Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 81

The moonlight was like frost, covering Baili Jiuge in it, and the gentle evening wind blowing into the hibiscus tent, like a call from dreamland, made Baili Jiuge fall into a dream soon.

Mo Li sighed silently, his eyes still fell on Baili Jiuge's face, and he never moved.

The words she just said still echoed in her ears and bottom of her heart.Those words, like a lifetime oath, cut through his skin, poured into the depths of his bone marrow, and were engraved as vividly as a brand mark, stirring up waves of turmoil in his heart.

but……

He looked at the moon outside the window, but his soft eyes turned cold and sharp, and gradually lost all warmth, as sharp as an arrow pointing at the enemy on the battlefield.

But—even if she wanted to accompany him all the way, he couldn't fulfill her wish.

The road he wants to go is too cold, too tired, full of danger, and full of loneliness.

If she followed this path, she would only be involved in danger.He didn't want her to follow him to look directly at those people who were scheming and ulterior motives, that wasn't suitable for her.

So... Let him go on this road alone.

One day, he will send her away safely, and return to the world that belongs to her, where she has no worries, desires or desires, where she can do whatever she wants and is not bound by the world.

That's the way she should go...

His eyes were lowered, he looked at the moon speechlessly, and then slowly looked at the sleeping woman beside him.Mo Li gently pulled back the quilt, and wrapped her hands around Baili Jiuge's body under the quilt, her movements were light and almost silent.

He leaned closer to her, closed his eyes and fell asleep...

The days of early summer were originally hot and dry, but when Baili Jiuge slept very cool, he subconsciously slipped into Mo Li's arms and fell asleep soundly.

When he woke up the next day, Mo Li was still by his side, and Baili Jiuge looked at the sundial hanging outside the window in a daze...

sky!It's the time of day!

I can't help but blame myself for being so tired that I can't get up at critical moments, but today I still have to help Hongxiao and Meng get out of the city... No, no, no!Always sleeping in like this is too late, after today's work is over, she must go to the West Market to buy a rooster that can only crow and come back!
So he hurriedly got up, only to find that his whole body was nestled in Mo Li's arms, and his waist was still held by one of his arms. This... this would wake him up!
Just when Baili Jiuge was about to slip out of Mo Li's arms cautiously, the person in front of him suddenly opened his eyes, and the captivating eyes tilted slightly, and they plunged into the bottom of Baili Jiuge's heart, causing a throbbing splashes.

His face immediately turned red, "I... I remembered that I had something important to do in the morning, and I accidentally disturbed you."

Mo Li smiled softly: "Is it your sister's business?"

"how do you know?"

"Yesterday you entered the palace at night because of this matter."

Oh, yes... Look at my brain, it seems like it's always lacking a string, especially when facing Mo Li, it's even more stupid than usual.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, I have to go to the gate of the city quickly, and I must send Hongxiao and Meng Fu out of the city safely today!"

She sat up, turned over and got dressed as quickly as possible, then went straight to the water basin placed in the room last night, patted her face with cold water from the previous night, rinsed her mouth and left the room Before leaving, I happened to see Yu Lei watering the flowers in the courtyard, so I hurriedly pulled Yu Lei to give some instructions, and left the Shizi Mansion in a hurry...

It was not too late to arrive at the South City Gate, and it was just in time for many business travelers to enter and leave the city. The gate guards were tired from the morning checks, and they were not so dedicated at the moment. Wen, let people in and out.

On the second floor of a restaurant not far from the city gate, a group of people who looked like beggars sat around a table on the balcony, drinking just like Xinghua Village, which is common among the people.

There happened to be an empty chair beside the table, and as soon as Baili Jiuge went upstairs and saw it, he sat in it carelessly.

The beggars couldn't help but stop chatting, and one of the beggars with a shoehorn face looked at Baili Jiuge three times in surprise, and complained: "Hey, there is no place to sit here. What do poor beggars crowd together for?"

Baili Jiuge glared at him, "Poor beggars are still here to eat delicacies? You all tell me how poor you are!"

Another beggar with a double chin said angrily: "You little girl, are you just looking for trouble? Don't think that we dare not scold you in broad daylight!"

