wall, after closing the wall, took the medicine and pills, and dragged the old palace maid who didn't know whether she was dead or faint and walked back to the dark passage, and then asked Yinqiu to find a rope and drag the old palace maid back to the courtyard.
In the past few days, Xiangxiu has been looking at the old palace maid who has woken up, and I don't know if I should kill her directly......
Zhang Erzhen pinched her forehead with a headache and said, "Take me to see that old woman." ”
"Side concubine, the slaves and maids have done something wrong...... , the slave should have beaten her to death on the spot...... , She has seen us now and knows our premises, in case she ......" Jin Qiu was still worried that she was in trouble, so she knelt on the ground and couldn't get up.
"Everyone has brought it back, let's take a look first, it's really not good...... , still have to kill her. Zhang Erzhen still wanted to go to see the old man guarding the tomb, and was helped up by Yinqiu, and said with emotion: "Since we have discovered those secrets, we have to prepare for this a long time ago...... I have to thank them for saving their lives......"