Chapter Twenty-Eight: Confrontation
The maid raised the medicinal soup a little higher and sent it to Pei Yungui's mouth.
"Miss please, take the medicine."
Looking at this situation, it seems that Pei Yungui will not take medicine, and she will stay in the room until she is old.
Pei Yungui's face was expressionless, and he only stared at the hair whirlwind above the maid's head.
The maid's thin hands held the medicine bowl firmly and did not move.
Pei Yungui's eyes fluctuated for a moment, and he laughed softly.
She took the bowl and drank it in one gulp.
When the warm juice is completely in the stomach, the bitter taste is still lingering between the teeth and lingering for a long time.
"I'm done drinking, and I've thanked my aunt on my behalf."
The maid seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and her shoulders hung down relaxedly.
"It's good to drink it, Miss has a good rest, and the slave will retire first."
The maid respectfully withdrew.
[Host, why do you still drink it when you know there is something wrong with that medicine?] 】
4322 speaks with reproach and concern.
One person, one system, very tacitly did not mention the task.
Pei Yungui took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, but he was not in a hurry.
"If I don't drink it, my aunt will definitely find other ways to fix it for me. Tongzi, don't forget, this is Ji Mansion, not my territory. ”
She deliberately set up a shelf for Mrs. Ji today, which meant that she was tempted.
She wanted to know which one the Ji family valued more in front of the emperor and killing her.
Mrs. Ji's reaction gave her an answer.
Obviously, her life was more important.
Mrs. Ji was determined to kill her.
From this point of view, her existence in the Ji Mansion should be a great threat...... is even related to the survival of the Ji family.
Because, only in the face of life and death, people will be driven by the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and even if they take the greatest risk, they will get rid of things that threaten their lives.
Now the only thing she wonders about is that after many years in the Ji Mansion, the Ji family can get rid of her without knowing the ghost, why do they want to raise her? Let yourself have this knife on their necks?
The answer may have to be found in the generation of my parents.
Eleven years ago, what secrets were hidden?
Why did she let the Ji family save her life until now.
Pei Yungui untied his hair bun while being distracted.
[Even so, the host shouldn't joke with his own life!] 4322 said solemnly: [You forgot? You still have the Wangmei planted by Gu Rin, I scanned the bowl of decoction, and a chronic poison was added to it, the same as Wangmei, there is an onset period, if the time of the two poisons happens to collide together, even if you have the heroine's aura to protect you, you will suffer a lot, how can the host make fun of your own life? 】
4322 still can't change the temperament of his mother-in-law, so he can't help but speak.
Pei Yungui untied his hair, took off his robe again, gently blew out the light, and lay back on the bed.
The thin body was completely hidden in the darkness, and only a pair of shining eyes loomed.
Pei Yungui's biggest feature is these eyes.
At all times, there is an inextinguishable light in it.
"It's because I want to live that I want to drink this medicine." Pei Yungui said softly.
[Why?] 】
4322 raised his voice and asked sharply.
Pei Yungui blinked his eyes and laughed helplessly.
"I am now restricted in my actions, just because I stay in the Ji Mansion, the food and clothing are all arranged by my aunt, and half of my life is pinched by others, she wants me to die, and I have no way to live."
Pei Yungui turned over, pillowed his arm, and continued: "If I don't drink this poisoned decoction today, I can indeed escape the catastrophe. But there is still tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next year, the year after tomorrow, I can poison the medicine under the pretext of curing the disease, and I can also poison the food quietly...... Do I want to eat wild herbs and gnaw on tree bark? ”
4322 was speechless.
That's right.
Pei Yungui continued: "Even if she doesn't poison, she can treat me in other ways. In the dead of night, she can hire killers to kill me; In the blue sky and white day, she can cut dirty and frame me by rewarding me with a board...... The consequence of being sharp is that I am walking on thin ice every day, and as soon as I am in Jifu, my life will be controlled by others every day. Tongzi, I can't escape. ”
4322 fell silent, and after a long time, he cautiously asked, "What is the host going to do?" 】
It's a tricky thing to do.
