She glanced at the man lightly, and the man was so stunned that he didn't dare to say a word again.

Lu Ran frowned slightly, he just felt that Xiao Nai seemed to be targeting him, but he thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know when he had done something that offended him. After giving these instructions, Xiao Nai left with the maidservant, and the maidservant said: "Miss, this Lu guard is also a person next to the prince, you are like this, aren't you afraid that the prince will wake up——"

Xiao Nai said: "Then let him live until Brother Yue wakes up, I have long wanted to solve him and keep him, I always feel uneasy." ”

The maid's eyes flashed slightly, and she said, "What does Miss mean—"

The corners of Xiao Nai's lips were slightly provoked: "You go to the house doctor, just say that I am a little unwell, please Mr. show me——"

The servant girl answered, sent Xiao Nai back to the room, and left again.

When the house doctor was invited to Xiao Nai's room, Xiao Nai was sitting leisurely in front of the desk, fiddling with the candle, and she said, "Sir, do you know why I am looking for Mr.?" ”

Cold sweat trickled down the old man's forehead, and he forced himself to calm down: "Isn't it because of physical discomfort?" ”

As he spoke, he looked up and peeked at Xiao Nai. But I saw Xiao Nai's ruddy face, and there was a trace of sickness.

Sure enough, Xiao Nai heard her say this, sneered, and said, "I thought that Mr. was a smart person, but I didn't want to, even when I was old, I was still so stupid." ”

The old man, his heart became more and more flustered, he knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Subordinates - subordinates - are indeed stupid, please make it clear to the young lady." ”

Xiao Nai didn't look at him either, just fiddled with the candle flame on the table and said, "I heard that your wife and daughter are in southern Xinjiang?" How old is your daughter? The old man said: "Yes, they are all in southern Xinjiang, thanks to the care of Patriarch Xiao, the little girl is sixteen this year-"

Xiao Nai slowly got up and said: "Sixteen, it's really a good year, counting, it's the same age as me, it's just that sometimes, two people who are about the same, the fate is very different, Mr. said yes?" ”

The old man's heart became more and more bottomless, and he could only compliment: "What Miss said is that Miss is a pearl and a treasure, and the little girl is just a fish, how can it be compared." ”

Xiao Nai shook his head and said: "That's not what I said, sir, sometimes half of this fate is still in the hands of people, although sometimes, there is no way to choose whether it is blessed or expensive, but there is indeed a way to choose whether to live or die." ”

The old man hurriedly fell to the ground and shouted, "Miss, my subordinates have always been loyal—"

"Since this is the case, I am relieved, today I saw that Lu Guard was a little suspicious, although he followed the prince back from Shuzhong, it can be regarded as a meritorious service, but who knows whether this person's heart is fickle. Brother Yue attaches great importance to affection, and there are some things that can only be done by us, what does Mr. think? ”

The old man's face became more and more pale, and he muttered, "What does the young lady mean?" ”

Xiao Nai didn't hide it, and said directly: "With Mr.'s means, he dealt with a person unknowingly, it's still very simple, Lu Ran didn't take care of it, and the wound became infected after the cane punishment, and he died, what do you think?" ”

The old man seemed to have all the strength in his body drained, and he looked at Xiao Nai in disbelief, he couldn't imagine that such words came from the mouth of a girl who looked innocent.

He couldn't help but tremble, and said, "Little-miss, can the subordinates know-what is it for?" ”

Yes, even if Lu Ran doesn't take care of it well, it won't reach the point of dying, there must be some reason, or when this reason became his own talisman.

Xiao Nai said: "The reason, naturally, is that he knows things that he shouldn't know, and sometimes it's not a good thing to know too much, do you say?" ”

Xiao Nai was laughing, but the smile was full of cold chills.

The old man said: "Subordinate-subordinate knows, just ask Miss to be kind to her family, subordinate-thank Miss here." Xiao Nai nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is natural, Mr. rest assured." ”

When he left Xiao Nai's room, it was already late at night, and the moonlight was bleak, he looked up at the hazy moonlight, smiled bitterly, and went back to the room.

After a while, he came out of his room again, first found someone, and handed a letter to the man: "I haven't sent a letter to my family for a long time, and in a few days it will be my little girl's birthday, and I have no way to go back, so I can only do this." ”

The man obviously knew the old man, and he smiled and said: "Uncle Song, if you follow the prince, Aunt Song and Sister Fang will also understand, besides, don't you have a family letter every month - when we return to southern Xinjiang, you can be reunited as a family." ”

The old man smiled, but laughed out of tears and said, "Yes, it's good to go back, if only I could go back." Okay, you can help me send this letter back quietly. ”

Although the man didn't understand why he had to send a letter to his family quietly, he didn't ask again.

