Second minister and thief

"...Really?" Hearing Chu Linqiu's words, Xiao Cen felt mixed feelings and didn't know what to say.

"He begged me? Will there be such a day?"

"Yes. One day, for the sake of his dynasty, he will come... beg you. Lord Marquis, I'm a little tired, I'm afraid I have to..." Chu Linqiu was so Tilting his head, he closed his eyes and fell asleep. His wrist lost strength and hit the edge of the bed, making a dull sound.

Hearing this sound, Xiao Cen's heart skipped a beat for no reason. He hurriedly lowered his head to check Chu Linqiu's situation, and while shaking slightly, he called in a hoarse voice, "Jiu Shang? Jiu Shang? You..."

But seeing that Chu Linqiu's face was pale and lifeless, he didn't seem to be asleep, but rather... Thinking of this, Xiao Cen put a finger under his nose in a strange way, and after a while He breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself that he was paranoid.

He helped Chu Linqiu to slowly lie back on the bed, then slowly stroked that cold face, and sighed.

"Come here, please come over to Mr. Liu's house. By the way, you can fetch a basin of water. Remember that the temperature of the water is suitable, neither too hot nor too cold...Forget it, let's go down."

Xiao Cen waved away the servants irritably, and was alone in the room with Chu Linqiu, closing his eyes to digest everything he had just heard.

Now that the crown prince has been abolished, and Xi Chuan's wolfish ambitions are revealed to the world, but this does not mean that the matter has come to an end.Because the black finger behind the scenes is hiding behind the curtain secretly happy.

The prince and the whole of Xichuan are just two useless pawns thrown by him. The poisonous weed that really shakes Daqi's foundation has not been pulled out yet.

The missing names on the kraft paper are the key.

Who is he?

What do you want to do?

As long as these two problems are clarified, all problems can be easily solved.

Just as Xiao Cen was immersed in his own thoughts, "Hou Ye, Mr. Liu is here, do you want him to come in?"

"Please come in!" As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, Xiao Cen was greatly surprised.It turned out that his voice became hoarse at some point, probably because he didn't drink water for too long.

So, he hastily drank the cold tea at hand, and raised his eyes to look at Mr. Liu who walked in slowly.

"Sir, Jiushang he..."

"Master Hou, don't panic." Mr. Liu raised his wide sleeves and put his three fingers on Chu Linqiu's wrist, and after examining him carefully for a while, he said, "It seems that there is indeed another kind of poison in Master Hou's body. .”

"But this poison... this poison has been planted a long time ago, why didn't you say it before? " Xiao Cen stood up abruptly, his hands were clenched into fists in his sleeves, and he lowered his head to stare at the solemn Mr. Liu, his eyes full of doubts.

"Master Hou, Yun has the guts to have a guess, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Sir, please speak."

"This poisonous agent will not attack so quickly, it will only lie dormant in it, eroding the body of the adult step by step, and people will not notice it. But it happened to erupt at this juncture. Don't you think it's a coincidence, Lord Hou?"

"Sir, what do you mean?!"

"What Yun means is that your lord may have eaten something by mistake, which hastened its onset, and it was a blessing in disguise..."

"..." Xiao Cen breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the bed again, "So that's how it is. This Marquis said that Jiushang's auspicious people and celestial features will surely save the day. Then sir, you have a way to get rid of this poison." gone?"

"This poison is called 'Marriage Line', right?"

"This... Benhou didn't know. The people in the palace kept this secret, they just let him go and returned to his life. At that time, Benhou was very upset and didn't have time to ask."

Mr. Liu nodded slowly after pondering for a while, and said, "Naturally. This is considered a 'family scandal' in ordinary people's families, let alone Tian's family. The sage may depose the crown prince for the adults, but he may not be willing to let him go. Get the word out."

"Benhou understands. It's just...is Jiushang's grievances in vain?! Benhou just feels uncomfortable. You know, sir, I saw him being carried off the carriage with my own eyes, and I couldn't help thinking about it for a moment. Carrying a knife and rushing into the palace gate... Forget it, let’s not talk about it.” Xiao Cen slowly put down his raised arm, pursed his lower lip and continued, “That feeling penetrates deep into the bone marrow, it’s even better than, actually It was even stronger than when I learned that he was going to attack the Xiao family. Sir, do you think I am hopeless?"

"Chu Jiushang, this is an evildoer who came to the world to confuse people. I am really worried that one day, I will lose all my judgment." Having said that, there was no trace of fear on Xiao Cen's face. , some are just pampering that even he himself doesn't know.

On the contrary, Mr. Liu witnessed such a scene from the sidelines, and his heart was full of worries.He opened his mouth to speak several times, but was finally defeated by Xiao Cen's gentle gaze.

"Sir, the Marquis regards you as his own family, so it is inevitable that he has said more. I hope you will not be bored, sir."

"How could it be? It's Liu Yun's greatest blessing that Lord Hou trusts Liu Yun." Mr. Liu said as he stroked his mustache.

"Since that's the case, can you tell me, sir, what kind of feelings does that person have towards Jiu Shang? Why does Ben Hou feel that there is something wrong from the inside out. But how about the specifics. ...but I can't even say a word."

"This... this... Lord Hou!" Mr. Liu raised his hands above his head, bowed solemnly to Xiao Cen, and shouted, "Liu Yun is a commoner, There is really no way to spy on the secrets of the Tian family!"

"What's the meaning of Mr. Liu?!" Xiao Cen was taken aback by this sudden act, he hurriedly stood up from the bed, stared at him, and said after a long time, "If you don't know, you don't know, why bother?" Making a fuss out of a molehill?"

"That's all, maybe...the Marquis is really worrying too much. Sir, let the people in my house go and get the medicine according to the prescription."

"Yes, Liu Yun will leave first."

Xiao Cen stood by the bed steps, watched this person bow and exit the door, then slowly turned around, and still cast his eyes on Chu Linqiu who was sleeping soundly on the bed.

After a long while, he took out a squarely folded piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it carefully and smoothed it, and went to read it intently under the lamp.

If Chu Linqiu is sober at this moment, then he will definitely find that it is exactly the relationship diagram he hid in the book, which clearly marked with a vermilion pen who is close with whom to form a faction, and who is with whom. Whoever doesn't like each other will fight when they meet.

Xiao Cen needs to thoroughly understand this blueprint in a short period of time, so that he can better help Chu Linqiu and himself.