Chapter 24 Chapter 24 You and him...are really alike...
That night, Yin Jinglong sent away several guards from the backyard of the palace, leaving only his trusted steward Xu and the two maids who served Hanyu.
The spider found a white robe from somewhere and asked Yin Jinglong to put it on.
"If you want to pretend to be Yin Jingheng, shouldn't you wear the armor of the great general who defends the country? Why wear this plain white robe? Do you want me to pretend to be a ghost?"
"You don't understand," the spider said, shaking its head and pouting. "Miss Min wants to see her husband, Ajiang, not some great general. She's never even seen Yin Jingheng when he was a general. The person in armor she saw on the snowy mountain was you, the prince who was about to invade the mountain! So you must never wear this armor again."
Although Yin Jinglong was skeptical about her words, he put them on without thinking too much. He picked up the white jade hairpin that Zhu handed to him and pinned his waist-length hair into a fist-sized bun, with the remaining black hair hanging down behind his back. The loose white robe was completely different from the style of his usual official robes, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
The spider stared blankly at Yin Jinglong, clad in a white robe, and couldn't help but sigh softly, "You and him... really... look a lot alike."
"Hmm? What did you say?"
"Oh! I mean this dress fits you perfectly." The spider pretended to turn his face away casually, as if he didn't want him to see his expression just now.
Yin Jinglong was suspicious of her, and she had never seen Yin Jingheng, so how could she know whether they looked alike or not?
"It's past midnight now, Miss Min should be asleep. I'll go give her some sleeping pills first, and Your Highness, please follow."
After saying that, she went to Hanyu's door, but Manager Xu, who was guarding outside the yard, reached out to stop her.
"Miss Min has fallen asleep. If Miss Zhu needs anything, please come back tomorrow!"
The spider raised the corner of his mouth slightly and sneered: "It just so happens that someone came to test the medicine."
She spread her palm and waved it in front of Manager Xu's nose. The old servant couldn't help but sneeze, and after a moment he felt a little dizzy.
Manager Xu leaned against the wall and questioned her, "What...what...drug did you give me? Why...why am I feeling a little unsteady?"
"Don't worry, it's just a little cartilage powder. It won't kill you, old turtle. You'll recover on your own in an hour. Just stay here!"
As soon as the spider left, Manager Xu saw a tall man in a white robe approaching from a distance. He opened his dim eyes and looked at him. Why did the man look exactly like the prince? Thinking carefully, the prince would never dress like this. Could it be that the dead General Heng has returned?
"It's over. I'm afraid I'm hallucinating. I've even seen General Heng's ghost. General... General~"
Yin Jinglong stopped and glanced at him as he passed by him.
"What did you call me just now?"
"General, is it really you? This old slave is too..."
Manager Xu fainted against the courtyard wall before he could finish his words.
"It seems that this outfit can still be passed off. You have followed me for twenty years and you can still make a mistake. She and Yin Jingheng have only known each other for a few years, so she shouldn't be able to recognize him."
He hinted to himself that from this moment on he was his elder brother Yin Jingheng, and no matter what, he could not reveal his identity before the spider found out about Zi Gu's situation.
That night, Hanyu slept very uneasily. She seemed to hear rustling footsteps outside the door. She opened her eyes and looked outside, and seemed to see the shadow of a man wandering outside the door.
"Who's outside?"
The shadow left the moment it heard her voice. Hanyu felt something was wrong, so she put on a thin robe and got out of bed to check. At this moment, she suddenly smelled a faint scent of sandalwood, and soon she felt a little dizzy, and even her legs began to go weak.
The figure that had disappeared just now reappeared, "Who are you?"
Hanyu's voice became hoarse, and even speaking was a bit difficult. "Why do I feel so tired?"
After being hit by the spider's cartilage powder, she didn't even have the strength to stand up. She collapsed to the ground, her eyelids struggling to lift up, and she watched the figure push open her door and stand in front of her.
The bright moonlight sprinkled on the cold white robe, and the black hair hanging down to the waist shone with silver light. He stood against the light, and Hanyu could only see the outline of his face.
"Ayu~"
A low, magnetic voice called her name, and she was suddenly startled. Was it him?
But the effect of the cartilage powder was too strong, and Hanyu fell asleep before she could see his face clearly.
Yin Jinglong gently carried her back to the bed and covered her with the quilt, while the spider chuckled softly beside him.
"I never thought the usually cold and cruel Regent could actually have such a gentle and considerate side. I don't know why, but I'm actually a little envious of this woman."
Yin Jinglong stared at her and said, "Stop talking nonsense. We must finish it in half an hour and then give her the antidote."
He gave up his seat beside the bed to the spider, who reached out and carefully felt Hanyu's pulse. Unlike ordinary doctors, she felt not the vital pulse but the pulse of the poisonous insect.
"How is it? Did you find anything?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I've already found the young Gu in her body. However, that Gu worm seems to be a little different from the one I planted before. It seems to have become stronger, even stronger than the mother Gu in your body."
