That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 160
Thank you for your family.

Xie's guest room is actually more luxurious than the main rooms of many ordinary rich and noble families. It's not so magnificent, but every place is extremely exquisite and thoughtful. There are three things on the furnace bottle, in which are burning agarwood cakes made during the reign of Dazheng Shenzong, and beside them are pictures of recreational outings and night tours with candles, all of which are authentic works of the previous dynasty.

There is another bookshelf next to it, on which there are many books, not limited to Confucianism, but all three religions and hundreds of schools, and there are even rare books.On both sides of the bookshelf are a pair of huge floor-to-ceiling Ru Kiln vases, and on the small-leaf red sandalwood table a little further away is a very rare Western clock, inlaid with gold and jade, which is extremely exquisite.

The floor is covered with carpets from the Western Regions, and the footsteps are silent. Outside, there are eight ladies' screens painted in gold, each of which is different from each other. It is obvious that they are also made by famous masters. The guest room can be like this, and the main hall of the main house is even more unimaginable. Family, but that's all.

At this time, Xu Beiyou was lying on the big carved bed, his face was pale and unconscious.

On the edge of the bed sat Her Royal Highness Xiao Zhinan and Princess Xiao Yuanying, the sick tiger Zhang Wubing stood aside, and the three maids including Yinzhu, Qiuguang and Huaping were guarding the outside room, other than that, there was no one else.

Xu Beiyou's sword box was placed upright and leaning against the head of the bed, stained with blood.

Xiao Zhinan stared at Xu Beiyou for a long time, with undisguised worry on his face, and asked, "Dutu Zhang, how is Xu Beiyou doing?"

"It's not optimistic. The Southern Ghost Emperor's attack was extremely vicious. He not only injected the corpse poison into Xu Beiyou's body, but also broke his spine. In a state where there is no life or death, if you want to recover, you still need the Taoist Nine-Turn Golden Elixir."

Zhang Wubing's face was serious, and his voice was even more serious.In fact, there are still a few words that he has not uttered, let alone how precious and rare the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir that can revive the dead is, ordinary Daoist people in the Taoist sect may not have one, even if Xu Beiyou really used the Nine-Turn Golden Pill, That's just saving a useless person. Would Her Royal Highness be willing to do such a loss-making business?

Her Royal Highness hummed lightly, and after a little hesitation, she was about to get up and leave.

Xiao Yuanying suddenly reached out and grabbed her sleeve, lowered his head and said softly: "Sister, just pretend to be begging you."

Xiao Zhinan turned his head to look at her, shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to save her, but that I don't have the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir either."

Xiao Yuanying's fingers were like hooks, clenched tightly on her big sleeves, raised her head to look at her, her lips trembled slightly, "I remember you had one. On the [-]th birthday of the emperor's grandmother, Mrs. Murong presented a golden elixir on behalf of the Taoist sect. Congratulations, later the imperial grandmother left a decree to leave all her private treasury to you, including that golden elixir."

Xiao Zhinan said softly, "Yuanying, do you remember that my aunt had a serious illness three years ago?"

Xiao Yuanying was taken aback for a moment, and then murmured: "The imperial doctor said that my aunt was the root cause of a serious disease in her early years, and there was almost no cure, but she recovered inexplicably afterwards, could it be that my sister sent the golden elixir? "

Xiao Zhinan said calmly: "You are still young. When you remember, my aunt's health is not very good, and she rarely shows up on weekdays, so you may not have any impression of my aunt. I am different from you. My aunt has no children under her knees, and she has no children. She lost her husband early, so she regarded me as a half-child, although she lived a very hard life, but I still don't want her to die so early."

Xiao Yuanying slowly loosened Xiao Zhinan's sleeve, feeling a little dazed.

Xiao Zhinan said softly: "Now we can only wait for Mr. Ping'an to come back. If he has no choice, then there is really no way to recover."

Until dusk, Zhang Baisui finally came belatedly, and saw Xiao Zhinan in the main hall of the other courtyard.

For some reason, this powerful eunuch was full of wind and frost, but he still did not forget the etiquette. After performing a complete set of etiquette to the princess according to the rules, he asked unhurriedly: "I don't know if your highness is urgent. What's the point of summoning the old slave?"

Xiao Zhinan roughly explained the cause and effect, and said, "So please ask Mr. Ping An to save his life."

Zhang Baisui was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but said: "This old slave needs to take a look at the young man's situation first."

Xiao Zhinan personally led the way and said, "Mr. Ping An, please follow me."

