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In the dining room of the general's mansion, the water mist was steaming, and the medicinal fragrance permeated the air. Liu Fengping rolled up his sleeves and fanned the fire gently, sweating all over his face, he had stayed in front of this small medicine pot for an hour.Seeing that it was about to be fried, the steward of the mansion came to invite him to the front yard to count the latest spring tea delivered.

He just asked the steward to look at it, but the steward was embarrassed to say that he didn't understand, and he was afraid that he would be punished by the general for leaving bad tea.Liu Fengping smiled: "It's okay to have bad tea, anyway, the general never likes to drink tea, even if he brewed it with tree leaves, he wouldn't be able to drink it well."

As he said that, he still put down his cattail fan and went to the front yard with the steward.Light the fire on the stove, and the hot air on the medicine pot diffuses into water vapor and dissipates, making a puffing sound.

But for a while, a servant brought in the fresh fruits and vegetables to be used in the afternoon and put them in the corner. Seeing that there was no one around, he carefully came to the medicine pot, took something out of his pocket, opened the lid and threw it in.Turning her head to leave, she met Liu Fengping's light eyes.

The servant was stunned for a moment, then quickly lost his astonishment, and bowed to Liu Fengping to salute.Liu Fengping smiled slightly, went back to the medicine pot and opened the lid to take a look: "Yuan San, I wonder when did you learn medical theory?"

Yuan San apologized and said with a smile: "What did Manager Liu say? The small one is that the medicine stove is left unattended. I was afraid that the medicine would be boiled dry so I looked at it. How do I know what medical principles are? The small one still has work to do, so let's go first." gone."

"Wait a minute." Liu Fengping took a bowl and drained the medicine, brought it over and handed it to him, "It's a shame you have such a heart. I'll trouble you to send this medicine to Ru Xin."

"Ru Xin?" Yuan San's expression changed, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Isn't this medicine from the general? Why..."

Liu Fengping said warmly: "Ru Xin has contracted a cold recently, this medicine is not suitable for the symptoms of the General after drinking it, so throw it away, so I fried it for Ru Xin, it's all about healing."

Ru Xin is the most beautiful maid in the mansion, most of the servants in the mansion like her, Yuan San is no exception.

Looking at the bowl of thick black medicine, Yuan San broke out in sweat on his forehead, and was about to pick it up, when Liu Fengping sighed: "However, she has taken it for a few days and it doesn't seem to be very effective, and it doesn't seem to be quite right." , I still have to see the doctor."

Yuan San sweated more on his forehead.Liu Fengping handed the medicine bowl to his hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a warm voice: "If you really like him, put more effort into it, this bowl of medicine is a chance for you, do it well."

His smile was still as warm as a spring breeze, but in Yuan San's eyes, it was as cold as ice, and he managed to stop the trembling of his body.Seeing him walking away, Yuan San poured the medicine into the flower garden outside the house and rushed away.

Liu Fengping looked at the new tea left behind with some emotion.Now Wei Zhan is far away at the border, Wei Hong is in the prison, Wei Yi is also missing, Wei Zheng has never liked it, at this time there will be no one else in the mansion who is free to drink tea except himself.

However, at this time, I didn't have the mood to drink tea, it's a pity that I missed the good tea.

Asking the steward to seal up the tea and deal with some house chores, Liu Fengping walked to the courtyard and saw a Clivia plant that was a bit wilted, fearing that it was infected by insects, so he leaned over to check it.The slender figure approached slowly, hesitated for a while before speaking: "Director Liu..."

Liu Fengping got up and smiled at the visitor: "Ru Xin, what's the matter?"

Ru Xin's face was reddish, and she stirred the hem of her clothes with both hands: "It's nothing, I just want to thank the manager for giving me medicine for a few days, I'm much better."

Liu Fengping said: "That's good. It's just a little effort, no thanks."

Ru Xin bit her lower lip: "I heard from Aunt Liu that the steward decocting the medicine is very hard work, how could it be a small effort? The favor of the steward, Ru Xin... Ru Xin has nothing to repay..."

Liu Fengping coughed and interrupted her: "It's really nothing, you don't have to be grateful to me. This orchid is infested with insects, please go get some fishy water."

Ru Xin looked sad, nodded and saluted and left, passed the corner, and looked back at him fondly.

Such a character, such a character, is still out of reach after all.

