Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 306 Darkness of Chen Cang and the Method of Breaking It (Third)
Holding her tray, Ziqiu stretched her neck and watched Ning Xiuyuan walk towards his room. She didn't jump three feet until the door next door opened and then closed. He ran to Ji Wuyan's side in three or two steps, and excitedly asked for credit, "Girl girl! Is the slave girl acting calm today? Isn't it? Master Ning didn't notice any abnormalities at all, did he?"

The corner of Ji Wuyan's mouth twitched, and he stretched out an index finger to push Ziqiu's head away, then lowered his head to get the piece of paper in his sleeve, unfolded it while shaking his head, "Ning Xiuyuan didn't realize it probably wasn't because of you The acting is calm, but he feels that no one will send you over to do this..."

To be honest, Ji Wuyan was also very curious that this was so out of tune.

Looking down at the small note on the bottom of the bowl, it was immediately clear - it came from the Miss Shen family who sometimes tunes and sometimes doesn't.

Shen Luoxin explained in the note that tomorrow is the day for the Ye family to perform rituals, at noon, the time when the yang energy is at its peak, and when all the monsters have nowhere to hide.

For such an important matter, Ziqiu came to spread the word, and she didn't know whether to say that Shen Luoxin was sure that Ning Xiuyuan was negligent towards Ziqiu, or that she didn't consider the possibility of being discovered by Ning Xiuyuan at all...

Ji Wuyan pointed to the book Ning Xiuyuan put there, touched his dry hair, and said, "Help me get it here, I won't get up... You pack the dishes and go Rest."

Ziqiu nodded his head and said hello, handed the book on the table to Ji Wuyan respectfully, and then withdrew.

I thought it was a miscellaneous book suitable for reading before going to bed, but I didn't expect it to be a leading strategy... Is there such a book in the library?Many of the books in Zangshu Pavilion were brought by Mr. Chen, medical books in a large carriage, some miscellaneous notes, travel notes, and books introducing local customs and customs.

Art of war...?Watch it before bed?What kind of weird habit is Ning Xiuyuan? Ji Wuyan frowned and flipped through it casually, and found that a corner had been folded to mark a certain place. When he turned over, there were a few large characters, darkly concealing Chen Cang's method.

His temples twitched violently, inexplicably thinking of Ziqiu's question just now, Ning Xiuyuan... did he find anything unusual?If you really didn't find it, then what's the meaning of breaking a corner at this place?Or, are you guilty of being a thief?

But if he really found out, according to Ning Xiuyuan's temperament, he probably wouldn't play charades with her.

Besides... Even if he could see that someone had passed a small note to her, he didn't see who sent it and what the content of the small note was... Mmm!It must be a coincidence!

Miss Ji, who never believed in coincidences, threw away the suspicious military book in her hand, blew out the candles and lay down.

It was a dreamless night.

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On the second day, the temperature dropped again, and the throat that had been relieved after drinking the ginger soup yesterday was burning with pain when I woke up in the morning.

One head has two big heads, none of the facial features is comfortable, each has its own troubles.

Waking up in a daze, she heard Ning Xiuyuan in the courtyard whispering to Ziqiu to go to the Ningguo Mansion to get a few pieces of material to make some cloaks and jackets for preparation. She listened and fell asleep again Yes, when I woke up again, the sun had already shone brightly into the room.

Ning Xiuyuan was sitting by the bed, still reading the military book from last night.

Ji Wuyan felt guilty for no reason, coughed, and met the other party's gaze, "What time is it?" After speaking, she was also shocked, her voice...was worse than yesterday's.If yesterday was like a saw sawing a bed leg, today is a rusty saw sawing a bed leg...

"It's just arrived at Sishi." Ning Xiuyuan put down the book of war in his hand, leaned over to help her sit up, and then brought over the soup behind him, "It's my fault, yesterday you opened the window after you took a bath, and I also opened the window." I didn't notice, maybe it was because of the cold wind blowing at that time, the wind and cold became more and more serious... The ginger soup is no longer useful, so I drank the medicine."

As he spoke, he stretched out the back of his hand to touch her forehead, then touched his own, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, I didn't have a fever."

"Sore throat..." She pursed her mouth and lowered her head to smell the medicine, which was so strong that she could smell it even if she blocked her nose.He frowned, and pushed away with a mournful face, "Who prescribed this medicine?" Mr. Chen would never prescribe such a medicine that smells disgusting.

"Doctor of Duke Ning's Mansion." Ning Xiuyuan explained, "Mr. Chen is lying down by himself, but he is not suffering from a cold. When I asked him, he only talked about old problems and refused to show it to the doctor...I also prepared candied fruit. Well, after you drink it, eat two candied fruit. You will enter the palace for a banquet in two days, so it’s not good to have such a voice, even if you want to quarrel, you can’t win, right?”

Chen always had a problem, he never wanted to show it to other doctors, this Ji Wuyan also knew it, she didn't explain, she just looked sideways at Ning Xiuyuan, "Who is going to quarrel?"

Having said that, he honestly held his breath and took three or two sips. After drinking, he suddenly pushed the bowl away, breathing heavily, biting the candied fruit handed over by the other party, patting his chest, with lingering fear on his face, "What kind of doctor in the Ningguo mansion...prescribed a life-threatening medicine..." If she hadn't gone out to Ye's house at noon, she wouldn't have drunk such a deadly thing.

"Ordinary doctor, your medical skills are not always as good as Mr. Chen's. But I told you to use it more aggressively. Ordinary decoctions are slow to take effect. I am worried that this typhoid fever will affect your condition that day..." As he spoke, he stroked the broken hair between her forehead , coaxing infinitely tenderly and patiently, "Sleepy? If you're sleepy, lie down and rest for a while to sweat. If you're not sleepy... lie down too, and I'll talk to you."

The head of the whole person was in a daze, thinking that she would go to Ye's house later, she really should have a good rest, so she shook her head, "I'm a little sleepy, I'll take a nap...Call me before lunch."

With that said, he retracted into the bed and closed his eyes.

Ning Xiuyuan helped her tuck the corners of the quilt, smiled lightly and nodded, and then took the book of war and flipped through it.

Ji Wuyan still understands her body well. Although the wind and cold are a bit menacing this time, she has a good foundation. If it was a different day, she would not need to drink medicine at all. She would drink a large cup of hot water and wake up wrapped in a quilt. Come and be all right.

Drinking the medicine obediently today is all for the sake of avoiding accidents.

But... that's it, an accident happened.

She fell asleep soon, but her mind was full of things, and she was not sleeping well. She was half asleep and half awake, and vaguely heard many people talking, including Ning Xiuyuan, Ziqiu, and Shen Luoxin, but those voices were vague. She couldn't hear clearly, and after a while, she fell asleep again.

When I woke up again, candles were lit in the room, and there was a faint smell of tranquilizing incense.

Outside... it's getting dark!
(End of this chapter)