Chapter 41: The Seal of the Heart
Liu Ya walked to the open space in the court, broke off a small bamboo, skillfully and quickly drew a simple version of the flying chess template, "a group of four, which group first all go to the end will win, the game is poetry solitaire, who can take the next sentence, who can call the maid to shake the dice once, the dice to which number, you can take as many steps." β
"The rule is, if you shake to six, you have to start all over again at the starting point. She plucked several flowers and leaves of different colors and put them in the grid, "The colors represent your team, if I am the red team, if I happen to walk to the red flower, I need to go back to the starting point and start again, but when I go to the leaves, that is, I will walk one more time according to the points just now." β
"Sounds like a lot of fun. Ming Gengxiu, the prince of Guiyibo's Mansion, looked at Hu Qingqing and smiled eagerly.
Hong Chenrui said disdainfully, "It's fun, isn't it still boring poetry and songs!"
"The most interesting thing about Solitaire is that it is unexpected, the richness of the knowledge, and the sensitivity of the mind, especially the poetry is much more difficult than the words, and the chasing game rules increase the tension, which is indeed much more interesting than the ordinary poetry and songs. Mo Nongxian also said with great interest, "I'll participate!"
Liu Ya said, "If there is anyone who doesn't want to play, I won't force it." She smiled slyly, "After all, it's the 'real thing'." β
The implication is that they don't participate, they don't have real talent and learning, even if they are on the field to answer dismally, they can't see anything, both horizontal and vertical are embarrassing, Hong Chenrui is a well-known gentleman on the same level as Fan Datong, he can not care, but Murong Tian can't, she cares about her face very much, and the talent that she finally 'won't win', thinking of this, she glared at Liu Ya hatefully.
Suddenly, Murong Tian fell uncomfortably on the concubine Murong Fu on the left, and when everyone looked at her, she frowned and whispered, "My head is a little dizzy, I'm afraid I can't exercise like this, so let's have fun." β
Murong Sa hurriedly said, "But you have to ask the house doctorβ"
"No, the two younger sisters can help me go back to rest and rest. Murong Tian said, "I can't hinder everyone's interest." She grabbed Murong Fu's arm with one hand, grabbed Murong Yun's hand on the right with the other, and pinched them without a trace.
Murong Fu suppressed the painful cry that almost burst out of his mouth, and the unwillingness in his heart, his face did not change and smiled lightly, "Xu is just an old problem caused by heat, the fourth brother don't worry, the seventh sister and I will take good care of the third sister before the dinner!"
Murong Yun nodded timidly, and Murong Sa said, "Then it's troublesome for you, remember to ask the doctor if you have anything." β
Everyone could see that Murong Tian had some intention of running away, but no one tried to debunk her, not to mention that Hong Chenrui continued, "To play such a broken game, it is better to go hunting, if you like to play, just play well enough, forgive this son for not accompaniing." β
"Everyone knows how many catties I have, but it's still not too much of a burden, and it's better to go hunting with Hong Shizi. Fan Datong was also embarrassed, and then left Gardenia with Hong Chenrui.
Zhang Yingying, who was full of anticipation, looked at Liu Ya and said tentatively, "Sister Liu, there are fewer people, can this game still be played?"
"Of course. "Ludo chess is originally a very flexible game," Liu Ya said with a smile, "Let's have three people in each group, draw lots to decide who is in a group with whom, there are no bets, winning or losing is just for fun." But the 'calculation' of this trip, she believes that everyone present will know it.
After the draw, they were, Liu Ya, Qingwang, and Mo Nongxian in the red group, and Yuwen Qiuye in the blue group, Murong Jiang, and Ji Huansheng.
The yellow group is Zhang Yingying, Ming Gengxiu, and Murong Sa, while the purple group is Hu Qingming, Zhang Yigeng, and Murong Zhao.
Liu Ya never expected that he would be in the same group as King Qing, only to feel that Yuwen Qiu's eyes were full of sour grievances, but King Qing was quite calm and comfortable, and the lychee who was in charge of shaking the dice had already thrown out the word solitaire, "The word 'mountain'." β
Mo Nongxian is worthy of being the champion of the new department, and his reaction is extremely fast: "'The mountain rain is dripping and coincidentally becomes a spring, and the shadow of the tree is a painting'." β
Lychee shook the dice and said, "You can take four steps." β
"'The peony on the wall is open, and the fog is cleared to see the fairy'. Murong Jiang said immediately.
