On the large ship, on an empty stage, a puppet show was being rehearsed. The puppets used in this play were all performed by real people. The Western general Petra Tese and his wife liked to watch puppet shows.
A few days ago, his wife lost her temper with him because of some broken locks. So he asked the soldiers to capture some Central Plains people and come back to act as puppet actors. They performed a play for his wife to make her happy. He was responsible for this.
The man behind the puppet show turned out to be Phan Xubori Sotu.
The two brothers, Fan Xu Li Sotu and Fan Xu Xun Guang, used to pretend to be Feng Shui masters in a pretentious manner. They cheated and had a good time along the way. Since the war, young men have been arrested both inside and outside the Central Plains City.
As a soldier, except for merchants or some kind of craft workers, Fan Xu Li Sotu came up with a way. As his old profession, the occupation of puppet maker is enough to be a handicraft.
One day, the wife of the Western general Petra Tse accidentally sent someone to buy his puppets. They fell in love with each other at first sight, so she ordered them to be captured and made into exquisite puppets.
However, things became more and more complicated.
"Brother, when are we going to escape?" Fan Xu Xunguang asked quietly.
"We can't escape now. Let's coax the lady first. When she lets down her guard, we will tell her that we will go back to the city to find materials, and then we can escape." Fan Xu Li Sotu said.
"It's really annoying. We puppet makers, why should we make up a puppet show? If the performance is not good, she is afraid that her husband, a Western general, will come to settle the score with us." Fan Xu Xunguang said displeased.
"Why are you bothering? She loves to watch puppet shows, so we will make up a living puppet show for her to watch. After all, the puppet shows are real people. Let's go and train those people." Fan Xu Li Sotu said relaxedly.
The two came to a large cell containing a bunch of Central Plains people.
The people in the prison stared at them with fear and anger because they had become the lackeys of the Westerners.
"Everyone, calm down. Don't stare at us like lackeys. We have no choice but to do it. And we won't hurt you." Fan Xu Xunguang first calmed their emotions, fearing that they would attack.
Xiao Ling poked her head out from the crowd and recognized their Feng Shui master brother who had gone to Huang Fengmo's house to perform rituals.
"Brother Lisuotu, brother Xun Guang!" He climbed out and shot an arrow over, hugging their thighs.
"This little kid? Isn't he Yan Ruocheng's child? Why is he here?" Fan Xu Xunguang recognized Xiaoling at a glance and said in surprise.
"Maybe they got separated for some reason. Unfortunately, this little kid was caught." Fan Xuli Sotu was also a little confused.
"Xiao Ling——!" Someone shouted from another cell next door.
Na Xiao tried his best to lean over from the pillar of the iron prison. He heard their conversation just now and thought he heard wrongly. It was really Xiao Ling here.
"Uncle Na, it turns out you are here!" Xiao Ling ran over to the iron prison again, excitedly reaching out and shaking hands with Na Ling.
"This guy is also Yan Ruocheng's friend." Fan Xunguang pointed again.
"Bring them out later and let's talk slowly." Fan Xu Li Sotu said.
The two of them first told the people in the prison about the puppet show they were going to put on, and half-coaxed and deceived them to reassure them that they had better be obedient, and if they performed well, they would be released back to the Central Plains.
After explaining the matter, he quietly brought Na Xiao and Xiao Ling out and settled in the cabin shared by the two brothers.
"Eat slowly, no one wants to compete with you." Fan Xu Xunguang cooked two bowls of plain noodles for them to eat.
Xiaoling and Naxiao were both so hungry that they wolfed down the food.
Two bowls of plain noodles were not enough, so Fan Xu Xunguang was asked to cook a few more bowls. When they were full, Fan Xu Li Sotu gave each of them a green apple.
"Eat, can you tell me, what happened to you? Why are you here." Fan Xu Li Sotu asked.
Na Xiao said: "That day, news came from Qianling City that there was going to be a war. We originally took a carriage with His Highness the First Prince to take refuge in Huang City. Unexpectedly, we met Western soldiers on a certain hilltop, and they captured me and
Yan Ruocheng, mother and son. Ruocheng and I got separated, right? Where is Ruocheng? Xiaoling? Where is your mother?"
Xiao Ling said calmly while eating a green apple: "Mom, she fainted one day. The Western soldiers thought she was dead, so they were thrown out."
"Aren't you worried? Your mother was thrown out?" Fan Xu Xunguang said involuntarily when he saw him being so calm.
