Chapter 169: Hiding Dim Sum, Fever, and Death (6,000 words)
After listening to the instructions, Xiao Wei and Sister-in-law Zhang immediately searched the entire Tinglan Water Pavilion, Cheng Qi looked at the busy work of the two people inside and out, dazzled by hunger, and didn't even have the strength to look, so he simply walked to the side of the tent bed, lying on his back, looking resigned to fate.
Seeing the situation, Aunt Meng sat down and talked to her about life philosophy, poetry and songs, wanting to improve her cultural literacy, so that in front of the emperor, the temperament of the ladies of the scholars could also be stronger.
But where does Aunt Meng understand that, it is easy to read a poem by Li Bai and give it to An Dufu's head.
Cheng Dai was picked up by Aunt Meng, and when he came up, Cheng Qi was hungry and weak, and wanted to help say a few fair words, but Cheng Yan didn't speak, he also felt that it was for Cheng Qi's good, so he simply sat down.
Cheng Yan sat next to him, fiddling with the orange in his hand while looking in Cheng Qi's direction.
The man was now hungry and became a dog, so he naturally had the smell of a dog, and when he smelled the fragrance of oranges, a carp sat up straight, almost startling Aunt Meng next to him.
The man turned around and found that it was Cheng Yan's orange that provoked Cheng Qi to take the bait, so he urged Cheng Yan to eat it quickly, waved his hand and swept Cheng Qi down again, and gave a death order: "No, don't think about it." β
Cheng Qi wanted to cry without tears.
I don't know how long Xiao Cumin and Sister-in-law Zhang have been rummaging through the cabinets, in short, these two people are eager to take away the dust and air of Tinglan Water Pavilion, and then patted their bodies, wiped the sweat on their foreheads, and said that they had no food.
Aunt Meng's anger subsided, and she called Qingmiao to her side, and she didn't scold or beat, but said: "Don't steal anything for your girl to eat in the future, don't hear it, if she eats fat, the saint won't like it, and then your girl won't be able to enter the palace as a mother, do you remember?" β
Qingmiao nodded sensibly, it seems that she has been brainwashed by the MLM master who 'entered the palace to be a mother'.
Cheng Qi sat up, looked at himself but all the places that could be loaded with things were swept away, sighed helplessly, and was about to send off the guests when he heard Aunt Meng say, "Zongyu, what are you still looking at?" β
Cheng Qi raised his head, looked at Cheng Yan coming over, and muttered, "Haven't you finished the joke?" β
Who knew that Cheng Yan just bypassed her, and then went to see the hollowed-out places, reached out and touched them, and said casually: "I'm afraid of missing something, you are the most cunning, I will check it again before I can rest assured." β
Cheng Qi couldn't wait to die of anger, but now he didn't even have the strength to lift his leg for that person's ass, so he had to resign himself to watching him grope and grit his teeth: "... You damn it. β
Aunt Meng was indeed very satisfied, and turned back to Cheng Dai and said, "Look at your second brother, this is right." β
Cheng Dai also nodded seriously, his sister had too many eyes, and she couldn't hide two hangs of bacon on the roof, so she took a few steps forward: "Brother Zong Yu, I'll help you." β
"No, you don't."
Cheng Yan finished reading the final makeup box, and stopped him from walking back: "It's gone, let's go." β
Cheng Dai was stunned and responded.
After Aunt Meng instructed and threatened Cheng Qi a few more words, the group left in a hurry, and they really waved their sleeves and didn't take them away... Leave no cloud behind.
Cheng Qisheng lay on the tent bed without love, folding his hands in his heart.
Take me away, O God.
Qingmiao walked over and said with some guilt: "Girl, the slave is useless, I couldn't bring the food." β
This kid has become a thief for himself, Cheng Qi couldn't bear to blame her, sat up and rubbed her head, but the words of comfort were not spoken, her expression suddenly changed, and then she sniffed hard.
Qingmiao was startled and said uneasily: "Girl? β
Qingdai was also inexplicable, and thought that there was something strange about it, so she also sniffed it.
"Girl?" Qing Miao said, "What are you smelling here?" β
Cheng Qi got up slowly, sniffed his nose, walked around the house, and said carefully: "Did you two smell it?" The more you sniff, the harder you go, "Did you two smell it?" β
Qingdai frowned: "What do you smell?" β
Cheng Qi's eyes lit up, and he slapped his face and affirmed: "It's the taste of jade belt cake!" β
Qingmiao looked up, thinking that her girl might be overhungry and hallucinating, and hurriedly helped her to lie down.
