Sword·Qinxin

Northern Liao Chapter 14 Ice Lotus Grass

Hua Qianying was sitting in front of the bed, supporting herself with her hands, appearing distressed at times, and smiling foolishly at times, it had been about half an hour.

Yinling frowned, couldn't help coughing lightly, and said, "Miss Qianying, you're sitting here giggling all by yourself, how can you check my sister's pulse?"

Hua Qianying was stunned, but when she came back to her senses, she saw Yunying hugging Feifei and teasing it, looking up at herself with a slight smile in her eyes.

"Why are you so happy? Could it be..." Yunying deliberately prolonged her voice, and said in a teasing tone, "But it has something to do with Brother Qin?"

"Ah? This...that..."

As soon as Hua Qianying heard Qin Mu, she suddenly remembered Qin Mu's promise to marry her last night, she looked a little embarrassed, her pretty face blushed, she didn't know how to answer, her eyes kept wandering around, as if she had noticed something, she said strangely : "Where did Zhan Zhao go?"

Yunying smiled faintly: "He went out to buy some pastries."

"Cakes... oh, well, well, you need to eat more."

Yunying chuckled: "What's wrong with you today, why are you talking so incoherently?"

"Ah? No way..." Hua Qianying smiled awkwardly, "No...it's okay..."

"Is it okay?" Yunying's eyes flickered around Hua Qianying's body, she leaned closer to her, and said hurriedly, "I guess...is something wrong with you and Brother Qin?"

Hua Qianying's pretty face instantly turned crimson, she lowered her head and faltered without saying a word.This matter of marriage taught her how to speak to others as a girl.

Feifei pricked up his ears, swayed left and right, looked outside the door, jumped to the ground softly, walked leisurely to the door, and wagged his little tail at the people outside.

Yunying saw Feifei running to the outside of the house, and followed its figure, the person outside the house was wearing green clothes, with two boxes of pastries in his hand, leaned over to hug Feifei, and said with a show of pride, "You're back. "

Before Zhan Zhao could answer, Hua Qianying flew to his side, reached for the food box, walked to the gazebo outside, and said as she walked, "The weather is fine today, let's eat outside."

Yunying and Zhan Zhao smiled at each other, got up and walked out of the house slowly.

Wisps of cloud light pierced through the mist, and the light golden light was warm and warm, and a tranquil and light shadow covered the small pavilion.

The two boxes of pear cherry cakes on the stone table had been opened, and the fragrance of the cakes permeated her heart. Hua Qianying reached out her hand to take a piece and smelled it, nodded and praised, "It smells so good."

Yinling opened the mouth and said: "Yo, today is really strange, after eating pear cherry cake so many times, it's the first time I hear you praise it for its deliciousness."

Hua Qianying hurriedly explained: "No... no... you, you misremembered..."

"Qianying, tell the truth, what's the matter with you and Brother Qin?" Yunying raised her eyebrows and looked at her with interest.

"What are you so happy about?"

A gentle voice came from behind her, Yunying looked back, and said with a coincident smile, "I'm talking about you."

Qin Mu stepped up to the gazebo and wondered, "Me?"

Yunying nodded and said: "Qianying is very abnormal today. She smirked alone in my room for a long time. Whenever you mentioned you, her face turned red and her words flickered. I think there must be something wrong with you two."

Qin Mu smiled lightly: "You are usually indifferent and reticent, why are you interested in asking the bottom line today?"

Hua Qianying raised her eyes to look at Qin Mu, then quickly lowered her head, and took a bite of pear cherry cake.

Zhan Zhao reached out and took a piece of pastry, handed it to Yunying, and said, "You don't eat much for breakfast, so let's eat some first."

Yunying took the pastry with a smile, and was putting it into her mouth when she suddenly heard Hua Qianying shout, "Don't eat it!" She reached out and knocked the pear cherry cake in Yunying's hand to the ground.

