Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Blood gushed out from the corner of Zi Mian's mouth and dripped on Long Baiyue's face. The warm blood made her drowsy.She stuck the scream in her throat and bit her hand to ease the fear. How could this be? !Could it be that what Zimian drank was not ordinary spring wine?She also drank spring wine before, and she was fine when she woke up afterwards. Long Baiyue covered Zi Mian's lips tremblingly, but the blood still seeped from between her fingers, she hurriedly got up and put on her clothes, and fastened the lapel for Zi Mian, fortunately, the large cassock is not difficult She was wearing it, but the black brocade of the cassock made Zi Mian's pale complexion even more.

Is such a consequence arranged by the prime minister?His trick is really to ruin Zi Mian's reputation?Long Baiyue remembered what the prime minister said before. —he must die. The prime minister is really going to kill him!Looking at Zi Mian, who was as angry as a silk, Long Baiyue's heart seemed to be torn apart alive, and she burst into tears from the pain.After all, she still harmed him, why did she compromise with the prime minister, if she pleaded guilty earlier...if she redeemed earlier... She has to send Zi Mian back to the boat!Yes!Thinking of that boatload of elixir, Long Baiyue suddenly felt strength all over her body, she gritted her teeth, dragged Zi Mian to carry him on her back, and staggered towards the door.The weight of a big man made her almost fall down, but Zi Mian's vomited blood quickly wet her shoulders, which stimulated her to pull herself together.

Damn it, Mama Liu actually locked the latch from the outside. Just when Long Baiyue pushed the door in despair, the door opened. It turned out that the little maid who led the way had pulled the latch.When the little maid saw Zi Mian covered in blood, she trembled with fright, tears came down. "I don't have time to cry, take us away quickly." Long Baiyue stepped over the threshold tremblingly, and whispered to stop the crying of the little maid, even though her tears never stopped. The little maid hurriedly stepped forward to help Long Baiyue help Zimian together: "It was I who harmed your lord... I clearly know that there is something wrong with that wine..."

"I did it." Long Baiyue's face was tense, not daring to stay for a moment.She held Zi Mian's wrist tightly, clearly feeling how slow and weak his pulse was. Not a moment should be lost. The three of them stumbled down the stairs, and tiptoed from the back garden to the aisle.Long Baiyue still refused to give up and walked towards the woodshed: "I remember there is a dog hole there." "Dog hole?" The little maid was taken aback, "There is no dog hole in the prime minister's residence." The Prime Minister's Mansion has always been strictly regulated.How can an unleashed dog be allowed to run in and out?

Long Baiyue stopped and stared straight at the wall next to the firewood house. It was smooth and slippery, without even a single crack. There was no such thing as a dog hole. "It's obvious that night here..." She mumbled and walked to the bottom of the wall, and fell to her knees on the ground in despair. It's really over now, she and Zi Mian are going to die here.If Zi Mian dies, she will have no face to live, let alone go to Huang Quan to see him, what should I do, she might as well die first, remember to run quickly after getting to Huang Quan, get away from him and reincarnate first... With the upper eyelids, the body jumped forward, and the forehead hit the wall straight.

This collision was unsuccessful, just when Long Baiyue was about to hit the wall, his body tightened, and someone caught him from behind.She came back to her senses, lowered her head and took a closer look, and at some point Zi Mian's wrist was no longer in her hand, and his right hand was holding her shoulder right now. Long Baiyue choked up excitedly: "You're awake..." Zi Mian didn't have the energy to look at her, he half-opened his eyes, his eyes fell on the wall with some laxity, he tried his best to raise his left hand on Long Baiyue's shoulder, and pressed it against the wall.

Long Baiyue couldn't hear what Zi Mian murmured in her ear, she just looked at his lips with concern, fearing that he would vomit blood again.Zi Mian chanted for a while and suddenly stopped, coughed, blood slid out from the corner of her mouth again, scared Long Baiyue shouted: "Stop chanting..." Before the words were finished, the two of them suddenly lost their balance and fell forward. Long Baiyue hurriedly reached out to support the wall but felt empty. Before she could turn her head, her head hit the wall. black. That night's dog hole reappeared. Long Baiyue understood it, and finally reacted slowly, but panicked: "You have been helping me all the time...you know that I have been to the Prime Minister's Mansion..."

