Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 35

[Chapter 26]

Teng Yuyi quickly went through it in his mind, realizing that the whole plan was seamless, so he took the lead in opening his mouth: “I don’t know what Shizi is looking for me?”

Lin Chengyou glanced at her and said lazily, “I remember that night I told you that I can’t control what you do with itchy insects, don’t harm people, don’t get involved with Qingyunguan’s reputation, but you not only take insects to harm people, but also almost harm me to carry the black pot for you, Teng Yuyi, do you think you can play with everyone in the world?” Teng Yuyi looked

shocked: “I don’t quite understand Shizi’s words, although I begged some bugs to go back to play because of curiosity, but I never took this thing out of the house, Shizi said that I calculate people, what exactly do I mean?”

Lin Chengyou looked at her playfully: “Pretending to be really similar, are you sure that I can’t come up with evidence of your harm?”

Teng Yuyi shook her head innocently: “I really don’t know what I did wrong-”

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly froze: “Shouldn’t Shi Zi think that General Duan Xiao is the worm I threw?” Last night, Shizi was also present, I think you also heard, as soon as General Duan Xiao was infected with itchy worms, Dong Erniang of Jingzhao Province saw it well, so it can be seen that he was infected from Dong Erniang, how can Shizi suspect that I am throwing insects?

Lin Chengyou stroked his chin: “I originally wanted to give you a chance to confess voluntarily, but it seems that you will not shed tears when you don’t see the coffin.” Now start counting three, you’d better think clearly before answering, it’s one thing to explain yourself, and it’s another thing for me to say it. Teng Yu’s

face was silent, but his heart was a little heavy, could it be that something was wrong? Never.

On the one hand, she let people poison Duan Ningyuan, on the other hand, she let Cheng Bo secretly detoxify Dong Erniang with the medicinal powder, the two links were set up, it can be said that there was no flaw, and then through the duan old lady’s birthday feast to expose the two things at the same time, everyone would naturally determine that Duan Ningyuan’s insects were passed on from Dong Erniang,So it would not involve her head, nor would it affect the reputation of Qingyun Guan.

Even if Lin Chengyou knew that she had a worm in her hand, she couldn’t be sure whether the worm was passed on to Duan Ningyuan by Dong Erniang or whether she had deliberately cast it. Something he wasn’t sure about, why did he come to her for trouble.

Thinking of this, she regained her composure.

Lin Chengyou watched every subtle expression on her face, interesting, cunning people he had seen a lot, justified to this point of rare, anyone who saw Teng Yuyi’s flower-like face, would not think that her layout was so skilled.

He continued to count in his mouth: “Two.” The little panther cooperated

perfectly with his master, touched his face with his paws, and let out a second breath.

Teng Yuyi stared at Lin Chengyou, his heart was suddenly a little bottomless, recently because he was anxious to retire, it was inevitable that he would act in some urgency, although he severely punished the Duan family last night, but there was always a vague shadow in his heart, as if he had ignored some key points, which made her uneasy.

Unfortunately, last night I patronized happily, and I went to sleep without thinking about it after I got home, and I woke up this morning and was busy, let alone bothering to cover it from scratch.

Which one was overlooked? She pretended to be calm on her face, but inside her abdomen she secretly calculated, and suddenly a thought flashed, and she suddenly froze.

Worse, it turned out that the ring was exposed, a few days ago she only asked for a fierce breath of evil, and when she handed over the worms, she had instructed Cheng Bo: “Throw a few more bugs to Duan Ningyuan, let him suffer more.” At

that time, he said that he was happy, but he forgot to first ask the Absolute Saint to prove that Lin Chengyou had cast a few for Dong Erniang.

If Lin Chengyou only cast one or two, but Duan Ningyuan had more than a dozen on his body, Lin Chengyou would know as long as he detoxified in the past, so many bugs could never have been passed from Dong Erniang’s body.

No wonder he was looking for trouble with her today, this matter was hidden from others, it was definitely not concealed from Lin Chengyou, what to do now, Lin Chengyou is not easy to deal with, really want to confess to him? He wouldn’t have publicized it in a fit of rage.

The little black panther seemed to feel Teng Yuyi’s nervousness, climbed up and paced around her, looked up and let out another breath.

The smile on Lin Chengyou’s face was even worse, and he was about to say the last number.

Teng Yuyi narrowed his mouth, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, “I said!”

“One.” Lin Chengyou smiled evilly, “It’s late.” Teng Yuyi argued

on the basis of reason: “I let go first, Shizi said ‘one’ is after, why is it too late?”

“I mean it by three.” Lin Chengyou pointed at Junnu, “It just spewed three breaths, didn’t you hear it?” Teng Yuyi

took a breath.