"My mother is very powerful. I believe she will be fine. In the past, when I was a child, I went to the mountains with her to collect herbs. I made her fall off the cliff, but she could climb up quickly. When we went to catch fish, she
After saving me, I fell into the waterfall, but it was okay and I caught a lot of fish. Another time, I accidentally put poisonous weeds into the teapot as tea leaves, and she drank it. After vomiting and diarrhea, she was still full of energy.
So I firmly believe that she will come back alive to save me." Xiao Ling said one by one.
Everyone listening felt that this baby was really using his strength to trick his mother. Yan Ruozhen was able to raise him to such a big age, and he didn't even die yet, so he really admired her.
At this time, Yan Ruozhen kept sneezing.
"What's wrong? Does your nose feel uncomfortable smelling it?" Huang Chenling took the bouquet and threw it away and asked. He wanted to make her happy, so he picked a bouquet for her personally. But she sneezed as soon as she smelled it.
non-stop.
"No, maybe I caught a cold while sleeping last night and felt a little chilly. I don't care about the flowers. There's no need to throw them away. Take them back." Yan Ruozhen wiped her nose and said.
Huang Chenling picked it up, put it on the table, took out one to pluck the flowers and leaves, and said: "Last night, you rested with the emperor's brother. You knew I wanted you to come over, but you didn't come."
"I'm not interested. I'm not in the mood. I'm not thirsty. If I can't find Xiaoling, I won't be in the mood to be with you." Yan Ruocheng said simply, which was enough to make him feel heartbroken.
Now it was Huang Chenling's turn to be jealous of her child, and she said a little unhappily: "You only talk about me, but in fact you are the same, in your eyes, the child is more important than me."
Yan Ruozhen raised her eyes to look at him. From the time she came back to now, she had not looked at him properly. He was much thinner than before, and the dark circles under his eyes were quite obvious. He also looked a bit older.
Yan Ruocheng reached out and touched a few conspicuous white hairs on his forehead, and said, "I'm sorry, I only paid attention to you now."
When Huang Chenling heard her words, she was really angry. What do you mean by paying attention to you now? Didn't you pay attention to you after coming back for so long?
"I'm angry. You only pay attention to me now. My heart hurts, my heart is depressed, and I feel cold. I don't want to talk to you anymore." Huang Chenling said angrily with a small temper.
Yan Ruozhao took a look around to make sure there was no one around, then squatted down, pulled his body off, held his head, and kissed him proactively.
Huang Chenling was knocked down by her. She was kissed too hard and she was a little dissatisfied. He tapped her head lightly and said, "Can you be gentler to me? You're going to knock me down if you kiss me."
Just a kiss is not enough."
"It's just not enough." Yan Ruozhen patted her skirt and prepared to stand up.
Huang Chenling quickly grabbed her and said, "Is this the end of the coaxing?"
Yan Ruozhen pulled him up and said, "What else? You should go back and read the memorial and listen to the minister's introduction. Do you still want to be lazy?"
Huang Chenling said angrily: "I really want to pass this throne to my brother, but I face a lot of memorials every day. Instead of discussing state affairs, I just discuss countermeasures. I am about to die."
"Didn't the Supreme Emperor say to help you? Why are you moaning?" Yan Ruocheng asked.
"My father is currently focused on when the dragon veins will be re-established, so he has no time to care about me. Fortunately, there are no signs from the sky yet," Huang Chenling said.
"If a mouse comes out to eat fruit in broad daylight, does that count as a sign from heaven?" Yan Ruocheng pointed to the fruit cakes on the table, where a skinny mouse was eating.
"Why is there a mouse? How have the servants been cleaning recently?" Huang Chenling said, and another mouse climbed onto the table, followed by several smaller mice.
"I don't think it's because they didn't clean it cleanly. It seems like they knew there were any changes and were trying to save food and run away." Yan Ruocheng said.
"Is there really a sign from the sky?" Huang Chenling began to feel melancholy.
After seeing the rat that day, no rat was found in the next few days, so the matter was settled.
In Felix Wei's large courtyard.
After Huang Tianchang broke his arm on the boat, after many twists and turns, he was finally transported to her villa to rest.
Manastasi still believes that Felixwei planned Huang Tianchang's fall again.
"Do you feel better?" Manastasi asked, sitting next to the nursing bed.
