Chapter 52: It Won't Hurt You
A camel cart that looked ordinary on the surface slowly walked out of the sand and ran over the wide official road of Kyoto-Jinfucheng in the Western Desert Country, but it galloped up like a wild horse, and sat in it half-lying and half-leaning, Liu Ya, who was still drowsy just now, suddenly woke up, and Ming Gengxiu's voice like a lullaby smiled energetically, "In one more hour, we will arrive at Kyoto in the Western Desert." "Then I won't have to suffer this torment again.
However, not long after his voice fell, the neighing of animals, mixed with the sound of fierce fighting, came from far and near.
Ming Gengxiu immediately protected Liu Ya, and at this time, the sound of the fight was gone, and there was a faint cry of despair.
In charge of catching the car, Jiang Zhiyu specially invited his friend Fei Teng, who came to help, and said, "There are many people in front of you, and there is a bloodied guard next to the bad carriage full of arrows, and a young man kneeling with a middle-aged man who is dying. β
"Stop and see. β
When they got out of the car, the bloodied guard immediately looked at him vigilantly, the sword in his hand moved, and Fei Teng hurriedly said: "My young lady knows some medical skills, she wants to help you take a look." β
Hearing this, the little boy holding the dying middle-aged man choked up and pleaded, "Quick! please save my father!" He was about twelve or thirteen years old, and his body was covered with large and small blood stains, some of which were his own, some of which belonged to others, and there was an obvious wound on his white and handsome cheek, and tears were entangled in the blood of the wound, and he slid into his neck in embarrassment.
As soon as Liu Ya took out the medicine bottle and approached, the middle-aged man who was lying in the arms of the little boy said in surprise and joy, "You are, you are Ah Gui's sister, Liu, Liu Ya, right? I have seen you, I have seen you, your portrait, I know that I have been, I am dying, you save my child, he, he will please you." β
Liu Ya squatted down in surprise, stuffed the pills in the medicine bottle into the middle-aged man's mouth with one hand, and probed his pulse with the other, frowning calmly, his internal organs were seriously damaged, and there was a sword piercing his chest behind his back, even if it was her, there was nothing she could do, she could only say, "You know my brother, you are-"
The middle-aged man grabbed Liu Ya's hand with difficulty and put it together with the little boy's hand, "I am the regent of the Western Desert, and I am asking your brother for help with the emperor's eldest son." He grabbed Liu Ya's hand tightly, and pulled out a smile at the little boy who couldn't cry, "Zen'er, in the future, you have to believe in Sister Liu Ya, only her, only she will not harm you." Before the words fell, there was no breath.
"Dad!" Mo Kaichan hissed and shouted exhaustedly, and then he didn't know whether he was hit too hard or the injury was too serious to support, and the whole person fell to the side, and the bloodied guard tried his best to catch him, and his bloodstained eyes looked at Liu Ya for a moment, and pleaded word by word:
"Please, save my young master!"
Liu Ya saw that the guard's injuries were more serious, and she didn't delay at the moment, and checked their pulses with both hands, "Ah Xiu, bring the medicine box." β
She skillfully and quickly cut their clothes and bandaged them, and the unbelievably injured guard did not close his eyes in exhaustion until he was sure that Mo Kaichan was okay, and Liu Ya had to admire his perseverance and loyalty, and instructed Fei Teng and Ming Gengxiu to carry them into the carriage, while she went to investigate the guards and the men in black who had fallen around.
After Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng set up Mo Kaichan and the guards, they worked together to temporarily bury the regent in the nearby bushes, and then Liu Ya took out the wooden tag found from the man in black and asked Fei Teng, "Do you know what this means?"
