Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 889 The Last Chance
The cold wind whimpered, unable to cover up the sobs suppressed in the man's throat.

Those broken sounds lingered and were congested in the throat. In the end, the words and sentences failed to form, and they sounded like the whine of wild animals.

The old lady let out a long sigh, wiped the corners of her eyes and turned around to walk in. After walking only two steps, she seemed to suddenly remember, she turned her face slightly in the direction of Shangguan Chu and asked softly, "You..." Do you know the Shangguan family’s treasure?”

"Although I have heard about it, I know very little... I only know that Shangguan fled to the south of the Yangtze River for this matter." Although he concealed something, he did not dare to mess with it in any major matter, so he could only agree softly. .

The old man's face suddenly turned cold, and he was still a little puzzled, "Didn't I say before that it was because your mother offended the imperial concubine that the Shangguan family had to avoid her?"

The look in his eyes was dark, which made Shangguan Chu feel frightened, but he still answered honestly, "I think it's just an external excuse..."

"What's the excuse?" The old lady raised her eyes, her eyes lingered on Shangguan Chu for a moment, and then she slowly looked back, "It's an excellent excuse... He himself escaped with a treasure that made everyone in the world salivate. , leaving that infamy to my daughter... you can write a letter back and ask him what's going on. "

"Yes……"

Putting her cane on the ground and stepping across the threshold, the old lady said again, "Just say...that's what I want to ask. My daughter has been implicated, and my daughter's daughter is implicated, and now she has to implicate her other daughter, me." Young Master of the Ji family, the reason for this is still unclear in the end... I don't agree." After saying that, he stepped over the threshold and hit the door frame with his crutch, neither lightly nor hard.

But Shangguan Chu already understood that the old man was angry. He sighed softly, bowed even more and answered respectfully, "Yes..."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and the embroidered shoes with cloth soles were no longer heard after a while. Only the sound of the cane tapping on the ground was left, one after another, slowly and slowly disappearing away. One can imagine the old man hunching his back slightly and sighing softly.

In the dark sky, broken snow began to drift. The snowflakes were not big, and they were carried up and down by the wind. They did not fall to the ground for a long time, and they felt a slight chill on the cheeks.

Shen Qian knelt in front of Xu Siniang. He didn't even make a sound. He just held Xu Siniang in a daze, as if his soul was out of body. After a long time, he turned his head and looked at Sanji, who was lying aside and had long since lost his breath, and asked quietly, "Is it him? Is he from the East Palace? Is it what I told you?" The voice was very low, scattered in the wind, and could hardly be heard.

Ji Wuyan stood aside and responded in a low voice, "Well... there is part of the reason." Regarding the treasure, she heard Father Shen say that it was said to be a huge amount of weapons, armor, gold and silver. , my grandfather took these things with him to Jiangnan to organize an army. However, Ji Wuyan didn't know the results, nor did Shen's father, and Li Yuqi didn't even know that the Shen family existed among them. If not, such a tragedy might have happened a long time ago.

"What about the other part?"

Ji Wuyan tightened his fingertips, lowered his eyes and bit the corner of his mouth, remaining silent. Ning Xiuyuan glanced at Ji Wuyan and spoke on his behalf, "In order to save Miss Shen who was involved from having any worries, and to protect the people of Yanjing from a cruel and cruel king... he hanged himself." He avoided Shangguan Yuan's words. Firstly, he didn't want everything today to look like the Shangguan family was dragging him down, causing a estrangement between the two parties. Secondly, he didn't want to bring up the old things again, which made Ji Wuyan even more uneasy. He didn't say condolences. In the face of such sudden life and death, all the relief seemed too pale.

Shen Qian held Xu Siniang with one hand and carefully wiped the blood on her sleeve with the other hand. His expression was dazed, and he didn't know if he heard it.

He wiped it carefully and gently, as if he were treating the most precious poem in his life. Fine snowflakes fell on Xu Siniang's face. He looked at the snowflakes that had not melted for a long time and said softly. , "Si Niang... look, it's snowing. In the past, I took you to enjoy the snow. You said this was something only rotten literati would do. It was too pretentious. It would be better to drink wine and eat meat around the fire. . Siniang, I will take you home, back to our own home... I saw that the plum tree in your yard is blooming beautifully. It will be great for us to sit under it, drink wine and eat meat while smelling the fragrance and enjoying the snow. "

His voice was very soft, scattered in the wind, like he was talking in his sleep.

"You..." Ji Wuyan raised his hand, but he didn't say anything. He just watched the other party take off his robe and put it on Xu Siniang. His hands were purple with cold and there were a lot of them on the back. There were bloody scratches, but his movements were extremely gentle, as if he was afraid of waking up Xu Siniang's sweet dream.

After holding the person in his arms, he slowly looked at Sanji, then at Ji Wuyan, then at Shen Luoxin who was being held by Shangguan Chu, then turned his head and said in a low voice, "Thank you... ...I have to ask the girl to take care of Luo Xin, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of him."

"Don't worry." Ji Wuyan nodded, hesitated for a moment, swallowed back all the comfort that was on his lips, and just said, "Luo Xinru and I are sisters. You can rest assured that she is with me... …If you need help over there, just send a servant over and say it.”

Father Shen nodded silently, looked deeply at Shen Luoxin, and then walked back without saying a word, hugging Xu Siniang...

Ji Wuyan wanted the carriage to take him away. He raised his hand and was about to speak when he was stopped by Ning Xiuyuan, "It doesn't matter. Let him go on his own... This opportunity will be the last."

"Ning Xiuyuan..." She looked at Shen Qian's suddenly older figure, called to the people around her softly, and said, "I thought I could save her... Even if I can't save her, I plan to use the prescription Come and replace me. I gave her hints, it’s okay...why doesn’t she understand?”

Ning Xiuyuan shook his head and handed the long sword to Xi Yu. He looked at Bai Xing who ran out sweating profusely and was stunned for a moment. He sighed softly, "It's not that she doesn't understand. She just wants to She has to protect you in her own way..." In the final analysis, it was his fault because he did not give the antidote to Xu Siniang. Xu Siniang felt that her time was running out, so she used such a self-destructive method to prevent Li Yuqi's comeback. road.

It's just these things that he can't say.

Ning Xiuyuan glanced at Shen Luoxin at the door, exchanged a knowing look with Shangguan Chu, and then took Ji Wuyan in his arms and walked in, "Just leave the palace to me and Lord Shen, you go first Go and rest. When Miss Shen wakes up, you will have to worry about comforting her. "