Cheng Qi shook off her hand, regardless of Qing Dai's anxious face, followed the smell and walked straight to the makeup box, pulled out the drawer inside and saw that there was a small paper bag, opened it, and it was really a jade belt cake.
"I'll just say it tastes like a little heart!"
Cheng Qi was overjoyed, picked up the still warm snack, and swallowed it immediately, although there were only two pieces.
Qing Dai and Qing Miao glanced at each other, which was really incomprehensible.
Didn't Aunt Meng and Sister-in-law Zhang have already scavenged all the food, what happened to this sudden jade belt cake? It can't just come out of nowhere.
And Cheng Qi, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, was eating snacks, but she reacted, she turned around and sat down, looked at the place where Cheng Yan walked in the room, and ordered: "You two, quickly turn over the place where Cheng Yan has turned it over again." β
Flip it over again?
Turning over three times in one place?
Qingdai and Qingmiao were both puzzled, but they couldn't stand Cheng Qi's urging, so they did as they said, and the result was really surprising.
As long as it is where Cheng Yan touches, nine out of ten have a small bag of dim sum, some are jade belt cakes, some are hawthorn cakes, some are dragon whisker cakes, some are hibiscus cakes, in short, they are all Cheng Qi's favorite food.
Just to not attract attention, there are at most three pieces hidden in a bag, and at least only one, but it can't be hidden, and there must be two plates in total, which is enough for Cheng Qi to fill his stomach.
Seeing that the person was very satisfied, Qing Dai smiled helplessly and with relief, she was helpless that Cheng Qi, a daughter of the long house of the Guogong Mansion, was hungry at home, and she was pleased that Cheng Yan's good intentions.
This one by one wrapped the dim sum, and one by one hidden, I don't know how much effort it will take, and if it is discovered by the person surnamed Meng, I don't know what Young Master Cheng Yan will be counted into.
"Cheng Yan, good Cheng Yan."
Cheng Qi ate and muttered incessantly: "Good person, what a good person." β
Qingdai couldn't help laughing: "Girl, you eat slowly." β
Seeing this, Qingmiao also hurriedly poured water: "Girl, be careful of choking, that snack is dry." β
"Good guys, good guys."
Cheng Qi couldn't hear anything he ate.
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The day soon came to the next month, because the shipping dock on Xiping's side was opened, and her uncle Gu Hang was in charge, so for the sake of speed and safety, she was supposed to take the waterway.
But don't come sideways, or don't come at the right time, the strange rain that lasted for an autumn has stopped falling recently, and two heavy snows have frozen the water solidly, and Cheng Qi has to take the land route.
Cheng Yunduo didn't know whether it was really for Cheng Qi or wanted to support Cheng Yan, so he asked the man to take the escort team to personally escort Cheng Qi to Shangjing to face the saint, and the man did not refuse, saying that he agreed and agreed.
In Cheng Qi's view, it is nothing more than that Cheng Yunduo doesn't believe in the new formula, and is afraid that Cheng Yan will stay and make trouble, so he came up with this simplest and most useful medium strategy, the so-called dragging on for a day is a day.
Mrs. Cheng also agreed, presumably she could see Cheng Yunduo's 'good intentions', but there are two inevitable benefits to asking Cheng Yan to escort, one is that Cheng Yan's martial arts are higher, and the other is to give him a positive identity, and this trip will also show the whole world what her stepgrandson is like.
Face saint is very important, so Cheng Qi set off soon, they only need to go out of Xiping and wait at the Taiping Post House in Wushan Source City, Jingzhou, that is, the emperor of Shangjing will send someone to pick them up.
This is the first time Cheng Qi has been out of Liangcheng since he crossed over, although he has also been out before, but he only went to the Vermilion Bird Tower, not to mention, this time he can leave Xiping and see the outside world.
Although they are all the same Chang Dynasty, but the nine cities in one state are different, it can be seen that the fourteen states in the country, how many exciting customs and customs should be, if it is not for the face saint can not be delayed, she has to have a good time.
The year that has passed has passed, but it is thrilling.
After setting off at the post house in Xiping Fencheng, Cheng Qi rushed to the Jiaxing post house in Yuncheng non-stop, which was the border city of Xiping, and after entering there and leaving the checkpoint, he officially left Xiping.
