A life of two souls traveling through time

Since Sanxiu returned to the medicine shop, he has locked himself in the room and has not shown up. The other people in the medicine shop saw that only the owner and the master had returned, and both of them looked very gloomy last night. They were inevitably confused and worried, but no one dared to ask.

Sanxiu Pharmacy is closed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so the pharmacists can all take a rest. After a night of rest, Xiuming recovered his normal state and took care of all matters related to the New Year before calling Xiaolu to the study.

"Sir, are you looking for me?" Xiaolu bowed respectfully to Xiuming and asked.

"Is there anything important that needs to be done during your day off today?" Xiu Ming put down the book in his hand and asked gently.

"No, sir, please let me know if you have anything to say." Xiaolu shook his head and replied.

"Si Yao hasn't received the new clothes and money for staying up all night distributed in the manor last night. It's a good time to get them today, the first day of the new year. You can go and give them to her for me." Xiu Ming sighed lightly, handed the bag beside him to Xiaolu and said slowly.

"Master, where is Sister Si Yao now? What happened last night? Why is Master Er not here either?" Xiaolu took the bag and asked all the questions in his mind anxiously.

"They are all in prison." Xiu Ming sighed and continued to instruct: "Si Yao is now in the prince's courtyard. If you go there and don't see him, find A Nuo and ask him to bring the things in."

"I understand, sir." When Xiaolu heard that he was imprisoned and then heard about the prince's villa, his face changed. In order to prevent Xiuming from noticing, he quickly responded and left the study.

"What does the First Master want you to do? What are you holding in your hand? Did the First Master tell you where Sister Si Yao and the Second Master went?" As soon as he walked out of the study, Guo Ying pestered him and asked him repeatedly.

"Don't follow me. I have something the master told me to do." Xiaolu felt mixed emotions at this moment. He couldn't respond to Guo Ying as patiently as usual.

"What's the matter? Why is it so urgent?" Seeing Xiaolu's serious face for the first time, Guo Ying didn't dare to continue to pester him. She just asked with concern, but the other party had already walked away.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people of Mucheng were all immersed in the joy of the New Year. However, the magistrate of Mucheng, Situ Ting, had been feeling uneasy and had no appetite since he came back from the Prince Zong's villa last night. Not only did the Prince Zong not blame him, he also asked General Yu Cheng to borrow a few cells from him and nothing else happened. This kind of silence was really torturous.

The Zongwang Villa was still in silence. Yan Zong stood at the window of the tea room on the second floor, looking down at the room where Si Yao was imprisoned, and asked the black-clad guard behind him, "She started writing last night. What did she write?"

"I don't know." The black-clad guard didn't quite understand it, so he replied nervously.

"Let someone bring some out." Yan Zong immediately said in a cold voice with a gloomy face.

"Yes." The black-clad guards retreated quickly.

"Prince, there's a man outside who claims to be the medicine boy of Sanxiu Pharmacy. His name is Xiaolu, and he's here to deliver something to Miss Siyao." At this time, the housekeeper of the villa reported outside.

"Bring him to see me first." Yan Zong raised his eyes slightly, a little surprised, but quickly returned to his cold expression.

Xiaolu was led into the courtyard by the housekeeper. This was his first time to come to the villa, and it was also the first time he met the prince in a year, so he was naturally nervous.

"Prince Zong, the person has been brought here." The butler led Xiaolu to the tea room on the second floor and said respectfully.

"Well, you go down."

"Yes."

"Xiaolu has met His Highness."

After the housekeeper closed the door and went downstairs, Xiaolu knelt down in front of Yan Zong.

"What are you doing here?" Yan Zong looked at Xiaolu coldly. Before he could raise his troops to question him, this kid came to his door on his own initiative.

"Mr. Xiu Ming asked his subordinates to deliver new clothes and New Year's Eve money given by the pharmacy to Miss Si Yao." Xiaolu replied nervously.