Baili Jiuge is speechless, is the human skin mask on his face too ordinary?They have to show Heifeng's face to recognize him!
I had to say: "You are also dull enough, haven't you heard that Heifeng, one of the seven lodges in the Valley of Flowers, suddenly disappeared from the rivers and lakes?"

The beggars suddenly said in surprise: "You are..." Heifeng?
"Otherwise? Otherwise, why would I just sit here? Of course I need you to help me with something!" Sinkily tossed her long hair, like a waterfall falling down her shoulders, indescribably willful.

"Okay, don't look at me so surprised, I put a human skin mask on, you can't see anything!"

Picking up the wine jar on the table, he poured himself a glass of Xinghuacun, raised the glass and poured it straight into his throat, with a drop of wine slipping from the corner of his lips, he lowered his voice and laughed loudly: "Listen to me, my friend later If you want to go out of the city, please create some trouble to cover them, thank you uncles and brothers!"

People in Jianghu are always straightforward and informal, and Huagu Qisu's reputation has been very famous in recent years, everyone in the beggar gang immediately agreed: "Miss Heifeng, don't worry, we brothers are good at making troubles." ! Oh, I meant to make a trip overtly, not covertly, haha..."

With laughter, wine, meat, vegetables and rice were served one after another, Baili Jiuge made a special trip to change his seat to the railing, while toasting and drinking, he stared at the passers-by on the street below, thinking about Meng Fu and Hongxiao No matter how procrastinated, he will arrive at the city gate before the second quarter of the hour.

However, with the passing of time, sand dripped from the glove hanging under the colorful flags of the restaurant, but Meng Fu and Baili Hongxiao were still not seen on the busy streets.

Baili Jiuge began to feel that something was wrong, and even the brothers of the Beggar Gang said in surprise: "You didn't make the appointment by mistake, did you?"

Baili Jiuge frowned and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's time."

"It's so late?" Could it be that something happened to Hongxiao and Meng Fu!
He hurriedly said to one of the beggars: "There is a rice shop at the east end of Nanshidao Street in the south of the city, please run an errand and ask the owner of the rice shop for me. How did you get off?"

"Okay, girl, don't worry, I'll go and come back quickly." Standing up, she ran to the stairs, and quickly disappeared.

Baili Jiuge was a little anxious, he got up and looked from a distance, but he couldn't find the two people no matter what, while waiting for the beggar who went to the rice shop to come back, his heart was up and down as if it was fried in a frying pan .

The other beggars were so affected that they were in no mood to eat and drink, and advised her not to worry too much.

At [-]:[-] pm, I saw the beggar who had run to the rice shop come back from a distance, rushed up sweating profusely, and said in a low voice, "Miss Heifeng, that-the boss said... yesterday There is no one in their store tonight, no one is going to stay!"

what? !

Baili Jiuge felt as if she had been hit by a thunderbolt from the blue sky, the back of her neck was shivering from the cold wind, and a strong chill crawled up her back unscrupulously.

how so!

Obviously, I have sent Hongxiao and Meng Fu to Nancheng last night, and there are only two alleys away from Nanshidao Street. I have seen them walk away safely with my own eyes...but why...

The owner of the rice shop is an old friend of mine, and he will never tell lies. If so, is it because Hongxiao and Meng Fu never made it to the rice shop?
The monstrous chill engulfed Baili Jiuge's heart, and the air inhaled into his lungs was so cold that it froze his lungs from the inside to the outside with a thin layer of ice, and when he took another breath, the thin ice shattered, as if It was as if the lungs had been cut by ice balls, and the blood flowing out was frozen into ice again by the inhaled breath.

Blame myself!Blame myself for being too careless!
If he had been more cautious last night and sent Hongxiao and Meng Fu to Mipu personally, how could the situation like this have happened today?At this moment, she doesn't even know where Hongxiao and Meng Fu are!What happened to them!
He bumped into the railing suddenly, and the beggars next to him were startled, and hurriedly supported Baili Jiuge one by one on the left and one on the right. "Miss Heifeng, calm down, it will be fine if you find her when she is gone!"