Approaching the mountain road of 100 miles, after passing the Mengshan Pass, he entered the boundary of Wushan, and I heard that there was still a monument of his grandfather and younger brother Cheng Qing, that is, the husband of Mrs. Bai.
This person is also his uncle and grandfather, and Cheng Qi is going down to see him.
It's just that sentence, if you don't come, don't come to the side, seeing that it is approaching evening, there are still more than ten miles away to reach the Jiaxing Post House in Yuncheng, but out of thin air there was a thunderstorm, and it was pouring rain.
The wind blew fiercely before, making the whole carriage pour and shake very terrifyingly, Cheng Yan laboriously lifted the curtain of the small window, and glanced at the carriage that Cheng Qi was riding in behind him.
The man was hungry and had no strength before he set off, and he was so tired that he had been tossing and turning on the road for so many days, and now it was raining and rainy, and he really couldn't rest assured, so he braved the rain to get out of the carriage.
Ah Qiao hurriedly put on his robe and shouted, "Young master, be careful! β
Cheng Yan looked at the accompanying guards, looked up at the rain again, and shouted, "Brother Yang!" β
The leader of the gauntlets who was on the horse immediately said, "Young Master! β
Cheng Yan shouted: "How far is there to Jiaxing Post House!" β
"Ten miles to the east!" Brother Yang responded.
When Cheng Yan heard this, he ran to Cheng Qi's carriage and shouted a few times, but no one inside replied, he lifted the curtain uneasily and saw that Cheng Qi was nested inside, trembling all over, and his face was pale.
You don't need to get started, you can see that it is a toss all day long, and Cheng Qi has a high fever.
With such a heavy rain, the cold wind on both sides poured in, if he hurried slowly, Cheng Qi was afraid that he would have to burn dry, Cheng Yan gritted his teeth, no matter what, a long pain is better than a short pain.
"Brother Yang!"
He turned back to the rain and ordered, "You take a few people to the post house to arrange first!" Tell the steward to ask the nearby Lang Zhong to go to the post house and wait! Hire a few more young daughters-in-law from the neighborhood to wait! β
Brother Yang frowned and nodded, and took a few brothers to hurry forward.
Cheng Yan asked Cheng Qi's coachman to give way, personally picked up the reins of the horse, raised and fell, and told the horse to go quickly.
After running for more than a quarter of an hour, driven by Cheng Yan, the carriage finally stopped in front of the Jiaxing Post House.
"Young Master Zongyu... You are Young Master Zongyu. The steward himself ran over with an umbrella and in the rain.
Cheng Yan couldn't take care of him, shouted to come over to block the rain, and then lifted the curtain of the car, and hugged Cheng Qi, who was burning hot, tightly in his arms, and turned sideways to prevent her from being caught in the rain.
The steward was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly handed the umbrella forward and asked, "Miss Qi, what's wrong?" β
"I had a high fever when I ran around."
Cheng Yan quickly carried the man into the post house: "Where is the room?" Lang Zhonghe is serving his daughter-in-law! β
"Lang Zhong is waiting in the room."
The steward hurriedly led Cheng Yan up to the second floor and entered the clean and elegant room, where the well-known Qiao Laolang was standing respectfully inside, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "Old decay... Give Zong Yu less..."
"Where's the daughter-in-law of the steward?"
Cheng Yan put Cheng Qi on the tent bed, turned around and asked anxiously.
The steward didn't expect such a thing to happen, it seemed that the wine and food were prepared for nothing, and he hurriedly said: "It's raining heavily, and even if you want to come, it's going to be late." β
"Don't you have a maidservant in this house?"
Cheng Yan then asked.
The steward shook his head in embarrassment.
Cheng Yan gritted his teeth angrily, beckoned the steward to go out, turned around and said to Qiao Laolangzhong: "My little sister has a high fever, and I also ask you to rejuvenate her old hand, she is weak, I am afraid that she will not be able to use strong medicine." β
Seeing Cheng Yan in such a hurry, Qiao Lao Langzhong comforted: "Young Master Zongyu, don't worry, if it's just an ordinary high fever, the acupuncture will be fine, and there is no need to use medicine." He smacked his lips again, "It's just that this girl's clothes are soaked, and if you don't change them quickly, it's useless to make needles." β
Of course Cheng Yan knew, so he ordered to hire some maids, but seeing that those people didn't come, Cheng Qi began to tremble again, and he was almost like an ant on a hot pot.