Everyone was shocked, and different voices sounded at the same time: "What's wrong?"

Hua Qianying grabbed Yunying's shoulder and asked nervously, "Did you eat it?"

Seeing Yunying shook her head, she relaxed: "Fortunately, fortunately, you haven't eaten yet."

Qin Mu frowned and asked, "Qianying, what's going on?"

Zhan Zhao asked eagerly: "Miss Qianying, what's wrong with this pear cherry cake?"

Hua Qianying looked at the half cake in her hand with a frown, turned to Zhan Zhao, and asked, "Where did you buy this pear cherry cake?"

Zhan Zhao replied: "Suxiangzhai in the town."

Hua Qianying interjected: "In addition to Suxiangzhai, there is also Hongxiangzhai, which sells pear cherry cakes in the town. Hongxiangzhai is opened at the intersection of the street, and Suxiangzhai is in the alley at the end of the street. If you are not a regular customer, you usually don't go here. How did you find this store?"

Zhan Zhao replied: "To tell you the truth, Miss Qianying, Zhan did indeed buy two boxes of pear cherry cakes at Hongxiangzhai. On the way back, she met Miss Hongyu. Miss Hongyu said that the pear cherry cakes in Hongxiangzhai had added flavor. Yunying doesn't like jujube paste, she only eats pear cherry cake from Suxiangzhai, and she also bought two boxes, so she exchanged it with the pastry in my hand."

Hua Qianying asked doubtfully, "Red jade?"

Qin Mu thought for a moment, then asked, "Qianying, what's wrong with this pear cherry cake?"

Hua Qianying said: "I took a sip just now, and found that it has the fragrance of ice lotus grass."

Everyone wondered: "Ice lotus grass?"

Hua Qianying nodded, and said: "Ice lotus grass is made from Tianshan snow lotus and Lanyou grass. Although this thing is not poisonous * medicine, it has a catalytic effect on cold poison. When the master refined Xuanbing I have used this thing before. What's more...the ice lotus grass is created by the master himself, and it cannot be refined by outsiders except those in the master's sect."

"A member of the teacher's school?" Zhan Zhao seemed to think of something, and asked, "Could it be your senior brother?"

Hua Qianying's face was solemn, and she pondered: "There has always been a strange coldness in Yunying's body, and I have never figured it out. Now it seems that he should be secretly catalyzing the cold poison, so that the poison that was different from Xuanbing has always existed in the body. In her body. I couldn't see it in the past, but I think the poison has been frequent in the past few days, and the cold poison has returned, which hastened the deterioration."

Yunying looked surprisingly calm, and asked: "If he wants to kill me, why doesn't he just poison me to death, and catalyze the cold poison in my body?"

Hua Qianying smiled, and said: "I can guess how much he did. He stole half of the forbidden book and made the poisonous medicine and the black ice that Master Qiong learned all his life. Which one is stronger and which one is weaker, whose achievement is better, is the reason why he has been paying attention to you and not killing you."

"What's more, the master has been suppressing your cold poison, but he has done the opposite, catalyzing the cold poison in your body. Let's see if the master can finally get rid of the poison."

Yunying smiled slightly: "According to what you said, I became his medicine man, testing medicine for him."

Yunying's eyes fell on Zhan Zhao, seeing him frowning in thought, with a worried expression on his face, his slender hands covered the back of his hand, her eyes moved lightly, and she gave him a faint smile, reassuring him not to worry.

Hearing that the pastry was poisonous, Yinling asked anxiously from the side: "Could it be that the ones my sister ate before were also drugged?"

Hua Qianying hesitated for a while, shook her head, and said: "No, I have eaten this pear cherry cake a few times, and I didn't find anything wrong with it before, but he doesn't just add medicine to food, maybe he eats it in other places. Hands and feet have been tampered with where we didn't pay attention."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Then Miss Hongyu and your senior brother are old acquaintances?"

