Chapter Thirty-Eight: Extinguishing the Mouth
Little Bell sat on the edge of the bed, looked sideways at Tang Xiaohao, who was pale, and when he touched Tang Xiaohao's right hand, he felt that his skin was hot, and quickly raised his hand to touch his forehead, and found that Tang Xiaohao had a fever.
Little Bell exclaimed, "You have a fever." ”
Tang Xiaohao actually began to be confused a long time ago: "As long as you don't complain." One more thing, you heard clearly. ”
The little bell immediately asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Tang Xiaohao said: "I was bitten by that thing, and it will definitely be mutated, but after I mutate, although I will become a monster, it will not be very powerful, you should be able to deal with it." You prepare your weapons, and if you find out that I am mutated, stab me directly in the heart, and if you can't do it, come to my father. ”
The little bell naturally refused: "What nonsense are you talking about, you lie down, I'll go fetch water for you." ”
The little bell hurriedly turned around and opened the door to go with Tang Dun to get well water and find a way to cool down Tang Xiaohao.
The busy two didn't notice that a figure had already climbed in from the outer wall, and after falling into the side courtyard, he hid behind the rockery not far away, and this person was Bai Ruhong, who was chased by the dragon and leopard horseman.
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In the study in the backyard of the Tang Mansion, Tang Tang, who had already taken off his iron armor and changed into a housekeeper's clothes, knelt in front of Tang Chen and told him in detail what had happened before.
After listening to this, Tang Chen put down the teacup: "So, the person I'm looking for should be the Oiran named Frost?" ”
Tang Tang replied: "It should be her." ”
Tang Chen got up and walked to the table with his hands behind his back: "Being able to escape from the dragon and leopard riders is by no means an ordinary person, and moreover, the armor was also found in the dungeon below her room. ”
Tang Tang said again: "General, the dungeon and the secret passage are connected, but then someone built a wall, Hanshuang should not know about it, so he locked the monster at the end of the dungeon, but the cell at the end happened to be connected to the secret passage, and the monster escaped after breaking the wall." ”
Tang Chen turned to look at Tang Tang: "The Guijia who escaped was killed by someone, and that person also knocked out half of the Jiajia's head?" Did you find that person? ”
Tang Tang said: "No, I originally thought that I could follow the bloodstains, but that person should have found a way to bandage the wound, and after I chased it out of the well, I found that the bloodstains were broken." ”
Tang Chen immediately thought of the injured Tang Xiaohao at this time, it was obvious that Tang Xiaohao was injured by the carapace, if there was no accident, it was he who killed the caricature. Although Tang Chen knew that Tang Xiaohao was born different from ordinary people and should not be infected, he was still a little worried in his heart, and what was even more puzzled was that with Tang Xiaohao's current skills, it was impossible to kill that kind of thing, how did he do it?
Tang Chen nodded slightly: "Hanshuang didn't catch it, and the person who killed the armor was not found, this should be the first time that the dragon and leopard riders have been so completely defeated on their own territory." ”
Tang Tang leaned deep on the ground: "General, it's the incompetence of his subordinates!" ”
Tang Chen didn't accuse Tang Tang: "You only know one thing, you don't know the other, so it's not strange that you can't find them, you go down and rest." ”
After Tang Tang thanked him, he got up and left.
Tang Tang left the backyard and came to the front yard, but he subconsciously looked at the location of the side courtyard, he lied before, he didn't chase the person who killed the deaker. After chasing out of the wellhead, although the blood stains were indeed broken, but after the black panther who had been tracked to fruitlessness arrived, he relied on the black panther's keen sense of smell to find the intermittent blood droplets, but what he never expected was that he actually found the main gate of the Tang Mansion by following those blood droplets.
Tang Tang didn't doubt the panther's sense of smell, because the panther had never made a mistake, so after he took off the iron armor and turned back into the honest and honest housekeeper, he specially asked the iron armor guard at the door who had been in and out, and the answer he got was that only Tang Gongzi had come back before, and it seemed that he had hemorrhoids.
Is it that coincidental? Tang Tang didn't believe in coincidences, but when Tang Chen arranged for him to go to the Twelve Fangs to search and arrest people, he didn't tell him why he did it, nor did he tell him the cause and effect, plus Tang Chen said that he only knew one of them, but didn't know the other, which is why Tang Tang concealed his suspicion that the person who killed the armor was Tang Xiaohao.
Since his master Tang Chen did not tell the whole truth, it means that he is unwilling to let himself know about something, and he should follow the master's wishes, instead of pretending to be smart.
This is the experience that Tang Tang has summed up in his many years of housekeeping career, even if his eyes are bright, he still has to be blind when he should be blind, since he can be blind, he can naturally be deaf and dumb.
Just like the two guards guarding the gate of the side courtyard now, although they are blind and deaf, they have saved a lot of trouble, at least they can live freely.
