"Hibiscus Tent" 66

Two-quarters of an hour later, Lu Jiuxiao stood by the window in his clothes, and after blowing the night wind for a while, he got on the couch and lay down on his side.

But tonight's move is indeed a bit ridiculous, and you can't think about it deeply, otherwise you may come up with even more ridiculous ideas.

Therefore, Lu Jiuxiao slowly closed her eyes with a chill all over her body.

Before going to sleep, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had worked so hard for her ignorance.

After sighing, he fell into a deep dream.

The next day, as Lu Jiuxiao expected, he caught wind and cold.

Early in the morning, before it was bright, Qin Yi hurriedly knocked on the door of the servant's room and invited Shen Shiting over.

After hearing the reason, the little girl couldn't help but be surprised. How could he be sick? She checked his pulse last night and it was clear that he was very well.

But when she entered the bedroom and saw the unusually thin red on the man's cheeks and nose, Shen Shitiao hurriedly reached out to touch his forehead. At this touch, she retracted her hand with a low "Ah" and frowned, " How long have you been feeling so hot? Why did you suddenly get cold?"

Qin Yi and Yin Zhong were silent. They couldn't always be by their side at night. As for how long they had been sick, they didn't know clearly. If no one answered their knocks at the door early in the morning, they might not have known.

But why did I suddenly catch a cold...

They could talk about it.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi touched his sword and said: "Last night, Master, he——"

Before he finished speaking, Yin Zhong bumped him with his elbow.

Qin Yi was startled, glanced at him, and suddenly changed his topic, "Master, he felt unwell before going to bed, but he didn't expect to catch the cold. Miss Shen, is the master okay?"

Shen Shiting folded the soaked and wrung toilet paper and placed it on the man's forehead. She hurriedly wrote Zhang Fangzi and handed it to Qin Yi, "After taking the medicine, if the high fever can subside, then there will be no problem."

Hearing this, Qin Yi didn't waste any time and rushed to the medicine shop.

After a while, Yin Zhong saw that there was not much he could do to help, so he also retreated outside the door.

The small room was quiet, except for the sound of water as the toilet bowl was unscrewed. Seeing that the toilet bowl on his forehead was getting hot, Shen Shifu changed it again.

After repeating this four or five times, she sat on the edge of the bed and stared at Lu Jiuxiao.

Seeing that there was sweat on the bridge of his nose, she wiped it off for him with a handkerchief.

"Shen Shitiao..."

A low hoarse voice sounded, and Lu Jiuxiao frowned and slowly opened his eyes.

Shen Shitai was stunned for a moment, but before he could tell her, she said very experiencedly: "I'll get some water."

After a while, Lu Jiuxiao leaned on the pillow and took a few sips of the water she handed her, and her throat felt more comfortable.

He tiredly raised his sour eyes and glanced at the little girl. Before she asked, "Why did the prince catch the cold?", Lu Jiuxiao sneered preemptively: "Didn't you say that I have recovered? "

Shen Shitai frowned, "It's healed. The prince is suffering from wind and cold right now."

"If I'm cured and I'm lying on the bed, how can I catch the cold so easily?"

Hearing this, she paused for a moment and couldn't explain why.

After holding on for a while, she thought about all the possibilities and said: "I have been using the medicine for such a long time, and it is said that the medicine is three-thirds poisonous. Maybe it is because my foundation is weakened that I am susceptible to wind and cold."

Lu Jiuxiao glanced at her and asked, "How long will it take for you to recover?"

This was something that could not be said for certain. Everyone has their own qualities, and she really didn't know what the noble prince had grown up on. He had been suffering from recurring illnesses, and his body was really pretentious.

After slandering her, the little girl frowned and said, "I will take good care of you and take care of you as soon as possible."

Lu Jiuxiao said lightly, "Yeah", but it wasn't too fast.

In an instant, medicine for typhoid fever was brought to him.

After finishing the drink, Lu Jiuxiao's eyelids really couldn't hold up any longer, and he leaned on the couch with a bleak expression.

Seeing this, Shen Shiting tucked him in and said, "Your Majesty, please rest. I'll be waiting here."

Hearing this, Lu Jiuxiao closed his eyes reservedly.

Just as he was feeling sleepy, there was a soft touch on his forehead, and the little girl's white and tender palms were pressed against it.

His eyelashes trembled slightly and he fell asleep completely.

Shen Shiting didn't know how long she sat here. It wasn't until a gust of wind blew in through the window that she raised her sore neck, walked forward, closed the window, and sat back down again.

She lowered her head to look at the person on the couch.

At this moment, what she was thinking was that she might not be able to leave in five days. But within these five days, it was impossible for him to take her into the concubine immediately, so there was no problem in delaying her departure for a few days.

For some reason, she was not very disappointed.

Taking a closer look at Lu Jiuxiao's face, Shen Shiting suddenly remembered that on the night of the Qiqiao Festival, when he lowered his head to let her put on the mask, there was an improper smile on his eyebrows and in the corners of his eyes, but in this world, the improper smile is the most exciting. .

Even in those days when I was most afraid of him, I would occasionally indulge in the charming look on his brows and eyes.

Not to mention that if he treats you even a little bit well, it will be simply irresistible.

She reached out and stroked the man's forehead.

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It's midsummer and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

He Min's illness was not serious this time, and the rash on her body disappeared quickly. Within two days, she went to a tea party hosted by a certain lady.

