Feng Yu chuckled and said, "It's almost dawn. I'm sure I'll alert my father and mother when I go home. I'll rest at the Peony Tower. Zhang Da and the others will come to look for me tomorrow."
Xie Xun thought for a moment and left Nuanyang to guard her.
After the establishment of the Peony Tower, the Northern Barbarians were restrained by Dugu Jing and no longer visited Hualou. The date of leaving Beijing was approaching, and the Northern Barbarians lived in seclusion and in peace.
Or knowing that the Northern Barbarians would take action, Xie Xun and Feng Yu always felt that it was the calm before the storm.
The Marquis Mansion was on alert, and there were special inspections on food and clothing. Xie Xun reported the news obtained by Mudanlou to Xie Jue without reservation. In the past few days, a military doctor who was good at poison poisoning was stationed in the Mansion and inspected the Marquis of Zhenbei three times a day.
No signs of poisonous insects were found in the bodies of the young masters and ladies.
The northern barbarians were so quiet that Feng Yu was surprised.
Late at night, Hou Mansion.
In Xie Jue's courtyard, Shadow Guards 123 appeared. Xie Jue was sitting on the main seat covered with half a finger wide silk cloth, drinking tea calmly. Shadow Guards 123 had just returned from the inn.
The shadow guard said, "Princess Beiman did refine the mother-in-law Gu in the post house. In addition to the blood of the person who planted the poison, this mother-in-law Gu also needs to be nourished by the blood of the person who planted the poison. Dugu Jing wanted to cast the poison on the Marquis, but he didn't take it.
If you don't get the blood of the Marquis, this kind of poisonous insect won't be able to hurt the Marquis if it doesn't obey your orders."
The Marquis of Zhenbei was injured while hunting and saw blood. That little blood could not feed the Gu worms. Dugu Jing could not get Xie Zhang's blood. Gu worms should not be able to feed the blood of Xie Jue and Xie Xun.
The Northern Barbarian princess can only raise mother Gu.
Xie Jue put down his tea cup thoughtfully. When he entered the Northern Barbarians, Dugu Hongying was still young. She was also a saint of the Northern Barbarians. She was isolated from the world and had very little information. Xie Jue summarized the economy, minerals and population of the Northern Barbarians.
, the main source of income, various cultural customs, the sons of the Northern Barbarian King were clearly investigated, but the investigation of the Northern Barbarian princesses was indeed blank.
He had been living in the Northern Barbarians for two years, and he had only seen Dugu Hongying when he was praying for blessings. He didn't expect that she had learned this skill from the priest. The saint had always been a mascot in the Northern Barbarians, and there was nothing special about her.
Poison... Dugu Jing wants to destroy the Hou Mansion. It is best to plant the poison on the four of them, father and son, and kill each other.
No wonder the East Palace cooperated with the Northern Barbarians in their frequent movements during hunting.
"Send a message to the palace and check if there are any abnormalities in the emperor and the prince."
"yes!"
The shadow guard left like a ghost, and the northern barbarians left the capital with only three days left. After the hunt, the cavalry was stationed in the city of Kyoto. The entire Kyoto was impregnable, and there were only 500 soldiers in Dugu Jing, so nothing big happened.
Except poisoning!
When Xie Zhang came in, the shadow guards had just left. The aroma of books in Xie Jue's courtyard was very strong. There were bookshelves and treasure pavilions on the walls of the main hall. Except for the warm couch and bookshelves by the window, the main hall was empty. Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Peony were afraid of him.
After bumping into each other, the main hall was almost empty. Xie Jue became even more silent after his eye injury, and he didn't like to have people close to him. Except for a few shadow guards, it was difficult for others to get close to him.
"Brother!" Without his eyes, his sense of smell and hearing were particularly obvious. He could hear Xie Zhang's footsteps.
"It's so late and you haven't rested yet?"
"There are some things to deal with!" Xie Jue tilted his head slightly, and even though he couldn't see it, he knew that Xie Zhang was sitting opposite him, "Brother, what's the matter?"
Xie Zhang was silent and did not speak. Xie Jue was very patient and waited quietly.
