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After Jiang Linyuan threw the remaining peaches to Xia Heyu, he rubbed his hands on Xia Heyu's clothes, walked to the door, and sat down gracefully.

The little wolf was strolling around in the yard, chewing on a wild flower that he had picked from nowhere. Seeing Jiang Linyuan sitting down at the door of the house, he trotted over and sat next to Jiang Linyuan.

The wolf had already grown up. When it sat down, it was about the same height as Jiang Linyuan. The gray and white fluff on its body was unfurled, and it was very majestic.Jiang Linyuan raised his hand and gently pinched the little wolf's soft, fluffy ears.A gust of wind blew up in the courtyard, bringing a bit of coolness. The little wolf squinted his eyes and stuck out his tongue with a petal still on it.

Xia Heyu fiddled with the letters in his hand for a while, and after eating the half peach, he lifted the white porcelain teapot on the table.The teapot was not filled with tea, but freshly boiled plum soup. Xia Heyu poured a bowl in his hand, walked to Jiang Linyuan's side, shook his robe and sat down, and handed the bowl to Jiang Linyuan.

The white porcelain bowl is filled with plum-red soup, and a sour aroma of plums rises slowly, making the mouth salivate.It's just that Jiang Linyuan had no luck because he ate too much today, and he couldn't hold it in his stomach after only two mouthfuls.

When Xia Heyu saw this, he wanted to take it and drink it himself, but Jiang Linyuan handed the white porcelain bowl to the little wolf without even thinking about it. There were still two drops of glistening plum soup hanging on the beard, leaving only Xia Heyu stretching out his hand in embarrassment.Xia Heyu shook his head with a wry smile, and stretched out his hand to Jiang Linyuan's round belly.

"Half a roast goose, a bowl of sweet soup, a plate of cloud cake, three big pieces of walnut cake and half a peach, you must have starved to death in your last life." Xia Heyu rubbed Jiang Linyuan's stomach jokingly said.

Jiang Linyuan grabbed Xia Heyu's hand and threw it aside, then threw the empty bowl into his arms and said, "What, you still can't afford it anymore?"

"Hey, master, how dare I, even if you want to eat dragon meat and phoenix meat, I have to ask for it for you." Xia Heyu said imitating the tone of a storyteller.

Jiang Linyuan was overjoyed, and said, "It's done, this is the attitude you should have."

Xia Heyu wrinkled his nose, put his hand around Jiang Linyuan's neck, and hooked himself in front of him, not caring that the little wolf was tearing his sleeves, and said with a smile: "I said it in Xia's mansion, it's up to you With a small appetite, I can still afford it."

As soon as the words fell, both of them fell into silence. The word "Xia Mansion" seemed to be a world away, it was the capital city and the dynasty of that year.After the silence, Xia Heyu tilted his head and kissed Jiang Linyuan's temples, and then said, "When we get back to the capital, I'll take you to the most famous taverns in the capital and taste the most famous local snacks in the capital, how about it?"

Jiang Linyuan didn't answer, just smiled and leaned against Xia Heyu's body. He could feel Xia Heyu's heartbeat from behind, accompanied by the breeze that passed by from time to time, calm and peaceful. Autumn in this last silence, and then winter, and then another year in full bloom, and so on, year after year.

After Shi Jinyu heard that Jiang Linyuan and his servant had escaped from the palace through a secret passage, he did not get angry or punish anyone, but silently crushed the celadon teacup in his hand and threw it piece by piece on the table.

On the same day, Shi Jinyu called two people. One of them was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was thin and small like a monkey. There is a pair of very small feet, which are similar to the appearance of a woman's bound feet.

These two people were recruited by Shi Jinyu from Beijing some time ago. He originally planned to use them to deal with Qi Xingzhe, but now he has changed his mind and sent them to Fengcheng first, intending to get rid of Xia Heyu, and then bring Jiang Linyuan back alive with him.

The two took orders, and rushed to Fengcheng day and night. Without much effort, they got into Fengcheng, which was not heavily guarded because it was quiet all day. After several inquiries and investigations, the two finally distinguished which one It was Xia and Yu, which was Jiang Linyuan.

Xia Heyu was also used to walking alone. Apart from Jiang Linyuan, there were very few guards around him on weekdays. This gave the two killers an opportunity to take advantage of.

The sky was a bit cloudy that day, but although the sky was white, it was layered on top of each other, making it difficult to distinguish between you and me, spreading from the top of the head to the horizon.

In the evening, there were no pedestrians on the street. Xia Heyu and Jiang Linyuan came back from the barracks and walked side by side on the way back to the house. Although they were silent all the way, they looked happy. Jiang Linyuan lowered his head and habitually counted the stones on the ground. Suddenly, Xia Heyu who was beside him stopped. When he raised his head, he saw a young man with his hands behind his back standing in front of them. The young man smiled with a hint of childish innocence.

Xia Heyu blinked at the young man, looked around again, and found that the young man was indeed looking at the two of them, so he asked him, "What? Are you looking for us?"

The young man nodded, shook his head again, and asked, "Are you General Xia He Yuxia?"

"I am." Xia Heyu nodded, answering logically.

