The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 57
Xu Qingluo washed her hair well, especially her hair. After all the fighting and tumbling in the first half of the night, she couldn't even look at it anymore. Xu Qingluo felt a little embarrassed when she saw her current image in the mirror .

For a long time, she just got along with Lang Sheng with this look of fighting with a crazy woman?

Xu Qingluo's rare face also became a little hot when he thought of how he had pressed Lang Cheng's kiss just now, and even deliberately talked to the man in a coquettish tone.

The man didn't say anything just now!
Gritting her teeth, Xu Qingluo sat on the brocade stool and picked up the comb on the dressing table to comb it out.

One hand picked up the comb on the case first, and the man stood behind her, as if combing her hair for the first time that night, with tenderness in his eyes: "Let me comb your hair for you."

Xu Qingluo naturally had no reluctance.

Lang Cheng combed Xu Qingluo's tangled hair up and down, looked at the beautiful but pale girl in the mirror, his eyes fell on her cheek and neck, where there were some tiny bruises, all of which were collided.

Such a petite and beautiful woman should have been carefully protected and pampered, but she encountered so many dangers that men might not necessarily encounter.

It was him who was useless, unable to give Xu Qingluo stability and freedom.

For a moment, Lang Sheng's face was a little sad, and the tenderness in his eyes became heavy.

His hand didn't know when it stopped there: "Luo'er, am I useless?"

Unable to protect her, unable to give her the careful pampering that other women need, instead let her go through these things with him. This time, in the final analysis, it was directed at him. Xu Qingluo is a little lady from a medical family. Although her medical skills are superb, she shouldn't have anything to do with those powerful people. She only needs to do what she likes to do, save people as much as she can, and wait for all the turmoil to pass without taking any risks herself.

"General."

Xu Qingluo suddenly opened her mouth, her voice was very peaceful, there was a kind of dilution after the hustle and bustle, and Lang Sheng felt his heart move inexplicably.

Xu Qingluo raised her hand behind her and pressed her five fingers against the figure reflected in the mirror. There were still bruise marks on her five fingers, which were the sequelae of bone shrinkage poison, but it was different from that on her hand. The strange trace is opposite to her smile, with an unspeakable tranquility: "I ask you to remember what I said today. In my heart, you are an omnipotent general. To protect me, it was never because you were useless, but because you blamed me too much. You only remembered the risks I experienced. How could you forget your maintenance and help for me for so long? Many times, without you, I would How can Xu Qingluo be safe?"

She turned her head and looked straight at Lang Cheng: "No one has ever owed anyone more. I am willing to take risks for you, and you are willing to stand up for me. As long as you are by my side, I feel , everything is fine, everything has hope, all difficulties are not difficulties, as long as you are here, I can be here!"

She said this remark firmly and stubbornly, and there was stubbornness in her eyes that no one could refute.

Lang Cheng stared blankly at Xu Qingluo, unable to speak for a long time, he suddenly felt that he was really far behind Xu Qingluo, he could lead tens of thousands of troops to fight on the battlefield, but he would never be as firm as her , Such an indomitable move forward, looking at her, he only felt that the stubbornness and firmness in the other party's eyes were as dazzling as a friend.

Xu Qingluo watched Langcheng remain silent for a long time, and felt a little uncomfortable again. Was what she said just now too direct?Although it was true, there was no woman who was so straightforward, coughed twice, and when the man worriedly asked her if she was suffering from the wind, she finally thought of a way to ease the atmosphere.

"By the way, I'm fine now, I want to see how your calligraphy practice is doing, you know, General Lang is my daughter's first 'student', if you don't practice well, I won't agree. "

Xu Qingluo did it to lighten the atmosphere, but he really wanted to know if the man was paying attention.

Lang Sheng glanced at Xu Qingluo, didn't say much, walked to the place where the table was placed, spread the paper, grinded, washed the brush and pressed the paper, let alone other things, just following this routine, there is a kind of feeling. With a very different feeling, Xu Qingluo felt that he was looking forward to it more and more.

