A gentleman riding a red dust smile

The door that has been closed for more than half a month has been opened.

Walking out of the door was a woman with a beautiful face and luxurious clothes. The royal phoenix pattern on the robe showed her identity, and Xie Yilan behind her confirmed that she was the most favored concubine Xie Tang.

People say that youth is fleeting, but this is not the case with Concubine Xie.She was only [-] years old when she married into the royal family, and now [-] years have passed, she has changed from a delicate and charming rose to a graceful and noble peony, and she is in full bloom.

Walking out with her is Chang Yuan, known as Doctor Ghost.Chang Yuan is over forty years old, perhaps because he has practiced the art of pills all the year round and is proficient in the way of health preservation, his appearance is very young.He is tall and slender, with long hair draped over his shoulders, and elegant attire. At first glance, he seems to be about the same age as Concubine Xie Guifei.

The girl in Cuiyi, who hadn't given Song Lingshuang a good look these days, walked behind Chang Yuan, her expression on her face swept away the usual domineering expression, she was as agile as a bird, as bright as the wind, and she was also very cute.

Concubine Xie had a dignified yet friendly smile on her face: "Lan'er made a big fuss about such a trivial matter. Please trouble Mr. Chang to rush back, I am very sorry."

Chang Yuan nodded slightly, "No need to worry about Concubine Xie."

"Concubine Xie is fine, Master is the happiest!" Cuiyi girl said happily.

Chang Yuan's complexion changed slightly, and he reprimanded, "Stop talking nonsense!" Then he turned his head and took a step back to salute Concubine Xie, "Qin'er doesn't understand etiquette, so don't take offense at Concubine Xie."

Qin'er knew that Master was really angry, so she shrank her neck and stopped making a sound.Concubine Xie smiled, and patted Qin'er's head, with an imperceptible apology in her expression.

"So her name is Qin'er." Song Lingshuang and Ai Zixuan who were not far away said in unison.

Song Lingshuang turned to look at Ai Zixuan, "...do you know her?"

Ai Zixuan: "I don't know, it's the first time I've seen you." When he was speaking, he stared straight at the girl, not minding Song Lingshuang's contemptuous gaze at all.

Song Lingshuang was about to turn her head and wanted to complain to Changsun Jue, but found that Changsun Jue was also looking at Xie Yilan behind Concubine Xie Guifei.He suddenly choked up, and swallowed the words back to his lips.One by one!In order to hide his embarrassment, he left the two of them and went straight to Chang Yuan, "Mr. Chang!"

Chang Yuan turned around, and was about to say something but was interrupted by a girl named Qin'er: "Master, it's these rascals, they always come to stalk you when you're not around, they just linger! "

Song Lingshuang was about to refute, when Ai Zixuan who caught up raised his hand and said, "Miss Qin'er was wronged, today is my first time!"

Song Lingshuang felt contemptuous, you have accompanied us several times before!

Qin'er wanted to say something else, but Chang Yuan finally said, "Qin'er, don't be rude." He introduced them one by one, "These two are Minghe's Song Gongzi and eldest grandson, and they are your senior brothers by seniority. Random names. Also..." Chang Yuan paused, then said with a slight blessing, "Jiangyang Prince's son." Immortal sect is based on seniority, but the royal family belongs to immortal sect after all. I don't want to lose my courtesy.

Qin'er puffed up her cheeks and listened, although she honestly did not reply, her dissatisfaction was clearly written on her face.

Ai Zixuan said with a helpless smile: "Mr. Chang has broken me, and I will not be a son in this life for a few days. Junior Ai Zixuan, pay respects to senior, Xie Guifei."

Concubine Xie nodded in return: "Your Majesty, you are welcome." Then she said to Chang Yuan: "Since there are distinguished guests, I will not bother Mr. Chang." Saying that, he left and got on the carriage outside the courtyard.Xie Yilan just followed Concubine Xie quietly from the beginning to the end, and only looked back at Changsun Jue at the last moment before getting into the carriage, and found that the other party was also looking at her, so she nodded slightly, and then got into the carriage.

Song Lingshuang naturally saw this scene in his eyes, and felt inexplicably upset.It's not easy to meet Mr. Chang, you kid only remember what it means to flirt with each other?

"Are you looking for something next?"

Song Lingshuang and Changsun Jue looked at each other with subtle expressions.

