Pray for rain

Perhaps it was because the emperor ordered the nine princes to accompany him. Prime Minister Bai has been very friendly to Taiwei Xie recently, sending supplements and medicinal materials to Taiwei Xie like flowing water.Recently, the entire Bai family seemed to be happy and happy as if they had received orders from top to bottom, and Mrs. Xie also let go of her long-hanging heart.

Xie Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief on the day the emperor approved it.Only seven days later did Xie's family set off. It was a good day calculated by the emperor ordering people to watch the stars at night. He said that everything would go well if he set off on that day.In any case, Xie Wei finally had the leisure to take Xie Yuan to wander around, and he no longer felt tired, presumably the exhaustion before was born from the heart.

In the night market, whether it was snacks or all kinds of novel gadgets from the east, Xie Yuan was fascinated.Holding a bunch of candied haws in her hand, she squatted aside and looked at the hawker's Western stall.Xie Wei was reduced to a boy who carried things and paid for her, and held several small dioramas in his hands, which Xie Yuan wanted to take back to give to his little sisters.Xie Wei handed over the silver to the peddler, and the peddler smiled so much that his eyes narrowed.

At Xie Yuan's strong request, Xie Wei rented a small boat to go around the lake to see the night view.Xie Wei smiled and asked, "Didn't you swim across the lake with your cousins ​​that day?"

Xie Yuan replied: "But my brother has never been here, I am here to bring my brother."

Xie Wei couldn't help laughing, she obviously wanted to play for herself, but she insisted that it was for him.It's just that sitting on this small boat under the clear wind and bright moon, watching the boatman pierce the water with pennies, the sparse stars hanging in the air, and the laughter and laughter from the pleasure boats in the distance, all these really make Xie Wei feel comfortable and relaxed Incomparable.

He stood his index finger in the water, and after the boat passed, his fingertips drew a ripple on the lake.When rowing to the middle of the lake, the boatman sang Jiangnan ditties softly.Xie Wei saw a small fish fleeing from under the boat as if frightened, and couldn't help but look towards the bottom of the lake.

The lake reflects the bright moon, which is a bit dazzling.Suddenly he heard the boatman's ditty stop abruptly, Xie Wei turned around to look, saw a flash of cold light around his waist, and immediately went to grab Xie Yuan: "Yuan Yuan!"

But at this time, the boatman had already taken off his bamboo hat, held Xie Yuan tightly, and pressed the sharp dagger against Xie Yuan's throat.

The boatman said: "Don't move any more, or the knife in my hand won't have eyes."

Xie Wei's heart tightened: "Who are you?"

The boatman said coldly: "If it wasn't for Captain Xie, my master wouldn't have lost the grace. Today I want you to thank your family and pay the price!"

Xie Wei said: "Leave my sister alone, I will go with you."

The boatman laughed instead: "Who wants you to go with me? I want you to die!"

After finishing speaking, Xie Wei suddenly felt a sharp object pass through his chest, and the pain blurred his vision.Seeing him kneeling on the ground, Xie Yuan burst into tears and cried out for help.It turned out that the boatman had other accomplices who were hiding in the water, and would break out of the water as soon as his tune stopped.

Xie Wei was kicked into the lake by the boatman, splashing a lot of water, but no one heard of it in this quiet lake.The lake was stained red with blood, and he felt his body getting colder and colder. He tried to open his eyes, but lost consciousness.

When Xie Wei woke up again, it was already afternoon and the sky was bright.He found himself lying in an unfamiliar place, topless, while Pei Yu was sitting beside him, administering medicine for him.With a trembling of Pei Yu's hand, a large amount of golden sore medicine powder fell down, causing Xie Wei to gasp in pain.

Seeing his pupils constricted by the pain, Pei Yu asked, "Are you awake?"

"You are so fateful, you lost so much blood, and you can still be rescued by me."

Xie Wei looked around and said tightly, "Where's my sister?"

Pei Xuan lowered her eyelashes and said, "Those people seemed to have no intention of killing your sister, but they just brought her back to the shore. I rescued you from the bottom of the lake, and your sister disappeared."

Xie Wei froze, he could only think about the best result, closed his eyes and said, "Please report to my family..."

However, Pei Yu rejected him, saying: "Do you really think that it was the Fourth Prince who killed you yesterday?"

Xie Wei's expression froze: "What do you mean! Who are you?" And why did you appear by the lake late at night and happened to save him?

Only Pei Yu sighed and said: "I'm just an idler, but if you think about it carefully, if you die, there will be an uproar in the court. If someone with a heart says that the mastermind behind the scenes is imprisoned by the emperor and dissatisfied Prince, who will benefit?"

Naturally, the Ninth Prince and Prime Minister Bai behind him were on the same side, Xie Wei didn't dare to think about it any further.Before leaving, this matter was drawn up again, apparently to completely expel the fourth prince from this group of heroes through the fact that Xie Wei's death was unsubstantiated, Prime Minister Bai was so cruel.

"If you go home at this moment, in the White Mansion, just a single dose of medicine can kill you completely."

Every sentence made sense, as if the memory had hit Xie Wei's heart with a heavy hammer.Xie Wei choked up and said, "It's because I didn't think carefully, thank you very much."

Seeing Xie Wei's pale face due to excessive blood loss, Pei Zhen sighed inwardly.There are countless scrambles between mortals because of their desires, and they have been the same for thousands of years.At this time, Xie Wei was still a mortal, and after he ascended to the ascension, he probably wouldn't be worried about such things.

Pei Yu said softly: "I'll give you good medicine first."