But Zi Mian couldn't hear her anymore, and cast a spell again under the severe injury, draining his last bit of strength.He just passed out and handed himself over to Long Baiyue. Long Baiyue froze for a moment, she knew that she didn't have time to think too much, the most important thing now was to send Zi Mian back to the mansion.She tried to move Zi Mian, and found that she had no strength to move him out of the dog hole, unless she crawled out first and then pulled him like a carrot. "This cassock is too thick and in the way." Long Baiyue looked at Goudong, then peeled off the cassock from Zi Mian's body and threw it away.She put Zimian to lie down first, and began to crawl into the dog hole by herself.

The little maidservant who was helping to watch the wind ran over in a panic at this time: "Hurry up, sister, someone is chasing you." Long Baiyue sped up her movements when she heard the words, she immediately turned around and dragged Zi Mian out of the hole, and the little maid also helped her move Zi Mian out.From far away, the servant's yelling and cursing could be heard: "Don't let them run away!" "Hurry up." Long Baiyue was so anxious that her head was covered with cold sweat, and her hands began to tremble, but she still tightly grabbed Zi Mian's shirt, and desperately pulled him out.The two flirted with each other, and finally moved Zi Mian out of the prime minister's residence.Long Baiyue just breathed a sigh of relief, but found that the servant who was chasing was close at hand, but the little maid was still on the other side of the wall.

"Come out, too," Long Baiyue shouted urgently, "You helped us, the prime minister knows you won't survive." "I know," the little maid on the other side of the wall burst into tears, "it's too late, sister, you should take your lord away." "No." Long Baiyue panicked and reached out to grab her, but she pushed her away. "Sister, I'm sorry, my lord..." The little maid poked her head, looked at the unconscious Zi Mian outside the dog cave, and cried out, "Master Zi Mian, thank you for saving my parents from the plague. I shouldn't, I You shouldn't be instructed by the steward..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the servant who rushed over stomped her to the ground.With her last strength, she blocked the entrance of the cave with her body, and shouted to the outside of the cave in despair: "Hurry up—" The dog hole in the wall suddenly disappeared at this moment, and the little maid's screams of pain also stopped abruptly on the other side of the wall. "Damn it!" Long Baiyue thumped the wall.She turned her face with tears streaming down her face, and saw that the noisy street became silent because of her and Zi Mian's sudden appearance.Passers-by were looking at them in surprise. Facing the dumbfounded crowd, she was flustered and at a loss: "I, we..." The prime minister's minions will soon be chasing after him, and everyone in the street is watching, how can she escape with the unconscious Zi Mian? Long Baiyue and Zi Mian had long since disappeared when the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion changed into plain clothes and rushed over.They looked around wonderingly, the people were doing their own business as usual, the streets were bustling, and everything was as usual. "Are there two people here just now?" They stopped a hawker selling candied haws and asked. "Two people? People are everywhere here." The peddler squinted at them, "Candied haws, do you want candied haws?" "Don't pretend to be confused. Two people, a woman and a man were injured. Did you see it?" "No." The hawker's swiftness made the servants furious: "Why not, there are bloodstains at the bottom of the wall!" At this time, a fortune-teller with a face as white as paper drifted over, coughed heart-piercingly for a while, and vomited a mouthful of blood against the wall: "En, my tuberculosis is still not healed..." He wiped his mouth with unrestrained interest, and then floated away again, leaving behind a large pool of blood that frightened everyone so that they dared not approach. It could be seen that the people in the whole street were not cooperative, and the servant did not dare to provoke public anger, so he had to send people to chase after him, while searching carefully along the road. Long Baiyue was supporting Zi Mian to hide in the sedan chair at the moment, she pushed aside a corner of the sedan chair curtain, and expressed her gratitude to the bearer: "Thank you, big brothers, for your help." "It's okay, Lord Zi Mian saved my family during the plague." A bearer smiled honestly. "This