sinovels Chapter 73
Chapter 73
After the boy in red uttered that exclamation, his fair face turned red and he quickly knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, Your Highness atones for your sins, Caomin didn't mean it, Caomin didn't know you were here...here..."
Gu Yan saw the person in front of him clearly, and his tense expression relaxed a little.
He ignored the boy in red, turned his head to look at Ye Zi, and said softly, "It's all right."
Ye Zi felt a little embarrassed when he was caught getting close to the person he cared for, he hid behind Gu Yan and shook his head, hesitantly said: "He..."
"I'll come." Gu Yan comforted him softly, got up and walked to the boy in red, and asked, "Master Ge asked you to come?"
The boy in red flinched and didn't answer.
Gu Yan's eyes turned cold: "Say."
There was mist in the eyes of the young man in red, and he said softly: "...Yes."
It was a bit chilly in Yi'an at night, he was still wearing the thin red silk dance dress, kneeling on the cold stone steps, trembling slightly.
The coldness in Gu Yan's eyes was even worse, and he said: "I don't have to pursue today's matter, and you are not allowed to tell what you saw, otherwise, I promise to make you regret it. Get out."
The boy in red trembled all over, but he didn't move.
Gu Yan frowned: "Still leaving?"
The young man in red spoke in a weak voice, "I... Caomin... Caomin can't leave."
Gu Yan asked, "Why can't you leave?"
The young man in red was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Master Ge said, if you can't...can't please the prince, then don't go back to see him."
Gu Yan's eyes were rarely filled with warmth and anger: "You—"
"My lord." Ye Zi interrupted him suddenly, and said in a low voice, "Don't be angry, let's talk about it after clarifying the matter."
He stepped forward and said to the young man in red: "It's cold on the ground, get up first before talking."
The boy in red didn't dare to move, he raised his head and glanced at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan said irritably, "Get up as soon as I tell you to get up."
The boy in red just stood up.
Ye Zi asked, "Who are you? Why did the county magistrate send you here?"
The young man in red replied: "Caomin is from Yi'an. He was bought by Mr. Ge as a servant in the mansion since he was a child. Mr. Ge... paid attention to my appearance and sent someone to teach me the rhythm of singing and dancing. He... He heard that Mr. Zhizhou of Guangling I like masculinity, originally wanted to offer me over, but it just so happens that the prince is here, so..."
Ye Zi laughed: "So he asked you to seduce my prince?"
The red-clothed boy's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't dare to answer.
He had just met Ye Zi at the banquet, and this person was with Prince Jing.But now it seems that this person has a lot to do with Prince Rui.The young man couldn't figure it out for a while, he knew that Prince Rui liked masculinity, and even married a man as his concubine, but Princess Rui was far away in Chang'an, so who is this person in front of him?
Could it be that Prince Rui just fell in love with this person...
Ye Zi rolled his eyes, walked to Gu Yan's side, and took his hand: "Little guy, I can tell you that everything should come first and then come first. The prince has me by his side now, so don't join in the fun."
Gu Yan frowned imperceptibly, and was about to say something when Ye Zi pinched his hand lightly.
Ye Zi turned to look at the young man in red, and said with a smile, "So, go back and tell Mr. Ge, stop thinking about my prince, it's useless."
The young man in red pursed his lips and lowered his head: "...I see."
Gu Yan tugged at Ye Zi, and said softly, "What are you messing around with?"
Ye Zi bent the corners of her lips, leaned close to Gu Yan's ear on purpose, and said with a smile, "Where am I messing around, my lord, am I right?"
Gu Yan felt helpless.
The fact that Ye Zi is Princess Rui cannot be exposed now, and he doesn't want others to think about Gu Yan again.Therefore, he made the words just now ambiguous, so that others would not think that he was the real Princess Rui at all.
What he said made it easy for people to think that he was the male favorite who was kept by Gu Yan's side.
This man must have placed his position too low.
Gu Yan shook his head and said nothing.He hugged Ye Zi by his side and looked at the young man in red: "You heard everything clearly, why don't you hurry up?"
The young man in red hung his head, and in a moment, a few tears fell from his eyes.
