[Red House] But for the sake of the king

The sky is twilight, and the palace with red walls and yellow tiles stands solemnly in the morning light.On the southwest side of the palace, there is a small corner gate. Every morning, several large carts loaded with fresh vegetables and meat enter the palace from here.

A figure in a moon-white embroidered bamboo gown came out from inside, and it was out of place with the several short-dressed people pushing a cart around them.This person is Jun Qi, and those four are his four guards.This time, the matter was urgent and he needed to deceive others, so he had no choice but to change his attire, pick four guards with outstanding martial arts skills, and planned to rush all the way.

Not far away, several people who were always watching the movements in the palace split into two groups, one group followed Jun Qi, and the other group went to Jinan city.

In Yangzhou City, patrolling Yan Yushi's mansion, the master Lin Ruhai's injury has stabilized, but he still can't get out of bed.The most important thing now is the only young lady, Lin Daiyu.

But it turned out that Daiyu was so frightened that day, she was finally coaxed to sleep by Tang, and she was worried that she would sleep alone, so she made an exception and slept with her grandparents.It turns out that there is a saying that the elderly are dying and their energy is low, while the children are young and have a lot of energy.If they face each other day in and day out and live in the same room, the energy and energy of the child will be sucked away by the old man, making it difficult to grow up.Therefore, although Tang loved Daiyu, he never let her sleep with him.

It's just that Daiyu's sleep is not very stable, she must be holding on to something, even if it is like this, she wakes up many times at night.After a few times, he began to talk in his sleep. Tang felt that something was wrong, and only after touching it did he realize that he had a high fever.So he hurriedly asked someone to invite Dr. Li, and at the same time asked someone to bring the prescription prescribed in the evening and fry it.

Fortunately, Dr. Li lives in a street behind the mansion, and came here soon.After some diagnosis and treatment, I was quite surprised. The child under three years old is most afraid of high fever. If it is not handled well, it will be hard to say in the future.Therefore, medicine was prescribed and water was poured again, so that people kept wiping Daiyu's body with warm water.After a few girls flustered for a while, they finally lowered the heat a little bit.After the medicine is decocted, it can't be fed no matter what.In the end, I used a long wooden strip specially designed to pry the mouth, and poured it raw, and most of it still flowed out along the edge of the mouth.

Tang's heart ached and shed tears, who could watch such a scene without crying.The maids Xianyun and Feixing were all chanting Buddha's name in their hearts. How could such a smart and well-behaved young lady suffer such a crime.

On this day, until dawn, Daiyu's fever gradually subsided.

It's just that in the next few days, Daiyu has not been able to slow down.When awake, she is like a frightened bird, hiding in Tang Shi's arms at the slightest movement; her sleepiness is also shallow, and she will wake up with a start at the slightest light or movement.After three or five days, the small round face that was originally rosy and rosy turned out to be extremely thin, and the two thin eyebrows did not seem to stretch.Tang has no choice but to pray in the small Buddhist hall every day, praying for the blessing of the Lord Buddha.

Xu Shi was sincerely moved, when Tang shi finished reciting the Diamond Sutra and put away the beads that day, he remembered that the gift from the abbot of Daming Temple was a string of [-] chicken blood red sandalwood beads.Thinking of the good words the master gave, Tang's thought made someone take it.Because Daiyu was still young, she hung it directly around her neck.

Strange to say, after hanging up this string of Buddhist beads, Daiyu slept much more peacefully that night.The next day, even the low-grade fever disappeared, and the old smile appeared on the haggard little face.

When Tang was happy, he ordered Lin Sheng to go to Daming Temple to thank the abbot, and added 200 taels of sesame oil.