"Then the only one I'm looking for is you." The young man said, his eyes became more ruthless, and the smile at the corner of his mouth became more evil.

This slight change failed to escape Jiang Linyuan's eyes, Jiang Linyuan immediately felt bad, and tugged at Xia Heyu, but he was still a step too late, because the boy smiled and took out a thin tube from behind, and pulled it hard. After blowing, a brown thing flew out and stuck on Xia Heyu's left shoulder, and the boy turned around and fled away as if flying after he succeeded.

Xia Heyu didn't react for a while, but felt that he had been stung by an insect on his shoulder, and subconsciously touched it, but found a bamboo thorn. The tip of the bamboo thorn was stained with blood, but the blood was dark red and black. The color is originally poisonous on the thorns.

Xia Heyu regained his composure, and felt that the things in front of him gradually became blurred, as if covered with a layer of sand. The body slowly lost strength, and the bamboo thorns fell from his hands. After holding the hand of the person next to him with the remaining impression, he lost consciousness.

Jiang Linyuan supported Xia Heyu's fallen body, laid him flat on the ground, bit his lip hard to calm himself down, grabbed a random person on the street, stuffed him with some silver, and asked him to go to the barracks to find Zhang Ling , Here, I peeled off the clothes on Xia Heyu's left shoulder.

There was a small blood hole on Xia Heyu's left shoulder, and the area around the blood hole had turned purple, and it tended to spread to the whole body.As soon as Jiang Linyuan saw it, he knew that the poison was not small. He reached out and touched a dagger that Xia Heyu carried with him, cut open the blood hole, and cut off the surrounding purple flesh to release the poisonous blood inside.

Purple-black poisonous blood dripped down from Xia Heyu's shoulders. Jiang Linyuan squeezed the wound hard and bit his cheeks. He had never been so flustered in his life. All this happened so suddenly, as if killing people in an instant From the sky into the dungeon.A bloody smell spread in Jiang Linyuan's throat, about to swallow him.

Fortunately, Zhang Ling arrived in time, sent a few people to arrest the young man, and sent people to look for famous doctors in the city, but after seeing them, the famous doctors in the city shook their heads, saying that the poison was fierce, even though the blood was drained The poison has not been eradicated, the poison has spread to the heart, Jiang Linyuan was told to prepare for the funeral as soon as possible, this person may not survive tonight.

Jiang Linyuan became impatient after hearing several doctors say the same thing, and dismissed them all with a wave of his hand.

"Mr. Jiang, if we invite some famous doctors from outside the city to come in, we will find a solution." Zhang Linghong said to Jiang Linyuan with eyes. He originally wanted to beat up those useless doctors. , but seeing that Jiang Linyuan didn't say anything, he endured it.

"It's too late." Jiang Linyuan said, touching Xia Heyu's scorching forehead with one hand, "By the time they rush over, Xia Heyu may be gone."

"Then... what should we do then? General Xia can't die." Zhang Ling cried.

Jiang Linyuan swallowed the fishy sweetness that kept rising in his throat. He must be the person in the world who is most reluctant to let Xia Heyu die, but now he can only suppress his composure. After thinking for a while, he asked back: "That little thing that poisoned you?" , have you caught it?"

"We caught him. He didn't run very far. It's just that after we caught him, he gritted his back teeth and committed suicide by taking poison." Zhang Ling said.

Jiang Linyuan's fingers trembled, and a sense of despair rose from his heart. The person who was most likely to save Xia Heyu in the world was dead.

"Chop off his head and hang it at the gate of Fengcheng." Jiang Linyuan gritted his teeth and said, "There is no need to bury the body, it is chopped up and fed to the wild dogs in the city."

"Master Jiang..."

"Okay, you go first, I'll think of a way." Jiang Linyuan said, his tone was soft and weak, like a spider's thread that would break when touched.

Although Zhang Ling was reluctant, he still nodded, looked back at Xia Heyu who was on the couch, and walked away slowly.

The room fell silent for a moment, Jiang Linyuan didn't have the courage to turn back to look at the person lying on the couch in the silence, he just stood there listening to the messy breathing in the room, and decided to turn around after a long time.

Xia Heyu's face was as pale as paper, his lips were trembling, his eyes were tightly closed, and he lay on his back on the couch as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.Jiang Linyuan poured a bowl of water over there, held up Xia Heyu's head, and wanted him to drink some, but no matter how much Jiang Linyuan tossed, the bowl of water was mostly spilled, but not even a drop was poured in.

Jiang Linyuan threw the bowl in a fit of rage, but the bowl didn't break when it fell on the ground, but rolled around his feet. The remaining water in the bowl spilled on his shoe and drew a half circle around his feet.Jiang Linyuan kicked again, and the bowl rolled far away and stopped when it hit the wall at the other end of the room.

Looking at the stopped bowl, Jiang Linyuan suddenly lost his strength, and sat on the ground leaning on the bed, staring at Xia Heyu with eyes widened in horror, imitating the rise and fall of Xia Heyu's chest, and adjusting his breathing.It's just that Xia Heyu's breathing became weaker and weaker, like a gossamer, and drifted towards the sky.