The prince just blindly denied it, "Sugar candy, that's not called hands, I'm just helping you pat the dust on your skirt." ”

"Oh!" Xue Ke suddenly realized: "It turned out that I misunderstood." But he untied his belt and tied his hands.

The prince felt bad in his heart, and thought that she was angry, and it was nothing to coax her to be happy, and in the blink of an eye, his hands were tied with a strong cross knot, and he tried it, but he couldn't break free.

"Don't move, this is the knotting method that Ah Liu taught me, and it really works."

Xue Ke got entangled little by little, the prince's breathing became heavier and heavier, and finally said in a dumb voice during the intermission, "Tangtang, shall we go into the house?" ”

"Don't! I just love being outside! Xue Ke touched the prince with great interest, while watching his expression change, half painful and half expectant.

"Shadow Five, they can see it!" The prince whispered in Xue Ke's ear.

"What!" Xue Ke couldn't help but shout, and looked around again, "Where?" ”

"Stop shouting." The crown prince sighed in his heart, the shadow guard itself was like a shadow, although he had long been used to it, but today the situation was really a bit embarrassing.

Xue Ke's face also turned red instantly, and he hurriedly covered the prince's robe and pulled him into the house.

I don't know whether to take revenge for the things of the day, or to cover up the shame of the night, Xue Ke tossed more and more.

After breakfast the next day, Ah Liu instructed the girls outside the door to go in and clean up the table, and saw the prince walk out, he glanced at Ah Liu, and asked expressionlessly, "Hello, teach your lady what kind of cross knot?" ”

Ah Liu was confused by the question, and just about to answer, the prince had already walked away.

Ah Liu habitually looked at the location where Shadow Five was hiding, only to see Shadow Five flash and give her a thumbs up.

The news from Sun Mo's side is exciting. As Xue Ke expected, the Ye family really had a handle in his hand, and Xue Ke thought that this was the reason why Lord Jiang and his flat wife Qin had never dared to do anything to the Ye family and her children.

The account books of Lord Jiang in the past few years were in the hands of the Ye family, which recorded in detail every fact that Lord Jiang accepted bribes, when, where, who collected how many silver taels, and what he did, one by one, clearly.

The crown prince was originally ready to start with bribery, and did not want to make the implication between Lord Jiang, the queen and the king of Qin public. The second is that such things hurt the royal face, and everyone tacitly knows it.

The account books provided by the Ye family made Sun Mo and others very excited, and they were checking the bribe-givers mentioned in the account books one by one in the past few days. Shanxi officialdom is at risk.

The prince's side also intends to recheck a batch, let go of a batch, and promote a batch, so he is busy with his feet not touching the ground.

But the strange thing is that the strict investigation of the spy ordered by the prince has not yielded any results, and Lu Xin and others have checked the maids, guards, and even people who may be in contact, and no suspicious person has been found.

Xue Ke easily went out and left the capital, obviously everything else had been over, but he was trapped in the courtyard every day, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

The prince also saw that Xue Ke's irritability had become worse these days, so he easily took half a day out and promised to take her out for a walk. Xue Ke became happy at this time.

Not far from the city, there is a place called Xinghualing, which is full of apricot blossoms in spring, and it is said to be a beautiful scenery.

It's a pity that it's summer, and it's already full of greenery. Although the scenery is ordinary, it is indeed a rare lively market.

Under the apricot blossom tree, there are felt blankets, there are official ladies, there are also girls from small families gathered in twos and threes, there are white-haired old men in the boulevards, literati chanting poems, and more businessmen on both sides, shouting one after another.

The road was narrow, so the prince and Xue Ke got out of the carriage and walked over. Xue Ke sighed: "The officialdom in Shanxi has been turbulent these days, but the people are living and working in peace and contentment. ”

"Hmmm! They handled it very well. "The prince asked early on to control the influence, so as not to shake the foundation and panic the people.

Xing'er ran two steps over and said, "There is a restaurant in front of you that is quite clean, can the master and the lady go over and sit?" ”

The prince looked at Xue Ke, and Xue Ke also knew that they were going like this, and the guards were under great pressure, so it was good to go to the restaurant to rest, so he smiled and nodded.

Commander Zhang has cleared the second floor of the restaurant. The prince and Xue Ke sat in the private room facing the street, and Xue Ke looked at the pedestrians coming and going downstairs with great interest.

Tea and a few snacks were served first. The chubby shopkeeper came over with a smile, "What do you want from a few customers?" ”

"What's special?" Xue Ke asked, holding his cheeks.