Jun Qi traveled fast all the way, day and night, and finally entered the boundary of Huaiyin after five days, only one day's journey away from Yangzhou.The four guards felt a little tired after traveling non-stop for the past few days, and their legs were rubbed on the horse's back until they lost consciousness.Because Jun Qi had a sea of ​​thoughts in his heart, even though his body was exhausted, he held his breath and wanted to move forward.It's just that he was so focused on going to Yangzhou that he ignored many movements around him. It wasn't until two days ago that he realized that there seemed to be someone following behind him.

Jun Qi practiced martial arts when he was young, and as a child of the royal family, his vigilance is absolutely unmatched.There are several people following behind, and it is by no means a group, there are about two people in each group.He knew that the Supreme Emperor had been sending people to stare at him, but there were at least two groups of people here, but he couldn't figure out who was instigating it.Only three of their brothers survived to adulthood.After the eldest brother, only he and the sixth brother were left.He knows Junyou's background well, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent out.Could it be that they were sent by the Tatars?

After running with a few tails for two days, Jun Qi still decided to get rid of those young people before entering Yangzhou, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

Entering Huai'an City, Jun Qi randomly chose an ordinary inn to live in.Huaiyin is located at the junction of the Huaihe River and the Grand Canal. It is rich in humanities, rich in products, and there are countless merchants and tourists.On this street, there are many ordinary inns like this, such as Ping'an, Yuelai and so on.On the opposite side of the Shunxing Inn where Jun Qi lived, there is a Yuelai Inn, and on the same side, across a teahouse, is another Gaosheng Inn.

After knocking on the door three times, a deep and hoarse voice came from inside, "Come in."

A man in a well-dressed suit pushed the door open and went in, knelt on one knee, "Master, there are three people living across from each other, two groups of people; two people live next door, they are together."

Jun Qi threw the towel into the washbasin, took a sip of tea, and finally felt a little better in his burning throat, "Do you know who sent it?"

"One of the people on the opposite side was sent by the old man. There are two other subordinates who failed to find out the details. The two people next door, judging from their accents, don't look like people from the Central Plains."

Jun Qi paused, but he didn't expect that ginseng from other races came in, "Oh, I don't know whose dog it is, but it's quite fat. Is it from the north?"

"I heard a few words from my subordinates. It doesn't sound like Tatar, but it sounds like the words of Goryeo and Silla."

"Gaoli?" Jun Qi stroked the emerald jade finger in his hand, thinking about the situation in Gaoli.After a while, he asked again, "When will the people behind arrive?"

"Be there before tomorrow morning."

Jun Qi stood up suddenly, and walked to the window, "That's good. Let's serve snacks tonight, so there must be no visitors."

"Yes, master."

In the dark night, there was the sound of a night watch in the distance, and before you knew it, it was the third watch.In the small alley, a few wild cats who were extremely hungry uttered shrill screams and gradually disappeared into the night.The ancient city, which had been noisy for a day, fell into a peaceful sleep, but this tranquility was broken by two uninvited guests at the next moment.

The half-open window allowed the two men in black to enter the room smoothly, and groped inside under the faint moonlight.Walking to the bed, the man in black at the head took out a dagger and stabbed down fiercely.Unexpectedly, the quilt was lifted suddenly, covering his whole body, even the dagger was covered by the quilt, there was only the sound of the cloth being cut.The man behind was originally guarding the door to prevent anyone from entering.Seeing the sudden change in the situation, he hurried over to support.Unexpectedly, another person came out from the corner and separated him.In the dark, four people come and go, fighting for a while.

Jun Qi was sitting in the next room, hearing the sound of fighting, and asked a guard to help.With one more person, the other party was restrained within two or three efforts.The two men in black had their arms removed, and they were sent to have sex with Jun Qi.

Jun Qiduan sat on the long bench, pretending to be a dragon chair, while playing with the dagger found from the man in black, he said with a smile, "Ha, you guys are so brave, just two of you still want to take it." My life?" A sharp dagger was brushed against the cheek of a man in black, and a streak of blood appeared immediately, "I still recognize this dagger, and the back of it is a special symbol of the Goryeo royal family, am I right?"

