Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 134
"I don't know how to drink, but I still want to be brave!" Dingnanhou snorted softly after watching Chuci fall, then looked at Zhexia who was guarding Chuci, and said, "This Marquis will send you and You girls go back!"

Zhexia wanted to refuse, but before she could speak, there was a sudden sound of messy footsteps outside.

She was stunned, and subconsciously pushed open the window next to Chu Ci's seat and looked out, only to see hundreds of people standing in the dark outside, each holding a black bow and arrow in their hands.

They were actually surrounded.

Marquis Dingnan also saw this scene through the window, he immediately turned serious, looked at Zhexia and said, "Leave this to Benhou, you take your girl and hide behind the counter!"

"...Then there will be Marquis Dingnan!" Zhexia said gratefully to Marquis Dingnan. At the same time, he supported Chu Ci and hid behind the counter where the shopkeeper was. barrier.

As soon as she pushed Chu Ci behind the counter, there was a howling sound of the wind, and at the same time, a dense rain of black arrows shot through the window and the wooden door into the tavern.

Before she had time to react, she had already grabbed three feathered arrows with her backhand, and pulled out the soft blade at her waist to block the rain of arrows together with Marquis Dingnan and the shopkeeper in the tavern.

One black sharp arrow after another was knocked down to the ground. As time went on, more and more windows and wooden doors were broken. The group of people seemed to be staying in a dilapidated temple that was ventilated everywhere. In the end, almost everyone became a living target.

Marquis Dingnan, Zhexia, and the Qinglongwei who joined later were better and not injured yet, but the shopkeeper and servants in the tavern were not so lucky, they all suffered some injuries more or less. He was desperately swinging his sword to resist, but he was fighting for his last breath!

They can die, but before they die, they must ensure that the master, King Dingnan, leaves safely!

That's right, this fragrant tavern is not a simple tavern, it is also a stronghold for Dingnan Hou Xiao Zhenyun to deliver news in the capital, and the people in the tavern are all his confidantes.

Seeing the battle line getting longer and longer, the people inside were exhausted.

The black-clothed leader outside was also very anxious. He had already issued a military order with his master. If he could not complete the mission this time, it would not be as simple as being demoted and punished. He would have to hand over his head!
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer subordinates shooting arrows, he gritted his teeth fiercely, and had no choice but to issue the last order: "The black arrow team will step down, and the rocket team will go!"

Hearing his order, the men in black in front immediately retreated to both sides, while another group of men in black with rockets emerged in the middle.

The arrow skills and methods of those men in black were also much sharper than those of the previous group. They did not need the leader's explanation at all, and the rockets in their hands shot towards the people who were blocking with their swords inside!
After shooting the arrows in their hands, they did not linger, and immediately retreated to both sides in unison, disappearing into the darkness, and then the second group behind them picked up, so that one group after another, the tavern soon became crowded. It became a sea of ​​fire.

In the thick smoke, Zhexia frowned, and said to Dingnanhou without looking sideways, "Dingnanhou, this is not going to work, not to mention whether the wine piled up in the store will explode, but the smoke will explode." Suffocating people to death, we must fight our way out of the tavern!"

Hearing Zhexia's words, Dingnanhou's eyes suddenly sank, and then, under the cover of thick smoke, he said to Zhexia in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Wait a minute!"

Zhe Xia was puzzled, "Wait a minute, I'm afraid the wine cellar below will explode when it burns to the bottom!"

"It won't explode!" Marquis Dingnan explained in a deep voice, "There is a waterway between the wine cellar and the outside world. When it was built, the craftsmen thought of the accident of water leaking, so they prevented it early!"

"That's good!"

While talking, there were more places on fire in the tavern, and the thick smoke filled the air even more. From the inside, the black-clothed arrow team outside could not be seen clearly.