Sighing, Ru Xin walked towards the backyard, but a man jumped out suddenly, panting urgently, startled her, and said displeasedly: "Yuan San, what are you doing?"

Yuan San stuffed a black thing into her hand, and said anxiously: "Eat it quickly!"

Ru Xin looked at the tree root-like thing, threw it away, and said disgustedly: "You must be sick, why do you let me eat this kind of thing?"

Yuan San hurriedly picked it up and patted off the ashes on it: "This... Anyway, you eat it quickly, I, I won't hurt you!"

Ru Xin snorted: "What are you men thinking that I don't know? I still have something to do, get out of the way!"

Yuan San was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. Seeing that she was about to leave, he grabbed her arm and cornered her, and stuffed the thing into her mouth.

Ru Xin was terrified, struggled desperately, and kept her mouth shut.Yuan San didn't care much in his desperation, and was about to pry her mouth open when he suddenly felt a pain in his arm, and he could no longer use his strength.

"Director Liu..." Ru Xin broke free from his hand, threw herself into Liu Fengping's arms and cried loudly.

Only then did Yuan San realize how stupid and ridiculous he had done just now, and he slumped on the ground.

The servants in the mansion saw that Yuan San, who was usually honest and friendly, did this beastly act in broad daylight, they were both surprised and angry, they surrounded him and questioned him, but Liu Fengping stopped him.

Liu Fengping comforted Ru Xin slightly, walked up to Yuan San, and took the black thing away: "Iron potato root, it really is the poison of ghost heart grass."

Yuan San shook his head dejectedly: "I should have thought of it a long time ago..."

Liu Fengping said: "You've been hiding for so long, now you're only concerned and you're in chaos. Don't worry, she's not poisoned."

Yuan San's eyes lit up, and he looked at Ru Xin, only to get a look of extreme horror and disgust, another pain in his heart, he closed his eyes tangled.

"Boss, this guy is so daring, leave it to us, and keep him until his parents don't even recognize him!"

Liu Fengping waved his hand, and said to the steward: "Put him in the firewood room first, and wait for the general to deal with him. No one can hurt him."

The last sentence made the servants who were eager to fight lose interest and dispersed angrily.When Yuan San was taken away, he passed by Ru Xin, struggling and said: "Ru Xin, believe it or not, I really won't harm you...I won't harm you..."

Ru Xin hid behind Liu Fengping, not looking at him.Liu Fengping sighed, and said: "He's telling the truth. He won't harm you."

Ruxin was tearful, grabbed his clothes and choked up: "He, he just clearly treated me like that..."

"He wanted to save you." Liu Fengping calmly broke away from her hand, "It's all right now, go back and rest."

Ruxin didn't know his slight alienation, and left with tears in her eyes.Liu Fengping looked at the thing in his palm, and finally relieved the frown between his brows that had been frowned for several days, thinking, it's time to try the newly picked Biluochun.

When Liu Fengping brought the medicine bowl, Wei Zheng was reading the urgent report from the border, and his brows were furrowed in one place.

Liu Fengping said: "General, drink the medicine first."

Wei Zheng glanced at him and said, "This medicine is useless, what are you doing with him?"

Liu Fengping said: "I reconfigured this this morning. I added elixir to it, and it will definitely work."

Wei Zheng put down the letter and got up, but didn't go to pick it up: "I have something important to go to the Ministry of War, the medicine will be taken later."

"General." Liu Fengping followed a few steps, "I just found out that I need to report to the general. Yuansan, a handyman in the mansion..."

Wei Zheng didn't stop there: "Let's talk about it when we come back."

"General..." Liu Fengping followed to the door, and Wei Zheng had gone far away.Liu Fengping sighed softly, turned around and took the medicine back to the kitchen, put it in the steamer, looked at the medicine stove, and turned the fire to medium.

Ghost Heart Grass is poisonous, and it needs to be done slowly if you want to completely detoxify.Iron potato roots are not grown in Jindi, so they are very rare, and they need to be arranged better.

After calling several guards and ordering that no one should approach the medicine stove, he took some food and went to the woodshed.Yuan San sat on the ground silently, and when he saw him coming in, he just raised his head, and fell silent again.

Liu Fengping said: "You have been in the mansion for less than a year, right?"

Yuan San was silent, Liu Fengping said to himself: "Ghost Heart Grass is cold in nature, it grows in the extremely cold places in the north, and it coexists with Red Cloud Lotus. Since you can get Ghost Heart Grass, I don't know if there is Red Cloud Lotus? I haven't seen it for a long time. seen."

