Tang riddles

Xiong Niang walked into the room, surrounded by a strong smell of blood.The corners of her eyes were twitching, and she walked slowly to the side of the couch with stiff steps, only to see that the mattress on the couch was covered with blood.Zhang Ruohan had already been put on simple clothes by Shen Sui, and the quilt covered her chest and abdomen, and Shen Sui didn't dare to completely cover her abdomen. Zhang Ruohan's beautiful legs were still exposed outside.She fell into a deep sleep without feeling anything, but her complexion was very peaceful and serene, with a blush still remaining.

"Third lady... this is..." Tiao Niang carefully approached, and saw the red blood on Zhang Ruohan's legs, flowing over her porcelain white skin, drawing shocking lines of blood.The blood line gathered at the end of the bed, and a large pool was printed on the snow-white mattress, and the bride felt that she was about to suffocate.

"It's all my blood. The maidservant is fine, she's just too tired." Shen Sui's weak voice sounded behind her, and when she looked back, she saw her sitting slowly on a plinth not far away, with a serious expression on her face. It seemed to be even paler than before.

"What's going on?" Ji Niang was shocked, "Your hand?!"

Shen Sui briefly explained how he met An Lushan and his like in the market and cut his hands to save the female slave.

Tiao Niang took a deep breath, as if trying to organize her words, and after a while she asked:

"What I want to know is what happened when you had sex with the lotus maid. Even if you used your right hand, even if your right hand is bleeding from a wound, the amount of bleeding is too unreasonable."

Shen Sui is as angry as a silk, almost holding on to talk to Yingniang:

"I don't know either...I'd like to know what happened too...I feel like my blood...comes alive...they have their own...will..."

Tiao Niang felt her scalp exploded and her hair stood on end.She opened her mouth wide and was speechless for a long time.

Shen Sui raised his left hand, propped his forehead, and said the last sentence of the night with half-closed eyes.This sentence almost knocked the girl down:

"My blood flowed into the lotus maid's body by itself, and I couldn't stop it. Xiongniang...I bleed a lot..." She seemed to be sighing, and she seemed to be acting like a baby with Xiongniang as she was when she was a child.

However, Tiao Niang felt that her words were like five thunderclaps, she took a few steps back, her brain became dizzy, and it took all the strength in her body to stand still.For decades, all the concepts she had built up as a doctor were shattered in an instant. She didn't suspect that Shen Sui was making up lies to deceive her, and she couldn't suspect that her hearing was wrong. She knew what she just heard Every word is what happened before, and the bloody bed behind her is the iron proof.

"Father..." Tiao Niang murmured unconsciously, looking towards the roof, perhaps she was looking at the sky through the roof, these two words represent her most helpless cry.

Shen Sui supported her cheeks and fell asleep again from exhaustion, while Ying Niang stood still, and after an unknown amount of time, she finally bit the tip of her tongue, using the pain to stimulate herself to cheer up.She first sat on the edge of the bed, helped Zhang Ruohan up, and fed her the soup.The rest was also poured into Shen Sui's mouth, which was drowsy and delirious.During the contact with Zhang Ruohan, Shen Sui must have inevitably swallowed a small amount of Jinzuifang spring/medicine, so she also needs an antidote.

Then she immediately walked to the door, opened a crack, and whispered to Wu Ya and Hu Tuo at the door:

"Wu Ya, you come in, Hu Tuo, you go prepare hot water, the more the better. Take two big tubs and come in."

The two should be right away.Hu Tuo greeted several brothers to leave in a hurry, and Wu Ya squeezed into the room through the crack of the door.Li Jinyue outside the door was very anxious, and asked her if she could go in and have a look, but Yingniang just replied:

"They're fine. It's inconvenient right now, so please forgive me, Princess." Then she glanced at Shen Jin, and Shen Jin seemed to see some strange emotions in the eyes of the bride, but she didn't say anything.

The door closed again.

Shen Jin frowned, thinking to himself.

Wu Ya stood by the bed trembling, not knowing where to start.

"Your San Niang is fine, it's Da Lang's blood." Lien Niang had to explain again, lest Wu Ya faint from fright.But Wu Ya seemed to be even more frightened after hearing this sentence, she glanced at Shen Sui with a pale face, her lower lip couldn't stop trembling.

"Da Lang has no eccentricities. Her hand is injured. Under such circumstances, can she have intercourse with San Niang without bleeding?" Tiao Niang seemed to be pent up with anger, and her tone of voice to Wu Ya was not very good.

Wu Ya seems to be a little relieved, but another doubt arises again: Will the injured hand bleed so much?For some reason, she didn't think about it any further.