The old man turned around, but instead of going back to his own courtyard, he went to the guard's courtyard, and the night guard saw the old man from a distance, and said respectfully: "Sir, why did you come so late." ”

The old man looked inside and said, "Is Lu Ran okay?" ”

The man whispered with an unbearable face: "You don't know, these fifty boards are beaten, and the back is about to be broken, I see that the clothes are stuck with the flesh and skin, it's really pitiful." The old man frowned and said, "But it's medicated?" ”

The guard on duty at night said: "I'm afraid you don't know, Miss said that medicine is not allowed, and if it is discovered, it will be punished." The old man lowered his head and said, "Then I'll go in and see him." The man was obviously a little embarrassed and said, "Sir—this—"

The old man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it's late at night, and no one knows, I'll go and go back." ”

The man was obviously extremely unbearable, and sighed and said, "Sir, hurry up." ”

With that, he stepped out of the way. The old man smiled and nodded, and entered the house, as soon as he entered the room, he smelled a burst of blood, Lu Ran lay on the bed, the blood on the clothes behind him was obviously a little coagulated, his face was red, obviously hot.

The old man sighed, carefully lifted the clothes on his body little by little, Lu Ran woke up in pain, saw that it was him, and said, "Why is Mr. here?" ”

The old man said, "I'll come to see you, bear with me, I'm going to give you medicine, and I have to peel off this garment first." ”

Lu Ran pursed his lips and said, "Sir, but he was ordered?" ”

The old man didn't speak, and Lu Ran hurriedly said: "Then Mr. should go back, I can't trouble Mr." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Whatever you say is not even involved, they are all poor people." ”

The movements of his hands were extremely fast, and as he spoke, he took off his clothes from the wound, Lu Ran grinned in pain, and kept panting, the old man smiled and said, "Lu Ran, how old are you?" ”

Lu Ran smiled reluctantly: "Sir, are you trying to distract me?" It's okay, I'm not afraid of pain, this little injury-" The old man smiled lovingly, and said to himself: "Sometimes I look at you, I always feel like my child, my daughter is as old as you, and has a good age, not like me, a person who is old and has half a foot into the coffin." ”

Lu Ran felt that something was wrong, he just wanted to ask, but he saw the old man stretching out a hand, and there was a swarthy pill in his palm, he said: "Take it internally and apply it externally, to ensure that your kid will be alive and kicking in a few days." ”

Lu Ran didn't doubt him, he reached out and took it, and threw it into his mouth, the bitter taste immediately filled his nose, he frowned, and suddenly, a feeling of dizziness followed.

The old man leaned down and said in his ear: "Lu Ran, Xiao Nai wants to kill you, remember, it's Xiao Nai." ”

He opened his mouth and wanted to ask why, but he felt that the strength in his body was being withdrawn little by little, and he had no strength at all.

Early the next morning, Tuoba Yue woke up, Xiao Nai was serving her to change clothes, and saw Yue Qi come in with a panicked expression.

Tuoba Yue rarely saw Yue Qi so flustered, and couldn't help asking, "What happened?" ”

Yue Qi looked at Xiao Nai, who was helping Tuoba Yue sort out his clothes, lowered his head and said, "Lord Wang, Lu Ran and the house doctor are dead. Tuoba Yue frowned slightly and said, "What happened?" ”

Yue Qi looked at Xiao Nai, knelt on the ground and said: "Back to the words of the prince, Lu Ran was beaten yesterday and died of wound infection at night, as for the house doctor, it seems that he took poison himself." ”

"Tortured?" Tuoba Yue frowned, but Xiao Nai suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Brother Yue, Nell knows her mistake-" Before the words fell, she began to cry.

She sobbed and said, "Yesterday, Naier thought that it was Lu Ran's poor care that made Brother Yue faint suddenly, so she impulsively made people beat Lu Guard's fifty boards, but she didn't want to—didn't want to—"

The more she thought about it, the more sad she became, and she couldn't help crying.

Yue Qi frowned slightly, Tuoba Yue also looked at Yue Qi with some hesitation, Yue Qi nodded secretly, Tuoba Yue said: "How can you blame others for this matter?" ”

His tone was a little stern, and when the maid beside Xiao Nai saw this, she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, Miss also cares about Lord Wang, so she became angry, who knew that the Lu guard turned out to be- unexpectedly-"

Tuoba Yue glanced at her expressionlessly, and the maid's heart sank, and her words were so broken that she couldn't say it completely.

Tuoba Yue waved his hand impatiently and said, "Take your young lady down, Yue Qi, you follow me to have a look." ”

After speaking, he didn't appease Xiao Nai, and walked past her, until Tuoba Yue left, the maid whispered to Xiao Nai's side and said, "Miss, I think the prince seems to be a little angry." ”

The tears in the corners of Xiao Nai's eyes hadn't dried up yet, but her expression was no longer sad, she took the handmaiden's hand and slowly got up and said, "Brother Yue is just angry with me for a while, but they will never be able to speak, right?" ”