"After Dugu Jing left Beijing, the new policy was handed over to his uncles. You... you left Beijing to treat your eyes."
"Yes!" Xie Jue said calmly, as if he knew Xie Zhang would agree. He and Xie Zhang had discussed this matter three times. As long as the eldest brother agreed, his father would let him leave the capital.
"Tingfeng, eldest brother, don't go back to Beijing before you get married."
"……good!"
"Let Chu Ning accompany you."
"No need!" Xie Jue said calmly, "The shadow guard will just follow."
"Did you and Chu Ning quarrel?" Xie Zhang asked. After returning from hunting, Fang Chuning had not been to the Hou Mansion. When Tingfeng was injured in Ningzhou, Fang Chuning took care of him and wished he could even feed Tingfeng. But.
This time Tingfeng's eye was injured and Fang Chuning ignored it. It must have been a quarrel.
When Fang Chuning and Xie Jue grew up, they rarely blushed. Neither Xie Jue nor Fang Chuning had good tempers. They both had a strong desire to control, but they were able to find the most suitable way to get along and tolerate each other.
The two of them had a good rapport and a tacit understanding. Fang Chuning must have been so angry when she could bear not to see Tingfeng when he was injured.
Xie Jue said calmly, "A Ning is a relative of the emperor, and the commander is stationed in the south of the Yangtze River. He is not suitable to be involved in the disputes between the Hou Mansion and the royal family. I don't hope that one day, he will have to choose between me and the Yuwen royal family. If so,
My premonition came true, Aning got involved, every time I decided to make a decision with him, it was heart-breaking pain, and I couldn't bear to let it go."
Xie Zhang was shocked, Tingfeng just stirred up huge waves in such a calm way, Xie Zhang hesitated to speak, and in the end he could only sigh, "Tingfeng, just listen to these words, don't let father hear them.
"
Xie Jue said softly, "No one will hear it again."
The people sent by Xie Jue reported that Emperor Jianming and the prince were also in good health and showed no signs of poisoning or being isolated. Xie Jue was even more confused. What was Dugu Hongying doing in Kyoto?
Xie Xun was also confused. Apart from going to Kyoto Guard and watching the inn recently, there were no unexpected incidents. He was very relieved that his eldest brother was guarding the Hou Mansion. The Northern Barbarians also uncharacteristically no longer visited the brothel. At the beginning of the peace talks, they were aggressive, but now they are leaving.
There was no sound in Beijing. Xie Xun felt increasingly uneasy, but he couldn't find anything suspicious.
The day before the Beiman people left the capital, Xie Xun took a break and had something to do in the afternoon. As soon as he left the Hou Mansion, he saw Zhang Lingzheng running in a hurry, out of breath. Xie Xun's heart sank, "Did something happen to the eldest sister?
?”
"no!"
It was a sunny day in April, the sunshine was scorching, Zhang Lingzheng was sweating all over, "The poison in your legs...has been cured."
Xie Xun was overjoyed, "After all these years, you finally found an antidote?"
Zhang Lingzheng was panting, "One of the pills you brought back is poison and the other is an antidote. They are the poison for your legs. Little Marquis, you are just out of luck."
Xie Xun, "..."
Outside the house is not a place to talk. Xie Xun invited Zhang Lingzheng to the hospital. After getting the pills that day, Xie Xun gave them to Zhang Lingzheng. He had long suspected that the poison in his legs was transmitted from the northern barbarians. Otherwise, the hospital would also
It's not like he couldn't find the antidote for so many years. But he didn't expect that by such a coincidence, the medicine Feng Yu picked up would be his antidote.
"are you sure?"
"Are you doubting my medical skills?" Zhang Lingzheng said excitedly, "Your leg can be saved. If you wait another year and a half, even the gods can't save it. Who knows how things will turn out? Xie Xun, you can be saved!"
Xie Xun's mood was agitated, and that kind of slow excitement filled his chest. The leg poisoning had been deep-rooted for two years and had become a chronic disease. Xie Xun was also prepared for the worst. If he really lost his leg, he could only become a rich man.
Idle Man, he was unwilling and very panicked. If his leg was disabled, it was unknown whether he and Feng Yu could make it to the end.
