I'm just sick

Chapter 12

Everyone stopped to rest, Ling Zhi asked the accompanying imperial physician to bring medicine to Xie Ran.Xie Ran lay on Ling Zhi's lap, squinting his eyes and didn't bother to move.

"Come on, take your medicine."

"Ah—" Xie Ran opened his mouth and asked him to feed him the pill.

"Get up and eat, and you won't be afraid of choking on it." As he spoke, he helped Xie Ran up. Xie Ran still looked boneless, leaning lazily on Ling Zhi's body, smelling the faint milky fragrance from his body.

"My lord, Jing'an City is just ahead, and we'll be there in half a day. Let's find an inn there to rest for the night." Xiaodie stood outside the carriage and said through the curtain.

"Hurry up and go directly to the next city before dark."

"No! You are absolutely in such a physical condition that you can't go on your way anymore!" Ling Zhi said from the side, and raised his hand to gesture at the back of Xie Ran's neck as a threat.

Xiaodie thought the same way, his family was too desperate, finally came someone who could persuade him.Therefore, he immediately echoed, "Yes, my lord, the next city is still far away, so let's settle down in Jing'an City."

Xie Ran and Ling Zhi looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally lost the battle and said, "Okay."

When he arrived in Jing'an City, Xie Ran directly revealed his identity.Jing'an City is a small town, and the biggest official is the county magistrate. As soon as he heard that Xie Zhongshu had arrived, the entire county government fell into a panic.

Not to mention that Zhongshuling is the prime minister of the dynasty, he is a high-ranking official who may not have the chance to meet once in a lifetime, and more importantly, this is Xie Ran, who is cruel and murderous without blinking an eye, and everyone in the world knows Xie Ran .

"I don't know that Master Zhongshu is here, but I am disappointed to welcome you, and I hope you will forgive me. The subordinate has already sent people to prepare the banquet."

"It doesn't matter." Xie Ran took a sip from the teacup casually, then blew lightly, and said, "There is no need to hold a banquet, just prepare an inn for me."

"Yes, yes, the officer will send someone to prepare."

Xie Ran tasted the temperature of the tea, it was still a little hot, he blew on it again, then handed it to Ling Zhi and said, "Are you thirsty? Have some tea."

The officials on the side were shocked.What is the background of this young man wearing a mask? He is on the same level as Zhong Shuling, but Xie Ran actually blows cold tea for him to drink!

Ling Zhi was indeed thirsty, he had long been used to Xie Ran's attention to detail, and drank the tea cup in one gulp, although it was not as good as the tea from the General's Mansion or the Zhongshu Mansion, but the tea from this backcountry was not bad. up.

Wait, Xie Ran just now...did he take a few sips of this cup and taste it?Didn't they kiss indirectly...

Ling Zhi tried his best to tell himself that he was thinking too much, and looked at Xie Ran pretending to be casual, but Xie Ran smiled at him, the meaning of the smile was unclear.

Ling Zhi's face immediately turned red, what do you mean?Is he interested in me?No, no, I can't think everyone is just because I'm Duanxiu, maybe it's because we are friends or good brothers?right!That's it!

After a while, the county magistrate sent someone to clear out the best inn in the city, and cleaned it carefully and quickly for Xie Zhongshu and his party to stay.

The inn is so big, after the guards and maids live in, there are still spare rooms, but Xie Ran insists on Ling Zhifei and wants to share a room with him.

In the end, Ling Zhi failed to resist and had to lie on the same bed with Xie Ran again.This bed is no better than the bed in Zhongshufu, even though it is a double bed, it is really narrow, and the two of them are stuck together even tighter.Xie Ran was very happy in his heart, but he still had an upright look on his face, and said, "Go to bed early, you have to go on your way tomorrow."

Ling Zhi recognized the bed, logically speaking, he should not be able to fall asleep, maybe he was too tired from the carriage ride all day, or maybe he was used to lying next to Xie Ran, smelling the faint scent of medicine on his body, in short, Ling Zhi did not lie down. How long did it take to fall asleep.

Seeing that he was asleep, Xie Ran immediately hugged him into his arms happily, it was soft, warm and fragrant, so nice.

The next day, the group of people also failed to leave early as planned, because Xie Ran developed a high fever again.