"It's the killer of Showa Court. Fei Teng frowned, "Mess with them and don't die." He glanced at the carriage with annoyance, "We are still-" He was entrusted to help Jiang Zhiyu take care of Liu Ya on this trip, as for other things, he can not care, he really wants to care, "Find a place and let them go, otherwise they will be entangled by the killers of Showa Pavilion, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with." β
Liu Ya's hand seemed to still have the temperature of the regent, "No, we are just going to the problem of the Western Desert royal family, the child's father knows my brother again, how to bring him back to Jinfu City for resettlement, people are dying, although I didn't accept it, but I didn't have time to refuse, he is my responsibility." β
Fei Teng scratched the back of his head, "In this way, let's hurry first, and the rest of the things will go to Jinfu City, and then discuss it when we meet the person who answers." Along the way, he also knew that Liu Ya was not a woman who exuded kindness indiscriminately, and he was also seeing the situation just now, thinking that the murder of the regent and the illness of the King of the Western Desert were also somewhat related, so he had to respond to her wishes.
Then the camel cart returned to its journey, but it was apparently slower than before to take care of the two wounded in the carriage.
Liu Ya also preferred this less bumpy speed, and remembered Du Xinchen and Hu Qingqing who went out together, after Du Xinchen came out of the imperial study that day, Emperor Jiayi gave Du Xinchen the title of General Chenxi and set off immediately, and the will to marry was also withdrawn.
She didn't know how he persuaded Emperor Jiayi, her aftermath had all become secret weapons, and her plan to take the opportunity to bargain with Emperor Jiayi had also collapsed, and she wanted to ask Du Xinchen about her in the imperial study, but he just touched her head and told her not to be in danger.
Later, she asked Hu Qingqing to accompany Du Xinchen, firstly to earn some military merits, and secondly, to support each other, so that she could feel more at ease.
"What are you thinking?" Ming Gengxiu couldn't help but ask when she saw her looking at Mo Kaichan in a daze.
"It will take us twenty-two days to get to Kyoto Jinfu City in the Western Desert, and a few days ago, Brother Shizi and Ah Qing have already arrived at the Sword Gate, I don't know what the situation is on their side now. "I heard that the one who assisted the prince of the Western Desert in attacking the Jianmen Pass this time was the general from the family of the most famous generals in the Western Desert.
Du Shizi is a very good successor in all aspects, I believe he will not disappoint Your Majesty, as long as our side solves the problem of the illness of the King of the Western Desert, then we can ask him to come forward to collect the troops, expose their conspiracy to fight this time, and re-establish the peace agreement between the two countries!"
This time it is no longer a peace agreement between Zhen Guogong and the Western Desert, but a long-term interest between countries.
**
The journey that was originally scheduled to take only one hour took two hours to reach the gate of Jinfu City because of the wounded in the carriage.
The shopkeeper Chu and Fan Xiaowu, who had been waiting at the gate of the city, respectfully welcomed them into the city, and settled in an inn of the Liu family.
Liu Ya, who wanted to put it aside, thought of the regent prince they rescued, so she had to rush to the mansion of the emperor's eldest son, Mo Zihe.
Mo Zihe was grateful when he learned that they had witnessed the killing of the regent and saved Mo Kaichan, and his eyes were full of sadness as if he was about to squeeze out of his eyes, "I didn't expect that even Uncle Regent was murdered by them, Miss Liu, please save my father, now only he can save Chan'er's child!"
Liu Ya had to follow him to the palace of the Western Desert without stopping - she also hoped that the matter would be solved perfectly as soon as possible, but the plan always couldn't catch up with the changes, and they only walked to the bedroom of the King of the Western Desert, and were stopped by the concubine of the Western Desert, dressed up like a woman who couldn't see her age, swept over Liu Ya lightly, and smiled at Mo Zihe:
"He'er, this palace knows that you are worried about your father's body, but you have brought some wild doctors from nowhere for three days, and you are not afraid of encountering some ill-intentioned people who take the opportunity to commit murderββ"
"The people's daughter Guan Guifei Niangniang's tongue is thick, although the mouth has a floral fragrance, it is difficult to hide the faint smell, the pupil color is dull and a little turbid yellow, although the skin is also covered by fat powder, but you can vaguely see spots, presumably it is due to the exuberance of the heart and too much worry, coupled with lack of sleep, and the temper is short, if I am not mistaken, you have been suffocating recently, right?"
