Chapter 111

Because of the influx of refugees, Xizhou City had already closed its gates. When building the city defenses, all the young and strong men from outside went there. Feng Shuo asked his men to register, so it was easy to check a person now.

The female itinerant doctor did not expect the leader of this iron armored guard to be so sharp. When Xing Yao rode past, she gave a look to the man following her.

When Xing Yao came to her, she put on a blank face like an ordinary woman: "Military Master, you called us?"

Xing Yao pointed at the man following the female itinerant doctor with his whip: "Raise your head."

The man was only sixteen or seventeen years old, a descendant of the old subordinates of the previous dynasty. He had been outside the Great Wall before, and had never seen such a scene. His legs trembled violently and he raised his head stiffly.

Xing Yao asked, "Where is he from?"

Without waiting for the man to answer, the female doctor smiled and said, "Soldier, this is my nephew. There was a war in the south, and he fled here..."

Xing Yao interrupted her impatiently, "Do you have the household registration documents?"

The female doctor said, "I don't have the household registration documents with me. He is now working under the Marquis of Xing'an. If you don't believe me, you can go to the Jixiang Inn to ask..."

Jixiang Inn is where the Marquis of Xing'an stayed.

When the man heard what the female doctor said, he hurriedly took out the token of the Marquis of Xing'an from his body.

Xing Yao glanced at it and didn't express his opinion.

To investigate this man, they had to get past the Marquis of Xing'an. Xing Yao knew that because Feng Shuo had rejected the county lord of Xing'an and turned to the Chu family to propose marriage, the Marquis of Xing'an was already upset. If he touched upon the issue again, the Marquis of Xing'an would surely have another fit.

He half-squinted his eyes, The

man did not dare to look Xing Yao in the eye and went to look at the female doctor. The female doctor elbowed him and said, "Kid, why are you looking at me? Are you still ashamed after hitting someone like that? General, please answer me!"

The man stuttered, "Reply... General, I'm Cui An, from Wu County, Lanzhou."

The female doctor chimed in, "General, this kid is shy."

Xing Yao did not respond and asked, "What are you two doing here?"

The female doctor smiled and said, "I ordered a set of clothes from the clothing shop here some time ago, and I came to pick it up today."

Xing Yao was not someone who could be easily fooled. "Which clothing shop?" "Clothing shop?"

The female itinerant doctor pointed to Mrs. Chen's shop next to Jiang Yanyi's shop, "That's it."

Xing Yao ordered a guard, "Call the shop owner out."

When Mrs. Chen saw the soldiers coming into the shop, she thought something big had happened and was a little nervous. After leaving the shop, Xing Yao pointed at the female itinerant doctor and asked her, "Did this woman order clothes in your shop before?"

Mrs. Chen often did needlework day and night. Sometimes, in order to save some charcoal money, she didn't light a charcoal basin. She had a lot of frostbite on her hands. She bought frostbite plaster from the female itinerant doctor. The female itinerant doctor also often asked about the situation in Jiang Yanyi's shop next door. Mrs. Chen had a deep impression of her.

The shops in this area all have small houses attached to the back.

But in addition to the small house that Jiang Yanyi originally had, his shop also connected to the west wing of Feng Mansion, where many people live.

Chu Zhong, Chu Yangui and Chen Guogong are all in the west wing on weekdays and rarely go out. Outsiders don’t even know that they live here, and Madam Chen is not clear about this.

The female itinerant doctor had previously gone in to see the layout of the courtyard under the pretext of scraping Jiang Yanyi, and their people also noticed that Jiang Yanyi brought Huo Jianjia to this shop.

She wanted to ask Madam Chen indirectly whether Huo Jianjia lived in Jiang Yanyi's place, but unfortunately she didn't get any useful information. In order to prevent Madam Chen from getting suspicious, she ordered a set of clothes.

So when Xing Yao asked about it, Mrs. Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it happened a few days ago, but I have too much work to do and I haven't finished it yet."

Mrs. Chen asked suspiciously, "Dr. Fang, didn't you say it was not urgent?"

The female doctor smiled and said, "I just happened to be walking to the main street of the Protectorate, so I came to take a look."

After the interrogation, there was nothing suspicious except that the man was working for the Marquis of Xing'an.

But the Marquis of Xing'an could not be offended at the moment, and Xing Yao was in a hurry to go to Pipa Lane, so he let the female doctor and the man go.

The female doctor and the man nodded and bowed as they watched Xing Yao and the armored guards leave. Then they pretended to be calm and walked around, slowly leaving the main street of the Protectorate. After turning into the alley, the female doctor angrily slapped the man in the face: "You are incapable of doing anything but always capable of causing trouble!"

