Ten thousand people suspect that cannon fodder does not want to save themselves

It wasn't until it was confirmed that Shen Rongci and his servant had left that Gu Chiyuan's restless heartbeat calmed down.

Linlin looked at her elder brother strangely, and then looked at the empty courtyard outside, her eyes could not help showing a look of disappointment.

She reached out her hand to touch the red rope that Gu Chiyuan held in her hand, pouted and said, "Brother, you were too rough just now, Brother Shen must have been hurt by you."

It was not easy for brother to have a friend, what if brother Shen refused to associate with him anymore?

Linlin recalled Shen Rongci's red wrist from being strangled by the rope, and felt worried.

Gu Chiyuan comforted his sister absent-mindedly and said, "He won't feel pain."

"Why doesn't it hurt? His wrist is completely red!" Linlin raised her eyebrows, a little angry.Brother sometimes just doesn't care about other people's feelings, that's why he hasn't made any friends for so long!

Gu Chiyuan re-tied the rope of the tiger head lock, tidied it up and put it back into the girdle.Although he looked calm on his face, for some reason, he remembered the scene of Shen Rongci being pushed to the ground by himself behind the screen on the second floor of Zangshu Pavilion with a terrified expression in his mind.

Like a ghost, he replied: "He likes being bullied, so he doesn't feel pain."

Linlin's eyes widened, a little unbelievable: "Brother Shen likes being bullied by him?"

Gu Chiyuan also realized that what he said seemed a little strange, but it was difficult for him to withdraw from Shang Linlin's innocent gaze, so he nodded without changing his face, and put his index finger on his mouth: "Shen Rongci doesn't want others to Know, don’t tell it, it’s a secret between us.”

Linlin quickly covered her mouth and nodded, expressing that she would never reveal a word about Brother Shen's special hobbies.

She couldn't help thinking: Everyone has special hobbies. Although brother Shen's hobbies are strange, she will definitely not laugh at him.

"But brother, even if brother Shen likes it, you should remember to apply the ointment for him next time." Linlin covered her mouth and whispered.

Gu Chiyuan really didn't know how to get on with this topic, so he had no choice but to gently scratch Linlin's little nose.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

A slightly shrill voice sounded from outside: "Fifth Prince, the time has come."

Linlin was no stranger to this voice, and subconsciously hid behind Gu Chiyuan, her pink fist clenched the corner of Gu Chiyuan's clothes, with a worried expression on her face.

Gu Chiyuan's expression darkened, and he said lightly, "Got it."

He turned around, hugged Linlin to the bed, and said softly: "Linlin, father has something to discuss with brother, and he may not be able to come back until very late. The dinner will still be brought to you by the nanny, and you can finish the meal obediently. If you are bored, go to bed first, don't wait for brother."

Linlin frowned, obviously very reluctant for Gu Chiyuan to leave, but she still nodded obediently.

Gu Chiyuan smiled slightly.

Waiting outside the door was a white-faced and beardless old internal official. Seeing Gu Chiyuan coming, he stepped forward with a smile on his face, and respectfully wanted to help him.

Gu Chiyuan quietly avoided him.

"Excuse me, Eunuch Li, I'll make a trip myself in this cold weather."

"Where?" Eunuch Li didn't seem to be aware of the fifth prince's deliberate alienation, and smiled so much that the creases at the end of his eyes could kill flying insects, "Today, the emperor feels unwell, so I asked this servant to come and invite you to De'an Hall Reminiscing about the past. After all, the emperor still misses you, so he always asks his servants to invite you, and he also specifically told you that you are not feeling well, so your servants should take care of you carefully."

After finishing speaking, he waved to the palace people behind him, and several palace people came forward immediately, and put a fox fur cloak on Gu Chiyuan.

Eunuch Li specially stuffed Gu Chiyuan with a cloud silk face stove inlaid with vermilion satin and pearls, flatteringly said: "The fifth prince is weak, so don't let the wind blow."

Gu Chiyuan didn't speak.He had already contracted the wind and cold in Zangshu Pavilion today, so he is afraid of the wind and snow now.

Eunuch Li led a group of palace people, surrounded him and left this small courtyard.However, they did not go through the main entrance, and a group of people sneaked out of Chonghua Hall through the back door near the courtyard.

There was already a sedan chair waiting at the door, Gu Chiyuan got on the sedan chair, and soon arrived at the De'an Hall where the emperor handles official business.

Eunuch Li led Gu Chiyuan all the way to the side hall, where the steam was dense, and the hot soup for bathing had been prepared long ago.

Eunuch Li said: "The fifth prince still doesn't need to be served?"

Gu Chiyuan nodded lightly: "You all step back, I will do it myself."

It was not the first time for Eunuch Li to serve the fifth prince, and he knew this temper, so he didn't insist, he just said: "I will order someone to wait outside, if you have anything, you can order it at any time."

He beckoned the palace people to exit the side hall, and carefully closed the door tightly himself.

A young internal official next to him came up curiously and asked in a low voice: "Master, it has been said that the fifth prince is not favored, but why does the emperor let him come to De'an Palace every half a month?" Once? And when you come, you don’t summon him, but let the fifth prince bathe in the side hall once and then let him go?"

Eunuch Li gave him a sidelong glance: "You can talk too much about this guy inside? Hold your head tight!"

The little internal official realized that he had talked too much, so he immediately shut up.

Eunuch Li looked around again at the group of people guarding the entrance of the side hall, and snorted coldly: "You all cheer me up, you are not allowed to let even a fly in, do you hear me?"

"Yes."

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After all the people in the room had left, Gu Chiyuan walked to the bathing pool, took off his cumbersome clothes, and only wore a white undershirt. After taking a deep breath, he walked step by step to the bottom of the pool and found a corner. sit down.

