Let Me Pursue You - Chapter 42

Yuan Cixian was rushed back to the room by the dark-faced Lu Shiqing, thinking about Shaohe all the way.

It has been more than a month since the Shangzhou assassination case, the local governor and county magistrate were naturally unable to catch those killers, and Chang’an also ended up with nothing.

In this regard, Emperor Huining explained to the Yuan family that Shaohe was temporarily obsessed with ghosts and made such a big mistake, so she was punished to go to the Wangji Temple to lead the Qing Dynasty, and she was never allowed to enter the palace again without the imperial edict. door step.

It’s just that the spread of this incident will damage the reputation of the royal family, and it’s not a good thing for Yuan Cixian. After discussing with Yuan Yu, Emperor Huining concealed it with one hand. Therefore, others only thought that Zheng Yun accidentally offended the saint one day, and was sealed up as the princess mansion.

But this matter can be hidden from others, but not from the person involved. Yuan Cixian went to ask Lu Shiqing the same day she got the news. After all, he had told her that Shaohe’s level was just an illusion to deceive people, and the person the murderer really wanted to set the blame on was the Second Prince.

Lu Shiqing explained to her that it was so good in the first place. After Liu Shaoyin was framed by Shaohe, he was summoned by the sage to inquire about the case.

Compared with Shaohe, the saint naturally believed that such tricks were done by the second prince, but unexpectedly, he got the news of Liu Shaoyin’s sudden death before he could investigate further in the future.

After Liu Shaoyin presented his confession, he was silenced. The sage became suspicious of the truth of what he said, and he couldn’t find conclusive evidence to convict the second prince. Although he knew that Shaohe was probably innocent, he had no choice but to release The results on the surface will be handed over to the Yuan family for the time being.

After Yuan Cixian heard the story, she had to admire Xu Shan and Zheng Zhuo again. They must have sent someone to kill Liu Shaoyin. These two people are really good at trying to figure out the Sacred Heart, and they got rid of Liu Shaoyin at the best time, which made the sage dizzy and doubtful, and made a conspiracy that was likely to affect the Yuan family and Zheng Zhuo unfounded.

Although it is a good thing that the crisis of the Yuan family is resolved, she cannot just sit and watch Shaohe become a scapegoat for this. It is one thing to be a rival in love or not to be a rival in love, but the truth is another.

People embroider in the mansion, and the crime is charged from the sky. If she was Shaohe, she would probably be so angry that she would vomit blood.

Yuan Cixian thought about it, and decided to find a chance to meet the saint after returning to Beijing, and asked him to issue an imperial edict to spare Shaohe. No matter what the saint thinks, the matter of left and right is an explanation to the Yuan family, as long as she doesn’t care about it.

The disaster situation in Shuzhou stabilized day by day, and the post-disaster plague that almost broke out on a large scale was almost controlled by Lu Shiqing. In half a month, about mid-October, this trip will come to an end.

Yuan Cixian followed Lu Shiqing all the way north, and roughly returned the same way, but she found that compared with when she came, the routes Lu Shiqing arranged were mostly official roads, and seldom went around the wild.

Remembering Shaohe’s reminder, she understood the meaning of this move, but after traveling for more than 20 days, she never encountered any threats when she reached the vicinity of Gyeonggi. I don’t know if it was Lu Shiqing who took precautions properly and told the other party to retreat in the face of difficulties, or if Shaohe’s news went wrong.

Because she entered Gyeonggi, where the law and order was relatively good, Emperor Huining also sent a team of Jinwu Guards to welcome Lu Shiqing back to Beijing, and she completely let go of her vigilance.

At dusk the day before arriving in Chang’an, Lu Shiqing ordered Jin Wuwei to arrange an inn for the group to settle down.

Yuan Cixian was puzzled, he would be able to enter the city after a few hours of driving, why did he suddenly slow down, because the weather was too cold, he was too lazy to get out of the carriage, so he asked Shi Cui to ask for her.

Shi Cui went to Lu Shiqing’s carriage ahead, and reported to Yuan Cixian: “Little lady, Minister Lu didn’t answer the servant girl. Brother Cao said, maybe he is tired and wants to rest for a night before leaving. If you are in a hurry , you can ask Jin Wuwei to send you into the city first.”

She shook her head: “I’ve been out for the first three months, and I’m not in a hurry, so let’s leave tomorrow.”

Back then in Shuzhou, when Lu Shiqing was the busiest, he didn’t close his eyes for three days and three nights, and he didn’t hear him shout “tired”. Yuan Cixian felt very strange for a while, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.

Because this journey is either “eating and sleeping in the open air” or “same vegetables as the people”, and because she is not used to the food in Huainan, she really misses the flavor of Beijing cuisine. Dinner, euphemistically called “Decided to buy Lu Shilang a good meal at his own expense”.

The inn bartender delivered the food to her room as promised, and finally put a ceramic pot with compartments, each compartment was filled with pork, duck, beef and mutton, cooked together with vegetables, steaming, and the aroma was overflowing.

Yuan Cixian hadn’t eaten meat for a long time, and was so hungry that she hurriedly asked Shi Cui to invite Lu Shiqing next door, but after waiting for a long time, she heard that he was not at the inn at all.

When she just settled down, she clearly saw Lu Shiqing enter the next room, it was getting dark now, and it was freezing outside, what did he run out for.

