Make peace with the Lord of the Prairie

Under Ming Heng's stalking, Mo Jia finally agreed to take him to sneak out of the palace over the wall.

At this time, it was the middle of the night, and the lights in all parts of the palace had been turned off, and it fell into a complete silence, except for a few patrol teams occasionally walking along the palace road in a neat and orderly manner.

Ming Heng often sneaks out of the palace, so he has studied the palace patrol team in depth, and knows their shift time and patrol routes by heart.Under his guidance, Mo Jia took advantage of the interval between patrols changing shifts, and managed to sneak out of the palace with Ming Heng in a cold palace that had been abandoned for many years.

Because it was sneaked out, and naturally there was no carriage, so Ming Heng can be regarded as experiencing the feeling of flying over the wall.Ming Heng has never practiced kung fu, and he doesn't know exactly what level Mo Jia's skills are, but he can easily take him flying over half of the imperial city without even changing his breathing, at least his lightness kung fu is very good .

After a stick of incense, the two arrived at Jinghe Garden, they still climbed over the wall to enter, and jumped directly into the courtyard where Tuobahong lived.

Mingheng thought that Tuobahong must have fallen asleep so late, so he specially reminded Mo Jia to be gentle and not to wake him up.Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them landed, the lights in Tuobahong's room turned on.

Ming Heng was startled and hurried over.When I ran to the door, the door was just opened, and I saw Tuobahong standing at the door, dressed neatly, looking at him with a smile.

Ming Heng suppressed the joy in his heart, walked into the room, grabbed his hand and wrapped it into his palm, and asked with concern: "Why are you still awake so late?"

Tuobahong smiled and said, "Waiting for you."

Ming Heng was surprised: "How did you know that I would sneak out?"

"Guess." Tuobahong said half-truth.

"Khan." Mo Jia also came up at this moment.

Tuobahong nodded, thanked him for his hard work, and let him go to the next door to rest first.

Mo Jia turned into the next room without saying a word.

When Mingheng closed the door, the first thing he did was to say hello to the two babies in Tuobahong's stomach, but after talking for a long time, Tuobahong's stomach was still calm, and he felt a little disappointed.

Tuobahong reached out and touched his head, and comforted him: "The babies are sleeping, and I will have a good talk with them when I wake up tomorrow morning."

"En." Ming Heng straightened up, reached out and took off the mask on Tuoba Hong's face.The face under the mask is exquisite as usual, but the complexion is slightly pale, the haggard color between the brows is looming, and the blue and black under the eyes are also very obvious.

Mingheng was so distressed that he reached out to touch Tuobahong's cheek and lightly stroked the blue and black under his eyes with his fingers, his brows twisted into a plain word: "Why is your complexion so bad? Is it because the babies are bothering you that you can't sleep at night?" good?"

Tuobahong smiled wearily, and without holding on, he admitted frankly: "Well, I really didn't sleep well, but it's not because of the babies, but because you don't hold me, I can't fall asleep."

Hearing this, Mingheng let go of Tuobahong suddenly, flipped his fingers up and down, took off the clothes of the two of them in two or three strokes, hugged Tuobahong into the bed, stretched out his hand to hug him from behind, and gently rubbed his lips On his temples, he said softly: "Fortunately, I am here, and I can finally sleep well this time. Go to sleep first, I will accompany you."

"Yeah." Tuoba Hong hugged Ming Heng's arm and rubbed against it.The feeling that the whole person was enveloped by the familiar atmosphere made him feel extremely at ease and relaxed, even the discomfort in his body was miraculously alleviated, and the drowsiness hit him, and he curled up in Ming Heng's arms, not for a moment fell asleep.

Hearing the sound of breathing that became long after a while, Ming Heng couldn't help tightening his arms, his heart ached terribly - he had to be so tired to fall asleep.

He suddenly regretted returning to the palace.He only left for three days, and Tuoba Hong suffered from insomnia for three days. If it took a little longer, his body would not have collapsed.

Mingheng hugged Tuobahong who had fallen asleep and thought about something. It was inconvenient for him to take care of Tuobahong or discuss things in the palace, so he had to find a way to move out of the palace.

Ming Heng thought about it all night, until he fell asleep thinking that it was dawn.When I opened my eyes again, it was already noon.

