In December in Chudi, even if the sun is shining, it can't suppress the cold and drill the bones.

On the streets of Changsha Mansion, people going out are scarce and deserted, but the front of Peng Ji's mansion is full of traffic, and there are horses and vehicles carrying officials here.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's really unfortunate, my family suffered from the wind cold the day before yesterday, and I was resting in bed, so I really can't see guests!"

Outside the gate of Pengfu Courtyard, five or six men could only frequently bow down and apologize in the face of the door thorns that were constantly being delivered to them. However, a group of officials who came to visit the door gathered here relentlessly, some of them had to shout for hot water, some had to hold the stove and shout for charcoal, no matter how much they made a fuss, but none of them were willing to leave.

In the flower hall of the house, the charcoal fire in the charcoal pot is red.

Peng Ji slowly pruned a green pine potted plant with flower scissors in hand, and turned a deaf ear to the few fierce noises coming from the front yard from time to time.

The housekeeper Peng Shou came to Peng Yu's side with two pieces of paper in his hand.

"Master, everyone has already been arranged."

"Hmm" Peng Ji responded, carefully trimming the clouds on the top of the pine: "Tell them to keep an eye on it, if there is a wind and grass, report it to me immediately." ”

"Yes." Peng Shou responded and sent the two pieces of paper in his hand forward: "Master, this is the list of officials who came this morning. ”

Peng Ji straightened up and put down the flower scissors, grabbed the handkerchief and wiped his hands and glanced at the two pieces of paper: "Well, there are a lot of them!" That left side ......"

"Master, the left phase is better than you!" Peng Shou smiled bitterly: "You said that you had a cold, he said that he had an eye disease, saying that he couldn't see light, couldn't see, and needed to be blindfolded for more than a month." As soon as the officials saw that they couldn't get the letter there, they had no choice but to stab you. ”

"Yueyu?" Peng Yu's eyebrows furrowed, and he whispered: "Is this giving up?" ”

At this time, a small servant appeared outside the flower hall, Peng Shou immediately walked over when he saw this, and when he turned back, he said softly: "Master, the eldest lady has returned, and she is rushing to the lady to salute." ”

"Oh?" Peng Yu immediately had a smile on her face: "She can make a meritorious contribution this time." After speaking, Peng Yu walked out of the flower hall and went to Madame's Yan Bed.

"Mother, as soon as my daughter receives the letter, she will rush back." Peng Lan, who was dressed in riding clothes, came to her mother Xu's side after saluting: "Father is really back?" ”

"The new king succeeds to the throne, and all the festival envoys from all over the country have to come back to grant credit, but your father is the Wuping military festival envoy, the inspection of the Taibao, and the dignified founding of the country, if he doesn't come back, Your Majesty is afraid that he won't be able to eat."

Xu's face was proud, obviously the glory of the Peng family was her backbone.

Hearing this, Peng Lan threw herself into her mother's arms, looking coquettish but asked in a low voice: "Mother, what is the matter with the disappearance of King Qi?" ”

Xu was originally smiling, and looked at his daughter in amazement when he heard this: "You ...... Why do you ask? It's not you ......"

Before she finished speaking, the voice of a subordinate came from outside the house, and then the door curtain was opened, and Peng Ji walked in.

Peng Lan hurriedly withdrew from her mother's arms, and bowed in a proper manner: "Lan'er has seen my father. ”

"Get up!" Peng Ji smiled and helped her with his own hand: "You did a good job this time!" ”

After Peng Ji finished speaking, he went to Xu's side: "Let's talk about it!" What is the plan of praying for the king? ”

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Xu's eyes when he heard this, and Peng Lan clasped his fingers: "Lan'er...... Ignorance. ”

Peng Yu immediately turned to look at Peng Lan, and the smile on his face froze: "I don't know? What do you mean? ”

Peng Lan lowered her head, and her voice was full of helplessness: "Lan'er hasn't talked to King Qi yet......"