Ling Zhi who went to bed early and woke up early in the morning woke up. Seeing that Xie Ran had overslept, Ling Zhi thought about not calling him and letting him sleep more.But after a while, he felt that something was wrong with his face, so he quickly touched his forehead, it was hot, and after being touched by Ling Zhi, he really woke up, he just grabbed Ling Zhi's arm and didn't let go, hum He groaned and rubbed his face back and forth against his arm.

Ling Zhi: "...Xie Ran?"

Xie Ran looked at Ling Zhi with an aggrieved face, "It's so cold, hug me."

Ling Zhi "???" What kind of painting style is this?

Come on, people are already burned out.

Ling Zhi tried hard to pull out his grabbed arm, but he couldn't pull it out at all. Xie Ran was pulling hard, and Ling Zhi was afraid of hurting him too much.

"Let go, I'll get you medicine."

"No!" He said with a snort.

"You..." In desperation, Ling Zhi had no choice but to call out, "Come on!"

"My lord, what's your order?" The guard outside replied.

"Call the imperial doctor, your lord is sick."

"Yes." When the guards heard that their lord was ill, they didn't dare to neglect, and immediately went to the imperial doctor.

"I'm not sick! I'm not... It's not good, who said I'm sick... I'm not! No!"

"Okay, okay, you're not sick, our Xie Ran is the most obedient, isn't he?"

"Correct!"

"Then you are so obedient, do you want to obediently ask the imperial doctor to give you a pulse?" Said, the imperial doctor opened the door and was about to salute, Ling Zhi quickly stopped him and told him to come over quickly to show Xie Ran.

As soon as the imperial doctor checked his pulse, he knew that half of Xie Ran's fever was caused by the exhaustion of traveling and traveling, and the other half was mainly caused by His Majesty's poison.

But the imperial doctors are all from the palace, and they are all the emperor's people. They only said to Ling Zhi, "Your Excellency, you are tired from traveling and traveling, and you suddenly have a high fever. I will go to decoct the medicine right away. Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely recover within half an hour after taking the medicine." Come down with a fever." Because the decoction is the antidote for alleviating the poisonous hair, it is natural that the medicine will cure the disease temporarily.

After a while, the imperial doctor brought the medicine. After all, there was no need to cook it fresh, it was already prepared, and it was warm for Xie Ran to drink.

Ling Zhi helped Xie Ran up, Xie Ran muttered that the medicine was bitter, but he was still very obedient, Ling Zhi fed him the medicine spoon by spoon.

Not long after drinking the medicine, Xie Ran, who was hanging on Ling Zhi's body, suddenly went limp and fell down with his eyes closed.

"Xie Ran? Xie Ran! What's going on, is this medicine okay?"

"Don't worry, my lord, this is a normal reaction, and it will be fine after you get some sleep."

"That's good."

The imperial physician exited the room.Ling Zhi thought that Xie Ran was eating dry food along the way, and he didn't have a good meal, so he got up quietly, dressed indiscriminately, and went downstairs to order Xie Ran's favorite dishes.In fact, even if Ling Zhi didn't care about this matter, Xiao Die and other maids would take care of Xie Ran, but Ling Zhi was worried and insisted on coming down to take a look.

After reading it, he called a maid to tidy up his messy clothes.Ling Zhi decided to take a look on the street.

First, if Xie Ran is still so dazed, he can buy him something fun, even if he is sober, it doesn't matter, he doesn't play with Ling Zhi himself; second, Ling Zhi likes to go shopping and join in the fun, and now thank you Ran didn't wake up, and when he pushed the door, the broken door would "creak" again, and Xie Ran would be woken up if it wasn't fully secured, so he simply went back later.

Although Jing'an City is a small town, there are quite a lot of interesting things. Just in time for the market, there are monkeys trained to juggle, there is a trick of turning a handkerchief into a rabbit, and the most characteristic of Jing'an City-swords and long knives.

Ling Zhi found a relatively large weapons shop, and saw a pretty good sword as soon as he entered the door.The white scabbard was placed aside, and the finely polished black iron long sword was shining with a frightening light, and one could tell at a glance that it was blown and broken. The patterns on the sword body were few and simple, Ling Zhi liked this kind.The sword is for killing, not for viewing, and he looks awkward when he is so gaudy.

"Boss, how much is this sword?" He likes to collect good swords when he sees them. Anyway, Xie Ran gave him money and he spent whatever he wanted.

