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"Check, go ahead and check the records of the movement of people in the house for ten years, especially the servants who have served the princess and His Royal Highness, check all the records of receiving medicines, if you can't find anyone, check the introducer, if you are dead, check the relatives and friends Don't alarm anyone about this matter, especially His Royal Highness, don't let it be noticed."

In the Fragrant Pavilion, Hua Qiu bowed his head and nodded, and replied calmly, "Yes, my lord."

Ning Shiting has been in the mansion for more than half a year, and she rarely sees him speak so harshly.He stood in front of her, his fingertips trembling slightly, and his tone was calm with suppressed anger.

Seeing that Ning Shiting reacted so strongly, Hua Qiu didn't dare to delay, and asked someone to bring over all the documents in the mansion, and verified them one by one in front of him.

Ning Shiting even came over directly to check with her, his lips were tightly pursed, his eyebrows were deep, and he exuded a solemn atmosphere.The servants who helped tidy up all around were silent

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"My lord, the accounts are not correct for a long time. After the death of the princess, there was a large turnover of people. At that time, the mansion was... a mess. Even if there were people who were allocated to the prince from the state, most of them stayed for three months. I just left." Hua Qiu said in a low voice while flipping through the pages, "The princess is not here, and His Royal Highness is also living in seclusion. Most of the people we are working on are reassigned by the young master who listened to the book half a year ago. The books are completely inconsistent, and they are all redone. The pharmacy has no time to redo because the young master dismissed the staff. So there will be such a gap.”

Ning Shiting pondered for a moment, then asked: "Is there really no one old man left in the house?"

Huaqiu said: "Yes, the two brothers Hulu Lingjiao came here when the princess was still there, but they have been responsible for sweeping the courtyard. In addition, the old man of the ancient tree in the Hundred Beasts Garden has always been at the house, but he never cared about other things. , probably don’t know much about these.”

"It's okay, let the gourd water chestnut come over." Ning Shiting said.

On the other side, the gourd and water chestnut were instructed by Gu Tingshuang to pluck the chickens and supervise the culling of live chickens by the little wolf.

Gu Tingshuang heard that it was Ning Shiting who came to ask for someone, so he let them go, and just snorted coldly: "If you don't make it clear, the sharks are quick to snatch my servants from me."

The little wolf was being walked around by the chicken, and was about to sneak behind the two brothers to find Ning Shiting, when Gu Tingshuang grabbed his neck and threw his paw back: "If you can't catch the chicken, don't even think about eating, come back later." Lingshan, I'm ashamed to say that you are the wolf I brought out."

"My lord, do you want to know who were the people who served His Highness and the princess at that time?" Gourd frowned for a long time and thought about it, showing embarrassment, "It happened four or five years ago. At that time, the person in charge had changed several times, but I remember that I was there all the time, as if an adult surnamed Qin took care of him, and he also helped manage the funeral of the princess."

Ning Shiting paused for a moment, a name appeared in his mind, and he asked, "Qin Deng? Is that his name?"

Hulu thought about it carefully, and Lingjiao added: "It seems to be the name, young master. I glanced at it from a distance before, and it seemed to be very young, about the same age as today's young master. When I travel, a white bird often stops by. On his shoulders. It still makes a deep impression on me."

Ning Shiting said in a low voice, "That's it."

Calabash boldly asked him: "Master, who is it? Do you know him?"

Ning Shiting remained silent.

The name Qin Deng impressed him deeply.He himself was picked up by Gu Feiyin and raised in Dongzhou. If he is Gu Feiyin's left hand, then this person named Qin Deng is Gu Feiyin's right hand.

This person was five years older than him, and he had never met him face-to-face for decades in his previous life.

Gu Feiyin has always had this attitude towards the people around him: he will never give complete trust, and he will never give his subordinates the opportunity to form a group.In his previous life, Ning Shiting didn't meet Qin Deng for the first time until he left Xizhou to follow Gu Feiyin to fight in Wangcheng.

Qin Deng is very smart, good at calculating, and has unique insights. He is Gu Feiyin's chief military adviser and staff member. He has never looked at Ning Shiting seriously, and he has a relationship with him.

It's just that in the last period, when Gu Feiyin was obsessed with playing power and wasted on sensuality, he proposed to divert the disaster to the east, let Ning Shiting alone be charged with the crime of exceeding the standard, and calm the anger of the officials.

