After Cang Hai returned, he threw two steamed buns to Mai Mai, "Let's just eat some."
Mai Mai took it wordlessly and took a few bites. It was really hard to swallow, but now was the time to not care about it. She stuffed it into her mouth randomly, chewed it a few times and swallowed it whole.
Cang Hai brought another big box from outside the house, which contained all the items needed for the wedding. Mai Mai saw it and frowned unconsciously. It was obvious that their master and apprentice had a good relationship.
, in order to summon him, she would force herself to marry him no matter what.
"I asked someone to calculate it. The day after tomorrow is a good day for getting married. You can get married on that day." After Cang Hai put everything on the table, he also brought in a basin of water and put it in front of Mai Mai.
He handed over a towel and said, "Wipe him down."
Looking up at the person on the bed, Mai Mai hesitated, but because of her guilt, she still took it. Cang Hai nodded with satisfaction, "That's right, you are going to become husband and wife soon.
You should also take care of your husband."
As she walked over, her anklets made a screeching sound as they dragged on the ground. Mai Mai looked down at the unsightly thing on her feet, and the humiliation of being imprisoned made her angry.
"In this unfamiliar place, I can neither run nor escape. Do you have to tie me up like this?" His tone was harsh and his attitude was cold.
Cang Hai smiled coldly, "You woman, you have participated in politics and led soldiers, what can't you do? It's better to be careful." Then his expression softened, as if to comfort him, "You don't have to worry.
Well, after you get married to Zhao'er, I will naturally let you go."
Mai Mai took a few deep breaths and knew that it was useless to tell him this again. Instead of being angry, it was better to save her energy and wait for the opportunity to escape. She soaked the towel, wrung it out, walked to the wooden couch, and lifted the blanket.
Instantly, a stench hit his face. Mai Mai hurriedly covered his nose and mouth, turned his head to the side and took a deep breath. His stomach began to churn, and the few buns he had just eaten couldn't bear the lonely tossing up and down.
"Ugh..." Mai Mai couldn't bear it anymore and retched, her face turned red from holding it in.
Cang Hai's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he said lukewarmly, "Is this unbearable? If it weren't for saving you, would he be so injured?" When he looked at Wan Qizhao, there was a smile hidden deep in his eyes.
It is a heavy helplessness and sadness, "He is a prince, a person who will inherit the throne, but if you look at him now, he does not look like a human or a ghost. He falls asleep like this every day, eating, drinking and urinating on the bed.
You can only rely on my needles and herbs to stay alive. If you think he stinks, why would he be willing to do this! A woman like you is not worthy of my disciple paying so much for you! If he hadn't begged me, you would have been a
Pile of bones!" Cang Hai's turbid eyes, a little red, were full of hatred when he looked at Mai Mai. It was this woman who had ruined everything for his apprentice. He clenched his fists and rushed out of the door. He was really afraid that he would lose control.
He couldn't help but strike her with one palm.
Mai Mai stood there blankly, turning his head numbly to look at the man on the bed who was so thin that he had only a skeleton left. His nose was sore and his eyes were moist, as if something was surging. He dragged the chain slowly.
He walked over and lifted the blanket again and pushed it aside. From his waist down to his feet, he was covered in blue-black color. The muscles in his legs showed signs of atrophy. His legs were basically necrotic, and large chunks of skin had fallen off.
.
She took a deep breath, calmly held the towel, and gently wiped his body, but her tears couldn't stop flowing down.
I still remember the scene when I first met him. The fat maid from Prince Qing's Mansion was chasing her all over the yard with a stick, and it was he who spoke out to save her. I also remember that when Wan Qiqing whipped herself, it was he who
He brought her to the palace; she even remembered that he was the one who took her away when she was deposed and passed out in front of Prince Qing's Mansion...
While crying, she dipped the towel into the water again. After washing it, she turned around and met his dim eyes.
"Don't, don't cry..."
Wan Qizhao wanted to smile, but couldn't pull the corners of his lips; he wanted to comfort her, but couldn't say more. His eyes became much lighter.
Mai Mai wiped away her tears and smiled, "When you wake up, wait until I help you change into clean clothes, and then ask your master to cook you something to eat. I originally wanted to do it myself, but my cooking skills are really bad.
." The relaxed tone temporarily resolved the previous sadness, and she knew that he did not need other people's sympathy and tears.
The movements of his hands did not stop while he was talking, and he kept wiping them carefully. When it touched his legs, the stench became heavier and heavier. The color of Mai Mai's face did not change, and he kept wiping it gently and carefully.
.
A trace of shame flashed across Wan Qi Zhao's face. He didn't want her to see him like this. He really wished he had died when he fell off the cliff. At least, she would remember Wan Qi Zhao who died to save her.
Instead of being like this now, full of stench and dying of misery.
"I won't let the master force you," he said with difficulty, word by word, "I will let him, let you go."