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Sneaked into the courtyard of the Tang Mansion and hid behind the rockery, Bai Ruhong had already changed her clothes, and at first glance she was just an ordinary woman.
This dress was stolen by Bai Ruhong outside a house next to the river, and the family was still in the West Market, she deliberately sneaked to the West Market to change her clothes, left the old clothes there, and then turned them back to confuse the people who were following her.
If it weren't for the Yongchang River, which runs through the Shendu City, Bai Ruhong would have been caught by the people who arrested the yamen. However, she found it strange that not long after she escaped from the Twelve Fangs, the ironclad dragon and leopard riders who had originally hunted her quietly withdrew, leaving only the people who hunted down the Yamen and the Shendu Army to search all over the city.
Bai Ruhong knew that once the Shendu Army also joined the search, then Liao Yanqi would definitely know that something had happened to her, and she would definitely find a way to wait at the agreed place, and there were two things she needed to do now, one was to remove the disguise, and the other was to kill the little bell to extinguish the mouth.
Because Bai Ruhong is performing a long-term latent mission, the disguise technique she uses is not as simple as a mask, but first relaxes her face with potions, then kneades her face into a frosty appearance, and finally pierces a silver needle into a dozen knots on her head (the meaning of knot is the meaning of X, that word cannot be typed, please understand) to fix it.
This process is extremely painful, ordinary people simply cannot bear it, and most importantly, some parts of the silver needles cannot be taken out by themselves, and can only be helped by others.
Bai Ruhong, who was hiding behind the rockery, looked at the little bell and Tang Dun who were fetching water, and after the two of them carried the bucket and carried the basin into the house, they did not follow immediately, but waited for the night, at least until dinner was brought in, because Bai Ruhong was already dizzy with hunger.
Finally when Tang Dun brought the food into the house, Bai Ruhong rushed into the house from behind the rockery, and slammed Tang Dun, who had just put down the food, from behind.
The sudden appearance of Bai Ruhong startled the little bell, but she quickly calmed down, and Bai Ruhong also turned around and closed the door.
The little bell stepped forward and asked with concern: "Sister Hong, why are you here?" Still dressed like this? ”
Bai Ruhong didn't answer immediately, but looked at Tang Xiaohao on the bed, originally she planned to stun Tang Dun and then restrain Tang Xiaohao, but after stuning Tang Dun, she felt a little strange when she found that Tang Xiaohao had no reaction.
Seeing Bai Ruhong coming, the little bell did not show that she knew what was happening, because in that case, it would bring danger to Tang Xiaohao, and now Tang Xiaohao was injured and slept in bed, so he could only be at the mercy of others.
Bai Ruhong walked slowly to the bedside, looked at the bucket and basin beside the bed, and then looked at the towel in the little bell's hand, and then asked, "What's wrong with him?" ”
The little bell said, "Injured, feverish." ”
"Hurt?" Bai Ruhong was puzzled, but it was impossible to associate the two loud noises under the Twelve Squares with Tang Xiaohao, and she didn't know that the armor was dead.
Little Bell had to lie: "He was bitten by a dog." ”
Bai Ruhong uncovered the quilt and glanced at the injured position, because the injured location also looked like it was bitten by a dog after chasing, and she did not suspect it.
Bai Ruhong walked to the door again, observed the outside through the crack in the door, and said at the same time: "Something happened, I was discovered." ”
The little bell pretended to be surprised: "What's the matter?" ”
"I don't know," Bai Ruhong sat at the table, "come here, help me get the needle." ”
The little bell stepped forward: "Take the needle?" ”
Bai Ruhong said: "Just do what I say, don't worry about the rest." ”
According to Bai Ruhong's instructions, the little bell took out the dozens of silver needles on the top of her head one by one, every time she took out a needle, a certain part of Bai Ruhong's face would change, although the little bell was frightened, but still pretended to be calm.
After all the silver needles were pulled out, Bai Ruhong's face became extremely terrifying, as if the facial skin had completely melted.
The little bell couldn't bear to look at it directly, and didn't dare to look at it when he lowered his head.
Bai Ruhong picked up a silver needle on the table and said, "What are you afraid of?" You forget, so do you. ”
The little bell was stunned at the time, and subconsciously touched the back of his head.
Bai Ruhong said: "Since my identity is exposed, then your task is over, we have to restore our original appearance now, leave together, you sit down, and I will help you get the needle." ”
At this time, Little Bell's brain was blank, she couldn't believe that the face she saw in the mirror every day didn't belong to her, and she also wanted to know what she was like, she thought that as long as she saw her true face, she might be able to remember who she was, so she sat down defenselessly.
Bai Ruhong stood behind the little bell and directly pressed the two knots of the little bell, and the little bell fainted directly after feeling a burst of dizziness.