He applied a large pinch of gold wound medicine that he had just sprinkled back on Xie Wei's wound, and then wrapped a bandage on him.Pei Xuan's hand brushed against Xie Wei's chest inadvertently, making Xie Wei tremble all over.Seeing the blush on Xie Wei's face, Pei Yu asked suspiciously, "Did I try too hard?"

Xie Wei blushed and couldn't say anything, just shook his head, and Pei Xuan continued to wrap the bandage.

After tying a perfect knot, Pei Yu said: "Take a good rest, I'll go find out the news for you."

Xie Wei was worried, and the wound was aching, how could he sleep.He just lay on the bed and nodded as if coping: "Thank you."

Pei Yu smiled at him and went out.

In the evening, when Xie Wei heard the sound of pushing the door, his whole body tensed up and fell into a state of defense.Seeing that it was Pei Yu who came in carrying the food box, he lay down again.

Pei Yu sat in front of the bed with a bowl of porridge, and said, "There's nothing to eat, let's have some porridge."

Seeing that he was holding a spoon to feed herself, Xie Wei wanted to say no, but found that his limbs were weak, so he swallowed the spoonful of porridge obediently.Xie Wei asked, "But what's the news?"

Pei Yu fed him and said, "As I expected, your sister has been sent back to the White Mansion by the 'good-hearted people'. According to your sister's story, they salvaged another unrecognizable swollen corpse in the lake. I assume you're dead."

Hearing what he said, Xie Wei suffocated.Now everything is being led by the nose, if Taiwei Xie believes that it was the fourth prince who did it, wouldn't he have fallen into the scheme of the ninth prince.

Seeing his nervous face, Pei Xuan smiled and said, "Didn't you notice that you are missing something?"

Xie Wei looked at him suspiciously, only to hear him say: "Don't worry, I secretly put your jade pendant on your father's desk."

In this way, Taiwei Xie will know that he is still alive and will not fight with the fourth prince.Xie Wei said gratefully: "Thank you so much, the Xie family owes you two lives, I don't know how to repay you."

Pei Yu looked at him with those deep eyes, and said with a smile: "There will always be a day when you repay me, don't worry." Xie Wei was a little puzzled, but he no longer felt that he was harboring ill intentions, and was gentle with him. smile.

On the second day, news came from the imperial court that the four princes of the admiral had slapped thirty sticks hard.Twenty sticks is enough to kill a person. I heard that the fourth prince's biological mother was begging outside the imperial study, crying, but the fourth prince still had enough of these thirty sticks, and the imperial doctor managed to save his life.

The emperor apologized in every possible way to Taiwei Xie who lost his beloved son. The prince killed his son, but the emperor was reluctant to let his son pay for his life.

The original schedule of departure four days later remained unchanged, but Prime Minister Bai's party brought down the fourth prince, and the ninth prince was about to follow Taiwei Xie to do the emperor's top priority, so they were elated.

In the White Mansion, Mrs. Xie knelt in front of Xie Weiling, her eyes were red and swollen, she hugged her daughter tightly and did not let go.Taiwei Xie was guarding against Prime Minister Bai and did not tell her about the jade pendant. Both she and Xie Yuan thought that Xie Wei was really dead.Tomorrow was going to be buried, she cried and made noises, and she was too tired to make a sound at this time.

Madam Xie gritted her teeth with hatred, she only hoped that the thirty sticks would kill the fourth prince, who would have thought that the fourth prince would escape, which made her feel sad and painful.

Xie Wei's body was swollen and ugly. In the past, who would not say that her son was talented and handsome?Now they hold their noses and refuse to approach the mourning hall.Taiwei Xie was still busy returning to Yicheng, which made Mrs. Xie feel a little bit of resentment in her heart.

Xie Yuan was in her arms, crying out of breath.That day she saw her brother was stabbed with a sword and then fell into the lake, she thought she was doomed.But she was thrown on the shore by those two people, and then brought back to the White Mansion in a daze.When she thought of her beloved elder brother turning into a cold corpse in a coffin, she couldn't stop crying.

Seeing their grief, Captain Xie wanted to tell Mrs. Xie the truth, but he was afraid that the walls would have ears, so he held back and continued to come and go between the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry.

Hearing from Pei Yu that Captain Xie did not hesitate at all, he still wanted to go back to Yicheng.Xie Wei was a little impatient, he and Taiwei Xie had been looking forward to this matter for a long time, so now he wants to recuperate here and miss the time to go back to Yicheng with Taiwei Xie?

Seeing that he was really anxious, Pei Xuan sighed: "You have to recover from the injury for a few more days, you can't even stand up now."

Xie Wei said: "You have been to Mobei, and you know how severe the drought is there. If we don't get the South-to-North Water Diversion done as soon as possible, how many people will continue to suffer?"

Speaking of which, Pei Yu hasn't heard from Geng Ze for a long time. It's not that there is no rain in Mobei, but that he and Geng Ze have rained many times, but they seem to be blocked by something.Geng Ze will one day succeed him, so Pei Yu asked him to handle this matter alone.It seems that this matter is not that simple, otherwise there will be no news for so many days.

Pei Yu had no choice but to comfort Xie Wei and said, "Maybe when you return to Mobei, you will find that everything is alright." Presumably Geng Ze shouldn't be so useless...

Xie Wei smiled wryly. He remembered the letter Taiwei Xie had received. The people of Yicheng were now bewitched by a Taoist priest to pray for rain every day.

So he sighed: "Now I just hope that everything will go smoothly, and the channel from the source of the river to Mobei will be opened as soon as possible, so that the water can be led to Mobei..." This is the right way to save the people of Yicheng.