Pei Yungui closed his eyes, and Fu opened them again, his eyes were dyed firm.
"Since my aunt dug me a hole, I couldn't jump down stupidly, and this just gave me a reason to break the jar. I want to borrow her hand to completely escape from the cage of Ji Mansion. ”
Late at night, in the mountains behind the racecourse.
The shadows of the trees fell into the darkness of the night, and a bright moon hung high, revealing a silvery white light.
Gu Rin jumped into the deep forest and went straight into the southwest of the mountain, the base camp of the Black Falcon Army that day.
The lights were bright, the people of Dali Temple erected sheds, and several errand officers dressed in Dali Temple costumes squatted among the ruins and picked and picked.
Li Qingyuan had been waiting here for half the night.
The sharp outline was outlined by the moonlight, and the face was already cold.
After searching, the miscellaneous servant stepped forward and reported: "Your Highness, you still haven't found anything suspicious. ”
Li Qingyuan moved, a pair of brown eyes stared coldly at Gu Rin who was walking towards him, and two words came out of his pale lips: "Continue." ”
"Yes." The handyman saluted, and then returned to the ruins.
Gu Rin's handsome face gradually widened in his eyes, his tall and long figure covered the innocent moonlight, and his face still carried the usual carelessness.
He was followed by a burly general.
The general gave a military salute and said, "The last general has seen His Highness." ”
Li Qingyuan didn't look at the general, and only gave his eyes to Gu Rin.
"General Gu came late at night, I don't know what to do?" He glanced at Gu Rin's empty back, except for a general, he didn't bring a single soldier, Li Qingyuan sneered, "Shouldn't you be here to admire the moon?" ”
Gu Rin lifted his eyes, with seven points of sleepiness in his eyes, but his tone was vaguely strong.
"I was ordered by the Holy Lord to come to turn His Highness's class, His Highness's injury has not healed, and he is busy for another day, it is time to go back and rest, and the ministers will be on duty in the second half of the night."
"I'm not tired." Li Qingyuan frowned irritably, "The general has been running around for a day, and it is even worse to be lonely, go back." ”
Gu Rin straightened up, his long body was jade, tall as a pine, and because he had been in the army for a long time, he was full of a sense of coercion.
Li Qingyuan and Gu Rin are of similar height, both of them have led troops to the battlefield and killed the enemy.
The temperature around the two of them plummeted, and they looked at the battle situation, as if they were going to make a move.
"This is the Holy Lord's oracle, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to let the ministers be in a dilemma." He narrowed his eyes, and the tail of his phoenix eyes crossed a sharp arc, because of the curvature of his eyes, every time he looked at people like this, there was a look of contempt flowing from his eyes, "Your Highness knows, the minister is flat, and the most taboo thing is to hit the wall." ”
Li Qingyuan's hand was stretched out on his waist, and the hilt of the sword was raised, and the cold light of the long sword pierced the cold night in an instant.
"Is it the Holy Lord's oracle, or is it the general's own opinion?" Li Qingyuan sneered, "Gu Rin, the world is the world of the Li family, not your Gu family's bag, I advise you, don't mess with the end." ”
These words made the eyelids of the generals behind Gu Rin jump sharply, and their beards trembled.
It's like this when you go back, and you have to see it when you go back.
The three chapters of the covenant with the general before he came were nullified again.
How many times have I said it, even if you don't fight with the prince, you must not offend others, the prince is the future monarch, even if you don't deal with it, you have to endure it.
The general is resourceful, why does he refuse to listen to this advice?
You have to make a fuss on both sides to feel at ease, right?
The general tilted his head and winked at Gu Rin violently.
His eyes were about to blink into cross-eyed, but Gu Rin didn't look at him.
Only soaring out of the murderous air.
The general sighed.
"The minister is just passing a word, and in the eyes of His Royal Highness, he has become a substitute for the overstepping, but he is disobedient, especially as His Highness said, the father-in-law in the palace must not die thousands of times?"
The general's right eyelid jumped a few times, and even though he skillfully moved a step back.