"Yes, yes, please calm down first, and think carefully about whether there is anything that has been overlooked!"

Neglected places?

No, no... She couldn't think of it.All I know is that since I escaped from the palace last night, the journey has been smooth, and I didn't see any pursuers until I parted ways with Meng Fu and Hongxiao... Why did things turn out like this!

"Hey, have you heard? Someone is going to be executed today!" A loud shout came from the first floor of the restaurant, which caught Baili Jiuge's attention.

Then there was a booing crowd shouting: "No one has heard the news of when, isn't it always posted notices three days in advance?!"

"It happened suddenly this time, of course it's another matter!" The man shouted sharply and loudly: "Everyone knows that a concubine newly conferred by the Holy Majesty eloped with General Meng last night! The general went to Nanshidao Street for inspection, and personally arrested the two of them. Speaking of which, the concubine was the daughter of the Great General of Fengguo, but she simply handed her over to the Holy Lord! No! It’s three o’clock today It's about time to ask for the cut!"

At this moment, Baili Jiuge was about to fall, and felt as if the depths of his mind were exploding. He couldn't hear the sounds around him, high, low, sharp, blunt, chaotic like flies making arrogant noises. Humming, it got into her ears all at once.

She suddenly threw away the Beggar Brothers beside her, stepped on the railing and flew out, running towards the execution ground with all her might!
A series of exclamations erupted in the street, people pointed at Baili Jiuge and shouted in amazement, even the guards guarding the gate were alarmed.

But she can't see it!can not hear!A heart hung high in the sky is full of frenzy, all I know is to hurry to the execution ground to save Hongxiao and Meng Fu!
It was my own negligence!I didn't expect my father to be patrolling Nanshidao Street at night last night!
He even didn't expect his father to be so ruthless that he wanted to kill Hongxiao!Is it just because Hung Hom is no longer a tool for him to seek profit that he will cruelly put her to death? !
Baili Yue, does he have any family affection in his heart?
Flying wildly all the way, like an angry phoenix curling up three feet of flames, the sound of the wind breaking through the cloud sleeves made a sound, and there were exclamations all over the road.Those who wanted to go to the execution ground to join in the fun pointed at the figure in red flying past in shock along the way, causing constant uproar.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, ask to kill on time——the startling words are still in my ears.

It was two quarters past now, and there was still an hour before three quarters noon, even though it was too late, Baili Jiuge was still running like crazy.

She just wanted to get to the execution ground as soon as possible and end this matter as soon as possible.She knew that Hong Hom must have been escorted to the execution ground now, that feeling of fear and despair, she didn't want Hong Hom to endure it for another moment!
Running desperately, Baili Jiuge didn't know how many streets she ran, everything around her was constantly receding, and there was a quiet and deserted alley in front of her, she ran desperately to the entrance of the alley...

But at this moment, a person turned in at the entrance of the alley, and bumped into Baili Jiuge fiercely.

"Oh!" The man exclaimed, this sweet and evil voice was so familiar for some reason.

Baili Jiuge staggered a few steps, fell to the ground, covered his left shoulder, which had been hit and cracked, and shook his head desperately to dispel the feeling of darkness that day, and fixed his eyes on the person who fell on the opposite side, his face suddenly changed.

"Rong Hui?!"

When Rong Hui heard the familiar female voice, his whole body trembled, as if he had forgotten the pain, he got up and greeted him, "Jiu Ge, is it you?!"

Baili Jiuge waved his hands away, stood up on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "I'm in a hurry now, so I can talk about it another day!" After saying that, he wanted to leave, but Rong Hui hugged him from behind.

"Jiu Ge, don't go!" He used up all his strength.

Baili Jiuge was so anxious that he couldn't calm down, but now being entangled by Rong Hui, all his emotions collapsed, and he cursed loudly: "I am going to save people, if you delay me for another moment, I will kill you!" about you!"

"No, Jiuge, you misunderstood me, I just want to have a good talk with you!" No matter how hard Baili Jiuge struggled, Rong Hui refused to let go.

At this moment Baili Jiuge really wanted to stab Rong Hui to death with a single knife, the matter of human life was at stake, but this man insisted on pestering her for his son and daughter.

