Seeing the masked man in black who suddenly came in, holding a sharp knife, the girl screamed in fear, her legs went weak, and she sat directly on the ground.
The two men in black glanced at her, and then glanced around the room. The room was not big, and there were not many furnishings. It was clear at a glance. The two men in black only looked around roughly.
One of them turned around and walked out. The other man in black looked at the girl and asked, "Did anyone come in just now?"
The girl shook her head blankly and said in a trembling voice: "No... I didn't see it..."
The man in black stared at her for a moment, shook his sword, turned around and walked out. When he reached the door of the room, he was about to go out, but his raised legs slowly retracted.
He raised his nose, took two breaths, his eyes flashed, he stared at the girl intently, and said in a cold tone: "Why does your room smell of blood?"
His words shocked Liu Xiu who was hiding under the bed.
There were indeed wounds on his body, and the wounds were indeed bleeding, but he had already sprinkled so much rouge that even he himself could no longer smell the blood, but the other party could still smell it. What a keen sense of smell he must have.
?
The man in black walked towards the stunned and frightened girl step by step. When he got close to her, he flicked his wrist and the edge of the Qingfeng sword was already pressed against the girl's throat. He said in a deep voice: "Tell me! Why is there something in your room?"
The smell of blood!”
The girl shuddered, her face turned pale, and she stammered: "Yes... it's my slave who's here... she's having her menstrual period..."
Hearing this, the man in black's eyes flashed and he frowned. The girl's face turned from white to red. She slowly pulled up her skirt and said with a blushing face: "If...if you don't believe it, you can take a look...
"
The hem of her skirt was rising higher and higher, and when she was about to expose her underwear, the man in black suddenly sheathed his sword, strode out, and uttered two words in his mouth: "Bad luck."
The two men in black left the room one after another. After a while, when they heard that the other party had gone away, the girl couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and slumped down on the ground, beads of sweat flowing down her temples.
Just as the men in black were searching for Liu Xiu from room to room like headless flies, a long and sharp whistle suddenly sounded outside Baixiang Building.
Hearing the whistle, all the men in black stopped searching, ran out of each room, looked at each other, and then ran out together.
This group of men in black came and ran even faster. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace.
Less than five minutes after they left, they heard rumbles of footsteps on the street outside, hundreds of soldiers running over quickly, and behind them, a large number of cavalry were rushing here.
After confirming that all the men in black had escaped, Liu Xiufang got out from under the bed.
The girl stood up tremblingly, walked quickly to Liu Xiu, looked down at the wound on his arm, and said cautiously: "You... you were injured, and there was a lot of blood..."
Liu Xiu, who often fought on the battlefield, no longer cared about such minor injuries. He raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him. It was only then that he looked at her carefully.
This girl is young, maybe sixteen or seventeen years old. She has good looks, fair skin, and beautiful facial features. However, she has a large red birthmark on her right forehead that extends to her right eye.
This birthmark undoubtedly ruined the beauty of the girl's entire face, making her originally pretty and cute look look ferocious and scary.
After Liu Xiu looked at it, he secretly thought that it was a pity that such a good girl, who was born fair, clean and delicate, had such a large and unsightly birthmark.
But then I thought about it and felt that it might not be a bad thing for this girl to have such a birthmark.
The other girls were in the room because there were guests, but this girl stayed in the room, probably because of the madam's order, and he didn't want her to go out and scare people.
Judging from the furnishings in her room, she was very poor. She probably didn't have any guests visiting her on weekdays. This birthmark preserved her innocence.
Liu Xiu asked in a weak voice: "What's your name?"
"My name is... Xiaoqing." "I want to ask you your real name." "Mu Yanqing."
Liu Xiu nodded, thought for a moment, and asked, "Who is Mu Sheng, the former county government official, and you?"
The girl trembled and whispered: "It's... it's my father."
Liu Xiu thought about it carefully and said quietly: "I don't remember that Mu Sheng has a daughter like you."
Liu Xiu spent a lot of time in Xinye, so he didn't have a thorough understanding of the county government officials, but he did know a little bit about them.
In his impression, Tingyi Mu Sheng had two daughters. The eldest daughter had already been married, and the younger daughter was waiting to be married. It was said that she was as beautiful as a flower, and many people came to propose marriage.
But judging from Mu Yanqing's age and appearance, she is neither Mu Sheng's eldest daughter nor his youngest daughter, so where did she come from?
The girl lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The slave family is a commoner. They did not live in the city before, but always lived in the village outside the city. Later, something happened to my father, and the slave family...the slave family was sent to Baixiang Tower."
I see. No wonder I have never heard of Mu Sheng having a daughter like Mu Yanqing. It turns out that she is a concubine. Judging from her appearance, she probably wouldn't have been too favored by the Mu family before, otherwise she wouldn't have been settled in Zhuangzi outside the city.
inside.
As they were talking, they heard the rumble of footsteps going up the stairs from outside. At the same time, they could also hear Ma Wu's neck-tearing cry: "My lord! My lord!"
Liu Xiu smiled at Mu Yanqing and said, "Please help me up, dear!"
Mu Yanqing grabbed one of Liu Xiu's arms and helped him up from the ground. After standing up, Liu Xiu felt like the world was spinning. He shook his head, stabilized his body, and first fell to Mu Yanqing.
