Urban Night Returner

"What's going on?" Luo Jing paced up and down the ground, a little anxious.

The doctor withdrew his two fingers on Ding Hui's wrist, leaned forward and said, "General, the fetus in Madam's womb is unstable. From the old man's point of view, it seems that there is a sign of miscarriage."

"How did this happen?" Luo Jing glared at Fangyun Fangyu who was standing beside her, "How do you serve Madam?"

Fangyun and Fangyu lowered their heads together, and Fangyun whispered: "My lord, the servants are doing their best to serve Madam, but Madam was fine a few days ago, and I woke up this morning feeling pain in my stomach..."

"Did you eat something indiscriminately?"

Fang Yun quickly shook his head: "Since the doctor came to check the pulse last time, the servants have paid attention to everything."

Luo Jing looked at Langzhong helplessly: "What should I do?"

The doctor twitched the goatee under his chin: "This old man also finds it strange. From this pulse, it can be seen that your wife is in good health, but the fetus is unstable. It is really strange. The old man has no other choice now, so he has to open a few pills first. Take Tie An fetal medicine. Madam, don’t worry too much, it’s reasonable to have a good rest.”

Luo Jing frowned and asked Fang Yun Fengmai to send the doctor out, then turned to Ding Hui and said, "Come and see another doctor tomorrow, don't worry."

Ding Huiyi sat on the head of the bed, his face was a little pale, he said with a wry smile: "Mr. Wu is an old doctor. He has seen this birth for decades. He is well-known inside and outside the capital. If he changes his doctor, he may not be as good as him." Alright. Or the concubine’s life is not good enough to keep this child.”

Luo Jing said angrily: "Nonsense! As long as you are in good health, why can't you keep it?"

Ding Hui lowered his head for a while, then said in a low voice, "I'm afraid this is a sign of a dream."

Luo Jing frowned: "What dream omen?"

Ding Hui showed melancholy, and said in a low voice: "I dreamed that someone stabbed my abdomen with needles last night, and when I woke up, I felt pain. I'm afraid this child..."

Luo Jing said a little irritably: "Nonsense! It's because you are unwell that you have strange dreams. Didn't the doctor say that, don't worry too much, it's reasonable to have a good rest." He felt that his voice was a little louder, calmed down, and slowed down The voice said, "You are too preoccupied, and you still have to worry about the chores at home, so you are naturally tired. From tomorrow on, don't worry about these chores anymore, let Fang Yun do it, and Fang Yu will concentrate on serving you and raising your baby well. "

Ding Hui sighed softly: "These things at home... Aunt Bi is always up and down, how can I not be anxious? I am afraid, so I will follow Aunt Bi's path..."

Luo Jing frowned: "I told you that what happened to Yan'er was an accident. Now that the walls are built, what are you afraid of?"

Ding Hui bowed his head and remained silent.Fang Yun interjected: "But I heard that the nightmarish suppression technique can be effective even across thousands of miles, not to mention walls—" Before she finished speaking, Ding Hui had already shouted: "Shut up, Fang Yun! Grandpa, it's getting late, isn't Grandpa still going to the camp today? Go quickly, my concubine is much better now."

Luo Jing saw that it was getting late, nodded and turned to leave the room.Biquan had already prepared a horse and waited at the gate, and waited for Luo Jing to get on the horse, but he didn't let go of the rein for a moment.Luo Jing looked down at him: "Speak up if you have something to say."

Biquan was silent for a moment, then said: "I heard from Fangyun that Madam is not feeling well. Langzhong Wu is good, but he is old, so I'm afraid the diagnosis may not be accurate. Would you like to invite another good doctor to take a look?"

Luo Jing also had the same idea, nodded and said: "I think so too, but I don't know which one to invite."

Biquan thought for a while and said, "Isn't the doctor Zhang from the imperial hospital able to talk to me? My subordinates know his home, why don't my subordinates come down to invite him in a few days?"

Luo Jing heard that his tone was a little strange, and frowned slightly: "What's wrong with you?"

Bi Quan stroked the horse's mane, and said in a low voice: "This subordinate just doesn't want to see Madam like Yan'er."

Luo Jing can scold others, but Biquan is someone who has been on the battlefield with him, and he is closer than Biyan. Even though he was a little displeased, he could only calm down his voice and say: "Why don't you Suspicious?"