She struggled hard, stomped on Rong Hui's foot, and even bit Rong Hui's arm with her mouth in a hurry.But the man behind him hugged her more and more tightly like a madman. This almost obsessive behavior added a bit of panic in her heart.

An ominous premonition rose to my heart, and at this moment, I suddenly felt that Rong Hui was no longer the flirtatious playboy he used to be, but seemed to have become a person who was corrupted by hatred, distorted, and never gave up until he reached his goal!

The feeling of uneasiness made Baili Jiuge even more angry, and he didn't show any mercy anymore. He immediately took out the dagger and slapped it back fiercely!
This finally frightened Rong Hui. He let go of Baili Jiuge in surprise, and subconsciously touched his neck to see if there was blood dripping on his neck, but he didn't know that Baili Jiuge hadn't pulled out his knife at all, just to Just scare him away.

As soon as Yan Hong's figure broke free from Rong Hui's restraint, she continued to run like flying.

The execution ground is still some distance away, she must be fast, she must be fast, she must be faster!
Running so furiously, his body had already collapsed, the sweat dripping from his forehead blurred his vision, and two patches of mist hung on his eyelashes.She couldn't see more and more people around her heading towards the execution ground, and she couldn't see the pointing around her. She only knew that every time she moved forward, she was getting closer to the red silk.

Finally, she saw the four red pillars on the execution ground, the executioners ready to go, and the two people kneeling on the high execution platform!

Red silk!

Meng Fu!

It's them!It really is them!
The blurred vision locked on the front tightly, and the supervisor standing on the execution platform was so familiar.

It's dad.

It turned out to be him!

He actually wanted to supervise and behead his daughter himself!

No... I will never let them succeed, I will never let Hongxiao and Meng Fu's lives be ruined in this capital that eats people and does not spit out their bones!

"It's three o'clock—" She heard shouts from the execution ground in the distance.

There was still an hour until three quarters in the afternoon, and she must rescue Hongxiao and Meng Fu within this hour.

However, the shouting in the distance did not stop, word by word, cold and indifferent——

"According to my emperor's order, at three o'clock, the execution will be carried out ahead of time!"

what?
The blood on his face instantly faded to a whiter than snow.

What did she just hear?
At the third quarter of the clock, the execution will be carried out ahead of time... the third quarter of the clock is now!
There was a sigh on the execution platform, and chaotic voices filled the whole world, choking Baili Jiuge's ears like a curse.

She seemed to be desperately running wildly, and Daiwa who was relying on the strength was trampled to pieces, and she ignored the pain coming from her feet.

I just want to go faster, and faster!
However, she saw Baili Yue waving the beheading order.

She saw the executioner walking towards Hung Hom and Meng Fu.

She saw the cold white sword flying high against the sun!

No, don't fall!Don't fall behind! !
Shouting hysterically: "Stop! Stop!"

She screamed and pushed the onlookers, even stepped on their shoulders and bodies, and moved forward like crazy.

There is still a distance of ten feet, nine feet, eight feet...the last point, the last point!
"Slay—!" Bao Liang's order circled the whole world, and Baili Hongxiao on the execution platform burst into tears.

Knife - want to fall.

Baili Jiuge yelled frantically: "Stop! Don't kill!! Don't kill!!!"

She yelled, directed, seven feet, six feet... The crowd of onlookers who could not get through was sobbing, and the voices from thousands of mouths completely drowned out the voices of hundreds of miles and nine songs.

She was still shouting with all her might, and every word she uttered seemed to hollow out her chest, leaving only a hoarse voice, hoarse and distorted.

Everyone was so noisy, she emptied her chest and vomited out her heart and lungs, which still couldn't break through the noise of the whole world.

Five feet, four feet...

Baili Hongxiao on the execution platform saw her, at this moment, her eyes were filled with boundless gratitude and tenderness.

Three feet, two feet...

The two who were about to die finally looked at each other with tears in their eyes, as calm as spring flowers and autumn moons in a dream.

One foot, one foot to go, one foot to go!
A trace of death's indifference flashed across the executioner's eyes.

Knife - fall!