The owner of the store knew that it was not a bad price when he saw the posture of several chartered people, and hurriedly reported the signature dishes in the store. Guinea fowl, wine-stuffed duck, money belly__

Xue Ke frowned, "These are all ordinary, aren't they a little distinctive?" ”

As soon as the boss heard this, he suddenly understood that these people were probably tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and wanted to eat something fresh, so he hurriedly said, "This, we are Xinghualing, there are good freshly brewed apricot wine, sweet and sour apricot cakes, snacks, our Taiyuan Mansion's bean curd is famous, Mrs. can taste it." ”

"These sound good, let's get some of them."

Xue Ke smiled brightly, and the boss was a little dumbfounded, and he was on the spot.

The prince knocked on the table dissatisfied, and the boss suddenly realized his gaffe, and said with a smile, "Come now, come right away." By the way, madam, this bean curd is eating on the street, we don't do it in the store, why don't I call the stall downstairs and make it for Mrs.? ”

Xue Ke looked downstairs, and sure enough, there was a stall selling bean curd a few steps away, and there were many people eating around him.

Xue Ke nodded and said, "Okay, you find a cleaner one." ”

"Don't worry! Madam! The boss smiled and withdrew.

In less than a moment, a man brought a pot of apricot wine and a plate of apricot cake, and Xing'er took it and inspected it on the side, and then presented it.

The apricot cake is not too delicate, but it is fresh, sweet and sour. Xue Ke poured another glass of apricot wine, which was fruity, not strong, and sweet and sour.

Seeing that she was happy to drink, the prince couldn't help but remind, "Drink less, drinking too much of this wine will give you a headache." ”

Xue Ke was about to speak, when the man brought another girl up, and the girl carried a big tray with all kinds of spices and a large bowl of bean curd.

Xing'er carefully checked it on the side, and brought her over after there was no problem. The girl first scooped a bowl of bean curd, and then skillfully picked all kinds of spices, and in an instant it was a bowl of red and green, fragrant bean curd.

As soon as Xue Ke tasted it, he nodded and praised, "It's delicious!" ”

Scooped another spoonful, handed it to the prince's mouth, and said, "You taste it." ”

The prince opened his mouth, Xue Ke raised his head and was about to ask him how it tasted, but he saw the sun shining in outside, and a faint cold light flashed on the inside of the tray containing bean curd, she felt that something was wrong, and was about to shout, the girl who was standing on the side selling bean curd instantly pulled from the tray, and it was a dagger with cold light, stabbing towards the prince.

It was too late, it was too late, Xue Ke didn't have time to shout, and subconsciously threw down the prince, and then he felt a tingling pain in his shoulder, and then he heard a chaotic sound.

"Sugar candy? Sugar sugar? As soon as Xue Ke recovered from the severe pain, he saw the prince's anxious face.

"I'm fine, what about you?" Xue Ke struggled and said.

When the prince saw her speak, the panic on his face eased slightly, and his face turned pale as he looked at the wound, and his fingers trembled.

Xue Ke saw that there were no wounds on the prince's body, and he was relieved. He turned his head to look at the woman and subconsciously closed his eyes.

It turned out that the woman's right arm had been cut off from the arm, and the ground was amputated, and blood was gushing from her wound.

When Xue Ke opened his eyes again, the woman had already been twisted down. Guards Zhang and Yingda knelt on the ground, their faces were pale and they didn't say a word.

Standing on the side was Lu Xin, holding a knife in his hand, blood dripping from the tip of the knife, with an unbelievable expression.

The prince traveled in micro-service today, so naturally there was no imperial doctor accompanying him. It's just that he is a person who practices martial arts, and he has been trained on the battlefield, of course, he knows that the most important thing at this time is to pull the dagger off Xue Ke's shoulder, and they all carry it with him.

It's just that he held the dagger in his hand several times, and then let go of it with a trembling hand. finally said to Xue Ke, "Be good, bear with me." ”

Before Xue Ke could react, he screamed and fainted in pain.

The prince sprinkled the wound with powder, and after a few moments, the blood flowed slightly slower.

He picked up Xue Ke horizontally, and while walking out of the door, he said to the guards and shadow guards who were kneeling on the ground, "After returning to Beijing, I will go to the torture hall to receive the punishment." When he walked past Lu Xin, he said softly, "Thank you, eight." ”

Lu Xin still didn't slow down. Hearing the prince's words, he was suddenly stunned, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".

The accompanying imperial physician was sweating profusely, although the person in front of him was already like an iceberg.

"You mean, this dagger is poisonous?" The prince's voice was calm, but the two imperial doctors who didn't know martial arts also felt the murderous aura.