Liu Ya couldn't hold back her impatience to interrupt her cynicism, and seeing her looking at her in surprise, she grabbed her hand and took her pulse again, "Your pulse is undulating and chaotic, presumably the menstrual period has been coming recently, and the serious menstrual irregularity is related to the fact that you missed the best treatment time after the blood collapse when you gave birth, but in my place, your procrastination can be easily solved." β
"You!Who are you?" the Ximo concubine looked at her in disbelief.
Mo Zihe immediately smiled and introduced, "She is my friend's sister Liu Ya, and I specially invited her to help diagnose and treat her this time." β
Concubine Ximo's thoughts turned a thousand times, how could she never have heard of Mo Zihe's sister who had such a good medical skill, she looked at the dusty Liu Ya suspiciously, and saw that she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and she actually lifted out many old problems in her body that the imperial doctor could not diagnose, so she smiled deeply: "This palace sees that you also have some ability, so I will allow you to enter." β
Mo Zihe was about to take Liu Ya in, but she added slowly, "But remember, we are not a casual place to enter and exit, if you don't have the ability to save our Majesty, this palace will treat you for the crime of deception!"
"Everyone has what she is good at or what she is not good at, if it is just because I can't cure Your Majesty, you are sure that I am deceived by medicine, don't you think it is too arbitrary? I came here, not for money and not for fame, but in response to my brother's affection, to help the emperor's eldest son a small favor, but the concubine wants me to put my life into it, is it a disguised intimidation to intimidate me not to step into this door?" Liu Ya paused and said indifferently, "So stifling Your Majesty's hope of recovery, the concubine, as Your Majesty's pillow person, really has a mind that people dare not think about it!"
"You!" the concubine unexpectedly Liu Ya was sharp-toothed, and in a few words, she implied that she, the concubine, had ill intentions and wanted to change her face, but she heard a gentle voice and said softly:
"My sister is just too worried about His Majesty's body, and has experienced many disappointments, so it is so extreme, Miss Liu, don't misunderstand, like us, the wives, which does not rely on Your Majesty's grace, if something happens to Your Majesty, how can our hearts be at ease?"
"The queen is auspicious. β
Mo Zihe finally let go of the boulder in his heart, "Queen Mother, she is Liu Gui's sister Liu Ya who I often talk about." β
The dignified Queen of the Western Desert looked at Liu Ya, "It's a delicate girl, you can quickly take her in for Your Majesty's treatment!" Seeing that the concubine wanted to speak again, she immediately took her hand affectionately, "We are both laymen, and we can't help much, my sister knows that my sister has not been very neat recently, so I specially instructed the imperial dining room to prepare some supplements for my sister that are very suitable for the body, and we haven't talked about it for a long time.
When Liu Ya and Mo Zihe entered the inner hall of the West Desert King's bedroom, she was stimulated by the strange aroma scattered in the air and sneezed.
"Could it be that you were in a hurry and contracted the wind cold?" Mo Zihe said with concern.
Liu Ya shook her head, looked at this luxurious dormitory, and her eyes stopped at an incense burner placed on the windowsill, "That's?"
"Incense to repel mosquitoes, we have a lot of mosquitoes here in the summer, so many palaces will burn incense. Mo Zihe said, "I have also checked everything in my father's palace before, but I didn't find anything abnormal, and these incense sticks are just some ordinary incense. At this point, he was sad and self-reproachful.
Look at the King of the West Desert lying on the bed like a vegetative person, "Now the palace is in chaos, the royal brothers are all just looking at the eyes, fighting or something, it is really out of place, no matter how they fight for power, I can turn a blind eye, how did they actually hit the idea of the military talisman in the hands of the regent, and the regent was also harmed, my father woke up, I don't know how to explain, the false name of the concubine is not worthy of the real right, so even the concubine does not put me, the eldest son of the emperor." β
Liu Ya looked at his eyelids while checking the pulse of the King of the Western Desert, "His pulse looks like it is poisoned, but it is not." β
"All the imperial doctors said that the emperor was poisoned, so he would stay asleep, and the famous doctor he invited was the same. Mo Zihe said in surprise.