For the first time, the five big and three rough men showed horror on their faces.
I should have listened to the persuasion a long time ago, and I didn't come with it!
Li Qingyuan snorted coldly: "The general has a sharp mouth, and he is ashamed of himself. ”
He glanced to the side, and the armored guards who were standing by him stepped forward immediately.
"Since you're here, you don't have to pass on the word again, Lone happens to have something to ask."
The guard took out a boxy handkerchief from his bosom, shook it open, and took out a human/skin/mask from it.
Gu Rin casually glanced away and looked away.
"Isn't this the mask of the eunuch in the day's account? I can't imagine that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still has such a habit of collecting. ”
Li Qingyuan's forehead jumped three times, and when he spoke again, his voice was full of anger.
"This is what a lonely man found in the woods, not by the man in the tent."
"So, what does Your Highness want to say?"
"The smell on the mask floats for a long time, and General Gu should be familiar with this smell."
Gu Rin was a little interested, picked up the mask with two fingers, and sniffed it on the tip of his nose.
For a moment, his eyes twitched slightly, and he returned the mask to the guard.
"The smell of incense azaleas."
Li Qingyuan bowed his head, "Yes, I heard that the general grew up in the Western Regions since he was a child, and the Burning Incense Cuckoo also grew up in the Western Regions, is it too much of a coincidence?" ”
"Your Highness is suspicious?" Gu Rin laughed and said: "Just because the minister is in the Western Regions and happens to have the same origin as the fragrance of flowers on the mask, I think that the minister is the initiator, but as far as the minister knows, the Burning Incense Rhododendron also has many branches in the Southern Barbarian Land, why didn't His Highness bring those officials over one by one for questioning?" ”
Li Qingyuan waved his hand, motioned for the guard to retreat, and cast his cold eyes on Gu Rin.
"Then let me ask you, on the day of the racecourse, the situation was critical, and the saint's life was almost lost, General Gu, as an important minister of the imperial court, was a second-class general, and he did not save the saint when he was in trouble, but kept hiding in the tent, why is this?"
Gu Rin said: "The minister is judging the time. ”
Of course, I was drinking tea and watching the show.
"What's more important than saving a driver?"
Li Qingyuan asked.
Gu Rin hooked his lips.
No wonder Li Qingyuan has been stalking and fighting, it turns out that he is waiting here.
Gu Rin was unhurried and spoke slowly.
"Then Your Highness thinks where did those fire attacks come from? If Feichen and the lady of the Ji family touched the back mountain and grabbed the gunpowder, the ending of that day might be completely reversed from now. If the minister is the master behind the scenes, how can he lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot? Gu Rin glanced at Li Qingyuan lightly, and said as if mockingly: "Three-year-old children can understand the reason, His Royal Highness can figure it out with his knees." ”
Li Qingyuan's face darkened.
He was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted by a sound of proclamation.
"Report."
One of the few people who were squatting in the ruins to search strode over and said, "Your Highness, I have found it. ”
With that, the man presented the thing he was holding, "This is what I just found, please look at it Your Highness." ”
The prince took it.
The object was several pieces of burnt parchment, blackened in large patches, and the slanted writing on them was indistinct.
The guards immediately raised the torches and turned the paper bright yellow.
The content on it has been corroded for the most part, and it is blurry.
There seemed to be some staccato lines drawn on the debris.
Li Qingyuan frowned.
With a few scraps of paper with unclear intentions, it's hard not to read something.
Gu Rin also stepped forward and observed carefully.
There are four pieces of paper found by the people of Dali Temple, of different sizes, but judging by the material, it should be from a larger piece of parchment, all with twisted lines drawn on it.
Li Qingyuan flipped over and over what he was doing, his gaze froze, and his eyes suddenly caught a dark rune on one of the wreckage.
He asked the guards to hold the torches closer and take a closer look.
"What kind of symbol is this? It's weird to look at. ”
The bearded general also leaned his head over.
"It's not like a symbol." Gu Rin said in a deep voice.
Li Qingyuan glanced at him.
"More like a word." Gu Rin said.