sedan chair is too conspicuous, what if someone catches up to him soon..." Long Baiyue was very worried, no one would sit in a sedan chair when fleeing. "It's okay." The servant of the Chancellor's Mansion saw a sedan chair from a distance, and hurriedly shouted loudly at the sedan chair to stop.They quickly ran to the sedan chair, lifted the curtain and saw that there was no one in the sedan chair. "This sedan chair was empty just now?" The servant touched the wooden bench in the sedan chair, it was still warm. "It's loaded, didn't you just get off the sedan chair?" The bearer smiled and weighed the copper coins in his hand, showing it to the servants. "Who is carrying, why is there blood under the stool?" The servants saw the clue and surrounded the bearer to ask. "This..." The bearer couldn't answer. At this time, the wooden door of a nearby house opened with a creak, and a fat woman came out with a stinky face. She squeezed away the crowd, got into the sedan chair to look around, and turned around and cursed: "Yaoshou! I'm just Yuexin!" Come and sit in a sedan chair, you guys started yelling when you entered the door to change a skirt, what are you yelling about!" Everyone was dumbfounded, watching the woman stretch out a big foot to wipe away the blood. "You..." Faced with such a vicious female worm, the servant didn't have the guts to doubt it. "Every one's hair hasn't grown yet, so go home early and get breastfeeding!" The fat woman yelled with her hands on her hips, pushed the crowd away, swayed into the room, and closed the wooden door with a bang. The bearer smiled wryly and shrugged at the servants, lifted the sedan chair and left calmly.The servants came back to their senses in embarrassment, and chased after them again cursing. As soon as the fat woman closed the wooden door, she turned around with a smile on her face: "Those people are gone." Long Baiyue hugged Zi Mian and was sitting on the ground with weak legs, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It's so dangerous." "Girl, don't delay, come with me quickly." The fat woman helped Long Baiyue up Zi Mian, she carried a big man up and left without any effort, Long Baiyue could only follow in fear protect. The three of them walked through the courtyard to the back door, which led to a narrow alley. They followed the alley and walked to the back door of another house. The fat woman knocked on the closed wooden door: "Er Li's family, Open the door quickly." The wooden door opened, and Li Er's family showed their faces. It was a timid and thin daughter-in-law: "Aunt Zhang?" "Master Zi Mian is in trouble, I borrow a way from your family." The little daughter-in-law understood what Aunt Zhang meant, and immediately opened the door to let the three of them in.She changed from her previous timidity, and ran all the way smartly, opened the front door and went to the carpenter Wang's house next door to help Zhang Luo. Just like that, half of the people in the city opened their doors spontaneously, opening a shortcut for Zi Mian and Long Baiyue.On the way to send Zi Mian back home, he changed hands a few times, relying on the strength of the neighbors, the distance back home was shortened by nearly one-third compared to walking from the street.When Chu Tiejiang arrived at the gate of the Zifu with Zi Mian on his back, they were ahead of the chasing soldiers from the Prime Minister's Mansion. "Thank you, thank you." Along the way, Long Baiyue had already said many words of thanks.She was covered in stinky sweat, with tears mixed with dust on her face, she was in a state of embarrassment, she had long since lost the appearance that an oiran should have, but her burning eyes were more radiant and moving than the past, making the simple and honest blacksmith turn red with embarrassment Face. "Don't say that," the blacksmith put down Zi Mian, and knocked on the door, "I have to go back, girl, thank Master Zi Mian for me, my mother comes to offer incense at the door of the Lord every day, hehe..." Long Baiyue forced a smile, she was a little bit exhausted from being moved, afraid and tired.Ming Chuangchen, who had been waiting in the mansion for a long time, flew all the way to open the door. When he saw the embarrassed Long Baiyue and the unconscious master, his face turned pale with fright: "What happened?" "Hurry up, go back to the boat, someone is going to kill us." It seemed that the long-lost intimacy made Long Baiyue cry again, and her stammering crying seemed to be complaining to Ming Chuangchen. Ming Chuangchen immediately carried Zi Mian on his back and ran to the boat, Long Baiyue