72 Chapter 72 Blood Sacrifice
◎As long as he is alive, there is still hope◎
"Wake up! Wake up!"
"It's truly the Bodhisattva's blessing!" Fang Yue's eyes were haggard, as if she hadn't slept for days. But the moment she saw Yu Liu open her eyes, her whole expression brightened up. With trembling hands, she asked Yu Liu nervously, "Miss, do you still recognize me? Is there anything wrong with you? I'll go find Li Shengshou to take a look at you..."
Yuliu looked at the familiar bed and opened her mouth to say something, but her throat was so sore and dry that she couldn't make a sound.
Seeing this, Fangyue, suppressing her heartache, quickly brought her some tea and waited for her to drink. She then put her ear to the ground and heard Yuliu ask, "Where's Yunhe?"
Yuliu still remembered what the system said at the end: in the year of the brothel cremation, the result of her saving Yunhe was that Yunhe survived and she died early.
And now that the causal line has been corrected, the two of them have switched places, and the opposite is true for her life, Yun He...
"Young Master Yun..." Fang Yue's eyes suddenly filled with tears. "I heard from Master Chen that Young Master Yun personally rushed into the fire that day to rescue the girl, but he himself..."
Yuliu slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and asked, "Are you still alive?"
"Alive." Fang Yue knew Yun He held a special place in Yu Liu's heart. She carefully assessed Yu Liu's expression, fearing that a harsh comment would hurt her feelings. Ultimately, she said, half-truthfully, half-confrontationally, half-consolingly, "Although Young Master Yun is still unconscious, don't worry, young lady. His injuries are more serious than yours. Li Shengshou is staying in the courtyard outside to take care of him. He'll probably wake up in a few days."
Yuliu lowered her eyes and said nothing more.
Just live. Just live!
As long as he is alive, there is still hope.
"Miss, would you like some medicinal food?" Fang Yue felt a little panicked when she saw Yuliu's expression. She coaxed her carefully, "These are all prepared by Master Li himself. If you use some, your recovery will surely be faster. When you can walk again in a few days, can you go see Master Yun in person?"
Yuliu nodded.
Fangyue was overjoyed. When she turned around to serve the medicinal food, she was stopped by Yuliu.
"No rush." Yu Liu said, "Call Li Shengshou and Shen Louzhu over here. I have something to say."
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"How did you know?" When Lord Shen heard Fangyue say that Yuliu had woken up, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed over. Unexpectedly, Yuliu opened her mouth and said that she knew how Shen Yuan turned into Yunhe.
"What do you think?" Yu Liu's face was pale. She chuckled and turned her head to look at Master Shen. "At the last moment, Yun He told me everything, including everything about 'Shen Yuan'."
In fact, Yuliu made the inference through the system and her own memory. Maybe there were some deviations in the details, but in the end, there were only her and Yunhe in the spring breeze, and what happened was only known to heaven and earth.
When Lord Chen recalled the scene when Yunhe rushed in to save Yuliu without caring about his own life when the fire was raging, he was speechless.
He had always thought that Yun He had really lost his memory, so although he took over the position of 'Shen Yuan' according to the agreement with the "predecessor Shen Yuan", he only maintained the status quo.
But perhaps it was because of the day when Chunfeng Fulan caught fire that Yunhe also felt that he would be in great danger on this trip, so he revealed his cards before leaving.
"Don't worry, I'm not telling you this to control you." Yu Liu smiled, looked directly into Master Shen's half-shocked, half-confused eyes, and said, "On the contrary, I want to help you complete what you haven't completed."
“You mean…” Master Shen was stunned: “Revenge?!”
"That's right." Yu Liu nodded. "Isn't all of Shen Yuan's wealth and power intended for revenge for his mother's murder?"
"However, the young lady has been unconscious for some time, so I'm afraid she still doesn't know. Now that Xiao Si has Su Yunyan's secret support, the annexation of Song by Xiao State is almost a foregone conclusion. Both in the court and among the people, there are many voices calling for Xiao Si to be the crown prince." Master Chen frowned. "Revenge is by no means easy, and the road ahead is extremely dangerous. I wonder...what the young lady wants to do?"
"What I want is very simple. I just want everyone in this world to see clearly what kind of person the currently glorious Fourth Prince Xiao is. As for how I should do it..." Yu Liu glanced sideways, looking over Master Shen's shoulder at the figure walking in from outside, "Isn't the answer here?"
Master Chen didn't expect that Yuliu had actually called someone else. When he looked back, he found that the person was Li Shengshou.
After Li Shengshou bowed to Yuliu, he nodded slightly to Master Chen, then walked forward, put down the old medicine box and took Yuliu's pulse.
Li Sheng felt the pulse for a while and was slightly surprised: "Congratulations, young lady, on your future happiness! The pulse is steady and gentle, actually better than before. However, you are a little weak and need some warming and conditioning for a while."
After saying this, Li Shengshou observed Yuliu's expression again, thinking that she was staring at him to inquire about Yunhe's condition, so he added, "Don't worry, Miss Yu. Although Young Master Yun was seriously injured in the fire that day, he was born in the Poison Doctor Valley and has an extremely special physique. He will recover very quickly. Given time, he will surely wake up."