It was also at this time that Marquis Dingnan whispered to Zhexia, "Miss Zhexia, there is a brick under the counter that can be lifted, and under the brick is a secret road leading to the Yizhuang outside the city. Open the counter and you can see it, please take Miss Chu and go through the secret passage first, and everyone in the tavern and I will stay here at the back!"

Hearing what Dingnanhou said, Zhe Xia felt a little hesitation on his face.

She's not dumb either.After defending the enemy together for so long, it is impossible to tell that this tavern belongs to Marquis Dingnan at all, and the people in the tavern are also his people.

But now, they are sorry for bringing him into danger, so how can they have the nerve to let him stay in the queen.

In just a moment, she already had a decision in her heart, looked at him coldly and said unquestionably, "These thieves were originally brought by us, and I am extremely guilty of implicating Lord Hou so far, how dare I take another step to leave you behind?" After the break, you should go first!"

"Benhou will go first, so what about your girls!" Dingnanhou asked coldly.

Zhe Xia gritted his teeth and said, "Then please ask Master Hou to take our girl away first. If I escape by chance, I will only go to the Hou Mansion to pick up my girl. If I can't escape, please ask Master Hou to wait for my girl to wake up." Finally, tell her what happened today, and let her decide whether to go back to Chu Mansion or not!"

"Okay!" Hearing what she said, Ding Nanhou agreed without thinking.

Afterwards, he explained that the people in the tavern stayed behind with Zhe Xia and the others, and went behind the counter alone, opened the counter with one hand, grabbed Chu Ci with the other, and led her down the tunnel.

As soon as he left, the shopkeeper of the tavern moved the counter back. After making sure that there was no gap of movement, he said to everyone in Zhexia, "Brothers, hold back for a while, when the tavern is about to burn down, we Kill it again..."

The others also knew that this was delaying time for their master, and had no objection.

Here, a group of people held their breath in the fire and continued to block the rockets from outside.

On the other side of the tunnel, every time Dingnan Hou walked a certain distance, the tunnel's self-destruct mechanism would be triggered, until more than half an hour later he climbed out of the coffin in Yizhuang with Chu Ci on his back.

At this time, Chu Ci still didn't wake up, his face was flushed like a sleeping beauty.

Dingnanhou looked at her, as if reaching out to touch her delicate cheeks, but when he saw her closed eyes, he couldn't do anything.

Like, touching her when she's unconscious is soiling her.

Thinking like this, he smiled lowly, then withdrew his hand with difficulty, and carried her to a villa outside the city.

Qingmoss Villa was a villa bestowed on him by the current emperor when he won the battle.

After so many years, all of them have been replaced by his people.

Therefore, when he brought a girl to the door in the middle of the night, no one dared to talk too much. He prepared sober medicine, ginger soup bath bucket and other things according to his instructions, and then retreated respectfully.

The freshly brewed hangover medicine was a bit hot, so he deliberately let it dry for a while, and then walked towards the bed after seeing that the medicine was no longer steaming.

On the bed, the woman's cheeks turned redder.

Although the eyes were closed tightly, there was a drop of clear tears hanging in the corner of the eyes, and the brows were tightly furrowed, as if something sad had happened in a dream.

Dingnanhou looked at her like this, and his heart was pulled up suddenly, as if being hooked by a hook with multiple claws, it hurt and scratched at the same time.

After a long time, he sighed, helped her up, and brought the medicine bowl close to her lips.

She may be very thirsty, or she didn't forget to drink in her dream. As soon as the medicine was delivered to her mouth, she drank it all consciously.

Marquis Dingnan put her down, looked at the medicine bowl that had been drunk, and his heart softened again.

It was the first time he saw such a careless girl who drank medicine.

Like those girls in their village, no matter how poor their family is and how hard they can endure, they will frown when taking medicine. His cousin, Niu Mudan, also coaxes her like a mother’s sweetheart every time she takes medicine, and asks for a sip. Feeding a candied fruit is simply too hypocritical.

