Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 88 Want to Sleep in a Cool Place
The events of this day came too suddenly, whether it was Yin Zuoxiang's death, or the extraordinarily grand seal of Zuoxiang's mansion.

But Baili Jiuge learned everything from the rumors in the streets and alleys after the fact.

People naturally have different opinions.

Some people say that Yin Zuoxiang's sudden and long death is the pain of the whole country. Thinking about the many years of hard work, Zuoxiang must have fallen to the root of the disease. If he goes west, he can only blame the destiny.

However, some people said that Yin Zuoxiang did not die of illness, but died of hitting a pillar. It is said that he died to show his ambition, in order to persuade His Majesty to work hard and stop being sensual.

Then, there were even more shocking rumors, and the person who spread this rumor was the eunuch in the palace. No matter how towering the high palace walls were, there was always room for ventilation.Behind everyone's backs, the eunuch told the matter to the long-term worker in the palace who fetched and exchanged water. As soon as the long-term worker returned home, he spread the story to the streets and alleys.

It is said that Concubine Ping suffered from angina pectoris and needed a heart-for-heart to be healed, and the birthday of Lord Zuo Xiang happened to coincide with the birthday of the person Ping Guifei needed, so Emperor Zhaoyi ordered Yin Zuo Xiang to sacrifice himself for others and save him Concubine Ai...

The rumors described the situation at that time incisively and vividly - at that time, Yin Zuoxiang was furious, and his sleeves were swinging without wind.He loudly scolded the king for being immoral, and the concubine for harming the country. He pointed out more than [-] abuses of the times.

When such a shocking statement was first heard by Baili Jiuge, she felt as if it was a lifetime away.Just because it was too shocking and too sudden, is this really the truth?
She wanted to find out the ins and outs, so she went to a friend from the beggar gang to help investigate.

The beggar gang has always been well-informed, and within a day, they brought back definite news. It really is true!
This made Baili Jiuge nearly go crazy, the palms of his clenched hands were deeply scratched by the nails, sitting at the dining table listening to the murmurs of friends from the beggar gang, the delicacies of mountains and seas were hard to swallow, all he knew was that there was a suffocation in his chest that was ignited Yes, it's heating up continuously, heading straight to the top of my head.

She slapped her palm on the table, stood up, cupped her hands, and walked away.

With such a big event happening these days, Baili Jiuge didn't want to go back to Shizi's mansion, but went straight to Zuo Xiang's mansion.

Now Emperor Zhaoyi's imperial conferment on Zuoxiang's mansion has been announced to the world. Everyone knows that Emperor Zhaoyi's conferment and rewards are extremely grand. She was registered as a first-class lady protecting the country; Yin Liehuo was registered as the monarch of the country protecting the country.Moreover, the salary of a family of three is also distributed at the level of prince, princess, and princess.

However, no matter how grand the posthumous titles and rewards are, they can't cover up the ugly truth. Rumors are rampant, and the resentment and resentment of the merchants towards Emperor Zhaoyi skyrocket.

When Baili Jiuge saw Yin Liehuo, it was already the evening of the fourth day of June, and the plaque at the gate of the Zuoxiang Mansion had been replaced with the Duke Huguo's Mansion.

In the yard, a tree of crabapple has passed its blooming season, and it has turned from prosperity to decline, with petals constantly flying down.Yin Liehuo sat under the tree motionless, letting the falling flowers brush his face, his whole body was enveloped by the setting sun, surrounded by a circle of faint shards of light.

Baili Jiuge walked over, and although he didn't know how to comfort her deliberately, he still expressed his thoughts frankly: "Yin Zuoxiang is a good official, although he is gone, the common people will cherish him forever. In any case, you are his beloved daughter, you must live a good life, and you can't let him worry about you under the nine springs!"

Yin Liehuo smiled sadly, it was as beautiful as the withering at the time of death.The begonias kept floating down and fell into mud. She raised her hand to catch the next petal, looked at it anxiously, and suddenly said coldly, "Don't you think it's ironic? The person my father devoted his heart and soul to allegiance to is so fatuous. Baili Qingping asked him to dig out his father's heart, so he wanted to do the same... Tell me, why did God choose this person to sit on the dragon chair? How can such a person be able to do it? You say, this is not ridiculous Is it?"