Hua Qianying replied: "No. Hongyu was only taken in here more than half a year ago."

"I remember." Yinling patted her head with the back of her hand, and said suddenly: "A few days ago I also saw Hongyu on the street, she happened to come out of the inn at that time, her expression was very nervous, she looked around, It seemed like I was afraid of being seen by someone. I didn't care at the time, but now I think I must have contacted the person who murdered my sister."

The facts have become clear, Zhu Muxuan and Hongyu colluded internally and externally to poison Yunying.

Qin Muli stood beside the pavilion pillar without saying a word, unable to tell what he was thinking, Hua Qianying raised his eyes and asked, "Brother Qin Mu, what should we do now?"

"Let him come out." Qin Mu said eight words lightly, with a flash of hostility in his eyes.

Yinling walked to the stone table, picked up two boxes of pastries, and said angrily, "I'll go and throw them away."

"Don't." Hua Qianying stretched out her hand to stop it, and said with a smile: "Except for Yunying, we can all eat this stuff. Besides, it's a pity that such a good thing is still there."

Yinling frowned puzzled, and asked suspiciously, "Good thing?"

Hua Qianying reached out to take a piece of pear cherry cake, shook it, and said: "The ice lotus grass has a catalytic effect on people who have been poisoned by cold, but if it is eaten by ordinary martial arts practitioners, it can increase internal strength. Wouldn't it be a pity to lose such a good thing?"

After finishing the sentence, the pear cherry cake in his hand was put into his mouth, and he ate it contentedly with his mouth puffed out.

"Unexpectedly, a poison that is fatal to me is indeed a superior medicine to others." Yunying took a piece and put it in Zhan Zhao's hand, and smiled at him, "Take some too, don't waste it."

Zhan Zhao glanced at Li Ying Gao, then raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes were full of apology, he almost hurt her again.

Feifei jumped onto Zhan Zhao very rudely, seeing that he had no intention of eating, he swallowed the whole thing into his stomach, jumped onto the stone table, bowed his small body, shook his head slightly, and stared at it. A box buried his head and ate it.

After a while, he raised his head and "meowed" several times, his little face was covered with pastry powder, and he looked extremely cute.

After sitting for half a day, Yunying felt tired, Zhan Zhao accompanied her into the house to rest, and Yinling stood by, waiting for her to fall asleep before returning to the gazebo.There are some things that need to be clarified, not to mention the method of scheming, which needs to be negotiated so that it can be done conveniently.

The three of them sat around the table, and the atmosphere was not as relaxed as before, but a lot more dignified.

Zhan Zhao asked, "Where did Miss Hongyu come from?"

Qin Mu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, as if recalling something, sighed lightly, and said leisurely: "Hongyu is Yan Yuxuan's lover."

Yan Yuxuan...Xuan Lang...Zhan Zhao thought secretly, and asked, "Who did Hongyu worship that day?"

"Well, it's him." Qin Mu replied lightly, "A few years ago, Yuxuan was ordered to go to the Weiyuan Escort Bureau to be a bodyguard, and secretly searched for a treasure. Hongyu was the adopted daughter of Ye Hong, the head of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau. During that period of getting along, the two of them had a good impression, and the love gradually grew. Unfortunately, in order to seize the treasure, Yuxuan exposed his identity. In order to get back the treasure, Ye Hong did not hesitate to use Hongyu to lure Yuxuan out, and secretly Set up an ambush. Although Yuxuan finally killed Ye Hong and rescued Hongyu, he himself was seriously injured. Not only was he blind in both eyes, he was injured in many places on his body, and his ears were also deaf..."

"Yuxuan felt that he had cheated Hongyu and almost harmed her, so he didn't want to see her, so he came back here secretly. And he was also injured too badly, and the medicine stone was useless. Hongyu is also smart, only relying on Yuxuan to stay I can find some items here. She kneels here every day, begging to see him. Originally, I didn’t intend to let her see him. Firstly, Yuxuan didn’t want to see her again. Secondly, he was so sick that he lost all five senses. Even if you see it, you won’t know it, so why add another sad person.”

