Broken Iron Clothes

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Although he hesitated, Zhong Dingshan felt that since Gu Nanxing didn't say anything, there must be a reason for him. At most, he would ask him more when he came back, so he didn't mention it, so he smiled at Jiang Yu and said: " If you don’t tell me anything, you will tell me somewhere else.”

"Anyway, it's good to come back safely, so we don't have to worry about it in this house," Jiang Yu said, "I guess he will arrive in a few days, so don't lose your temper with him for no reason, Nanxing is not a child Now, don't look at him with a playful smile and a heartless face. Whenever he has something on his mind, he will just feel bored. He is already full of sorrows and it is difficult to dispel it. Will he feel happy after being scolded?"

Zhong Dingshan knew that he was wronged, so he had to accept the training, but he was still stubborn and refused to give in, so he nodded and pretended to fiddle with the walnuts on the table: "Yes, they are still children! , we are both old people."

Seeing him like that, Jiang Yu sighed and picked up the walnut crumbs on the table.Seeing this, Zhong Dingshan hurriedly picked up the letter on the table, shook the debris on the back, and opened the letter paper to read it again with satisfaction. When he saw the last line, he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "By the way, where did Huaichuan go today? I haven't seen him stop these days, so be careful."

Jiang Yu replied: "Huimei Courtyard has gone to discuss matters with Yuan Mucheng, I let Ji Dong and Xu Guo follow."

Zhong Dingshan frowned: "Huaichuan was poisoned once a year ago, and now it will be April, no matter what, it has already been three months, and now the blood coagulation has not yet occurred, which is not a good sign."

Jiang Yu's hand suddenly stopped.

The reason why the blood coagulation is named "Tan" is because the deeper the poison is eaten, the stronger the toxicity, and the longer the interval between attacks. If the number of attacks decreases, it means that the person is closer to death, just like epiphyllum. To bloom is to decay.

People who have been infected with blood coagulation can temporarily survive as long as they can survive the pain of the poisonous attack, but the number of attacks of the poison will become less and less, and the interval between them will become longer and longer, so that people gradually forget the horror of death , giving birth to the faith to live, and finally, at the moment when this hope is the strongest, it is suddenly stripped away.

Now that three months have passed, and Jiang Shiqing's poison has not yet occurred, it indicates that he is getting closer and closer to death.

Jiang Yu stared at the table of walnuts without saying a word for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Lin Meng, have you ever owed others?"

Zhong Dingshan put away the letter paper, raised his head and let out a long breath, and said: "In life, as long as there are ties, there will be debts. Bearing in mind that I have lived most of my life with a kindness, and I owed debts to three people, and now I have paid off one portion, but I can't figure out the remaining two."

Then, he sighed and shook his head again, and said, "Yu Chuan, money can still be counted, but if you don't understand the back and forth between people, it's true." Can you pay it off?"

Nine years ago, when Jiang Yu met Jiang Shiqing, the 15-year-old boy was tortured by illness and became emaciated. Looking at him, his eyes were full of the fear and vigilance of a cub when he saw a stranger.

11 years ago, after Liu Zhaoye escaped from the dead, Jiang Yu tried to persuade him for two years, but he could no longer ignite Liu Zhaoye's yearning for the throne. Later, he heard that the war in Ningzhou was raging, and Wei Xuwang's family was in distress, so he went all the way to the west to find him. This young man did his best to teach him and accompany him, just to fulfill his cold-blooded and selfish ambition and make him a substitute for Liu Zhaoye.

But later he regretted it. He regretted hiding a secret that should have been told to Jiang Shiqing for nine years.

Now as long as he thinks that Jiang Shiqing is wandering between life and death, but he always wants Jiang Shiqing to give birth to a heart of proclaiming himself emperor and satisfy his despicable desires, he will regret and feel extremely guilty.

But he couldn't face himself directly, how could he face Jiang Shiqing, how could he pay off what he owed him.