"Agni..." Baili Jiuge clenched his fists.

Yin Liehuo suddenly laughed wildly: "If he can be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from treacherous sycophants, why should this great businessman need his father's bitter advice! That tyrannical and fatuous king with no serious plans is just a piece of silk cloth. The sun is going to end up being decapitated and separated from the family! I'm afraid even the foundation of the ancestors will be destroyed in his hands, and the eternal infamy is not an exaggeration!"

Hearing these words, Baili Jiuge's heart was shaken, and he suddenly seemed to understand something, "Agni, you just said that the ancestor's foundation... Do you mean that the Great Chamber of Commerce died in the hands of Yin Haoyi?"

"It will definitely!" Yin Liehuo sneered resolutely, then slowed down his tone, and muttered: "Even if the great business energy is not exhausted, he will let it be destroyed..."

"Who is he?!" Baili Jiuge asked subconsciously.

But Yin Liehuo just closed his eyes, laughed twice, and stopped talking.

At this moment, a maid came over and reported that Mrs. Huo woke up and wanted to see her daughter.

Yin Liehuo waved the maid back, and Baili Jiuge pushed the wheelchair and sent her there.

Entering Huo's bedroom, bypassing the screen, the evening light poured in from the window, spreading a cinnabar-like color on the quilt embroidered with a pair of golden partridges.And Huo Shi was sitting on the couch, with a flat smile on his lips, looking at the two of them.

"Mother..." Yin Lie felt a fire in his throat.

Baili Jiuge pushed her to the bedside, and the mother and daughter held hands and looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

Huo's smile was as calm as an illusion. She raised her hand to caress Yin Liehuo's eyebrows, nose, and cheeks, and said earnestly: "You have grown up, and you no longer need someone to take care of you like you did when you were a child. My master and I often talk, I feel that even if you can’t move your legs, you can still be independent and don’t blame others.”

A moan resounded in Yin Liehuo's chest.

Huo sighed and asked with a smile, "Son, look, isn't the weather too hot?"

This question made both Yin Liehuo and Baili Jiuge look surprised, not knowing why Huo made such a statement.Yin Liehuo gave a bleak smile, and could only say: "It's June, and it's naturally hot. I heard that June of the Gengzi Year is the hottest month."

"Yeah, it's too hot..." Huo Shi sighed quietly, "It's so hot that I can't sleep well."

She took Yin Liehuo's hand lovingly, and then took Baili Jiuge's hand, smiling like a mist, "Master and I can see that you two are sincere friends. What a big businessman!" , It’s a bad world, it’s not easy to have a close friend, you must support and encourage each other. I, I’ve been so hot all day that I can’t sleep, I don’t want to go on like this anymore. I want to go to a cool place Sleep somewhere, and have a long dream that you won't wake up from, maybe in the dream, I will be able to see the master..."

Baili Jiuge frowned, always felt that the words did not sound right, but he could only comfort Mrs. Huo: "Mrs. Yin, I know that you are greatly stimulated, and you are in a trance. But the dead can't come back However, the living still have a long way to go, and they must not fall down. I have also told Mo Li about this. No matter what, you must first adjust your mental state, and I will be here to accompany you these days You and Agni, I hope you can get over your sorrow as soon as possible!"

Huo patted Baili Jiuge's hand, nodded and muttered: "Okay..."

Then they talked with Huo for a while, and several of them went to bed one after another.Although Baili Jiuge was tired, he had no sleep all night.

Woke up early the next morning, and saw Yin Liehuo still sitting quietly in the small garden, with the petals of the begonia fluttering, she was in this withered world, motionless as if about to turn into a stone.

Baili Jiuge's heart was sour, and he was about to comfort her, when a maid came over, saying that it was the turtle slave from Fangfei Pavilion who came to visit and asked her for something.That being the case, Baili Jiuge had to bid farewell to Yin Liehuo temporarily and went back to Fangfei Hall.

After returning to the Fangfei Hall, I found out that these days Dai Dai and the others have become more serious. Ever since they knew that Gu Lian was rejected for offering flowers that day, they wished they could taunt Gu Lian all day long.In the beginning, there was a madam to help Gu Lian, but gradually Dai Dai and the others became more and more arrogant, half of the sisters in the building followed suit, and the madam couldn't bear it anymore.