staggered behind.She has been unable to run for a long time, and now she has finally handed Zimian into the hands of Windows Chen, she seems to have accomplished her mission, without fighting spirit, she just feels heavy in her body. "Is there any help, my lord?" After boarding the ship, Long Baiyue collapsed on the deck and watched the window dust rush in and out, and couldn't help asking weakly on the side. "How could it be hopeless?" Ming Chuangchen even took the time to pour Long Baiyue a cup of herbal tea. It was only then that Long Baiyue felt that her mouth was parched, she poured down herbal tea in one gulp, and as if gaining some strength, she got up and went into the cabin to watch Zimian. Zi Mian was lying on the couch still unconscious, Ming Chuangchen was rummaging through the medicine cabinet on the side. "Taiyi Golden Pill!" Ming Chuangchen finally found the elixir after searching for a long time, heaved a sigh of relief and happily ran to Zi Mian and sat down beside Zi Mian, "Should I take half a pill or just one?" At this moment, his master couldn't speak up to mention him, which made Ming Chuangchen into trouble. "What time is it? I still care about half a piece, eat more." Long Baiyue shouted anxiously. "If you eat too much, you will die." Ming Chuangchen didn't obey her, "Speaking of which, do you know what happened to Master?" "He..." Long Baiyue's complexion changed, and she said vaguely, "My lord, he got the prime minister's aphrodisiac..." "What?!" Ming Chuangchen was startled and horrified, "It's over, it's over." Long Baiyue's heart twitched along with his expression, and she carefully asked for confirmation in a low voice: "Is it that serious?" "En," Ming Chuangchen nodded solemnly, and quickly fed Zimian with half a elixir of water, "Take half of it first, and add more if it's not enough. My lord, you must not break the lust and precepts when you practice the inner alchemy of the Shangqing school, otherwise The vitality is seriously injured, and the skill cannot be recovered in a short period of time." His words made Long Baiyue's heart go cold.No wonder Zi Mian vomits blood, she just treats him as an ordinary person, he just got rid of the aphrodisiac with women's lust, who knows that there are also theories of lust, caution, inner alchemy, and vitality. "It's okay if you are a virgin when you break the precept, but if you encounter a turbid body, it will be extremely dangerous." Ming Chuangchen frowned and added, hitting Long Baiyue's death point like a dart. Long Baiyue was about to vomit blood, but she still had difficulty breathing and asked: "What is a turbid body?" "A woman from a lowly family background, low class, an actor and a prostitute..." Ming Chuangchen noticed that Long Baiyue's face was ugly, and when he realized it, his voice became lower and lower, "Miss Long, I didn't mean you..." Long Baiyue, who felt extremely sinful, waved her hand weakly to comfort him, "It's okay...Your Excellency is so weak now, I'm afraid the prime minister will take the opportunity to kill him, what should I do?" "This..." Ming Chuangchen was also anxious, "If you say that fires, assassinations, and shipwrecking are not difficult for Master in normal times, it's hard to say now." Long Baiyue's face cramped up when he heard this—has the prime minister dealt with Zi Mian like this before? "Ah, there it is!" Ming Chuangchen clapped his hands in astonishment, "I went to find Mr. He, and he told me that day, if you encounter difficulties, remember to go to him!" He Lingyun?Yes, he has people under his command!Long Baiyue's mood also became brighter: "Go to him quickly, at least put some people here, so as to protect the adults through the difficulties." "It's not too late, I'll go find him right now." Ming Chuangchen handed the golden elixir box to Long Baiyue, got up and ran out, "Take the golden elixir first, I'll be back soon." Long Baiyue saw that Ming Chuangchen disappeared in a flash, and panicked again.Now she and Zi Mian were the only ones left on the boat, she turned around to look at the sleeping Zi Mian.He lay down quietly, with a serene expression on his face, which made Long Baiyue feel at ease. "I'm sorry..." Seeing him unconscious, Long Baiyue couldn't even lift her shamed face, she hesitated for a while, and got up to avoid the deck. The sun that was about to set in the west was raging, and the grilled deck was hot.Long Baiyue was wearing thin-soled satin shoes, and she felt a little hot when she stepped on them.After a whole day of panic and busyness, she only had a chance to breathe now. She looked down at her