Lychee shook the dice and said, "You can take two steps." β
"'Wisteria flowers dance in the years, hope for several years of redemption'. Zhang Yigeng said.
Lychee shook the dice and said, "You can take five steps." β
"'The trees are even in autumn mist, and the tide is in the night breeze'. Liu Ya said.
Lychee shook the dice and said, "You can take three steps." β
"'The wind and rain are far away, and the two look at each other across the river. Yuwen Qiuye looked straight at Liu Ya and continued.
Liu Ya couldn't help but roll her eyes, just playing a game, as for 'acting' so hard, after a few rounds, she found out that Yuwen Qiuye only accepted her poems, but she could catch every sentence, and when King Qing happened to stand in the same frame as her, he looked at her resentfully like an abandoned little daughter-in-law, "......"
Fortunately, everyone's eyes were on the outstanding Murong Jiang most of the time, and no one noticed their 'eyebrows', but there were exceptions, I don't know if King Qing was unintentional or deliberate, he stood in front of Liu Ya without a trace, and after successfully blocking Yuwen Qiuye's hot and full sight, he hooked his lips shallowly, turned his face sideways and whispered: "Concentrate, Murong Jiang is almost at the end." β
At this time, Murong Jiang had already taken the next sentence, and he also shook to five, and reached the finish line very smoothly, and Mo Nongxian, who was in the same group as them, was still two steps away, Liu Ya said calmly, "It's not a one-person victory to win the whole group." Then, Mo Nongxian did not disappoint and reached the finish line.
Everyone handed over their admiration and praise, and their impression of Murong Jiang was completely reversed, and they wanted to continue playing, but a maid came respectfully and said, "Big Young, Second Miss, Fourth Young, it's not too early, Madam asked you to prepare well before the banquet." β
"Got it. Murong Zhao said, and the game also ended in everyone's acquaintance, fortunately, everyone had already had a good time, so they went back to their respective rooms to rest.
Liu Ya felt that it was good to go back to sleep for a while, but as soon as she yawned and raised her legs, she was dragged away by Yuwen Qiupage, and when she was in a no-man's land, he relied on her height advantage to push her against the trunk of the tree, "Ya'er and King Qing seem to have a good chat." β
She looked amusefully at the acid bubbles wafting in the air, "Which eye do you see 'very pleasant'?"
Yuwen Qiuye looked at the indifference in her eyes for a moment, and suddenly lowered his head and sprinkled the hot breath on her white neck, holding a small piece of meat and sucking it tightly.
Liu Ya, who reacted to what he wanted to do, pushed him away hard, but he bit her unknowingly, like being eaten by ants, the touch was painful, numb and itchy, and no matter how desperately he struggled, he skillfully resolved it, and his wet tongue licked her arteries even more arrogantly, provoking her goosebumps to the extreme, "Yuwen Qiu page!!"
As she aimed at his shoulder and tried to bite it off, Yuwen Qiuye took a brisk step back, looked at the bright red mark on her neck, and bent her eyes in satisfaction, "Huh?"
"You are despicable! shameless!" Liu Ya said as she covered her neck and gritted her teeth, the fire in her eyes eager to burn him to ashes.
"Who's to say that Ya'er always thinks that my liking for you is a joke, so they should know that this is the truth. He laughed, "I'll see who dares to seduce you." β
Liu Ya seemed to be speechless and choked by lightning for a moment, and then smiled coldly, "You said that you like me, and you try your best to prevent others from liking me, so do you dare to marry me?"
Yuwen Qiuye didn't seem to expect her to say such a thing, and after being stunned, he said brightly, "You dare to marry, I dare to marry!"
The coldness on Liu Ya's lips froze, and a sullen breath stuck in his throat, staring at his handsome face, he could only hum heavily in a half-loud voice, "Who wants to marry a bastard like you whose city is deeper than the sea, insidious and cunning, and whose cheeks are as thick as those of the city wall!"
