Chapter 74 Chapter 74
"My Lord!" The guards were horrified.
Blood splattered on Du Lingjing's nose and eyes, and she had forgotten to breathe.
When she came to her senses and rushed to check on his injuries, he held her head.
The man's strong and powerful arms were like a towering and majestic Great Wall, holding her safely in his arms.
"Don't look at it, it's just some blurry blood."
"But it's nailed on you..." Du Lingjing was so confused that her voice changed.
He just touched her hair and comforted her softly.
"It's a minor injury."
His tone was like a thorny weed that gently scratched his skin.
He was still holding her, protecting her in his arms. Du Lingjing didn't even dare to move, for fear of hurting him again.
He did not let go until the streets around the Marquis's mansion were cleared by the guards and a guard hurried forward to clean the Marquis's wounds.
The guards surrounded him, and Du Lingjing stood outside at a loss until Chongping hurried over.
"Chongping..."
Her eyes were red.
Chongping took a look and quickly handed over the handkerchief.
"Don't be afraid, Madam. I will escort you and Madam back to the mansion right away."
Some guards have gone to chase the thief, but because the incident happened in the capital city and too suddenly, and the city gates have not yet been closed, the thief has not been caught yet.
However, the streets here are cleared and the Marquis' Mansion is surrounded by guards, so there will be no danger.
Chongping went to see the Marquis again, but Lu Shenru looked past the surrounding guards and looked at his wife who was so frightened that she didn't dare to approach him.
"It's okay, it's not a critical matter."
The hidden arrow hit his upper arm below the shoulder, and was definitely not in such a vital area as the chest or neck.
But when Chongping looked at the blood on the wound, he saw that the blood had turned faintly black.
"My Lord..."
The arrows are poisonous.
But the man immediately shook his head.
Don't mention it in front of your wife.
Chongping understood, turned around and called the carriage to come over, personally helped the marquis into the carriage, and then brought his wife up.
The carriage drove towards the marquis's mansion, and Du Lingjing kept staring at his wound.
"Still bleeding."
The blood dyed the newly tied white cloth red.
She looked at him intently. Lu Shenru didn't let her look, but she insisted on looking.
The man was helpless.
"Of course the flesh will bleed if it's broken. Do you think the bleeding can stop if you just stare at it? That would be more powerful than any magic medicine."
He smiled at her, not taking it seriously at all.
Du Lingjing's tears fell.
How could he still be in the mood to joke?
Lu Shenru cried out, "Why are you crying again?"
He raised his good arm to wipe her tears, and the carriage creaked towards the marquis's mansion.
"I have so many old wounds and scars on my body. My wife has seen them before. No matter how deep the wound is, it will heal one day."
He laughed, "By this time next year, if you see this wound on my shoulder again, it will have healed long ago."
Since it is a wound that is destined to heal, why should we be worried about it?
Du Lingjing looked at him in surprise.
He always leaves the past to the past and the future to the future. He has developed a body of iron and steel and walks briskly through the world, fearing nothing.
But right now, at this very moment, isn't it hurting him?
And how can he be sure of what the future will be like?
Du Lingjing's tears fell more and more, and he kept saying "Oh" and wiping her tears.
"Don't cry, don't cry..."
But Du Lingjing's tears kept flowing.
He could have avoided this injury.
... ...
Yongding Marquis Mansion.
Du Lingjing saw the imperial physician sharpening his knife and coming forward.
The doctor who came this time was not the gentle Doctor Li who was better at treating internal injuries, but the serious Doctor Wang.
Doctor Wang came up and said, "The arrow is poisonous. We need to cut some flesh off for the Marquis."
As soon as he said this, Lu Shenru looked at his wife, and saw that her watery eyes were wide open and trembling.
The man was helpless, fearing that Doctor Wang would say something else, so he quickly called Chongping.
"Send the lady back to the inner courtyard."
But she shook his hand and said, "I won't leave."
She refused to leave, and the little strength in her hands was only enough to pinch her own hands until they turned white, but it made his palms itchy.