"If you only look at the pulse and don't look at anything else, you are indeed poisoned, and since the symptoms are all wrong, the medicine you take is equivalent to taking it in vain. Liu Ya sighed, "However, his problem is not easy to solve for me, because I don't have a deep study of Gu in this area." β
Not to mention Mo Zihe, even Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng, who came with him, were surprised.
Liu Ya motioned for them to come over and help her take off all the clothes of the King of the Western Desert, and then inserted silver needles of length or short, thick or thin on the major acupuncture points, and then instructed Mo Zihe to take some of the utensils and medicinal materials she needed, and carefully test them with the methods she knew, until the black blood in a certain bowl became clean, it was already late at night.
She was so tired that she almost fell to the ground, Mo Zihe was ecstatic and said, "Is this a way to save my father?"
"Well, you arrange to go down and prepare the water that has just been boiled. Liu Ya wiped the sweat on her forehead.
After they put the Western Desert King into the bath tub stuffed with all kinds of medicinal herbs, the pale cheeks and body of the Western Desert King instantly turned red, and Fei Teng saw a raised thing wandering strangely on the Western Desert King's chest, "Look, is this thing, what kind of Gu is it?"
"Yes, you have pushed it to the shoulder, and I will use a needle to pierce it to death. Liu Ya picked up a silver needle that had been soaked in the potion, and after Ming Gengxiu, Fei Teng and Mo Zihe worked together to imprison the Gu worm to the harmless acupuncture point on her shoulder, she quickly applied the needle accurately, and the King of the West Desert spit out a mouthful of black blood, and she fed it medicine to protect her heart.
At this time, a noisy voice came in from outside the door, and I could vaguely hear men and women blaming the palace maids and eunuchs, Liu Ya said: "I still have to cut the meat to rip out the Gu worms, this process should not be disturbed, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes, and the patient needs extreme rest." β
Mo Zihe said, "I'll go out and have a look!"
With the help of Fei Teng and Ming Gengxiu, Liu Ya quickly used a scalpel to remove the piece of meat where the Gu worm was hiding, threw the meat into the potion soaked in the silver needle just now, and then dressed it with skill, and stuffed several small pills of different colors for the King of the Western Desert, so that Mo Zihe finally couldn't stop the people outside the door, and three extravagantly dressed men and two women rushed in.
Seeing that the king of the West Desert was soaking in the bathtub with red fruits, the two women exclaimed and covered their eyes, but there was a woman in yellow clothes, secretly looking at the willow buds from between her fingers, she stood at the table and packed her things, and put a small bamboo tube and needle bag into her arms, she really looks good, but it's not bad, and she is not as beautiful, damn Mo Zihe actually released her pigeon for this woman, it's too much!
"Father--" As soon as the man in the blue brocade robe exited, he glared at Liu Ya with questioning.
Liu Ya interrupted expressionlessly, "The progress of the treatment is good, if you don't come to harass him, he will be cured in three days, but if anyone has the heart to not want him to recover, just make noise, just make trouble." β
She put down a hat of great sin, even the arrogant man in blue brocade was a little jealous, and the words that were not spoken were all in her throat, and the woman in pink who came with him opened a pair of eyes that were somewhat similar to Mo Zihe from between her fingers, and smiled in surprise: "You are really so powerful, you have cured the father of this princess?"
"I don't know if I'm good or not, but whether he can really heal depends on you. Liu Ya observed the reactions of all of them without a trace, and said indifferently.
Mo Zihe's heart, which had been in his throat for several days, finally fell back to its original place, "Let's go out and talk about it if there is anything, don't make a noise with my father, he needs to recuperate." β
**
Outside the temple.
Without waiting for the men in blue brocade to make a difficulty, Mo Zihe gratefully made a big gift to Liu Ya, and the woman in pink hurriedly followed Mo Zihe to salute, "Liu Ya, thank you, the mountains and rivers have come from afar, and they have treated my father and emperor without resting so far!"