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, and saw the young man in red kneeling on the ground, and said in a hoarse voice, "My lord, Caomin is willing to be a slave and a handmaiden, willing to do anything for you, as long as you don't drive me away..."
Ye Zi vaguely realized something, and asked, "What secrets do you have?"
The red-clothed boy was silent for a while, and said with a choked voice, "My mother...is suffering from the plague."
"Master Ge said that the prince is looking for a cure, but that method cannot save everyone. At that time, I am afraid that only the powerful in the city can get the medicine first...My lord, I really have no other way, Lord Ge Said that only in this way will he help me..."
Gu Yan tightened his hands by his side, narrowing his eyes dangerously: "He really said that?"
"Yes." The boy in red replied in a low voice, "He also said..."
"What else?"
The red-clothed boy tremblingly said: "...and also said that if Cao Min can't stay with the prince, he will drive my mother out of Chankong Temple."
Gu Yan sneered: "How dare he?"
The red-clothed boy flinched on the ground, and said in a soft voice: "There are many sick people in Chankong Temple, and the guards are all under Master Ge's subordinates. Send someone to pretend that one of them died of illness and throw it out of the temple. No one will know, and it will take half a day. I'm afraid I will die. My lord, Caomin dare not disobey Mr. Ge's words."
Ye Zi frowned slightly, and said in disbelief: "The county magistrate is a local parent official, how could he do such a thing, my lord, this..."
"That dog officer..." Gu Yan pondered for a moment, then asked again, "What's your name?"
The boy in red replied, "Ah Chu."
Gu Yan said: "Okay, I understand. You go back tonight first, and I promise that nothing will happen to your mother. Go."
Ah Chu was silent for a moment, nodded, turned and left the pavilion.
Ye Zi sighed: "Using power to oppress the people and accepting bribes from the powerful is too abominable."
"It's getting late today, let's go back and rest first." Gu Yan said, "I'll take you to Chankong Temple tomorrow, and I don't know what's going on with Pei Ge."
Ye Zi nodded: "Okay."
The two walked towards the backyard, Gu Yan sent Ye Zi to the courtyard where Gu Yi lived, and was about to go in, when Ye Zi suddenly pulled him back.
Gu Yan turned around and asked, "What?"
Ye Zi pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come here?"
Gu Yan said: "I'll take you back to the house."
Seeing that Gu Yan didn't understand his hint at all, Ye Zi said anxiously, "I don't live here."
Gu Yan deliberately asked: "Then where do you want to live?"
"I..." Ye Zi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He purposely said this in front of Ah Chu just now to let everyone know that he has followed Gu Yan, so that he can justifiably rely on Gu Yan's side.After not seeing him for so long, he didn't even want to leave his side for a moment.
But... what's going on now?
Ye Zi hesitated for a long time, but when he looked up, he saw Gu Yan was looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and said angrily, "Gu Zicheng, are you kidding me?"
Gu Yan chuckled, stopped arguing with him, and brought him back to the bedroom.
It was getting late, and the two of them washed up early and lay down in bed.But Ye Zi slept for a day and a night earlier, and now she doesn't feel sleepy at all.
And... the person he was thinking about was lying beside him, why did he continue to sleep indifferently?
Taking advantage of the moonlight outside the window, Ye Zi tilted her head to look at Gu Yan's profile, and couldn't help calling out in a low voice, "My lord..."
Gu Yan ignored him.
Ye Zi paused, moved to Gu Yan's side, and said softly, "My lord, Gu Yan, Gu Zicheng..."
Gu Yan still ignored it, as if he had fallen asleep.
Ye Zi blinked, the lustful thoughts that had been suppressed during the day came out.He quietly stretched out his hand, and slid his fingers in against Gu Yan's skirt, touching the firm and delicate texture.Ye Zi stared at Gu Yan's reaction, the latter remained motionless, as if he didn't notice.
Ye Zi took advantage of it, boldly moved his finger down slowly, and before he touched anything, his wrist suddenly sank.
Ye Zi suddenly felt dizzy, and when he came back to his senses, Gu Yan had already pushed him into the bed.
Gu Yan leaned down to look at him condescendingly, opened half of the skirt that Ye Zi had ripped open, and asked with a frown, "You can't sit still, what did you provoke me for?"