sunburned skin and smiled wryly. God, God, when Zi Mian wakes up, will she be able to clean up the situation? When she thought of the money in Baiyuefang, she felt a pang in her heart—the money and the goods are both paid, has she completed the task?Does this mean that she will no longer have anything to do with the prime minister, and she is already free? So, she can live according to her own will now, right? Thinking of this, Long Baiyue cheered up.That's right, when Zi Mian wakes up, she will confess to him and make atonement.Even if he didn't forgive her for a while, it didn't matter, anyway, he wanted to entangle with him for the rest of his life, so he didn't have to worry about his appearance. The ear-piercing sound of breaking the door brought back Long Baiyue's mind, she was shocked, thinking that rescuers were coming. No, with Ming Chuangchen accompanying him, why did he destroy the gate?Long Baiyue's hands trembled, and her nails couldn't help digging into the wooden boards of the ship's side. The people who entered the mansion were dressed in the clothes of ordinary people, but their expressions were dignified, and they formed a rigorous team as they walked, obviously they were well-trained warriors.Following this team were four seemingly ordinary bearers. The four of them carried an ordinary sedan chair with cloth curtains into the door. The curtain of the sedan chair was lowered tightly, so it was impossible to see who was sitting inside. But Long Baiyue didn't need to look at it at all. When she saw the sedan chair, a chilling air of terror rushed up her back.She screamed and rushed frantically to the deck to put it away. It's the prime minister!It must be the prime minister!She stared wide-eyed and tugged the boat desperately, bleeding from her fingertips.The plank of the ship, which had been motionless in the past, was dragged by her explosive force, and it was put away all of a sudden. Long Baiyue let go of the boat plank, the plank fell and hurt her feet, but she didn't care about it, she burst into tears and tried to steer the boat away from the shore.These people must not be allowed on board, Zi Mian is still lying in the cabin, only she can protect him at this moment.But damn it, she had no idea how the ship was steered. Just when the killer in disguise was about to approach the boat, the boat suddenly shook and floated towards the center of the lake as if alive.Long Baiyue was stunned, and before she had time to react, she heard a weak voice from behind: "Master Prime Minister, you don't need to hide it." It was Zimian who woke up!She looked back at him in surprise, but his eyes didn't fall on her, he just looked at the sedan chair on the bank lightly. The car curtain was not lifted, but the prime minister's voice sounded dull: "It's not good to change someone else to do things. I will inform the old man about everything. It seems that I have missed a good time." A bearer in front of the sedan chair suddenly lowered his head and bowed: "It's almost a waste of time, this subordinate deserves to die." "Forget it, there are benefits to being cautious, so let's do things well." "yes." Seeing the man give an order, the two subordinates quickly jumped into the water and swam towards Zi Mian's boat.Zi Mian kept her expression on the boat, she just said to the sedan chair, "Master Prime Minister, why bother to force you every step of the way." "It's not that I want to embarrass you, you and I are in the court, I can see what you want to do, so I have to take care of it." "Master Prime Minister, you killed the imperial court official, are you really so sure that you can cover up the sky afterwards?" Long Baiyue cried and scolded anxiously, "Master Zi Mian is not the nine lives of Li's medicine shop." "Yes, Long Huakui." The prime minister in the sedan chair said coldly, "Lord Zi Mian is always cautious. If you hadn't revealed that he is practicing inner alchemy and has no sense of taste, I haven't had a chance to find his soft side. I sent it to you, but I didn't expect you to intervene in the mission of Old Bust Liu, I'll count it as another meritorious service for you, and the reward will be calculated separately, you'd better get off the ship first." A few words that were neither salty nor tasteless deafened Long Baiyue's ears, her mind was buzzing, and she knelt on the ground blankly. No, not like that!She wanted to refute, but her voice was hoarse and she couldn't make a sound.The prime minister is too scheming and knows how to deal with her.A few words can turn black and white, and easily put her to death. He only needs to tell Zi