Lu Shenru's heart softened, and he couldn't help but hold her hand. She hadn't been willing to be so close to him for so many days.
But he still said.
"Go back. If you faint from fear after seeing the cut flesh, should the imperial physician treat you first or me first?"
He tried to persuade his wife, but Doctor Wang took over his words.
"I have brought an apprentice with me, who can help wake the lady up."
Lu Shenru: "..."
Doctor Wang actually didn't need to say so much.
And he didn't want his wife to get an injection.
But Du Lingjing said, "I don't faint when I see blood, and I won't be frightened to death."
But she would cry.
My eyesight is not good to begin with, what can I do if I keep crying?
Lu Shenru only called Chongping, "Send the Madam back."
Du Lingjing didn't want to leave, but he had already loosened his hand and gently pushed her waist.
Chongping stepped forward.
"Madam, please go back. If you stay here, the Marquis will be distracted."
The arrow was embedded very deeply and was coated with poison, so it was not easy to clean it out.
Du Lingjing didn't dare distract him anymore and could only leave, looking back every few steps.
Du Ling stood quietly in the corridor outside the door and did not return to the inner courtyard.
The staff members who were temporarily staying in the Marquis' Mansion all rushed to Yuanxiu Pavilion. Chong'an limped and asked them to stop making noise, "The imperial physician is treating the Marquis's injury. Gentlemen, please be quiet!"
Then someone came to deliver a message, saying that Wei Cong and Nian Jia had also rushed over after hearing the news, and Wei Jue also came from another direction.
The three of them met at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion. It was dark. Nian Jia heard that an assassin had shot Jing Niang with an arrow and injured the Marquis. He did not care about the Crown Prince for a moment and trotted inside.
In front of the gate, someone suddenly bumped into him.
But in an instant, the man quickly grabbed her arm and stabilized her body.
Nian Jia looked up and saw the angry lantern at the gate of the courtyard reflecting the man's eyes with his brows downcast.
It’s Wei Jue.
She immediately took a step back, but he inexplicably still held her arm. When she looked at him in surprise, he slowly let go of her arm.
His face turned slightly pale, as if he had not recovered from a serious illness, and he was completely different from before.
Nian Jia didn't know what happened to him. Was he also injured by a hidden arrow?
As her thoughts flashed through her mind, she heard the prince's footsteps approaching from behind her and immediately turned around.
She didn't speak to the person in front of her anymore. She just turned around and called out, "Prince, hurry up," and then went into the yard.
Wei Cong strode to the door, and Wei Jue saw him and nodded in greeting. Wei Cong just glanced at his cousin, said "hmm", and didn't say anything else, then followed Nian Jia into the yard.
Wei Jue lowered his eyes and walked into the yard.
The two brothers were led into the hall by Chongping, but Nian Jia found Du Lingjing.
She saw Jingniang standing guard in the corridor outside the Marquis's door. The night wind was still chilly on her body, so she quickly pulled her to the next room.
"Don't worry too much." She advised her, "When the prince was alive, I thought he was going to die, but he is fine now, right?"
She also personally poured tea for Du Lingjing and advised her to drink it to calm her down.
"These military commanders have been training their bodies since they were young, and have developed strong bones and muscles. They are in good health, and the injury to the Marquis is only on his arm, so it won't be a problem."
It is true that the injury the prince suffered a few days ago was much more serious than Lu Weishi's.
But Du Lingjing felt that this was different.
He could have avoided this injury...
Nian Jia persuaded her for a while, and Wei Cong and the others also asked about the Marquis's injuries, which were not too serious. Seeing that it was getting late, they all left.
Du Ling was left alone standing quietly in the vent at the corner of the corridor, recalling that moment over and over again in her mind.
"Quanquan!" He first called her in surprise.
Then, seeing that she did not dodge, he took two steps forward without hesitation, hugged her tightly in his arms, and blocked the arrow for her.
She didn't see any hesitation in him.
This is completely different from when she rescued Mr. Liao.