Jiang Yu thought for a long time, and found many reasons to excuse herself, but in the end she only came up with one sentence: "...I don't know yet."

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At the moment, Xu Guo and Ji Dong were still practicing swords in Huimei Courtyard, while Jiang Shiqing was sitting alone in the bedroom, looking out through the window propped up with a fork.

He didn't bring his rosary today, and after leaning on the window sill and looking at the yard for a while, he leaned on the window sill with one hand, propped his head and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

The man slept peacefully and lightly in the thin twilight, half of his outline was covered with sunlight, until the setting sun disappeared, his sleeping face was soon covered by the surrounding night.

It was already dark, and Xu Guo tiptoed into the room to light a few lamps, and when she was stepping out the door lightly, there was the sound of a horse being reined in outside the door.

Jiang Shiqing woke up but didn't open his eyes, just quietly listening to Xu Guo closing the door, and listening to Ji Dong going to remove the latch.

The previous gust of night wind had just swept past his eyelashes, but the latter gust of wind was suddenly blocked by a body, and Jiang Shiqing's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Leaning on the window, I feel indifferent, and think on the threshold." Yuan Mucheng stretched his arms, bent down and leaned halfway in from the window, and raised his finger to hook Goujiang Shiqing's nose.

But at this time, Ji Dong had just unbolted the door bolt, and He Xiao hadn't come in through the main gate yet.So Yuan Mucheng came over the wall again.

When Jiang Shiqing thought about it, he slowly opened his eyes and said, "The door of Huimei Courtyard, Second Young Master Yuan's entry has become more and more smooth."

Yuan Mucheng only smiled, and after staring for a moment, he stretched out two fingers and nodded between Jiang Shiqing's eyebrows.

When he walked back last time, he also did this to Jiang Shiqing, but Jiang Shiqing never understood his intention of doing this, so he asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Yuan Mucheng didn't answer. He lowered his head and went out of the window, and walked towards the door, saying, "Aren't you afraid that you'll be tired of waiting? If I go through the door, I haven't even seen you yet. The appointment with you is We met at Youshi, but we were delayed for a while to wait for someone, but fortunately we didn't come too late, and it was only a quarter before Xushi."

Jiang Shiqing watched the tall figure pass through the outer corridor all the way, breaking through the darkness and suddenly appearing at the door, a long-lost sense of anticipation flashed in his heart.

Just like he should have been sitting here waiting for Yuan Mucheng to come home.

Yuan Mucheng entered the door and saw Jiang Shiqing wandering, so he walked up to him with his hands behind his back and leaned down, and said softly, "Do you still keep the promise?"

Jiang Shiqing regained his senses, got up and walked to the table: "What the general says is what it is."

Yuan Mucheng straightened up, followed the man with his eyes, and said, "Don't ask who I'm waiting for?"

Jiang Shiqing sat cross-legged against the low table, and said softly, "I'm not the one waiting anyway, so there's nothing to ask."

Yuan Mucheng walked towards him: "When will you be willing to soften your mouth?"

Jiang Shiqing said with a smile, "It depends on your mood."

Yuan Mucheng didn't speak, and when he walked to the table, he took out a food box from behind.He sat down next to Jiang Shiqing, and put the food box in Jiang Shiqing's hand.

"What is this?" Jiang Shiqing asked.

"Zeng cake," Yuan Mucheng looked at the people and said, "I asked someone to bring the Yuzhou snacks. I was afraid that it would break down on the road, so I took a thick cotton coat wrapped in ice and frozen it. It was delivered today. I asked the people in the house to warm it up first." I brought it here when it was hot."

There was neither surprise nor disappointment on Jiang Shiqing's face, he just looked at the food box and said, "I'm afraid it might be spoiled, so I sent a copy to the Wen family while it was still hot, right?"

Hearing this, Yuan Mucheng's heart sank. He was delighted by Jiang Shiqing's question, which seemed to be jealous, but also displeased because he didn't trust him and sent someone to follow him in Prince Jingping's mansion.