Ye Zi's cheeks were hot, and she turned her eyes away in panic: "Aren't you asleep?"
"If I fall asleep, what do you want to do?" Gu Yan curled his lips into a smile, "My concubine, you are getting bolder now, and you dare to take advantage of me while the king is asleep?"
This is not the first time Ye Zi has done this kind of thing, Gu Yan has more or less discovered it in the past, but he didn't say anything.
In Ye Zi's mind, this was the first time Gu Yan noticed his little tricks.
Ye Zi buried half of her face in the pillow, closed her eyes tightly, feeling ashamed to death.During the movement, the skirt of the clothes was a little messed up, revealing a small piece of smooth skin on the neck.
Gu Yan's eyes sank a little, he lowered his head, and kissed him lightly on the neck.
Ye Zi's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Seeing him like this, Gu Yan suddenly thought of teasing him.He lowered his eyes to look at the face that was close at hand, and said with a straight face, "You reminded me of something, Princess Rui, do you know your mistake?"
Ye Zi's heart was beating fast, he opened his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "...what's wrong with me?"
"You have ruined this king's reputation." Gu Yan said bluntly, "This king is so clean and self-sufficient, let you say this today, so that people don't think that I am a playboy, a playboy?"
Ye Zi was silent, and couldn't help but slander her inwardly.When will Gu Yan's image outside get better? Even if he didn't say that, wouldn't outsiders see him as a dandy, a playboy?
He pursed his lips, did not talk back to Gu Yan, and said, "What does the lord want?"
"Since you have done something wrong, you have to give a small punishment." Gu Yan tilted his head and smiled, "Punishment for both crimes, will my concubine accept the punishment?"
Ye Zi's eyelashes trembled, and she couldn't bear Gu Yan's teasing.He closed his eyes, stepped aside, and begged for mercy: "Zicheng, I..."
Gu Yan sighed lightly.
He let go of his hand and pulled Ye Zi into his arms: "Just let you stop messing with me."
Gu Yan gently stroked Ye Zi's lips, his voice was hoarse and deep: "A Zi, it's not that I don't want to, but I love you. This place is so simple, and I haven't prepared anything. If I really do it to you What, can you bear it? What's more..."
Gu Yan paused, and gently kneaded Ye Zi's hand.
He didn't notice it before, but it wasn't until yesterday evening when he helped him change his clothes that Gu Yan realized that this man's hands were full of fine and small cuts, most of which were caused by the rough rope when pulling the rein.
Those scars faded a lot overnight, but Gu Yan still felt a little distressed when he thought of it, and said: "You have suffered so many crimes just now, so you can give birth for a few days, don't mess around, understand?"
Ye Zi nodded, leaned on Gu Yan's shoulder with a blushing face, and said nothing more.
The next day, Gu Yan took Ye Zi to a courtyard next to Chankong Temple, which was Pei Ge's residence.After arriving in Yi'an, Gu Yan specially asked the county magistrate to find this residence for Pei Ge, so that it was convenient for him to dispense medicine and treat patients.
The two stepped into the courtyard and immediately smelled the strong medicinal fragrance.
Several fires in the courtyard were boiling decoctions, and many attendants came in and out, carrying the decocted decoctions to the patients.Pei Ge was not in the yard.
Seeing Gu Yan enter the door, the attendants stopped and saluted him.
Gu Yan randomly grabbed someone and asked, "Where is Mrs. Pei?"
The attendant replied: "Doctor Pei went into the room last night to read medical books, but he hasn't come out yet."
Gu Yan nodded, asked the attendants to step back, and pulled Ye Zi to the door, knocking on the door twice.
no respond.
Gu Yan and Ye Zi looked at each other, opened the door and walked in.
In the inner room, Pei Ge was concentrating on flipping through the medical books, without noticing that someone had entered the door at all.On the desk in front of him were thick piles of medical books, no fewer than dozens of them.
Gu Yan shook his head helplessly, cleared his throat: "Pei Ge."
Pei Ge suddenly came back to his senses, he was in a trance, saw Gu Yan, and then got up and said: "Caomin didn't check for a while, and didn't notice that the two of you are coming, Pei Ge has seen the prince and the concubine."
