Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-fifth

As soon as the sound of the three people's footsteps disappeared, Gong Zi Cong turned his face to the side, his brows were slightly frowned, obviously in pain, but there was a narrow smile on his face. "You woke up early?" the masked man asked. "Hmm..." Gongzi Cong snorted softly, like an answer, but also like a groan. The masked man was very concerned: "How do you feel about your body? But it still hurts a lot?" "Fortunately..." Gongzi Cong said, "The hexagram did not deceive me, 'Three uninvited guests come, it will be good luck if you respect them', I don't want to respect them, and I don't want to offend them, so I have to pretend to be dead..."

The masked man frowned and said: "Don't talk nonsense, what is dead, dead, so unlucky." Gongzi Cong smiled wryly: "Even if you don't say anything, you only have three days to live." The masked man groped under the mask for a few times, and pulled out a piece of jade. The gloomy blue light made his eyes light up, and it turned out to be the "Double Dragon Transformation Fish Pendant"!The masked man held it in his hand, rubbed it a few times, and asked, "Do you want to hand it over?" The masked man's hands were also covered with burn scars, and even his ring finger and little finger were glued together.

Gongzi Cong smiled wryly, "If I hand it over, I'm afraid I'll die immediately..." The masked man said: "Being dead immediately, it's better than being tortured again..." Young Master Cong forced a smile and said, "Are you trying to avoid taboo, or do you want auspiciousness? You don't want me to say it, but you just say that I still have three days to live... Are you just looking forward to my early death?" The masked man smiled: "But it's up to you whether you hand it over or not. If I want to hand it over, I'll hand it over. If I don't want to hand it over, I won't hand it over."

Young Master Cong laughed and said, "Then why didn't you hand it in earlier?" The masked man said: "I don't want you to die so early, so keep it for fun, can't you?" Gongzi Cong said: "Aren't you afraid that I would suddenly attack you just now, saying that this thing is in your hands? Let them come and get it personally?" The masked man was startled, then smiled and said, "You won't hurt me..." Gongzi Cong said, "Why do you think I won't harm you?" The masked man smiled and said, "Because I never harmed you..."

Gongzi Cong asked again: "Who are you?" The masked man still said the same thing: "What do you think?" Gongzi Cong said: "They tortured me, and you took care of them, and let them do it for personal gain. You also devoted yourself to healing my wounds, and took good care of me everywhere. Why is that?" The masked man didn't answer, but changed the subject and said: "If you hand in this thing, you may not die, maybe... I can find a way to save your life, as long as you believe in me." Young Master Cong said anxiously: "You don't even want to tell me who you are, how can I trust you?"

The masked man said: "It doesn't matter who I am, you are going to die anyway, just trust me once, a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor, you will not suffer..." Young Master Cong said: "If they get this jade, Father Jun will be in danger..." The masked man said: "Even if they don't get the jade, it's the same if it's Young Master Heng who will start trouble three days later." Gongzi Cong shook his head and said, "That's different, I can't let Junfu die because of me..." The masked man persuaded softly: "Look back, you were sick, but he exiled you in the valley for more than 20 years, ignoring you; you met bandits and fled back to Huaidu, he said a few warm words , I dismissed you as a prince, and only cared about asking you to do something 'Sheng Zhi', why did you have the slightest affection between father and son? If you didn't return to the valley for the second time, how could you fall into their hands, fall into the Today's situation..."

Gongzi Cong was stunned, and suddenly said sharply: "Stop talking! I can't be unfilial just because the father is unkind... You can't be unfaithful because the country owes you..." The masked man let out a long sigh, his eyes full of pity: "There is an order from above, if you wake up, you will be tortured..." Young Master Cong bit his lips and sighed: "Okay... I won't make it difficult for you...you can just ask them to torture you." The wooden gate was open, and the lights were like beans. Under the shadow of the lamp, the masked man was treating Gongzi Cong's wounds. New wounds were piled on top of old ones. It was a mess. There was hardly an inch of intact skin on Gongzi Cong's buttocks and back.

The masked man took out a vermilion pill the size of a longan, put it in Gongzi Cong's mouth, took out a second pill, hydrated it, touched it with his fingertips, and flicked it lightly onto Gongzi Cong's skin, without touching the wound at all. Gongzi Cong also seemed to be in a deep sleep, as if he didn't feel anything at all. After the bowl of concoction was completely drained, the masked man took the silk clothes and lightly covered Gongzi Cong's body, brushed his hair back, and quietly looked at the bloodless white face... After looking at it for a long time, he picked up the water bowl, staggered and turned to go out, but suddenly he heard Gongzi Cong softly say: "Jingliang...don't go..."

The masked man shook, and the water bowl in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces. Young Master Cong was awakened by the sound, raised his head in confusion, and said softly, "You are Jing Liang, right..." The man in the mask leaned over to clean up the debris on the ground, and said, "Brother Cong, I knew I couldn't hide this from you..." He called by the childe name of Cong. Young Master Cong was stunned, then raised his head and said, "Are you really Jing Liang?! You didn't lie to me? Do you still remember the first time you taught me how to read? What words did you learn?"

"Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement." The masked man said this sentence in a deep voice. "What about the last day, the night before leaving the valley, do you still remember what you taught me?" Gong Zi Cong said in a very eager tone. "Jun Changsang's "Forbidden Prescription Book"." The masked man replied. Young Master Cong propped himself up with his arms, and shouted: "Are you really Jing Liang? Really Jing Liang...Why are you here...How can you bear to let me suffer..." Jing Liang hurriedly sat down on the table, hugged Gongzi Cong's head, and comforted softly: "Brother Cong, if I had a way, I would have rescued you a long time ago, but I can't... I'm sorry for making you suffer. I see you suffer every day, but there is nothing I can do, and my heart is pierced...Brother Cong!"

Young Master Cong murmured: "Jingliang...Jingliang...I didn't expect to see you in this place, and God treats me kindly...Even if I die, I am willing." Jing Liang cried: "Brother Cong...don't be in a hurry, I sent out the news a few months ago, and someone will come to rescue you soon! But you have to save your life first, you... Just promise them!" Young Master Cong raised his head and stared at Jing Liang: "You spread the news, naturally hoping that Father Jun will send someone to rescue me, but if I agree, I will let them harm Father Jun, how can this be?! I How can you be such an unfaithful and unfilial person? Did you forget the sage books you taught me when I was young?" Jing Liang shook his head, took a deep breath, and said: "I am like this, thanks to the king! I can't control his life or death! My heart is very narrow, and I only want to protect you." Young Master Cong stretched out his hand to gently stroke the scar on Jing Liang's jaw, and said softly, "When you first arrived in Fenggu, you were not yet twenty years old, right? You are very beautiful, very much like my concubine mother..." Jing Liang held Prince Cong's hand and said with a smile, "Because your mother and concubine and I are cousins... I don't remember what you called me when I was carrying someone behind my back?" Gongzi Cong said softly: "Uncle... Uncle, tell me what happened all these years..." Jing Liang gently stroked Gongzi Cong's head, and said, "Your mother was poisoned to death by Concubine Fan. You happened to see her, and she tricked you into taking the rest of the poison. You were too young to understand this at the time." The cause and effect of the matter, the memory is not clear anymore, just ignorant, I feel that Concubine Fan is not a good person. These...do you remember?" Gongzi Cong nodded. Jing Liang continued: "Because the dose of poison was not enough, you were not poisoned to death at that time, so Concubine Fan asked the king to raise you on the grounds that you lost your mother. At that time...you came to me barefoot and crying. , said you want to be with me, don't recognize Concubine Fan as your concubine mother..." Gongzi Cong nodded again, seeming a little shy. Jingliang said: "I'm a little man, how can I have the qualifications to support the son? So I made a plan and went to the king, claiming that the earth energy of the valley can cure your illness, and claiming that you can restrain your father and mother. It is necessary to stay away from Huaidu, and you are originally a four-post pure yin, you can be the son of Yin Valley... Finally, the king agreed to bring you to Yin Valley to recuperate. However, Concubine Fan also sent her confidant Xiong'e over. "At that time, you didn't know that what Concubine Fan was doing was poisoning. Xiong E tried a few times, but there was no result, and everything was fine. Later, I started to teach you to read and write. Because you are weak and sick, I will use it to learn. Medical books are the priority, you have learned a lot, and gradually began to suspect that the symptoms of your concubine mother before her death were poisoning, and thinking of Concubine Fan's every move before and after that, I guessed that she was poisoning. At that time, you only told me I found out about this matter, but for some reason, Xiong E found out about it, and when I saw her entrusting someone to deliver the news, I knew something bad was going on, so I had to secretly write a letter to Yue Anjun..." Young Master Cong frowned deeply: "Why didn't you report to your father?" Jing Liang said: "At that time Empress Hua was pregnant, and Concubine Fan temporarily took over as the empress, and she was full of arrogance in the harem. If I directly wrote to the king, I was afraid that I would be intercepted halfway, and you and I would not be able to save our lives. Later, Yue An Jun got the news, sent troops to change defenses, and sent us back to Huaidu, and even our belongings, he checked carefully... He must be very concerned about you, but I am relieved." Young Master Cong asked anxiously: "What happened later? After you went back, why didn't you tell your father? Could it be that your father didn't care about my safety?" Jing Liang sighed, and said, "I'm just a little charmer, and I don't have any chance to present this matter to the king..." Young Master Cong grabbed Jing Liang's hand and said, "Didn't your father summon you to ask me about my situation when you returned from Yin Valley?" Jing Liang said: "I asked, but I was with Xiong E and Concubine Fan was there, so it's inconvenient to say anything... Besides, there is no proof, I said it, how can the king believe it?" Young Master Cong was stunned, and let go of his hand.