Rebirth of the Abandoned Concubine: The Poison Goddess Doctor

Chapter 342 I Believe, The Last Straw

Qiao Shuyan avoided Yingchu's sight almost immediately, got off his horse, and saluted the eldest son Li Chengyu.

After Li Chengyu conveyed Emperor Ming's commendation to the army, he said with a smile: "I think the warlord still has a lot of things to arrange, so I won't delay the warlord. The emperor held a reception banquet in the palace at night, so the warlord should not be late."

Qiao Shuyan agreed, and Li Chengyu left.

He didn't even ask about Qi Changjin, obviously he had already got the news from Emperor Ming.

After dealing with the compliments from those officials, Qiao Shuyan felt exhausted. The main reason was that Yingchu had been standing not far away watching him, which made him almost want to run away.

Grand Master Qiao patted his son on the shoulder and said: "You settle down the army first, then hurry back to the mansion. Your mother said to you several times a day, knowing that you came back today, she was so happy that she didn't sleep well last night."

Qiao Shuyan nodded and said, "My son knows."

Grand Master Qiao patted his son in relief again, and then left with other officials.

At this moment, Yingchu came towards Qiao Shuyan. Qiao Shuyan wanted to turn his head and leave immediately, but he couldn't hide forever if he could hide together. He took a deep breath and stood there waiting for her to come to him.

"Young Master Qiao, welcome back to Beijing, congratulations on the army's triumphant return." Yingchu smiled.

Others have said the same thing many times, and Qiao Shuyan was only impatient, but when Yingchu said it, he couldn't help feeling a little warm in his heavy heart.

"Thank you." Qiao Shuyan reluctantly moved the corner of his lips.

"Where's Changjin?" Yingchu asked, "Didn't he come back with you? Is there anything else going on in Beidi?"

Qiao Shuyan didn't speak, but looked at her sadly with peach blossom eyes.

In fact, Yingchu already had a bad premonition in her heart. Before the army returned, Changjin didn't write to her to tell her. She only came to the city gate to greet her after learning about it from other sources.

Looking at Qiao Shuyan's expression at this time, her heart sank suddenly, but she still smiled nonchalantly and said, "Li Cangze was not caught, so he went after Li Cangze? He wrote a letter last time saying maybe If you can come back, why are you still waiting outside for so long?"

"He's missing," Qiao Shuyan couldn't say that word, and since he didn't find Qi Changjin's body, he would rather believe that he just disappeared, "Changjin won't be back for a while."

Yingchu felt her ears ringing, and she tried to maintain a normal expression: "What did you just say? I didn't seem to hear clearly?"

Qiao Shuyan's eyes were red, and he said word by word: "I said Changjin is missing, lost in the sea."

Yingchu's dark eyes met Qiao Shuyan's gaze, and Qiao Shuyan seemed to be able to see something crumbling and destroying inside.

Qiao Shuyan reached into his bosom, took out the jade pendant, and slowly handed it to Yingchu: "This is what Chang Jin left for you."

Yingchu looked at the jade pendant, a tattered safety knot was swaying desolately under the jade pendant, a gust of wind blew, the rope of the safety knot was broken, and it was swept away by the wind and flew to the distance.

Behind her were the laughter of the reunion of relatives, as well as the mournful cries of the loss of relatives. Those voices seemed to have become the background in the distance. She was dizzy, deaf and blind, and could not hear or see anything. .

"Yingchu!" Qiao Shuyan looked nervously at Yingchu with a calm expression. Her reaction was beyond his expectation. She didn't cry or question, but it made him feel even more frightened.

He reached out and grabbed Yingchu's shoulder, and shook her vigorously, and she seemed to wake up from a certain state.

"Yingchu, don't worry, Changjin is only missing temporarily and will definitely come back one day!" Qi Changjin, who is best at sweet talk and coaxing women, can only speak dry words of comfort at this time.

Yingchu didn't go to pick up the jade pendant in Qiao Shuyan's hand, she bid farewell to Qiao Shuyan calmly, as if nothing happened, turned and left here.

Qiao Shuyan chased her for a few steps, but in the end he didn't stop her. He watched Yingchu get on the carriage and drive away worriedly.

Qiao Shuyan didn't write Qi Changjin's name in the death list submitted, but only said that he was missing, but rumors about Qi Changjin's death spread quickly in the streets and alleys.

People regret the tragic experience of Qi's parents, Fang and his son, and at the same time, there are many discussions about the ownership of Qi Guogong's mansion.

Only the widow Huashi, Miss San, and a baby girl who is less than half a year old are left in the long room.The father and son of Erfang are still in prison, but most people think that Old Duke Qi only has this line of heirs left, and he will definitely beg the emperor to rescue them in the end.

Another thing that has caused a lot of discussion is Qiao Shuyan, the warlord who made great contributions to countering the rebellion. It is said that at the reception banquet, the emperor revealed that he would give Qiao Shuyan and Princess Yuhua a marriage, but Qiao Shuyan refused at the price of not wanting any rewards. the emperor.

In order to avoid suspicion, Qiao Shuyan never met Hua Yingchu alone, but he sent people to Duke Qi's mansion every day.Some people think that he is the widow who takes good care of his brother, but there are also rumors that Qiao Shuyan was also bewitched by Hua Yingchu, and that's why he refused to marry the alluring Princess Yanhua.

