Half blood

Li Xuan was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep because of the screams, so he had to get up, and when he opened the door, he saw Li Xiuqi standing outside his door, as if he had been standing there for a long time. In the sky, his body was icy cold.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, Li Xiuqi raised his head, smiled slightly at Li Xuan, and said, "Your Highness, why are you still up so late?"

Li Xuan stroked his messy hair, and said, "It's too noisy, I can't sleep at all." After he finished speaking, he lowered his head again, feeling a little embarrassed, and he remembered the kiss on the dam again, and what Li Xiuqi said, they are monarchs and ministers .

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Highness, last time you were drunk and didn't tell you something, now I want to tell you, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say it in the future."

drunk?Li Xuan actually didn't remember what happened when he was drunk at all, but he felt that something very important happened that day, it would be too bad if he told Li Xiuqi that he had forgotten all about it, so he pretended that he still remembered, saying :"What do you want to tell me?"

"I want to tell you, I just want you to be well. For your own good, forget what happened on the river embankment..."

"Li Xiuqi, can you do it?" Li Xuan said angrily, "For my own good? If you really did it for my own good, you shouldn't play with my feelings like this! You've been like this all the time, you've been teasing my heart, making me give up on you When it's up to you to die and die, just simply say that it's impossible between us, give up... Since you knew so early that it was impossible between us, then don't provoke me, then don't, don't Treat me so well!"

After Li Xuan roared furiously, he realized that his voice was a little too loud in this silent night... A roar came from a house: "In the middle of the night, go back to your bed and kiss me, disturbing people's dreams!"

Li Xiuqi asked softly: "Then what do you want, Your Highness? Are you telling the Holy Majesty to let us get married? You are the eldest prince of Yujin Kingdom now, and the Emperor only has one son like you. The throne will definitely be passed on to you. Yes, after this period of time, the Holy Majesty will arrange your marriage once you return to the capital. At that time, no matter whether it is the golden branch and jade leaf of the family of the royal relatives or the famous lady of the family of the important ministers of the court, in short, you will still choose the jade of the beautiful and fragrant family. No matter whether you have If you like it, you have to do this marriage. In this way, what can we do? It's not fair to the woman who married you. "

Li Xuan listened quietly, he never really thought about it that much, he just thought that he liked Li Xiuqi so much, he liked it to heaven.But he didn't think about it any further, it wasn't because he was stupid, but because he didn't want to think about it, because everything Li Xiuqi said was right and true, but they just had no results, he knew that , but he was angry because Li Xiuqi broke his words. He was so angry that it was not Li Xiuqi, it was just this insurmountable gap.

Li Xiuqi said again: "I have already told the Holy Majesty that I want to stay in the south and continue to be the governor, and I will not return to the capital. You, you want to go back in a few days, so go back."

"Are you not going back? The Ninth Prince and the others are still in the capital, are you really not going back?"

Li Xiuqi shook his head, and replied a little lonely: "I have received a letter from the capital. The Ninth Princess is happy with Lin'er. I don't think I need to go back."

Li Xuan didn't hear the meaning behind Li Xiuqi's words for a while, and asked self-consciously: "Are you really not going back?" Li Xiuqi shook his head, which was his answer.

Li Xuan felt his eyes heat up, he gritted his lower teeth, turned around, slammed the door shut, and shouted loudly: "It's fine if you don't go back." After speaking, he fell on the bed alone and buried his face in the bed. in the pillow.

A basket of wild cats was poisoned one by one, and today was the last one. After the white-haired old man fed the fish, he asked Li Xuan to catch a few more wild cats. Li Xuan was in a bad mood these days. , the whole person is like a walking dynamite bag. When the white-haired old man made such a request, he immediately became angry. He yelled: "Where am I going to get you a cat now? All the cats in the south are killed by you!" It was poisoned to death!"

The white-haired old man rarely yelled back, but threw the bamboo stick in his hand on the ground and said, "Follow me." After speaking, he took him into the room of the eldest son of the Sun family.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Xuan smelled the familiar rancid smell. He saw that the person lying on the bed was exactly the same as the dead Sun Da. His neck was swollen, his eyes were sunken, and he was coughing in pain.

Li Xuan was startled suddenly, and asked softly, "Is it infected?"

The white-haired old man nodded and said, "Are you still willing to catch cats?"

Li Xuan didn't answer, and ran out of the house directly, and got a few more pitiful wild cats for the white-haired old man.Before giving these wild cats to the white-haired old man, Li Xuan bought them a catty of chicken livers with all the money he had on his body, so that they would be full. While feeding them, Li Xuan said to himself: " At least eat well before death, and be reincarnated as a human being in the next life, it’s too hard to be a cat.” There are six reincarnations in Buddhism, and it’s not easy to be reincarnated as a human being.

When the wild cats were full, they recognized Li Xuan as their master and followed him, waiting for him to reward him with some more chicken livers.This time Li Xuan handed the cat to the white-haired old man and left. He really didn't want to see these little things die one by one.