“If you don’t want to tell the truth, how can you blame Junnu for not giving you a chance?” Lin Chengyou was brazen, “You use my bugs to plot for yourself to get married, and you don’t first ask me if I would like to be involved in this kind of thing.” Originally, you could have done it more secretly, such as only casting two, so that even if I doubted you, I couldn’t come up with conclusive evidence, but unfortunately, your hands were black, and you threw more than a dozen to Duan Ningyuan in one breath.

He smiled evilly, “But this is not surprising, you have a hard time getting so many itchy worms, if you only throw one or two, I am afraid it is more difficult than infecting yourself with itch bugs.”

Teng Yuyi bit her red lip, and Lin Chengyou actually guessed her mind so thoroughly, only throwing two worms, which was too cheap for Duan Ningyuan. Now that the mistake has been made, it is too late to regret it, I only hate that I was too careless at the beginning, if I had calculated the number of poisonous insects on Dong Erniang’s body in advance, I would have been caught by Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou added, “Yesterday when I went to detoxify Duan’s mother and son, I found eight and four worms on Duan Ningyuan and Lady Duan respectively, one of which can make people worse off than dead, not to mention so many, no wonder they are so fierce.” Teng Yuyi, it is your business that you want to retire, have you brought The Qingyun Temple into it and asked my opinion?

Teng Yuyi brewed a bit, and Qingying’s tears began to swirl in his eyes: “Shizi, although I used your worm, but the purpose is only for self-protection, Duan Ningyuan and Dong Erniang have an affair is a fact, I just push the boat along the water to expose the ugly things, I only asked for retirement, and did not frame others, Shizi must also know my difficulties, so I split people apart.”

Lin Chengyou looked at her, obviously playing qingyunguan and the Zhenguo Gongfu in a circle, and pretending to be miserable in front of everyone.

But she was not wrong in what she said, asking for guilt, he did not intend to rehabilitate Duan Ningyuan, so even if he knew the original reason last night, he was determined to rot in his stomach.

But she obviously could think of other good ways to retire, but chose the most convenient method, thinking that before she laid out, she did not think that a little carelessness would affect the reputation of Qingyun Guan, which showed that in her heart, how to get it as soon as possible is the first.

He didn’t misread her, she was a person who did whatever it took to achieve her goals, even if she consciously cared about the reputation of Qingyun Guan, but because she didn’t know the habits of insects, she accidentally exposed her horse’s feet. Those who were present last night, as long as they knew a little about the itch worm, would be suspicious of Qingyun Guan’s head.

In order to cover up for her and Qingyun Guan, he quietly forced Junnu to swallow the shells of more than a dozen dead insects into his stomach last night in front of Zhen Guogong, and Junnu was not happy in his heart and refused to eat all day.

But he knew these things himself, there was no need to tell her.

Teng Yuyi looked at Lin Chengyou for a long time, only when he was loose, busy and tearful: “I still remember that Shizi said that as long as I didn’t use bugs to harm people and didn’t affect Qingyunguan’s reputation, I wouldn’t bother me, and although I used bugs to deal with Duan Ningyuan last night, he deceived people first, and I could only do that in return, and it was definitely not evil.” As for the reputation of qingyun temple, it is even more impossible to talk about. Shizi must have remembered what he had said, so he did not intend to tell the second person about this matter, Shizi’s great kindness, I have no teeth to forget, since Shizi decided not to pursue it anymore, I also resigned, today I have to be invited by His Highness the Lord of the County, it is inconvenient to let the County Lord wait for a long time.

She gave a salute and raised her step to go, but unexpectedly, just after taking a step, Lin Chengyou held out an arm to stop her: “Slowly.” Teng

Yu Yi pretended to be shy: “Shizi– ”

Her voice did not fall, and there was a tingling in her voice, and when she wanted to open her mouth again, she couldn’t utter a word in her throat.

She froze, the feeling getting stronger and stronger, and even her tongue began to dull.

She soon realized that she had been poisoned, and angrily stared at Lin Chengyou: What does Shizi mean?

Try to open your mouth, but you can’t make a sound.

But her heart became more and more angry, and she only hated that it was inconvenient to carry a dark weapon without a beard today, otherwise she could still hit him back.

She scolded silently: Lin Chengyou, how can you not keep your promises, quickly untie me!

You, you vile little man.

Lin Chengyou waited for Teng Yuyi to scold enough, touched his ear, and said, “The Duan family’s affairs have stopped with me, and there will never be a second person who knows.” As long as you return the remaining bugs, the tickle bugs will be written off from now on, but don’t forget, you and I have other things to liquidate.