Gu Yan glanced at the cold breakfast on the table, and chuckled lightly: "Doctor Pei, I know you are anxious. But if you don't eat or drink, it won't be a few days, and I'm afraid the plague here hasn't been cured yet." , you are already ill."
Pei Ge let out an "ah" and shook his head with a smile: "My lord's lesson is that I'll just eat it."
Gu Yan stopped him: "It's cold, what to eat, I'll send someone to bring you something else later. Tell me, how is the progress?"
Pei Ge said: "The grass people have already tested the powder that the prince sent earlier. From the perspective of medicinal properties, it is indeed effective in suppressing the plague in this area. But whether it can really cure it, I'm afraid I have to find someone to try it. "
"You said you want to find someone to test the medicine?" Gu Yan hesitated, and said, "But the effect of the medicine is not yet clear. If you randomly ask people to test the medicine, I'm afraid... other than that, there is no other way?"
Pei Ge shook his head: "There is no other way."
Gu Yan pondered for a moment, and then said: "What kind of medicine is that powder, have you found it?"
"Find some."
Gu Yan frowned: "Some?"
Pei Ge took out a piece of rice paper from the bottom of several volumes of medical books, and handed it to Gu Yan: "The powder is made from the roots of many kinds of herbs, not just one. After searching all night, I found these kinds. Please take a look, my lord."
Gu Yan took it, glanced at it, and asked, "Then..."
Pei Ge knew what he was going to say, and replied, "It's not what we're looking for."
Pei Ge said: "This powder is mixed with a variety of medicinal materials. Most of the ones I found out now are beneficial to qi and calm the nerves, that is, tonics. These tonics are mixed in the powder and will not have any effect on the efficacy of the medicine. But Caomin I found that even without these tonics, the efficacy of this powder will not be affected."
Gu Yanruo thought: "That is to say..."
"In other words, some people don't want us to find out which medicine in this powder is working."
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Gu Yan: "This..."
Gu Yan shook his head and said with a sneer, "Uncle Huang really took great pains."
Pei Ge thought for a moment, and said: "There is one more thing. The prince told me that the source of the plague might be a pollen poison called 'Wulan'. data of."
Gu Yan frowned slightly.
Pei Ge lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm not very talented."
Gu Yandao: "Doctor Pei doesn't have to be like this. If it weren't for you this time, the situation would only be more serious. I will try to find a way to test the medicine as soon as possible. You don't have to worry."
"it is good."
The two left the other courtyard and walked in the direction of Chankong Temple.
Ye Zi bowed his head in silence all the way, Gu Yan turned his head to look at his expression, and said with a smile: "Look at your frowning face, don't worry, I'm here."
Ye Zi sighed: "Can you not be worried? Tell me, why did Uncle Liu Huang do this?"
"He told you that it was pollen poison, but he concealed the real name of the flower. He gave you the antidote, but mixed several herbs so that you couldn't see what it was. Do this in the end……"
Gu Yandao: "I don't understand either. What kind of medicine is sold in my uncle's gourd? Perhaps he has his own reasons. When Pei Ge concocts the real antidote, he should know."
Ye Zi paused slightly: "Do you really want someone to test the medicine?"
Gu Yan closed his eyes and did not answer.
The two had already walked to the side of the Chankong Temple, and the ethereal bells echoed in the mountains and fields, which made people feel calm.Under the cover of the bell, the coughing and moaning of the common people could be faintly heard coming from the temple.
Ye Zi couldn't bear to hear it, and couldn't help but said: "My lord, I..."
Gu Yan looked back at him: "What do you want to do?"
Ye Zi felt guilty when he saw him, and turned his eyes away.
But Gu Yan didn't let him hide, he took two steps closer, and said seriously: "Azi, don't be stupid. As I said before, if you dare to do anything to hurt yourself, I will send someone to send you away right now. "
Ye Zi lowered her head, gave a soft "oh", and didn't dare to say anything.
Patients in Chankong Temple are taken care of by special personnel, and special personnel are also guarded outside the temple, and generally no one else is allowed to enter or leave.Gu Yan didn't let Ye Zi in, put on Pei Ge's special protective cover, and went in to inspect it.
Ye Zi was waiting outside the temple alone, walking around boredly, when he suddenly heard a loud noise not far away.