"Stop! Don't kill! It's not easy to kill! Stop—" the hoarse voice stopped abruptly.

At this moment, his eyes turned bright red.

It was the color of blood.

The splattered blood interweaves into a dense world, like countless poisonous snakes ruthlessly entangled Baili Jiuge, bit her torn apart, penetrated into her body, and corroded her internal organs with venom.

Blood... Whose blood is this?

Is it Hongxiao's blood, Meng Fu's blood, or the warm blood spurting from his own mouth? !
Why is the whole world red, why is it so cold and so hopeless, why are everyone arguing... why!Who will tell her why!
And who can tell her that all this is not true!Or maybe the splattered blood and tossed heads were just a nightmare at all!
The distance of one foot is obviously only the last foot!
If I hadn't overslept, if I hadn't waited too long at the South City Gate, if Rong Hui hadn't been entangled, if I could go a little faster, even if it was only a foot——

It's her fault!It's all her fault!

is her!It was her negligence that caused all this!
At this moment, screams of grief resounded throughout the court, and blood-like despair and resentment broke through his slender body.

The dress fell down like blood that was spread out, and Baili Jiuge's eyes went dark, and suddenly the sky was dark and the ground was dark, and he fell to the ground.

She felt as if she was continuing to run in the darkness, as if she was looking for people who had fallen into hell, calling their names hoarsely.

But there was nothing around her, only darkness, endless darkness, imprisoning her in this small and cramped place, making it extremely difficult for her to even breathe.

She suddenly felt a tearing pain coming from her forehead, as if someone branded it with a red-hot fire, it was so hot and so painful!

"No...it hurts...so uncomfortable...don't...don't..."

She moaned in pain, suffering alone in this cold darkness.

"Bai Qiang, wake up, are you alright?"

Someone was calling Baili Jiuge in a low voice, but she couldn't hear anything. The hand that was exposed outside the quilt grabbed the quilt fiercely, scratched the silk, and stained the cotton wool.

Gu Lian, who was sitting by the bed, frowned deeply, and worriedly raised her hand to wake Baili Jiuge up, but she was afraid of waking her up from the nightmare and causing the root cause of her illness.He raised a hand in front of his body and neither retracted nor retracted it, hesitating for a long time.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and it was the madam who entered the room.

"Gu Lian, what happened to Bai Qiang? Why did she keep screaming for pain after we rescued her? Have you checked her for any wounds?"

Gu Lian sighed: "I've looked at it, except for the wound on her left shoulder, everything else is fine. I don't know why Bai Qiang..."

"It hurts...it hurts..." Painful, it sounded extremely worrying, "The forehead...the forehead hurts..."

The madam rushed over immediately, and immediately took off Baili Jiuge's human skin mask.In an instant, the two were shocked by what they saw.

I saw a deep red birthmark on Baili Jiuge's forehead, which was emitting a faint light at the moment, like sparks flickering from time to time, making the face that had lost its blood color even more pale as snow.

Gu Lian felt his hairs stand on end, and asked timidly, "Mama bustard, this...what the hell is this..."

The bustard also said with an ashen face, "It looks a bit like a flower, which one do you think it is?"

"Which kind?" Gu Lian stared intently, "This is... it's the Tumi flower!" The voice was trembling, "Why did such a flower appear on Bai Qiang's forehead, it looks like a birthmark, but it never appeared before?" It hasn't appeared before, and Bai Qiang doesn't even know about it..."

Just as she was talking, she saw that the tea flower on Baili Jiuge's forehead no longer flickered, gradually began to fade, and finally returned to its original state.

The two of them just felt very frightened, Gu Lian couldn't help asking: "Mama bustard, do you think Bai Qiang will suffer from some strange disease and will never wake up again?"

The madam gritted her teeth and said angrily, "Don't think about the bad things, how could she be so strong and not wake up, you take good care of her here, I'll go out for a while!"

"where are you going?"

"Of course I went to find her husband!" The madam rushed out, closed the door behind her sleeves, and her voice came from outside the door, "Take good care of Bai Qiang, remember to put her human skin mask back on, don't let anyone recognize her!" Get her out!"

(End of this chapter)