Tiao Niang and Wu Ya worked together to transfer Zhang Ruohan to the small couch at the side, and then the two were busy, removing the bedding on the bed together, and even changing the bed curtains, until the bed became an empty wooden shelf.Xie Niang asked Wu Ya to gather up the pile of bedding, bed curtains, including the clothes that Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan were wearing at that time, and burn them:

"Remember, it must be burnt clean, and nothing is left."

Wu Ya was very confused about her order, but seeing the unquestionable appearance of Tiao Niang, she bit her lip and followed it anyway.

She didn't go through the main entrance, so Xiongniang asked her to climb out the window and go to the small stove in the guest courtyard to cook, and she must keep this matter secret.

Hutuo brought his brothers, carrying two large wooden barrels and several buckets of hot water. The two large wooden barrels were brought into the house, placed side by side, and filled with hot water.The few men didn't dare to glance at them randomly, and immediately retreated after finishing their work.The frown girl beckoned the bluebird to come in and help.The bluebird seemed very silent, and when she got close to her, Tiaoniang noticed that her body was trembling uncontrollably.

Tiao Niang held her hand: "Don't think too much!" She said with a suppressed voice.

Bluebird tried to nod.Tiaoniang joined forces with Bluebird again, took off the clothes of Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan, and put them into two big wooden barrels respectively.

"Wash their bodies carefully, Dalang will leave it to you, and I will be in charge of Sanniang." Xiongniang reminded.

"Yes." Bluebird pulled up his spirits, rolled up his sleeves, and began to help Shen Sui wash his body.Shen Sui had already fallen asleep completely at this moment, in a deep sleep, as if passed out again, without any reaction at all.

Shen Sui's right hand was still bleeding, but the momentum had slowed down, the blood was only oozing out, and the wound seemed to be healing at a perceivable speed.But after cleaning the first step, both of their wooden barrels were stained red with blood.

So the water was changed, and during the period, the medicinal soup commissioned by Xiongniang to prepare in the medicine house was also prepared. After bathing for the second time, as soon as Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan entered the medicinal bath bucket, they both looked painful, but they seemed to have fallen into a deep coma, and did not Wake up.By the time we got to this point, it was past midnight.Everyone was too sleepy, and most of them were persuaded to go back to their rooms to rest. Only Li Jinyue and Shen Jin stayed here, and they didn't stay in the courtyard all the time, but went into the vacant room next to Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan's room wait.

The medicinal soup takes longer to soak, and the ingredients of Shen Sui's medicinal soup and Zhang Ruohan's medicinal soup are different. Shen Sui's medicinal soup is a medicinal soup that promotes blood circulation, increases muscle and stops bleeding; Zhang Ruohan's medicinal soup is good for women's cleaning , a tonic soup that restores physical strength after heavy consumption.When the two of them entered the soup bath, they both had pain in their faces. It was because Shen Sui lost too much blood, and the wound touched the soup, and he felt a tingling pain.And because of Zhang Ruohan's excessive indulgence, his lower body has a certain degree of swelling, pain and lacerations. Although it is not serious, it still hurts when he touches the medicinal soup.After the bath is over, Xiongniang plans to give Zhang Ruohan an external application of medicine. With her state like this, she may not be able to get out of bed for three days.However, Lien Niang also secretly admires Shen Sui. Under such circumstances, she can hold back and try not to hurt the maidservant. This child's willpower has been strong since she was a child, and it can be seen that her feelings for the maidservant are somewhat different. how deep.

When the water temperature cooled down, the medicinal power was basically absorbed, and the water was changed again. Finally, the two of them were cleaned and put on clean clothes. Finally, it was done.After making the bed again, Xie Niang arranged Shen Sui to sleep alone on the small couch, while Zhang Ruohan sent Zhang Ruohan back to the big couch. She did not dare to slack off to apply external medicine to Zhang Ruohan, and finally let the two of them cover the quilt and sleep together. Rest, this is a big sigh of relief.

At that time, Wu Ya came back with a gray face, and Liao Niang asked her:

"Is it burnt clean?"

"It's all burnt clean, not a single thread is left." Wu Ya nodded.

"Okay, you are all tired too, go and rest. I am here."

"Tiao Niang, you should also rest, we are young and not afraid of being tired." Blue Robin said.

"What are you talking about, as if I'm very old. Hurry up and go to rest, I don't feel at ease if you stay here." Xiong Niang started to chase people away.

Before Bluebird and Wu Ya could leave, Li Jinyue and Shen Jin who were next door also came when they heard the news.

Li Jinyue came in, looked at Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan, confirmed with her own eyes that they were fine, and then left with a sigh of relief.Shen Jin didn't leave right away. When Li Jinyue left, she tugged on the sleeve of Yingniang and asked:

【Women, do you have something to tell me? 】

"Huh? I don't have anything to say to you." Xiong Niang seemed inexplicable.

