Chapter 110 Chapter 110
Xu Duanyi smelled a strong smell of blood when he hugged Xie Qingya.
At this moment, he was leaning in her arms with a pale face and his brows tightly wrinkled.
Xu Duanyi's face suddenly turned pale, and even the hand that was on the other person's arm began to tremble slightly.
She could feel the wetness at her fingertips.
The slender fingers trembled slightly involuntarily, and the eyes widened suddenly, staring at the injured place in vain.
This was the first time she saw Xie Qingya injured.
Dizziness.
Xu Duanyi almost fell down.
I bit the tip of my tongue to drive away the dizziness.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Duanyi tried to regain his former calmness. Just as he was about to call Bixi to fetch some water and a handkerchief, he heard Xie Qingya's weak voice again: "Leave this place first, the Jinyiwei are chasing us."
"…We can't be discovered by them."
Although Xu Duanyi didn't know what had happened, he could tell from his expression that the situation was not good.
No hesitation.
Xu Duanyi immediately told Shi Yu outside, "Shi Yu, return to the palace!"
Thinking of Xie Qingya's injuries, she estimated that he had shed a lot of blood on the way here, so she told Shi Yu again, "Check if there is any blood on the carriage and wipe it clean first."
Upon hearing this, Bi Xi immediately lit up some incense, trying to cover up the smell of blood in the carriage.
"yes!"
There was the sound of rain outside.
While searching for bloodstains on the carriage, she immediately drove away.
"See if there is any medicine for external injuries." Xu Duanyi had calmed down a little now. He gave instructions to Bixi without stopping his hands. As he spoke, he helped Xie Qingya sit back to her original seat.
Bixi was ordered to open the medicine box in the cabinet next to her.
Xu Duanyi sat next to Xie Qingya, holding a handkerchief, frowning, and carefully wiping the wound on his shoulder.
Someone suddenly held my hand.
Xu Duanyi thought he had hurt someone, so he looked up quickly.
Just as she was about to talk to someone, she saw Xie Qingya holding her hand and gave her a weak smile: "Don't be nervous, I'm fine."
"It's just a minor injury."
Compared to this injury, Quan Fangtong's death tonight and that man's escape from him made him feel more frustrated and powerless.
Suddenly, he began to be enveloped by fatigue and weakness.
The other hand that was holding the hilt of the sword was also tightly grasped by him, refusing to let go.
"...He was right in front of me, he killed Quan Fangtong, and ran away." Xie Qingya lowered his head, his eyes were unfocused, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Just one step, just one step... I will know who he is!" This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team. He said this without any beginning or end.
He had long forgotten that he had never told Xu Duanyi about these things before.
He's just in this moment.
After endless anger, I suddenly became confused.
There are countless sadness.
Although he had thought from the very beginning that there must be someone helping Cao Da in the Jizhou camp.
That person might be in a high position of power, someone he is familiar with or even close to.
But today, the identity of that person was confirmed...
This feeling cannot be compared to just the word "anger".
His father had always been courteous and respectful to others, and was known for his good temper, whether it was to the people around him or the soldiers under him.
He had a total of seven lieutenants.
They have all followed him for many years and are good brothers who are willing to go through life and death for each other.
His father once told him.
He could trust them with his back.
So do they.
They could all die for their father.
He really couldn't understand why that person would betray his father. Was it for fame, for gain, or for money?
No matter what the reason is——
It is true that he betrayed his father, and it is also true that he covered up the truth of the Battle of Nagano!
Now, in order to continue to cover up the truth of that year, he ran to the capital to kill people.
When Xie Qingya thought about the fact that the man was on close terms with his father and that he had even called him uncle, he suddenly felt nauseous.
He suddenly hit his head on Xu Duanyi's shoulder.
Whether it was to escape or for some other reason, he just didn't want to face the disgusting truth at this moment.
Like a bewildered little beast, it had lost all strength and methods.
Xu Duanyi's hand holding the handkerchief stopped in mid-air because of his action. She lowered her eyes and looked at the black head in front of her.
Even though I couldn't see his face.