"It's better to... Young Master Zongyu, you can change it. β
Qiao Laolang said: "You and Miss Qi are brother and sister, so anxious, no one will say anything." β
Cheng Yan was embarrassed.
That's just not appropriate.
Qiao Laolang suddenly said with a straight face: "Those who are clear are self-purifying, and Young Master Zongyu doesn't have to scruples." β
After that, he went out to avoid suspicion.
Seeing this, Cheng Yan also knew that there was no other way, anyway, the folk customs of Dachang Kingdom, brothers, sisters, and brothers did not shy away from each other, and there were also differences between those who took a bath and slept together as adults.
He asked someone to pick up the dry clothes in the package, walked to the bedside, took a deep breath, and took off Cheng Qi's soaked winter robe, the skirt inside was also damp, but presumably the innermost coat was fine.
He sat on the edge of the bed, lifted Cheng Qi up and held her in his arms, skillfully unbuttoned her clothes with one hand, recited the Heart Sutra in his heart in the demeanor of a gentleman, and took off the tide of the skirt.
But even if he recited the Heart Sutra, he couldn't help but shake his mind, a normal man, in the face of this, must have some embarrassing thoughts, let alone Cheng Qi, a delicate flower waiting to be picked.
Cheng Yan stared at Cheng Qi's smooth and round shoulders, and the well-defined collarbone, under the palm of her hand, her back skin that could be broken by blowing, swallowing slightly, and breathing couldn't help but be a little more difficult.
", I owe you."
Cheng Yan scolded, reached out and pinched the edge of Cheng Qi's belly pocket, and after making sure that it was not wet, he quickly changed her into a new skirt with his hands and feet, and then called Qiao Lao Langzhong to come in.
In order to make Cheng Qi more comfortable, Cheng Yan asked her to pilllow her legs, while helping her wipe her wet hair, while watching Qiao Laolang take her pulse, acupuncture points, and apply the most comprehensive medical skills.
"Miss Qi's pulse is weak, but it doesn't just look like a high fever."
Qiao Laolang twisted his beard and analyzed.
Cheng Yan was helpless and told her about going on a hunger strike to lose weight, which made the old man unhappy.
"How can you be fooling around like this?"
He said: "Xiu Nu has always strictly controlled her diet, and she is already weak and weak, so she still doesn't give food, so she rushes and bumps in the road, even if she is beaten with iron, it is difficult to endure." β
Cheng Yan didn't speak, but his eyes were a little distressed.
"That's fine."
Qiao Laolang said: "The old man will take good care of Miss Qi, Young Master Zongyu can rest assured." Unconsciously full of praise, "It's just that Young Master Zongyu is so attentive, it's really impressive." β
Cheng Yan smiled indifferently: "It's nothing. β
"The needle is done."
Qiao Laolang got up slowly, tossed all night, and was also a little sleepy: "In more than half an hour, Miss Qi's high fever can subside, but there will be some accidents, and I ask Young Master Zongyu to take care of it." β
Cheng Yan got up and said, "This is natural, Mr. walk slowly." β
Qiao Laolang left with his hands.
Cheng Yan carefully put down Cheng Qi, stood in the room and stretched his waist, and hurried overnight, his whole person was also exhausted, took off his wet robe, and wanted to change into clean clothes.
"Ahem..."
Just when he took off his outer robe, and his sturdy smooth back was undoubtedly leaking, there was a sudden coughing sound behind him, Cheng Yan turned his head sharply with his new clothes, and covered his chest with the momentum, looking like he was almost violated.
Fortunately, Cheng Qi only coughed twice, still in a daze with his eyes closed.
"The high fever still wants to take advantage of me."
Cheng Yan frowned and changed his clothes, heard Cheng Qi cough twice, and sat down uneasily, the man seemed to be very uncomfortable lying down, so he stretched out his hand.
Cheng Qi grabbed Cheng Yan's arm, leaned into his arms, and the person naturally hugged his back and leaned on the cold and hard bedpost, looking loveless.
Damn, Cheng Qi, you weren't sent by God to redeem me, you were sent by God to torture me.
It's just that even if he complained in his heart, Cheng Yan still had an upright mouth, so he held Cheng Qi's slightly trembling body and covered her with the quilt until half an hour later, Cheng Qi's breathing gradually stabilized.