The man covered his slapped face and lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Aunt Fang Zhi."

The female doctor sighed: "Forget it, if I had known that Minister Jiang's daughter would be favored by the King of Liaoning, I would have been very happy. She should have been poisoned when she was scraping. Now it seems that there is only a silly girl guarding her house, but there are so many experts watching in the dark. It is impossible to go into the house to find the sheepskin scroll. I can only hope that the girl from the Huo family has taken the things with her and has not handed them over to the daughter of the Jiang family. "

Taking advantage of Jiang Yanyi's siblings and the masters of the mansion going out, sneaking into the house to find Huo Jianjia's sheepskin scroll was the main purpose of the female traveling doctor to go to the main street of the Protectorate today.

But she never expected that those masters in the dark did not withdraw at all, so she had to give up this plan.

When the female doctor Fang Zhi and the man returned to the Jixiang Inn, Chang Sui, who was beside the Marquis of Xing'an, came over and said, "The Marquis has been waiting for Doctor Fang upstairs for a long time."

Fang Zhi nodded and said, "Thank you."

Chang Sui made a "please" gesture to her.

Fang Zhi went up to the second floor of the inn. The man who followed her wanted to go up together, but was stopped by Chang Sui. The man looked a little angry.

Fang Zhi saw it and just said, "Cui An, you just wait for me downstairs."

The man gave up.

In the guest room, the Marquis of Xing'an was wearing an elegant robe, with a chessboard in front of him, as if he was playing chess with himself. When Fang Zhi entered the room, the black pieces in his hand just blocked a white piece.

Fang Zhi spoke first: "I have met the Marquis. You are indeed very majestic."

Marquis Xing'an ordered his attendants: "Give Doctor Fang a seat."

The attendant quickly brought a chair. After Fang Zhi sat down, Marquis Xing'an said: "Xizhou has begun a city-wide martial law again. The King of Liaoning is not a paper tiger. Doctor Fang and his group are hiding here with me. If the King of Liaoning investigates thoroughly, I will have a hard time explaining it."

Fang Zhi heard that Marquis Xing'an wanted to ask for the treasure map, and said: "The imperial mausoleum hides half of the gold and silver treasures of the Daqi treasury. Isn't this enough for you to explain?"

When Emperor Qi was alive, he fell seriously ill due to excessive indulgence. After recovering from the illness, he began to seek immortality, recruited countless alchemists to make elixirs, and emptied the national treasury to build an imperial mausoleum to help him ascend to the throne of heaven, causing great suffering to the people.

In order to build the imperial mausoleum, many blacksmiths were captured from the public to serve as bodyguards . It is rumored that the floor tiles in the entire imperial mausoleum were made of gold and silver, and there were countless rare treasures inside.

However, the terrain of the imperial mausoleum was hidden. After the completion of the construction, all the blacksmiths at the bottom and the officials who supervised the construction were beheaded to seal their mouths.

The chief engineer in charge of the design of the imperial mausoleum drew two maps and hid them in sheepskin, one was a map to the imperial mausoleum, and the other was a map of the internal structure of the imperial mausoleum.

After the death of the chief engineer, the parchment scroll first fell into the hands of the eunuch who went to deliver the imperial edict. Later, when the Qi Dynasty fell, the parchment scroll was nowhere to be found.

The Emperor Qi was not buried in the eternal mausoleum he secretly built for himself. He was given the title of assistant by the founding emperor of the Xuan Dynasty and left to feed wolves in the wilderness.

The former officials did not dare to collect the body of the Emperor Qi, and only buried the emperor and empress in formal attire outside the Great Wall. For so many years, they secretly visited Jiang Yanxi's whereabouts while looking for the treasure map of the imperial mausoleum.

There has been no news for many years. Recently, the parchment scroll was dug out of the tomb by a group of tomb robbers due to the war, causing a stir again.

Xing'an Hou held the chess piece in his hand, smiling, his eyes full of experience: "Let's not talk about whether the imperial mausoleum exists or not. Doctor Fang must let me see the treasure map first,

so that I know it is not an illusion." Fang Zhi said: "My Lord, just look at the bloody storm that the bandits have set off to fight for this map, and you will know whether it is an illusion or not."

Xing'an Hou said: "What Doctor Fang said is true, but the whole bandit group is fighting for it, how can I be sure that the treasure map is in your hands."