Looking at the person who had fled from under his sight again, Yuwen Qiuye smiled lowly, "Coward." β
**
When the sky was full of colorful clouds, the banquet began.
On the stage built against the backdrop of the mountain, the sisters of the Murong family, under the backdrop of the dancers, played a festive birthday song, the ensemble at the beginning, each person played solo in the middle, and then ended with the ensemble, but everyone was stunned by Murong Jiang's playing.
Because she is several times more powerful than Murong Tian, who was in the limelight at the reception, even Murong Tian was stunned on the stage when she heard her solo, and when it was her turn to play, she couldn't react for a long time, or Murong Fu reminded her before she took it in embarrassment, and Liu Ya looked at Hong and Murong Sa again, and she also had a shocked expression!
Then Hong's face gradually darkened, looking at Murong Jiang and Murong Zhao, who was not surprised, his eyes were full of irrepressible viciousness, Murong Tian, who was supposed to be the 'starring', became Murong Jiang's foil in this way, she pierced the nails in her palms, and she couldn't wait to pinch Murong Jiang's neck!
Everyone's applause rang out like thunder, and every word of praise fell on Murong Jiang, making the well-dressed Murong Tian completely lose his color, not to mention that Hong's heart was not a taste, even Murong Tian also wanted to tear the hidden Murong Jiang in half on the spot, never thought that Murong Jiang, who played mediocre on weekdays, was actually better than her, such as slapping her in public!
Everyone only looked at Murong Jiang, praised her, admired her, admired her, no one paid attention to her, cared about her, and may even secretly laugh at her for not being self-sufficient, thinking of this, Murong Tian, who followed Murong Jiang off the stage, stepped on Murong Jiang's skirt fiercely!
Murong Jiang, who was not aware of it, continued to walk down, and when he turned around when he heard the sound of the fabric tearing, he accidentally stepped on the air, and the whole person fell down the steps uncontrollably, but he heard the sound of the wind coming suddenly, and he had a strong embrace to catch her steadily, raised his eyes to touch a pair of deep and cold eyes, and when he was disappointed, he climbed up to her beautiful face, and in an instant he raised a polite smile, "Jiang'er thanked King Qing for saving him." β
King Qing, who just made a move nearby, swept Murong Tian lightly, "You're welcome." He took off his robe and draped it over Murong Jiang, handing her back to Murong Zhao who came over.
Everyone looked at each other, but there was no speech, Murong Ge always coughed to regain everyone's attention, raised a glass to uncover this little episode, and when Murong Zhao came back with Murong Jiang, who had changed his clothes, no one mentioned this stubble, and the banquet was under the control of Murong Ge's old and sophisticated, and it was very perfect to end.
**
Yuwen Qiuye was poured a lot of wine by Murong Ge Lao, dizzily grabbed Liu Ya's hand and refused to let go, lying on the bed and squinting at her as if she had cast a spell, without any trace of her neck, and said dissatisfiedly: "Ya'er is really a coward!
Liu Ya knew that he was not drunk, but because he couldn't break free from his grip, he had to sit on the edge of the bed, "I'll tell you a story." β
"Okayβ" he chuckled in a long tone.
"Once upon a time, there was a little boy herding sheep, he always herded sheep on the low hill next to the village, one day he suddenly shouted to the bottom of the mountain that the wolf was coming, and the people in the village rushed to help him with the guys, but when they went up the mountain, they did not see the wolf, and under questioning, they knew that the little boy was just bored, just joking, and people had to scold and go down the mountain. β
On the second day, the people heard the little boy cry that the wolf was coming, so they hurried up the hill again, but there was no sign of the wolf, and they understood that the little boy was amusing them again, and went down the mountain again with a curse. β
On the third day, while they were busy with their work, they heard the little boy shout again that the wolf was coming, but this time no one believed him anymore, and the little boy had to watch the wolf eat all his sheep. β
"I'm not afraid that I'll run up and find out that it's just a scam, but I'm afraid that the little boy will take me to fill the wolf's belly. Sensing that the big palm that was clutching his hand was slackening, Liu Ya smiled lightly and leaned over to meet his eyes that had become clear at some point, "If you say that you have a deal to discuss with me, I will seriously consider it, but you said that you like me and want to marry me, I'm sorry, I don't believe a word." β
She wanted to get up and leave, but Yuwen Qiuye flipped her over violently, pressed her on the bed, still as fearless as before, he looked into her eyes, wanted to explore something, but still couldn't find anything, in anger, he lowered his head and took her lips, rudely gnawed the softness of the two petals, sensed her resistance, and fluently pounded his tongue like a spirit snake when she wanted to bite her!!