Peng Yu's smile disappeared, and he rushed to Peng Lan in two steps and grabbed her shoulders with both hands: "You mean that the disappearance of King Qi was not arranged by you at all?" ”

Peng Lan bit her lip and nodded.

Peng Yu sneered: "You disappointed me too much!" ”

Peng Yu left, with displeasure and anger, as soon as he left the Xu family, he immediately came to Peng Lan's side and grabbed his daughter's hand.

"What's going on? Lan'er, aren't you looking for King Qi and him......"

Peng Lan looked up at her mother, her tears rolling in her eyes: "Mother, King Qi refuses to see me at all, how can I go and tell him?" And how do you know what he thinks? ”

"What? He doesn't see you? Xu's face suddenly became difficult to look at.

Peng Lan's tears fell: "After the collapse of the first king, he closed the door and thanked no one, let alone me, even Pan Yue couldn't enter the mansion, and then the edict arrived, I went over the wall and entered the mansion regardless of my manners to discuss with him, who knows, he has traveled with the honor guard......"

Xu Shi's body shook at this time, and the person leaned back, Peng Lan was so frightened that she hurriedly hugged her, and the personal maid Rouge behind her immediately ran out when she saw this: "I'll go and invite Langzhong!" ”

"Stop!" Peng Lan glared at Rouge: "Are you afraid that they don't know?" Come over and help. ”

Rouge was stunned, and immediately stepped forward to help support Xu's body, and Peng Lan rubbed Xu's hands and pinched her again: "Mother! Wake up, wake up. ”

Xu's eyelashes trembled, and when he opened his eyes, there was real distress and despair in those eyes.

"Madame is awake!" Rouge's face was happy, but Peng Lan knelt on the ground with a "plop": "Mother, Lan'er's unfilial piety makes you angry, but this matter is not without a turnaround, and my daughter will definitely think of a solution." ”

"What are you going to do?" Xu pushed away the rouge and stood up straight and looked at his kneeling daughter: "What you have lost is your father's trust, our mother...... Finished! ”

……

Mu Junwu walked slowly forward in the courtyard, his mind full of what Hua Rou told her.

Poisonous?

Rigidity, fainting, I do it every time I get sick, but does that prove that I'm a poisonous body?

Mu Junwu looked down at his hands.

Since he first appeared such a symptom at the age of 10, he has been suffering from the disease every three or five times, and each time he has the disease, his limbs will gradually lose strength, his consciousness will gradually blur and even faint, and the time of fainting will be as short as three or two, and as long as more than ten.

For his illness, the palace invited a lot of holy doctors and used various precious medicinal materials, but it couldn't keep him away from this strange disease.

It wasn't until he was thirteen years old that he finally made a pill that he swallowed at the onset of illness, and he would only lose his strength for an hour before he would get better, and within that hour he would no longer be unconscious and unconscious.

So over the years, he relied on this pill to maintain his sick body and control his chronic illness, and now Hua Rou actually came out and said that he was some kind of poisonous body, saying that he was sick because the toxins in his body were beyond what he could bear, and this was ......

Is it true that she told me this, or was it a temptation? Or......

"Hey, Senior Brother Mu! Do me a favor! ”

A shout came from behind him interrupted Mu Junwu's suspicions, and he turned around to see that it was Changsheng calling him.

At this moment, Changsheng was tearing open the inner box of the crossbow with both hands, and his face turned red even more because of the force: "Come on!" I don't have an empty hand, so help me get the needle inside. ”

Mu Junwu saw that it was him, and stepped forward and stretched out his hand.

"Hey, be careful, take the end, the needle is quenched."

Mu Junwu's eyelids lifted upward, and he reached out to take the poisonous needles inside one by one.

After dozens of needles were taken out and placed on the stone platform on the side, he looked at Changsheng: "Is it okay?" ”

"Of course, thank you, Senior Brother Mu." Changsheng, who let go of the box, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and went to dismantle the parts in the box, while Mu Junwu turned around and left silently, but he was holding a poisonous needle in his hand.