With a smile on her face, she walked to the man's side and watched him write three words with a pen.

The girl's eyes stared deeply at these three words, and after a while, a soft and hoarse voice sounded: "It's really well written."

That is Xu Qingluo's name, Xu, Qing, Luo, three characters, painted with iron hooks and silver hooks, with a kind of sharp character, such a character was written by a man who could only write neatly more than ten years ago, so much more It is hard work.

Xu Qingluo has also worked hard to practice calligraphy, so he naturally understands the hard work behind every bit of progress.

She raised her eyes, and smiled at Lang Cheng's tense face, her smile was extraordinarily relaxed and beautiful: "It's really well written."

She repeated her praise again, but it seemed to have some other inexplicable meaning.

Lang Sheng's eyes flickered, and there was a trace of looseness in his eyes: "It will be better in the future."

He made such a promise, but he didn't know whether it was words or something else.

Xu Qingluo tilted his head: "Then why don't you write some other words, how about your name?"

She likes a man's name next to her own.

".it is good."

The relaxation in Lang Sheng's eyes just now was quickly replaced by seriousness. Holding the pen, as if holding something of great weight, he wrote his name after a while, and it was lined up with the three characters Xu Qingluo.

One with an iron hook and silver strokes, has its own strong character, and the other is neat and tidy, and you can only look at it neatly and attentively. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you would never imagine that this person wrote it together within a cup of tea.

Xu Qingluo stared blankly at the words on the paper, then looked up at Langcheng, the man turned his head slightly, his neck was a little red.

"If you write two more characters, just write it, just write the word Ping An."

Xu Qingluo felt his teeth itch.

Lang Sheng sighed, and honestly took a pen to write it down, stroke by stroke, neat and orderly, there is no such square character anymore.

"Can you tell me why only, only those three words are well written?"

Xu Qingluo became a little angry: "Since you are willing to be serious and put in all your energy, then you must achieve the best results. You are a general and you want to be both civil and military. How can you write only my name?" Okay? Don't you know what's most important?"

If she hadn't realized it just now, now that she has realized it, she can't help being angry. There are many things in Huai County recently, especially the people who have been disturbed by the plague. Xu Qingluo didn't think too much about it yet, either the situation didn't allow it, and he didn't have the leisure and elegance, or if the situation required, he had to practice his own name first, hand in memorials or issue official documents on weekdays, don't Everything is fine, as long as you can write, your name is just a facade, and Xu Qingluo doesn't want anyone to make irresponsible remarks about Lang Sheng's name.

However, Lang Cheng paid attention to her name, but she only paid attention to her name. Xu Qingluo was moved, but she felt even more angry. She wanted Lang Sheng to be good, and wanted Lang Cheng to be good all the time, even though the person who would hinder him was herself, She doesn't want to either.

Xu Qingluo stared round her eyes in an angry look, with extra vigor, Lang Cheng was a little dazed at first, and then suddenly laughed out loud when he saw her angry look.

"why are you laughing."

Lang Sheng's hand touched Xu Qingluo's head, gently stroking with tenderness and love: "Luo'er, it's very important."

The man's cold face was stained with a little softness: "Your name has been practiced now, and when I write the letter of appointment in the future, I won't embarrass you."

"Who dares to say that you are ashamed."

Xu Qingluo became angry: "When it comes to war, you say that you are second, and no one dares to say that you are the first!"

Lang Sheng is a real famous general. When he was a great general, he could be said to be powerful in all directions, frightening the tribes of the grasslands of the Western Regions. As long as he is guarding the border, those alien races will never be able to break through his barrier and enter the Central Plains. .

In his previous life, Langcheng suffered from a disability in his leg and could no longer work at the border. Later, after he was "raised up" step by step by the imperial court, he watched all the incidents that happened afterwards.