If this man did it...

At that moment, Ning Shiting suddenly remembered some things that he had ignored.

When Gu Tingshuang led a pack of wolves to invade the royal city for the first time, Qin Deng's head was what they called for.

No one knows how much Gu Tingshuang has cultivated his spiritual consciousness at that time. When he can freely read people's hearts, there will be no more things in the world that he doesn't know, including the cause of the princess' death and his spiritual roots. cause of disability.

This is something he can't stop, even without him, Gu Tingshuang will surely know all of this by chance because of his cultivation of spiritual knowledge in the future, and thus embark on this path.

It's all the same.

He didn't speak, and the group of servants didn't know what happened, they just felt that something bad was going to happen based on his face.

After a long time, Ning Shiting moved, and when everyone thought he was about to speak out, they saw Ning Shiting take half a step back, leaning over and making a big salute.

Everyone was taken aback, and before they could stop him, they heard his deep voice: "Please don't spread the matter today. Qin Deng is someone close to Prince Qing, and now I have found out that the concubine and His Highness When the body was poisoned by miasma, someone tampered with the medicine, causing the princess to be cured for a long time, His Highness's spiritual roots were all crippled, and his eyesight was damaged. I dare not guess if there are more of them, and the power of the pavilion is weak. I only want His Highness to have a long future. I hope everyone Together with Ting, we will try our best to ensure the safety of His Highness in the future."

He made such a big gift suddenly, Huaqiu, Hulu and Lingjiao were stunned for a moment, and after understanding what he said, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

This means that it was Prince Qing's hand!

Ning Shiting said: "His Royal Highness had a bad relationship with the prince. If he finds out about this in the future, the consequences will be unpredictable. I am an insignificant subordinate and can't really do anything for His Highness. I only know today that His Highness lives in a sunny place." The palace may not be the den of tigers and wolves. We can only do our best to provide His Highness with a shelter, and the help of everyone is indispensable. In the future, His Highness will be entrusted with the mansion, and I hope that you can become His Highness' help when that time comes."

Lingjiao was stunned, and stammered and asked: "But the young master is not, isn't he from the prince..." Before he finished speaking, he was punched by the gourd next to him.

Ning Shiting looked over with clear eyes: "After today, it won't be anymore. Please keep it a secret for Ting. I am a poisonous shark, and my life is not long. I hope that before I die, I can do at least one thing that is worthy of my conscience." thing."

The gourd pulled the water chestnut, and spoke carelessly: "To be honest, it is His Highness who favors us from being a sweeper to the current position of managing affairs. We only know His Highness as our master, so naturally the master is the first. "

Huaqiu has always been more meticulous, she said: "I am also the person brought by the young master Tingshu. I have been with the mansion for the first half of the year, and I only recognize His Highness and the young master. I will listen to the young master for the future. Don't worry, the next few days. I will investigate the people in the house again, and we will not tell anyone about this matter. Please rest assured, young master. "

Ning Shiting said in a low voice: "Then, thank you all. I'll go see Your Highness first."

The light in the kitchenette was still on.

His Royal Highness, who has not been born for four years, has already cooked five cups of chicken soup.The little wolf worked all afternoon and all night, but in the end he didn't catch a single chicken, and lay down listlessly by the door, ready to wipe his tears with his paws.

As soon as Ning Shiting appeared, the little wolf immediately pricked up his ears and followed him around.

According to the past, Ning Shiting would have gently picked it up and carried it into his arms, but today he did not.The little wolf smelled some unusual emotions on Ning Shiting's body, it seemed to be a little nervous and eager.

The little wolf persevered and pounced on Ning Shiting's shoe. Ning Shiting didn't pay attention to it, and almost stepped on it. Then he noticed it, and picked him up just like the little wolf's wish—but he didn't hug him. into his arms, but gently threw it aside.

The little wolf became even more listless, and squatted back to the door, looking back pitifully into the room.

Gu Tingshuang turned his back to Ning Shiting, and looked at the fire without raising his head: "I cooked five chickens for you, each with some different spices, and you can choose which one is more fragrant. The poisonous shark can only It doesn't matter if you smell the scent, the dust-proof beads should also restore your sense of taste."

He reached out to get the bowl and was about to pass it to Ning Shiting, but just as he raised his eyes, his wrist was caught.