At that time, she was so shocked that her mind went blank. She just thought that if she rushed away from Mr. Liao, both she and Mr. Liao would be fine. This was indeed the case. The arrow was not as cold and hidden as the one today. It only grazed her arm.
But he was too late to pull her away or throw her away when an arrow suddenly shot from the night sky. He used his own flesh and blood to block the arrow for her.
The cold arrow, with a buzzing sound, pierced into his shoulder and arm.
Du Lingjing's soul was trembling.
What if the arrow misses?
What if it wasn't his shoulders and arms, but his neck and eyes?
She didn't dare to think about it anymore and raised her hand to wipe away the tears that wouldn't stop coming out of the corners of her eyes.
How come he didn't hesitate at all?
If he abandoned himself and died for her, she really didn't know how to deal with it.
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Doctor Wang quickly cleaned up Lord Lu.
"The poison on this arrow looks ordinary, but it is not worthy of the status of a marquis."
Does he have to be poisoned by some poison that ordinary people cannot cure?
Lu Shenru: "Thank you, Doctor Wang."
Doctor Wang didn't need him to thank him. Seeing that it was getting late, he didn't stay any longer and said he would come to see him tomorrow.
However, Doctor Wang was right. This poison was not that tricky or severe. It was just an ordinary poison applied on arrows. It would cause the wound to fester and be difficult to heal. However, this was not a problem in the hands of the imperial physician.
"Is this arrow really aimed at her?"
He asked, and Chongping replied beside him.
"Madam is weak, and even a simple arrow wound could be fatal. If there is poison in it, it may delay her for a while... It seems that the person who shot the arrow may be the one behind it."
He paused, "I'm afraid he really wants to take Madam's life."
The moment the words fell, the whole room was filled with a chilling atmosphere, and Chongping didn't even dare to look at the Marquis's eyes.
If the lady really died from that hidden arrow, he couldn't imagine what the marquis would be like.
But then again.
The wife is the Marquis's weak spot. Even if others didn't know it before, now some people are gradually aware of it. It's hard to say who he is targeting this time.
First, the marquis attacked the spies at night, and then his wife was drugged.
Chongping secretly thought that he must strengthen the defense of the Marquis' Mansion.
Just as he thought of this, he heard the Marquis say something in a cold voice.
"From poisoning to shooting the arrows, it only took a few days... We must find the person hiding in the dark."
He really couldn't let her go out before the person was caught.
The bright lights flickered, Chongping turned off a few of them, and then he saw his wife coming to the door with tea.
Chongping saluted and quickly retreated.
Lu Shenru turned to look at her and saw her coming over with tea.
"Would you like some tea?" she asked him softly.
The last time she "served" him like this by serving him tea and water was last time, when they were staying in Baoding.
The wounds on his shoulders and arms no longer hurt. He watched her carefully as she walked up to him and poured him a bowl of water.
Her eyes were red. Even though I told her not to cry, she still cried.
She brought the tea bowl to his side. Lu Shenru raised his hand to take the water she poured for him, but she withdrew her hand.
"The tea is a little hot, and it's inconvenient for you to use one hand. Let me feed you."
Lu Hou thought that his ears were not injured, so he must have heard it correctly.
Sure enough, she sat next to him. She blew on the hot tea for him first, then scraped off the tea leaves and tea foam, and carefully handed it to his lips.
Lu Shenru even forgot to open his mouth for a moment and just kept looking at his wife, the wife he married with the help of the imperial decree.
It was not until she looked at him in confusion, her watery eyes asking him why he refused to open his mouth, that he came back to his senses.
He took a sip of the tea she had personally fed him.
The tea was as cool as mountain spring water, not even hot at all. Even if she put the whole cup of tea into his mouth, he would still be able to drink it.
But she only let him take a small sip, then took it back, blew it for him again, and handed it back.
The scent of tea had long since disappeared, leaving behind the sweetness between her lips and teeth, and the faint scent of ink on her white fingertips.
The man's heart melted in the tea.
Seeing her red eyes again, who were those tears for?
When had he ever had such a moment with her?
He didn't want her to bring him tea anymore, so he raised his hand to take the tea bowl and put it aside.
