Chapter 67 - 100

Zhao Lu patted her hand comfortingly: "With my father here, you don't have to worry." After a pause, he added, "My sister rested earlier." I'm outside, I'll go when you're asleep. ”

It had been sunny for a while, but now it was cloudy again.

Xiao Dong listened to the sound of the rain outside, and his heart was piled up, and the scene of Yao Jinfeng pulling out his knife and stabbing the third prince kept flashing back in front of him.

There was a flash of lightning in the window, followed by thunder.

King An has not returned......

She turned over twice, and outside the tent, Hu Shi whispered, "County Lord?" ”

Xiao Dong snorted.

"Don't think too much about it, close your eyes and count a few, and then fall asleep."

Xiao Dong hummed again, and slowly counted in his heart, one, two, three...... It's like the stone steps of the stargazing platform that I climbed today, step by step......

No, no, don't want that, count again. One, two, three, three...... It's just that she is worried about the three people who are not located, Yao Jinfeng, Shen Qiang and Hong Aya.

She couldn't sleep.

Hu Shi only thought that Xiaodong was frightened today and suffered a lot, and the child panicked.

Zhao Lu hadn't left yet, listening to the movement in the back room, he couldn't help but get up and come in.

Hu Shi lifted the tent, Xiao Dong had already sat up, and patted the position on the side of the couch: "Brother sit." ”

The more sensible she looked, the more sad Zhao Lu felt in her heart. He cheered up and said, "If my sister can't sleep, I'll read you a book." ”

Xiao Dong nodded.

Zhao Lu asked people to get a book, open it and read it from the beginning.

Zhao Lu's voice was clear, and now he was soft: "...... On the 11th, it was the beginning of spring, and the sky was open......"

Xiao Dong rested his head on his lap and listened quietly with his eyes closed.

Qin Lie stood outside the door and listened to Xiao Dong ask: "Brother, is it enough for this person to write books to walk through so many places?" ”

Zhao Lu said softly: "If you want to save some money, it should be enough." ”

Xiao Dong's thinking is always a little different from ordinary people, and his little head seems to be full of all kinds of whimsical ideas.

Qin Lie calmed down and greeted: "Mother Hu." ”

Hu Shi asked softly, "What do you have Young Master Qin's orders?" ”

Qin Lie handed her the tray in his hand, and there was a chrysanthemum-patterned jade bowl in it: "This is soothing tea...... Laohu's mother brought it in to Xiaodong, drank this, and was allowed to sleep peacefully all night. ”

Hu Shi hesitated: "This tea ...... Bitter or not? ”

She shouldn't be at ease, Qin Lie explained the two flavors of medicine in it, and said: "It is also equipped with plum meat, red fruit, and red sugar, which is sweet and silky, easy to eat, and has no other obstacles to people." ”

Hu Shi put his mind at ease, nodded and said, "Young Master Lao Qin is bothered." I also asked people to prepare, but just now I ...... "I took it to Xiaodong and only took a sip, the tea tasted really bad, and Xiaodong couldn't drink it."

Hu Shi took the tranquilizing tea in, and Qin Lie stood there listening. Inside the house, Xiao Dong asked, "What is this?" ”

"It's the tea that Young Master Qin gave to the county lord, let's take two sips."

After a while, Hu Shi came out, and the tea in the bowl was indeed drunk. Zhao Lu's voice sounded again, and Hu Shi whispered: "It's not early, it's cold when it's raining, so Young Master Qin should go back and rest early." ”

"I'll wait for the son."

The rain fell from the eaves like broken glass beads, falling tighter and tighter, Qin Lie leaned on the railing, listening to the three watches from afar, Zhao Lu's voice in the house gradually slowed down and became lower, and finally stopped. After a while, Zhao Lu came out and was not surprised at all when he saw Qin Lie standing on the corridor.

"Sleeping?"

"Hmm."

Zhao Lu looked at the dark and dreary rain curtain for a while: "No news yet?" ”

"Yes, the prince didn't come back, and he didn't send someone to pass the word."

Zhao Lu nodded: "Let's go...... May the rain stop sooner. ”

This night was very long, Xiao Dong felt that he had slept for a long time, and he listened to the whispers outside in a vague way. She didn't open her eyes, she just listened with her ears sideways.

"News from the palace...... The third prince was accidentally injured by a stray arrow while practicing riding and archery......"

"But anything else?"

"Nope. The person who came to deliver the message explained......" The voice below was blurry again, Xiao Dong lifted the tent and got out of bed, and walked barefoot to the door to listen.

"Let the prince and the county lord not go anywhere, don't pay attention to anyone who comes, and wait for the prince to come back to make the decision."

Hu Shi agreed, sighed, and said hatefully: "I just see that girl is restless, after all, she has caused a big disaster, and it also affects others......

"Mom, I'm busy, I'll go ahead first."

"Okay, there you go."

The claim released in the palace is that the third prince was injured accidentally?

Xiao Dong immediately understood, of course...... That's as it should be. No matter where it is, reputation is the number one thing. Especially the second prince and the third prince have now decided on family affairs, and there can be no scandal at this time.

Well, the three princes did not ...... Die?

Xiao Dong desperately recalled the scene he saw yesterday, how deep Yao Jinfeng's knife stabbed, and where it was located. But she was frightened at the time, and she was far away, Yao Jinfeng's short knife should still be mostly exposed, and the stab was not deep. As for the location - she really couldn't remember.

The third prince is either not dead, so Yao Jinfeng should be fine for a while, right? There are also Shen Qiang and Hong Aya...... They had nothing to do with it at all, but because things were so unfortunate, they just caught up, so they were implicated.

I wonder how they are now, whether they are suffering, whether they have anything to eat or drink......

It was not easy for King An to bring her out yesterday, and I am afraid that there is still the help of the Empress Dowager Shengci. The brand that Cai Gu took yesterday should have been given by the Empress Dowager Shengci, right?

"County Lord?"

Hongying was taken aback when she saw her standing there barefoot: "When did you wake up?" How are you standing here? ”

"Just woke up ......"

The rain kept falling and didn't stop all day. Xiao Dong had never felt that time was so long and so tormenting.

Zhao Lu must also be anxious, but he has learned to hide his emotions, talk to Xiao Dong quietly, and guide her to write and draw red.

"Eh, this one, you have to take advantage of the situation, don't be so blunt." Zhao Lu held Xiao Dong's hand and slowly turned around: "Look, it looks much better this way, right?" ”

Xiao Dong nodded, and wrote another one himself.

"yes, that's it."

Someone outside reported it: "The prince, the county lord, the prince has returned to the house, let the county lord and the prince go to the study." ”

Zhao Lu's shoulders moved, then he calmed down again, and said, "Got it, let's go." ”

He got up and straightened his sleeves and plackets, Xiao Dong couldn't wait to run to see King An, but after thinking about it, Zhao Lu took her hand, and she could only follow patiently step by step.

"Father."

King An turned his head to look at them and nodded. The little servant tied the belt around his waist for King An, bowed down and retreated.

King An first said: "The third prince has woken up, and there is no worry about his life. ”

Xiao Dong suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and wanted to thank all the immortal Buddhas he knew in his heart. If the three princes don't die, it's just an injury incident, and if they die, it will become a murder incident, which is completely different in nature.

She said, Yao Jinfeng must have made a mistake at that time, and she definitely didn't want to kill people, otherwise the knife was so sharp, how could she not stab people.