Taohuaxi

Chapter 63
Qin Mingxu's arm was filled with dense red blisters and pus leaked out, which was shocking.

Hua Lian said: "My boss, this is wolfsbane!"

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", a medical book written during the Chenghua reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, contains that Wolfsvenom, also known as Five Tigers Down the Western Mountains, grows in the grasslands of southern Yunnan, has a bitter and numb taste, and is highly toxic.

For a moment, there seemed to be a string of beads scattered in my mind.In the past few hours after returning from the wedding banquet, all the sober cloths were arranged like drum heads.The beads fell and hit the drum skin, deafening.

Qin Mingxu's face was convulsed, but he still smiled at me suavely: "Sang Yu, there is a little skin injury, it doesn't hurt, just be fine."

I supported him and said to Hua Lian, "Quick! Go and call the doctor!"

Hua Lian agreed and rushed out.

Wang Yuzhen saw the chaos in the yard and prepared to sneak away quietly.

Qin Mingxu's followers rushed forward and held her down.

I carefully helped Qin Mingxu to a small room next to the wine warehouse and lay down.In this small room, I sometimes take a rest when I get tired from working on the cabinet.There was only a narrow wooden bed and a small table inside.There is pen and ink on the table, and the half-painted "Peach Blossom Creek" I painted.

In the painting, there are mountains full of peach blossoms, a faint flying bridge, curls of wild smoke, and a clear stream flowing. The people standing by the stream are only half of the painting, and the other half is not continued.

The cabin is filled with the aroma of ink and wine.

After a while, the doctor came.

Hua Lian followed the doctor, running out of breath: "Boss, I heard from my father that Wolfsbane is most afraid of the Mi Tuo monk. I went to three drug stores and found some."

The doctor took a closer look at the injury on Qin Mingxu's arm and said, "This girl is right, Wolfsbane and Mi Tuo Monk are the Eighteenth Rebellion. With Mi Tuo Monk, Master Qin may have this arm. But. From now on, I'm afraid I won't be able to draw the bow or hold the pen, and most of it will be useless."

I turn around.

The sharp spring breeze suddenly blew large clouds into my heart, accumulating them.

I can't explain what it feels like.

I just feel like something is too heavy.

Too heavy for me to bear.It was so heavy that I couldn't breathe.

A thousand taels of gold can pay for it.

How can I pay for a lifetime of disability?
The doctor is busy.

I opened the door, walked step by step into the courtyard, and walked to Wang Yuzhen.

She stared at me, her eyes full of resentment and unwillingness, and her mouth was still cursing: "Your life is always so hard, you can't be killed, you can't get rid of it! I only regret that when you came to the door, I didn't do anything wrong. If I don't stop, I'll beat you to death outside the house! I'll leave you to be such a scourge and ruin my family! Zhu Sangyu, you have a despicable nature and are used to hooking up with men. Even the eunuchs in the palace are obsessed with you! That wolfsbane It's a pity that I didn't sprinkle it on your face. I should have watched your face rot so that you would never be able to hook up with a man again."

After hearing this, Hua Lian, who was following me, walked forward silently, opened his bow from left to right, used all his strength, and slapped her in the face more than a dozen times.

Wang Yuzhen's cheeks were swollen and her mouth was smashed.

I said coldly: "You just said that someone ordered you to harm my child. Who was it?"

She held her head high and smiled proudly: "I won't tell you. I will let you keep thinking. I will torture you slowly."

"Hua Lian, release the snake."

"Yes!"

The poisonous snake in Hua Lian's sleeve crawled onto Wang Yuzhen.

Snake Xinzi licked her, and she started shaking like chaff.

"Zhu Sangyu, you...you poisonous woman...you..."

I looked at her: "I want to see if you torture me slowly, or if I torture you slowly."

The snake wrapped around her eyes, and she screamed in mourning, but refused to utter a single word.

I glanced at Hua Lian.

Hua Lian understood and put the snake into his sleeve.

"Give her the antidote to the snake venom."

"Yes."

I looked at Wang Yuzhen calmly: "No one instigated you at all. You are the one who is crazy. Do you think you can deceive me by playing a little trick before you die? Don't worry, I won't be fooled by you. I I won’t let you die so easily.”

I stood up and said, "I'm different from you. At some point, my hands must be clean."

Wang Yuzhen was dying.

Hua Lian stuffed the snake venom antidote into her mouth.

She slowly opened her eyes and sobbed.

"Without you, Cang Shi would still be doing his job in Yangzhou as a member of the fifth rank of the Cao army. We would not go to Jicheng, get to know the Jin Yiwei, and send Shu'er into the palace. Cang Shi is certainly timid. I am timid and like to drink wine, but I have been married to him for half my life, and he has treated me well. I married into the Cheng family, and although there was no male child, he never said anything about divorcing his wife. He cared about me in everything and listened to me. The old lady also valued me. Me, let me take care of the house. I am the eldest daughter-in-law of the Cheng family, and life is going smoothly. But you...everything has changed since you came...You are my nemesis. Why did God want you to come..."