Leaving aside the fact that after Lang Sheng retired, the emperor and the imperial court flattered those alien races in Mobei, Xu Qingluo felt inexplicably sad and indignant when he thought about it now.

It wasn't because of her grief and indignation about her final fate, that kind of ending also had her own reasons in the final analysis, because she was blind and lost her heart.

She is more for the majestic court, the great country, the lord of a country, but she bows her knees to those alien races in Mobei, how ridiculous.

"Langcheng, let me tell you, you are not ridiculous at all, even if you can't write a single word, you can't read a single word, you are better than anyone else, you must stand up to the sky!"

Xu Qingluo stretched out his hand to hold Lang Sheng's hand, the light in his eyes was dazzling.

Lang Sheng didn't understand why Xu Qingluo was so excited all of a sudden, but he couldn't help laughing when he heard her say that he was the most powerful. He rubbed the other person's hair and explained helplessly: "Where did you think? What did I say?" The fear of embarrassment is not because I am afraid of jokes from those irrelevant people, I am worried that Uncle Xu will see the joke, anyway, the letter of appointment is very important, you can't even write your name on the letter of appointment written by yourself."

Xu Qingluo listened to the man's patient explanation, all the grief and anger were like a punctured ball, soft and lingering.

Lang Sheng hugged Xu Qingluo and sat in front of the window, the moonlight shone on the hair of the two of them, shining with silver light.

Lang Sheng lowered his head and looked at Xu Qingluo, looking at his half-closed brows and eyes, soft, beautiful, and peaceful, this is an extremely beautiful woman he has never met before.

She is brave, she is firm, she is gentle, she is decisive, she is beautiful, and there are countless things about her that make men's hearts flutter, but at this moment, Lang Cheng can't tell what is good about Xu Qingluo.

He just knew that this young girl was really in his heart, in his bones, and could never be forgotten.

The man reached out and gently brushed the girl's hair from the sideburns to his ears, his eyes were too unpredictable, and he said for a long time, "I'm sorry."

The man said softly, like a speechless whisper, with too much helplessness.

-

Lang Sheng was not in the room when Xu Qingluo got up, she was already used to it, but she was still a little melancholy, she didn't know when she would be able to see that man the first time she opened her eyes when she got up , saw the man's sleeping face.

"Sister Xu, are you awake?"

There was a knock on the door outside, and Lang Wei poked his head in: "Brother asked me to stay here and see if there is anything I can do to help."

Lang Wei's expression was a little stiff, although he was trying to smile, Xu Qingluo could still see the clumsy disguise at a glance.

"Serena."

Xu Qingluo's voice was faint, but Langwei shuddered: "Ah? Sister Xu, what orders do you have?"

"Are you hiding something from me?"

Xu Qingluo walked to Langwei's side, stared into the other's eyes, and paused every word.

"Ah? No, I have nothing to hide from you. Sister Xu, how dare I lie to you!"

Langwei waved his hands and explained again and again, but he didn't know a word, the explanation was just a cover-up, originally Xu Qingluo wanted to bluff him because he saw his expression was wrong, but now he was sure that something happened.

"Serena, I thought there was no need for lies and concealment between us."

Xu Qingluo grabbed Lang Wei's hand, not letting him get away: "Is it related to your elder brother or me?"

"Sister Xu, brother just told me to let me watch you stay in the pharmacy for the past few days. The outside is a bit uneasy. You know that the number of plague patients is still increasing, and there are always a few civilian recruits making trouble. Big brother can handle it." If you can handle it, he is just worried about you."

Lang Wei told Xu Qingluo what Lang Cheng had given him like an endorsement, God knows that looking at the girl's sharp eyes that seemed to penetrate bones, cold sweat broke out on his body.

"No, it can't be just a few people making trouble!"

Xu Qingluo shook his head: "In the past few days, there were occasional disturbances, but your elder brother didn't let you stare at me."

Xu Qingluo was only one step away from Langwei: "If you don't tell me, I'll go out and see what's going on!"

