Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Wagtails Are in the Plains, Brothers Are in Difficulty

As soon as he entered the house, Li Qichen was surprised and delighted, hugged Yan Wei, and repeated: "You are not dead! It's great... This is really great...God bless you!" Yan Wei leaned on his shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Yeah, I'm not dead, you don't have to worry, it's thanks to Brother Tong Li who saved me." Hearing the word "Tong Shi", Li Qichen felt like being electrocuted, and let go of Yan Wei, only to find that Tong Shi, who entered the door afterwards, seemed unbelievable.Tong Shu smiled, opened his arms, and called, "Brother!" The two hugged each other tightly, and it took a long time before they let go.

Li Qichen said: "I knew you would come! I didn't expect such a coincidence to save Yan Wei." Tong Shui smiled and said: "Where is such a coincidence in the world? I have been watching you for several days. I thought I would come to see you yesterday while she was away. Who knew that I was drunk at night, and it was already noon when I woke up. So I went Let's go to the river to see the excitement first, and just happen to meet her and have an accident, so it's her fate." Yan Wei interjected, "Do you know each other?" Li Qichen smiled and said: "This is the brother I told you about. We are senior brothers, and the swordsmanship was taught by the same master." After speaking, he turned around to guide Tong Shui to his seat, but he staggered and almost fell.

Yan Wei was shocked and said, "What's wrong with your leg?!" After finishing speaking, he carefully looked at Li Qichen's face, and said word by word: "After all, you still went to the River God Festival?! Did you—drink—water? " Li Qichen felt a little embarrassed: "I was just going to have a look, but I didn't expect that something happened to you. I was impatient and didn't even think about it, so I jumped down. The water was too fast, and I was rushed far away. I couldn't see where you were. , I had to go ashore. Don't worry, no one noticed me."

Yan Wei said: "How can you make me feel at ease!" As she spoke, she pulled him to the mat and lifted the hem of his clothes with her hands. Tong Shi also rushed to look at it, and saw that the right leg was slightly swollen, the skin was so white and shiny, it seemed transparent, and the leg was still covered with shocking old scars. Tong Shu asked in surprise, "How did you do this?" Yan Wei said anxiously: "You help me boil some hot water, pour it into the wooden bucket over there and bring it here." Then she turned her head and said to Li Qichen, "Don't move!" She took his hand to check his pulse, and then tested the temperature of his forehead Seeing that there was no serious problem, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Qichen smiled apologetically, "No big deal, right? I'll just say it's irrelevant..." Yan Wei cut her head off: "What's irrelevant?! Do you know what it means to give up all your previous efforts? After so long treatment, it seems that you are about to recover. If you make such a fuss, you have to start all over again! Do you want to be lame like that?" Li Qichen smiled and said, "With you here, I won't be crippled." Yan Wei rolled his eyes at him, then turned to look for medicine. Li Qichen's legs were soaked in the hot water of the wooden barrel, and a dozen different herbs were sprinkled in it, and the steaming medicinal gas wafted into the room.

"I need to add some salt." Yan Wei said to herself. Tong Shi took off a white jade pendant from his waist and threw it into the bucket. "Huh?" Yan Wei was puzzled. Tong Shu pointed to the bucket and showed Yan Wei.I saw that the "jade pendant" gradually melted and shrunk until it completely melted away, and finally only the silk rope that originally wore the "jade pendant" remained floating on the water. Seeing that Yan Wei was still puzzled, Li Qichen smiled and said, "This is Xingyan." Yan Wei cooked some herbal tea for clearing away heat and dispelling cold, filled three bowls, and said, "I don't have any wine here, everyone has fallen into the water and caught cold, drink some herbal tea, so as not to fall ill." Said, "Your old friend is here, should you talk about that incident this time?"

Tong Shui also said: "Yes! Brother! I only saw that you are wanted everywhere, saying that you poisoned the seventh son Yang Zhen, and then escaped from prison. What's going on?" Li Qichen shook his head and said, "I didn't do it, but I don't know what happened..." His eyes were deep, as if looking far away, and he slowly began to recall the past a year ago. "I used to be the 'weiwei' of the inner court. I was in charge of the defense of the inner city, and I was in charge of the black-clothed servants. My son is good at martial arts, and I have been learning swordsmanship from me for five years. We practice swords in the garden every afternoon. Everyone knows it. It was just summer, and the weather was hot. We were halfway through training, and the eunuch brought us plum juice to quench our thirst. Young Master Yu has always given me the gift of being a disciple, and let me drink first. As a courtier, I don’t Dare to overtake, just take it, and wait for him to drink first. Who knows that he fell to the ground after drinking it, and urgently called for a doctor to save him, but he was already unable to recover..."

Yan Wei thought: "What kind of poison is this? It's so violent..." Li Qichen shook his head and said, "No one knows, they all say they have never seen this kind of poison..." Tong Shui said: "Where is the eunuch? Take him and interrogate him, and you will know the clue." Li Qichen shook his head again: "That eunuch was also poisoned to death, the same poison." Yan Wei said: "What about the source of the plum juice? Who cooked it and who shared it?" Li Qichen said: "That day's plum juice was made by the cook in the palace and distributed to the palaces for drinking. Only the plum juice sent to our place is poisonous."