But this time the wild cats were lucky, only two of them died, and the third one lay on the ground for a whole night, and jumped up and down again the next day.The old man with the white beard saw that although his face was still stern, his eyes were still filled with joy, so Li Xuan asked him, "Is there any help now?"

The white-bearded old man stroked his beard and said, "It can't be said that there is salvation, but there is hope."

The old man with the white beard mysteriously gave Li Xuan a medicine list, and told him: "Write down the medicines on your medicine list, and go to the pharmacy in the town to buy them. I don't have enough herbs right now." , now is not the time to grow these medicines, but they are commonly used, so there should be some in pharmacies."

Li Xuan took the medicine list, wrote down the medicines one by one, and rode to the town.Speaking of which, Li Xuan has been staying in this small village by the river for so many days in the south, and has never visited the town. It is the first time to buy medicine today, so he wants to look around, but he can't delay buying medicine .

However, all the towns look the same everywhere. The town in the south is a shrunken capital. Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He saw a well-built pharmacy with a signboard of the benevolent doctor, so he went in and bought the medicines on the list one by one. up.

It was already noon when I came out again, so I randomly found a shop and asked for a bowl of noodle soup.Just after eating the noodles, Li Xuan listened to the people at the next table talking loudly, Li Xuan listened attentively, the state affairs they were talking about sounded ridiculous, what did they say that the He family was ambitious now, wanting power to overwhelm the world with one hand, and Some people said that he was a distant relative of the He family. Everyone laughed and said, "You are obviously surnamed Sun, and you still say you are from the He family!" The man blushed when he was laughed at, and argued, "I They are relatives from far away, and the He family is from my natal family." No one believed this argument, and it was still a joke for him to brag.

Li Xuan has been away from the capital for a long time, and he doesn't know what the current situation is in the court, but he doesn't believe that the He family is capable.It's true to say that he was ambitious. Li Xuan had met He Fang's father and He Fang's sister. His father always laughed flatteringly that Li Xuan didn't like it, and his sister always picked on Li Xiuqi, and he didn't like it either.

After paying the money, Li Xuan led the horse back, but along the way, he received handkerchiefs thrown by women on the street. Li Xuan saw that the handkerchiefs smelled delicious and were of good quality, so he put them into his arms one by one, thinking These things always come in handy.When those girls saw that he had put away the handkerchief, they all blushed and were very happy in their hearts, thinking when will this young man come to propose marriage?

Going back to the white-haired old man and handing over the medicine, Tianma Tiandong quickly took the medicine, cut it up, ground it up, and started to decoct the medicine in a smooth manner, Li Xuan felt relieved for a while, feeling that the medicine smell It smells good, he thought to himself, the world is really quiet now, he should go back to Beijing someday, as for that guy Li Xiuqi, he will think of a way, in short, he will tie him back.

The eldest son of the Sun family drank the medicine, and his illness improved day by day, and finally he was able to talk.Li Xuan was very happy in his heart, thinking that the grandson of the Sun family was gone, there were still so many children, Wu Wa had such an elder brother, even if he lost his father, he would still be like a father, and someone would take care of him.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Sun family was still ill, the widow of the Sun family and several other young children were all sick, and some people in the village had suspected symptoms, and several people caught the plague all at once.

Li Xuan didn't know why it happened overnight, but the situation was so bad that he could only send a few soldiers to the town to buy the medicine first. As for the reason for the sudden outbreak of the disease, we can only talk about it in a few days.

The yard of the white-haired old man is now a mess.Fear is sometimes scarier than disease.The old man had no spare room, so he could only let them sit outside. The sick people sat side by side on the stone benches in the courtyard, covering their mouths and coughing, and the saliva they coughed up flew everywhere. Li Xuan watched I was frightened for a while, worried that Tiandong and Tianma who were greeting everyone would get these brainless diseases, and even more worried that Li Xiuqi who was shuttling around in the crowd, he was in poor health and most likely to get sick.But Li Xuan didn't know what to say, should he keep Li Xiuqi away from these patients?How could he agree with Li Xiuqi's temperament?

The sent soldiers came back after a long time, carrying a small bag of medicine, and said to Li Xuan with a sad face: "This medicine is too expensive, all the money can only buy such a little..."

Li Xuan took the light bag and looked at it. There was only such a little medicine in it, and he wondered where he asked for so much money when he went there yesterday.But Li Xuan thought that time was running out and it was important to save people, so he took out the dagger he was carrying with him from his sleeve, and said: "You pawn this dagger, and then go and give the medicine for some money." Sell ​​it back."

It took a while for the soldier to come back, carrying a bag of medicinal materials that was not enough.Li Xuan couldn't help being angry, that dagger of his was quite valuable, not to mention the ebony handle, nor the black iron blade, just the light yellow jade decorated on it was a rare gem in a thousand years, The middle of the jade is darker in color, and it was carved into the royal symbol of Qingzhou, a bat hanging upside down, which means blessing.Such a dagger can only be exchanged for a few broken grass, isn't this bullying?

So Li Xuan rode to the town to ask the owner of the pharmacy how he did his business.