Tuobahong woke up before him, in order not to wake him up, he didn't get up either, just lying on his body and playing with his hair boredly.

"When did you wake up?" Ming Heng hadn't fully opened his eyes yet, and his consciousness was not fully awake yet, but his hands had habitually put his arms around Tuoba Hong, and he also played with his index finger around a lock of hair at the back of his head.

Tuobahong raised his head, smiled brightly at him, hugged his round belly and rubbed it up, pursed his lips and touched his lips lightly: "I just woke up not long ago, seeing how soundly you slept, are you willing to sleep?" quarrel with you."

Ming Heng smiled slightly and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's time for lunch." Tuoba Hong tugged at his sleeve, "Get up, you should go back to the palace after dinner."

Ming Heng hummed vaguely, sat up with Tuoba Hong in his arms, helped Tuoba Hong get dressed and washed before tidying himself up.

Tuobahong held the watermelon's heavy belly and walked slowly in the room. After walking for a while, he reached out and tugged at the open thin coat, but found that the button could not be buttoned anymore. He wrinkled his face in distress, and told Ming Heng Complaint: "The little guys are growing up so well, their stomachs have grown a lot, and their coats can't cover them."

Mingheng came over and tried to button his button, but found that he couldn't button it: "It's true, it's much bigger than when you first came to Anling. Or don't go out of the yard in the next few days."

Tuobahong said sullenly: "That's the only way to go."

Mingheng touched his cheek to comfort him: "I heard that the twins are basically born prematurely, bear with it for another four months, and when the children are born, I will accompany you wherever you want."

Tuobahong looked at him with a smile: "You said that, you will accompany me wherever I go, and it's just the two of us."

Ming Heng frowned: "Where are the children? Why don't you take them with you?"

"Of course you can't take it with you. How can you travel around with the children. Then the child will be handed over to the nanny or Zexi for a while." After Tuoba Hong finished speaking, the child in his stomach suddenly kicked him, causing him so much pain Take a deep breath.

Tuobahong was distressed and found it funny, while comforting the babies, he said: "Look, the babies are having a disagreement."

"Let's make trouble." Tuobahong rubbed his stomach and insisted, "In short, you can't bring children."

Ming Heng wondered, "Why can't you bring the child?"

Tuobahong's eyes suddenly became resentful, and he complained to him: "Before we got married, we didn't have a chance to be alone, and after we got married, I had a little guy in my stomach, and you didn't allow me to go around, and I was patronized by you to put me on the bed to raise my baby." Do the math yourself, have we ever been alone?"

Hearing what he said, Ming Heng couldn't help reflecting, and found that the two of them seemed to have very little chance to be alone without being disturbed.

Tuobahong told him more than once that his greatest wish when he was a child was to be able to see mountains, rivers and seas with his beloved.He probably is the reason why he insists on not bringing children. After all, traveling with the one he loves and traveling with his family are two completely different states of mind.

Mingheng also felt that the time he spent alone with Tuobahong was really pitiful. Although he felt sorry for the unborn child for Tuobahong's proposal, he was actually very moved.In the end, he, who has always upheld the principle that a daughter-in-law is greater than a son, agreed to Tuobahong's proposal.

But just after he nodded, the child in his stomach seemed to know that the two fathers were going to abandon them, and suddenly broke out, kicking and kicking, and Tuoba Hong's face turned pale.So the two father-to-be didn't care about the beautiful blueprint of the two-person world, and hurriedly coaxed the two little guys who were protesting.

After finally coaxing the little ones, it was already half an hour later, and the couple were so tired that their heads were sweating.With the lessons learned from the past, they did not dare to mention this matter again, and went out for dinner hand in hand.

Mo Jia woke up early and was practicing in the yard.Seeing the two came out, he put away his sword and walked over to greet them, and then said to Tuoba Hong: "The butler just came here and said that it was a message from the Duke's Mansion that we will meet in Huahuai Tower at a quarter of noon. "

Tuobahong nodded clearly.

Meals are already set on the stone table in the yard.These days Tuobahong fell in love with eating in the yard, the housekeeper left after setting the meals on the stone table every day.