"And Ming Gongzi and Fei Gongzi, I have also worked hard for you!" he was another big gift regardless of his status, "The queen mother has instructed you to temporarily place you in the Wuji Palace next door, and the maidservants have also prepared delicious food, you can go and rest first! I will stay here tonight, if there is anything, you can send someone over and shout." β
Liu Ya understood very well his kindness that he didn't want her to get involved in the internal disputes in their Western Desert, so he took Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng with him at the moment, and went with the old man who was on the side.
After eating, Liu Ya felt that he was alive again after soaking in the medicinal bath, and the tiredness that he had been holding back finally swept in, and when Ming Gengxiu came to see her, although she slept very soundly, she still woke up with high vigilance, and saw that it was an acquaintance, so she fell asleep with confidence.
These days, Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng are taking turns guarding Liu Ya, not to mention Ming Gengxiu, who has already been familiar with Liu Ya, Fei Teng from the chic rivers and lakes, are attracted by Liu Ya's free and easy temperament and indescribable personality charm, for Jiang Zhiyu's sake, she really looks at her as half a sister.
In the second half of the night, Fei Teng came to punctuality, Liu Ya was already sleeping very deeply, as if she was still dreaming, whispering something, Fei Teng, who had already raised some spirits, funnily folded the quilt for her, but heard her scolding softly and dissatisfiedly, "Yuwen Qiupage, you bastard, if it weren't for you, why would I toss so much, I really want to rip off your meat, cut it off piece by piece, and throw it to feed the stray dogs......"
It wasn't the first time he had heard the name Yuwen Qiuye from her sleeping mouth.
And he continued his vigil as he saw it.
However, tonight seems to be destined to be not peaceful, only after the second half of the night, dozens of poisonous arrows pierced through the closed windows, shooting in fiercely, Fei Teng unhurriedly raised his sword to block them one by one, and Liu Ya also woke up from his sleep!
"I can't wait. Liu Ya said while yawning, rubbing her eyes.
Fei Teng sneered, "There are still three days to make them struggle, and when the King of the Western Desert wakes up, it will be a foregone conclusion." "Therefore, those who have ulterior motives and conspiracies, don't they seize the opportunity to get rid of everyone who gets in their way!
"Test us first, and then find another opportunity to deal with us, it seems that the two guards are easy to bully in their eyes. β
"Come to think of it, I dare to come here in the Western Desert Palace, it seems that the other party has invested heavily to buy the killer of the Showa Pavilion to help. β
"You haven't seen the figure yet, so you know it's the killer of the Showa Pavilion again?"
"The killer organization that dares to commit murder in the palace of a country is none other than their Showa Pavilion. β
"Hmm, I'm suddenly a little curious about my life, how much it's worth!"
"......" When Fei Teng couldn't cry or laugh, the rain of poisonous arrows stopped, and then the sound of fierce fighting sounded.
Ming Gengxiu also rushed in with a sword at this time, "Are you all right?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Liu Ya waved his hand, "The emperor's eldest son's guard?"
"Well, it seems that he also expected us to be in danger tonight, so he deliberately placed us in the palace. Ming Gengxiu said, "The other party is really bold enough to attack the palace, and now Jinyi Wei is fighting with them!"
Liu Ya calmly poured down a cup of tea, and when she just wanted to drink it, she put the cup down again, frowned and asked, "Who changed the tea?"
Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng glanced at each other, "Is there any problem?"
"Before I bathed, this tea was still in my mouth, but now I am passive. Liu Ya swallowed her saliva regretfully, she fell asleep after bathing, and now she was really so thirsty.
Ming Gengxiu and Fei Teng looked at each other again, and asked each other in unison, "Did you drink water after bathing?"
"Yes. The two replied in unison.
Liu Ya hurriedly grabbed their hands to probe the pulse, and suddenly Fei Teng spurted out a mouthful of black blood and fell down!
"Ah Teng!" Liu Ya wanted to hold him, but unexpectedly, Ming Gengxiu also spurted out a mouthful of black blood!
At this terrible time, the two killers who seemed to have been waiting for a long time broke through the window, and swung their sharp swords towards Liu Ya!