Biquan raised his expressionless face and said in a low voice: "Master, don't you think that Mr. Shen knows too much? Although that Taoist is crazy, some things he said are true. At least, if he If you want to harm someone, I'm afraid the Lord won't be able to prevent him."

Luo Jing was silent.Biquan's words hit his heart - Shen Mobai is too mysterious.It seemed that he was holding Shen Mobai firmly in his hands, rounding and flattening him at will, but in fact, he had no idea what else Shen Mobai could do.From Changzhou to the capital, Shen Mobai would always do a surprising thing from time to time: ask for a ghost, clear the sky, avoid water, suppress dragons, observe qi, rescue epidemics, recognize dragons, and the so-called green scorpion, Any one of them has never been seen, and some are even unheard of.If things are abnormal, he must be a demon. According to this, this person is actually somewhat close to a demon.

"What reason does he have to harm Hui'er?" Although Luo Jing's voice was calm, he felt that his words were a bit weak.

Biquan still had no expression on his face, and said softly: "Master took him out of Changzhou by force, and took him again, I'm afraid...he might not be willing."

Luo Jing really changed his face this time.Shen Mobai and him, he knew that at least half of them were forced by him.Not to mention that he didn't want to leave Changzhou back then, even if he asked him in Wucheng, he was taking advantage of others' danger.Shen Mobai expressed several times that he wanted to go back to Changzhou, but he forced him to stay until he left and came back, but he kept his fast and abstained from meat. All these, now that he thinks about it, are all because of his unwillingness.If Biquan had just said that Shen Mobai was jealous, then he could have laughed it off, because although Shen Mobai would not refuse anyone who came to him, he did not deliberately cater to him; but Biquan said that he was unwilling, which hit the bullseye.

Seeing that Luo Jing showed hesitation, Bi Quan continued: "I think he might not dare to strike even though he is dissatisfied with the master, but if he uses some kind of night-suppressing method to deal with madam, it's easy for him."

Luo Jing was disturbed, and hurriedly said: "I'm going to the camp, what's the matter, I'll talk about it when I come back." With a whip, he walked away from Biquan, only to hear Biquan say quietly: "It's better to send people away, my lord. Otherwise, if the child in Madam's womb does anything good or bad, I'm afraid it will be too late for Master to regret it."

Luo Jing didn't want to listen any more, so he rode his horse and galloped far away, feeling that Biquan's voice was always lingering in his ears.He galloped to the city defense camp in one breath, and felt a little relieved in his heart.He came late today, the morning training in the camp had already ended, the sergeants were having breakfast, they gathered together in groups of three or five, there were a lot of people, and they were muttering for some reason, even Luo Jing walked by None of them were seen.I only heard one person in the crowd say: "... Wang Shangshu's concubine has married the fourth concubine these years, and there has been no smoke and fire. Even the imperial doctor went to see him and said that it is difficult for him to have children. The fourth concubine is suddenly pregnant. If it is his Well, that's odd."

There was a burst of laughter in the crowd, and someone said: "Old man is born, this is also true."

The man at the front pretended to be mysterious and said: "You're just in a daze. Have you heard that a few days ago, Wang Shangshu's mansion was haunted by ghosts. Several groups of Taoist monks were invited, but they couldn't drive them away. The last time, the monk read scriptures all night. At dawn, I found my fourth aunt lying at the gate of her yard, and there were some scattered talisman papers beside her. The talismans drawn on them could not be understood by anyone. Only then did the Shang Shufu know that this haunting was caused by this fourth aunt. You guys Thinking, if it is said that there is no ghost in her stomach, who will believe it?"

There was another burst of laughter, and someone said: "Maybe it's a ghost." Then there was a burst of obscenities in a low voice, although it was suppressed, it was still unbearable.Only someone said: "What about Wang Shangshu?"

The person at the front sneered and said, "What else can I do? What if you change it? Are you leaving her to haunt the house? She can draw symbols, but I don't know what she can do? You know, I was almost suppressed by that Zheng Wang today." Damn, this method of suppressing nightmares is hard to guard against for those who don’t understand it.”

Another person said: "If it were me, I would catch the adulterer and sink into the pond together."

The person in the front laughed and said: "The adulterer probably won't be caught. It is said that the fourth aunt would not say a word even if she died. Maybe this Shentang is about the same."

Another person said: "Wang Shangshu is also a scholar, if he really wants to expose his aunt to Shentang, wouldn't it be a bit..."