She could also clearly sense his sadness and powerlessness at the moment.
She knew Quan Fangtong.
But I don't know who this “he” that Qingya mentioned is.
Judging from Qingya's expression, he doesn't seem to be talking about Cao Da. Could it be that there is someone else behind the Battle of Nagano?
have no idea.
But now is not the right time to ask questions. This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Neither the timing nor the environment is suitable.
She could only raise her arms and place her hands on the top of his head, silently comforting him with a gentle and soothing gesture.
"master."
Bixi has found the medicine for the golden sore.
Xu Duanyi came back to her senses, hummed, and was about to reach out to take it.
Outside, Shi Yu's low voice could be heard: "Master, they are chasing us."
Xie Qingya had not yet reached the point of being unconscious.
Although he had a splitting headache and felt uncomfortable both physically and mentally, he still sat up straight with a stern face when he heard these words.
Habitual tightness.
He still held the sword tightly in his hand, refusing to let go.
suddenly--
I felt a warm touch on the back of my hand that was holding the hilt of the sword.
Xie Qingya's thick eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he was surprised and puzzled, and he looked to his side.
Then he saw Xu Duanyi was also looking at him.
As their eyes met, he heard her softly say to him, "Don't be afraid. Give me the sword. Let Bixi apply the medicine to you first."
As she spoke, she assured him, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Behind the carriage, there were clear footsteps and angry shouts: "Jinyiwei is investigating the case. Stop the carriage in front immediately!"
But Xu Duanyi's face in the candlelight was still calm and gentle.
She continued to look at him gently, not affected by the tense situation at the moment, nor paying attention to the footsteps that were getting closer.
She just looked at Xie Qingya tenderly, and then continued to stretch out her hand towards him.
Xie Qingya's thick eyelashes trembled slightly when she looked at him.
Finally, under her gaze, he relaxed his body a little, and without hesitation placed the sword in his hand, which he had never given to anyone, into Xu Duanyi's palm.
But he didn't let Bixi help.
"I'll do it myself." After saying that, he took the golden medicine and poured it on the wound to stop the bleeding.
But his eyes were always looking in the direction of Xu Duanyi.
The carriage had been forced to stop.
But Shi Yu was well prepared. He had slowed down a little bit beforehand. Even though the carriage was suddenly forced to stop, it only shook slightly.
There hasn't been much fluctuation.
But Xie Qingya still reached out to Xu Duanyi out of habit and held her arm.
He frowned and looked at her.
Use your eyes to silently ask her if she is okay.
Xu Duanyi smiled and shook his head to indicate that she was fine.
She had put the sword aside, and helped Xie Qingya sit a little further inside, while she herself sat closer to the window.
There was no sound from inside the carriage.
From outside, the Royal Guards shouted, "I told you to stop, but you still didn't stop? Do you know who we are?"
These Jinyi Guards are used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays.
With Cao Da's support and Cao Da's authority over them, in the past, as long as they mentioned the name of the Jinyiwei, even the officials in the court had to be polite to them. However, they didn't expect that it would not work tonight.
This person had only just arrived at the Jinyi Guard and had never seen Shi Yu before.
Naturally, I didn't know who was sitting in the carriage.
When I came over at this moment, I suddenly saw that the person who was catching the car was actually a heroic and beautiful girl. I was surprised and amazed.
But thinking that they were chasing the man in black, and that this carriage appeared here for no reason and dared to disobey their orders, they naturally became alert again.
Just about to go forward and search.
Then he saw a horsewhip in the air, with a strong wind, swinging directly towards him.
If he had not noticed it in time and stepped back immediately, the whip would have hit him directly.
Since he entered the Imperial Guard, when had he ever been bullied like this?
Furious.
But before he could draw his sword and move forward, he heard the woman who was driving the carriage shout at him: "You are so blind that you can't see whose carriage this is?"
talking room.
Chai Shou also arrived with his men.
He was also surprised when he suddenly saw Shi Yu.
I didn't expect to meet this master here.