Du Lingjing was stunned, but he hugged her and put her on his lap, and held her to sit on him.
Du Lingjing was so frightened that his soul flew away. His other arm had just been injured.
But he just looked up into her eyes and whispered to her.
"Quanquan is willing to reconcile with me?"
Reconcile?
At this time, he still cares about this? He doesn't know that if the arrow had deviated, he might have died...
"No need to move your arms!"
Just applied the medicine and came to hug her.
She was anxious, but he didn't care about the injury at all.
"I have more than one arm. Isn't there another one?"
He didn't care at all, he just looked up at her and asked again.
"Quanquan, can you make peace with me?"
Du Lingjing couldn't hold it in any longer, and she suddenly burst into tears.
The next moment, she hugged his neck and threw herself into his arms.
The man was stunned.
In the room shrouded in darkness, the dim lights flickered.
This was the first time she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms.
She accepted him and buried her whole face deeply in his chest!
At this moment, Lu Shenru was stunned and at a loss.
The light was still flickering, and I didn't know which small lamp was burning, making a crackling sound.
There were never lights on in the dark compartments of Mian Building, not during the day and certainly not at night.
He had been recuperating for a long time and was used to this, but when his second brother came to see him, he ignored him.
It was dark and there was no light, only a few rays of light coming from her study in Mianlou, shone in obliquely. The long night was very boring, and his second brother chatted with him in a random manner.
"Brother, you have been with her in the Mian Building all day, so you must know her name, right?"
Du Lingjing, that was the name her father gave her.
He didn't tell his second brother, but his second brother asked again, "If you don't want to tell me her name, I can tell you her courtesy name."
Men would have courtesy names, and girls from scholarly families might also have nicknames.
The second brother guessed that she must have a nickname, so he asked.
But she didn't seem to.
But he said, "The word Quanquan."
"Quanquan?" The second brother blinked quickly, "Brother really found out everything, even her nickname."
He replied, "I took it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second brother almost started coughing.
The boy quickly covered his mouth to avoid making any noise in the dark room and arousing suspicion.
But he blinked more and more.
"On the Qingquan Stone... Brother, you are going too far. You gave me this irrelevant word just to suit you!"
He glanced at his second brother and told him that her name was "Ling Jing".
The second brother was in a trance, "What a lively and nice name. Quiet water, it seems like you should use 'Quan' as your nickname. But what's the point of you using it? The girl doesn't even know you very well!"
I'll get to know him, he thought.
But a few days later, he saw Du Ge Lao move a landscape bonsai into the library. He had it placed in her study.
Water was added from time to time, and a thin stream of cool water began to flow.
Elder Du stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction, "The water in this bonsai is as lively as a spring, which is exactly in line with Jingniang's nickname."
Lu Shenru was surprised behind the dark partition.
Her nickname, could it be that my second brother told the elder on her behalf? His face turned red, this kid Hengru... ...
Unexpectedly, Ruan Gong's father, Ruan Daguanshi, who was standing by, said, "The name that the Third Master gave to the girl is really wonderful."
Third Master, Sanlang, Third Brother.
He had heard someone mention him more than once, but this person was recuperating in the mountains and was not yet in Qingzhou.
This is where the Du clan lives, and clan members often come and go. For example, Du Jicang, the eldest son of the Du family, comes here often.
He guessed that Sanlang was just Sanlang from the Du family, her cousin.
Otherwise, why would she be given a nickname?
He didn't care about it. He just felt that the word "Quanquan" might be God's will, which just suited him.
But the Saburo that everyone talked about is back.
The day she heard the news, her face was filled with unconcealable surprise. She was like a butterfly smelling the fragrance of flowers, and she ran down the Mian Building and out with her dress fluttering.
Only then did he realize that it was not her cousin.
It turned out that he was her sweetheart.
The name "Quanquan" was given to her by her lover.
But so what?
The word "Quanquan" was not only given by Jiang Zhuxiu.
... ...
"Quanquan." He called her in a low voice.
