Chapter 4: CH 4

A murder plan occurred in the post station.

Holding an empty bowl, Xiao Jing Duo stood silently at the door, not knowing what he was thinking.

Who did it to his mother? Or is his goal the entire Xiao family?

A burst of footsteps came from behind. Qing He hurriedly ran over, and when she passed Zhao Xiu Lan’s door, she slowly stopped. Qing He lowered her head and glanced at the familiar medicine bowl in Xiao Jing Duo’s hands.

“Da Lang Jun, why is the medicine bowl here? Where’s the medicine?” She said with a smile.

Xiao Jing Duo also smiled: “I went to the kitchen to get medicine for my mother. But I accidentally spilled the whole bowl of medicine.”

Xiao Jing Duo had already let his guard down on Qing He. But today’s events made him suspicious again. He ate and lived with his grandmother and others for so long. If someone attacked the Xiao family, outsiders like Qing He and Xue Lan would naturally be the first to be suspected.

“Spilled?” Qing He looked at Xiao Jing Duo suspiciously, as if she wanted to see something abnormal on his face.

Xiao Jing Duo did not evade and looked at Qing He. Their eyes met. Neither was willing to back down.

The abnormality in the corridor quickly alerted the others. Xue Lan also came out of the room. Seeing the situation of Xiao Jing Duo and Qing He, her face froze. She asked loudly, “What’s wrong?”

Qing He took the lead to look away. She turned around and gave Xue Lan a salute: “This slave was cooking medicine for Madam in the kitchen. But after going out for a while, Da Lang Jun took the medicine away.”

Xue Lan’s face changed imperceptibly: “Where’s the medicine? Madam, did she drink it?”

“No.” Xiao Jing Duo said immediately. His eyes wandered over Xue Lan and Qing He. He said casually, “I didn’t pay attention and spilled the medicine outside.”

Xue Lan wrinkled her eyebrows. But she immediately smiled again: “I thought something happened. It turns out that Lang Jun just spilled a bowl of medicine. Qing He, don’t hurry up and make another bowl.”

“Yes.” Qing He promised. She was about to retreat, but was stopped by Xiao Jing Duo, “No need. It’s the son’s responsibility to attend to mother’s illness. I can decoct the medicine.”

Da Lang Jun wants to decoct? Qing He stood in front of Xiao Jing Duo, frowning secretly after hearing this. She didn’t know what to do. So she secretly glanced at Xue Lan, only to find that Xue Lan was just smiling softly and didn’t say anything.

So Qing He felt relieved and respectfully made way for Xiao Jing Duo.

The voices in the corridor made Old Lady Xiao awake as well. She came out and saw Xiao Jing Duo walking out. “Hey, Duo er, where are you going out so late without sleeping?”

Xiao Jing Duo couldn’t trust any of the maids. So when he saw his grandmother coming out, he found a little sense of security: “Grandmother, I’m going to make medicine for my mother. It’s not early. Why haven’t you rested yet?”

“I can’t sleep.” Old Lady Xiao chattered when she saw someone, “I’m a village woman who grew up in the soil. I used to dare not look from a distance when I saw an official. Oh, who would have thought that one day I would be able to sleep in the official post? I don’t dare to go to bed too early, for fear of losing my luck.”

Xiao Jing Duo showed a helpless smile. Xue Lan also smiled and took Old Madam Xiao’s hand, saying “Old Madam, you are a person of great fortune. There will be good days waiting for you in the future. Madam, why not let the slave sleep with you?”

“How is this good…” Old Madam Xiao quickly declined. Seeing that Xue Lan was about to take Old Madam Xiao back to her room, Xiao Jing Duo suddenly flashed the dog that fell to the ground in the backyard in his mind.

“I have something to tell my grandmother.” Xue Lan’s suspicion has not been cleared. How dare Xiao Jing Duo let her get along with his grandmother alone? He controlled his expression, trying his best not to show any strangeness, “Can I let Sister Xue Lan avoid our grandmother and grandson?”

“Xue Lan is beautiful and good-natured. She’s just like our own family now. Why do you have to avoid her?” The old lady Xiao took Xue Lan’s hand dearly. She was quite displeased with Xiao Jing Duo’s words.

Xue Lan glanced at Xiao Jing Duo’s expression. She pulled out her hand with a smile, and took the initiative to say, “Since the master has orders, the slaves will naturally obey. Madam, I will go outside to pack first. You should go to bed earlier.”

“Hey.” Old Lady Xiao replied reluctantly watching Xue Lan shut the door and go out.

After the room was quiet, Xiao Jing Duo immediately stepped forward and said to Old Lady Xiao in a low voice, “Grandmother, my grandson has something to report. In fact, I didn’t knock over my mother’s medicine. I suspect there is something wrong with the medicine!”

“Ah. ” Old Madam Xiao showed a look of surprise, “How do you say this?”

