Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 229: Tears, Rain and Linlings
The night is deep, and the evening breeze blows the window lattice. Outside the window, there is a starry sky, and there is a little chill in the wind, and the cicadas and insects are heard from time to time in the grass.
Hu Qi slept very peacefully in the bed, but there was an abnormal flush on his face.
The black hair on the sideburns was wet with sweat and pressed against their cheeks. A pair of thin lips opened and closed, as if they were saying something, but they couldn't make a sound.
Lu Ning sat beside his bed, snoring her head. Suddenly, she was drowsy, her head sank, and she suddenly woke up.
She barely held up her eyelids, glanced at the person on the bed, and closed her eyes again.
But after a while, she opened her eyes again, looked at Hu Qi who was thrusting on the bed, and quickly reached out to touch her forehead. The tentacles were hot and hot.
Oh no! The doctor said it would be troublesome if he had a fever!
Lu Ning was shocked and quickly got up and wanted to find Mrs. Xia, but suddenly remembered: At the third update in the middle of the night, everyone in the house should be resting, so he couldn't ask for help rashly.
After thinking about it, she could only cool down Hu Qi by herself in the current situation.
But after a while, Lu Ning drew a basin of cold well water, then brought a few handkerchiefs to wet with cold water, and placed them on Hu Qi's forehead.
When a veil became warm, I immediately replaced it with a new cold veil.
After struggling for a night, when the sky was light, the temperature on Hu Qi's forehead gradually dropped.
Lu Ning sat down beside the bed, looked at Hu Qi's pale face, and murmured: "Hu Qi, you must not be in trouble!"
As she said that, she gradually closed her eyes, lay beside Hu Qi, and fell asleep again.
It was dark outside the window. I don’t know how long it took, but I suddenly heard the night cry of owls coming from outside the window.
Lu Ning opened his eyes suddenly, got up and pushed open the door and rushed out.
She remembered that the master once said: If an owl roars in front of a patient's door, it is counting the person's eyebrows. If the number of the eyebrows is counted, the patient will die.
Lu Ning rushed to the yard, picked up a rattan bar from the ground, and drove away the owls that were falling on the fence.
He muttered something: "Don't count his eyebrows! Don't count his eyebrows!"
The owl was startled by her and flew away quickly with her wings.
Lu Ning looked at the direction they flew away, and suddenly his legs fell to the ground.
At this moment, she remembered her cruel departure from Shengjing and fled to Lingzhou in a panic. She felt exhausted physically and mentally, full of sadness and grievances along the way.
My eyes couldn't help but turn red.
For some reason, she misses King Yi very much at this time.
I don’t know how he is now, is he still angry with himself?
She was reluctant to hurt King Yi, but for him she had to bear the pain of doing so.jj.br
When she thought of this, she hugged her head in annoyance.
Suddenly, a weak and dumb voice rang behind her back: "Miss Lu, are you... okay?"
Lu Ning suddenly turned around and saw Hu Qi, who was pale and holding the door frame with his forehand, looking at him worriedly.
She smiled, stood up and walked over, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "Hu Qi, you are finally awake!"
As she said that, she reached out to his forehead again, and then she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's so good, you finally subsided your fever."
Her hand had just been put down, but Hu Qi grabbed it. Lu Ning was stunned, suddenly raised her head and bumped into Hu Qi's affectionate gaze.
She quickly lowered her eyes and pulled her hands back, turned around and whispered, "It's better that you're fine, but the injuries on your body still need to be recuperated for a while, so you'd better have to rest more. I, I'm going to sleep...
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Lu Ning was about to run away as if he was about to run away, but Hu Qi grabbed her and forced her to look at him.
"I saw you whipping an owl. I've heard folk legends about owls. Are you so afraid that I will die?" Hu Qi's eyes were shimmering.
Lu Ning broke free from his hand and smiled: "You are because of it."
I was injured, of course I don't want something to happen to you."
Hu Qi's arms were empty and his expression became dark: "Is there no other reason? If I really die, will you be sad?"
"If something really happens to you, I will naturally be sad." Lu Ning frowned slightly uneasy: "As we get along, we are friends in trouble..."
Seeing her look like she was rejected thousands of miles away, Hu Qi felt bitter inside: "Well, we are indeed partners who have experienced hardships..."
"Hu Qi, I..." Lu Ning opened her mouth and realized that she had no idea what to say.
"Can we change the name in the future?" Hu Qi suddenly spoke.
"Hmm?" Lu Ning was slightly stunned.
"From now on, can you call me Xiaoqi?" Hu Qi explained.
Lu Ning then smiled sweetly and said softly: "Yes, Xiaoqi."
She also felt relieved when she saw Hu Qi's still pale face.
Although she strongly denied it, she could still feel that the relationship between the two seemed to have undergone subtle changes. The thick wall in her heart began to slowly peel off...
The autumn wind is weeds, and the poplars are dead trees.
Xia Yunqing came to the government office early to check the old accounts of previous years.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the government office, he saw Lu Ning standing at the door, wandering back and forth with great worries.