The merman behind him was beyond his expectation, he directly turned over his wrist, grasped his pulse through a layer of Luoshui mist gloves, and followed him with his eyes, deep and bright, without paying attention to other things.Ning Shiting approached him directly, bowing his head in front of him.

Gu Tingshuang met his gaze, and his heart beat half a beat suddenly.

"What are you doing?" he asked. "I almost thought you were going to kill me."

Ning Shiting ignored him, and pressed his fingertips along his wrist, listening carefully.

Gu Tingshuang saw it now, he was checking his own pulse: "What's wrong with me? Why did you suddenly see my pulse?"

"Your Highness has always had a problem with poor night vision?" Ning Shiting asked, "I just... checked some classics and found out that this is a sequela of miasma poison, and maybe it can be cured."

The root bone damage caused by the poison is irreversible, but if you find the original three herbs, maybe your eyes can be saved.

Gu Tingshuang had never mentioned his bad night vision before, whether it was now or in the past ten years in his previous life.

It's no wonder that only after nightfall, the little wolf will never leave Gu Tingshuang's side, because the little wolf acts as Gu Tingshuang's eyes.

Gu Tingshuang froze for a moment: "I have spiritual vision and can detect everything with my spirit, so I don't need to tell—"

"Your Highness, remember to take your medicine obediently." Ning Shiting interrupted him. "It can't be done like this in the future."

Also a bit fierce.

The shark let go of his hand, looked back, grabbed a piece of paper for the fire, went to the extinguished stove, picked a piece of fine charcoal that was half burnt, and wrote the prescription.

Because the light in the small kitchen was dim, Ning Shiting moved a little closer to the light. Gu Tingshuang looked at him for a while, but suddenly he didn't know what to say.

The charcoal was scraped on the rough paper, stroke by stroke, and the handwriting was beautiful, just like when he sent him the antidote to the merman's poison, there was a densely written pharmacy under the medicine bag.

One hundred and seventy three kinds of medicinal materials are needed to cure the poison of sharks blindly. Gu Tingshuang memorized them all inexplicably.

Gu Tingshuang murmured, "My mother never cared about me like that, Ning Shiting. Have you thought about what I want you to think about?"

Ning Shiting's gaze remained fixed on the prescription: "Yes."

"What's the meaning of 'um'?" Gu Tingshuang moved closer, her back was so straight that it couldn't be straighter, and she wished she could lean into his ear and ask, "Yes or no?"

"I promise Your Highness."

——Because Gu Tingshuang blocked the light, Ning Shiting also took half a step back.With the charcoal pen in his hand, he was in a rush, and after writing a piece of paper eloquently, he turned around again with a "crash", and didn't answer him seriously at all.

"That's it?" Gu Tingshuang scratched her head, raised her eyes and looked around.

This is really not a suitable environment for talking about this topic. The five pots of chicken soup on the stove are still smelling, the lights are dim, and the little wolf is yawning at the door.

"That's it, Your Highness."

Ning Shiting finally wrote the prescription, put down the paper, and looked up at him.

Gu Tingshuang was still staring at him in a daze.

After Ning Shiting straightened his clothes, he leaned over - at that moment, Gu Tingshuang saw him getting closer and closer, his calm face seemed to fall down, getting closer, and his back became more and more numb , The whole person was so stiff that he didn't know what to do.

This was really abnormal, but he didn't know why it happened.

And the stunning merman still didn't touch him in the end, he just walked over, supported the handle of his wheelchair, climbed his other hand on his wrist, held it gently through a layer of clothes, and then half knelt on him before.

Ning Shiting raised his head slightly, this angle was the same as what Gu Tingshuang saw from Gu Feiyin's angle with his spiritual sense that day,

The merman knelt down in front of him docilely, with his head slightly raised. Because the fundus of his eyes was too bright, there always seemed to be a faint glint of water. Under the dim light, the corners of his eyes were redder and his lips were more moist.Her silvery white hair fell to her side because she knelt and kowtowed, messy and fragile.Ning Shiting's usual lonely and cold appearance disappeared, and the candlelight in the room dyed his face into another charming and calm color, but he didn't realize it.

... The sharks are stunning.

He heard Ning Shiting say: "Men only kneel down to kiss the emperor and teachers. From now on, there will be only His Royal Highness as your superior. From now on, your Highness will be paved by your Highness, and I will not hesitate to die."