“My mother said it was bitter when she drank the medicine. The grandson felt wrong. So I poured out the rest of the medicine.” Xiao Jing Duo hadn’t thought about what to say about the rest. Suddenly, he found that the grandmother’s expression was wrong.

It was a kind of fear, but it was mixed with excitement.

Xiao Jing Duo’s next words were suddenly blocked in his throat. He originally wanted to tell his grandmother about his grandfather’s medical books and his superficial understanding of the prescriptions, but his grandmother’s expression made him give up this idea.

Old Lady Xiao grabbed Xiao Jing Duo’s arm. Her hands were involuntarily tight, almost pinching Xiao Jingduo in pain: “Your mother, did she drink the medicine?”

Xiao Jing Duo looked at his beloved grandmother. In his eyes, the image of the old woman is clearly reflected in it. Xiao Jing Duo was expressionless. He nodded slowly: “Mother drank half of it.” The old lady’s strength suddenly loosened. Her expression was complicated. A hint of guilt appeared in her eyes: “Half drank…”

Xiao Jing Duo did not speak. In fact, his mother only took a sip, and then was stopped by him. He originally wanted to tell her about his guess. He suspected that the two maids, Qing He and Xue Lan, were trying to poison his mother. He also wanted to remind his grandmother to be careful. But now it seems I am afraid that my grandmother is not in danger at all.

Who was it that she could collude with his grandmother and let his grandmother help him to mutilate his mother? Grandmother has always been unprincipled and biased towards the second room. Could it be that the second room moved her hands and feet this time?

Xiao Jing Duo was in a mess. He didn’t want to stay with his grandmother any longer. So he asked to retire and wanted to go to the kitchen to look at the dregs.

Before Xiao Jingduo went out, Old Lady Xiao suddenly stopped him and asked, “Duo er, why did you pour out that bowl of medicine? Do you think something is wrong?”

“The grandson naturally thinks it’s wrong.” Xiao Jing Duo stood at the door, turned halfway, and said to Old Lady Xiao with a smile.

Old Lady Xiao’s heart was tense, and then she heard Xiao Jing Duo continue to say: “The bowl of medicine is so bitter that my mother doesn’t like it. Of course I have to throw it out.”

Old Lady Xiao was surprised at first. Then she felt the tense string in her heart loosens. Her face relaxed and she looked at Xiao Jing duo angrily: “You child, good medicine is always bitter. You can’t do this again in the future!”

After Xiao Jing Duo came out of his grandmother’s room. He immediately quickened his movements and walked towards the kitchen.

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Many things can be seen from the dregs of medicine. If there is no problem with the dregs of medicine, it means that someone secretly poisoned his mother in the middle. The murderer could not get rid of it and was in the inn. But if that pot of medicine is not Zelan soup at all, then Qing He, who is in charge of decoction, and even Xuelan, who is in charge of itinerary, are not clean.

Later, Xiao Jing Duo almost ran over quickly. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he went straight to the stove. When he found the place to decoct the medicine, Xiao Jingduo immediately frowned: “Where’s the medicine residue? I remember it was still here just now. ”

” It has been cleaned up by the handyman.” The servant in the kitchen looked at the son of the Hou Ye in front of him and asked cautiously, “Lang Jun, what are you asking about the dregs?”

Xiao Jing Duo couldn’t hide his disappointment. He said. “Nothing”, he turned and walked out. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and asked, “Sister Qing He came to clean the kitchen so late, she really did her duty. ”

” She’s beautiful, and she also does things so well. What a wonderful person!”

Xiao Jing Duo smiled and walked away.

On the way back to the room, Xiao Jing Duo happened to meet Xue Lan coming out of Old Lady Xiao’s room. Seeing Xiao Jing Duo, she smiled kindly. The defense in her smile had already disappeared.

Xiao Jing Duo smiled back and let Xue Lan go first, but Xue Lan refused and insisted on sending him back to the room.

The two walked one after the other. After Xue Lan sent Xiao Jing duo back to the house, she resigned: “Lang Jun sleep in peace. The slave will leave.”

“Thanks, sister Xue Lan.” When he spoke, Xiao Jing Duo’s eyes rolled slightly. The whole pair of eyes shone brightly under the lamp. They were extremely beautiful.

Xue Lan secretly praised in her heart, Da Lang Jun looks so good! She thought that Hou Ye was already the most beautiful man in ten thousand miles. But she didn’t expect that the appearance of Da Lang Jun was even more than that of his father. His outline is as angular as Hou Ye. But due to the influence of his mother, his complexion is paler, and the details of his facial features are more delicate.

Xue Lan was a little lost, until Xiao Jing Duo called out twice, she came back to sense.

Xue Lan was a little embarrassed. She actually looked at Da Lang Jun in a daze! She looked up with awe, looked at the man in front of her respectfully, and pleaded guilty: “Lang Jun, please forgive me. The slave is distracted.”

“Nothing.” Xiao Jingduo asked indifferently, “When will we arrive at Chang An?”

