Chapter 66 Something Happened

“Are you going to Miss Shen’s place?”

When Qi Yunxi was carrying the food box to Chenxun's yard, he happened to run into Su Yang.

She replied, "Yes, what can I do for you?"

Hui Niang accidentally sprained her ankle after finishing her meal. She happened to be in the kitchen, so Hui Niang asked her to deliver the meal to her.

"It's like this," Su Yang shook the sachet in his hand, "I bought some sachets and wanted to give them to everyone as gifts. Besides Miss Shen's, there are still some people I haven't sent them to. It's almost time to leave. If possible, Miss Xi'er, could you help me take some over?"

Qi Yunxi didn't suspect anything, she also received the sachet, so she took the sachet and continued walking towards Shen Xun's yard with the food box.

After she left, Su Yang looked at her back deeply and left too.

After delivering the sachets, Su Yang immediately rushed to the city gate, where Su Song was already waiting for him.

"Yang'er, why did you come just now?"

Su Song glanced at the sky and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to sleep outdoors."

Su Yang said helplessly: "There are too many sachets. It took me a long time to deliver them all. Master, let's set off quickly."

Su Song hesitated for a moment, "How about...we stay one more night?"

Su Yang's mind was filled with alarm bells. "Master, it's more important to hurry on. We need to return to the capital as soon as possible so we can report back soon."

"Then what's the rush?"

A few men came out of the city gate, holding something in their hands.

Su Song knew them. During the time when Su Yang was recuperating, Chen Xun asked Su Song to help train the people of Youzhou so that everyone could learn some martial arts.

These guys were some of the team leaders, and they had a lot of contact with him, so after a few interactions, they became familiar with each other.

"Why are you here?"

The man grinned and said, "I'm here to see you off, sir."

"This is the dry food we prepared, the eggs cooked by my wife at home, and the steamed buns. You are saving them for the journey."

Su Song quickly refused, "I brought some dry food, no need..."

The man stuffed the thing into Su Song's arms without saying anything. Several tall and strong men surrounded Su Song and said goodbye to him. Each of them said a few words, and there were dozens of words in total.

Su Yang was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. "Master, it's getting late. Let's set off quickly."

The man slapped Su Yang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Why are you in such a hurry, little brother? It's okay to stay here for one more night. You guys left too hastily. We didn't even have a farewell party for you!"

He slapped his head and said, "Sir, why don't you leave tomorrow? I'll give you a banquet tonight!"

Su Yang forced a smile to deal with him, "It's not necessary..."

But no one paid any attention to him. They all counted on their fingers to see what they could give to entertain Su Song.

Su Yang: “…”

Qi Yunxi put the meal on the table in Shen Xun's room. Shen Xun was still busy in the study and was not in the room.

She put the sachet on the table and thought that her mother was too busy lately and didn't even have time to eat.

"Yun Xi? Why are you here?"

After Shen Xun finished his work, he walked into the room and saw Qi Yunxi fiddling with the sachet out of boredom.

"Mom, are you done?"

Qi Yunxi pulled a chair out for Shen Xun to sit down, and chirped, "I'm here to bring you food. Hui Niang sprained her ankle, and I happened to be in the kitchen, so she asked me to bring it to you..."

"Oh, yes, this is the sachet that Susong sent. I met him on the way and he was busy delivering the rest, so he asked me to bring it to you."

"Mom, Hui Niang made mushroom chicken soup today. It's so delicious. Come and try it!"

The little girl was talking as she served soup to Shen Xun. Shen Xun took a sip and praised, "It's really delicious."

"Yunxi, have you eaten?"

Qi Yunxi nodded, "I've eaten. By the way, Mom, where is Dad?"

"He," Shen Xun took another sip of soup, "He took your three brothers and Yun Zheng to go hunting. He heard that there was a tiger roaring in the nearby mountains, so Yun Zheng clamored to go tiger hunting early in the morning."

"Alright," Qi Yunxi spread his hands, "then they won't be able to drink the freshest mushroom soup~"

Seeing that Shen Xun had finished a bowl, she took out the rest of the food and watched Shen Xun eat with her chin in her hand.

Shen Xun was stared at by her and couldn't help laughing: "How can I eat if you stare at me like this?"

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to touch Qi Yunxi's furry little head. Qi Yunxi took the initiative to move forward, but did not wait for that warm hand.

She looked up, and Shen Xun's hands fell down weakly.

Qi Yunxi felt cold all over, and it took her a long time to find her voice.

"mother?"

Her answer was silence.

…

"careful!"

Qi Yunzhou quickly pushed Xie Lan away when the tiger was about to pounce on him, and the two fell to the ground.

Several of his brothers restrained the tiger. Qi Yunzhou said angrily, "Are you trying to kill yourself? Why didn't you hide just now? The tiger almost jumped on you!"

It’s not that I’m worried about him. If he gets injured, I’ll be worried too.

Xie Lan didn't answer him, but covered his chest blankly.

Qi Yunzhou noticed his abnormality and didn't care about being angry. He hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lan murmured, "Something happened to Axun..."

After saying this, he stood up and was about to run down the mountain, but the tiger was ignorant and blocked his way.

Xie Lan's face was gloomy. He drew his sword and stabbed the tiger through with one blow!

Seeing Xie Lan and Qi Yunzhou hurried down the mountain, Shen Yunzheng and the other two were puzzled. They carried the tiger and followed them down the mountain.

Halfway through their journey, they ran into the second in command who had come up the mountain to look for them. Before Shen Yunzheng could ask him if he had seen Xie Lan and Qi Yunzhou, the second in command said, "Something happened to the madam!"

Shen Yunzheng only felt a buzzing in his head, and without caring about anything else, he ran down the mountain.

When he arrived at Shen Xun's yard, he saw Xie Lan and others guarding the door.

Shen Yunzheng held Qi Yunxi's hand, "Sister, where is mother?"

Qi Yunxi's eyes were red, and it was obvious that she had been crying. When she heard Shen Yunzheng's words, she couldn't help it anymore.

"Mother...Mother is in the room..."

Shen Yunzheng wanted to go in, but was stopped by Xie Lan. He said in a hoarse voice, "Don't go in. Your uncle is treating Axun again."

As soon as Prince Hu arrived and took the patient's pulse, he asked everyone to leave, leaving only him and Shen Xun in the room.

A quarter of an hour has passed, and King Hu has not come out yet.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, everyone waiting outside couldn't wait any longer, including Xie Lan.

He couldn't help but stand up, walked to the door and was about to push it open when it opened.

Prince Hu came out with a dead look on his face.

"What happened to Xun?"

Xie Lan asked nervously.

He knew that with Prince Hu in this state, Shen Xun's condition must not be very good, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope...

"I can't save..."

King Hu hit his head with his fist, his face full of pain.

"Why can't he be saved?"

Xie Lan held his shoulders and stared at him intently, "Aren't you a disciple of the Black and White Divine Doctor? The Divine Doctor's medical skills are unparalleled, how could it be..."

"I can't save you!"

"She was hit by the Heart-Erosion Powder!"