The leader said: "How could Wang Shangshu make such a fuss? Does the green turban have a good reputation? Why go elsewhere if you want to sink the pond? Don't you have a well at home?"

Luo Jing only heard the word "Zhen Yan" and never heard the following words.He led the horse and walked towards the general's tent, but he kept repeating these two words in his heart.He had already seen the emperor being suppressed by that concubine of Zheng Wang, and he fell ill for no reason, and the imperial physician couldn't diagnose the reason.And Ding Hui had strange dreams at night, and had abdominal pain for no reason in the morning, and indeed...

Luo Jing was disturbed all day long.Fortunately, when he returned home at night, Ding Hui was fine, so he was a little relieved.These days he often sleeps in Ding Hui's room, and Fangyun Fangyu has already prepared noodles, green salt, and made a bed for him.Luo Jing also stayed down.In the middle of the night, he was suddenly awakened by Ding Hui's painful moans. He saw Ding Hui's eyes closed tightly, his hands pressed against his stomach and curled up into a ball, moaning intermittently, as if he was having a nightmare.Luo Jing shook her a few times, and she managed to open her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Master, my stomach hurts."

Luo Jing hugged her and sat up, shouting loudly: "Fang Yun, Fang Yu! Hurry up and invite the doctor!"

Biquan drove the carriage and quickly picked up Wu Langzhong. The old man had his pulse checked for a long time, his pale eyebrows were tightly knit together, and he finally said: "General, the old man really can't diagnose anything. Madam's pulse is good, but this belly fetus……"

Ding Hui fell on the pillow and sobbed.Luo Jing took two steps irritably, then stopped suddenly and said in a deep voice, "Biquan go and invite Doctor Zhang here."

Startled, Ding Hui glanced at Luo Jing from the corner of his eye.Biquan was waiting outside the door, hesitating slightly when he heard the words, he answered and turned around and left.Luo Jing got into the curtain and sat on the side of the bed, put his arms around Ding Hui and said softly: "Don't be afraid, Doctor Zhang is very good at medicine, let him come to check the pulse."

Biquan came back very quickly, and Imperial Physician Zhang casually put on a robe and followed him.Luo Jing got up and bowed with his head in his pocket: "Master Zhang is here in the middle of the night."

Doctor Zhang glanced at Biquan, then at Langzhong Wu in the outer room, shook his hand and said, "You are welcome, general, I will check your wife's pulse first."

There was silence in the room, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the two fingers of Doctor Zhang.After a long time, Imperial Physician Zhang withdrew his hand and muttered: "Madam's pulse is fine."

Luo Jing felt a little cold in his heart, and said, "The fetus in the womb?"

Doctor Zhang touched his chin, glanced at Biquan quietly, and said slowly: "The fetus... I'm afraid it may not be delivered smoothly."

Luo Jing only felt that his heart had fallen to nowhere, it was empty.Biquan sent the two doctors out, but he didn't even notice.Ding Hui lay on his side, sobbing, the cry pierced Luo Jing's heart like a needle, he stood for a long time, then suddenly turned and walked out.

Shen Mobai hasn't fallen asleep yet.These days, he was always thinking about Ding Hui's pregnancy.Luo Jing's palmistry clearly has no offspring, why is Ding Hui able to conceive?Unknowingly, he dug out the cloth figure from the bottom of the box again, but with the figure in his hand, he hesitated again—why should he be persistent?Even the inkstone left by the master is thrown away, so why bother to be persistent?It's better to live this life in a muddle, and it may not be a choice.Sighing deeply, he threw the cloth man into the brazier.Burn it, burn it, it's over.

The cloth man was thrown into the fire, and the edges were quickly scorched, and small flames began to rise.Shen Mobai was watching intently, when the door was kicked open suddenly, and then, a person swept up in front of him like a whirlwind, and picked up the half-burnt cloth man in the brazier with one hand: "What is this!"

Shen Mobai froze for a moment, Luo Jing's furious face appeared in front of his eyes: "This, yes, what, what!" It was almost squeezed out from between the teeth, and each word was as sharp and sharp as ice ribs. cold.