Because of her greed, she made a mistake every step of the way.All regrets, like floods, need a vent.

To this day, she still blames me.

Those who harm others will be harmed by others.

What begins by harming others will end by harming oneself.

She would never understand this.

A waiter came back and reported: "Boss, the gang started fighting at the Yamen Gate and became chaotic. The man named Li Cai was beaten by his accomplices. The little boy who was poisoned, his mother and son wanted to tear him apart. .”

Everything was as expected.

I pointed at Wang Yuzhen and ordered: "Send her to the Yamen alive and reunite with those people."

"Yes."

"Report the truth about Master Qin's injury to the official. Submit the evidence as soon as possible."

"Yes."

After Wang Yuzhen was taken away, I sat at the counter and drank several glasses of wine.

The shop that had been noisy for a long time was extremely quiet at this time.

Dusk is coming.I don’t have the joy of victory.

Feeling all kinds of depression.

Hua Lian walked up to me and said softly: "My boss, you are worried about Master Qin, aren't you?"

I looked at her with my mouth full of drunkenness: "Hua Lian, do you know what it feels like to owe someone something?"

She thought about it seriously and said, "I know. My husband once said that you should not be ashamed of your heart and not confused by your emotions."

I held the wine glass and said, "That gentleman of yours is a sensible person."

She smiled: "Of course you understand, sir. People in our village say that sir is a heavenly being."

I said: "Every time you mention your husband, you always approve of it. In this case, I will give you a backup dowry in the future. Can you marry that husband?"

She waved her hands quickly, as if she had heard the most ridiculous words: "Master, no, no, gods and humans are to be respected, not married. Cows should match cows, horses should match horses, and different things cannot match each other. Son, I still understand this truth."

I enjoy listening to her more and more.

Nothing to carve.

Simple and true.

"According to you, what is a match?"

She leaned on the counter: "Looking like Dong Jia and Master Qin, they match well."

I suddenly lowered my head.

After a while, Fang said: "Do you really feel that way?"

"Ah."

"why?"

She said solemnly: "He has a boss in his heart."

"How do you know?"

"I just know. I even know the thoughts of snakes, let alone people."

Her eyes are so clean.

She turned around and looked at me: "My boss is very lonely."

I burst into tears.

I thought I was hiding it deep.

Hua Lian revealed the truth with a single word.

I am busy and strategizing.

I seem to have had it before, and it seems that I have never had it.

Hua Lian didn't say anything else and went to sort out the accounts.

I hastily wiped away my tears and stood up from the counter.

The guys came back: "Boss, that woman and those beggars were all put in prison by the official. Tomorrow, the notice will be posted. Our wine shop must be clean."

"I got it. You all go and get busy."

"Yes."

In the evening, the master from the yamen came over to report: "I wish you all the best, boss, that woman is dead."

After hearing this, I paused and asked, "How did you die?"

The master said: "The cell boss locked her up with those troublemakers. The group of people complained that she had caused trouble to them. They pushed and pushed her and made a lot of noise. By the time the jailer arrived, the person had been beaten to death. ”

The master looked at me and hesitated to speak.

I understood, took out a few banknotes from my sleeve and handed them to him: "Thank you for your hard work, come and tell me. Have a cup of tea."

The master accepted it and said with a smile: "I wish you to be polite, boss. I wish your boss is the victim. I should come and inform the person involved."

I stood in the courtyard and looked at the sky.

The clouds in the night sky are as soft as catkins, surrounding the moon.The clear brilliance goes from deep to shallow, if there is anything, it seems like nothing.

I opened the door of the hut and walked in.

Qin Mingxu applied medicine on his body.

The medicine tasted very strong.Intertwined with ink and wine.Rich and punchy nose.

At some point he took the half of "Peach Blossom Creek" on my table and looked at it intently.When he saw me coming in, he said, "Sang Yu, why is this painting half finished?"

I sat down next to him and said softly: "I'm sorry. I have troubled you again this time."

He shook his head: "Sang Yu, between you and me, why should I be sorry? Why should I be sorry?"

I sat quietly for a long time.

I look at him.

This man who first met me treated my feet without any explanation.

The man who always solved my troubles.

The man who said, "Miss Zhu, I have been with Meng Lang for half my life, but I have never bullied you."

Because of me, I am now a man who will be disabled for the rest of his life.

It seems like a lifetime has passed.

I said: "I will be able to paint the other half of this painting "Peach Blossom Creek" soon."

(End of this chapter)