After taking another look at the carriage behind her, Chai Shou had an idea in his mind and finally let go of his anxiety.
He never showed it.
He just faced the direction of the carriage and bowed, "Your Highness."
When the other Jinyi Guards saw this scene, their expressions changed and they greeted the carriage respectfully.
Only the Jinyiwei who had been forced back by Shi Yu earlier was stunned by this scene.
When he finally realized what was happening, his face turned pale, and he knelt down immediately, dropping the knife in his hand to the ground. "I didn't know that the princess had come here, and I have offended Your Highness. Please forgive me!"
As he spoke, he began to kowtow to Xu Duanyi.
"Commander Chai."
Xu Duanyi's voice came from the carriage.
Chai Shou quickly agreed and stepped forward.
Seeing that the curtain had not moved, he did not dare to comment, but bowed respectfully and waited outside: "What do you want, Your Highness?"
"What happened?"
Xu Duanyi asked him in the carriage.
Chai Shou did not dare to hide the truth and answered truthfully: "Tonight, the Jinyiwei was on patrol outside and suddenly saw several men in black coming out of the residence of a certain Lord Quan, so they chased us all the way here. Earlier, we saw the body of Lord Quan in an abandoned house, but the men in black disappeared. That is why we offended Your Highness. Please forgive us, Your Highness."
"How could such a thing happen under the emperor's feet?"
Xu Duanyi's voice was tinged with worry. Before Chai Shou could reply, she said, "Commander Chai, please investigate thoroughly and don't let this criminal go."
"yes!"
"Your subordinates stopped us earlier. Did they want to check my carriage?" Xu Duanyi asked him softly.
Chai Shou didn't even think twice and immediately replied, "I don't dare!"
"There is nothing to be afraid of. Commander Chai is also handling official business. If you need my cooperation, I will not refuse." Xu Duanyi said in a gentle voice, and then asked him, "Now, Commander Chai, do you still want to investigate?"
"This……"
Chai Shou seemed to be hesitant.
But he only hesitated for a moment, and then immediately replied: "We are all rough people, and we dare not offend Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Before Xu Duanyi could say anything, he took the initiative to ask, "Your Highness, are you preparing to return to the palace?"
Xu Duanyi smiled and said, "Yes, I just came back from the Marquis' Mansion. If I don't go back, I will be under curfew."
"Then should I send someone to escort Your Highness back home?" Chai Shou suggested.
Xu Duanyi still smiled gently and said, "I don't dare to trouble you. You still have to investigate the case."
"That--"
Chai Shou took a step back and bowed again: "Your Highness, I respectfully escort you back home." After saying that, he raised his hand and led his men to the side so that the carriage could continue to move forward.
Xu Duanyi didn't say much about this, just said "thank you for your hard work".
The carriage continued to move forward smoothly.
"Boss, why didn't you check just now? Isn't the eldest princess..." One of the Jinyi Guards asked in a low voice as he watched the carriage go away.
Not finished yet.
He was kicked by the Jinyiwei beside Chai Shou.
"You brainless thing, unless the one coming today is the Palm Seal, otherwise if we dare to lift the curtain of this person today, we will have no need to keep our heads tomorrow!"
Finished.
Seeing that the man was silent, he ignored him and asked Chai Shou beside him in a low voice: "Boss, what should we do now?"
What he said, of course, was not to let Princess Jiashun's carriage leave like that. What should he do?
It was the man in black...
They were ordered by the seal holder tonight to deal with Quan Fangtong.
I thought it was just a trivial and easy matter, but I didn't expect that a group of men in black would appear in the middle of the journey and take Quan Fangtong away.
Now Quan Fangtong is dead.
But I don’t know if he said anything he shouldn’t have said before he died?
It is really worrying.
Chai Shou pondered and said, "Send someone to deliver Quan Fangtong's body to Shuntian Prefecture first, and then continue to track down the man in black. He is injured and should not be able to run far."
The man was still worried and asked hesitantly, "That palm print, that..."
Chai Shou said solemnly: "Tomorrow I will personally go and apologize to the seal holder."
"I'll accompany you..."
