Chapter 264: Life and Death
Later, Fan Zeyu, who waited outside for a long time and didn't see Deng Shuang come out, finally felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
Jin Yuchen had already left the county government and went to the house where they were temporarily staying. And Ah Yu and Xie Huai'an, under his urging, also returned to the mansion first.
The main thing is his nephew, who is distressed himself.
Earlier, because of Jin Xinyan, he directly called Xie Huai'an from Wen Mansion, and since he entered the cell in the morning, to the middle of the afternoon, Ah Yu and the others came over, and Huai'an has not been wet, let alone eat.
He is the age of a half-grown child who eats a poor man.
If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panicked.
After all, after Deng Shuang entered the cell, Jin Xinyan's condition improved at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, Fan Zeyu thought that there should be no other mistakes, so he let everyone else leave, leaving him alone outside the cell, waiting for the people inside to finish their belated lunch, so as to send people out.
It's just that Jin Xinyan's happy appearance blinded his eyes and made him forget the results of the diagnosis and treatment left by Doctor Yang.
When he rushed into the cell, the leftovers on the table had been retrieved into the food box, and the two who should have been silent did not sit at the table.
Fan Zeyu could vaguely see two people lying side by side on the bed behind the screen through the gauze screen.
It was Jin Xinyan and Deng Shuang.
The object of punishment who was to be brought back to Kyoto died inexplicably.
Jin Yuchen woke up, and after learning the news, he felt that his whole person was not very good.
Regardless of whether the final verdict given by the father to Jin Xinyan was good or bad, the premise was that this person had to return to Kyoto alive, not send back a corpse thousands of miles away.
Yesterday, I believed Jin Xinyan's words, and I really withdrew from the cell, and I didn't ask anything important.
Looking back now, Jin Yuchen couldn't help but cover his heart, and the expression on his face was a little hideous.
This is the first time he has obeyed the emperor's orders and done something independently.
It's a very simple thing, but he still can't do it well.
After Jin Yuchen heard the news of Jin Xinyan's death, he began to think about how to deal with it in the future, but the person who heard the news on the other side was stiff.
Xie Huai'an not only heard the news of Jin Xinyan's death, but also knew that the person who died with him was Deng Shuang.
The servants and doctors who examined their bodies, except for Doctor Yang, no one else could see the specific cause of their death, there were no external injuries on their bodies, and there was no sign of poisoning, so naturally they could only live up.
There can be no other possibility.
On the bright side, Doctor Yang acquiesced to the answer given by the doctor and the doctors.
But in fact, he found Fan Zeyu and others in private.
"The person who poisoned the prince is indeed very powerful, if it weren't for the fact that I had seen similar poisons back then, I am afraid that I would only think that King Le was depressed and angry, and he would vomit blood."
In many cases, human emotions are more terrible than drugs.
"My lord, none of the people you have found anything unusual in them are because the poison they possessed was dissipated and depleted by the time they died. In this way, there are naturally no other flaws.
It's just that Miss Deng had another poison in her body before, and I found a way to cure the poison, but I haven't let her use it yet. But now that she has died, there is no trace of toxic residue in her blood. If it weren't for that, I'd probably just suspect that something was wrong with my diagnosis. ”
However, Fan Zeyu relayed what he heard from Doctor Yang to Xie Huai'an.
In addition to these, he also brought a letter to Xie Huai'an.
The letter was written by Deng Shuang early in the morning and placed in her dresser.
Even if the servants went to her room to clean it, they didn't dare to open the cabinets to see what was inside, and she put the letter in the mezzanine of the dresser. If it weren't for someone who really knew her well, he wouldn't have found the letter at all.
The letter was found by Deng Ao.
After learning the news of his sister's death, he originally wanted to take back his sister's body from the county office, but because the person who died with his sister and Jin Xinyan, he could only let his sister's body remain in the county office.
Unable to bring his sister's body back, Deng Ao drank sullen wine at home.
Even if you can't get drunk, you don't have to think about too many things when you're drunk.
That's what he had in mind.
The wine at the border is particularly strong, but because of the frequent fighting in recent years, there is no local alcohol in Meaux, and the wine sold in the city is bought from other places.
The wine that Deng Ao drank tasted as light as water.
After drinking two jars of wine, although he was not dizzy and dizzy, he couldn't help but walk to Deng Shuang's room, all kinds of things in the room were still the same as before, and there was an upside-down book at the head of the bed, which was Deng Shuang's favorite book to read recently.
Warm and tranquil, as if the owner of this room has never left.
Deng Ao glanced twice in the room, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the bronze mirror on the dresser, and suddenly thought of Deng Shuang's old temperament of liking to hide things.