Thank you, and then raised his voice to the outside and said: "Zizhang, I'm here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a whooshing sound and Ma Wu rushed in from outside.
Seeing Liu Xiu standing in the house, Ma Wu immediately stepped forward and said with surprise and joy: "Lord!" Seeing a lot of blood on his arms, Ma Wu's expression changed again and he asked anxiously:
"Lord, are you injured?"
Liu Xiu said nonchalantly: "It's just a flesh wound, it's not a problem." He changed the topic and asked: "Zizhang, did you see those assassins when you came here?"
Ma Wu shook his head and said: "My lord, when my subordinates arrived, all the assassins had already escaped, but lord, don't worry, my subordinates have sent out cavalry to track them down!"
While they were talking, Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun both walked in from the outside. Seeing the wound on Liu Xiu's arm, they looked solemn and asked in unison: "Axiu, what's going on?"
Liu Xiu said: "I sent Liu Jin back to the Liu Mansion, but on the way home, I was attacked by assassins."
Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun looked at each other, narrowed their eyes and said, "Could it be that Liu Yong..."
Before the two of them finished speaking, Liu Xiu waved his hand and said firmly: "It's not him."
These assassins cannot be sent by Liu Yong. First of all, he saved Liu Jin, and Liu Yong had no reason to kill him. Secondly, these assassins are too skilled. With Liu Yong's strength and ability, he cannot find so many such powerful assassins.
.
"Who could that be?" Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun frowned.
Ma Wu said seriously: "Who sent the assassin can be investigated slowly in the future. Now the lord is injured and needs to return home for treatment immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xiu suddenly felt dizzy, and her body went limp. Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun, with quick hands and eyes, hurriedly supported Liu Xiu and said in shock and horror: "Axiu, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Xiu waved his hand slightly. At this time, everything in his eyes had turned into a double image and was spinning around him. He said feebly: "It's nothing, I'm just a little dizzy. Maybe it's because I ran for too long and lost blood.
Too many relationships.”
Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun said anxiously: "Axiu, let's go back home immediately!" As he spoke, Zhu Yun tore off Liu Xiu's sleeves and wanted to bandage his wounds first.
Liu Xiu turned back to look at Mu Yanqing, pondered for a moment, and said, "Take this Miss Mu away with you."
Ma Wu mistakenly thought that Mu Yanqing was an accomplice of the assassin, and subconsciously held the sword under his ribs, looking at Mu Yanqing with eyes like knives.
Mu Yanqing's face changed with fright, she subconsciously took a step back, leaned back, and sat on the ground involuntarily. Seeing this, Liu Xiu frowned slightly and said, "Zizhang, don't be rude, it was Miss Mu who saved me just now.
"
After hearing this, Ma Wu's sharp eyes immediately softened, and the hand holding the sword hilt also dropped. He bowed his hand to Mu Yanqing and saluted, saying: "Miss Mu, I was rude just now! Miss Mu,
please!"
At this time, Mu Yanqing had already heard that the young man who suddenly broke into her room and hid was Liu Xiu, the younger brother of General Liu Yan of the Zhu Tiandu Department.
She looked at Liu Xiu blankly, unable to recover for a while. At this time, Zhu Yun, who was bandaging Liu Xiu's wound, took a breath. Just now, he was covered by his sleeves and could not see clearly the condition of the wound. Now he
Liu Xiu's sleeves were torn off, and it could be clearly seen that the skin on both sides of the wound had turned black. He said anxiously: "No! Axiu has been poisoned!"
After hearing his words, Ma Wu and Zhang Ping took a closer look, and their expressions also changed.
The wound was black, which was obviously a sign of poisoning. Zhang Ping and Zhu Yun looked at each other, and they both helped Liu Xiu to Mu Yanqing's bed and let him lie on it.
Now they no longer dare to touch Liu Xiu. The blood flow will accelerate, which will only make Liu Xiu more poisoned. Ma Wu strode to the door of the room and shouted at the soldiers outside: "Find the medical officer! Go to the county government office quickly."
, bring all the medical officers here!"
The news that Liu Xiu was assassinated and was poisoned soon reached the county government. After hearing this, Liu Yan became anxious and took the county government's medical officer with him and hurried to Baixiang Tower.
When he saw Liu Xiu, the latter was lying on the bed. There were beads of sweat on his forehead, which hurt. Liu Yan swallowed, walked to the bed, lowered his head and carefully looked at the wounds on Liu Xiu's arm.
At this time, the wound had turned black, ferocious and scary. Liu Yan picked up the handkerchief, gently wiped the sweat beads on Liu Xiu's forehead, and comforted in a low voice: "Axiu, don't worry, the medical officer is here, soon I’ll detoxify you!”
As he spoke, he turned to look at the three medical officers he had brought with him, and said in a deep voice: "Detoxify immediately!"
The three medical officers bowed in agreement, walked up to Liu Xiu, and took a closer look at the wounds on his arms.
The three of them looked and touched it, but even after being busy for a long time, they could not determine what kind of poison Liu Xiuzhong had.
If it was a powerful poison, it stands to reason that Liu Xiu would have died long ago after being poisoned for so long. But if it was an ordinary poison, the two of them had never seen it before, and the wound was so black that it was completely poisonous. The manifestation of poison.
Seeing the three medical officers mumbling and mumbling, unable to make a judgment for a long time, Liu Yan's eyes turned red and he asked sternly: "Why haven't you detoxified my brother yet?"