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Chapter 86 - Injuries
What could have brought Nangong Sheng here personally? Nangong Mu's eyebrows wrinkled: "Where is Sheng Ge Er now ......"
Before he could finish his words, he saw Nangong Sheng come in a dusty manner and bowed apologetically, "Second uncle, please forgive Sheng Er's rudeness ......"
" No need to be polite as a family!" Nangong Mu interrupted him kindly and then asked, "Sheng Ge Er, what has happened? What has brought you here in such a hurry?"
Lin Shi and Nangong Yue were also a little nervous, fearing that something serious had happened in the house.
Nangong Sheng said with a grave face, "This morning the emperor received a 3,000-mile expedition ......"
When he said that, Nangong Yue and others remembered that when they left the city this morning,They had indeed seen soldiers shouting about the 3,000-mile emergency, but they didn't expect this to have anything to do with the Nangong family?
Nangong Sheng continued: "The governor of Jiangnan reported that the remnants of the former dynasty are in rebellion in the area of Jiangnan, and have already captured two cities."
Everyone was shocked by what they said. After all these years of stability, they all still had lingering fears about the chaos of the war decades ago.
Although Nangong Sheng is still calm on the outside, he can't hide his worry, "Second uncle, His Majesty has ordered General Wei Yang to lead 50,000 troops to quell the rebellion. Father was summoned to the palace and has not yet returned, the people in the mansion are now panicking. This is a matter of great importance, so my grandmother sent me here to ask you to return to the house immediately to stabilise the people!"
Lin Shi hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, we will pack up and return to the house immediately."
But Nangong Mu shook his head and said: "It's getting late today, if you take a carriage, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the capital after the city gate is closed. The three of you will come back tomorrow, and I will go back to the mansion with Sheng Ge Er using a horse first.”
Lin shi looked at the darkening sky outside, and had to agree to Nangong Mu's arrangement, exhorting: "Xianggong, Sheng Ge Er, you must be careful along the way!"
Nangong Mu simply packed his luggage and hurriedly rode away with Nangong Sheng in the dark...
Nangong Yue was thinking at the side, just listening to the words of Nangong Sheng. She finally remembered that in her previous life, there was also this rebellion of the remnants of the previous dynasty. I remember that it was only because the rebellion took place in Jiangnan (the south of the Yangtze River) that the literati and scholars in the Jiangnan were denouncing the court's inaction, which allowed the remnants of the former dynasty to break into two cities and run rampant, causing countless deaths and injuries to the people and separating countless families from their families.
The emperor was afraid that the matter would intensify under the impetus of those who were interested in it, and that it would be impossible to control the situation, so he had to reappoint the Nangong clan, who had great prestige in the scholarly circle, to pacify the literati in the Jiangnan region.
It can be said that at this time, the emperor has no longer cared to doubt whether the Nangong House is concerned about the former dynasty, but only wanted to put the current chaos to rest, so he promoted his eldest uncle Nangong Qin to the third rank of Ministry of Rites, and even his father Nangong Mu was promoted by the emperor to the sixth rank of Ministry of Internal Affairs.
At that time, the Nangong House could be said to be a great success, the grandmother's ambition was further inflated, greedily wanting more, more ...... and then pushed the Nangong House into the limelight, eventually resulting in the Nangong House ended up with a full family being executed ......
Thinking of this, Nangong Yue narrowed her eyes. She could never lose the chance to start over again in this life because of her grandmother's ambition.
Nangong Yue turned her head to look at Lin Shi, and seeing her mother's worried look, she hurriedly said comfortingly, "Mother, don't worry, it will be fine." She paused and said sarcastically, "The family will even be blessed by the disaster!" At least for now, the Nangong House would not be in trouble, and would benefit from the rebellion.
Lin Shi couldn't help but feel a little ashamed that she, as a mother, had to be comforted by her young daughter. She put aside her worries for the moment and laughed with her children.
That night, it was not until it was completely dark that Nangong Yue went back to her room. As soon as she entered the room, she noticed that something was wrong. There was a hint of the smell of blood in the air, the smell was so faint that an ordinary person would not be able to smell it, but in her previous life, she had studied medicine with her grandfather, who emphasised the importance of looking, smelling and feeling, and under the tutelage of her grandfather, her sense of smell had become very keen.
Nangong Yue's heart alarm bells are ringing, her own house will have the smell of blood? Could it be ......
For fear of alarming the snake, Nangong Yue did not move her voice and said to Yi Mei: "I don't know if father has arrived at the house yet?"
"Look at the time, the Second Master should be here already." Yi Mei lit the candle and looked out the window at the sky.
"This damned remnant of the former dynasty, instead of keeping their tails between their legs, they dare to rebel, causing father to go back to the house now and not even stay with us on the farm for two more days." Nangong Yue deliberately made a childish appearance and pouted her lips to complain.
" Third young lady is missing the Second Master, isn't she? Don't be anxious! The Second Mistress has said that we will go back tomorrow." Yimei hastened to comfort her, but in her heart she wondered why the third young lady had suddenly become childish. But when she thought of the Second Master's hasty departure, she was relieved and only thought that Nangong Yue was unhappy because she couldn't play on the farm for two more days.