Xia Yunqing was stunned, walked over and asked, "Master Lu Gang, shouldn't you take care of Hu Qi?"
Lu Ning immediately smiled when he saw Xia Yunqing: "Mr. Xia, I know you are still investigating the iron ore! This matter not only involves His Royal Highness Yi, but also involves the horse gang, so I want to help. Don't worry, everything
I will never make any decisions if I listen to your dispatch!”
Xia Yunqing stroked her long beard and pondered for a while before nodding: "So that's it! You'll be by my side for the time being. When necessary, you will let you know."
Lu Ning was overjoyed and quickly bowed: "It's great, so thank you Lord Xia!"
Xia Yunqing looked at Lu Ning's slightly red glow, her eyes were circulating, and she smiled softly, and couldn't help but smile: "It can be seen that the leader of Gang Lu is very concerned about His Highness King Yi."
Lu Ning was stunned and immediately lowered his head and said nothing.
Yes, no one knows the relationship between them except the horse gang, and no one will ever think that they almost became husband and wife.
Just at this moment, a yamen run over hurriedly and bowed: "Mr. Xia, something happened in the prison!"
Xia Yunqing was stunned and looked at Lu Ning, while people hurriedly followed the yamen runners to prison.
As soon as I arrived at the prison door, I saw a group of soldiers dressed up, surrounded the prison. The leader was a soldier with a flesh-faced face, who was checking one by one, and the person he liked would be picked out.
The two of them remained silent and observed for a while, and discovered something strange:
No matter which cell the soldier entered, the prisoners in the cell would be very frightened and kept begging, as if they were going to the execution ground.
Xia Yunqing immediately walked over and stopped the soldier: "Where did you come from? The prisoners here are under the supervision of the government. How could you take them away just by saying you would take them away?"
Seeing that someone was stopping him, the soldier shouted fiercely: "Who are you? Do you dare to care about my affairs?"
The yamen runner beside Xia Yunqing couldn't hold back and was about to stand up, but was pulled by Xia Yunqing.
He stood in front of the officers and soldiers with awesomeness and said in a deep voice: "I am Xia Yunqing, the chief of Lingzhou Prefecture, who is in charge of the criminal prison! This is my jurisdiction, and you are not allowed to arrest anyone at will!"
The leader of the soldier looked at him, took out a piece of paper from his arms calmly, and shook it open for him to show it.
"We have come to take people to work with your immediate boss, Master Cai. If you have any questions, just ask him!"
Xia Yunqing took the paper and looked carefully
:The private seal of Prison Cai was covered with the official seal of Prison Cai. This is indeed the handwriting of Prison Cai!
Thinking this matter was suspicious, he immediately asked: "Prince Cai asked you to take these people away. Where are you going to take? What are you doing? When will you let them come back?"
The leader's soldier's face sank and said coldly: "These people stay in prison for eating and drinking all day. For a person who has committed a crime, life is a great thing! So, Master Cai finds them some work.
Doing this can be regarded as helping them reform and making some contributions to the people. Wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds? After doing the work, they will naturally come back. If you have so many questions, why would you rather ask the Prime Minister Cai directly?”
While Xia Yunqing was hesitating, the chosen people suddenly knelt down to him: "Please don't let us go! If we go, we will be dead! Please, we don't want to die!"
Hearing this, the leader's soldier changed his face. He kicked the person closest to him away, and shouted viciously: "Damn, are you tired of living and dare not go?"
The person who was kicked down spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing that the soldier was still trying to move, Lu Ning clenched his fists and wanted to teach him a lesson.
Just so happened, Xia Yunqing stopped shouting and left them: "Stop! I am still here, how dare you be so arrogant? Come and knock them out! Today, as long as I am here, even if the prefect Cai comes, don't think about it.
Take anyone away!”
The left and right yamen runners looked at each other but did not dare to disobey, so they had to surround them with weapons.
Lu Ning also pulled out the nine-section whip, blocked Xia Yunqing, and glared at them.
The leader Ding grinned and sneered, "Old man, we were sent by Priest Cai. Do you dare to attack us?"
Xia Yunqing snorted and said, "So what about the Prime Minister Cai! I am about to talk to him, so why are you afraid of you! If you don't leave, I will be rude to you!"
Seeing that he was not afraid at all, the leader's face suddenly became ugly.
He wanted to take action, but saw that the yamen runners around him had surrounded him, and they were all eager to try. The girl who stood in front of Xia Yunqing knew that she was extraordinary at first glance.
Thinking of starting a move, he couldn't take advantage of it, so he had to stare at Xia Yunqing and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you have a genital! Wait for me! See how long you can be proud!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and left with his subordinates in disappointment.
The selected prisoners breathed a sigh of relief when they watched the officers and soldiers leave.
Then, everyone knelt down at Xia Yunqing and bowed: "Thank you for your help!"
Xia Yunqing helped them up one by one and asked in confusion: "You can tell me the matter now. Who are those people? What are you told to do? Why are you so afraid of them?"
The prisoners looked at each other, no one dared to speak, and they all lowered their heads.