When they came to the guest room, Zhang Wubing was guarding here personally, and when he saw Zhang Baisui, he took the lead in saluting, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I will meet Mr. Ping'an in the end."

Zhang Baisui smiled and said: "Dudu Zhang, I haven't seen you for some years. Now His Majesty has given you a chance to return to the court. You must not disappoint His Majesty's trust."

Zhang Wubing was obviously a little afraid of this giant eunuch who almost killed him many years ago, he didn't say much, but silently stepped aside.

The atmosphere was a little stiff for a while, Xiao Zhinan had no choice but to stand up and smooth things over: "Zhang Daban, the person on the bed is Xu Beiyou."

The gloomy Zhang Baisui didn't take His Royal Highness's face off. He glanced at the unconscious Xu Beiyou, frowned slightly, and flicked his fingers, only to see streaks of dark black air gradually emerge, swimming quickly on Xu Beiyou's body surface, Like snakes and insects.

These black qi seem to be messy, long and short, and they seem to be out of order when walking, but in fact they spread along Xu Beiyou's whole body to the heart and lungs. Once the poisonous qi enters the heart, it will be the realm of immortal Xu Beiyou cannot be saved.

"Xuanyin Corpse Poison." Zhang Baisui sneered, "It really is a trick of the Town Demon Palace."

While speaking, Zhang Baisui stretched out his five fingers, and a warm air machine was injected into Xu Beiyou's body from the air. In front of Zhang Baisui's magnificent air machine, the Southern Ghost Emperor Xuanyin Corpse Poison couldn't hold it at all, and after a little struggle and resistance, They started to wander around quickly, and were finally forced to a dead end by Zhang Baisui's Qi. There was no way to escape, and they could only fade away quickly.

Zhang Baisui said in a soft voice: "The corpse poison is easy to detox, but the injury is tricky. The young man's spine is broken, and it's not too difficult to connect it. The hard thing is whether it can be restored after it is connected. Those of us Nian is good at killing people, but he doesn't save people very much. If he tries his best, he may only be [-]% sure. As for whether to save or not, I'd like to ask Her Royal Highness to decide."

Xiao Zhinan hesitated for a moment after hearing the words.

She didn't expect Xu Beiyou's life to be in her own hands in the end.

Her Royal Highness glanced at the unconscious Xu Beiyou, thought for a moment, then turned around, and said softly, "Then I will have Lao Zhang as my companion."

Zhang Baisui bowed slightly.

Xiao Zhinan walked out, Zhang Wubing followed behind her.

Coming outside the door, Xiao Zhinan stopped in his tracks and asked without turning his head: "Dudu Zhang, if I remember correctly, you should be seventy-seven years old this year."

Looking at his appearance, Zhang Wubing, who was only in his thirties, nodded lightly and said: "The last general participated in the Taihu Red Scarf Army uprising at the age of 16, and surrendered to the late Emperor at the age of 20. It has been fifty years since then."

"It's been so long since seventy years of life. Is there anything Dudu Zhang can't let go of?" She said calmly, "You should be in the northwest."

Zhang Wubing said calmly: "I'm here to meet someone, and then I'll go to the northwest."

Xiao Zhinan hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "When you go back to the northwest, take him away too."

This him, of course, refers to the young man whose life or death is uncertain in the house.

Xiao Zhinan sighed, "In the Northeast Muwang Palace, Gongsun Zhongmou told me not to rush to drag Xu Beiyou, who is not good enough, into this muddy water. Now that I think about it, Mr. Gongsun really has the foresight."

Zhang Wubing shook his head and said, "He chose the path himself."

Xiao Zhinan was slightly surprised and stunned, and looked back at Zhang Wubing.

Zhang Wubing smiled and said: "Since he chose to take over Gongsun Zhongmou's mantle, he should know that today will come, and he can live and die without blaming others. But then again, although this young man's background is a little lower, his realm is poor It’s a bit rough, but he has a good heart. If he can’t die this time and can survive this test, he should have a place in this world in the future.”

Xiao Zhinan also smiled, "Water flows to low places, people go to high places, he is an ambitious person, I don't mind pulling him a little more when he is down, it doesn't matter if it is for utilitarianism or other schemes In short, I don't want him to die in Jiangdu, a place that only cares about interests but not human feelings."

Zhang Wubing said in a deep voice: "He won't die, he is Gongsun Zhongmou's apprentice, if he dies, he should die in the hands of Qiu Ye, what is it to die in the hands of Xiaoxiao like the Southern Ghost Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)