Baili Jiuge was so angry that he turned into Bai Qiang as soon as he returned, pointing at Dai Dai and the others' noses and cursing.Dai Dai waited for her popularity and wanted to attack in groups, but how could she be her opponent?They were kicked all over the place and fell to the ground. Some of them were kicked directly from the second floor to the first floor, and they were bedridden with fractures.

Looking at his "masterpiece", Baili Jiuge sneered coldly: "Vulgar people! It's nothing more than not knowing how to send charcoal in a timely manner, but he even made trouble. It's easy to teach you a lesson like this! No matter how much you dare to trouble Gu Lian , I’ll break your ribs! I, Bai Qiang, will do what I say, and I’ll remember it clearly!”,

Everyone was complaining, how could they dare to provoke her now that she was in so much pain?In addition, the madam also took the opportunity to speak harshly, and anyone who caused trouble would be expelled from the Fangfei Pavilion... Finally, everyone calmed down.

Baili Jiuge also let out a long sigh of relief, it's alright, after settling this gang of troublemakers, it's time for him to go back to accompany Liehuo and Huo's.

At the beginning of noon, Yin Liehuo was still sitting in the courtyard, his stomach was empty because he had no appetite.The sun was scorching hot, and she was sweating all over her body, but she seemed to be unable to feel it, and her heart sank heavily.

Suddenly, she remembered something, and hurriedly called a maid to come over and ask, "Mother hasn't left the room yet? It's already noon."

The servant girl replied: "Madam is sad and depressed, and needs to be alone. Since this morning, I have dismissed all the maidservants who are close to me. I am sitting in front of the dressing table alone, applying makeup and hair..."

Yin Liehuo's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he quickly turned the wheelchair towards the bedroom.The maid followed suit and pushed the wheelchair for Yin Liehuo.

Hurriedly rushing to the bedroom, Yin Liehuo pushed the door open and entered. The silence in the room was eerie and eerie. , I do not know where to go.

"Where's mother?" Yin Liehuo murmured, pointed to the closet, and said to the maidservant: "Go and see if any clothes are missing."

"Yes." The maid hastily pushed open the cabinet door to check, and exclaimed in an instant: "Miss, that suit is gone!"

"Which one is it?"

"That's, it's just that once upon a time, the emperor bestowed on Madam a gorgeous dress. Madam always felt that it was too luxurious and couldn't bear to wear it... It's gone! Ah, there are more!" The maid turned over the upper shelf of the closet and said in surprise: "Crystal and diamond hairpins, agate and green stone pendants, fairy palace night tour gold distractions...all of them are gone! These hairpin jewelry ladies always think they are extravagant, so they don't use them, but why are they..."

Yin Liehuo gasped, the extremely ominous premonition made her feel cold all over.In my mind, I suddenly remembered what my mother said in the evening yesterday——

"Look, isn't it too hot?"

"I want to go to sleep somewhere cool and have a long dream that I won't wake up from."

"Maybe in my dream, I can see the master..."

A cool place...sleeping...won't wake up...seeing dad in a dream...

The fragmented words were threaded on by a thread, which ruthlessly crossed Yin Liehuo's mind.At this moment, she even forgot to breathe, and shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up, call everyone, and ask them, who saw my mother! Go!!"

The maid was startled by Yin Liehuo's state, so she stumbled and called for someone to go. After a while, a servant came over and told Yin Liehuo that half an hour ago, she saw a man in fine clothes go out from the back door and greeted the people on the street. The carriage went west.The family member was busy at that time, thinking that some orderly woman was coming to the house, and did not know that the person in the fine clothes was Mrs. Yin, who had always been frugal...

An ominous premonition hit Yin Liehuo's heart again, at this moment she frantically headed towards the back door, spinning the wheel frantically, all the way west.The people in the mansion want to chase her or stop her, but they don't want her to risk her life and run wildly, regardless of the hand that turns the wheel is suddenly worn out, all they want is to find mother quickly!
A cool place...she knows where it is!That is a lake in the west of the city!

The mother left in the most graceful and beautiful posture in her fine clothes, she was going to sleep in that cool place, and dreamed a dream that would never wake up...