On the bed, Huang Tianchang had one arm fixed in a plaster, hanging high.
"It's okay." Huang Tianchang said hoarsely. His arm was inflamed, and he had been suffering from a low-grade fever for the past few days. The fever made his throat hoarse and sore, making it difficult to talk.
"Would you like to drink some milk?" Manastasi knew nothing about the stews and decoctions in the Central Plains. For fractures and other things, for her, milk is the best choice to supplement her needs.
Huang Tianchang's body is currently in a state of yin deficiency and internal heat. Drinking milk will only make his condition worse and is not suitable.
"He can't drink milk now." Felix Wei came in and saw Manastasi wanted to feed Huang Tianchang milk, and said quickly.
"He has a broken arm, what's wrong with drinking milk?" Manastasi said displeased.
"Milk is suitable only after he recovers from his injury and drinks some during recuperation. Now he has a deficiency fire in his body. Drinking milk will only aggravate his deficiency fire and not eliminate the inflammation. I want to come and help him drink it.
Some anti-inflammatory shots." Felix Wei said, and Xian Jianlan, a maid disguised as a woman, pushed a medical trolley and followed her.
"It's been less than two days and three days, and I said I need injections. Do these potions of yours really work?" Manastasi asked suspiciously. Huang Tianchang has been here for several days, and he hasn't gotten better.
, but became confused and sick.
"Of course it works. Without the anti-inflammatory injection, his arm is still swollen. Take a look at his fingers." Felix Wei went over and pinched the few fingers exposed on Huang Tianchang's plastered arm.
A slight pinch made Huang Tianchang tremble with pain, and he made a stop sound: "Hiss...hiss! Be gentle!"
"Please be gentle, he's in pain." Manastasi patted her hand away distressedly, touched his fingers, and exhaled.
"The pain is normal. It proves that the bones are well connected and the meridians are open. Miss Tassie, please hold him first, and I will give him an injection." Felix Wei said with a smile.
"Okay, be careful and make sure the injection is accurate." Manastasi thought that the injection she was talking about was a normal injection, so she went over to hold Huang Tianchang slightly, took out his other arm, and gave her the injection.
Unexpectedly, it was not an ordinary injection. The location where Felix Wei wanted to inject the injection was a few fingers on the plaster.
Felixwei stabbed him, and the next second Huang Tianchang almost bounced up. Fortunately, Manastasi held him down.
"Ah——!" He shouted in pain.
"Didn't you prick his arm? Why did you prick his finger?" Manastasi asked.
"Help reduce the swelling on his finger. Didn't you pinch his finger just now and it hurt him so much? Let him hold it back, I will continue." Felix Wei said seriously.
Xian Jianque, who was standing behind, secretly smiled in his heart. In fact, the painful fingers that he pricked Huang Tianchang were just orders from Huang Chenling. He needed to be taught a lesson and let him have a good taste.
A taste of pain. Who told him to betray the Central Plains and join the Westerners?
When pricking his second finger, Huang Tianchang struggled even more fiercely. Manastasi was afraid that he would get too excited and break his arm, so she simply held him in her arms and held him as if he were wrestling.
his limbs.
Felixwei was just following orders to help Huang Chenling, which would be beneficial to her future business dealings, so she did it casually.
The whole courtyard was filled with Huang Tianchang's screams.
Huang Sijing, the uncle of the Fifth Emperor, was supervising the work on the streets, and the destroyed antique towers in the city were slowly being rebuilt.
"Fifth Emperor, we will try our best to complete today's process. It's hot, so why don't you go to the teahouse to have a rest. I'll leave this place to the care of the villain." The junior official who wanted to curry favor with him said flatteringly.
"The weather is indeed hot, and I also want to take a rest. Well, you can watch it for me, and I will reward you well when I come back." Huang Sijing is a person who is easily flattered by others. It just so happens that he also wants to take a rest.
Rest, just follow the wishes of that petty official.
"Thank you, Fifth Emperor. I will definitely keep a good watch on you," the junior official said happily.
Huang Sijing took a few guards with folding fans and went to find a teahouse to rest. He was an extremely elegant person, and he also wanted to find an extremely exquisite teahouse for drinking tea.
After a long circuit, we came to the vicinity of Felix Wei's large villa.
He vaguely heard Huang Tianchang's screams. He had paid special attention to Huang Tianchang since he was a child, and even recognized his voice the best. He immediately recognized Huang Tianchang's voice.