Yuan San was startled, raised his head and stared at him: "What did you say?"

Liu Fengping sighed, knelt down in front of him, and put down the food: "I understand your feelings, but Wei Zheng is not guilty of death."

"Are you from Nanyue too?!" Yuan San's eyes widened and he sprang up like a ferocious beast, grabbing Liu Fengping's lapel: "Since you are from Nanyue, how can you submit to the enemy who destroys the country? You...you Damn it!"

Liu Fengping didn't resist, looked at his furious face, and said, "Wei Zheng was not the only one who killed me in Nanyue? What's more, he was only a deputy general in the army, and he risked his life to save Nanyue from being slaughtered. More than ten years have passed Now, Nanyue Mountain has become a piece of old history, and most of the survivors of Nanyue Mountain have merged into Jin people, living in peace and contentment, so why do you insist on not forgetting?"

"Bullshit!" Yuan San punched him in the face and said angrily, "What do you mean to live and work in peace and contentment, you have become a servile dog, and the master will naturally reward you with food, but how have you ever understood those who are displaced and spurned by others?" Live through their pain! People who have lost their country, what place do they have in this world?"

Liu Fengping showed pain on his face, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Nanyue people are no different from Jin people, as long as they want to, they can always live well. When you were in the general's residence, who ever owed you?"

"You traitorous bastard, don't talk about such nonsense!" Yuan San red-eyed, took out a dagger from his bosom and rushed over, "I'll kill you!"

Liu Fengping dodged to dodge, but the dagger still scratched his right arm, blood was flowing.

Yuan San lost his mind in a fit of rage, he only wanted to kill and then quickly, Liu Fengping's weak body couldn't resist, but before he came, he ordered the guard servants not to approach, and at this time, he deliberately protected and covered up, and he never even called for help. Pass.

Seeing that he was about to die, suddenly a person rushed into the house, knocked down the dagger in Yuan San's hand with one move, and oppressed him to the ground with one capture.

"Mr. Liu, are you okay?" It was Jiang Lie who came.

Liu Fengping covered the wound, the blood was dripping all over the ground, but he never frowned, but his face was pale, he shook his head and said: "It's nothing."

Yuan San glared at Liu Fengping angrily, as if he wanted to poke a dozen holes in him with his eyes.Liu Fengping didn't look into his eyes, and said to Jiang Lie, "Don't hurt him."

Jiang Lie was a little puzzled, but he did as he did and relaxed a little.Yuan San roared: "Don't be hypocritical, shameless villain, you will die!"

Liu Fengping has always been kind and kind, and everyone in the house admires him. This Yuan San used to respect him a lot, but now it seems like he has a deep hatred. Jiang Lie is really puzzled: "Sir, what happened?"

When Jiang Lie asked, he was careless for a moment, causing Yuan San to break free, and the dagger rushed towards Liu Fengping.Jiang Lie immediately intercepted and slapped Yuan San's chest with his palm.Yuan San felt that his heart and lungs were cracking, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Yuan San..." Liu Fengping hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, Yuan San tried his best to push his hand away, his expression was awe-inspiring, and he was no longer that obedient handyman: "Why be hypocritical? You are right, Nanyue has long since ceased to exist, There will never be a day of recovery. But I am different from you, my father is a soldier of Nanyue, he died in the battlefield and was loyal to the country, I will not live, let alone accept the kindness of you, a villain!" Yuan San died dead Staring at Liu Fengping, there was some other kind of emotion in the anger, "You better not hurt Ru Xin, otherwise, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"

Liu Fengping was extremely sad: "I didn't hurt her, and you don't want to hurt yourself. Life is not easy in a hundred years, you are still young, why bother..."

Yuan San snorted coldly: "I'm not like you who can abandon the old country and the old land. My greatest hope in this life is to kill Wei Zheng! Now that the matter has been revealed, what's the point of living?" into the belly.

Liu Fengping smelled the strong smell of blood, and seeing Yuan San's eyes closed unwillingly, his heart seemed to have been stabbed, and the pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe.

Jiang Lie looked at all this, although he was very puzzled, he didn't open his mouth to ask.After a long time, Liu Fengping got up and said in a deep voice, "Bury him."

Jiang Lie nodded, called the guards to carry him out, and sent someone to invite a doctor to treat Liu Fengping's wounds.