Liu Ya was so angry that she kicked him with her feet, but this shameless person relied on her martial arts skills to easily suppress her feet, only to feel a hot thing, dangerously against her legs, "You!" All her strength was skillfully and forcefully withdrawn by him, and when she met his serious eyes, her heart spasmed uncontrollably as if penetrated by a needle, and somehow, tears rushed out of her eyes.
Like a bead with a broken thread, it fell on Yuwen Qiupage's heart with a loud sound, he let go of her, lay on her in defeat, and hugged her tightly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Repeating in her ear one by one, "I broke your heart first, don't blame you for not believing me anymore, sorry, sorry, bud-"
Even if she was repeatedly used by him, when the skin was opened, she never showed weakness, and shed half a tear, but now she felt inexplicably wronged, and just wanted to cry out the hidden mess, and when she was in a daze, she felt that something cold was stuffed into her hand by him, and then he held her hand and forced-
!!By the time she reacted, the small blades she usually used for self-defense had all disappeared into his heart.
"Are you crazy?!" Liu Ya couldn't care about crying anymore, turned out the wound medicine she had with her, and carefully treated the wound.
Yuwen Qiuye raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with pity, "This is the mark you have imprinted into my heart." He looked at her nervousness and anxiety for him with satisfaction, "No one can erase it or hide it, it was rescued by you, and from now on, it will only move for you." β
"......" Liu Ya didn't know whether she should laugh at him for being innocent or annoyed that he was arbitrary, and just bandaged him, she heard a burst of earth-shattering noise pouring in.
"Murong Ge's old residence is gone. Yuwen Qiuye said with a rare seriousness.
**
When Liu Ya and Yuwen Qiuye rushed to the smiling building where Murong Pavilion was located, the disgraced Murong Zhao had just lifted the burned Murong Pavilion Elder out, and the middle-aged government doctor was busy rushing over to diagnose and treat him, but he shook his head in horror, and Ming Gengxiu and Hu Qingqing, Zhang Yigeng and Zhang Yingying, as well as Ji Huansheng, all rushed in disbelief and silently.
Liu Ya pushed the middle-aged doctor away, first stuffed a black pill into Murong Ge's mouth, and then took out the bandaging tool from the medicine box he brought as a precautionary while checking his pulse, and said to Murong Zhao without raising his head, "Go get some ice and spirits!"
Murong Zhao didn't dare to slack off, and flew away, Liu Ya continued to command, "I'm going to tear apart the old man's clothes, and the lady who minded turned her back." The Hong family and Murong Tian, who came before her, looked at each other, and saw that the people around them, even Murong Tianzi, were looking at them, so they had to turn around in avoidance, and Murong Jiang and Murong Yun, who had just arrived, also held back their worries and stood aside first.
Liu Ya neatly cut open Murong Ge Lao's clothes that had been burned to tatters, the left half of his body was almost burned, and he could smell the smell of burnt meat without getting closer, after she cleaned all the injuries with a red-hot scalpel, Murong Zhao also brought what she needed, she mixed medicinal powder and dried herbs with wine, bandaged Ge Lao, and then wrapped the ice cubes with a handkerchief and rested on the wounds.
Without waiting for Murong Zhao to inquire, Liu Ya took out a bottle of yellow potion from the box and poured it to Ge Lao, I don't know if it was too bitter, or if the treatment just now had worked, Murong Ge Lao was choked and coughed and woke up, and Murong Zhao's unspoken worry turned into an excited call, "Grandpa!"
Hearing his brother's shout, Murong Jiang's heart trembled, and he turned around boldly, seeing that Murong Ge was old and weakly saying that he was fine, the fear in his throat turned into tears, and he pulled Murong Yun over, and before he could speak, Murong Tian had already cried so much that he came over to express his concern.