"What a bummer, we're leaving tomorrow." Nangong Yue walked around in exasperation while taking a closer look at the entire room ...... When she saw a few not-so-subtle drops of blood on the floor, her gaze froze.
Nangong Yue's mouth kept complaining, but her eyes darted to the wardrobe behind the blood, this look, Nangong Yue's heart was awe-inspiring, there was an inconspicuous bloody fingerprint on the door of the wardrobe ......
"...... No, I have to go talk to my mother, how can I leave tomorrow? I want to play for two more days." Nangong Yue mumbled and turned around to leave.
At this moment, the door of the wardrobe was pushed open and a blue figure leapt out of the wardrobe like lightning. The person who came was so fast that Nangong Yue was unable to avoid it and was instantly grabbed by the throat.
Nangong Yue closed her eyes and laughed bitterly in her heart, it seems that she had still miscalculated.
" Stinky girl, we meet again." A familiar voice rang out with a soft laugh while the other man released his choke hold on her throat.
The voice was ......
Nangong Yue's heart stirred and she raised her eyes to look. She saw a young man's face, his beautiful phoenix eyes darting, looking at her with a smiling expression.
"Xiao Yi, how come you're here?" Nangong Yue's face was full of astonishment.
Yimei at the side almost fainted, there was actually a man hiding in the young lady's room, and it was also Xiao Shizi!
Xiao Yi did not answer Nangong Yue's question, but instead looked at her with a flirtatious face: " Stinky girl, you already found someone in the room, right? You're a good actor, if I hadn't gotten along with you a few times, I would have been deceived by you ...... hey, we really have a destiny, I didn't expect this manor to belong to your family."
He said it as if it was a serious matter, but in fact there is no such thing as a coincidence in this world. Stinky girl usually does not leave the mansion. He " accidentally " heard that stinky girl is rarely going out to play, so he thought to come to find her and go for a walk together, but unexpectedly met with assassins on the way ...... His eyes flashed gloomy, in fact, only a few people knew his whereabouts... ...
Nangong Yue stroked her forehead and thought to herself, "I don't want this kind of bad luck. She never thought that the person hiding here would be Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi suddenly tilted his head, looked around and asked, "By the way, where is that kitten, why don't I see you with it?"
When Yi Mei heard that, she wanted to faint again. She said how come there was a cat in the girl's room all of a sudden, but it was sent by this Xiao Shizi!
Nangong Yue replied indifferently, "Xiao Bai is in the house."
Xiao Yi was immediately displeased: "Stinky girl, really too heartless, I gave you something, how can you casually throw it to someone else?" The tone of his voice revealed a hint of sorrow.
Nangong Yue was just about to say something when she saw Xiao Yi's face suddenly turn white and his body shook twice.
Thinking about the smell of blood just now, Nangong Yue couldn't help but feel tight in her heart and said offhandedly, "Are you injured?"
"Yeah, I got hurt." Xiao Yi casually found a chair and sat down as if he was at home, bringing his bloodstained right arm to Nangong Yue, complaining with an aggrieved face, "It hurts."
Nangong Yue had a black line on her face, and asked resignedly, "Do you want me to put medicine on it?"
"Yes, yes." Xiao Yi nodded his head like garlic.
Nangong Yue had to tell Yi Mei to fetch a basin of water, while she herself went up and lifted Xiao Yi's sleeve. He saw that the wound on his upper right arm was more than two inches long, and the flesh and skin were turned over, and if it was deeper, it would have hurt his meridians. From this, we can deduce that it must have been extremely dangerous at that time. If he was not careful, his arm would have been ruined.
Nangong Yue didn't say much, so she took out the silver needle bag, took out a few silver needles and skillfully stabbed several acupuncture points to stop the bleeding of Xiao Yi. After Yimei brought him some water, she cleaned his wound again and finally applied her homemade wound medicine.
Xiao Yi looked intently at the little girl in front of him, who was seriously looking at his wounds.
A few days had passed, but the little girl seemed to have grown more and more beautiful. Her bright and clear eyes looked like they were filled with water, and her white and lustrous skin, illuminated by the soft light, gave off a pearl-like lustre.
After Nangong Yue finished applying medicine to him and bandaged his wounds, I heard Xiao Yi generously say, "Stinky girl, you've helped me a lot this time, feel free to ask for anything ...... but what you owe me is still what you owe me, these are two different things!" Although he was injured, there was still a bunch of crooked reasoning.
I don't ask for anything, I just want you to get out of here. In fact, Nangong Yue wanted to say this, but once she thought of his stirring personality, she swallowed the words. I thought it would be better to make a simple request that could be settled on the spot.
When she turned her eyes, she saw a piece of lamb's-fat white jade hanging around Xiao Yi's waist, and reached out and pulled it off. She gently raised the sheep's fat white jade in her hand, but saw the other party looking at her with an odd expression, and for some reason she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.
"So that's how it is." Xiao Yi returned to his usual playful smile, "So you want me to give my body to you!"
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