Before he could finish the rest of the sentence, Chai Shou patted his shoulders twice: "No need."
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Chai Shou said, "Okay, let's get started."
These people still have great faith in him.
After hearing Chai Shou's order, they naturally did not dare to raise any objection. Afterwards, the Jinyiwei were divided into several groups, and one group first sent Quan Fangtong's body to Shuntian Prefecture to report the case.
Several other groups dispersed to look for the man in black.
…
When Xu Duanyi and Xie Qingya returned to the palace, it was already half an hour later. The south and north of the city were separated by a long distance, so it naturally took a lot of time on the road.
On the way back.
They did come across Lingji and Changfeng.
They recognized Shi Yu first, realized something was wrong, and came over immediately. After knowing that their master was in the carriage, they finally let go of their tense and anxious hearts.
After separating from the master.
They originally wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain and take the Jinyiwei disguised as the man in black to another place so that the master would have more time to inquire about Quan Fangtong.
Before I knew it, I ran into another group of Jinyiwei just as I went out.
Afterwards they were forced to run away.
They didn't dare to let the Jinyiwei find out, so they naturally didn't dare to go to their master.
When he finally left those people behind and wanted to look for his master, he discovered that several Jinyiwei came out with Quan Fangtong's body.
There were a lot of bloodstains on the ground.
Worried that something had happened to their master, they split up to look for him, and rushed all the way until they saw the princess's carriage, and only then did they finally feel relieved.
When I returned to the palace, everything was quiet.
Many people in the palace have already gone to sleep.
Only Aunt Deng became worried when she learned that the princess had gone out. Especially when she saw that the princess had not returned for a long time, she waited nervously at the gatehouse.
By the time Xu Duanyi and the others returned, Aunt Deng was already so sleepy that she dozed off.
It was not until someone reminded her that the princess had returned that Aunt Deng hurriedly stood up, shouting "Where is she?" and then swayed her body and ran out to greet her.
"Prince, Princess, Aunt Deng is here." Changfeng's voice of reporting was also heard from outside.
At this time, Bixi and others had already gone out.
Only Xu Duanyi and Xie Qingya were left in the carriage.
Hearing this, Xu Duanyi and Xie Qingya looked at each other and whispered to him, "I guess I went out too late and made my aunt worry."
Xie Qingya held her hand and said, "It's okay."
He has been given medicine and the injured area has been bandaged carefully.
But after all, he had lost too much blood, and both his face and lips looked pale.
"Why are you all here? Is the prince with the princess?" After Aunt Deng came out, she saw Changfeng and Lingji there too, and asked in surprise.
She thought the princess was in a hurry for something, which was why she went out so late.
Now it seems that the princess has gone to see the prince? Thinking of this, Aunt Deng's worried face immediately smiled.
Just at this moment, the car curtain was also lifted up.
Aunt Deng saw at a glance the prince and princess sitting inside.
The smile on her face could no longer be hidden.
"Greetings to the Prince and Princess!" She walked over and greeted them with a smile.
Didn't notice anything wrong.
Xu Duanyi was sitting outside and when she saw the smile on Aunt Deng's face, she knew that Aunt Deng had misunderstood... Well, it's not quite right to say it was a misunderstanding.
She did go to find Xie Qingya.
"Aunt, why haven't you gone to rest yet?" She asked softly after letting the person get up.
Aunt Deng looked at the young couple at this time. What was there to worry about? She immediately said, "Let's go, let's go now."
Without waiting for the couple to say anything else, she took the initiative to say, "My Lord and Princess, please go to bed early. I will leave now."
After she finished speaking, she bowed to the two of them again, then left with a smile on her face, her steps brisk, without any trace of the heaviness from before.
Seeing this, Xu Duanyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
If Aunt Deng saw the injuries on Prince Wang's body, there would be another round of trouble. It would be bad if Changning and Ping'an also knew about it.
It's not bad.
"You guys should go back first."
Xie Qingya's instructions came from behind, and these words were naturally directed at Lingji and Changfeng.
The two men bowed their heads and responded without hesitation.