The butler came into the yard this morning to take a look, and finally bumped into Mo Jia who had just woken up. The two chatted for a while, and the butler learned that he and Ming Heng sneaked back last night, and carefully prepared the meals at noon Serves three.

The three sat down and ate.

As usual, Mingheng waited on Tuobahong first, and while scooping up sweet soup for Tuobahong, he asked, "Did Zexi send someone to pass on the message? Why did you make an appointment at Huahuai Tower?"

Tuobahong took a sip of the sweet soup and told him: "It's my attention to meet at Huahuai Tower. Jingheyuan is a private house, and frequent visits are easy to make people suspicious, but Huahuai Tower is different. Huahuai Tower is a private house. No. [-] restaurant in Kyoto, even if you go there more diligently, you can still prevaricate with extra entertainment if someone asks."

Mingheng nodded: "That makes sense. What do you want to talk about?"

Tuobahong said: "Zexi has been secretly investigating the cause of death of the two princes during this time, we made an appointment to meet at Huahuai Tower when we have news."

Ming Heng's hand holding the chopsticks paused suddenly, remembering what Ming Qianqian said to him last night, he thought for a moment, and asked: "I'll go with you after dinner."

Tuobahong turned his head and glanced at him, and asked, "Aren't you in a hurry to go back to the palace? Will someone find out?"

Chonghua Palace has always had very few outsiders in and out except for his own servants. Normally, there is no need to worry too much about being found sneaking out of the palace.However, he came back this time with a mission, and his father might summon him at any time.

Mingheng thought for a while, took off a jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Mo Jia, and said to him: "Mo Jia, you should go back to the palace after dinner. This jade pendant is my token, you give it to the guard at the gate of the palace. Take a look, and they will let you in. After you return to the palace, pay more attention to the situation in the palace. If the emperor summons me, you should first find a way to drag me, and then let Xiaofan go to Huahuai Tower to find me."

Mo Jia also knew the priorities of the situation, so he took the jade pendant without saying a word.

After eating, Mo Jia set off to return to the palace.And after Mingheng changed his disguise, he followed Tuobahong, who was disguised as a woman again, and took a carriage into the city to go to Huahuai Tower for an appointment.

When the two arrived at Huahuai Tower, He Zexi had already been there for a while.His trip this time was very low-key. In order to get rid of the people who were being watched by the fourth prince, Wu Meng drove the carriage around the city several times, and made them dizzy before going through the alley to the back door of Huahuai Building.

Ming Heng pushed open the door of a private room on the second floor, and pulled Tuoba Hong into the room.

He Zexi was sitting at the round table in the center of the room drinking tea. When he saw his younger brother in a pink skirt, he choked up in fright, and quickly threw down the teacup to cover his mouth and coughed softly.

Tuobahong didn't feel embarrassed at all, and sat down opposite his brother in a grand manner, and asked with a smile: "Why such a big reaction?"

He Zexi managed to stop coughing, frowned and stared at the red dress, and asked with some disgust, "Why are you dressed like this?"

Tuobahong leaned back, revealing his round belly, patted it lightly, and said confidently: "How can you cover this if you don't dress like this."

Ming Heng sat beside him, pouring him tea while nodding in agreement—that's right.My daughter-in-law has a big belly, and if she doesn't pretend to be a woman, she can scare people to death when she goes out.

He Zexi looked a little helpless, but he also knew his brother's carefree temper, so he didn't say much, adjusted his mood, and talked about business.

"I already have some clues about the cause of the two princes' deaths."

Ming Heng and Tuoba Hong looked up at him together and asked, "How is it?"

He Zexi was silent for a while: "We all suspected that the person who secretly poisoned was the fourth prince, but according to the clues I have so far, it should not be the fourth prince who poisoned."

Both Ming Heng and Tuoba Hong were stunned.

"Didn't Mingzhe do the poison?" Tuobahong was very dissatisfied with the result, and asked with a frown, "Why are you sure it wasn't him?"