This place looks like a side gate of Chankong Temple, sparsely populated, with only two guards guarding it.
The two guards were fat and thin. In front of them, there was a boy kneeling on the ground, holding a woman in his arms.The young man's shoulders trembled, and he sobbed and begged: "Please, let my mother go in and take the medicine. If she doesn't take the medicine today, she...she won't be able to hold on."
The voice sounded very familiar.
Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses.
Isn't this the red-clothed boy I met at the banquet last night, Ah Chu?
Ah Chu hugged the woman and wanted to enter the Chankong Temple, but the two guards were not half-hearted, and blocked the door desperately and refused to let in.Seeing that Ah Chu refused to leave, the tall and thin guard kicked him on the shoulder and knocked him to the ground.
The thin guard stepped forward and said with a smile: "Young Master Achu, you don't think you are a celebrity in front of the magistrate, do you? It is absolutely impossible to step into Chankong Temple again. If you want to drink medicine, go to Lord Rui and see if he will take pity on you and help you?"
Achu curled up on the ground in pain, raised his eyes and glared at the two of them: "You—Prince Rui said clearly before that all the people suffering from the plague can enter the Chankong Temple for treatment, why don't you let us in."
Another fatter guard said: "Still talking nonsense with him, this old woman is going to die, why don't you hurry up and let him go. Hurry up and die away, so as not to turn around and infect us."
"That makes sense." The skinny guard said, "Master Ah Chu, if you don't get out again, I'll really be rude to you. Look at your frail little body, if I accidentally beat you to death, it wouldn't be a pity for you Is this face?"
Ah Chu withdrew his gaze and said, "I won't leave."
The thin guard scolded: "I think you don't cry when you see the coffin, I—"
He clenched his fist with his right hand and was about to land on Ah Chu when suddenly a hand stretched out from the side and grabbed his wrist.
Ye Zi raised his eyes and sneered, "Bullying a child is nothing, if you have the ability, come and fight me."
Ah Chu was startled, immediately recognized Ye Zi, and hurriedly said: "My lord, my lord, save my mother, my mother is about to die."
The skinny guard struggled, but he couldn't break free, and said angrily: "Who are you, dare to meddle in the affairs of the official?"
"Officer?" Ye Zi tilted his head and said with a smile, "Is this official uniform you wear on your body used to bully innocent people? With your appearance, you are also worthy of serving as an errand in the county government?"
"Where did you come from, such a shameless brat." The skinny guard spat, "Hit me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fat guard behind him immediately pulled out the knife from his waist and slashed at Ye Zi.
Ye Zi nimbly dodged sideways, kicked the skinny guard away, and quickly drew the knife from his waist.He swung his knife and hit the fat guard in front of him head-on. The opponent couldn't dodge in time, so he subconsciously raised his knife to block it.
The sound of metal clashing reverberated in the open space, and the fat guard felt his arm was numb, and couldn't help but let go, the knife was thrown out and fell to the ground.
Ye Zi added a kick at the right time, and kicked this person aside, making a mess with the skinny guard.
The two were about to get up when Ye Zi swung the saber lightly, and it landed on the neck of the two of them impartially.
The sound of their fighting just now attracted the attention of other guards in the temple. A group of patrolling guards rushed out from the Chankong Temple and surrounded the three of them.
Seeing the reversal of the situation, the skinny guard immediately shouted: "This desperate boy dares to attack the officials in the guarded area of the government. Take him down quickly."
The inspecting guards were about to strike, but Ye Zi suddenly said, "Hey, why don't you ask me why I beat him, that's how you do things?"
The thin guard sneered: "Boy, are you scared?"
"Of course I'm not afraid. There's nothing scary about such a small number of people." Ye Zi tilted his head, glanced at the people around him, and said regretfully, "I just think you're confusing right and wrong, but it's no wonder that even people like you They can all enter the government, and the others should not be much better."
"You—" the skinny guard said anxiously, "Aren't you going to do it yet?!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the temple: "What are you doing here?"
Gu Yan slowly stepped out of the Chankong Temple, lifted the protective cover, and his eyes fell on Ye Zi.
Ye Zi blinked, immediately dropped the knife in his hand, and said in a pitiful soft voice, "...they want to beat me."