"What do you mean? Didn't you say that the child Gu is born from the mother Gu and is controlled by the mother Gu? Then no matter how powerful it is, how can it control the mother Gu? Unless... the one you planted for me was not the mother Gu at all."
The spider followed the Gu vein upwards and found a red spider mark on Hanyu's chest. She was puzzled and didn't know how to answer Yin Jinglong's question.
"I don't know what kind of power has emerged within her body, nor do I know what this red spider mark represents. Your Highness, please give me three days. I need to send a message back to Southern Xinjiang. I will report back to you after I understand the reason."
The spider handed Yin Jinglong the antidote for the cartilage powder and told him before leaving, "Give her twice the amount of medicine that the old man at the door gave her. If you don't take the antidote, she'll probably sleep until tomorrow morning. If you want her to wake up within half an hour, just mix the antidote with water and feed it to her."
After the spider left, Yin Jinglong held the antidote in his hand and fell into deep thought. When he recalled the memories of his past life that flashed through his mind when the love poison attacked him that day, he felt inexplicably melancholy.
Despite feeling melancholy, he still poured the antidote into the teacup, helped Hanyu up and fed her the medicine.
After taking the antidote, Hanyu gradually regained consciousness. In a trance, she saw the man in the white robe again. She wanted to call him "Ajiang", but her strength had not yet fully recovered and she could not make a sound.
She heard the man whisper, "Ayu, you know, no matter before or now, I always hope that I am your 'Ajiang', but unfortunately... I am not him."
Seeing that she was about to wake up, Yin Jinglong immediately got up and left, but unexpectedly Han Yu reached out and grabbed him.
He turned to look at the frail figure on the bed, his eyes brimming with tears as he spoke hoarsely, "Are you really not him? Is this just another dream of mine? Why do I feel this dream is so real?"
"I promise I'll help you find him."
Yin Jinglong couldn't hide his disappointment. He reluctantly pried her hands apart and left the room without looking back.
Late at night, the spider stood on the roof of the palace and overlooked the entire Shangjing City. She looked at the shining stars in the sky and found the star facing the southern border, then took out the small gray spider that she often played with in her hands.
The spider embedded a piece of gold foil on its back, and suddenly the gray spider spread a pair of golden wings, as if they had grown out of thin air.
She lowered her head and said to the spider, using the Southern Xinjiang spell, "Go! Take this letter to its master in Southern Xinjiang immediately."
The gray spider seemed to understand her spell and spread its wings vigorously to fly towards the southern border. The spider looked in the direction where the gray spider left in a daze and murmured, "Master, perhaps I have found the medicine that can cure you."
The gray spider usually looks extremely lazy and is often held in the spider's hand for playing. People who don't know the situation think it is just a toy she raises. Little do they know that the gray spider is born from her Gu protozoa. Because it is born with wings, it can fly faster than a bee, so it is trained by the spider as a messenger.
In less than two days, the messenger spider sent by the spider flew back. She took off the gold foil, patted the gray spider's head, and said something in southern Xinjiang dialect, as if praising it.
She happened to meet Yin Jinglong who came looking for her. She quietly hid the gold foil and pretended to be idle, playing with the little gray spider in her hand.
"Tomorrow is the third day's deadline. How can you be so careless as to lie in bed and play with your disgusting spider? Don't forget what you promised me."
"Your Highness, please rest assured. The letter I sent to Southern Xinjiang has reached my master. I believe I will receive his reply soon."
Seeing that she seemed confident and didn't seem to be lying, Yin Jinglong decided to trust her again. But who was the master she was talking about? Why didn't he see her master when he found the spider in southern Xinjiang?
Yin Jinglong questioned her, "You were the one who said you were abandoned by your tribe as an alien and wanted to seek refuge with Yu Benyang. How come another master has suddenly appeared? I have to wonder how credible your words are."
The spider jumped off the bed, stood before him with its arms folded, and explained without disguising anything, "It's true that I was abandoned by my people, and it's also true that I came to you, Your Highness. But Your Highness never asked about my life in Southern Xinjiang, so I didn't mention my master to you. He was the only person in Southern Xinjiang who trusted me, was willing to take me in, and gave me important responsibilities."
"So... he's from Southern Xinjiang too?"
"Well... it wasn't before, but now... I guess so!"
"So his witchcraft is superior to yours? Why not introduce me to the master behind you?"
"Of course... no."
The spider decisively refused, which made Yin Jinglong puzzled. "It was you who begged me to bring you to the Central Plains. You said you would be loyal to me. How come you have a new master now? Are you obeying my orders or your master's?"
"Your Highness, you misunderstood. My master has done me a favor, so I respect him. But he is not one of my people, and he doesn't know Gu. What I meant was that it would be useless for you to see him. He can't do anything for you. Moreover, he is injured, and only the Gu from Southern Xinjiang can heal his wounds. Therefore, it is not convenient for him to come to see you. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
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