I Conquer the World For My Duke - C59

Bai Zheng also knew that because of her body, Feng Linyuan should be extremely scared. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dressed in such thick clothes every time she came out.

However, today, they had to run around for such a long time in this cold spring for the sake of the Bone-penetrating Herb, so they were naturally prone to getting sick.

Only when half of the face that was exposed was completely pale did Feng Linyuan finally recover.

Seeing Bai Zheng’s clear eyes filled with worry, Feng Linyuan smiled guiltily. “This marquis is fine, I made Miss Bai worry.”

“Is the rumor true?” Bai Zheng ignored his apology and suddenly asked.

Feng Linyuan’s gentle eyes met with Bai Zheng’s gaze. The two of them looked at each other for a while before Feng Linyuan nodded and said: “I do not look like someone who has lived a long life.”

The so called rumor naturally referred to the matter of Feng Linyuan who had been severely injured after the battle six years ago.

In Bai Zheng’s heart, it was as if her heart had been ruthlessly squeezed by a hand.

Ever since she saw this Dingyuan, although she had a frail body, but because his ability to deal with matters while together with others was much higher than normal, Bai Zheng had never put him and the rumor that she would not live past twenty-five years together.

But today, he suddenly realized that this handsome man was only one step away from death.

Bai Zheng felt an unspeakable discomfort in her heart.

Feng Linyuan knew how the other party was feeling, and his deep eyes dimmed a little. He didn’t like the feeling of being pitied, which was why he had rarely been seen in public since he was injured.

He was not the kind of person who could not accept his fate, but he never needed the senseless sympathy of the world.

“If Miss Bai doesn’t want me to die young, why not just marry me and change my fate to one that will end in disaster?”

Feng Linyuan’s mouth formed a smile, and changed the topic.

Bai Zheng was caught off guard by these words, and glared: “Dream on!”

“Pah!”

Just as Bai Zheng was about to settle the score with him, the sound of a box falling to the ground suddenly came from behind him.

He had been too anxious to place the box properly, so after a few shaky steps, it fell to the ground. The lid had not yet been closed, and letters of silk were blowing everywhere in the cold wind that blew in through the cracks in the windows.

Seeing that, Bai Zheng immediately ran and chased after the letters that floated far away, Feng Linyuan also squatted down and picked up the letters that were scattered nearby.

These letters were basically written by the Wife of Departed Marquis to the current Gaochang Marquis outside of the battlefield. They were obviously saved by the Gaochang Marquis using a special medicine and the words written on them were not damaged.

“My son has already left the Yongding City for the battlefield for ten days. Mother is deeply worried, this battle is extremely dangerous, my son must not be careless, if necessary, my life will be saved. Mother was waiting at home for her son to come home early. Ding Gou Nian, C Yin month, C Chen day. ”

Seeing the piece of silk that he had just picked up, Feng Linyuan squinted his eyes.

Wasn’t it the battle of Yancheng that had caused such a drastic change in his life? At that time, the Xiliang Xuanning King personally led 400,000 strong army to advance towards the east, and actually forced the old Marquis of Dingyuan to retreat step by step. Feng Linche immediately ordered the Gaochang Marquis to command 300,000 soldiers to rush to the Yancheng to support the battle.

But to leave ten days ago? This departure time, how could it be completely different from the information he had obtained!

For the first time, an intense and resentful look appeared in his usually calm eyes.

In that battle, he had already found out that Feng Linche had taken action to eliminate the enemy because he feared that the master of the Mansion of Dingyuan Marquis would be killed. Otherwise, with his father’s capabilities, how could he possibly die together with the one hundred thousand Changping Army s that even caused his Nanshu to tremble in fear?

How many days and nights, how many times he resented the injustice of the heavens, resented his enemies. However, he continued to hold on to his heavily injured body, not daring to collapse for even a second.

With no revenge for the death of his father, a hundred thousand heroic spirits had perished in vain.

But he had been unconscious for too long after the battle of Yancheng, so when he woke up to investigate, too much evidence had already been annihilated.

It was as if he’d blocked his path with this letter, and it shone with an unprecedented light.

The Gaochang Marquis intentionally avoided everyone, and left the Yongding City half a month in advance. In other words, when they were fighting with the Xiliang, the Gaochang Marquis was most likely already at the Yancheng!

“What’s wrong with this letter?”

A pair of slender hands suddenly reached over, wanting to take away the piece of silk in his hands.

Feng Linyuan regained his senses, but did not let go. Instead, he took the silk and folded it before placing it in his own sleeve.

“Are you even interested in his letter of credence?” Seeing his actions, the corner of Bai Zheng’s mouth curled up slightly, as if he was smiling yet not smiling.

Feng Linyuan’s gaze returned to its former gentleness as he replied. “Anything of value that is worth keeping.”

Seeing that Feng Linyuan did not want to explain anymore, Bai Zheng did not ask further. There were too many stories and secrets hidden on this man in front of her, and they were not things that she could uncover in one or two days.

Bai Zheng knew that she was never a gossipy person. Since the other party was unwilling to say it, she pretended not to see it. She closed the wooden box and closed the lock again before placing the box back under the green brick.

Now it seemed like there was no trace of the Bone-penetrating Herb in the house. Then, where did the Gaochang Marquis hide it?

“Is there any other places related to the Wife of Departed Marquis in the Hou Mansion?” Bai Zheng asked.

Feng Linyuan shook his head. Before he came here, he had already seen the layout of the Mansion of Gaochang Marquis. Most of the places related to the previous Marquis were currently being used by the current Gaochang Marquis.

This was the only place that had always been kept for the sake of Wife of Departed Marquis’s grief.

“Did we find the loophole? Why don’t we look for more?” Bai Zheng pursed her lips, a trace of doubt appearing in her clear black and white eyes.

For some reason, she subconsciously felt that the Bone-penetrating Herb should be hiding here. Not to mention the relationship between Gaochang Marquis and his son, who were mother and son, the relationship between Wife of Departed Marquis and the previous Marquis was also as heavy as a thousand kilograms.

Compared to the ancestral hall, the Bone-penetrating Herb was much more likely to be here.

Feng Linyuan agreed: “That’s fine too, go to the room I’ve searched before, I’ll be in this room, we can exchange pointers and look again.”

Bai Zheng walked out of the room quickly and started searching again.

This time, she looked even more carefully and almost overturned the roof.

However, there was nothing.

Bai Zheng felt like her head was starting to swell. She couldn’t figure out what was wrong, and if she couldn’t find Bone-penetrating Herb s here, and needed to search through every room in the large Hou Mansion, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

But the medicine Uncle Zhu gave Feng Linyuan only lasted for three days, how would he make it in time!

Bai Zheng’s beautiful eyebrows were twisted into a rope as she slowly walked out of the room.

At this time, Feng Linyuan was already standing at the door, looking at the lake water in deep thought.

“Have you looked for the small pavilion in the backyard?” Bai Zheng asked.

“Yes.” Feng Linyuan’s voice was light.

Bai Zheng sighed, and indeed, that kind of pavilion that was filled with wind, if it was used to store Bone-penetrating Herb, could only mean that Gaochang Marquis’s heart was too big.

“There’s nothing in either room. There’s only a wooden table and two portraits in the middle hall. Where else can you hide them?” Bai Zheng muttered to herself.

When he said that, Feng Linyuan suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Bai Zheng.