The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Zong Yue passed the news to Yang Qi. Although Fang Hua's master used medicine, he still couldn't survive this ordeal and his days are numbered. In the letter, Zong Yue specifically asked Yang Qi about the arrangements for Fang Hua. After these days of contact, Zong Yue felt that Fang Hua was smart and a good candidate. If Yang Qi didn't have any special arrangements for Fang Hua, Zong Yue wanted to keep Fang Hua by his side to help deal with related matters.

After Yang Qi finished reading Zong Yue's letter, he placed the note on the candle and burned it. The flame quickly went up along the paper. In a moment, the paper turned into ashes.

The last time Yang Qi took a quick look, he felt that Bi Bo Lane was full of weirdness. This time, should he take advantage of Fang Hua's incident to take a closer look? If he didn't go and take a look this time, it would be troublesome if the people behind Bi Bo Lane wanted to clean up the mess later. When he got smallpox before, he reacted too slowly, which gave Aunt Yin enough time to clean up the mess.

After making up his mind, Yang Qi extinguished the candles in the room, pretended to be in bed, changed into coarse clothes, tied up his hair, dressed like a boy, and slipped out through the small opening of the back lake. Fortunately, Yang Qi had always had the habit of not letting the maids serve him when reading or sleeping. This time, he sneaked out by himself, and the risk of being discovered later was much smaller.

It was Xinyun's turn to stand guard outside the house today. Seeing Yangqi went to bed early, she felt a little surprised and muttered, "Miss went to bed so early today. Normally, she has to read and study until late at night. It seems that Miss is too tired from studying with Mr. Yang these days." After Yangqi fell asleep, Xinyun could take a short rest and didn't have to watch over her all the time.

After leaving the mansion, Yang Qi walked through various alleys in the capital and quickly arrived at Bibo Alley. Fortunately, when Yang Qi was thinking about Bibo Alley, Zong Yue drew a map of the capital for Yang Qi to facilitate his thinking, and carefully marked the alleys in the capital that Zong Yue knew.

Zong Yue knew that Yang Qi would come to Bibo Lane tonight, so he waited for him at the entrance. Seeing Yang Qi appear at the intersection, Zong Yue was relieved: "Xiao Qi, this way." Before that, Yang Qi and Zong Yue had agreed that when they acted alone outside, they would call each other brothers to avoid trouble, and Yang Qi gave himself a nickname "Xiao Qi".

Yang Qi nodded to Zong Yue and followed him into Bibo Lane. Although the lane was winding, Zong Yue had been there several times before for medical consultations, so he quickly brought Yang Qi to the thatched cottage where Fang Hua and the old beggar lived.

Yang Qi sniffed the smell in the alley carefully. The smell seemed to be stronger than last time. What kind of smell was it that needed to be hidden in the residence of a group of beggars? Following behind Zong Yue, Yang Qi carefully observed the situation in Bibo Alley. At night, the beggars in Bibo Alley all huddled in their haystacks, and the whole alley was quiet.

Fang Hua was guarding the old beggar in the innermost thatched house. When he saw Yang Qi and Zong Yue come in, he wiped the tears from his face and said, "Doctor Zong, Young Master, you are here." This time Yang Qi was wearing boy's clothes. She thought that it would be bad if her identity as a woman was discovered. The young lady was a good person, and she could not harm her.

Hearing Fang Hua's words, Yang Qi narrowed his eyes. Fang Hua was indeed smart and clever. No wonder Zong Yue wanted to keep this child by his side.

The last time he came, the old beggar was in a coma due to a high fever, but this time he was awake and looked quite energetic. But the three people present knew that this was probably the old beggar's last gasp.

Fang Hua helped the old beggar up and leaned him against the wall: "Master, this is Doctor Zong, and this is the savior I mentioned to you before."

The old beggar smiled gratefully at Zong Yue and Yang Qi, "Thank you, Master, and Doctor Zong, for saving me. My life is over, but this kid is very smart and grateful. Just because of that meal, he has been following me for the past few years. Whenever he has a steamed bun, he would give me the whole bun."

Then, the old beggar coughed a few times, and with the help of Fang Hua, he kowtowed in the direction of Yang Qi: "Master, I know my request is difficult, but this child is really a good seedling. I hope you can take care of him after I leave."

Fang Hua, who was standing aside, watched the master's actions and felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife: "Master, please don't say that." The master was the only relative he had in the world. If anything happened to the master, how would he live?

Yang Qi looked at the old beggar's actions and signaled to Zong Yue.

Zong Yue learned what Yang Qi meant, and immediately stepped forward to help the old beggar up. Zong Yue used his strength skillfully and easily laid the old beggar down again: "Don't worry, old man, this child is very good, and he will definitely have a great future."

Zong Yue's words made the old beggar feel relieved. The old beggar looked at Fang Hua who was crying beside him, and touched Fang Hua's head with all his strength: "Child, don't cry. Everyone has this kind of thing. You should listen to the young master and Doctor Zong in the future, and know right from wrong." After using up his last breath, the old beggar's hand that was touching Fang Hua's head fell down, and he closed his eyes forever.

Feeling the master's departure, Fang Hua quickly took the master's hand and shook the master in disbelief: "Master, Master, wake up, don't leave me alone."

Listening to Fang Hua's sad cry, Yang Qi felt a little reluctant, and said softly to Zong Yue beside him: "Zong Yue, you watch here, I'll look around, don't worry, it's in this part of the room."

Zong Yue also smelled a strange smell since his first visit to Bibo Lane. He knew that Yang Qi had something important to do this time, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Qi."

Yang Qi sniffed hard and found that the smell in the room was stronger than that outside. However, there was no furniture in the room. Even the bed was made of broken bricks and grass.

The room was completely unobstructed, and there was nothing unusual. Yang Qi had no choice but to go out to see if there was anything unusual outside. As soon as he went out, he felt a chill on his neck. It was a sword! Oh my God, he met the mastermind so soon after he went out this time, but he didn't find anything?

As Yang Qi was quickly thinking about the current situation, the person behind him spoke quietly: "I didn't expect you to be here?"

This voice shocked Yang Qi. This voice and this aura could only belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Yang Qi held the sword gently with his hands and carefully moved it away. The sword was shining brightly under the moonlight. It was definitely a good sword. If the sword touched the skin even slightly, it would probably break the skin and leave scars.

When Yang Qi saw Yuan Ruiyuan, he immediately knelt on the ground. He didn't know whether he was frightened by the sword or suppressed by Yuan Ruiyuan's aura. "Your Highness, what a coincidence."