The tears that had just stopped started to well up in her eyes again. Mai Mai sniffed and deliberately ignored his words. She walked to the cabinet beside the bed and pulled out a shirt, "Here, put it on first."
She took off his dirty and smelly shirt and put on a clean one, and he looked a little more energetic. She smiled with satisfaction, sat on the edge of the bed, stared into his lifeless eyes, and said with confidence
, "You will get better, you will."
He looked at her intently, and slowly stretched out his bony hand to hold hers, "It is a mistake for me to live now. I am afraid that the master will be sad, so I insist on living. But it is very hard and painful.
.”
Mai Mai let him hold her hand, and when she heard his words, she couldn't help scolding him, "What nonsense are you talking about? As long as you live, there is hope, and you must never give up. Your master's martial arts skills are so high, he will definitely think of
I’ll find a way to heal you.”
He shook his head gently and said bitterly, "It's useless. Living one more day is torture for me." He raised his eyes and looked at Mai Mai as if pleading, "Please help me, okay?"
Mai Mai quickly pulled out her hand, stood up and turned her back to him, "No! It's impossible! Don't even think about it!" Looking back, she glared at him angrily, "Why can't you live strong?! Wan Qizhao is now
When did you become a coward?!"
He looked at her quietly, then slowly closed his eyes, "You owe me this."
Mai Mai was stunned, as if his heart had been stabbed hard by a sharp weapon.
At this time, the door curtain in the room was opened, and Cang Hai walked in with a small bamboo basket in his arms and put it next to the bed. Seeing Wan Qizhao's clean appearance, he smiled with satisfaction and said, "Well, not bad."
When Mai Mai saw what was in the bamboo basket, he was frightened and took a step back. Inside were some colorful snakes, centipedes, scorpions and other poisonous things, crawling around in a ball, which made people's scalp numb.
"This is……"
Cang Hai glanced at her and said calmly, "It's best to close your eyes for a while."
Mai Mai raised her head in confusion and met the complicated eyes of Wan Qizhao who had lost his vitality but was struggling on the edge of pain. She shrank away, not wanting to see his despair again.
After hesitating for a moment, Cang Hai asked firmly, "Disciple, are you ready?"
"...Well," Wan Qi responded, then turned his head and looked away. But his hands couldn't help but grasp the mattress tightly.
Cang Hai gritted his teeth, picked up the bamboo basket, and poured all the poison in it onto him...
Mai Mai forgot to close his eyes, and froze in place in shock, motionless, watching the poisonous snakes get into his clothes, watching the scorpions crawl onto his legs...
Wan Qizhao's originally sallow complexion suddenly turned red, as if he was enduring great pain. From his sunken cheeks, you could clearly see that he was clenching his gums.
His body was covered with these ferocious-looking things. Mai Mai could no longer bear the horrific sight, so she covered her mouth and turned around.
"ah!"
At this time, Wan Qizhao suddenly shouted, which was the roar of a man facing fear. Mai Mai could hear his despair and eagerness to seek relief.
She knelt down and buried her face between her legs, covering her ears with her hands.
Cang Hai held down his squirming body, and his cloudy eyes were blurred, "My good disciple, please bear with me for a while. Master knows that you are uncomfortable, so just hold on for a while longer. He must use their poison to stimulate your heart."
pulse."
"Master, it's useless! It's useless!" Wan Qizhao grabbed his arm and roared until the veins on his neck were exposed, "You know I won't live long! Master, let go, please, let go!"
Mai Mai was shocked suddenly and opened her eyes in disbelief.
"Pah!" Cang Hai slapped him hard in the face without even thinking about it, and glared at him angrily over his shoulder, "I don't allow you to say such things again, do you hear me? My Cang Hai's apprentice is not a coward.
!Master will not let you die, never!"
Wan Qizhao was slightly stunned, and slowly, he gritted his teeth and nodded, "Yes, I understand."
No matter how the poisons on his body gnawed at him and how many poisons in his body clashed, he never screamed again.
Cang Hai couldn't bear to turn his head and quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. How could he not know the pain of five poisons attacking the heart? However, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, he will give it a try. After the Cang family was exterminated,
He only regards Wan Qizhao as his only relative, and the relationship between the two as a master is better than a family relationship. He can't help but watch his apprentice die!
It wasn't until half an hour later that Cang Hai put all the things on the bed back into the bamboo basket, covered the exhausted Wan Qizhao with a blanket, and then left the house.
Mai Mai was still squatting stiffly on the ground. The door curtain moved and brought up a gust of wind, which made her shiver. Only then did she realize that her underwear had been soaked with sweat and stuck tightly to her body. She turned her head uneasily.
, but when she met Wan Qizhao's complicated eyes, she lowered her head silently, not knowing what to say.
After witnessing the price of his life, she could no longer criticize him in a preachy tone.