The two men in black were stubborn and didn't say a word, even when their dislocated arms were twisted severely, they didn't make a sound.Hearing Jun Qi tell their origins at this moment, he also readily admitted, "You are right, you have some knowledge."

But Jun Qi suddenly laughed as if he had heard a joke.A small country like Goryeo, let alone swallowing Baekje and Silla, even if it has already unified the three countries, would not dare to touch him.In ancient times, there was a siege of Wei to save Zhao, but now I am afraid that Baekje or Silla wants to kill people with a knife.

Just when he was about to order the guards to deal with the two, Jun Qi felt movement outside the window.The next moment, the two broke through the window, holding long swords, and came straight towards Jun Qi.The guards standing on both sides rushed to block and defuse the sharp move.The two men in black on the ground stood up and resisted at the right time, dragging one arm, and resisted stubbornly.The small room became messy in the fight.Jun Qi blocked and retreated, and was forced into a corner.The four of them ignored the wounds on their bodies and tried their best to attack Jun Qi.

Fortunately, the two men in black had fought before, exhausted a lot of strength, and died under the sword of the guards after a dozen moves.The latter two were gradually lost, took out something from their arms, and threw it into the air.Everyone subconsciously closed their eyes to cover them, and when they opened their eyes, there were no shadows of them.

After asking the guards to deal with the two corpses, Jun Qi returned to the original room and fell asleep in a hurry.When it was dawn, he changed into a new outfit, paid the boss a few taels more silver, and took a small team of guards who were chasing him, and hurried to Yangzhou.

In the Lin residence, Tang took Daiyu to look at Lin Ruhai again.Half a month has passed, and his wounds are recovering well, and scabs have begun to form.Xiao Daiyu seems to have forgotten the tragedy of that day, but her temper is no longer as jumpy as before.Knowing that her father was ill and unable to visit her every day, Daiyu begged her grandmother to let her come and visit her father every day.

Several little girls scrambled to open the roller blind, shouting inside, "The old lady and young lady are here."

Tang shi led Xiao Daiyu in, and sure enough, she saw Ruhai sitting up again, and hurriedly said, "It's hard for you to lie down, the wound is not healed yet."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "It's not comfortable to lie on your stomach all day long. Dr. Li also said that you can sit up now, even if you walk around the room."

Daiyu broke away from Tang's hand and trotted all the way, not daring to jump on her father, she stopped away from the shot, "Daddy is not good, you should hit him."

Tang sat down with a smile and didn't speak, just watching how his son dealt with his granddaughter.

Lin Ruhai was stunned by Daiyu's words, a little unable to react, and asked, "Yu'er, why is Daddy so misbehaved?"

Daiyu held onto her pigtails, thought for a while, and said, "Don't listen to grandma. You can't sit, daddy sits."

"Uh," Lin Ruhai really had nothing to say, so he tried to reason with her, "The doctor said, you can sit down."

Daiyu didn't quite understand that it was both impossible and possible.Turning around to look at grandma, as if she had no intention of helping her, Fu turned around and said, "I just can't do it. Grandma can't do it, listen to grandma, daddy is bad."

Lin Ruhai was at a loss for words. It meant that he didn't listen to his grandmother, and that he was taught a lesson by his daughter for being an old man.

Only then did Tang chuckle and said, "Look, our little Yu'er is much more sensible than you, and knows how to listen to her grandmother. You can save me some trouble too, it would be nice to be obedient, and save Yu'er from having to work hard Let me explain. Yu'er, come to grandma, don't be as knowledgeable as your father."

Daiyu hurriedly walked towards Tang's side. Grandma praised her, she understood.

Lin Ruhai smiled awkwardly, and had no choice but to give in, "Mother taught me that."

Tang asked a few more questions like the previous few days, and then took Daiyu away, "Forget it, talking for a long time is also very difficult. I will take Yu'er to see your wife again. It's not good if you die. If you can go, go and see her too, so that she can feel at ease."

