Chapter 34: The Cruel Truth
Qinghe sat on the ground paralyzed, with a bleak smile on the corner of his mouth, silently crying.
"This is probably the biggest mistake I've ever done in my life, and it's also the most regrettable thing I've ever done in my life......"
"The weather was very hot that day, so she slept next door with a fever, Aunt Wu was taking care of her, and the third child was decocting medicine for her in the kitchen. Jinzhi had a terrible headache and asked me for walnut powder, so I took a pack and handed it to Xiao Er. Tell Xiao Er that it's the best walnut powder, and tell him to keep it for good life. I know that high-quality walnut powder is a rare thing among the people, and he will definitely take some secretly. It just so happened that the third child was decocting medicine in the kitchen again, and if she accidentally saw Xiao Er eating it secretly, the two of them could testify for me and prove that it was not anesthetic. ”
"Later, Jinzhi fell asleep after drinking, and the third child also came back to sleep, I was worried that Jinzhi might have an accident if she took too much anesthetic, so I fanned her pulse. That's when the Assassins arrived. ”
"I woke up the third child first, told her not to speak, and then went to pull Hibiscus. But by this time, the effect of the medicine on her body had already taken effect, and she was drowsy enough to hear me that there were assassins, and the first thing she said to me was, 'Hide the old man and the third child in the closet first, their target is me'. Later, I thought about it, and she reacted as if she knew the Assassins were coming. ”
"Then I moved very quickly, and after whispering a few words to Aunt Wu and the third child, I hid the old man and the third child in the closet, and asked the third child to take care of the old man and wait until the next morning to go out of the cabinet." Qinghe said, suddenly raising his eyes to look at Qianwu, "I regretted it at the time, Jinzhi seems to know everything...... She had everything planned for us. ”
"And then?" Chiki looked at her gloomily.
We exchanged a few gestures in the dark, and I, Jinzhi, and Aunt Wu came out of the window, and there were two young guards in the guest room downstairs, and they also came out. We don't want to trouble the people in the inn, so we try to lure the Assassins away. It was very dark and we fought them in the dark...... The two sides fought along the way, and we no longer knew who was alive and who was dead. In the dark, Jinzhi suddenly grabbed my hand, she called me and pulled me to run, and I fell down after a few steps......"
"At that time, the effect of the medicine on her body had already taken effect, and she was powerless to resist...... I guess she must have known at the time, and I drugged her. The food she eats has always been a priori, but she won't doubt what I bring to her. Kiyowa choked up when he said this.
"Later, I helped her to run together, and the effect of the medicine on her body became more and more effective over time, and then she became confused, and she didn't want to drag me down, so she asked me to find a place to hide and find a suitable opportunity to set off fireworks signals."
"I regretted it very much in my heart, and I argued with her, and I categorically did not want to leave her alone to die. Later, she took my hand and said to me, "Don't Xiao can't lose two sisters at the same time, and ask me to take good care of him." ”
"By that time, the Assassins had already come after me, so I hid, and they took him away. Two hours later, when dawn came, I was in a daze for a while, and when I woke up, I set off the signal fireworks, and by the time someone came to help, everyone was already dead. Qinghe looked up at Qianwu, and Qianwu's eyes were red.
"I later went back to the inn to look for the eldest and third, but I didn't see anyone. I scolded myself for being so selfish and killing so many people......" Qinghe beat his chest hard, "I was originally jealous of Jinzhi, she is good in everything, everyone says that the second lady of the Xiao family is a very noble person, and I am like a girl by her side." ”
"I have loved Wenli since I was a child, but he loves Jinzhi with all his heart. For his sake, I am willing to stay by Hibigu's side and imitate her every move. Gradually, I began to dislike myself and resented her more and more. At that time, the first poetry meeting was held in Beijing, which was presided over by Wenli. If Jinzhi is absent, he will lose face and be ridiculed by the world. ”
At the age of fourteen, Xiao Jinzhi tried to compose a poem with Confucianism on the topic of "Etiquette and Etiquette", and in the end the two sides were tied. If Xiao Jinzhi is absent from the poetry meeting, he will indeed suffer from the gossip of all the literati in the world.
"So I gave her an anesthetic and gave her a small amount of it." Qinghe said with tears in her eyes, "Every time I drugged her later, my heart became more and more empty, because I knew that she would never doubt it because she believed in me." But I actually wanted to think about what she had discovered, and stopped my uncontrollable jealousy......"
"How is Lord Nan?" Qinghe raised his eyes to look at Qianwu, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips, "Are you more comfortable knowing the truth?" I wanted to go into the ground with this secret, why do you all have to find out the cause of her death one by one! ”
"Meng Qinghe!" Qianwu pursed her lips tightly, and the teacup she was holding in her palm suddenly shattered. His hands were covered with blood, and he suddenly stood up, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's really you...... Have you ever thought about Hibiscus? Have you ever thought about the friendship between you, have you ever thought about how desolate her heart would be if she knew that you were treating her like this! ”
With that, he pulled out a sharp sword that was placed on the wooden pavilion on the side, and stabbed it into Qinghe's chest.