Ai Zixuan saw the situation and said with interest: "The two of them are the ones who have something to do, I just came to see it casually. Miss Qin'er, why don't we talk over there?"

Qin'er is capricious, but not stupid.Although dissatisfied, he led Ai Zixuan into the courtyard.Song Lingshuang and Chang Yuan entered the study together.

"What's the matter?" Chang Yuan asked the two of them to sit down.

Song Lingshuang glanced at Changsun Jue, saw the other party nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and said, "Mr. Chang, the juniors came here to ask you about the red flame epidemic back then." He is not a person who beat around the bush. , so go straight to the topic.

Chang Yuan was taken aback.Many years have passed since the Red Flame Plague, and there must be a reason for bringing up old things again.So he asked two questions, "What do you want to ask? Why do you want to ask?"

Song Lingshuang took out a spiritual pouch from his bosom.The talisman light on his fingertips moved slightly, and the spiritual sac immediately became transparent, revealing the amethyst stone contained inside.

Chang Yuan's expression changed significantly.

How could Song Lingshuang not see it, and immediately asked: "Sir, have you seen this kind of amethyst?"

Chang Yuan took the spiritual sac, carefully observed the amethyst stone in it, and asked without answering: "Is this stone related to the red flame epidemic?"

Song Lingshuang, who was lucky enough to look forward to it just now, couldn't help being a little disappointed. He briefly explained the whole story.

Chang Yuan was stunned for a while before recovering, "You mean, this amethyst is the origin of the red flame plague?"

Grandson Jue said: "The juniors are just guessing. After all, there are indeed traces of red flame disease on the bones. But the rapid onset is different from the red flame disease we know, so I want to ask Mr. Chang's opinion."

Chang Yuan was thoughtful, and replied after a while: "If the symptoms of that person are indeed as you described, and there are flame marks on the bones, I am afraid your guess is correct, and the cause of their death is the red flame plague. The length of time, the epidemic is a toxin, and the speed of the poison is naturally related to the amount of toxin ingested. If the two people came into contact with the source of the epidemic toxin in a short period of time, it is not impossible for them to die quickly."

Chang Sun Jue nodded.

Chang Yuan seemed to have thought of something, and asked, "You just said that this amethyst was discovered in the west of Minghe River? But the red flame plague was first discovered in..."

"Yin Mountain." Song Lingshuang took over the words, "Ah Jue and I also feel that this matter is strange. Besides...Although it is only a guess, there is very likely another person in the cave that day. Not only did this person leave the Amethyst Cave alive, The traps in the Winged Tiger Cave are very likely to be set up by this person to hide the Amethyst Cave."

Changsun Jue asked: "Mr. Chang investigated the Red Flame Disease back then. Has anyone mentioned Amethyst to you, or have any clues related to it?"

Chang Yuan shook his head.

Changsun Jue continued: "Suppose there is a third person who left alive in the Winged Tiger Cave. If it was before the Red Flame Plague, he would definitely think about it after the Red Flame Plague. Everyone in Chizhou knows about the research and development of antidote for this epidemic without sleep, but if there is a little sympathy, that person will come to discuss with Mr. If I accidentally discovered the truth about the epidemic back then, I would at least report it to the Immortal Gate. This is a big matter, and sir, naturally, I have not heard a little news. There are only two possibilities that this person did not make the matter public. One is that this person is dead, and the other is This person deliberately concealed it."

Chang Yuan looked at them seriously, "What do you mean, the red flame plague is not a natural disaster, but someone did it on purpose?"

Song Lingshuang said: "This person concealed the relationship between the amethyst stone and the red flame epidemic, and even tried his best to hide the amethyst stone cave. Apart from this, the younger generation can't think of other explanations."

Chang Yuan was silent.Just when Song Lingshuang thought he didn't intend to talk anymore, he said, "Just now you two asked me if I've seen amethyst...Actually, I have." Chang Yuan paused slightly, looking at Song Lingshuang .

Song Lingshuang was inexplicably uneasy.

Chang Yuan continued, "A few months before the outbreak of the Red Flame Plague, someone came to see me. At that time, he showed me something, and that thing was an amethyst stone that was no different from the one in this spirit bag."

"Who is that person?" Song Lingshuang and Changsun Jue asked almost in unison.

Chang Yuan hesitated with complicated eyes.In the end, he looked at Song Lingshuang and said, "Your father, Song Yu, the suzerain of the Nanling Song Clan."