The lights were crackling, and the faint smell of fireworks floated in the room, mixed with the aroma of medicine, tea, ink, and the fragrance of her hair.
She just kept crying, threw herself into his arms, hugged him, and threw herself completely into his arms.
It was no longer like the time when her father passed away, when she held a lantern and asked the mountains at night, and the mountain rain extinguished the lantern in her hand. She listened to the call and quickly threw herself into Jiang Zhuxiu's arms.
At this moment, she was alone in his arms.
Will there ever be a day when Jiang Zhuxiu will be gradually forgotten?
His broad and strong arms held her tightly. He felt that was not enough and wanted to use his other hand to completely embed her in his arms.
But she started as soon as he moved his other arm.
"Don't move, don't move!"
Her eyes were full of tears, but she was anxious to hold him down and not let him move.
Lu Weishi was helpless and shook his head.
But he just used one arm to pick her up.
He also stood up, stepped on the yellow light, and carried her steadily to the high platform under the window with one hand.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, not daring to move, but he raised his hand to wipe away the tears from her red eyes.
"Quanquan, from now on, don't cry anymore."
Du Lingjing didn't want to cry anymore, so she clutched the corner of his clothes tightly.
"Then you have to be good."
The man chuckled and responded to her.
"good."
His Quanquan finally reconciled with him!
... ...
The next day, Doctor Wang cleaned the wound and applied medicine to Marquis Lu again. Du Lingjing came out of Yuanxiu Pavilion temporarily and went to the inner courtyard to get him some spacious robes to change into. Then he saw that the outer courtyard was like a flooded dam, full of people who came to visit.
Everyone was surprised that the Marquis was injured, and said that the Emperor was furious in the morning.
In the capital city, under the feet of the emperor, someone actually dared to assassinate a first-rank duke. In a moment, the Jinyiwei, together with the Wucheng Bingmasi and Shuntianfu Yamen, the three groups of people filled the streets and alleys of the capital city and then went to the capital area to search for people everywhere.
Du Lingjing stopped and listened to the news outside, and heard the generals who came to visit talking about it.
"How could the Marquis be injured? Even if there was an assassin, what were the guards of the Marquis' Mansion doing? How could the Marquis be injured by a hidden arrow?"
Some people say that even the most careful plan can lead to mistakes.
But someone knew more details. "It was said that a drunk scholar deliberately blocked the way of the marquis. The marquis was magnanimous and didn't want to make a fuss about it. He got off the carriage temporarily and accompanied his wife to stroll on the street."
The man said, his voice lowered, "It's okay to just wander around, but the hidden arrow was aimed at the lady."
He said, "My Lord, this time, I blocked the arrow for my wife!"
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
No one spoke for a while, but a burly general who had just arrived in Beijing from the northwest raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"How could this be? Excuse me, what is so important about Madam that you would risk your life to protect her?"
He said bluntly, "If the Marquis is gone, the entire Northwest Yongding Army, including His Royal Highness Prince Hui and the Imperial Concubine in the palace, will be unable to continue. How can the Marquis be so reckless?!"
When he made these remarks, some people nodded in agreement.
Du Ling stood silently behind the wall, lowered his head, pursed his lips, turned around and walked away quietly.
If someone dared to say such words, it was not just the opinion of one person, but someone implicitly mentioned it in front of Lu Shenru's face.
He asked Chongping.
"Don't they all mean that?"
What it means is that the Marquis shouldn't take the blame for his wife.
Chongping sighed lightly, but Lu Shenru's face darkened.
If she heard this, I don't know what to think.
At this moment, the soldiers and generals who were visiting were still queuing outside, but the man raised his hand with a cold face.
"Gone. Let them all go."
He immediately asked Chongping to pass on the message that no one was allowed to visit him, "and those from the northwest are not allowed to come to the capital."
This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is:
"No one is allowed to talk nonsense about the lady!"
Chongping quickly responded, "Yes."
But Chongping hasn't left yet.
The man asked him again, "What else?"
Chongping whispered.
"My Lord, we have found the person who drugged Madam in the Prince of Yan's Courtyard."
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