"Hey Keguan has a good eye. This sword is one of the best in this shop." The boss is a middle-aged man who looks very strong and burly. It is estimated that these swords are sold by himself, and his craftsmanship is quite good.

"One? What about the other?"

"The swords are in pairs, and the other one is of course this." The boss kept going in the other direction, and sure enough, another similar sword was also hung in a conspicuous position, echoing this side far away.

"Okay! Wrap them all up for me and engrave them, one with 'Ran' and the other with 'Zhi'." Ling Zhi didn't know why he wanted to buy Xie Ran and him a similar one, Obviously there are many other good swords, but he just has an obsession in his heart, wanting to use the same sword as him.

"Boss, how do you sell that sword?"

"Qian Yu?" Ling Zhi turned his head and saw that he was an acquaintance, the daughter of the Sheng family, Sheng Qianyu.

The Sheng family used to be generals from the third grade Dingyuan. Although the two families were not family friends, they were military generals after all. The two elders had some friendship and the two houses were close. I want to marry them both.Ling Zhi didn't know if Sheng Qianyu was interested in him, but he was definitely not interested in Sheng Qianyu, and he didn't want to delay his friend's happiness, so he politely declined.

Afterwards, the Sheng family got involved in factional disputes—this was something Ling Zhi and the Ling family had always disapproved of. Military generals shouldn't have participated in those chaotic affairs in the court, so as not to get burned.

Sure enough, Sheng Mansion was on the wrong team again.Fortunately, they didn't sit together, but General Dingyuan and his two sons were beheaded.But without the pillars of the family, the Sheng Mansion also fell down and scattered, and soon fell into decline.

"Qian Yu, why are you here?" Ling Zhi took off the mask on his face.

"Brother Ling?!" Sheng Qianyu recognized who it was, "I thought I'd never see you again! Why are you here?"

"I'm passing by here, and I'm going to leave tomorrow, how about you?"

"Brother Ling, do you know that the traitor surnamed Xie—"

"Hey, guest officer! Is this engraved 'Ran' and this engraved 'Zhi' right?" The boss came out again to make sure.

Ling Zhi looked at the slightly different styles of the two, one was longer and wider, the other was more nimble and slender, and said, "The longer engraved characters, thank you boss! He chose it, remember to engrave it better!"

"Don't worry, guest officer! My wife's craftsmanship is very good, I'll ask her to carve it for you more carefully!"

When Sheng Qianyu heard the word "Ran", his expression immediately became very subtle, but Ling Zhizheng turned his head to talk to the boss and didn't notice.

"Brother Ling, who is this sword for?"

"A friend." Ling Zhi didn't want to reveal too much, "By the way, Qian Yu, what did you say you were here for?"

"I'm here to visit relatives."

The two sat down at a tea stall on the street and chatted for a while about the experience of the two families not falling behind.Ling Zhi avoided Xie Ran's part and didn't mention it, because he suddenly remembered that his family's disaster had nothing to do with Xie Ran, but the Sheng family was indeed planted in Xie Ran's hands, the kind that Xie Ran couldn't even wash away.

"Unexpectedly, the Ling family will also..." Sheng Qianyu said, "The world is really impermanent."

Ling Zhi followed with a sigh, and said in relief, "People cannot be resurrected after death. If they know it, they will also hope that we will let go of these things and live a good life."

"Then you don't want revenge?"

"Avenged, can your relatives and mine survive?"

Sheng Qianyu was noncommittal about Ling Zhi's opinion and fell silent.

There are tens of thousands of roads in the world, whether it is the Yangguan Road or the single-plank bridge, everyone has their own way, and Ling Zhi doesn't want to impose his own ideas on others, so he didn't persuade them much.

"Qianyu, take care," Ling Zhi said, "My friend is still waiting for me to go back, so I will leave first."

"Yes, Brother Ling, take care too."

When Ling Zhi went back, Xie Ran had already woken up.

"Where did you go to play just now?"

"I went to the market for a stroll, and it was very lively. Here, this is for you." Ling Zhi handed him the sword, "Look, I have one here too, with our names engraved on it."

Xie Ran smiled and took the sword.Just now when he heard that Ling Zhi was chatting and laughing with a woman at the tea stand, he was still a little unhappy, but now he became happy again, and completely forgot to be jealous.

This is a lover's sword, so can it be pretended that this is a token of love from Ling Zhi?