"Have you checked it?" Yan Zong glanced at the bundle at the foot of the path and continued to ask.

"A new dress, some money for staying up all night, and a medical book."

"You have worked as a medicine boy in the pharmacy for a year, so you should know some medical knowledge, right? Do you know which medical book this comes from?" Speaking of medical books, Yan Zong immediately threw a few pieces of calligraphy in his hand in front of Xiaolu.

“Your Highness, the handwriting copied here is from the medical book, The Su Wen.” As soon as Xiao Lu saw the copy of the calligraphy, he recognized it as Si Yao’s handwriting. After he finished speaking, he turned the medical book in the bundle to the same paragraph as the copy of the calligraphy and handed them to Yan Zong.

After a careful comparison, Yan Zong was relieved and ordered someone to send the bundle and the medical book to Si Yao, but still left Xiao Lu.

"What kind of person do you think Huifeng is?" Yan Zong still had a cold face and asked with a probing look.

"He is a man of few words, with a deep mind that is hard to fathom, but he is kind-hearted and intelligent." Xiaolu replied bluntly.

"Hmph, since he is so hard to figure out, how can you tell that he has a kind nature?" Yan Zong sneered, with a slight annoyance on his face.

"I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Your Highness!" Xiaolu lowered his head and continued to kneel tremblingly.

"You have indeed failed in your duty. You have been living with the former Crown Prince of Feng for a whole year without even noticing it. He even planned to assassinate me right under your nose." Yan Zong's body seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his face was extremely cold.

"What? He is the former crown prince of Feng? And he is the one who plotted to assassinate Your Highness during the anti-epidemic ceremony?" Yan Zong's words shocked Xiao Lu again. After a moment of stunned silence, his face turned pale. He kowtowed and apologized: "Your Highness, please punish me for my negligence!"

Yan Zong was naturally furious at this time, but when he saw Xiaolu, who was about the same age as Arnold, kneeling in front of him and trembling with fear, he finally felt sympathy, so he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Instead of thinking about accepting the punishment, it is better to think about how to make up for the crime and make meritorious service."

"Your Highness, are you referring to Miss Si Yao?" Xiaolu raised his head slightly, hesitated for a while, and then knelt down on the ground with an embarrassed look: "I still beg Your Highness to punish me."

"What did you say?" Yan Zong frowned and said angrily.

"But before I punish you, please take a look at something first." Seeing that the prince's suppressed anger was about to burst out again, Xiaolu immediately handed over a small white card in his hand.

Yan Zong picked up the small white card with a gloomy face and looked at the portrait on it with confusion. The portrait looked exactly like Si Yao but with a very different expression.

"I found this in Miss Si Yao's room. It contains both her portrait and her household registration information. I think this mysterious business card is her true identity, but I have never heard of the country she comes from."

Yan Zong ignored Xiaolu and continued to study the business card in his hand in silence.

Seeing that Yan Zong was not angry, Xiao Lu continued to speak boldly: "Your Highness, Xiao Lu has never been slack since I was ordered to monitor Miss Si Yao's every move, but in the past few months of getting along, I have not noticed any unusual behavior from Miss Si Yao. Instead, I am impressed by her perseverance in studying medicine day and night in the medicine shop. On weekdays, Miss Si Yao treats everyone sincerely and abides by her duties..."

"You are my secret guard, but today you are speaking for someone I suspect?" Xiaolu's heartfelt words made Yan Zong unhappy. With Arnold in front and Xiaolu behind, they all pleaded for Si Yao, whose identity was unknown.

"Your Highness, please calm down. I will use my life to guarantee that Miss Si Yao is an upright person and is definitely not a spy." Xiaolu knelt solemnly in front of Yan Zong and continued to plead for Si Yao.

Yan Zong glanced at the business card in his hand, then looked at Xiaolu who was kneeling in front of him. Although he didn't say anything else, his expression was obviously relieved.