At this moment, Luo Jing only felt cold in his heart.He had seen Shen Mobai's painting of Sao Qingniang, and with just a few strokes, the human figure came alive.Although the puppet in his hand was half burnt, the dark eyebrows and eyes were still there, and it was clearly Ding Hui.He came with hope and doubt, only to see this burning puppet.He held the burning thing tightly, his palm was burning and painful, but the torment in his heart was even worse.He brought the puppet in front of Shen Mobai's face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Speak! What is this? What grudge do you have with Hui'er, to harm her like this?"

Shen Mobai felt a slight chill in his heart, or maybe what was supposed to come finally came, but instead he calmed down: "I didn't harm anyone. I made this for divination."

Luo Jing sneered: "What do you want to do?"

Shen Mobai said lightly: "I guess the fetus in her womb is—" He suddenly couldn't continue.say what?Said that Luo Jing has no descendants?Said that the fetus in Ding Hui's womb would not belong to Luo Jing?

Luo Jing kept stretching out his hand, the flame on the puppet had been extinguished in his palm, but it was still burning hot: "How about the fetus? Is it male or female? Or when will it be born? Or, not at all. Let her be born?"

Shen Mobai was slightly anxious: "No! I just—"

Luo Jing roared: "It's just what!"

Shen Mobai had no choice but to say: "You, your palm prints are signs of future generations, I just don't understand why she is still pregnant..."

Luo Jing laughed out loud, his laughter was cold: "That's right, with you here, it's really easy for me to have no descendants."

Shen Mobai flinched as if he had been stabbed with a knife.He knew that Luo Jing had misunderstood, but the scar that cut off the palm print was caused by him, and what Luo Jing said was actually not wrong.

Luo Jing's chest was boiling with anger, but deep down he seemed to hold a glimmer of hope, even he himself didn't realize it.The two confronted each other, neither of them speaking.In the silence, suddenly came Fang Yun's shout: "Master, Lord! Ma'am, Ma'am—" The sharp cry made people shudder in the quiet night.Then Biquan's footsteps rushed to the door: "Master, Ma'am—a miscarriage!"

Before Luo Jing came to his senses, he waved his palm: "You monster!"

Shen Mobai's ears were buzzing from this slap, and half of his face was numb.His mouth was slightly salty, and he wiped the corners of his lips with his fingers, bringing out a ray of bright red, which made his eyes sore.Blinking his eyes vigorously, and blinking away the flying gold stars in front of his eyes, Shen Mobai slowly raised his head to look at the distorted face of Luo Jing, and suddenly smiled.

Luo Jing was stung by his smile: "Why are you laughing!"

Shen Mobai laughed softly: "Luo Jing, why don't you believe me? Since I saw you, have I ever lied to you once? You ask yourself, what have I done for you? From Changzhou, Qiantang, Wucheng to the capital, is it just Can't it match this little puppet?"

Luo Jing was slightly taken aback.In my memory, Shen Mobai's eyes are always clear to the bottom, occasionally a little dazed, never as sharp and sarcastic as tonight, but also with a bit of condescending contempt.Luo Jing felt that he was stung by something, and what hurt was his self-esteem as a man.Almost without thinking, he blurted out: "Without you, wouldn't I be able to win the battle?"

Shen Mobai's heart was cold to the bottom, exhaustion and anger burned all over his body like fire: "Okay. Don't you just want a child? I'll give it to you!"

Luo Jing looked at him like a monster: "Give it to me?" Can he give birth?

Shen Mobai smiled coldly: "Yes, I will give it to you! I will give you a child like you! Whatever you look like, he will look like that! When this child is given to you, we will be settled .”

Before Luo Jing had time to ponder over this sensational statement, he was irritated by the sentence of Liang Qing: "Liang Qing? What do you want to do?"

Shen Mobai's words are like gold: "I will give you back a child, you let me go!"

Luo Jing's anger at this time was better than Fang Cai: "Go? Where do you want to go! Tell you, you want to go, unless you die!" He suddenly exited the room, slammed the door and locked it, "Biquan! Lock the doors and windows Nail them all to me!"

Biquan was stunned for a moment before he realized it. He responded and turned around to look for the board and the hammer.Shen Mobai threw himself on the window: "Luo Jing! I'll give you a child, but don't regret it!"

Luo Jing clenched his fists and watched as Bi Quan nailed the boards to the doors and windows one by one. As the last board was nailed, Shen Mobai's voice suddenly stopped, and the whole house was as silent as a tomb.Luo Jing gritted his teeth hard, and said sharply to Bi Quan: "I deliver food to him every day, if he runs away, come see me!"