Tong Shui said: "Sure enough, it's hard to argue. You are the only one who survived this incident. Naturally, you are the most suspect. But those who doubt you don't think about it. If you really want to kill Young Master Yan, you can stab him to death with a sword at any time." That is, without leaving a trace, others will not suspect you." Li Qichen sighed: "If you believe that I won't do this, you will naturally think so, but others don't think so." Tong Shui said: "Your father is the prime minister, didn't he defend you?" Li Qichen lowered his head and sighed: "My father has always regarded himself as clean and honest, so he would naturally avoid such things, how could he get involved?"

Yan Wei said: "Most of the people who poison people are women or the weak. They can't kill people by force, so they have to use poison..." Tong Sui said: "Then what do you think? Who do you suspect? You have been a servant in the palace for many years, and you are familiar with it from top to bottom. Don't you have any clues?" Li Qichen shook his head and said: "I don't understand either... In short, it is related to the fight for the crown prince. The king has not established a crown prince, and all the princes are concubines. They have the same status as each other. Naturally, they all covet this seat. There have been various open and secret fights over the years. There are quite a few, but it’s not enough to kill people, right?”

Tong Shui said, "Which young master do you suspect sent someone to do it?" Li Qichen said: "The eldest son Yang Jue has always been disliked by the king. He has moved out of the inner city and lived in a separate mansion. He has not married for a long time. He has no feudal city and no heirs. He has no intention of being the king. The second son Yang Cong is said to be rich. Hidden illness, recuperating outside is probably not the right choice for the Crown Prince. The third son Yang Yu is currently in Jin Kingdom, as a hostage, this matter should not be his doing." Tong Shuo interjected, "That's not necessarily the case. He's far away, and maybe he's even more enthusiastic. He's afraid that the throne will fall to the side. That's true." Li Qichen shook his head noncommittally, and continued: "The fourth son Yang Huang is the eldest son, but he died of smallpox when he was seven years old. The fifth son, sixth son, and the fourth son are all the sons of Empress Hua, and one was born with dystocia. , died on the same day; the other was also dystocia, his mother died, he survived, but died of phlegm syndrome before he was one year old. Speaking of which, the seventh son, Yang Yu, is the most respected by the king, with good character, civil and military Shuangquan... The eighth son Yang Hu, the ninth son Yang Heng, and the tenth son Yang Hun are still young, and they seem unable to do such a thing. It can only be due to their mother and concubine's competition. Among them, the ninth son Yang Heng and Yang Zhen have the same mother. Excluded. Only the eighth son Yang Hu and the tenth son Yang Hui can benefit from Yang Yu's death..." Tong Sui said, "Then which one do you think it is?" Li Qichen shook his head and said, "I have no clue..." There was silence in the room for a while, and everyone was meditating on these inexhaustible clues. Tong Shui broke the silence and said, "Then what happened afterwards? You were thrown into prison, and how did you get out?" Li Qichen and Yan Wei looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. Li Qichen said: "At that time, I was tortured a lot. The bone of this leg was broken, and it was steaming in the heat, and I was almost in a coma. Many things happened when I was half-conscious, I can't remember clearly... I just remember that Someone got me out of prison and then woke up and it was here with her." Yan Wei said: "When I opened the door that morning, I saw a person lying on the door with bruises all over his body. As a doctor, I had a glimmer of hope. Naturally, I wanted to treat him, so I let him in." Tong Sui said: "The person who rescued you must have seen that you were seriously injured and could not take you on a long journey, so he took you to the door of the doctor's house. Didn't that person leave any consultation money?" Yan Wei spread her hands and said with a smile: "I don't have a penny, and I have spent all my family money in the past six months, so I can take the clothes and jewelry you bought now with peace of mind." Gradually, the night was getting late, and the bucket full of herbal tea had been drunk. Yan Wei was so sleepy that her eyelids were clenched, but Li Qichen and Tong Shui were having a good time chatting, all kinds of childhood memories, all kinds of scenes after the farewell, I can't finish talking. Yan Wei asked curiously, "You two have very different identities, how did you know each other?" Li Qichen said with a smile: "At that time, I went to Yanchi with my father to measure the land and draw a map. This kid is several years younger than me, only a tiny bit older, but his swordsmanship is extremely good. I can't beat him..." Tong Shui continued: "He couldn't beat me, so he begged my master to accept him as an apprentice and me to be his senior brother." Li Qichen said: "Nonsense! I am older than you, so naturally I am a senior." Tong Shui said: "It's a pity that our sect determines the seniority according to the entry order. Naturally, I am the senior brother." Li Qichen said: "Master has never said that, only let you call me big brother." Tong Shu waved the jade wrench in his hand, and said: "This is the token of the head of the sect. Now I am the head of the sect. According to my new rules, the seniors are the first to get started." Li Qichen said: "I'll get started first, and you will set the rules later. Naturally, these rules can't control me." Yan Wei listened to their quarrel with great interest, but couldn't bear it anymore, so she yawned and rubbed her eyes vigorously. Li Qichen said: "You should go to sleep, you were shocked yesterday, you must have not slept well at night, you should rest more." Yan Wei said angrily, "I still want to hear about your past..." Li Qichen smiled and said: "It's still a long time, if you're not here for a day or two, what do you want to hear, I'll tell you every day from now on." Overnight. After Yan Wei finished washing and washing, she came out of her private room and found that those two people had disappeared!