But before leaving, Xie Qingya told Changfeng, "Go outside the city tomorrow and pick him up." Thinking of the man in black tonight, his voice suddenly became colder, "Be careful."
"yes!"
Changfeng and Lingji left.
Xu Duanyi turned around and looked at Xie Qingya.
There were many questions in her mind, but she did not ask them at this time. She just looked at his pale face and said with distressed eyes: "Let's go back to the house first."
Xie Qingya looked at her and nodded, without saying anything more at this time.
In fact, this injury is not serious for him.
He had suffered more serious injuries in the past, and there were several scars on his shoulders and back, all of which were traces of those injuries.
Seeing Xu Duanyi cautiously helping him back to the house.
He wanted to tease her a few times like he used to, but in the end he didn't say it. He felt heavy in his heart. It was really impossible to make a joke.
He was silent.
He let Xu Duanyi support him and returned to Linfeng Pavilion.
It's late at night.
Xiuyu was the only one left in Linfeng Pavilion at this time. When she saw them coming from afar, she immediately came over to greet them.
"Your Highness, Prince." She greeted the two of them first.
Seeing the wounds on the prince's body and smelling the faint smell of blood when she got closer, she was shocked but did not ask any more questions. She just said, "I will prepare some hot water."
Talking.
She bowed and left.
"I'll go with you." Shi Yu also followed.
Xu Duanyi said nothing and helped Xie Qingya in.
soon.
The three of them brought hot water.
Xie Qingya went into the clean room first to wash up.
Xu Duanyi asked them to go downstairs and rest first, while he took Xie Qingya's clothes from the cupboard and went to the clean room.
After all, this is Xie Qingya's house.
At first, Changfeng only took a part of the clothes.
So there is no need to run to the study to get it.
After entering, she saw Qingya with his back to her, shirtless, wiping his body with a handkerchief.
He was injured and couldn't touch water, so he could only wipe it like this.
The back is hardly touched.
Xu Duanyi put the clean clothes in his hand aside, then walked over and held the other end of the handkerchief.
"Let me do it."
Xie Qingya paused while holding the handkerchief, but did not refuse and said yes in a low voice.
He still had his back to Xu Duanyi.
They had touched each other everywhere in the courtyard before when they were infatuated with each other, but this was the first time that Xu Duanyi wiped Xie Qingya's body.
This would be a normal time.
Xie Qingya was definitely trying to tease her, but he didn't say anything rude at this moment.
"Why are you going there?"
His voice was still a little hoarse.
Xu Duanyi didn't hide it from him either.
Without stopping his hands, he whispered, "I found out something, but I don't know where you went, so I can only go there and try my luck."
Unexpectedly, her luck was good and she really found him there.
But Xie Qingya looks...
Just as he heard this, he turned around and looked at her.
Xu Duanyi did not avoid his gaze, but met his gaze directly, looked at him and asked, "What happened tonight? Who killed Quan Fangtong and hurt you?"
"Who is the person you asked Changfeng to pick up tomorrow?"
Xie Qingya has always known that Xu Duanyi is smart.
When they were young, they studied together, and the old man always said that if Xu Duanyi was a man, her name would definitely be on the list of successful candidates.
But he really didn't expect that she could find out this in just a few days without knowing anything.
"Because Cao Da wants to kill me?" he asked Xu Duanyi.
Xu Duanyi knew what he meant and she nodded.
Now that it has come to this, there is naturally no need to hide it.
"At that time, I felt that Cao Da was too determined to kill you, and it seemed a little strange. Then I thought of the change in your expression when you saw him in the palace that day, and I guessed that it was about the Battle of Nagano..."
It was just a guess.
I didn't expect all this to be true.
She did not say anything further, but just looked at Xie Qingya with trembling eyelashes.
"Uncle Xie and the others..."
Xie Qingya looked at her and admitted in a low voice: "There was something wrong with the armor they wore back then..."
He told Xu Duanyi everything that happened that year.
He combined what he had found out and what Quan Fangtong had said into a story and told it to Xu Duanyi.
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