Fang Zhi looked directly at Xing'an Hou: "My Lord, we are in the same boat. You have soldiers, I have money, we raise the flag, his Feng family is a group of traitors, we have a hundred people to support us, why should I fool the marquis? "

Marquis Xing'an laughed twice: "Doctor Fang is really a heroine, but according to what Doctor Fang said, how will the world be divided in the future?"

Fang Zhi said: "Marquis, you are too kind, you have no children, you can inherit a boy from the side branch, I don't ask for anything else, as long as he marries the princess, after you ascend the throne, draft an imperial edict, and pass the throne to the princess's child in the future. "

After a roundabout way, the throne returned to the hands of the Daqi royal family. Although

the Qi emperor was absurd, Daqi had a deep foundation, and some ministers also wanted to support the young emperor to register, but it was a pity that before they put it into practice, the former emperor Fengzuo rebelled and slaughtered the Daqi royal family.

Some old ministers of the previous dynasty would rather die than betray. When they learned that they still had bloodlines in Daqi, they lived in seclusion outside the Great Wall, thinking that one day they would overthrow the regime of the traitors and rebuild Daqi.

They were so humble, how could Xing'an Hou not agree?

He came to Xizhou sincerely to form an alliance with Feng Shuo, but Feng Shuo humiliated him. Now that there is a ready-made opportunity in front of him, why should he be restrained by Feng Shuo and be his pawn?

Xing'an Hou made a good calculation. Even if he couldn't swallow up Daxuan in one breath and divide the world, he would be fine as a local emperor guarding the gold, silver and jewels in the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty.

Fang Zhi spoke eloquently and calmed Xing'an Hou before going to see Jiang Yanxi.

After the previous searches, all the illegal residents were registered. If they hadn't been protected by the Marquis of Xing'an, they would have nowhere to hide.

Jiang Yanxi had already washed and changed her clothes. She was squatting on the corner of the bed with her hands on her knees. When she heard someone open the door, she was like a frightened bird.

She had been locked up for more than a month. Although she had not been tortured, she was still very thin. Her chin was pointed, which made her eyes look bigger.

When Fang Zhi saw the eyes that looked exactly like the Queen Li in her memory, her nose felt sore and she called out, "Princess, I finally found you. You have suffered a lot these years."

Jiang Yanxi's eyes were full of vigilance, "What did you call me?"

Fang Zhi's eyes were red, "Princess, you are the Princess of Daqi!"

Jiang Yanxi pursed her lips, "I am not, you have found the wrong person. Where is my father?"

The former officials of the previous dynasty who went to rescue people used the name of Minister Jiang, so Jiang Yanxi followed them, but was secretly brought to this inn. She asked about Minister Jiang many times but no one answered her, and she also found something wrong.

Seeing Jiang Yanxi like this, Fang Zhi thought of the deceased Queen Li and was heartbroken. She cried and said, "Back then, the generals of the state rebelled. In order to protect you, the Queen Mother asked the imperial physician to secretly take you out of the palace in a medicine box. That's how you were adopted by Minister Jiang."

Hearing the word "Minister Jiang", Jiang Yanxi's eyes finally changed, but she was still mostly on guard: "Where is my father?"

Fang Zhi had to calm her down first: "Minister Jiang is still being taken care of. " Imprisoned in the Dali Temple, the informant in the capital is already trying to rescue her. "

Jiang Yanxi said: "Why should I trust you?"

Fang Zhi said with pain: "Princess, why don't you think about it, why did I lie to you?"

Jiang Yanxi hugged her knees helplessly. She had been abused and scolded by Madam Jiang since she was a child, and bullied by her legitimate brothers and sisters, just because she was a concubine's daughter. Now someone suddenly told her that the lowly concubine's daughter was not her true identity.

For a moment, she felt that this fate was really ridiculous.

If she was really a princess of the previous dynasty, the only father who loved her was not her father at all. The hatred and grievances accumulated over the years seemed to be what she should have endured. She was not qualified to hate and blame Madam Jiang's mother, who had been mean to her for more than ten years.

What about everything between her and Feng Shiyan?

Jiang Yanxi pinched her palm unconsciously with her five fingers, and her lips were bleeding from being bitten by her teeth. She lost control and yelled at Fang Zhi: "Liar! You are all liars! I am not! I don't believe your lies!"

Why! After enduring so much humiliation and harsh treatment, she couldn't even hate with all her heart?

This is such an absurd life, is she supposed to endure all of this? Was she teased by fate like this?

Fang Zhi saw that she was out of control and a little crazy, so she quickly inserted a silver needle into her acupuncture point, and Jiang Yanxi fell asleep.

Fang Zhi sighed, and wiped her eyes without holding back the tears.