There is a gazebo in the courtyard of Baicaozhai, and there are stone chairs in the gazebo, but Ke Qiner sits on the steps of the gazebo.There was a basket of herbs in front of her, waiting for her to sort them out.When she was picking herbs, she looked very serious, completely ignoring Ai Zixuan who was still making noise from the side.

Ai Zixuan also sat with her on the steps, talking to himself about the mess in Hantian courtyard.He talked for a long time, but he didn't see any reaction from the girl next to him, so he stopped and asked, "Miss Qin'er, what's your full name?"

Qin'er glanced at him: "My surname is my master's."

Ai Zixuan smiled and said, "Chang Qin. Good name!"

Qin'er asked, "Why?"

Ai Zixuan didn't expect to be asked back, and was momentarily stunned.Before he could answer, Qin'er said coldly, "Sure enough, hypocrisy!"

Ai Zixuan: "..."

"And you're still lying." Qin'er continued, "You said you came here for the first time, but this is obviously your fourth time. Although I didn't go out to answer the door a few times ago, I set up an enchantment outside the courtyard. D."

Ai Zixuan smiled: "I don't know what the girl said, so it's this. I said it was my first time, I said it was the first time I saw a girl, but I didn't say it was my first time here."

Qin'er glanced at him, her face full of contempt: "You really are a rascal!"

"Miss Qin'er," Ai Zixuan said helplessly, "We only knew each other for less than an hour, and you called me a hypocrite and a scoundrel, but everything I said was true." Chinese medicine is fragrant.He lightly picked up one from the basket and looked at it carefully, "Qinyue Ningshuang, spiritual benefits, I once realized the light of flowers. Qinzhe, seeping. Although I have never brought snow tea and ice brewed wine with the girl, but I can share this breeze. The brushing of the face, the scent of the medicine, isn’t this scene refreshing? Don’t you think it’s a good name?” Ai Zixuan’s appearance is not bad at all, and the slight movement of his hair in the breeze gives off the air of a handsome young man .

Chang Qin grew up in Baicao Zhai since she was a child. Although she read a lot of books, most of them were related to medicine, so she naturally didn't understand the words.Ai Zixuan talked a lot, which was long-winded to her, and she said impatiently, "Don't drop your book bag with me! Talk to people!"

Ai Zixuan searched his guts just now and finally found a poem related to Qinzi, but now he collapsed a little quickly, which made him very frustrated.So he reinvigorated, "I said that the girl is so beautiful, I just want to watch the moon and enjoy the flowers with the girl, and cook wine and tea with the girl."

Chang Qin raised her head, looked at Ai Zixuan, and said firmly, "You are really frivolous!" Her clear eyes were bold, "I don't like you!"

Ai Zixuan, who had been ignored all this time, was a little flattered by those almond eyes at this moment, and he was not angry, and smiled and gently inserted the herbal medicine he was holding just now into her temples.Perhaps he had suffered too many blows in a short period of time and was a bit broken, so he simply showed his cards, "It's a pity," there was a little ambiguity unique to teenagers in his gentleness, "But, I like you very much." He said Very sincere, but also very calm.It seems that the wind with the fragrance of medicine, no matter whether it is bitter or sweet, can't catch the trace.

Chang Qin was taken aback.She thought this person was weird and a little annoying, but it made her a little curious when he was annoyed.She didn't know where the strange feeling in her heart came from, and she didn't bother to care about it, so she turned her head away and ignored him.

Ai Zixuan was very disappointed in his heart, and he was still indifferent when it came to this, probably because he really didn't like himself very much.

Seeing Chang Yuan and Song Lingshuang coming out of the study, Qin'er resolutely left Ai Zixuan and shouted, "Master!" People's complexions are not very good.I wanted to complain to the master about this frivolous son, but now I have to endure the sulking just now

"Qin'er, I'm going to retreat for ten days, you should make preparations." Chang Yuan ordered.Master's retreat is a common thing, Chang Qin naturally knew how to do it, so he responded and went.

Chang Yuan immediately said to Song Lingshuang's elder Sun Jue, "Both of you go back and wait for news from me."

Song Lingshuang nodded.Regardless of the inference, it is first necessary to determine whether the amethyst is really related to the red flame epidemic.