Liu Fengping's expression returned to normal, but he didn't say a word, he listened quietly to the doctor's instructions, and then said thank you.

"Sir, Yuansan..." Seeing no one around, Jiang Lie asked in confusion, "Is he from Nanyue?"

Liu Fengping said: "I am also from Nanyue."

Jiang Lie had heard this just now, and was not surprised at this time, thinking back to what Liu Fengping did all these years, there was nothing wrong with it, he couldn't help but wonder if it really matters that he is from Nanyue?

Liu Fengping said: "Why are you returning to Beijing at this time? But there is something in the army?"

Jiang Lie hesitated a little, then took out a letter and handed it over: "This was intercepted by the Major General at the border of Izumo, and it was a private letter between Xiao Qianlin and the Izumo National Division. It involved a conspiracy between the inside and outside, so it needs to be reported as soon as possible. emperor."

After reading the contents of the letter, Liu Fengping didn't change his face: "Where is the person who sent the letter?"

Jiang Lie said: "Before interrogation, I committed suicide."

Liu Fengping put the letter away as it was, and said: "I see, you go and rest."

Jiang Lie hesitated, but said nothing, nodded and walked out.Liu Fengping looked at the letter again, got up and went to the kitchen, added some water to the medicine stove, threw the letter under the stove, and burned it.

About half an hour later, Wei Zheng came back, and Liu Fengping delivered the hot medicine.Wei Zheng stood on the porch with his hands behind his back, and remained silent for a while, when the hot medicine became cold again.

Liu Fengping looked at the thick black medicine juice, looked at the handsome back, and said: "The general doesn't want to drink the medicine, but he has doubts?"

Wei Zheng's eyes moved slightly: "It's been so long since I haven't recovered from drinking, but I'm even weaker. If I don't have any doubts, I'm too stupid."

Liu Fengping said: "The general's suspicion is not bad, the previous medicine was poisoned with ghost heart grass."

"Ghost Heart Grass?" Wei Zheng said, "Is it the kind of poisonous grass that was born in Nanyue and is said to be able to kill people without form?"

Liu Fengping said: "The poisoner is Yuan San, he committed suicide."

Wei Zheng turned around: "I see that your brows are tightly furrowed, but is there sadness in your heart?"

Liu Fengping said: "It's just a little emotional."

Wei Zheng said: "In the eyes of Nanyue people, I really deserve to die. It's a pity that the winner is the king and the loser. Even if I die, Nanyue is also dead, and there will be no day of recovery."

Liu Fengping lowered his eyes slightly, and said: "I have already obtained the antidote of Ghost Heart Grass, you can rest assured about this bowl of medicine."

Wei Zheng said, "Really? Fengping, besides drinking medicine, do you have anything else you want to tell me?"

Liu Fengping said: "For anything else, it won't be too late until the general is cured of the poison."

"Not too late? It's too late for me." Wei Zheng turned to look directly at Liu Fengping, and said in a deep voice, "Fengping, don't you plan to let me read that letter?"

Liu Fengping said: "I have destroyed that letter."

Wei Zheng's expression froze, and his eyes turned cold when he looked at him: "I didn't know that besides being from Nanyue, you are also from Xiao Qianlin."

Liu Fengping still lowered his head slightly, he was not moved by his words and was eager to defend, but there was a touch of sadness in the depths of his eyes: "The general is paranoid, I am not from Xiao Qianlin."

Wei Zheng sneered: "You grandly met the manager of Xiao's Mansion in the restaurant this morning, but now you think about covering it up? Liu Fengping, all these years I've been just a reckless man in your eyes, am I so easy to deceive? That letter Jiang Lieshi has already been delivered to me, and what you did was exactly as I expected. It's a pity that Jiang Lie's letter to you is a fake, no matter how stupid I am, I will never give the food to a mouse for safekeeping. "

Liu Fengping sighed, and said helplessly, "General, the testimony is dead, and a letter alone can't explain anything."

Wei Zheng said coldly: "There is no witness or physical evidence. I have checked that it is Xiao Qianlin's handwriting. He must be involved."

Liu Fengping said: "Handwriting can also be forged, Xiao Qianlin is a famous calligrapher in this dynasty, his calligraphy and painting books are not difficult to see. If he insists that it is a false accusation, how will the general refute it?"

