After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

In the end, Yu Feiang cooperated with Qi Zizhen's performance, restrained his original emotions, and nodded indifferently to show his respect.

Qi Zizhen Shi Shiran returned a salute, turned around and met Song Ping and Lu Yuanbai who were walking towards them, and Qin Ling was behind them.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Qin Ling as if inadvertently, and saw that she was looking at him with malice that could not be concealed. When he realized that he was looking at her, he quickly restrained himself, as if the malice just now was just his illusion.

Qi Zizhen looked away calmly, but had no intention of greeting them.

As a national teacher, his status in the court is second only to the emperor. In the past, he would greet each other only because of the age gap, but today he is too lazy to show that false affection.

Lu Yuanbai didn't know if he noticed his estranged attitude, so he put on a gesture of caring for his friend and asked directly: "Why is Zizhen here? I heard that you suddenly fell ill yesterday, why didn't you take a good rest in the National Teacher Tower?"

Qi Zizhen seemed to be in a bad mood, impatient to deal with Lu Yuanbai's so-called concern, and said coldly: "Come out for a walk. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

After speaking, he didn't give Lu Yuanbai any more time to react, and walked straight out of Lingke Building.

It was lunch time at this moment, there were not many people outside Lingkelou, and a few people passed by sporadically.

The sun at noon in spring is not too violent, but it is warm when it falls on the body.

"Young Master Qi, where are we going next?"

The guards followed Qi Zizhen and looked around the almost deserted streets to make sure that there were no malicious people around.

Qi Zizhen looked up at the sky, thought for a while and said, "Go to Qin Gong's place, just to check on Xiaoqi's situation, and also ask about Gu poison."

The guard had no objection to this, and accompanied him to Qin Gong's house.

Qin Gong was not the son of a high-ranking official. He lived in a relatively ordinary house, so it was difficult to find it.

Qi Zizhen wandered around where ordinary people lived, and finally found the address that Qin Gong had given him before, and knocked lightly on the door after confirming that it was correct.

Then he was surprised to find that the person who opened the door was Tang Leyuan.

Tang Leyuan was also taken aback when he saw Qi Zizhen, and then his expression became a little flustered: "Ah, that, it's Aqi, what are you doing here?"

Qi Zizhen's eyes showed confusion: "This is Qin Gong's family, so I came here to find Qin Gong."

Tang Leyuan scratched his chin, and said with a dry smile: "Ahaha, yes. But it seems to be a coincidence, Qin Gong is not at home now, why don't you come back at another time?"

Hearing his words, Qi Zizhen's eyes became more confused: "Qin Gong is not at home, so why are you at Qin Gong's house?"

"This..." Tang Leyuan couldn't answer for a while.

And at this moment, a female voice came from behind the door: "Young Master Tang, is anyone here?"

Immediately afterwards, a woman in a green dress and a white dress came out of the house, with loose long hair and an empty bowl in her hand.

——The face of the visitor was familiar, it was Qin Gong.

Seeing "him" like this, Qi Zizhen was stunned for a moment and was not too surprised. He said politely, "I came to see Xiaoqi and ask about Gu poison."

Qin Gong didn't seem to care about the exposure of his female identity, and smiled: "Xiao Qi just finished drinking the medicine and fell asleep. Mr. Qi, please come in and sit down. I'll go and collect the bowl."

"Okay." After Qi Zizhen nodded, he went into the house with the guards.

Tang Leyuan was standing at the door, looking at this and that, and finally chose to follow Qi Zizhen: "Hey Aqi, are you not surprised at all?"

Qi Zizhen understood the reason for his uneasiness just now, and said calmly: "I guessed it when I was at the border before, it's not difficult to guess, right? You didn't look surprised by the guards."

The nominated guard turned his head and grinned: "I guessed it the day I first saw her. Her skeleton is too small, and she doesn't look like a man."

Tang Leyuan, who didn't know about this until he ran into Qin Gong in women's clothing by chance, was hit hard, aggrieved and retreated to the side, was carried back by Qi Zizhen, and sat in the yard to wait for Qin Gong.

Qin Gong's home was a very ordinary small courtyard house, not far from the place where the dishes were cleaned, she came out after a while, and brought four cups of tea by the way.

"The humble house is simple, and the hospitality is not good. Please forgive me." Qin Gong, who has changed back to the identity of a woman, has unconsciously become more gentle and gentle, and his original voice has also softened a lot. From the perspective of temperament, the change is quite big.

Qi Zizhen thanked her softly, and couldn't help but said: "I don't think you look like an active woman, how could you think of men's clothing to join the army in the capital?"

"Qin Gong" smiled and explained: "In fact, my real name is Qin Qiao. Qin Gong is my elder brother. He died of illness in his early years. His greatest wish in life is to join the army, and I have the same face as him, so I want to join the army." I want to use his identity to fulfill his last wish, and by the way, collect some information related to the southwest tribes."

She summed up the reason lightly, Qi Zizhen didn't expect such a story behind it, and apologized slightly: "Sorry, I don't know the reason."

Qin Qiao's performance was very free and easy: "It's okay, playing my brother all these years has also vaguely given me the feeling that my brother is still with me. It can be regarded as giving my brother another way to regenerate."

