Rebellious officials bow their heads

Xie Linze sat up, "The world is clear, Yuyu clarifies, how can you prostitute yourself in the daylight?"

As he said that, he was amused by himself, rubbed his eyes, and opened his arms to the man beside him, "Serve me to change clothes, and I will give you a commander Dangdang another day."

"Your Majesty means that I am happy to serve you, and I will be promoted and rich in the future?" Xu Yan took a robe from the side and put it on for him.

Xie Linze turned his head and rubbed his face against his palm, "What you said is very true."

When he did this, he was like a docile cat. Xu Yan's heart seemed to be scratched by a feather, and he couldn't help touching his face back.

Gradually, his expression became thoughtful, "About the assassination of the late emperor..."

Xie Linze raised his head, "Huh?"

Xu Yan: "Have you investigated it?"

"Are you looking through the previous files?" Xie Linze said, "I have seen them all. The assassination of the late emperor and He Jifeng's treason did not show any signs, because it happened so suddenly. I checked for a long time, but in the end all All the evidence points to the He family, and there are letters between him and the Tuoba clan of Beirao in Wenyuan Pavilion."

Xu Yan tied his girdle for him, "So many princes and sons went to the hunt back then, why didn't you go?"

Xie Linze paused for a moment, then smiled lightly, "Of course it's because my father is afraid that I will cause trouble if I go, so he left me in the palace."

He turned around according to the strength of the other party, and let Xu Yan comb his hair. The two of them were immersed in this quiet and warm atmosphere, and did not speak for a while.

After getting dressed, Xu Yan went to call the palace servant waiting outside the door to deliver the food. The palace servant responded, and he came back to sort out the files on the case table. He accidentally turned to a few pages and checked them against the documents in front of him. There were clues, and when he recovered, the food had already been served.

He saw Xie Linze whispering some instructions to the palace servants, and then the palace servants retreated.

Xu Yan asked: "What?"

"Ask him to bring up another piece of your favorite peach blossom cake." Xie Linze supported the table with one hand, "Come and eat quickly."

Xu Yan walked over to him, "Do you know why I came to Beijing to find you?"

Xie Linze tilted his head, showing a look of willingness to hear more about it.

The other party said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your skill in making peach blossom cakes is not as good as your swordsmanship."

Xie Linze almost forgot that there was still this problem, so he couldn't help but touch his forehead, "You found out, I left the town with you in such a tight schedule that I couldn't deal with it."

"It's a good thing you didn't dispose of it, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see me." Xu Yan scooped up a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of him.

He raised an eyebrow, "Excuse, obviously you want to come."

"Yes, yes, I want to come, what about you?" Xu Yan approached him, "Why do you make peach blossom cakes?"

The distance between the two faces was extremely close, Xie Linze smiled confusingly: "Of course it's to make you happy, Mr. Six."

He felt the other person's breath falling on his face, and before Xu Yan could move, he scooped up a spoonful of porridge and stuffed it into his mouth, "Eat."

Xu Yan's left cheek was swollen because of his sudden spoonful, and he stared at him silently for a moment, then stepped back and started to eat.

After a while, the palace servants bowed into the bedroom, put down a plate of peach blossom cakes, and placed a bowl of medicine in the tray in front of Xie Linze.

Before Xu Yan asked, the man said, "It's just a refreshing medicine. I've always been a little sleepy lately."

Xu Yan thought about what happened last night, nodded, and handed the man a piece of peach blossom cake after he finished drinking the medicine.

Xie Linze stared at the Peach Blossom Crisp in front of him, his originally pitch-black vision gradually became hazy, and gradually he could see some glimmer of light, he raised his hand to take it, chewed it twice, got up and went to the wine rack to get the wine.

After taking two steps forward, the things in front of him didn't become clear, instead, they quickly fell into darkness again. Xie Linze was startled, and heard Xu Yan talking behind him. He was obviously not far away, but he couldn't hear him at all. clear.

Xu Yan said: "It's only early in the morning, don't always think about drinking."

As he spoke, he saw Xie Linze turn around stiffly, as if he wanted to say something to him.

"What's wrong?" He keenly sensed that something was wrong, stood up, and the next moment, he saw a stream of blood dripping from the corner of the man's mouth, before he could utter a word, he fell backwards and fell on the white jade floor.

Xu Yan's heart stopped beating at that moment. He stepped forward quickly, and the table was knocked to the side by him. He hugged Xie Linze, who had lost consciousness and passed out, and felt that the other person was cold, without a trace of warmth. , like a piece of ice.

"Linze? ​​Linze?" Xu Yan called his name, but didn't get any response. He probed for his breath with a stiff and disobedient hand. Fortunately, there was still a faint breath, which could make him hang in his throat. My heart dropped.

The palace was in a panic, everyone was in fear, the Taixuan Hall knelt down on the ground and the helpless imperial physicians, Ji Han drove them out in a rage, Zhou Yuan entered the palace without stopping, and hurried into the Taixuan Hall, ignoring Seeing the expressions of the two men in the dormitory, they came to the couch and put their hands on Xie Linze's wrists to feel their pulse.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yuan's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"What's the matter?" Xu Yan couldn't help asking, and Ji Han next to him also looked over.