At this time, Zuidi followed Tiyun's instructions to spy on the military situation to see if Qinghe still insisted on taking Tiyun back. As soon as he came to the door with tea, he was about to step in, when he heard Qianwu angrily reprimanding Qinghe, and then pulled out his sword and stabbed Qinghe.
Drunken Di's hand holding the tea tightened, and he was about to rush in, but he didn't take a step because he was afraid. Hearing the sound of Qinghe choking on the sword, she was scared and hesitant in her heart.
"I've been tormented by this for eight years, what else do you want from me!" The corners of Qinghe's mouth were bleeding, and he looked up at Qianwu and sneered, "You said that you love Tiyun, but today, it seems that it is just because of your unfinished love for Jinzhi!" We're all the same, don't Xiao, you, and I, we're all selfish people! ”
Tears slipped down from the corners of Qianwu's eyes, her eyes were red, and the green tendons on her forehead protruded faintly, she clenched her teeth, and put away her sword neatly and looked at Qinghe Dao, "You go, Jinzhi let you go back then, and I will let you go today." Don't even show up in front of me in the future, or I'll kill you!" ”
Qinghe covered his wounds in embarrassment and staggered out of the door, and went downstairs from the stairs on the right-hand side.
Qinghe rushed downstairs with blood gushing from his chest, his face was full of tears, he turned over and got on the horse at the door, threw off the whip and left quickly, and when he arrived, he only saw one of her backs.
After thinking about it, Drunken Drop hurriedly ran to the backyard.
Qianwu sat in the dark of the study, and Liangchen, who was staying in the next room, walked in, and when he saw Qianwu's mood, he didn't say much, so he glanced at him and was about to leave.
"Prepare a horse for me." Qianwu commanded.
"Yes." Liangchen bowed his head and exited the room.
Tiyun was sitting there at this time, and it happened that the senior sister had gone to run errands for the master today, so only the two of them were drinking tea together in the bamboo house. Drunk and out of breath, he crooked his feet in embarrassment, and ran into the bamboo forest crookedly.
"What's wrong, drunk?" Tiyun felt nervous when he saw her like this. Is my aunt still going to take her back?
"Tiyun is not good, it's not good......" Zuidi took the tea handed by Tiyun, hurriedly took a sip and said, "Just now I was at the door of the prince's study, and I saw the prince stabbing my aunt with a sword...... Then I went after her, but I didn't catch up. ”
As soon as the teacup in Tiyun's hand was placed, he immediately stood up and said, "How can this be?" Is my aunt seriously injured? ”
"It doesn't seem to have stabbed the vital point, and at that time my aunt rushed out of the study, although her steps were vain but extremely fast, I thought it should be fine." Drunken Drop replied truthfully.
Tiyun breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, he seemed to have guessed something, so he said to the two, "I have a horse here, so I might as well lend you two." ”
"I'll go." Drunken Didi glanced at Tiyun, who knew she couldn't ride a horse.
"I'll ask you about this matter clearly, you go after your aunt first, don't let your aunt be hurt......" Tiyun nodded, "When I saw my aunt taking good care of her, I said that I was wrong, please forgive my aunt, and I will take the prince back to the villa to apologize to her another day." ”
After the drunken drops left, Tiyun said goodbye, and went straight to Qianwu's study, but when he arrived at the study, he didn't see anyone else, so he went to find Liangchen again.
"Where did the fox go?" Tiyun said with a cold face.
"The prince is out." Liangchen looked at Tiyun and said, "The prince will be entangled in trivial matters these days, I'm afraid I can't take care of the girl as usual......"
"What did they say in the study?" Tiyun interrupted Liangchen, not wanting to pay any attention to what she said.
"Liangchen wasn't there, and he didn't know what was going on." Liangchen seemed to be calm.
The head Kiyowa rode all the way out of Kyoto, and for a while in the suburbs, she didn't know where she was going, and the wound on her chest was still bleeding.
Forget it, I did such a thing, why don't I die like this...... She looked at the blue sky with tears in her eyes and stopped in a wood.
At this time, when the cool breeze blew, she shrank a little, turned over and dismounted, lay down under a tree, and fell asleep in a daze.
In her sleep, Hibiscus was softly calling her name, her voice so clear that it seemed to be in her ear.
In the dream, the two of them were sitting in the courtyard of the villa, and Qinghe was grinding herbs for her with a spoon in his hand.
"Kiyowa......" Jinzhi called her.
"Huh?" The young Qinghe looked up at Jinzhi with a smile in his eyebrows.
Hibiscus was dressed in a white gauze robe, and her whole body was shrouded in a layer of mist. She wore a walker on her head, and the beads hung down to her neck like a curtain of rain. Qinghe looked at her left and right, wanting to see it more really. But she saw that there seemed to be a smile on Hibiscus's face, and she could only see the black mole in the corner of her eye, which loomed in the fog with her crooked eyes.