After their family staged a sitcom that cared about Murong Ge Lao either sincerely or humbly, Liu Ya also knew that the reason why the fire spread so much before it was discovered was because Murong Ge Lao had the habit of worshipping his deceased wife in the secret room every night, and the reason why the fire broke out was because he drank too much and accidentally knocked down the candlestick.
All in all, this fire can be summarized as an accident, but Liu Ya hesitated again and again, but still told the doubts in her heart, "Elder Ge, you have the habit of taking Ningshen tea every night before going to bed, right?"
Murong Ge was stunned for a moment, "That's right." β
"Do you know the prescription?"
Hearing this, Murong Ge looked at the trembling middle-aged palace doctor on the side, and this person stammered, "It's an ordinary prescription!"
Liu Ya smiled, "I'm also a healer, it's ordinary and unusual, others can't see it, it doesn't mean I can't see it." β
The middle-aged house doctor pursed his lips and said silently, Murong Zhao said, "Liu Inspection, what happened, is there anything wrong with the prescription?" Everyone looked at Liu Ya suspiciously.
"Just now I treated Ge Lao, and I found that he was poisoned, but the more interesting thing about this 'poison' is that the silver needle cannot detect it, and it is still a good medicine for people with a weak spleen and stomach. In their expressions of disbelief, Liu Ya continued slowly, "But when used in a hot physique like Elder Ge, it is a chronic poison. β
Murong Zhao looked at the middle-aged government doctor coldly, approaching step by step, "Doctor Chen, are you really plotting against my grandfather?"
Doctor Chen looked at Liu Ya, "I didn't expect you to be so young but have such attainments, and you actually know what medicine I am mixed with!" and then sneered at Murong Zhao, "That's right, it's me! It's me, I want him to die!"
Murong Jiang didn't seem to expect that the usually honest house doctor would be so vicious, and said unbelievably, "You, weren't you rescued by your grandfather, how can you take revenge?"
"I!!!" Doctor Chen spat rudely and glared at Murong Ge Lao Dao fiercely, "This old man with a human face and a beast's heart is immortal, saving our father and daughter back, but he is coveting my daughter's beauty, it was him a year ago, it was his daughter who defiled my daughter, if it weren't for him, my daughter would not have hanged herself, she was only thirteen years old, she was only thirteen years old, and she was ruined by the elder you respected!"
As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunder that exploded on the ground, and everyone was so surprised that they almost forgot to breathe, and there seemed to be only the voice of Murong Zhao scolding and being stopped by Murong Ge Lao, so they heard Murong Ge Lao say weakly, "The old man can swear by the lights in this matter, it is not the old man's doing-" When Doctor Chen was about to refute, he looked at Murong Master and snorted heavily, "For the rest, you explain!"
Master Murong, who was named by name, said guiltily, "It's me-" When the Hong family was so stunned that he was about to pounce on him and bite him shamelessly in the next second, he sighed and said, "I have no way to teach my son, and I asked Sa'er to harm Chen Ying-" Hong's colorful expression instantly became extremely strange, "But Chen Ying is not dead, my father learned that I hid the matter, and went to see her on purpose, and found that she still has breath, and now she is raised in Jin'er-"
Jin'er is the sixth concubine of Murong Yezi, because his legs are disabled, he has never seen anyone, even if he has such a feast, he never attends, Doctor Chen looked at them in disbelief, and listened to Murong Zhao say:
"It's a pity that Chen Ying only has breath and has not been able to wake up, I often go out of the valley to find medical advice for the sixth brother and her, this time I specially asked King Ye to bring Liu Jian to come, and I also hope that Liu Jian can help, we are afraid that you can't afford to lose your daughter again, so we haven't told you, I want to wait for her to improve, and then let you know this fact." β
As soon as his words fell, everyone listened to the heavy sound of the wheelchair piercing the bluestone slab crisply, and when they followed the sound, they saw a thin young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old, pushed over by a tall and strong little guy, and he said lukewarmly, "If you don't believe it, you can go to Yunshi Pavilion to have a look, she lives in the upper room of the north wing." β
Doctor Chen's suspicious gaze shook back and forth on them, and he suddenly rushed towards Master Murong quickly, and when everyone didn't react, he choked ...... Hong's neck was full of tears and said angrily, "You mother-in-law!