The medicine bowl that Zhou Yuan gave to the case table had some medicine dregs on his fingers, he inspected it carefully, and said with a heavy expression, "There is no poison in the medicine, it is a prescription that I misdiagnosed earlier, and it is only used to suppress toxins. , it is only a medicine that can make the eyes clear for the time being. Your Majesty's symptoms seem to be overwhelmed by the long-standing toxicity, and then backfire, but I have never seen such a subtle toxicity. If it is not because of the poison, it is difficult I noticed that it doesn't look like it was made by the people of the Central Plains..."

He looked at Xu Yan: "From this point of view, his previous blindness was not an ordinary bird's eye disease, but a toxicity..."

Xu Yan's face was covered with cold shadows, and his voice was piercingly cold, "Don't worry about me, just keep talking."

Zhou Yuan said: "The toxicity is eating away at his five senses."

After a moment of silence, the air in the dormitory seemed to be sucked clean, and it became tense.

Xu Yan stepped forward suddenly, grabbed Ji Han, and gritted his teeth firmly and viciously: "You know, why didn't you say it earlier?!"

When Ji Han was caught by him, he panicked for a moment, then calmed down, allowing the other party to pull his skirt, and looked at him coldly, "Yes, I know, but no one can save him, you know what's in his body When did you get the poison?"

Without waiting for Xu Yan to continue asking, he replied without hesitation: "During the reign of the late emperor, even his father, emperor, and mother, who searched all over the world for famous doctors, could not save him. What can I do?!"

Xu Yan opened his eyes wide, as if ice water had been poured into his mind, he suddenly remembered what he had asked Xie Linze not long ago: "So many princes and children went to the hunting back then, why didn't you go..."

He still clearly remembered how the other party answered, "Of course it's because the father is afraid that I will cause trouble if I go, so he left me in the palace."

Xie Linze was only 17 years old when the late emperor passed away. Did he know that he was hopeless at that time...

In the confusion, he remembered the last time he went to deliver medicine to Xie Linze, the desperate and dark eyes in the heavy rain.

He let go of Ji Han in a daze, and when he spoke again, his voice was unbelievably hoarse, "Then there is no way to save him?"

Zhou Yuan was silent for a while before saying: "I will try my best, but does Ji Shoufu know a thing or two about the poison the emperor has suffered?"

"It's Floresan."

Zhou Yuan became astonished when he heard these three words. He had seen Flosan in ancient medical books. He used the Flos flowers on the snow peaks in the north as a reference, and refined them with thousands of highly poisonous medicinal materials. But he thought that the poison was just a rumor, and it didn't exist in the world.

Ji Han: "There is still a chance to save Xie Linze."

Facing Xu Yan's gaze, he continued, "For Qing Ci, he may have the antidote of Foluosan, but he will never give it to us. He has been trying to control Xie Linze with the antidote."

Xu Yan: "Where is he now?"

"Don't try to fight him with martial arts, even if you can win him, he still has Xuanxie Guards by his side." Ji Han said, "Qingci's whereabouts are always unpredictable, but he often stays in Duyun Daoist Temple, You might be able to go there and find an antidote."

Xu Yan looked at Xie Linze who was unconscious on the bed, "How long can he last?"

Zhou Yuan: "He won't die, but he will gradually lose his five senses and become no different from a corpse."

Xu Yan took the knife from the wooden stand and strode out, when Ji Han's cold voice came from behind him: "Be careful, don't be caught by Qingci."

As the night deepened, the rest of the people withdrew from the dormitory, leaving behind a group of guards and Nanzhen government secretary guards.

Xie Linze was lying in the darkness, his consciousness was deeply immersed in endless nightmares, blood and screams poured out continuously to drown him, the more he struggled, the deeper he sank.

At this time, a voice whispered in his ear: "Xie Linze..."

"Xie Linze..."

He followed the call through the endless darkness, his consciousness broke free from the chaos, he opened his eyelashes soaked in cold sweat, and felt that there seemed to be a person sitting beside him.

The hall was quiet, Xie Linze opened his lips, and after a few breaths he made a sound: "Xu Yan?"

The people around him seemed to chuckle slightly: "Aze, it's me."

Xie Linze suddenly got up from the bed, raised his hand and pulled out the dagger under the pillow, and pressed it against the opponent's throat. Just before he was about to pierce it, his wrist was held by someone, and he could no longer move forward.

"Ah Ze, are you trying to kill me?" The man seemed to be sighing, "Since when has our relationship become so irreconcilable?"

"Do you need me to repeat what you did?" Xie Linze's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his lips were pale.

"Aze, put down the dagger." Listening to the voice alone, there was no hint of threat in the man's gentle words, "Do you know where Ji Yan is?"

Xie Linze let go of his hand, "Where is he?"