Xue Lan laughed: “It turns out that Lang Jun wants to see Hou Ye. At the current speed, we will enter Jingji in a month.”

Xiao Jingduo nodded, then closed the door and took off his clothes to sleep.

He thought silently in his heart. Although he couldn’t see the dregs, since Qing He went to the kitchen to clean up the dregs, which just proved that there was something wrong with the dregs. Since Qing He was not clean, Xue Lan was probably also an accomplice. It’s a pity that he is young. Although he is the son of Hou Ye, he has no right to speak in the team. So even if he knew the biggest suspect, he still had no chance to avenge his mother for a while. He could only endure it silently. When Chang An had his father in charge, everything would come to light.

During this time, he could only be careful to stay by his mother’s side, so that there was no chance for those behind the scenes to do anything.

Naturally, this was extremely aggrieved. Xiao Jing Duo could only tell himself to endure it a little longer and wait until Chang An.

The carriage squeaked and squeaked. In a blink of an eye, a month passed. Just when the Xiao family’s elders and children could hardly stand it, Chang An was arrived.

The towering city wall stands on the ground of the capital, overlooking the visitors from all directions. The city gate is both high and deep. People standing here are as small as ants. Xiao Jing Duo stood under the city gate. He had to lift his neck to see the flag flying above the city tower. Xiao Jing Duo looked up in fascination. Suddenly his body uncontrollably fell back, he quickly took a step back, and only then did he stabilize his body.

He had never seen such a tall tower. He had been to the county seat of Zhuo County before. He had seen many towns along the way. He thought that the most magnificent city was nothing but the same, until he saw this big city in the middle of the pass. Chang An, he realized to his surprise, this is the style of the first city in the world.

At the beginning of the new dynasty, the folks still had the introverted and mysterious atmosphere of the previous dynasty. The female family members all sat in the car and could not show their faces. They could only quietly spy on the momentum of the capital from the curtain of the car. On the other hand, Xiao Jing Duo had no such scruples. He stood in the team entering the city and looked around excitedly.

The crowds coming in and out were constantly flowing. The soldiers at the city gate were busy checking the road guide and household registration of those who entered the city. There were soldiers with gold armor and silver swords patrolling under the city wall from time to time. The sound of neat and powerful footsteps kept beating pedestrians’ eardrums. Xiao Jing Duo even saw a few foreigners with deep eyes and high noses in the crowd.

All this surprised Xiao Jing Duo. He raised his head and looked up at this majestic city.

Will he live here in the future? He suddenly had an infinite yearning for his father, who was not yet seen.

“Retreat. Retreat ahead!” Suddenly, the sound of horses’ hooves swooped towards the crowd from far to near. The people waiting to enter the city hurriedly avoided. The originally orderly crowd was suddenly in chaos. The soldier in charge of security stepped forward and shouted loudly, “Who is coming? Dare to ride a horse in front of the city gate? Get off the horse!”

“His Royal Highness Qin is returning to the capital. Do you dare to stop it?”

“Qin Wang?” The guards and their colleagues whispered a few words, and immediately waved their hands to let go, “The idle people will leave. Let His Royal Highness Qin enter the capital first.”

The Xiao family’s people were also crowded apart. Xiao Jing Hu followed his father to watch the fun outside the car, but was pushed back. He was used to ordering things at home, only others let him, when did he let others? Xiao Jing Hu was immediately angry. He shouted at the top of his voice: “Why do you want to make way for them. I tell you that my uncle is Marquis…”

Before he could finish the rest of the sentence, he was covered by the military officer beside him. The military officer was so nervous that his forehead was covered in sweat. He looked around and found that no one paid attention to Xiao Jing Hu’s words. He breathed a sigh of relief: “My little ancestor, this is Chang An, the capital of the country. You can’t say this in the future. It’s over!”

Xiao Jing Duo also heard the changes here. He turned his head and asked in surprise: “My father is a marquis? Do you want to avoid others?”

“Da Lang Jun, a mere marquis, what is it in Chang An? The military officer said, “The most important thing in Chang An is the powerful royals. For example, the one who just entered the city is His Royal Highness Qin Wang, the second prince of today’s sage! Now half of the world has been captured by his Xuan Tie Army. We, Ding Yong Hou Fu , where would we dare to confront others?”

Xiao Jing Duo nodded as if he understood. He found that Chang An was far more complicated than he thought. His eyes were chasing the cavalry personal soldiers. He thought this is Qin Wang who conquered Zhuo County.

After tossing to enter into the city with great difficulty, the female family’s carriage entered through the side door and drove directly to the backyard. Xiao Jing Duo wanted to chase after them to visit his mother, but was stopped by a soldier in military armor.

“Da Lang Jun, please stay, Hou Ye summons you.”

Xiao Jing Duo’s expression lifted. He immediately smiled.

He’s finally going to see his father! It just so happened that he was going to report to his father that someone had poisoned his mother!

The author has something to say: [Congratulations on leaving Novice Village successfully (alive) and arriving at Chang An]

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