Bai Ruhong held the little bell, put it down, lay flat on the ground, and then said to herself: "Whether I can escape or not depends on your face." ”
Subsequently, Bai Ruhong first checked Tang Dun and Tang Xiaohao, confirmed that the two had not woken up, and then took out a small bottle and put it in front of the noses of the two of them, so that the two of them could inhale the medicinal powder in it, so as to ensure that the two would not wake up in a short time, then sat down at the table and took out the potion, referring to the appearance of the little bell and began to change her appearance, but the only trouble was that this time she needed to prick the needle herself.
Fortunately, it is easier to prick a needle than to take a needle, so after half an hour, Bai Ruhong's face became almost the same as that of a small bell.
Bai Ruhong carried the little bell to the inner room again, changed into the clothes of the little bell, and just when she was about to kill the mouth, she heard someone knocking on the door, so she had to put the little bell in the wardrobe and hide it, and then walked out, and put Tang Dun's posture on the side of the table, and then stepped forward to open the door.
The moment the door opened, Bai Ruhong was shocked into a cold sweat, because it was none other than Tang Chen standing outside the door.
Bai Ruhong came back to her senses, and immediately stepped aside to salute and said, "Master." ”
Tang Chen was about to say something, when he saw Tang Dun lying there: "What's wrong with Tang Dun?" ”
Bai Ruhong glanced at the wine jug on the table: "Greedy cup, drink too much." ”
"You know how to drink," Tang Chen frowned, and asked again, "What about the young master?" ”
Bai Ruhong looked in the direction of the bed: "The young master was bitten by a dog and has a fever, I am taking care of it." ”
As she spoke, Bai Ruhong stepped forward, picked up the towel that the little bell had placed on the table before, soaked it in the bucket, and began to wipe Tang Xiaohao's face.
Tang Chen stepped forward slowly and checked the wound: "I was bitten by a dog again!?" This kid knows how to get into trouble! ”
Although Bai Ruhong seemed to be wiping Tang Xiaohao's face, she had a hidden weapon in her hand, and once Tang Chen found out that something was wrong, she would not hesitate to kill it.
Fortunately, Tang Chen didn't seem to notice anything wrong, but just looked distressed: "Don't say a word when you are injured like this, you go and find the doctor, I will guard here." ”
Where does Bai Ruhong know where the doctor in the Tang Mansion is? But in order not to show the stuffing, I had to leave hard.
After Bai Ruhong walked out of the side courtyard, she looked at the two guards who were dozing off at the door, and stepped forward to ask, "Two, the young master has a fever, and the master said to call the doctor." ”
Bai Ruhong originally thought that she could avoid revealing her stuffing in this way, she couldn't find the doctor, the two guards should be able to find it, even if they couldn't find it, they could drive the guards to find someone to ask, who knew that the two guards didn't care about her at all, and they were still dozing there.
When Bai Ruhong stepped forward to wake up the two, she heard Tang Chen's voice coming from behind her: "You forget, one of them is deaf and the other is blind." ”
Bai Ruhong was shocked, and turned to look at Tang Chen, who was standing in the side courtyard with his hands behind his back.
Tang Chen said again: "Little Bell has also lived in the Tang Mansion for some days, and he knows that the two guards at the gate of the courtyard are deaf and blind, and he also knows that there is no doctor in the house, and besides, my son never drinks alcohol, and his wine pot is full of thirsty drinks, so Tang Dun will not get drunk even if he drinks too much, even if he brings wine into the house by himself and wants to get drunk, there must be a strong smell of wine in the house, so, who are you?" ”
Medium! Bai Ruhong realized that she had already been discovered by Tang Chen, and the reason why Tang Chen wanted to excuse herself to leave was mainly because she was afraid that once the fight started, she would hurt Tang Xiaohao who was in a coma.
Bai Ruhong didn't say a word, and directly threw out the hidden weapon, and the poisonous hidden weapon attacked directly towards Tang Chen's front door, but Tang Chen easily turned his head to avoid it.
In fact, Bai Ruhong also knew that Tang Chen was strong in martial arts, and he was not his opponent, but he just wanted to escape at the moment when he threw the hidden weapon, who knew that when he was just about to escape, a spear head appeared in his throat, and there was also a long knife under the armpit of his right arm.
The spear and the long knife were not someone else, the two deaf and blind guards at the gate of the courtyard, the two of them changed their appearances at this time, and the previous malaise was gone, replaced by a face full of murderous intent.
Tang Chen stepped forward slowly: "Although one of them is deaf and the other is blind, but more than ten years ago, the two of them were famous killers in the rivers and lakes, and what killers are best at is to cover themselves up, and suddenly strike when the other party relaxes their vigilance, so that they can kill with one blow...... Let me ask you again, who are you? ”