"I can't guarantee how long it will take to come to a complete conclusion. But if you just get a general idea, ten days should be enough." Chang Yuan said so, and after ten days he will definitely give them an explanation.

"Mr. Chang, there are still too many uncertain factors in this matter. Please don't tell others, including my father, for the time being. When the two of us return to Minghe, I will explain it to him carefully." Before leaving, Changsun Jue asked Chang Yuan .

The cause and effect are not yet clear, so naturally it is not appropriate to make a public announcement.Chang Yuan nodded in agreement.

Ai Zixuan and the two came out of Baicao Studio together.He has always been good at observing words and expressions, but now seeing the expressions of the two of them, it is difficult for him to bother them any more.Before parting, Changsun Jue explained something to Ai Zixuan softly.Song Lingshuang was full of worries, and had no interest in inquiring.

After returning to the inn, Song Lingshuang sat on the window sill without saying a word.He looked out of the window aimlessly, from the sound of people to the silence of the night.At dinner he had no appetite and just ate a few casual bites.After the meal, I held a few pots of Zuixianchun, sat on the window sill, and drank it facing the moon.

It is said that Zuixianchun is the first-class wine in the imperial city, but Song Lingshuang drank it tastelessly.

It was rare for him to be quiet, his black clothes connected with the night, as if his whole body was about to sink into the world outside the window, only the red around his waist showed a trace of vitality.

He remembered Chang Yuan's words in Baicao Studio.

"My father, what did he say?"

"He asked me if I have seen this kind of spirit stone?"

"What else did he ask?"

"Nothing else."

Why does dad have amethyst?Why did he go to Chang Yuan?

He desperately needs an answer.But the answer will take time.

Or because his stomach was empty, Song Lingshuang was already in a trance after drinking six or seven pots of wine. He looked at Changsun Jue, who had taken off his hair buttons and black hair and hung his shoulders, and was sitting on the bed to adjust his breath.The oil lamp in the house was dim, and the firelight reflected on his face, casting a shadow on his long eyelashes.

Song Lingshuang's heart was empty and crowded, and this chaotic and contradictory state made him a little uncomfortable.He suddenly broke the silence, "Ah Jue, tell me, why does my father have amethyst?"

Changsun Jue opened his eyes, the lights were reflected in his eyes, "I don't know." From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the wine jugs scattered around Song Lingshuang, then looked past the one he was holding, and frowned slightly.

Song Lingshuang was a little disappointed, but Chang Sun Jue went on to say: "Everything is still undecided, so why jump to conclusions? Do you not believe in Uncle Song or yourself? If you are persuaded, how can you use alcohol to relieve your worries?"

Song Lingshuang had long been used to Changsun Jue's sarcastic remarks, but today he suddenly didn't want to hear them.He got angry, jumped off the window sill, and walked up to Changsun Jue.He bent over, his face was covered with a shadow because his back was facing the light, and the resentment in his eyes gave people an indescribable sense of oppression.His face was so close that Chang Sun Jue could even feel his warm and alcohol-smelling breath.

Song Lingshuang looked at him, his pupils were dark.With grievance and unwillingness, he asked in a low voice, "I sometimes think, will you die if you give me a good face?"

In the past, he ignored him, with cold eyes and a cold face, and he would pester him with a stern face, never minding him.But at this moment, how much he wished that he could have such a sparkle, like an ordinary person, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about it tomorrow, brother, I'll get drunk with you tonight!" No matter what You can pretend to comfort him.

But this person is destined not to say such things, and there is no disturbance at this moment.

He looked at Changsun Jue, and walked away for a while on his own.After a while, he laughed bitterly at himself, "But, you're right. I'm just a coward, a coward who eats, drinks, and waits to die, and regards eating, drinking, and dying as his lifelong ambition!" There was pain in his eyes, "So Said, why is it just me? Whoever survives, it shouldn't be my turn!"

The pain in his eyes suddenly turned into anger, "Why should it be me? Why the fuck should I bear it?"

Changsun Jue's eyes moved slightly, and a trace of unclear expression flashed by.He looked at him and said, "If you don't want to carry it, you don't have to." He looked at him seriously, "But if you..."

Before Changsun Jue finished his sentence, he was interrupted by Song Lingshuang, "Don't carry it...? Don't carry it? Hahaha", Song Lingshuang looked up to the sky and laughed, "You all stand and talk without back pain! You are left alone to try ?” He is not a person who loves to complain, but at this moment, the resentment and unwillingness in his heart are all vented out through alcohol.