"The one that was sent to Wen's house was kumiss. I wanted to bring some for you, but I thought you were too healthy to drink, so I sent someone to deliver some to Jiang's house. Your two gentlemen can drink it," Yuan Mucheng said. His joy was slightly darkened, "However, you still sent people to watch me, how boring it is."

Jiang Shiqing's eyes fell on Yuan Mucheng's face. After studying the man's expression for a moment, he said, "I didn't stare at him. I just asked Xu Guo to take a look because the general didn't come for a long time."

Yuan Mucheng was watched by him, and he did not back away: "What else did you see?"

"I also saw it." Jiang Shiqing smiled maliciously, leaned slightly towards Yuan Mucheng, then looked into the man's eyes, and said, "There are some brothers in your mansion with beautiful features, which are really eye-catching."

"Is that so?" Yuan Mucheng felt agitated, "Vice Zhuang Zhuang's good words?"

Jiang Shiqing didn't answer. After sitting up straight, he brought up two wine jars from the foot of the low table and placed them in front of Yuan Mucheng.

The familiar aroma of wine rose into his nostrils, and Yuan Mucheng picked up the wine jar with one hand and looked at it, only to realize that Xu Guo would say these things to Jiang Shiqing, so he also understood that Jiang Shiqing was teasing himself just now.

Feeling some emotion/interest from it, the displeasure in his heart disappeared in an instant.

"Tieyi wine," Yuan Mucheng said with a smile, "is it for me?"

Jiang Shiqing said: "This time I was able to talk to Wen Cifu, the general helped a lot, I wanted to give a gift to thank you, but I thought there were no rare objects that the general had never seen before, and the only things I could afford here were a few jars of iron clothes Alcohol."

Yuan Mucheng opened the altar, went to the mouth of the altar to sniff, Jiang Shiqing glanced at him, and said with a somewhat teasing tone: "I entrusted someone to bring it earlier, and it was delivered at noon today. It is fresh."

"The bottle is full of good wine, and the beauties are by the side." Yuan Mucheng touched the body of the altar, looked at the people and said with a smile, "Pick my weakness, we Huaichuan really know how to handle people."

Jiang Shiqing had expected him to be coaxing, but he didn't expect him to be so coaxing, so he let him enjoy himself for a while, and then said, "Second Master Yuan has an appointment with me today, what's the matter?"

Yuan Mucheng put down the wine jar: "I have something to ask."

Jiang Shiqing said "Yes", but he deliberately didn't bring a rosary, and it was boring to have nothing in his hand, so he stretched out his hand and pulled the food box, and opened the top cover.

Yuan Mucheng saw that he was leaning his head, about to be hit by the hot air from the box, so he stretched out his hand to fan the heat for him: "You investigate Wei Ningzhan's case, what are you going to do?"

Fearing that the heat would escape, Jiang Shiqing closed the lid again, then raised his face, and said, "I suspect that Feng Han is collaborating with the enemy. If it is found out that this is indeed the case, it will make sense why Feng's company with Sand Snake. Yan Youqian Dali belongs to the cabinet and is the chief assistant of the cabinet. He will not see the invasion of the Dali forces. Then follow the old case of Wei Ningzhan nine years ago to find out Feng's family and Sand Snake. What the Second Young Master Yuan and General Lu did to mark Sand Snake Work hard and it will pay off.”

Yuan Mucheng smiled unpredictably, leaned over slowly, and looked at the person with scrutiny: "Nine years ago, you were only a young man, why did you know the details of Wei Ning's battle, and why did you enter the imperial court?" Zhuang, you still call Mr. Jiang Taishi, who are you?"

Jiang Shiqing narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a pause, he said slowly, "The deputy owner of Yemen Village, Jiang Shiqing."

"Okay, since you won't tell me, let me ask you another way," Yuan Mucheng asked, "Does your owner know who you are?"

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"Leaning on the window, the feeling is vague, and thinking on the threshold." From Liu Pi's "Two Poems of Climbing the Tower and Watching the Moon"