Wei Zheng was slightly taken aback, he really didn't expect this.

Liu Fengping said: "General, you must not report the letter to the emperor."

Wei Zheng said coldly: "The facts are all there, it's a great opportunity to bring down Xiao Qianlin, you let me hold it still, is it possible?"

Liu Fengping said: "Xiao Qianlin acted so meticulously, how could he easily fall into such a big hand in your hands? The letter is probably just a trap, the general may cause trouble to the emperor if he reports it to the emperor."

Wei Zheng was slightly hesitant when he heard the words. These words sounded very reasonable. In the past, he would have listened immediately and would not have hesitated for a moment.But now, he is not sure whether the person in front of him is still trustworthy.

"The evidence is solid, I want to see what else he has to say?" Wei Zheng stared into Liu Fengping's eyes, "It's in vain that I trust you so much, but you have superb acting skills and have stayed by my side for more than ten years. At that time, I really would rather doubt myself than doubt you. It's fine that you are from Nanyue, you help Xiao Qianlin deal with me, I will never tolerate it!" Speaking of the last few words, Wei Zheng's face was filled with anger. It's hard to hide his anger.

Liu Fengping closed his eyes, and when he opened them again there was no disturbance: "Since the general thinks so, Fengping has nothing to say."

Wei Zheng stared at his face that was as calm as stagnant water, he actually wanted to hear his excuses, if he could try his best to explain, maybe he would believe it.But Liu Fengping didn't intend to say anything anymore, his face was calm, and the hand holding the medicine bowl was thin and slender, and it turned pale because of too much force.

After a while, he still raised the hand holding the medicine and handed it over: "This bowl is non-toxic, the general should drink it."

Wei Zheng looked at the bowl, the medicine was already cold, remembering that he tried hard to persuade himself to drink the medicine in the past, he thought it was loyal at that time, but now he thought it was evil.

Looking up to see his eyes, he raised his hand and swung it open, the medicine bowl flew aside and fell to pieces.

"At this time, you still dare to let me drink medicine?" Wei Zheng didn't know whether to be angry or sarcastic, and shook his head with a sneer, "In your opinion, am I really so easy to deceive?"

Liu Fengping stood silently, the wound on his arm was cracked, and his robe was dyed red in a moment.Looking at his pale and frail face, Wei Zheng felt a pang of sadness in his heart, and sighed, "I'm going to try this time anyway. You go, don't let me see you again." Without another word, he turned around and left .

Liu Fengping watched his back go away, recalling the back that he saw in the bleak wind that year, he turned his head with a dashing look.Years passed in a trance, but the memory became vivid.

He is indeed a native of Nanyue, his father was an official to the chief historian, when the country was subjugated, he wrote a thousand words, writing down the final fate of Nanyue, and was beaten to death by the Nanyue rioters when he fled.At that time, he was 16 years old, frail and frail, unable to protect his mother among the refugees, and the person who appeared at this time was the enemy of the subjugated country, Wei Zheng, the general of the Jin Dynasty.

Perhaps since then, good and evil have become no longer distinct in his heart.He is grateful for Wei Zheng's kindness, and it is true love when he helps him plan. He will never forget the old homeland, and if he can rebuild the country, he will never refuse.It was only at this moment that he clearly realized that the two were destined not to have both.

When his mother passed away, she still refused to recognize him as a son. In the eyes of Nanyue people, he was a villain who treacherously seeks glory.

"Sir." Jiang Lie came out and looked at Liu Fengping with complicated eyes, "Did you really betray the general?"

Liu Fengping didn't speak, and was as silent as dust on the ground. After a while, he said: "The medicine in the kitchen is almost ready, you can find a time to send it to the general to drink. The poison of ghost heart grass becomes more and more powerful as it drags on, you... try to persuade it Advise."

Jiang Lie didn't respond, he wasn't sure he could do such a thing as persuading the general to drink medicine, so he had to keep silent.Liu Fengping smiled suddenly: "Forget it, I'm embarrassing you. Try to mix it with the usual meals, he shouldn't notice it..."

Jiang Lie couldn't help but said: "Sir, I don't believe you will betray the general, why didn't you explain clearly?"

"There are some things in this world that cannot be explained clearly. For example, the manager of the Xiao Mansion and I are old acquaintances. For example, I am indeed from Nanyue." In the afternoon breeze, Liu Fengping looked at the void and smiled sadly, "Now, I should have left."