In the past three years, he has been heartless before, and Saburo is desperate after him.But he is just the most unpromising youngest of the Song family.The grievance of more than 100 lives made him very tired.He didn't know whether he should hope that all of this was accidental, or that it was karma.

Chang Yuan's words made him unable to think clearly, made him irritable, made him want to figure it out but dared not figure it out.So Changsun Jue's words became the last straw that crushed him.

He was very wronged, "But do you know, do you know? I have been kneeling for a long time, and my back hurts from kneeling..."

Song Lingshuang didn't cry, but Changsun Jue could smell a hint of saltiness from his words.He looked at Song Lingshuang, who was only a short distance away from him, and his heart seemed to be scratched by something.He wanted to comfort him, but the words that came out of his mouth turned into a sentence without warmth, "You are drunk. Wait until you sober up."

Song Lingshuang made a mistake, so he was not willing to give up, and simply climbed onto the bed, pressing his body even lower, so that Changsun Jue had to fall on the bed. "I'm going to say it now!" He was already drunk and unbalanced, but now he was pressing on Chang Sun Jue with only his elbows, locking Chang Sun Jue between his elbows.

Changsun Jue didn't expect Song Lingshuang to suddenly go into a drunken frenzy, obviously he hadn't recovered from the shock when he was pressed on the bed.

The two were very close, and their breaths were intertwined.Chang Sun Jue's black hair was scattered between the pillows, and the sudden approach knocked out a gap of bewilderment in his cold face. Song Lingshuang looked at her dark pupils, long and dense eyelashes, and warm and moist lips in the firelight. Suddenly he was dazed.

The person under him exuded a cold smell, but he smelled a hint of sweetness in that coldness.Strange, it is obviously a piece of ice, how can it be so fragrant?Those thin lips that were usually tightly closed were slightly opened at this moment because of surprise, they looked so soft and so alluring, the more he looked at him, the more he wanted to take a sip.He leaned down in a mysterious way, and gradually approached the bewildered lips in the astonishment of Chang Sun Jue.

Changsun Jue's brain exploded, but his whole body was too stiff to move.This was something he hadn't expected.As Song Lingshuang's face got closer and closer, his body even began to tremble.Relying on the only sliver of clarity left in his mind, at the moment when his lips were about to touch, he pushed Song Lingshuang away with all his strength, and pushed him to the ground.

After Song Lingshuang fell to the ground, there was no sound.

Changsun Jue stood up, feeling extremely angry.His whole body was trembling slightly, and his head was even a little dizzy.He clenched a fist with his left hand, and with a flash of spiritual power in his right hand, Jun Xiao flew into his hand from the side of the bed.He drew his sword and pointed at Song Lingshuang who was on the ground, and squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "Song Ye, you are going to die!"

He looked at the people on the ground and frowned, his clenched fingers sank into his palms, as if he was about to pinch blood.A burst of anger was about to erupt, and suddenly...

"Huh...huh..."

Song Lingshuang, who was pushed out of bed by him, was snoring on the ground at this moment...

Changsun Jue: "..."

Song Lingshuang's clothes were disheveled, her chest was slightly open, and she slept like a dead pig.Changsun Jue tentatively patted his face with Jun Xiao, but there was still no response.Changsun Jue stood for a long time with his sword in hand.Finally, he sighed, then silently picked up the sleeping Song Lingshuang and put him on the bed.

Song Lingshuang frowned, the corners of her eyes were slightly red, as if she was about to cry but hadn't shed tears yet.It can be seen that it is not a good dream.

Changsun Jue looked at him, and suddenly remembered that some years ago, there was a young man in white clothes and red belt, standing on the roof of Yiyunliao, his robes fluttering and his spirit flying high.He laughed rebelliously with his waist in his hands, let the wind blow his hair on his forehead, and brazenly declared that he wanted to be a dandy who wasted his life all his life.

Now he no longer wears white clothes, nor can he be a dandy anymore.

Changsun Jue reached out to smooth his eyebrows, but his fingers hung in the air and never fell.He was silent for a long time, covered Song Lingshuang with a thin quilt, turned off the lights, and left quietly.

As he closed the door, he thought, why does this man never listen to others?At that time, he wanted to say, "But if you want to carry it, I will accompany you..."