Shen Jin pursed her lips, stared at the girl for a while silently, then let go of her hands and said:

【Okay, I'll wait. 】

Tiaoniang laughed, touched her head and said, "Go to sleep quickly, you are not in good health, and you are not letting me worry about it." After saying that, she sent Blue Robin to push Shen Jin back to the house.

"Wu Ya, you watch first, I'll go to the medicine hut, and then I'll make some medicine for them to take when they wake up tomorrow." After Shen Jin and Blue Robin had left, Xie Niang instructed Wu Ya.

Wu Ya nodded, her room was in the side room on the other side, very close to the main house.But she didn't plan to go back to her own room tonight, she moved a small pier to sit beside Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan's couch, lit an oil lamp, and worked with the needle and thread by the light.She didn't feel sleepy, on the contrary, she was overly frightened, and she was a little terrified at the moment.While doing the work at hand, Wu Ya was a little lost in thought, suddenly remembering that she was standing at the door and heard the lingering and haunting panting moans from the room, Wu Ya's face burned again, She raised her head, looked at Shen Sui who was sleeping soundly on the small couch, and then at Zhang Ruohan who was hidden behind the quiet bed curtain on the big couch, and suddenly groaned, and buried her face in her arms.

It's over, how should she face Da Lang and San Niang in the future!

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Yi Yan hurriedly walked in the quiet guest courtyard under the night, she didn't go to the medicine house, but went back to her own room.She didn't carry a lantern, and under the dim light, her face was solemn and terrifying.

With a creak, she pushed open the door of her own room, then turned around and bolted the door.Her room is very close to the medicine house, in the most remote corner of the guest house, not next to anyone, this is her own request.At the beginning, it was just for the convenience of going to the medicine house, but now it is more fortunate.

She opened the large suitcase with a lock in the room. The suitcase was empty at first. After moving in last night, Eileen locked some of her more valuable items into the box.

She searched carefully in the suitcase, and finally took out a long and flat box from a bundle at the bottom of the suitcase.There is another lock on the box, the lock looks strange, it is not a traditional long key lock, but a seal lock.Yi Suo paused, took off the gold ring she had been wearing on her finger, and tried to cover the front seal of the ring on the keyhole of the box.The blue heron pattern matched perfectly, and the box opened with a "click".

She opened the box with trembling hands. This was the first time she had opened this box in so many years.Inside the box lay an old ancient book, cut and sewn from sheepskin, with a blue heron engraved on the cover.

This booklet was left to her by her only brother, to be precise, it was kept here by her brother.Her own brother was a rebellious son since he was a child. The Yi family has been a doctor for generations and served the Yin family.However, he was unwilling to study medicine since he was a child. He always liked to play in the field, wield knives and guns, and fight and kill people, which made his parents worry about him.Later, he went to join the army without telling his father and mother, and he left for eight years.He didn't come back until A Niang passed away and Dad was almost in despair.

That year, Yingniang was 15 years old, and she had studied medicine with her father for many years, but her father always had a saying: The core medical skills of the Yi family are passed on to men and not to women. Sorry, Yingniang, it is Ah. Dad is sorry for you.You are more talented than your incompetent elder brother, but father cannot violate the ancestral system.

A Niang died of illness, and the elder brother came back to attend the funeral. Not long after, the father also fell ill. Before he died, he passed the brochure recording the core medical skills of the Yi family to the elder brother.After my father left, she and her eldest brother held a funeral for him. Before he could observe his filial piety, his elder brother had to go back to the army.Before leaving, he gave the booklet and the ring as the key to his sister.

"Little sister, you take care of it for me. After I come back, I will inherit the Yi family and assist the master's family."

However, once he left, he never came back. The 16-year-old Yingniang married Yin Yu's bodyguard Lu Yifeng with this booklet, and since then she has sealed the booklet and never opened it.Everything that happened tonight reminded her of many, many years ago, when she overheard her father's exhortation to her elder brother before he died.A secret about the bloodline of a mysterious family, a secret that she has always been dubious about, and she no longer believes in it after many years.At that time, she only heard a few words, and always thought that her father lost his mind before he died.Everything that happened tonight overturned her cognition for many years, and she had to turn to the records passed down from her ancestors like a helpless child.

Tonight, she will violate the ancestral rules and open this booklet.It means that she is about to completely reveal a secret that has been buried for many years, a secret that has been passed down for thousands of years and only Yin and Yi know.

She slowly opened the booklet.

The author has something to say: Yin and Yi, Yin Jia alone → Yi, the person standing next to the Yin family is the Yi family.

Lu Yifeng, who appeared in the third volume's Gaiden·Qingyun chapter, was Shen Sui's master Lu, the husband of her mother, who died in the catastrophe of Princess Taiping's mansion.