"I know that the Holy Hand admires Yun He's medical and poison skills, so he risked offending the Fourth Prince by staying in my Yuqing Courtyard. He has taken such good care of Yun He and me, and I am deeply grateful." Yu Liu saw the Holy Hand's expression and knew he was right, so she smiled faintly and continued, "But Yun He and I are now seriously injured and bedridden, all because of the Fourth Prince. I must avenge this grudge. Therefore, I would like to ask the Holy Hand to verify an old story."
Li Shengshou was stunned and hesitated for a moment.
Elm and willow smiled and waited patiently.
"What's the matter...?" Li Shengshou asked hesitantly.
"Yangzhu flood." Yuliu opened and closed his lips to spit out four words.
"The Yangzhu flood? What's going on?" Standing outside the two of them, bewildered, Master Chen felt puzzled. "Isn't this the most popular thing Xiao Tianmin has done? During the flood, no one in the court dared to deal with it, but Xiao Tianmin stepped forward and personally went to provide disaster relief and food, stabilizing the people. The matter was almost over, but for some reason, a plague broke out in the disaster area. The Fourth Prince, not even afraid of contracting the disease himself, insisted on evacuating all the victims, preventing a major disaster... But why are you suddenly bringing this up?"
"Ah...it seems that Master Chen also knows about the strangeness of the plague after the disaster that year?" Li Shengshou's face suddenly became much more vicissitudes when he mentioned this. "The disaster was sudden and unprecedented back then, and yet the Fourth Prince came to me, convinced that I could cure it. I originally thought it was just his rhetoric, but when I went there, I discovered that the disease he said was a plague was actually more like a poison!"
"Poison?" Master Shen's tone rose slightly, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly became surprised, "Could it be the one from Southern Xinjiang before..."
"I heard that the Fourth Prince also met Li Shengshou when he was suppressing the rebellion in Southern Xinjiang?" Yu Liu lowered her head, turned the wrist that Li Shengshou was feeling, and held Li Shengshou's hand, which was calloused from years of collecting herbs, practising acupuncture. "Shengshou, you know deep down that he has no regard for the people. In his eyes, human life is nothing more than the sacrifice of thousands of lives for the sake of his success!"
Li Shengshou seemed touched, but he hesitated to say the most crucial words.
"Xiao Tianmin is not a wise ruler." Yu Liu's voice was weak, but the look she gave Li Shengshou was remarkably firm. "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. It's time to tell the people of Xiao, Song, and indeed the entire world, the truth of the matter."
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"What? The Fourth Prince who cured the flood back then actually earned his merit by poisoning the common people?! This, this is impossible!"
"Why is this impossible? You must have heard that those who contracted the plague in Yangzhu County used their own blood as a medicine, right? That's basically bleeding to induce poison! The Fourth Prince had just suppressed the Southern Frontier before going to Yangzhu. This can't be faked. The scars on the hands of the people of Yangzhu County from bleeding are even more unfaithful. Now there is evidence! Even if he is the son of the emperor, can he really turn back the tide of time?!"
"Oh my! Stop talking! The day before yesterday, the cook Li, who stood in front of the market and cursed him the most, had his tongue cut out and died at home yesterday!"
"Is someone who treats human life like dirt worthy of being the crown prince? He won't let us speak. Can't we, who are educated, even write?!"
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"Your plan isn't just about having the people drown Xiao Tianmin with spit, right?" Lord Shen sat at the table, pretending to be polite as he served a pot of tea. "I've already taken Li Shengshou to a safe place. What else do you need me to do next?"
"Where's the letter I asked you to deliver to Jiang Jingmo?"
Yuliu sat on the bed, looking at Yunhe's calm face as if he was sleeping, and always felt that he would wake up at the next moment.
But the next moment is always unsatisfactory.
"It's delivered." Master Chen dropped the teapot, lifted his sleeves and sauntered behind Yuliu, asking curiously, "What did you say in the letter? Jiang Jingmo drew his sword and chopped down the table I was working on right after reading it. I almost thought I was going to die without any descendants and never come back!"
"As long as Xiao Tianmin is still alive, none of us will die." Yuliu turned sideways and glanced at Master Chen with the corner of her eye. "I didn't even know that Master Chen dared to conspire with Yunhe to swap identities. Are you still afraid of a dead end?"
"Oh, I'm not afraid of death. I'm just curious about what you wrote that made him so murderous."
"Nothing." Yuliu stood up. "It's just to let him raise an army and start an uprising."
"Ah...?! Uprising?! No wonder you asked me to lead a company of soldiers. I thought you were going to protect your sister, but it turns out you were leaving it to Jiang Jingmo to build momentum!!" Master Shen was shocked at first, but then he burst into laughter and applauded. "Yes, the Song Emperor's favorite minister Su Yunyan's treason is a foregone conclusion. It's time for a hero to emerge from these troubled times and change the surname of the Song Kingdom!"
After conquering Song, they attacked Xiao.
Yuliu looked at Yunhe calmly, with a silent promise in her heart.
"I will definitely make Xiao Tianmin sacrifice his blood!"
【Author’s words】
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