Chapter 35: Appeasement
At night, the stars are sparse and the moon is hidden in the clouds.
Qi Tanying sat quietly in the bedroom, I don't know if it was caused by the hot weather, and there was always an impetuous mood lingering in my heart.
A breeze blew, the candles on the table flickered, and she looked towards the door, where a tall figure was walking towards the room.
"You're back." Qi Tanying hurriedly stepped forward, "Did you find anything?" My father, he..."
Yan Li bowed her head slightly, pulled her to the table and sat down, "Don't worry, as long as you want to know, I won't hide a word." β
Hearing him say this, Qi Tanying couldn't help but ask: "Was my father really poisoned to death?" β
When Yan Li heard this, he recalled what Qi Zuo said, and he said that Qi Heming was seriously injured by torture and beating before his death, and then he was fed poison.
It's just that the poison should be nephrite incense, a forbidden medicine in the previous dynasty, and it festered inside after taking the poison, but it couldn't be seen on the surface at all.
Therefore, when Qi Heming was found from the ruins, no one noticed that he was poisoned, and the injuries on his body were also regarded as caused by the collapse of the Jiaozhi Palace.
Hearing this, Qi Tanying's heart was as distressed as a knife, and tears kept flowing down.
She couldn't imagine her father being murdered, first severely injured, then fed poison, and finally buried deep under the rubble.
Even those who did evil refused to let go of his bones, so that he could not enjoy the incense worship of the Qi family for ten years, and he could not rest in peace under the nine springs.
Her thoughts were messily formed into a web, which became tighter and tighter, reaching her heart. She felt a suffocation that she had never felt before, and a dull pain suddenly came from her chest, and her face instantly turned as white as paper.
Yan Li had been paying attention to the changes in her expression, and when he saw her like this, he hurriedly asked, "Ah Tan, are you okay?" β
Qi Tanying was speechless, her hands were tightly clutched to her chest, and fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead. Seeing this, Yan Li hurriedly carried her to the bed and lay down, and immediately ordered someone to ask for a doctor.
After reading it, the doctor only said that she was in a hurry and was stimulated, and her body was fine, and she only needed to recuperate for a few days.
The doctor prescribed Qi Tanying some calming decoction, and after taking it, Qi Tanying fell asleep groggily.
In the middle of the night, Qi Tanying began to have nightmares, crying and screaming, waking up Tinglan who was keeping vigil on the side.
Tinglan hurriedly got up to check, and called several times in a row, but she still cried with her eyes closed. Ting Lan was anxious, and hurriedly invited Yan Li over.
Yan Li walked to the side of the bed, only to see Qi Tanying curled up, his face full of tears, he bent down to approach her, only then did he hear her keep shouting: "Daddy... No... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
Seeing her like this, Yan Li sighed lightly, and then put his palm on her back and stroked it gently.
With the movement of his hand, Qi Tanying's crying voice gradually became smaller, and after a while, when his arm became stiff and numb, the person on the bed finally slept peacefully.
Yan Li wiped the tears on her face for her, her eyes were full of tenderness and pity. I don't know if there is a reason why Yan Li is there, Qi Tanying slept very peacefully in the second half of the night, and never had nightmares again.
When the morning sun shone in through the window lattice, she opened her eyes and saw Yan Li closing his eyes and leaning against the head of the bed, the sunlight sprinkled on his face, and the dark green stubble on his lips was very conspicuous.
Why is he in his room? Qi Tanying was puzzled, and then Yan Li woke up.
Seeing that Qi Tanying was staring at herself, she explained, "Last night, you couldn't sleep because of nightmares, so I was worried that you stayed. β
Hearing him say this, Qi Tanying vaguely remembered that when she was in her dream, she felt that someone had been stroking her back, she thought it was Tinglan, but now it seems that it should be Yan Li.
She thanked him.
Yan Li smiled slightly, "These are all things I should do." β
He said, "I'm going to go to the government office in a while, and I'll let Tinglan come in and serve you." β
After speaking, Tinglan was called in.
After Yan Li left, Qi Tanying frowned and looked at Ting Lan, "Why did you call him over last night?" β
Ting Lan heard the meaning of blame, and hurriedly said: "Girl, you were so frightened and crying last night, there was really no way to invite Master Yan over." β
"That shouldn't be." Qi Tanying glared at her and said, "The man is unmarried, the woman is unmarried, they are in the same room like this, if it spreads, what will others say?" β
Ting Lan carefully observed Qi Tanying's face, and saw that she was not really angry, so she became bolder, "We have two masters, you and Lord Yan, and Lord Yan is your fiancΓ©, he will take care of you, no one will say anything." β
Although this is the reason, Qi Tanying still feels that it is not in accordance with the rules. Although she and Yan Li have already made a marriage, as long as they do not get married for a day, there are still variables.
Also, she doesn't want anyone to see her vulnerability and embarrassment.
Yan Li didn't know that she would think like this, after leaving the fifth room of the Qi family, Yan Li went directly to the mansion.
Qi Heming's bones have been examined, and what needs to be done now is to let Qi Heming's bones and Miss Chang's bones be put in their respective places.
Because Qi Heming and Miss Chang had been lying in each other's coffins for ten years, the Qi family and the Chang family invited the Taoist priest of Qingfeng Temple in Shangyang County to do a few days of dojos, and chose an auspicious day to bury the two back to their respective graves.
After the autopsy came to an end, Yan Li immediately set off for Cangzhou to meet Wu Han.
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Cangzhou, Rongyang County.
At noon, dark clouds suddenly rolled in the sky, and after half a quarter of an hour, the wind poured down the torrential rain, and the rain dripped down the blue-gray eaves to form a rain curtain, which looked like a crystal clear water mirror.
Wu Han stood quietly under the eaves with his hands behind his back, the rain splashing the hem of his shirt. The escort Qianchuan walked behind him, and said with concern: "Shizi, it is raining and humid and heavy, your injuries have not healed, so let's go into the house first." β
Wu Han only replied to him: "It's okay." β
Before Qianchuan could say anything, he heard a bang on the closed courtyard door.
The master and servant did not move, and the knock at the door stopped after ten times, and then several cuckoo calls were heard.
Qianchuan was overjoyed, "It's Lord Yan." β
I was thinking about opening the door, but the rain was too strong, so I had to go back to the house to get an umbrella.
Just about to turn around, he saw Wu Han walking towards the gate in the rain, Qianchuan was so anxious that he shouted: "Shizi, your wound can't be wet." β
Seeing that his family was deaf, Qianchuan had no choice but to take an umbrella and catch up with him as quickly as possible. Wu Han was soaked all over his body at this time, and the rain flowed down his smooth forehead into the placket, and a red blood flower bloomed on his chest.
Qianchuan knew that it was his wound that was bleeding!
He exhaled heavily and stuffed the umbrella into Wu Han's hand, "My subordinates don't ask for anything else, just ask you to take good care of your body." β
Don't not be killed by the killer, but toss yourself to death.