She wants to stop mother!
In the west of the city, the falling begonias are like peach red in March, colorful and soft, but like a hollow snow.

Mrs. Huo was dressed in fancy clothes, and her delicate makeup was reflected on the indigo-colored lake.

She smiled peacefully, as if she was about to enter a sweet dream, she walked into the water step by step.

The water covered her embroidered shoes... covered her knees... covered her waist... covered her chest...

And she was still slowly walking towards the center of the lake, with a happy and vain smile on her face, until the cold lake water submerged her mouth and nose, her eyes were still blinking brightly, and she continued to move forward...

"mother!"

Yin Liehuo's scream came from the bank.

Her hands were already covered with blood, and the blood kept rolling down from the handle of the wheelchair, splashing drop by drop on the falling petals of begonias.She shouted, but saw Mrs. Huo looking back.

The eyes met, Huo's mouth and nose were already buried under the water, Yin Liehuo knew she was talking to her, but the lake water engulfed everything, only Huo continued to walk towards the center of the lake, letting the water swallow her eyes buried—

"Mom! Come back! Come back!!"

At this moment, Yin Liehuo rushed out of the wheelchair, his legs seemed to run a few steps, but he fell limply after all.She threw herself heavily on the ground, desperately crawling into the lake, no matter how icy the lake water was, no matter how much saliva she choked... She who couldn't swim crawled towards the center of the lake like a madman!

Gradually, the feeling of suffocation rushed into Yin Liehuo's whole body. She couldn't control her body sinking, but she still struggled to reach Huo's place...

When Baili Jiuge arrived, he saw such a scene.At this moment, she was almost stunned, she couldn't help but hesitate, so she jumped up, stepped across the water, and rushed towards Yin Liehuo.

Jumping into the water, picked up Yin Liehuo's body, felt Yin Liehuo struggling to go to the center of the lake, Baili Jiuge spent all his strength to restrain her, barely stepped on the water, shouted loudly: "You are crazy! Is it? I can’t move my legs, how can I rush into the lake?!”

Yin Liehuo shouted heartbreakingly: "Leave me alone, save my mother first, she sank in the middle of the lake! Save her!"

what? !

Baili Jiuge's heart almost jumped out, she never expected such a thing to happen!
At this moment, nothing can be seen in the center of the lake, only slight waves, a feeling of fear seized Baili Jiuge's breath, she roared to cheer herself up, gritted her teeth, and stepped on the water with Yin Liehuo in her arms , soaring in mid-air, exerting lightness and body skills to the extreme, almost falling into the water several times, borrowing strength again and again, finally pushed Yin Liehuo to the shallows.

A palm hit Yin Liehuo's abdomen and knocked her to the shore. Baili Jiuge stepped on the water again, splashing water all over her body like rain, and rushed towards the center of the lake.She plunged into the lake like a swimming fish, opened her eyes wide underwater, and searched for Huo's trace!
After several times of suffocation and breathing, she finally saw a strand of black hair dangling in front of her eyes.Baili Jiuge fished it quickly, and sure enough, he caught Huo Shi's body!I was overjoyed at this moment, without delaying for a moment, I kicked the stone under the water, and used my strength to bring Huo's out of the lake!

The water splashed and both of them were soaked, Baili Jiuge and Huo Shi fell to the shore, Yin Liehuo screamed and crawled over, shaking Huo Shi desperately.But Huo Shi didn't respond at all, just lying there like a dead person.

Baili Jiuge pushed Yin Liehuo away, "Let me do it!" She began to press on Huo's stomach, trying to force out all the water.

After pressing again and again, Baili Jiuge panted heavily, hoping strongly in her heart that Huo Shi would wake up and spit out the water, but Huo Shi didn't respond at all, there was water flowing from her mouth, but she remained motionless, only the temperature of her body Get colder by the inch!
At this moment, the premonition of bad news was ruthlessly chiseled into the hearts of the two women like chisels. Petal million petals.

The weather is still so hot, the wind is still so indifferent, the whole world is still so full of singing birds and flowers...

Only Yin Liehuo broke out a scream that shook the world at this moment. After the heart-piercing cry, he was on the verge of falling, and his body fell heavily on Huo's body, and he lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)