He Zexi explained: "A few days ago, I asked Wu Meng to visit the fourth prince's house at night. It happened that that night, the fourth prince called Musa's people to discuss matters. Wu Meng said that he heard them chatting on the roof that night. Speaking of the poisoning of the two princes, the fourth prince seemed unaware of the poisoning of the two princes, and asked Musa if he knew what kind of poison he was poisoned. He seemed to be sending people to investigate the truth of their poisoning, but They don't know who the murderer is at the moment. Wumeng was very careful throughout the whole process, and he was sure that he was not discovered by them, so they probably didn't tell Wumeng on purpose, and they are very credible."

Tuobahong rubbed his chin and muttered to himself: "If it's not Mingzhe, who would it be? The third prince or the fifth prince?"

Mingheng suddenly said: "Actually, last night, Qianqian also told me something about the situation. She told me that both the crown prince and the second emperor brother have a chronic poison, and this poison has been in their bodies for at least a year. In other words, the poison should have been poisoned a year ago."

The details about the poison are only known to the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital and the royal family, so it is the first time for Tuobahong and He Zexi to hear about the poison, and they can't help being a little surprised: "Chronic poison?"

Ming Heng nodded.

Tuoba Hong asked: "What kind of poison is it?"

"I don't know either," Mingheng said, "I heard that the poison was not obvious at first, so it was difficult to detect the abnormality, but as time went by, the toxin in the body accumulated more and more, and after a certain time Duan will explode completely, but at that time, the toxin has already traveled all over the internal organs, and the gods are hard to save."

Tuobahong was also at a loss: "This is really strange."

Mingheng asked: "Haven't you heard of this kind of poison?"

Tuoba Hong shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I don't know much about poison. But..."

"But what?"

Tuobahong pointed to He Zexi and told him, "Zexi is better at this."

Mingheng was surprised: "Zexi actually understands poison?!"

Tuoba Hong explained with a smile: "More than ten years ago, there was a miracle doctor on the grassland. He was a good friend with our father Khan. So we studied with him for a while when we were young. I learned medical skills from him, and my brother learned to identify The art of detoxification."

Ming Heng listened in a daze, and was greatly amazed in his heart, these two brothers are too omnipotent.Tuoba Rongyu and He Jinnian taught them really well. The two brothers are skilled in medicine and poison.

After listening to Tuobahong's explanation, Ming Heng looked at He Zexi, expecting to know some information from He Zexi, a master drug detector.

And He Zexi's face was also very serious at the moment, and he obviously knew something by that look.

The couple looked at each other with joy.

Tuoba Hong tugged at his brother's sleeve and asked, "Brother, do you know what kind of poison that is?"

He Zexi hesitated: "I don't know if it's the kind of poison I thought, but the symptoms of a poison I know are very similar to this."

"What is it?" the couple asked in unison.

He Zexi glanced at Ming Heng, and suddenly asked without beginning or end: "Do you know about the poisoning of King Su?"

Ming Heng was taken aback: "Uncle Huang? Is this related to my Uncle Huang?"

He Zexi nodded, and said, "That's the kind of poison Su Wang suffered from."

Ming Heng only felt his head thud, as if it exploded, and he was completely stunned.

Tuobahong was also very shocked: "You mean that the poison in the two princes is the same as the poison in the emperor's uncle?"

"Ah."

"What about the poisoner?" Tuoba Hong asked.

He Zexi lowered his voice and said: "The person who poisoned was found out back then was a concubine, but I have investigated in detail, the refining of this kind of poison requires the blood of a kind of Gu insect, and that kind of Gu insect is very rare, it needs to be prepared. The poisonous person has been fed for more than ten years. As far as I know, the concubine's ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, and her family runs a weaving workshop. The most common thing she raises at home is silkworms, and she doesn't know anything about raising Gu. So..."

"So, she wasn't the one who poisoned her at all, but someone else borrowed a knife to kill someone with a knife." Tuobahong continued his words.

He Zexi nodded.

Tuobahong asked again: "Then is this poison created by the people in the palace or outsiders? Is there anyone in the palace who is proficient in the art of raising Gu?"

He Zexi opened his mouth, and before he could make a sound, he heard Ming Heng's slightly low voice.

"Before the empress dowager married the first emperor, she was a princess of a certain tribe in the southwest. That tribe was good at controlling poisonous insects and raising Gu."

The author says:

Mingheng: I don't know what surprises you two brothers have!

Tuobahong: That’s too much