When he was just sitting firmly, there was a faint and weird flute sound from the beam.

When Gu Chiyuan heard the familiar sound of the flute, his chest suddenly choked.

Immediately, several slippery and slender things swam towards Gu Chiyuan under the warm water. Like beasts smelling blood, they rushed towards Gu Chiyuan one after another. Intertwined shuttle.

is a snake.

The originally calm pool surged with the appearance of hundreds of snakes with strange patterns.They rushed towards Gu Chiyuan non-stop, treating him as a delicious meal on the plate, opened their sharp teeth, and bit him, hanging on his body viciously and refusing to let go, bloodshot soon filled the air, attracting more What a hungry snake.

Gu Chiyuan was lying in the water, and soon his whole body was submerged by these snakes, his underwear was stained red with blood, and in the crazy fluctuations of the water patterns, his whole body seemed to be a bloody shadow.

It hurts, it hurts.

There wasn't even a single piece of good flesh on his body, and there was severe pain everywhere.

Gu Chiyuan closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and endured all this silently.

After half an hour, he broke it into pieces and counted them bit by bit.

The sound of the flute in my ear is near and far away, sometimes low and sometimes high pitched.The severe pain made Gu Chiyuan's eyes dazzled and his ears ringing, and the sound of the flute had become the cry of a ghost, piercing his eardrums sharply.

He tried hard not to let himself cry out in pain, but in his confused consciousness, he seemed to hear himself screaming while lying in the pile of snakes, and in a blink of an eye, it seemed to be just a weak muffled groan.

Gu Chiyuan felt that his consciousness was very vague, even his breathing was so far away.But because his whole body was enduring pain that could almost paralyze all senses, he knew he was still awake.

Half an hour is extremely long for Gu Chiyuan at this time, he has already forgotten the passage of time in the torment.In the confusion, he saw a figure walking out from behind the screen, accompanied by a series of crisp silver bells.At the same time, the weird flute sound also stopped abruptly.

Gu Chiyuan's tightly pursed lips finally dared to let out a breath.

He knew that today was over.

The snake on his body left like an ebbing tide, leaving only Gu Chiyuan lying in the water covered in blood.His inner garment was in tatters, and his exposed skin was blue and purple, covered with black holes.

Not a single piece of skin is perfect.

A pair of slender hands with sterling silver bracelets reached into the water, pulled Gu Chiyuan's arm that was bitten out of shape, took a silver machete and an exquisite jade bowl, and cut open Gu Chiyuan's body lightly. Wrist, let his blood drip into the bowl little by little.

Immediately, those hands took another slender bamboo tube, and poured all the white powder in the tube into the pool.

Gu Chiyuan felt that the wound on his body was healing little by little under the action of the powder.

When the blood in the jade bowl was half full, those hands bandaged the wound on Gu Chiyuan's wrist, and left with the jade bowl, leaving Gu Chiyuan lying quietly in the pool mixed with the smell of blood, gradually passed out.

In the main hall separated by a wall from here, the emperor is reviewing papers.

He is over half a century old, looks a little thin, with bruises under his eyes, and a tired look on his face.Wearing a sky-blue gold thread embroidered sea and cloud pattern uniform, the hands outstretched outside the sleeves are thin and bones are visible, and the dragon saliva is burning in the blue crane porcelain nine-turn tripod furnace at hand.

A woman dressed in Miao Jiang costume came from the secret door behind him, gently holding a jade bowl half filled with blood, and there was a crisp sound of silver bells colliding as she knelt down.

"Your Majesty, please drink the medicine."

Her appearance is charming, she seems to be about 30 years old, her figure is quite charming, and there is a faint fragrance when she approaches.

"Thank you, High Priest."

The emperor coughed twice, took the jade bowl in her hand, raised his head and drank it without looking at it.

The smell of blood made the emperor frowned. He took the handkerchief handed over by the high priest, slowly wiped the corners of his mouth, and continued critiquing the paper with his head down.

After a long time, he seemed to remember something and asked, "How is his health?"

The high priest knew who the "he" was referring to in the emperor's mouth, and said truthfully: "It's not too good, it seems that I have caught a cold today."

The emperor looked at the folder in his hand and frowned again.

The high priest said again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the wind and cold will not affect the efficacy of this medicine."

The emperor said "Oh": "How could you catch the cold? But the people below were negligent?"

"It seems that Mr. Song asked for leave. Today, Xueshi Zhang is the teacher. In order to hone the will of the princes, Zhang Xueshi deliberately moved the classroom back to the Duxinting Pavilion. The fifth prince was caught in the wind because of the wind. "

"Well, Xueshi Zhang is also a good intention. Let Li Cang take him back later and take two sets of medicines to restore the body... I remember I promised him before, and I will fulfill one of his wishes every time. He can mention it today. Do you have any other wishes to come true?"

The high priest shook his head: "The fifth prince asked a few people to take good care of the ninth princess, and he didn't ask for anything else."

"Oh, it's hard to beg for the two brothers and sisters to live under the empress's hands."

The emperor didn't know whether it was emotion or sarcasm, he circled the booklet with a Chinese ink pen, as if feeling tired, rubbed the center of his brows, and sighed inexplicably.

"Just now the second prince said... was there an assassin in the Library Pavilion?"

The high priest nodded and said, "Yes."

"I haven't seen the son-in-law of the Chongning family. I heard that Concubine Jin made roasted mutton tonight. Maybe I haven't visited her for a long time. Let's go to Luanzhu Terrace tonight."

The author says:

感谢在2022-07-2715:35:54-2022-07-2815:39:44期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦——

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottle of cuttlefish;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!