Lin Ruhai agreed, and wanted to get up to see her off, but was stopped by Tang.

As soon as the Tang family left, Lin Sheng came in to announce, "Master, a master came outside and said he was an old friend of yours in the capital."

An old friend in Beijing?Lin Ruhai couldn't think of which one it was for a moment, so he asked, "Is there a greeting card?"

"There is no greeting card, the master said his name is An Qing."

Lin Ruhai was startled, and immediately stood up, unsurprisingly pulled the wound on his back, and grinned in pain, "Hiss, hurry up, invite people in quickly, don't neglect."

Lin Sheng hurriedly supported him, "Master, the wound was injured, do you want to call Dr. Li over?"

Lin Ruhai didn't care about this, "No need, quickly invite someone in and tell me I'll go right away. Songmo, hurry up and change my clothes."

Lin Ruhai freshened up, walked to the door of the study but began to hesitate, feeling that she was too hasty.He also wondered how Jun Qi should be still on his southern tour, how could he arrive in Yangzhou so quickly.After several times of hesitation, he failed to muster up the courage to open the door.

Lin Sheng watched impatiently from the side, and whispered, "Master, are you not going in?"

Lin Ruhai glanced at him, hating him for reminding at this time that the master hadn't thought it through yet.

"Ruhai, don't come in yet."

A familiar voice came from the room through the thin screen window, Lin Ruhai's breath was stagnant, and he pushed the door open and entered.

"My minister kowtowed to my emperor, long live my emperor..."

Before An Qing could finish speaking, his arm was supported, "Ru Hai, you are injured, so these vain courtesy will be avoided. An Qing is here to visit an old friend today."

Lin Ruhai knew what he meant, and the wound on his back was also in pain, so he didn't insist and stood upright.Walking, sitting, and lying all involve the flesh on the back, so it's better to move as little as possible.

Jun Qi was afraid that he would get tired from standing, so he went over to help him sit down, "Slow down, don't hurt the wound. You have checked this matter, and you have no clue."

Lin Ruhai replied, "It's not that those salt merchants have acted more aggressively recently. They made less money, so they attacked me. It's because I was too impatient, and I forgot that rabbits bite people when they are anxious."

Jun Qi frowned, ignoring Ru Hai's self-mockery, he should have expected it, but he forgot to arrange people to protect him, "Where are those who did it, have you cleaned it up?"

Ru Hai looked indifferent, "I don't know where to hire the thugs, and where to find them? They are just following orders. I have already beaten those salt merchants, and I just wait for the wounded to heal." , I’ll deal with them after returning to the yamen. I’m not taking public revenge.”

Jun Qi was furious, "If I hurt you, I still have to let them go. How can there be such a good thing. Knowing that you have a kind heart, you can't let people bully you. I'll ask someone to investigate tomorrow. Just leave it alone."

Lin Ruhai was at a loss, the master was not in a hurry, why was he in a hurry.In addition, there is a reason why he didn't get to the bottom of it, "Don't, don't, I'm not a fool, let them bully me. Besides, I scared Yu'er this time, so I let them go so easily. Just wait for me to heal Let's talk about it later."

Jun Qi had nowhere to vent his worries over the past few days. He hurried so fast and escaped the assassination.I don't know whether it's because I'm tired and stupid these days or if I really feel wronged, Jun Qi blurted out, "No, how can someone who has touched me give up so easily!"

The author has something to say: Note: Goryeo and others in the article are just borrowing names and geographical locations, and have nothing to do with real history.As for the old man sucking the spirit of the child, this kind of saying is heard from the old man [the grandparents next door to my house are a good proof of this point.The granddaughter slept with her grandma since she was a child. The grandma is very fat, and the granddaughter just doesn't grow up.Obviously, my parents are still of medium build, but she is small ╮(╯▽╰)╭