However, the girl in his heart was not. She had the charming face of a woman and the neatness of a man.

She is well-behaved yet cute, free and easy yet gentle.

This kind of woman is what he likes, and he is willing to keep it in his heart for the rest of his life.

Thinking like this, he looked at her, and couldn't help but draw his lips again, pulling out a warm arc.

Chu Ci didn't wake up until midnight.

She can't drink alcohol at all, she has the kind of body that will get drunk when she smells the smell of wine... So when she woke up, her head hurt like it was about to burst.

Just when she couldn't think of anything and was feeling uncomfortable, a tangerine was suddenly handed to her lips.

Without thinking too much, she subconsciously took a bite.

The tangerines in winter are cool and sweet. When she eats them, it feels like the land that has been dry for a long time has finally waited for a piece of rain. Stimulated by this taste, her headache is relieved a lot.

She slowly lowered her hand and looked at the person who fed her oranges, but saw a face that she never dreamed of.

"Marquis Dingnan!" She yelled with wide-eyed shock.

Dingnanhou looked at her and smiled slightly, "Are you awake?"

Chu Ci didn't know what happened to the two of them last night, and her face suddenly turned pale. She looked at him and asked cautiously, "Master Hou...why am I here? Last night...what happened?"

"Don't you even remember?" Marquis Dingnan looked surprised.

Chu Ci nodded embarrassingly, "I really can't remember it, but this feeling of headache is a bit familiar, I should have been drinking!"

"Yeah." Ding Nanhou nodded when he heard the words, affirming her guess, "You did drink last night."

"How much did I drink?"

"bowl!"

"A bowl?" Chu Ci felt his head hurt even more when he heard these two words.

She closed her eyes slightly and kept quiet, trying her best to think about what happened last night. It was not until a long time later that she remembered some fragments. When she looked at Dingnanhou again, her complexion became more and more bad. She opened her mouth and apologized softly, "Last night, it was me. It's my fault... I'm too hurt, so..."

"So what?"

"Master Hou, can you notify my servants to pick me up and forget about it?"

She spoke so cautiously, but Dingnanhou didn't immediately agree, but took a look at her pale face, and said calmly, "Miss Chu should rest first before we talk!"

"I'm resting now!" Chu Ci hurried away.

She really couldn't accept the fact that she was hungover and woke up at her boyfriend's house.

She didn't even dare to think, if King Lu Xiaojun knew about this, what kind of ugly words he would say.There are already too many conflicts between their husband and wife, and they really can't make things worse.

"Benhou, go get a mirror for you!" Dingnanhou saw the change in Chu Ci's expression, and suddenly opened his mouth.

Chu Ci's expression was startled, "What are you doing with the mirror? What's the matter with turning off the mirror?"

Dingnanhou: "It's nothing, I just feel that Miss Chu seems to have misunderstood his improvement!"

As soon as he said this, Chu Ci suddenly understood what he meant.

A look of embarrassment appeared on his face again, and he tried to compromise, "Then I'll leave tomorrow at dawn."

"En." Dingnanhou nodded.

Chu Ci looked at his frozen face and was silent for a while, then asked as if remembering something, "By the way, I went to the tavern with me last night, where is the maid next to me, where is she?"

"She..." Marquis Dingnan mentioned Zhe Xia, a little embarrassment appeared on his face.

Seeing his expression, Chu Ci suddenly became anxious, "What's wrong with her?" She asked again with trembling voice.

It was only when she asked this sentence that she realized that her throat was a little hoarse, as if it had been smoked by something like smoke.

"Master Hou, what's wrong with Zhexia?" She realized something was wrong, and asked again with a raised voice.

She has already pressed the question to this point, and Ding Nanhou also knew that it would not be good for him to hide it any longer, so he could only sigh, and then told what happened last night.

After listening to Chu Ci, he felt his eyes darkened, his body softened, and he almost knocked against the bedpost behind him.

