my lord is sick

When Xie Yan was still wondering when a red mole appeared on his chest, he saw his mother's body limp and fell backwards, and hurriedly hugged him in panic, "Mother! What's wrong with you, mother?"

Wu Ling was supported to sit down and poured a cup of hot tea before regaining some strength.She raised her eyes and looked at her little son who was squatting beside her worryingly, feeling angry, she stretched out her hand and slapped Xie Yan hard a few times.

Xie Yan grinned in pain, didn't call out, didn't beg for mercy, and let his mother slap her as much as she wanted. When Wu Ling stopped, Xie Yan rubbed his shoulders and said with a flattering smile, "Mother, your hand strength is good again."

Wu Ling didn't have the strength to scold him, "You follow me to Qinghui Courtyard, Mother has something to ask you."

When she arrived at Qinghui Courtyard, Wu Ling dismissed all the servants around her, and when only she and Xie Yan were left in the room, she said, "Do you know what you took out today?"

"Isn't it just two little bugs?" Xie Yan said, but no matter how dull his brain was, he could react now, those two little bugs were not simple.

Wu Ling wanted to hit him again, "Those are two Gu worms, mother-child Gu, named life-death Gu."

Xie Yan didn't understand, "Life and death Gu, what is that?"

Wu Ling took a sip of tea and said, "It's a life-replacing Gu. Those who carry the child Gu can replace the life of the mother Gu once."

Xie Yan half understood, "Mother, what do you mean, the mother Gu is in fatal danger, it should die, but it won't die because there are child Gu to help it survive?"

Wu Ling nodded, "What you planted on your body is Zi Gu."

"Me?" Xie Yan pointed at himself incredulously, then thought of the red mole when his mother picked his chest to look at it just now, pulled off his collar, and shouted: "It can't be this, right? How could it be on me? Plant this?"

Wu Ling supported his forehead with a headache, "That's it, you must have been stung by a bug before you came back."

Thinking of the sudden sharp pain on the side of his neck, Xie Yan finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and said at a loss: "I just thought it was two strange little bugs, who knew they were Gu bugs, they could bite people, no wonder they hurt so much Mother, I will not die!"

"Now you know you're afraid?" Wu Ling also felt sorry for her son, Xie Yan was born by her desperately, and she saved her life... Well, it's all her fault, she should have dealt with this pair of Gu worms long ago, If it wasn't for the thought of leaving a way out for the family just in case, he wouldn't have harmed his son today.

Wu Ling blamed herself endlessly, but she also understood that it was useless to blame herself now, she still had to find a way to prevent Yan'er from doing anything wrong before getting rid of the Gu worm.

Wu Ling asked: "What about the mother Gu, where did you see it fly?"

"I just saw it fly to King Cheng, and when I looked for it, the mother Gu was gone." Xie Yan said sadly, he is still in a daze now, why is it the Gu insect who took his life?But it was impossible for his mother to lie to him, so he kept wiping the red mole on his heart with his fingers. His skin was fair and tender, and that piece of skin would be scratched by him.

Wu Ling took his hand away, tidied up his clothes, and said to Xie Yan: "The life-death Gu can't be planted for more than one stick of incense, so the mother Gu is likely to be planted on Cheng Wang. Cheng Wang has a weird temper, don't you?" It's so close, but Yan'er, we still have to find a way to get close to King Cheng, and see if there are any red moles like yours on his chest."

"Prince Cheng?" Xie Yan burst into tears, "Mother, King Cheng is smiling all day long, but everyone knows that he has a cruel temper and kills people without blinking an eye. If his son approaches him, will he be slashed by him before he approaches?" It's gone!"

Wu Ling patted Xie Yan's head affectionately, but she couldn't refuse what she said, "You are the only one who is suitable at home, as long as you are not hacked to death, you have to go."

In terms of blood relationship, Xie Yan is Jinshang's nephew, so he can be called Jinshang's cousin. He and Xiao Chengzhou are also cousins, but they are really unfamiliar.Xie Yanchang is so old, and he has only seen Xiao Chengzhou from a distance a few times at various banquets.And before yesterday, the closest he came into contact with Xiao Chengzhou was when he saw him cut off an eunuch's arm with a knife with a smile on his face. When he was standing close, the blood spattered half of his face.That time cast a huge psychological shadow on Xie Yan, and afterward he saw Xiao Chengzhou always took a detour.

Now he has no choice but to take the initiative to get close to this evil god, Xie Yan only thinks "Heaven is going to kill me"!

If Xie Yan wants to get close to Xiao Chengzhou, he must first know where he is.Normally, Xie Yan would definitely not know where Xiao Chengzhou would appear, but recently, he would know after a little inquiring.Because it was the Queen Mother's birthday soon, Xiao Chengzhou would go to Yunxu Temple every year to pray for the Queen Mother without hesitation, staying for half a month, many people knew about it.The person sent by Wu Ling said that Xiao Chengzhou had just returned from a business trip in other places, and after entering the palace to reply, he moved into Yunxu Temple almost non-stop.

Without further ado, Wu Ling asked someone to pack Xie Yan's clothes, and before leaving the house, he told Xie Yan: "No one can tell about life and death Gu, especially Cheng Wang."

Xie Yan nodded dejectedly, he understood that although their Xie family is not well-known and none of their family members have serious official positions, they are not from unknown people. blackmail use.