Teng Yuyi was shocked and uncertain.

“That night in the Ziyun Building, I was kind enough to help you detoxify the demon, and as a result, you made me unable to speak.” Lin Chengyou walked around her with his negative hand, “Catching the demon back to the room was pushed into the water by you, and you stabbed twice on your arm for no reason, was it not only infected with a poison on the hairpin?” Otherwise, why can’t the wound be scabed until now, as for the itchy insect thing, although you are not evil, but you do not say hello and use the things of the Qingyun Temple for your own personal gain, it can be seen that you have not put the Qingyun Temple in your eyes at all, and these add up, is it enough to make you not speak for a month?

Teng Yuyi opened her mouth, but her tongue was already unconscious, she was distraught, the antidote was in his hand, it was not appropriate to touch it hard at this time, so a few tears flowed out, and she looked at Lin Chengyou pitifully.

Lin Chengyou glanced at her, those tearful eyes were black and white, like a child, at a young age to cultivate this fierce, it was really unbelievable, in the past she did not care how she was in Yangzhou, bumping into his hands is not so cheap, let her eat a lesson fiercely, maybe you can learn well later.

“Isn’t it that you can’t speak for a while, is it so uncomfortable?” He and Yan Yuexi said, “Lady Teng is usually cunning, take this opportunity to take a good rest in her throat.” With

a whistle, he led Junnu away.

Teng Yuyi stared at Lin Chengyou’s back with hatred, at this time, he would definitely not be able to please him, he did not know whether there was an antidote to the Absolute Saint and the Renunciation Wisdom, whether he would go out of the house immediately to look for them.

Knowing that Lin Chengyou was going to leave, he retreated and smiled: “Forgot to tell you, this poison is only me alone can solve.” Teng Yuyi cried

more and more fiercely, and du Tinglan saw that Lin Chengyou was gone, hurriedly ran over, and as soon as he got closer, he saw Teng Yuyi’s tears on his face, and he couldn’t help but panic in his heart: “Ayu, what happened?”

Mings Sven was talking, how could he cry.

Teng Yuyi had already put away his tears, cleared his throat and tried to open his mouth, only hating that his throat was like a piece of wood.

She pointed to her throat and shook her head at Du Tinglan.

Du Tinglan was stunned: “You can’t talk?

Teng Yuyi nodded.

“King Cheng Shizi got it?” Du Tinglan was stunned.

Teng Yuyi hated it, who else but him.

Du Tinglan took a breath: “The deception is too much, I will go to find Cheng Wang Shizi to give you an antidote, no, I will go to Princess Cheng and let the princess administer justice for you.”

Teng Yuyi helplessly dragged Du Tinglan back and drew a picture in the palm of her hand: useless, Cheng Wang and his wife are not in Chang’an.

“Yes, I forgot as soon as I was confused, then I will go to QingyunGuan to find——”

Teng Yuyi continued to draw: Qing Xuanzi is not there.

“Isn’t anyone in charge of this?”

There are saints and queens in the palace, but unfortunately mortals can’t easily see them.

Du Tinglan thought anxiously and suddenly looked up: “Don’t forget that there is still the county lord, since we are invited to the poetry meeting today, how can the master bully the guests so much, we will go to the county lord.”

Teng Yuyi shook his head, the lord of Azhi County opened his mouth and closed his mouth to be a brother, not to be confused to help Lin Chengyou calculate them, how could he help them to find an antidote.

But…… She frowned and thought, now she can only do so, really want to leave the Chengwang Mansion in a rage, and look back to find Lin Chengyou for detoxification, I am afraid that I will not even see this person’s face.

Du Tinglan said angrily, “Ayu, don’t worry, Uncle Hengzhu has returned to Chang’an, it is a big deal to tell your uncle about this, let your uncle go to the palace to find the saint and talk about this matter well.” Teng Yuyi drew in Du Tinglan’s

palm: Sister, if you really want to sue the emperor, Lin Chengyou will definitely tell the ins and outs, and at that time Lin Chengyou will be reprimanded for a few words at most, but I can’t cover up Duan Ningyuan’s affairs. It is better to go to the Lord of Jingde County first, and then see the opportunity to act later.

The two discussed a few more words, Teng Yuyi looked back for the old man in the Chengwang Mansion, the old servant was still a little confused, only to get too far away, only to see Xiao Langjun talking and laughing at this little lady, he only when Xiao Langjun was enlightened, and he also secretly rejoiced for a while, but when he approached and saw Teng Yuyi’s eyes with tears, he knew that it was not so.