At the critical moment, Marquis Dingnan took half a step forward, supported her head, and shouted outside again, "Old Bai, Lao Bai!"

His voice was full-bodied and penetrating. Not long after he shouted, a woman in white came in from outside, and when she came to him, she bowed and saluted, "I'm here, I don't know how long it will be." What are your orders!"

"Miss Chu is not feeling well suddenly, help her take a look!" Ding Nanhou looked at Chu Ci for a moment, and said to the woman in white.

The woman in white called Lao Bai listened to his order, said yes, walked towards Chu Ci, sat down beside her, and stretched out her hand to grasp her pulse.

In the process of feeling her pulse, Chu Ci also slowed down.

She stared fixedly at Lao Bai taking her pulse. The woman took the pulse for a quarter of an hour in order to show how much she valued her. Then she moved her hand, got up and saluted Dingnanhou, "Hui Master, Miss Chu is in very good health. The reason why she was in a trance just now was because she had smoked some cigarettes earlier, and she was a little excited just now. The servant girl prescribed a medicine for her. After taking it for a few days, she can calm down a little bit. Already!"

"Well, you go down and prescribe medicine!" Ding Nanhou waved to Lao Bai and let her go out.

After Lao Bai left, he wanted to see Chu Ci again, and said, "When Ben Hou left yesterday, it wasn't that he didn't leave them a way out. Those shopkeepers are all acquaintances near the tavern. As long as we are sure that the two of us get out, they I will definitely find a way to get out before the tavern is burned down, what you have to do now is to take good care of yourself, otherwise what will you do if you fall ill when your maid comes back?"

Hearing what he said, Chu Ci blinked, but couldn't believe it completely, but looked at him and asked again, "Is what Lord Hou said true? Will they really leave safely?"

Dingnanhou nodded, looked at her seriously and said, "If you are not completely sure, do you think this Marquis will let his subordinates stay there?"

Chu Ci thought about it, and finally believed him.

After exposing this topic, because he was worried about Chu Ci's health, Ding Nanhou didn't say anything else, but let her rest well, and he asked someone to inquire about the news first.

Chu Ci is a doctor herself. After Lao Bai took her pulse, she also took her own pulse. After confirming that she couldn't walk properly even if she wanted to leave, she didn't think too much about it and just lay down and closed herself. Eyes repose.

Later, Xu Shi's spirit was too bad.

She fell asleep without knowing it.

When she woke up again, it was already broad daylight. She opened her eyes, moved her body, and was about to sit up and lift the curtain, but at this moment, a pair of delicate hands hooked the curtain up first.

At the moment when her eyes suddenly became clear, she also saw clearly the person in front of her—it was Lao Bai, the maid who took her pulse last night.

"Miss Chu, are you awake?" After meeting her eyes, Lao Bai smiled gently and asked her a question. At the same time, he stepped forward to help her up, and put a big pillow behind her.

After Chu Ci sat down, he nodded at her and opened his mouth, but he couldn't pronounce Lao Bai's name, so he simply turned the tip of his tongue and asked her, "What's your real name?"

Lao Bai didn't expect her to ask this question, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then he bowed and replied, "As Miss Chu said, the maidservant's life is Bai Shu."

Atractylodes macrocephala, this is a traditional Chinese medicine.

Thinking of her medical skills again, Chu Ci couldn't help but ask again, "Is your family a medical family?"

Bai Shu smiled shyly, "It's just a drug dealer, so it can be regarded as a family of medical books!"

Chu Ci nodded, "Then I'll call you Baishu from now on!"

"You don't have to!" Bai Shu could also see Chu Ci's kindness, but she didn't agree with her wish, but said, "Lao Bai is the name given by the Marquis, and the Marquis has the grace to save the slaves! The servant girl likes the name very much."

"Really?" Chu Ci asked with some embarrassment.