"Although Cheng Wang is moody, but for your grandmother's sake, he doesn't dare to kill you." Wu Ling said, and pushed Xie Yan into the carriage.

After watching Xie Yan's carriage go away, the forced smile on Wu Ling's face disappeared, and she entered the hall, where an unremarkable man in black was waiting.

"Kumbu." Wu Ling called him, "Go back to Nanling for me, and deliver this letter to the clan elders."

Kunbu didn't ask anything, took the envelope, cupped his hands at Wu Ling, and turned to leave.

Yunxu Temple is just outside the city of Kyoto, not far away, Xie Yan arrived in less than half an hour by carriage.

There was a little novice in front of the mountain gate. Xie Yan said that he would stay for a few more days when he came to pray for the elders in his family.Because he wanted to get close to Xiao Chengzhou, he purposely revealed his identity, and mentioned his grandmother's name, putting on airs of a dandy.

The little novice arranged a small independent courtyard for their master and servant.

When passing by, Xie Yan pointed to the innermost courtyard guarded by guards in front of the door, and asked the little monk, "Who lives there?"

The little novice didn't answer, just clasped his hands together and smiled, took them to the small courtyard, bowed and left.

Xie Yan muttered angrily: "Is there anything I can't say..." He was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent it, but because he did it all by himself, he could only cry, "Why am I so unlucky!"

Suddenly, his life was not his life!

Xie Yan is not the kind of person who bullies others. He purposely disclosed his identity just now because his status is relatively close to that of King Cheng, and the residence he arranged should not be too far away.The place where several servants were packing up, a boy squatted by the door to see if Xiao Chengzhou lived in the small courtyard, and Nan Xing took care of Xie Yan.

Xiao Tong squatted at the gate of the courtyard until the next morning, when there was finally a movement from the small courtyard, Xiao Tong immediately went to report to Xie Yan.

There are no entertainment activities in this temple. Xie Yan went to bed early last night, and woke up early today. He spread out on the bed with nothing to do, and the grass was almost growing. When he heard the report from the boy, he ran out without wearing shoes, like a thief He opened the gate of the courtyard a small crack, and lay down on it to look out desperately.

Xiao Chengzhou led two guards out of the courtyard. He was dressed in white and looked like an upright gentleman. With smiling eyes, he glanced lightly at the courtyard door, and saw the person behind the door looked frightened. Like a bunny, he flinched back.

After walking away, Kong Qing said: "The one living there is the young master of the Xie family."

Chang Shan said: "Why is it him again?"

The two glanced at Xiao Chengzhou's back and frowned at the same time.

Xiao Chengzhou said softly: "No hurry, let's see what he wants to do."

Behind the door, Xie Yan patted his chest, Xiao Chengzhou's smile was really terrifying!He was like this back then, he cut off the eunuch's arm without even moving his eyes, and finally wiped the blood from the knife on the howling eunuch's body slowly.

After the fear was over, Xie Yan was anxious again, let alone whether he could restrain his fear of Xiao Chengzhou, now it is confirmed that the person in the yard is Xiao Chengzhou, but he is not familiar with Xiao Chengzhou, how should he get close to him?Invite him to dinner and drink?

Xie Yan observed Xiao Chengzhou secretly for a few days, and gradually figured out the other party's routine: every day after breakfast, Xiao Chengzhou would go to the front to listen to Zen with the master, and stay in the courtyard in the afternoon, it is said that he would copy scriptures, and he would copy them all afternoon, not at night. will come out.So Xie Yan only had the chance to see Xiao Chengzhou every morning.

"Why is this young master Xie always following us?" Kong Qing glanced at Xie Yan who was walking behind them swaggeringly, and said displeasedly.

A few days ago, this young master Xie followed them furtively, thinking they didn't know, but now he started to follow them even more blatantly.

Xiao Chengzhou turned his head, Xie Yan felt guilty, he turned his head away almost immediately, then turned back, pretending to say: "What a coincidence, my lord, are you going to listen to Zen today?"

Xiao Chengzhou nodded with a smile, "Since Master Xie is also going, let's go together."

The corner of Xie Yan's mouth froze, seeing Xiao Chengzhou standing there waiting for him, he could only bite the bullet and walk over.Xiao Chengzhou seems to be a very gentle and friendly person, only those who have seen his true face know how cold-blooded this person is.Xie Yan was shorter than Xiao Chengzhou, standing beside him seemed to be squatting next to a big mountain, feeling full of oppression.

Xiao Chengzhou didn't seem to notice Xie Yan's unease at all, and spoke to him very kindly: "How is the eldest princess? Are you here to pray for her old man?"

Xie Yan came here to talk about this name, so he naturally said yes, and then he thought that since he wanted to get acquainted with Xiao Chengzhou, he had to establish a relationship first, regardless of the good and evil of others, he just likes to listen to good things.So Xie Yan said with a chuckle: "Your Highness is praying for the Empress Dowager. His filial piety and sincerity are as good as every day for ten years. People are very respectful."

Kong Qing and Chang Shan couldn't help twitching the corners of their mouths.

Xie Yan didn't know it, because he was very afraid of Xiao Chengzhou, his smile looked dry, and what he said sounded like sarcasm, he seemed unable to speak at all.

Are you a relationship?You are deliberately looking for trouble for revenge.

Xiao Chengzhou lowered his eyes and smiled lightly, "Master Xie, you are so interesting."