This so-called tea party is nothing more than an occasion for girls from various families to gossip and show off. After she was dressed gorgeously and got the envy of everyone, her thoughts, which had been dark for a few days, suddenly cleared up and the sun became clearer.

When she was about to return home, she was bending down to get into the carriage when she suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure from the corner of her eye.

Her body stiffened and she remained in this position for a long time.

Qiu Ya hesitated and said: "Girl, what's wrong?"

Hearing this, He Min stood up straight with a serious expression, pulled Qiu Ya's sleeves, and whispered a few words into her ear.

Qiu Ya was startled and nodded in agreement. Even though she still thought that the third girl was suspicious, how could she not notice if someone was following her?

After a while, He Min abandoned the carriage, leaving Qiu Ya and the boy driving behind him, and walked through several streets and alleys. It seemed like he was stopping and going, and finally entered a dead end.

The three of them stopped at the corner of the alley with bated breath, but for a while, there was no sign of the fourth person.

Qiu Ya was about to speak out when she saw a shadow on the wall approaching slowly. She covered her lips and widened her eyes. She took a step back and let the boy take action. Then she saw a woman bump into her and was backhanded by the boy. It was pressed against the stone wall.

The woman screamed in pain, as if she had not expected this situation.

He Min took a step forward and said angrily: "You are the one who has been following me all day? What on earth do you want to do? Could it be that you want to kidnap me and defraud a sum of money from the general's mansion?"

After all, besides this, He Min couldn't think of any other reason.

Looking at each other at such a close distance, the woman had a stunned look on her face, looking at her with tears in her eyes, and said: "The third girl misunderstood me, how dare I deceive the general's mansion, I -"

She hesitated and couldn't give a reason.

However, He Min looked at this face and frowned, it seemed familiar, where had he seen it before...

After a moment of silence, she suddenly raised her eyes.

Five years ago, one night she insisted on going out for a parade with Lu Jiuxiao, which made him very impatient and was thrown on Ying'an Avenue.

A woman gave her a newly made candy man and touched her newly braided hair. He Min was very unhappy and turned her head away.

The woman was so dissatisfied that she insisted on putting a peace charm into her hand. He Min refused and was so frightened that she almost cried in the street.

Later, He Chen returned along the road to find her and took her away from the woman. She left the peace charm and the candy man on the street corner.

That's her.

It was her five years ago.

Thinking about this, He Min got goosebumps all over her body, "Who are you?"

"If you don't tell me, I will hand you over to the government for investigation!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the woman pushed the boy away with all her strength and stumbled back to the alley.

"Eh!" Qiu Ya stared, "Hurry up and chase!"

The boy was stunned for a moment and hurriedly ran forward. However, facing this alley with many forks, he finally lost track of him.

He Min froze in place worriedly. When she looked into the woman's eyes, she felt familiarity for no reason. And this inexplicable familiarity made her very scared...

"Qiu Ya, let's go back home." She frowned.

Almost in tandem, Chen Mu followed closely back to the west wing.

He presented a stack of files and said, "Sir, there are some coincidences in what you ordered the past two days."

He Lin opened the file and wanted to ask what was going on. However, Chen Mu had already seen one of the things.

This file is the information that Chen Mu obtained from checking the household records of the doctor's family. Among them, the head of the family, Shen Yan, is the same person as the Shen Yan in the list of Fan Anshan's deceased that he submitted that day.

In other words, he is the father of the woman Lu Jiuxiao bought back from the brothel.

Is it such a coincidence?

He Lin narrowed his eyes, could it be that the woman came here because of her daughter? That makes sense.

Thinking about this, he frowned, feeling that he had missed something very important.

He paused, continued to read, and asked: "A few coincidences, what else?"

Chen Mu replied: "The subordinates sent to Anning County to inquire about the human affairs. Five years ago, someone also inquired about the Shen family. They asked about the Shen family's subsequent address and also inquired about the person who delivered Mrs. Shen's baby sixteen years ago.

Steady Po."

Five years ago, Jinzhou...

Putting these two words together, he could not help but think of He Chen who made an unprovoked trip to Jinzhou a few days before the expedition.

The two words He Chen should not have anything to do with the Shen family.

No one would think of him and the Shen family being together, but if they really thought of him...

He Lin was startled suddenly, stood up suddenly, pushed open the door and walked out, quickly returned to the bedroom, rummaged through the cabinets, and took out a scroll of residual paintings from the bottom of a mahogany box.

There was a "swish" sound, and the scroll was unfolded. Looking at the bun, you could vaguely see that it was a little girl who had not yet grown out. This painting was sent to Beijing along with He Chen's body from the military capital. The battle in the military capital that day was tragic.

This painting was not spared.

The fire in the military camp burned for who knows how many hours before it was extinguished by a heavy rain. Therefore, the painting was in a state of ruins. Only the upper half of the girl's face in the painting could be seen clearly. Who did those pair of deer-like almond eyes look like?

That day, when he went to Xiyuan to tell Lu Jiuxiao about the Li family, he felt familiar to her for the first time. There was a reason...

But why did He Chen have this painting?

If he was the one who investigated the Shen family five years ago, what was he investigating?

He Lin's hands trembled, and his thoughts were overwhelming. He pressed his eyebrows tightly for a moment and said: "That Wen Po, have you found it?"

"Sir, Po Wen passed away two years ago."

Hearing this, He Lin raised his eyes. He died two years ago. What could He Chen find out five years ago?

He was silent for a while and said: "Send someone to follow Sun to see what she is doing in Kyoto."

Chen Mu responded.
Chapter completed!