Bai Shu nodded, and then told her about Dingnan Hou's kindness to her.

Only then did Chu Ci know that Xiao Zhenyun, Marquis of Dingnan, had saved the population of an important town in the border, preventing those people from being massacred.

And Bai Shu in front of her, although Dingnanhou was not the one who rescued her, but in her heart, Dingnanhou is her lifelong benefactor.

This is also the reason why she surrendered her status and would rather abandon her free status as a merchant lady and his maidservant.

After listening to Bai Shu's repayment process, Chu Ci almost concluded that the maid's willingness to sell herself into the mansion should not be just to repay the favor, but more to adore the unrivaled hero in his heart.

"By the way, Miss Chu, the breakfast outside is ready, do you want to eat now?" After talking about himself, Bai Shu stood up straight and asked Chu Ci again.

Chu Ci was busy all day yesterday, so he didn't eat anything, but now he is really hungry.

Hearing Bai Shu's question, she nodded without thinking, "Since it's done, let's set the meal!"

Bai Shu responded, turned around and backed away.

After a while, she came back with two food boxes. After propping up the kang table, she helped Chu Ci wipe his face, and then opened the food box and displayed the assortment of breakfast meals inside.

"What do you like to eat, girl? This servant will serve you!" After finishing the breakfast, Bai Shu did not leave, but served beside Chu Ci, preparing to serve her dishes.

Chu Ci shook his head, looked at her and smiled softly, "You're tired of serving me all morning, go and sit next to me for a while, I'll call you after I'm done eating!"

Hearing what she said, Bai Shu hesitated a bit, frowned and said, "But the Marquis has ordered the servants to serve you well."

"Since you serve me well, then naturally you do whatever I ask you to do, don't you?" Chu Ci raised his eyebrows and asked her back.

Bai Shu nodded.

Chu Ci repeated again, "Go and do your own business, I'll call you when I'm done eating!"

"The servant girl will go out first, and Miss Chu will call the servant girl if she has anything to do."

"I see, you go out!"

Only then did Bai Shu walk out.

After she left, Chu Ci picked up the chopsticks to eat breakfast.

But because she still remembers what happened yesterday, she is not in a good mood, and she eats everything like chewing wax.

Two quarters of an hour later, she had almost finished eating, so she asked Bai Zhu to come in and serve her.

Hearing her voice, Bai Shu walked in quickly, packed all the cups, dishes and dishes in front of him into the food box, then removed the kang table, waited for Chu Ci to wipe his hands, and then went out with the food box.

When she came back, the smell of breakfast in the room was almost gone.

She secretly took another pulse for herself, and felt that she was recovering almost, so she ordered Bai Zhu to come forward and wait for her to change clothes.

After putting on her clothes, she seemed to remember something, and asked her, "Where is Lord Hou, is he in the mansion now?"

Hearing Chu Ci's question, Bai Shu first explained that this place is not the capital's mansion, and then answered her question, "Master Hou went to the city last night, and he hasn't come back yet."

"Oh, then I'll wait!" Chu Ci said, and sat down at the round table beside her, and then ordered Bai Shu, who never left her side, "You don't have to wait on me here, go to the front yard and watch. As soon as Master Hou comes back, come over and let me know immediately."

"Yes, girl!" Bai Shu agreed, then blessed her lower body, turned around and walked out.

After she left, Chu Ci sat at the round table and waited.

After waiting for more than an hour, it was almost the end of the hour when Bai Shu hurried in from the outside. When he came to her, with a hint of joy in his eyes, he said, "Miss Chu, our Lord Marquis is back. As soon as he entered the villa I saw the servant girl at the gate, and after asking why the servant girl was there, I asked the servant girl to come and take you to the study in the front yard, where he will wait for you."

"I see!" Chu Ci pretended not to see the excitement on Bai Shu's face, got up, and walked with her to the front yard of Qingmoshen Villa.

(End of this chapter)