After she walked out of the room, Cui An, who was standing outside the door, asked hesitantly, "Aunt Fang, is this really the princess? Could it be a trap set by the person who wrote the letter?"

They had never found the whereabouts of the princess of the previous dynasty, but suddenly received an anonymous letter a month ago, saying that the eldest daughter of Minister Jiang was the princess who was sent out of the palace that year.

Fang Zhi glanced at Cui An coldly, "Although I don't know the identity of the sender, I have verified it myself. After Jiang Jing'an was imprisoned, Lin Taifu in the capital also found an opportunity to confirm it with him. Jiang Jing'an personally admitted that this is the princess. She also has a red mole birthmark on her arm. What are you doubting?"

Lin Taifu is an old minister of the previous dynasty, and the most influential person among the old subordinates of the previous dynasty.

Cui An immediately lowered his head: "I dare not."

Everything they did was for the restoration of the country. Hearing Jiang Yanxi's hysterical denial, he was angry.

Fang Zhi warned him: "Watch the princess. If anything happens to the princess, I will only blame you!"

Cui An lowered his head and responded.

Feng Mansion.

When Feng Shuo came back after interrogating the prisoner, his face was more gloomy than Jiang Yanyi imagined.

She asked: "Did the interrogation go smoothly?"

Feng Shuo shook his head. Xing Yao's search had not yet yielded any results. He didn't want to elaborate, so Jiang Yanyi didn't ask any more questions.

She had been standing outside the corridor for a while, and there were a lot of fine snowflakes on her hair and collar.

Feng Shuo helped her brush off the snowflakes on her head. There were a few winter plum trees planted outside the corridor. The red dots in the white snow were very eye-catching, but at this moment they just served as a foil for her.

Jiang Yanyi's originally fair skin was slightly reddened by the wind. Compared with her usual bright and beautiful face, there was a trace of sadness between her eyebrows, which made people feel pity.

Feng Shuo touched her cheek with the back of his hand and found that her face was cold. Her brows were furrowed: "Aren't you cold standing outside for so long?"

There was no one in the yard. Jiang Yanyi kept her face against the back of his warm hand without moving away, as if she had been walking for a long time and suddenly found someone to lean on: "The doctor is giving Yan Gui acupuncture. I feel suffocated. It will be more comfortable to come out and get some fresh air."

Feng Shuo moved his hand down to her back and used some force to hug her into his arms: "Yanyi, something like today will not happen again."

Jiang Yanyi thought he was afraid that she was scared, and said, "I'm fine, and I'm not scared. I just want to end this quickly. I don't want to be scared because of those people hiding in the dark..."

"I know."

He would never tell her that he was scared.

The moment the carriage rushed towards her, his heart almost stopped.

It was also the first time in his life that he wanted to cut someone into pieces.

How dare they touch her?

How dare they!

Jiang Yanyi could keenly perceive Feng Shuo's emotional changes. Although she didn't know the reason, she subconsciously felt that it should be related to today's assassination.

She leaned her cheek against Feng Shuo's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and said sadly: "Feng Shuo, I'm really fine, don't be like this, I always feel that I am a burden to you when you do this..." "

Jiang Yanyi, tell me what is a burden?"

Feng Shuo lifted her chin with one hand, and the hand on her waist unconsciously tightened a little.

Jiang Yanyi suddenly groaned in pain.

Feng Shuo quickly loosened the grip on her waist and asked with a frown, "Were you knocked down in the carriage?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't want to face Feng Shuo's worried look at all. She nodded with a tearful face, feeling more and more like a useless little thing...

Chu Yangui's wooden wheelchair was in the carriage. When Chu Zhong turned the carriage, the wheelchair hit her lumbar spine. It only hurt for a moment, but now it hurts every time it touches her.

Feng Shuo was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He picked her up and walked to his yard.

Jiang Yanyi knew that he was probably taking her to apply medicine. Although they were engaged, they had not yet gotten married. She was afraid that people would see them and gossip, so she kept pulling his clothes anxiously: "It was just a bump, it's not serious! I'll go back and ask Qiu Kui to help me apply some ointment for bruises and injuries."

Feng Shuo didn't say anything, but he didn't stop walking.

When they arrived at his own yard, he put Jiang Yanyi on the couch, found the best blood-dissolving ointment from the cabinet, and then stared at the frightened and embarrassed person and said: "Do you take it off by yourself, or do I help you take it off."

Jiang Yanyi was so scared by his words that she didn't know where to put her hands and feet, and stammered: "I... I can do it myself."

She said that she wanted to apply the medicine herself.