Du Tinglan said to the old servant with a smile: “I don’t dare to let the county lord wait for a long time, please show us the way.” The

old servant replied and smiled busily, “Please come with the old slave.” ***

The

poetry club is set up in a water pavilion in the garden, the windows are half open, and the breeze is refreshing.

When Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan stepped onto the veranda, there were already a number of young men and women in luxurious clothes sitting in the water pavilion.

The lord of Jingde County did not sit honestly on the seat, but held a fishing rod in his hand, next to the little lady next to him, and fished by the window while talking.

The water pavilion was covered with purple mats, and on the shore were fruits and wine, and the people sat on the seats, or talked, or held rolls.

At the top of the seat sat an old man with a gray beard, the dragon bell was old, and he was dozing off.

There were four long rows of strips under the old Confucian head, east and west facing each other, the ladies sat on one side, and the Lang Jun sat on the other side.

The fifth male guest sat Lu Zhaoan, opposite Zheng Shuangyin, who was a thousand gold Zheng Shuangyin of the Zheng Servant Archery Family.

Lu Zhaoan’s face was light and breezy, but occasionally he would inadvertently look at Zheng Shuangyin.

Zheng Shuangyin’s face was red, and he sat quietly behind the case.

Du Tinglan came in to see the situation of the two people, accidentally toe a little, and was quietly supported by Teng Yuyi and re-stabilized his body.

Lu Zhaoan saw Du Tinglan, his smile was also stagnant, and he quickly recovered his look, and if nothing happened, he turned his face away.

There were four more positions at his head, and the second sat a man in a dark green python robe, who had long eyebrows, white skin, and was born unusuallyHandsome, only the eye sockets are a little deep, and the facial features are not much like those of the Central Plains.

Teng Yuyi looked at the python robe on this person, such a complicated and exquisite embroidery, it was no one who was a royal family, but this person was obviously not a Middle-earther.

The python-robed man heard the return of the next person and looked up at Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan.

“It’s Lady Teng and Lady Du, please take a seat.” The Lord of Jingde County happily introduced himself to the crowd, “This is the Qianjin of Teng Shao, the envoy of the Huainan Festival, and this is the young lady of du Yuzhi’ family, the Doctor of Guozi Jian Taixue, all of whom are my guests and have come to participate in today’s poetry meeting.” The

people at the table stood up one after another and saluted: “I have seen Lady Teng, I have seen Lady Du.”

Teng Yu smiled and silently returned the salute one by one.

When the crowd saw that she did not speak, they could not help but be a little strange, so they heard the maid at the door say, “Shizi.”

Lin Chengyou changed into the green robe of a low-ranking official of Dali Temple, and stopped at the door, with a feeling of bright moonlight reflecting the hall.

Lord Jingde beckoned happily, “Brother, come quickly.” The

beautiful man in the dark green python robe looked up and stood up to greet Lin Chengyou: “I was saying why you haven’t shown your face yet.” Lin Chengyou was

full of energy, and said as he walked: “I was tripped by some small things.” Teng Yu maintained

a quiet smile on his face, but in his heart he was eager to shoot countless poisonous arrows to kill Lin Chengyou.

Du Tinglan couldn’t bear to pull Teng Yuyi and softly explained to everyone: “My sister’s body is not very good these two days, her voice is dumb, and she can’t speak. The

crowd nodded sympathetically, “That’s what happened, Lady Teng, Lady Du, please sit down.” The

python-robed man listened to this, looked at Teng Yuyi, casually took out a thing from the arrow sleeve, walked over to Teng Yuyi, and smiled: “Teng Niangzi, this is red jade candy, we are refining by an old immortal in Nanzhao who is good at Danqing, the taste is a little spicy, but it can clear the lungs and throat, the mother’s throat is uncomfortable, you can take it in your mouth, and it will get better in a few days.” The

next person whispered: “Teng Niangzi, Du Niangzi, this is Gu Xian, the crown prince of the Southern ZhaoGuo.”

Teng Yuyi was shocked, Nanzhao Guo.

Ah Zhi held Teng Yuyi’s hand with a tender little hand: “Lady Teng, is your throat sad?” Brother Xian often carries herbs on his body, and the prescription sword is biased, which is a little different from the Central Plains, or you can try it, maybe it can be against your illness. Teng Yuyi

remembered the letters in Wu Yingying and her father’s study, smiled and nodded, meaning thank you.

She didn’t expect this thing to solve Lin Chengyou’s poison, but today she could get to know a person from the Nanzhao Kingdom, and it was not worth the trip, she took the medicine from the servant’s hand, and she was in debt to Gu Xian.

Gu Xian returned the salute, and his smile was like the melting spring light of March.

[End of This Chapter]