"You can hide one person from me, you can hide two people from me, can you still hide the people of a city from me?"

Xu Qingluo had a bad premonition in her heart, but the more she was like this, the more she would not and would not be able to back down, she would only face difficulties!

"Sister Xu"

Langwei was confused, and under Xu Qingluo's overly firm and stubborn gaze, he patted his head helplessly, and hesitantly said what his elder brother had entrusted countless times: "Yes, someone saw it last night. You and your eldest brother left the city and went to the direction of the farm. The people in the city knew that this plague was actually caused by the cattle and sheep on the farm being infected by the sick sheep from the Western Regions, and finally buried in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. Many people have the plague, they, they don’t know how to spread it now, saying that this incident was actually planned by you and your elder brother. In order to divert attention and prevent the people from blaming them, you deliberately buried those dead cattle and sheep. In the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, it was blamed on people from the Western Regions, and now there is a lot of trouble at the gate of the city, my brother will deal with it in the past."

Listening to Langwei's words, Xu Qingluo wanted to laugh for a moment. She was really speechless to these people in Huai County. She never understood why some people were so easily provoked, time after time, every time. They all gave her more unexpected performances when she felt that she could still bear it.

She and Lang Sheng deliberately buried cattle and sheep in the upper reaches of the Huai River?They deliberately blamed the people from the Western Regions in order to prevent the common people from blaming them?

Such rumors are simply ridiculous.

Xu Qingluo gritted her teeth, pushed Langwei away and was about to go out.

"Sister Xu, you can't go, my elder brother gave me a death order, and I must stop you."

Langwei stepped in front of Xu Qingluo, opened his hands, and just blocked the direction of the door, his face was full of trouble: "Sister Xu, elder brother will definitely be able to solve all problems, you will only be able to solve all problems when you go to elder brother." more worried."

He regretted that Xu Qingluo had spoken out so intimidatingly just now, and it was even more difficult to stop people now than before.

"Step aside!"

Xu Qingluo narrowed his eyes slightly: "Langwei, you can't stop me."

There are too many things in her that can restrain people, not to mention Lang Wei, even Lang Sheng, as long as they are not ruthless and heavy-handed towards her, they will not be able to stop Xu Qingluo.

"Sister Xu, I know I can't stop you. Sister Xu, you have great abilities, but the current situation cannot be solved by your medical skills. Brother, it is already very difficult to stop those people. If you go, it will only make things worse." It's more complicated, those people don't know what they will do, sister Xu, you can just take it for the sake of big brother, okay?"

Langwei gritted his teeth and said, beads of sweat even appeared on his forehead. Not to mention the time when he accompanied Xu Qingluo to treat Lang Sheng, he had seen Xu Qingluo's miraculous acupuncture and poison techniques several times. He didn't feel at all that he could resist it.

The whole face is bitter.

Xu Qingluo paused, no matter how much Langwei said, it would not be as good as the last sentence, it would be of no use if she went now, her medical skills and poisonous skills could not deal with the riots of the people, a flash of sadness flashed in her heart, she still did not want to Can you help Lang Sheng face all difficulties and dangers?

No, no, Xu Qingluo suddenly raised his head and looked at Langwei: "Tell me specifically about the rumor, when did it spread, who saw it, who was that person, and why did he stay up in the middle of the night to watch it?" When I go out of the city with your elder brother, you can tell me clearly!"

She couldn't go there rashly now, but since she knew that she and Lang Sheng were wronged, she would definitely be able to find evidence to directly break through the rumors.

"The rumors spread last night. They were seen by a few farmers living near the county seat. They said that it was snowing heavily outside and it was hard to live. They wanted to go to the county seat together at night, and then they saw sister Xu and you. Brother Lang went out of the city one after another, and later someone said that he had actually seen you near the farm before the corpses of cattle and sheep were found a few days ago. Also, there was no one guarding the county town last night. You went out and said that you must be doing something bad by avoiding everyone in the middle of the night."