Qin Mu paused, his eyes wandered to Yunying's room, he slowed down, and said again: "At that time, not long after Yunying came back from the medicine hut, she was locked in the room all day, silent and crying secretly. ..."

"Until one day, a stray cat ran into her house..." Qin Mu glanced at Zhan Zhao without a trace, "Yunying liked it very much, so she kept it by her side. After that, she became much more cheerful and willing When I went out for a walk, I heard about Hongyu. She couldn't bear it, and told me a few times. I felt pity for a moment, so I let Hongyu see Yuxuan for the last time. Hongyu stayed with him. In three days, Yu Xuan passed away."

Zhan Zhao asked, "Since Miss Hongyu has made her wish, why do you still stay here?"

Qin Mudao: "Yuxuan also has a young brother named Xiao Sang. Hongyu originally wanted to take Xiaosang back, but Xiaosang suffers from heart disease and is not suitable for traveling, so Hongyu can only stay and take care of him. At that time, Yunying also lacked someone to take care of her, so I left her here."

Zhan Zhao said: "Looking at it this way, Miss Hongyu can be regarded as a kind and righteous person. Could it be that she was restrained by Zhu Muxuan or has other difficulties?"

"No matter what her reasons are, I will never let anyone hurt Yunying." Qin Mu's voice was gentle and could not be changed.

As for Hongyu's question, Zhan Zhao couldn't speak any more, but Zhu Muxuan had something to do with King Rong, so it really had to be concerned.Back then, it was King Rong who testified to the first emperor that Marquis Xiding had conspired against him. Na Yunying had already attracted King Rong's attention when he was in Beijing, that's why...

King Rong didn't kill Yunying but wanted to take her away. Could it be that he wanted to know some secrets from her?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao asked, "What does King Rong want Yunying to do?"

Qin Mu snorted coldly: "Then what does Bao Zheng want Yunying to do? To ask for credit from the court?"

"You are not allowed to slander Mr. Bao!" Every time this question was mentioned, Qin Mu always sneered, Zhan Zhao's expression turned serious, and he said seriously, "It's not difficult to guess from your mouth that you already know Yunying's identity, if that's the case, There is no need for Zhan to hide it. Back then, King Rong testified to the late Emperor that the Marquis of Xiding colluded with the enemy and rebelled. Now Master Bao suspects that there is something wrong with this matter. If it can be found out that what happened back then was slandered by King Rong. Dinghou rehabilitated."

"So what? Yunying would care about that status?" Qin Mu was unmoved, still speaking lightly, "She has been by my side since she was five years old, and she has lived a good life in the past 17 years. What she said has nothing to do with her."

"You are wrong. Her body, hair and skin are her parents. As a daughter, if she cannot redress her parents' grievances, she is not filial. Even if you kill King Rong, she will still bear the burden of the daughter of the criminal minister for the rest of her life. Is it nice to her?"

"Master Zhan's words are really sweet. I don't know how much you think about her in these words? How much is it because of Bao Zheng?" Qin Mu sneered, and said coldly, "Hmph, your affection for her I don't trust you at all."

"You don't have to target me everywhere, I treat her in my own way."

"Properity? Your modesty will only hurt her deeply." Qin Mu still dismissively said, "Zhan Zhao, don't forget that the princess will get married in two months, and Yunying won't live for one month. You There is no way to bring her back."

"Now I have no thought of taking her away, I just want to spend the rest of my life with her."

Zhan Zhao looked at Qin Mu with burning eyes, a calm expression, and determination engraved between his brows.

Qin Mu gave him a cold look, turned around and stepped down the gazebo.The jade robe lightly brushed the ground, and where the faint golden light fell, pieces of maple-red residual leaves fell all over the pavilion with slight wind movements.

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