Mian to hate her, it is enough to destroy her. Long Baiyue seemed to have eaten a sap, and all her senses were numb. She raised her head to look at Zi Mian in a daze, but her eyes were dry and dry. In the past, when she was seeking mercy from a benefactor, she could not shed any tears at this moment. not come out. Zi Mian's face was as cold as ice, something she had never seen before.He did hate her—of course he had to! He seemed to turn a deaf ear to the prime minister's words, and just turned his face to look at her. He didn't blame or scold, but his eyes were cold, which cracked her heart. Suddenly, a mouthful of blood gushed out from the corner of Zi Mian's lips, and he was so angry that he broke his coldness and self-control.His body swayed a bit, and he had to lean over to hold on to the side of the boat. Long Baiyue panicked, tears fell belatedly at this moment.She crawled over to hug Zi Mian, looked up at him, her lips were murmured but she had nothing to say, letting Zi Mian's blood drip on her face. "Get off the boat." Zi Mian pursed her lips and said. "No, no," she cried and shook her head, "I won't disembark unless I die." Zi Mian's gaze suddenly moved, like the warm current breaking through the ice in early spring, he stretched out his hand to Long Baiyue, holding her tightly clenched fist. The Prime Minister on the shore didn't have the patience to let them linger, he had already successfully angered Zi Mian and exacerbated his injury, he couldn't let go of such a good opportunity.With an order, a man dressed as a shopkeeper took out a bow and arrow from the load, lit the arrow and drew the bow to the string, and the rocket flew out with a bang, and shot straight at Zi Mian. Zi Mian was still looking at Long Baiyue's hand, but she seemed to have eyes all over her body, as soon as she stepped aside, the rocket was dodged by him, and it was nailed to the cabin door with a thud. At this time, the prime minister finally raised the curtain of the sedan chair: "Even if the skill is weak, is there still no way to hurt him? It's a headache, let's burn the boat first." Rockets landed on the boat one after another, the situation was at a critical moment, but Zi Mian remained calm, he just opened Long Baiyue's fist, a box slipped out of her hand and fell into Zi Mian's palm. It was the Taiyi Golden Elixir entrusted to her by Ming Chuangchen! Zi Mian opened the box, paused with her fingers, took out three golden pills and put them in her mouth. "No, don't," Long Baiyue hurriedly tried to stop, "Eating too much will kill you." "Shut up!" As if the anger was long overdue at this moment, Zi Mian glared at Long Baiyue viciously, her eyes were full of anger and hatred, which made her go limp in fright. He took the opportunity to get rid of her, and the golden elixir began to work, making him full of energy as if he hadn't suffered any damage before. He stood up straight, the long hair behind his shoulders fluttered away due to the strange movement, and the sleeves of his jacket fluttered in the air.Rockets hit his front, but they fell into the lake as they approached.The afterglow of the golden sunset dimmed, and the lake in Zifu suddenly became violently stormy. The iron gate connecting the lake with the river in the city disappeared, and was replaced by a dark mist.Rolling dense fog rolled up from behind, accompanied by high winds and showers, lightning and thunder. "Ah—" Zi Mian yelled wildly in the wind and rain, gritted her teeth and read out a series of formulas.His eyes shone with a frightening light, and his pale face looked sinister and treacherous in the light pierced by lightning.In the changing situation, he waved his sleeve sharply, and the huge ship retreated quickly and disappeared into the thick fog. The dense fog dissipated in no time, and the lake surface returned to calm. The golden sunset continued to sink, but Zimian's boat was gone. "Hey, what's going on..." Everyone on the bank was dumbfounded. "Land shrinking technique." The prime minister put down the car curtain with a sullen face.Zi Mian's mana was beyond his expectations, this time he dared to face him openly in action, because he was 100% sure of himself, but he didn't expect to let him fly in the end. If you want to restrain him in the future, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult: "Go back to the house." "My lord, the person sent to dig the boat has not come up yet." His subordinate hesitated to speak. "I don't know where I was swept away, and I still expect to come back alive?" The prime minister snorted coldly in the sedan chair, "Get up the sedan chair."