Cheng Yan was sore, but he didn't dare to move, he reached out and touched Cheng Qi's forehead, feeling cold and cold, and finally put his mind at ease, so he wanted to put Cheng Qi down and go downstairs to the lobby to have a meal.
"Brother..."
As soon as Cheng Yan moved, Cheng Qi in his arms suddenly muttered, the man was stunned, his expression was a little strange, and then he lowered his head and whispered: "What are you calling me?" β
"Brother..."
Cheng Qi seemed to be unconscious, his eyelashes trembled uneasily, and he whispered again.
Cheng Yan's pupils were slightly deep, and he didn't know what he remembered for a moment, so he responded calmly.
After he answered, Cheng Qi's eyelashes no longer trembled, and his brows loosened.
"Brother..."
She muttered in a low voice, "Thank you... Every morning... Give me something to eat. "Stopped," the banana milk was delicious, the caramel bread... It's also delicious. β
Cheng Yan listened and smiled slightly: "You're welcome." β
Then the two of them maintained this posture again, and after about a quarter of an hour, Cheng Yan was really hungry, so he rushed the hired daughters-in-law over, handed Cheng Qi over to them, and went downstairs to eat.
Brother Yang and Ah Qiao were still waiting for him, and when they saw Cheng Yan coming downstairs, the latter hurriedly said, "Young Master, Miss Qi's fever has subsided?" β
Cheng Yan nodded, took the opportunity to sit down at the table, the guys in the hall were busy putting dishes and chopsticks on Cheng Yan, the man had been tossing for a long time, hungry, and immediately became swept away.
"Young Master Zongyu."
Brother Yang didn't expect Cheng Yan to be a Sven person, and he was so stiny that he looked at it with such a smile.
"This girl is sick, do we have to rest in this post house for a few days before we leave?" He said.
Cheng Yan puffed out his mouth and nodded.
It's just that before he could swallow the contents of his mouth, the scroll in his sleeve became hot again, and as soon as Cheng Yan's chewing action stopped, the whole person was about to collapse.
And Brother Yang, they looked at Cheng Yan's shiny sleeves, and they were all confused.
"Young Master Zongyu, your sleeves..."
"I know."
Cheng Yan took out the scroll, and the people on the left and right couldn't see the handwriting on it, and when he opened it, another line of words appeared, writing:
ββOn the second day of the winter month of the seventeenth year of Tianxi, the soldiers came to the city.
Another danger of death!
Cheng Yan subconsciously glanced at the sentence above 'meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land', frowning slightly, he didn't expect that the danger of death this time was still aimed at Cheng Qi, but it is worth loosening that compared with the rapid disappearance in the past, the handwriting this time is very slow and shallow.
In other words, there is still some time before the danger of death, and besides, I don't know who the enemy is, so so...
Cheng Yan picked up the rice bowl and continued to eat.
Get used to it.
Cheng Qi was in danger of losing his life.
This person is just destined for it, used to it, used to it.
It's just that Brother Yang and his entourage are still inexplicable, and they don't dare to ask, and they don't squeak.
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In the early morning of the next day, Cheng Qi woke up, and it was clear that he had a high fever last night, but today he was relaxed, not at all like a patient, and this was not the first time this had happened.
In this world, once she gets sick, she gets better quickly.
Hearing the knock on the door, it turned out that Cheng Yan came up with food, asked about the situation, saw that Cheng Qi was fine, and relieved her a little, and asked her to sit over and eat.
When it comes to eating, Cheng Qi is naturally a hundred willing.
Watching her eat, Cheng Yan's hand on the table tapped, remembering the danger of death that had not disappeared on the scroll, and he hesitated to persuade Cheng Qi to find a reason to prevaricate and not enter the palace.
Before he could say this, the steward suddenly rushed up like a wind.
"Young Master Zongyu, Miss Qi!"
The steward stopped at the door of the room panting, and the two brothers and sisters in the room were confused.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan asked.
The steward's surprise said, "Yes... It was His Royal Highness the King of Pingguang who came down, and he heard that the girl was sick last night, so he specially rushed from Wushan to this side all night, and personally came to pick up the girl into the palace! β
Cheng Qi was stunned, and Cheng Yan looked indifferent.
It's a good time.
I can't go to the palace now.
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