She bent her eyes and smiled, instead of staying on this topic, she talked to Qi Zizhen about the poisonous information she had searched recently.

According to Qi Zizhen's review before, they can already confirm that the name of the Gu poison in Xu Xiaoqi is "Dry". stage.

The first stage of Drying Gu is high fever, and the length of time varies from person to person.

The second stage comes after the high fever subsides. The body is weak, which looks similar to ordinary sickness. Occasionally, I will have a headache at night.The second stage is often the longest and can last for several months. It is like a sequela left by high fever, which makes people relax their vigilance.

But once it really enters the third stage, when the withering Gu officially breaks out, the blood of the victim will dry up overnight, turning into a mummy.

Therefore, this Gu poison was named "Ku".

And this morning, Xu Xiaoqi had just recovered from a high fever.

In other words, he has entered the second stage of Liku Gu.

Qi Zizhen couldn't help taking a light breath, and quickly asked, "Then is there a way to get in touch with the dry Gu?"

Qin Qiao shook her head: "There is no relevant record. The record of Dry Gu only started a few years ago, and it should have been created unintentionally during these years. If you think about it badly, maybe..."

She didn't continue talking, Qi Zizhen's heart sank to the bottom.

Because Dry Gu is so new, it is very likely that no one has produced an antidote for Dry Gu.

Tang Leyuan had already learned about the child's situation from Qin Qiao, and frowned upon hearing this: "Then what should we do? The child is quite young, and it's too pitiful to suffer this kind of crime for no reason."

The guard sat aside, frowning, and remained silent for a rare time.

Qi Zizhen recalled his most difficult month in the last days of his first life.

Even though he was suffering from illness all the year round, he still felt the pain, how could Xiaoqi bear it?

If he had been more careful then, could Xiao Qi have avoided such pain?

The more Qi Zizhen thought about it, the more he blamed himself.

He would rather do it again by himself than hurt the most innocent child.

Silence spread in the small courtyard.

After a long while, Qi Zizhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Qin Qiao as calmly as possible: "I'll trouble you to take care of Xiaoqi for the next few days, I'll go back first."

On the other hand, Tang Leyuan saw that his complexion was not very good, and asked worriedly: "Ah Qi should also pay attention to his body, you are so pale, don't pretend to be a real one."

"Don't worry, it's just a disguise." Qi Zizhen replied softly, thanked him for his concern, and left with the guards.

However, not far from Qin Qiao's house, Qi Zizhen suddenly stopped and said to the guard: "I still want to go to other places, you should go back first."

The guard seemed to have other things on his mind, so he nodded without asking, "It happens that I also want to find someone, Mr. Qi, remember to be careful."

Qi Zizhen nodded in response, watched the guards leave before starting to wander aimlessly in the capital.

He didn't know where he wanted to go, he just walked around casually, trying to dispel the backlog of heaviness in his heart.

Song Ping, Qin Ling, Lu Yuanbai, Xu Xiaoqi...

Too many things weighed him almost out of breath.

Qi Zizhen walked all the way, and unknowingly came to the secret passage outside the palace.

He looked at the towering city wall on one side, and after thinking about it, he turned and left, preparing to go back to the National Master Tower.

But he didn't take many steps, he couldn't help but stop again, turned around and went straight into the palace through the secret passage.

It was still time for lunch, Qi Zizhen estimated that Song Yaoxu should have returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, skillfully bypassed the patrolling guards, and walked all the way to the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Young Master Qi." Cui Liang clasped his fists in salute when he saw him, and turned sideways to make room for him.

Qi Zizhen simply greeted him, and then pushed open the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Song Yaoxu was putting a volume of books back on the bookshelf in the outer room. When he saw Qi Zizhen walking in, he paused for a moment and asked with a smile, "Why is Zizhen here?"

Qi Zizhen maintained a sullen look: "I miss you."

There were no other palace people in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Hearing his unhappy tone, Song Yaoxu stuffed the book back and walked in front of him, gently pulled him into his arms, and comforted him with a smile: "What's the matter, but is there anyone else?" Did you make our Zizhen unhappy?"

Qi Zizhen sniffed the familiar smell from the tip of his nose, raised his arms to hug him, and said softly: "The Gu poison in Xiaoqi's body has been found, it is very likely that... there is no antidote."

Song Yaoxu, who was still rubbing Qi Zizhen's head lightly to comfort him, paused, but couldn't think of what to say for a while.

It wasn't until a long while before he finally opened his mouth to say: "Xiao Qi must be able to become the Master of the Young Pagoda because of his blessing and luck, and he will be fine."

He lowered his voice and didn't know whether he was convincing Qi Zizhen or himself.

The two embraced each other quietly, each digesting the ups and downs in their hearts.

And at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Cui Liang's voice was heard: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zuo is asking to see you."

The two who were hugging each other immediately let go, Song Yaoxu simply tidied up his clothes, and after confirming that Qi Zizhen was fine, he rushed to the door and said, "Come in."

Not long after his words fell, the door of the room was pushed open, Zuo Jiayi walked in from the door, he didn't seem surprised to see Qi Zizhen, and he cupped his hands as a salute.

But this time, he didn't even have time for Song Yaoxu to make an interlocutory inquiry, and he spoke directly, with a rare expression of worry: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the Tenth Prince, seems to be missing."

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