Regarding the gossip outside, Yingchu didn't pay any attention to it, and only concentrated on taking care of Xiao Sining every day, it seemed that there was no difference from usual.

Only those close to her know that Yingchu's current state is not normal at all.

Qiao Shuyan brought back the half-crazy Mu Nuanqing. Everyone knew how much Yingchu hated Mu Nuanqing, but when she heard about it, she didn't even have the interest to take a look at it. She just wanted to deal with Qiao Shuyan as she pleased.

Hua Yu was bound back to Beijing, and he was like a wild beast along the way, as long as he opened his eyes, he would violently hurt others.After Yingchu cured him, he lost a piece of memory.If it was before, she would definitely pursue it to the end and retaliate against those who harmed Hua Yu.But now there is no reaction at all.

Some servants in the mansion became restless, trying to please Qi Anlin, or secretly selling things in the mansion, greedy for money, even Qi Anru found something was wrong, caught him several times, but Yingchu seemed to have not found anything.

She seemed to have changed nothing, but she closed her senses, showing extreme indifference to everything around her.

On the 15th Lantern Festival, Qi Anru struggled for a long time before finally persuading Yingchu to agree to go out with her to watch the lanterns.

Lianfeng, Xingyu and the others were slightly relieved, the young lady hadn't gone out for a long time, and even the emperor sent someone to send her into the palace, but she still said she was sick.They all hope that when Miss goes out this time, she can relax and not keep everything in her heart.

Last year, Dayan passed the most critical year. During the Lantern Festival after the new year, many people were willing to go out to celebrate and pray for a peaceful and prosperous new year.

There are lanterns and festoons on the street, pedestrians rubbing shoulders, and at a glance, there are all kinds of lanterns in sight, and there is laughter and lively scenes everywhere.

Yingchu walked among the crowd with a dazed look on his face. Before Changjin set off for the expedition, they also walked side by side in the hustle and bustle of people.

At that time, most of the crowd were uneasy, full of worry and uncertainty about the future of their family members, but she was full of confidence in Chang Jin, and she was sure that he would return safely.

But now, the crowd was laughing and laughing, happy and happy, but she was confused and hesitant, as if a big hole had been opened in her heart, and the air was leaking, no matter how hard she tried to breathe, she couldn't breathe.

"Sister, you see a lot of people gathered over there, let's go and have a look." Qi Anru took Yingchu's arm and pointed to a raised platform.

Qi Anru, who used to be unable to bear even a little bit of pain and setback, is like a different person now.When the strong and invincible Yingchu was almost crushed, she seemed to become stronger overnight, struggling to prop up the precarious long house, so that her sister Yingchu could have a chance to breathe.

Yingchu was pulled by her, and followed her indifferently, the lights all over the street reflected in her pupils, but they couldn't illuminate her dark eyes.

There was a lot of noise all around, Yingchu didn’t know why, but he heard a few shouts from the side of the road: “Fortune-telling! It’s hard to tell, if you don’t know, you don’t need money!”

Yingchu turned her head to look, and there was a row of street stalls at the entrance of the alleyway by the roadside, and a group of Taoist priests were trying their best to attract customers.

An old Taoist who looked like a fairy, with the appearance of a master of Taoism, was sitting cross-legged behind the booth, as if he was closing his eyes and resting his mind.

A memory that was almost forgotten by her suddenly emerged, Yingchu suddenly shook off Qi Anru's hand, squeezed through the bustling crowd, and ran towards that side.

"Sister!" Qi Anru looked at Yingchu in amazement, almost fluttering, with both hands on the table, staring at the old man behind the table.

The old Taoist opened his eyes, as if he had expected her to come, and said with a smile: "Madam Qi wants to ask General Qi?"

"General, there will be a catastrophe in this expedition. Although the process is thrilling, it will be a different situation to survive!" Yingchu read out what the old Taoist had said, and said eagerly, "You said, as long as you endure it , is the sea and the sky! So although the general is in a difficult situation now, he is not dead, right?!"

Qi Anru, who squeezed over, just heard the last sentence, couldn't help opening his eyes, and looked at the old man nervously.

"If you believe in it, you will live, if you don't believe it, you will die," the old Taoist said with a smile, "Madam should ask herself, not the poor Taoist."

Yingchu pondered thoughtfully for a moment, and said, "Thank you, Taoist priest, for your guidance." Then he took out the silver and put it on the table.

As soon as she left, the old Taoist yelled again like last time: "Madam Qi always asks the poor Taoist fortune-teller, don't miss it when you pass by, it only costs five copper coins to measure a divination!"

Qi Anru almost staggered, she looked back at the old Taoist, and said to Yingchu: "Sister, this Taoist looks like a charlatan, can you believe what he said?"

And what he said, if he said it, he didn't say it. The elder sister's ingot of silver was given for nothing.

Yingchu's eyes were blazing, and he said firmly, "I believe it!"

Yingchu is like a drowning person, and the old man's words are like the last straw for her. Since he can calculate that Changjin will have a catastrophe, why doesn't she believe what he said, Changjin will be safe and sound , escaped safely?
Qi Anru stopped talking, she was also willing to believe that her brother was still alive.Even if what the old Taoist said was false, it would be good if it could cheer up my sister.

(End of this chapter)