With the mentality of giving it a try, I opened the box on the dresser, and then saw the letter in the mezzanine of the box.
The letter said that the child she conceived in October had passed away.
The road to Huangquan must not be smooth sailing.
Her child is not lucky in this life to become her child, and she only hopes that the other party can have a parent who loves him in the next life, instead of being as irresponsible as she and Jin Xinyan.
The grievances of the previous generation, the debts owed, should be paid by themselves, instead of imposing these things on her children.
"I've never given him anything, I can't do it, and I've made him bear a bad name."
"Some people are heroes, then they should be heroes for the rest of their lives."
"And my child died on the Qingming Festival that year, buried in the rain into the barren mountains, and he was waiting for me and Jin Xinyan, the incompetent parents, to accompany him early in the morning......"
Even though Deng Shuang didn't know that Xie Huai'an was still alive when she wrote this letter, she still tried hard to give him something better.
If Jin Xinyan had always been an upright person and did not want to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, Deng Shuang would have the courage to bring Xie Huai'an back to his side.
However, the truth is that there is not the slightest possibility of quibbling.
Deng Ao was still in a drunken state, and after handing over the hard-won letter to Fan Zeyu, he fell drunk in the wine cellar, and he couldn't wake up easily.
Therefore, the person who came to deliver the letter this time was only Fan Zeyu.
After reading the letter, he was shut out of the door by Xie Huai'an.
The closed door seemed to be Xie Huai'an's state of mind at the moment.
When Ah Yu came, he happened to see Fan Zeyu walking around in Xie Huai'an's courtyard.
She asked him curiously, "Why is Uncle Fan standing outside the door, and Xie Huai'an doesn't ask you to go in for tea?" ”
As she spoke, her hand was already slamming against the closed door.
When he came back yesterday, Ah Yu had already agreed with Xie Huai'an that he would visit Jin Xinyan again today.
It was a little late to get up in the morning, and when Ah Yu tidied up himself and came to Xie Huai'an's yard, it was already three poles in the morning.
At this time, you can't catch breakfast in the cell, but if you stay a little longer, you can still catch up with breakfast.
It's not for Deng Shuang's cooking skills, but mainly for the atmosphere of reunion.
Several taps of his palm on the wooden door failed to elicit a response.
Fan Zeyu shook his head at Ah Yu and said, "Huai'an, he is not feeling good at this time!" You'd better leave him alone for a while......"
It's just a little confusing.
Ah Yu asked in a low voice, "But I made an appointment with him yesterday to visit him in the cell today...... Yes, if Xie Huai'an doesn't go out again, he will miss not only breakfast, but also lunch. ”
The small sound of conversation outside the door didn't seem to attract Xie Huai'an's attention.
Ah Yu always paid attention to the movement in the room, and when he found that there was no movement inside, he frowned and looked at Fan Zeyu suspiciously.
No one in there made a sound.
Could it be that Xie Huai'an has already gone out and is not in the room at this time?
Then she heard Fan Zeyu also whispering, "You don't have to go to the cell......
Before he could finish speaking, Ah Yu nodded, as if he understood something.
But he didn't feel very safe, so he asked: "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince moving so quickly?" He didn't just arrive in Meaux yesterday, and he already took people back to Kyoto today! ”
"It's a lot faster than when they came!"
Finally, after making a small summary, Ah Yu couldn't help but sigh.
I still left too early yesterday, and if I stayed a little longer, I don't know if it would have been better.
Although she felt that Xie Huai'an didn't care too much about her biological parents, she had the same bloodline, and when she recalled these in the future, she would feel different!
If you can leave no regrets, it is better not to leave regrets.
It's a pity that it's a little too late to talk about all this now.
Fan Zeyu was stunned for a moment.
Unexpectedly, Ah Yu's understanding was more than 108,000 miles away from the meaning of his words.
He paused and added: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't left yet, it's just that King Le passed away in his cell yesterday......"
Sometimes life and death are just a short sentence in other people's mouths.
When Ah Yu didn't know how to reply, the door of the room, which had been closed all along, suddenly opened.
The young man, whose face had become a little gloomy, pulled her into the room, and before Fan Zeyu could come forward, the door was closed again.
"Ah Yu, they are all dead...... "He took Ah Yu in his arms and asked softly, "If it weren't for him, Yulin Pass wouldn't have died so many people, if it was my companions who died in battle, they would have been very happy to hear the news!" ”
"The murderer who killed them went to Huangquan, whether it was self-punishment or something else, he always deserved it."
"But, I still seem to be a little sad!"