Yuan Cixian really couldn’t hold back now, she turned out and was about to knock on the door next door, but was stopped by Cao An at the end of the corridor.

This is the room on the second floor, Cao An seems to have come up from the first floor, followed by a bartender carrying a basin of water.

Yuan Cixian frowned. The inn has been arranged by the Jinwu Guard, and there is no one else here. Qingshui must have been prepared for Lu Shiqing, but isn’t he not at the inn?

Cao An stopped her, and said with a natural expression: “Master, Mr. Lang has gone out to do some business, please eat first, don’t wait for him.”

She pointed to the bartender behind him: “Then this clear water?”

He said “Oh”: “Your Majesty ordered the bartender to send it to his room in advance, and wait for him to come back to clean his face.”

Yuan Cixian suddenly realized it, and said with a smile: “Don’t bother the bartender, just give me this water. I just want to go to his room to see if the arrangement is comfortable.” After speaking, he went forward to take the basin.

Cao An seemed a little anxious now, and stretched out his hand to stop him: “How can this trouble you. You should have dinner earlier, and when the gentleman returns, the villain will notify you as soon as possible.”

She smiled, withdrew her hand and said, “Okay, it’s not hard for you.” After she finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Cao An let out a sigh of relief, and when she came back, he took the basin from the bartender behind him, hurried into Lu Shiqing’s room, glanced at the person lying on the bed, approached and said, “Mr. But okay?”

This matter has to start from yesterday. Last night, Lang Jun suddenly felt a cold, and the initial symptoms were mild, so he didn’t pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, today, Lang Jun had a severe headache, and the fever got worse, so he had no choice but to find an inn to settle down.

Because Mr. Lang didn’t want to reveal his condition to the Jinwu Guard and the county magistrate, he only sent Zhao Shu to invite a doctor, but he hasn’t returned yet.

Lu Shiqing’s face flushed, coughed a few times, frowned and glanced at him, and asked without answering, “Sent away?”

Cao An naturally knew who he was talking about, nodded and said: “But the county magistrate is smart, I’m afraid he has noticed something…”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a “click” from the window behind him, as if someone had pried it open from the outside, and then a crisp female voice rang out: “Of course I’m… smart…!”

He turned around suddenly, and saw Yuan Cixian struggling to hold on to the window sill, and said with difficulty: “The windows on the second floor are too difficult to climb… Cao An, you… hurry up and save me!”

Cao An panicked, fearing that she would fall and break her leg, and before he could ask Lu Shiqing for instructions, he quickly turned around and pulled her in.

As soon as Yuan Cixian’s feet touched the ground, she walked quickly towards Lu Shiqing’s bed, and said uncomfortablely: “Lu Shiqing, you are really good, you are so sick and you want to hide it from me.”

Since seeing Shaohe’s letter last time, Yuan Cixian has regretted it, and feels that the title “Lu Shilang” is too alienated, which is not conducive to cultivating relationships, but she doesn’t want to call him “Lu Zishu” like others, no one else When he was present, he called him by his first name without rules.

Lu Shiqing’s face turned black every time at first, but after she got used to it, she didn’t bother to correct her anymore.

He sighed, stretched out his hand to tear off the curtain, and said coldly: “Cao An, take her back to her room.”

Yuan Cixian was cut off by the thick curtain, so she couldn’t see his face clearly, but she knew that the situation was not very good just by hearing his hoarse voice, which was vague and thick nasal. Angry with his attitude, he secretly said to Cao, “He’s burnt out, don’t listen to his orders. What about the doctor, did you send someone to invite him?”

Lu Shiqing coughed a few times patiently, and said, “Cao An.” He signaled him to see off the guests quickly.

Cao An fought with his left and right feet, and didn’t know who to listen to, so he said to Yuan Cixian: “The county lord, the doctor is coming soon, you just listen to the lord, go back first, so as not to overwhelm you.”

Yuan Cixian refused to leave, and said angrily: “I have never had a cold since I was a child, who has the ability to pass it on to me? It’s okay to pass it on to me, just to try what it’s like.” After finishing speaking, he was about to go Lift Lu Shiqing’s curtain.

Lu Shiqing was exhausted from burning and couldn’t stop it in time. Thanks to Cao An’s quick eyes and quick hands, he pinched the opening of the curtain and said with a bitter face: “County Lord, to tell you the truth, Mr. Lang may not be ordinary cold, you must not show your temper for a while. .”

Yuan Cixian was taken aback for a moment, then stopped: “What do you mean?”

Seeing that Lu Shiqing didn’t object, he continued to explain: “When Mr. Lang was in Shuzhou, he accidentally came into contact with a disease patient…”

In the middle of what he said, Yuan Cixian understood, but he was stunned for a long time and couldn’t react. He said in horror for a long time: “How is it possible? Impossible…”

Although the epidemic in Shuzhou was controlled to a very small extent, none of the people who contracted the disease were cured. In order to prevent the spread of the disease, they all ended up burning their bodies.

Cao An is telling her now that Lu Shiqing may have contracted an incurable plague?

But how is this possible. He lived well in her dream.

Yuan Cixian froze in place, and after a long time, suddenly thought of a fatal loophole.

In her previous life, Lu Shiqing did live a good life, but in this life, she approached him, entangled him, and teased him in order to protect herself… All kinds of accidents and changes happened to her all the way down the south, so his fate was changed because of it. What is impossible?

Yuan Cixian blinked dully.

She is that fatal loophole…