"Yes." The two wiped their sweat and answered.

"Is there an antidote?"

"The subordinates just searched, and there is no antidote." Yingda's voice was also calm.

The prince took a deep breath and looked at the imperial doctor.

One of the imperial doctors hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness is a little relieved, although there is no antidote, but fortunately, the location of the wound is not too important, and His Highness has applied hemostatic medicine powder in time, and now the toxicity is only a little into the blood." ”

The prince rubbed his forehead, "What the hell are you going to do?" ”

The doctor snorted for a long time, and said stubbornly, "Just cut the injured flesh and remove the poisoned part." ”

"That's it?" The prince couldn't help but laugh. Both Imperial Physicians felt a chill on their backs.

The people he put on the tip of his heart, the people he didn't even want to touch with his fingers, now they are sick and fainted, and they have to cut open the wound and dig out the flesh little by little?

The prince endured and endured, and finally smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "Then you go and prepare, and heal as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!"

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Yingda still knelt on the ground, with a calm face, "My subordinates are derelict in their duties, and I will ask my master to give him death after returning to Beijing." ”

The prince stood up and walked to the back room, not answering Yingda's words, but just saying, "Look at that assassin, she is dead, you will die with her." ”

Ying Da suddenly choked and kowtowed in the direction the prince had left.

Xue Ke was injured in his back, and the whole person was lying on the bed. Ah Liu changed her clothes, and the bleeding from the wound had stopped.

The prince gently opened the gauze, a shocking wound on the smooth skin, and if he looked closely, sure enough, the blood on the inside of the wound was dark red and black.

At this time, the prince suddenly remembered the words of Master Zhihai on Wutai Mountain, saying that he had a bloody disaster, but the people around him would block it for him.

He didn't think so at the time, but at this time he suddenly regretted it, if he hadn't taken her out of Beijing, she wouldn't have had such a disaster in the East Palace, he knew that this trip was dangerous, but he was confident that he could handle it, but it turned out that she blocked the knife.

Until now, he didn't dare to think back to the moment she pounced and the moment the dagger stabbed down.

Xing'er hurriedly ran over and shouted outside the screen, "Master!" The Imperial Doctor has returned. ”

"Let them in." The quilt was lightly covered, revealing only the wound on his shoulder.

"Your Highness." The two imperial doctors stopped talking.

"Say."

"Your Highness, everything else is ready, there is only one thing, this," the imperial doctor who spoke really couldn't go on, and glanced at the person beside him, meaning that he continued.

The imperial physician next to him had no choice but to lower his head, pretending not to see the prince's eyes, and continued with his scalp, "Since the medical saint created Ma Boiling Powder, it has been widely used, but Ma Boiling Powder has the effect of causing people to lose their minds, so, so" He subconsciously looked at his companion again, meaning to let him continue.

It's just that his eyes haven't passed yet, and the prince has already squatted in front of him and looked at him deeply, "Do you think Lone is in a good mood at the moment and is willing to listen to your chat?" ”

The two of them hurriedly knelt down. One of them said quickly, "This dynasty has always banned the sale of hemp boiling powder in the market, only the imperial pharmacy in the palace strictly controls the quantity, and there are some. So Wei Chen and the others just searched all the pharmacies in Taiyuan but couldn't find it. Right now, right now"

"There's no hemp boiling, do you want her to carry it hard?" The prince felt that today's events were challenging his patience one after another.

"This, this" The two knelt on the ground, still exchanged glances, and finally swallowed and said, "It's not impossible, now that the imperial court restricts, the people generally have pain-relieving things, but the amount of Niangniang here is quite large, and I am afraid that there will be some sequelae after use." ”

The crown prince raised his eyebrows, and tapped his hand to signal them to make it clear.

"The name of this thing is Hibiscus, it is extracted from the rhizome and juice of poppies, and the analgesic effect is also quite good, but it is easy to get addicted and difficult to quit when taken in large quantities. If taken for a long time, people will lose weight, lose their souls, forgetfulness, and babble. ”

He said in horror, and with every word he spoke, his head bowed a point.

"Why is it so bad to quit?"

He was about to memorize the pharmacology, and as soon as he raised his head, he looked at the eyes of the prince, and was busy gathering his mind, and said briefly, "This thing hurts people's minds, and the process of quitting is extremely painful and unbearable, and even worse, some people are crazy about it." ”

Looking at the prince's face, he hurriedly comforted again, "But as long as the taker and the people around him are firm, they can still quit, and this medicine book is also recorded." ”

Comfort is clearly a little weak. In the middle of the night, I heard the prince's dejected voice.

"Good. Use it. ”

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