Seeing that Xu Qingluo was no longer in a hurry to go out, Lang Wei also heaved a sigh of relief, and carefully answered every question Xu Qingluo asked, but he was filled with righteous indignation after talking about it. He didn't know what happened, but his elder brother still He can see clearly how Xu Qingluo treats the people, not to mention that Xu Qingluo has not been able to sleep every day and night recently, and he is busy running around during the day just to cure the plague for those people, even if Lang Sheng could have left Or just ignore the messy things in Huai County, and just wait for the order from the court, but they are busy and worrying every day. Such two people have become people with ulterior motives in the mouths of those people.

"Oh, there is a plague in the county town, everyone is in a hurry to run out, but they can't wait to come in and die."

Xu Qingluo singled out the biggest loophole in one sentence: "Too many coincidences is not normal."

"Sister Xu, those who testified are indeed farmers outside the city, and many people in the county know them."

Langwei smiled wryly.

This is the most difficult part. This time, the person who testifies and spreads rumors is not a young man whom few people in the Yang family have ever seen, let alone a person from the Western Regions, but a real Huai County person. Even if he lives outside the city, he is still Huai County people.

The people in Huai County naturally believed in their own words. To them, Lang Sheng was an outsider, and Xu Qingluo, who had an unusual relationship with Lang Sheng, naturally had a biased heart.

"Baicao said last night that she saw a few people locked up with her by those people from the Western Regions. I guess those farmers who testified and spread rumors should be those few."

As for how many farmers want to be obedient, not to mention the poison of the Western Regions, even some ordinary people's methods are enough, but Xu Qingluo thought about it and felt that this matter was more like the work of the third prince. It is also a scheming finger who was able to let go of Baicao without actually taking it off. Anyway, he should still be a little bit upright.

But now that the rumor is so dangerous, Xu Qingluo thinks that the third prince still has some actions, and his eyes are cold and murderous. At that time, he really regretted that he didn't put some fatal poison on him when he was holding the third prince hostage.

"Sister Xu, can we let them tell the truth?"

Lang Wei's eyes lit up when he heard Xu Qingluo's words.

"If we want to better solve this matter, the person we want to deal with is the third prince."

Xu Qingluo tapped lightly with his fingertips, his eyes were thoughtful.

-

There was a crowd of people at the gate of the city. Compared with the last time when the recruits and civilians made trouble at the gate of the city, this time it was much quieter. There was no shouting or crying, only an unspeakable silence.

Lang Cheng looked at the people kneeling on the ground, the people Xu Qingluo was desperately trying to save, and felt a chill in his heart: "Is this what you mean?"

His voice was extremely cold and deep, which made people feel chills in their hearts. Looking at the man, he felt as if he saw a god of death. How could Lang Cheng's aura be something that ordinary people could resist.

"General, we are not trying to embarrass you."

A middle-aged man finally spoke out, and he knelt in front of the crowd: "General, we are really grateful that you have helped us maintain law and order during this period of time, let the soldiers help us take care of the sick at home, and you He took out food to keep us alive, but the general is really scared. The plague has been going on for eight days, and it still hasn’t been resolved. What we see every day is corpses being taken from Xu’s medicine building. Let me tell you, we will die at an unknown time, death is not terrible, what is terrible is such a tragic death, then there is no plague that can be cured, it is simply a disaster that only angers the gods."

The voice of the middle-aged man fell, and the other people who had been silent just now also opened their mouths: "General, the girl from the Xu family is acting strangely and viciously, and she has evil spirits in her hits. It's a snowstorm and a plague—"

"shut up!"

Lang Cheng let out a stern voice: "You all have vicious methods one by one, acting strangely, and killing evil. Have you forgotten who healed the plague for you with undressed clothes, sleepless nights, and sleepless days? Have you forgotten who gave it to you? Did you boil the medicine yourself to diagnose and treat illnesses? You ungrateful people, I, Lang Sheng, can't afford their gratitude!"

(End of this chapter)