Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 3

[Chapter 3]

The Purple Cloud Tower is on the riverbank, opposite the Moon Lantern Pavilion.

After the matter of Talent, no one dared to cut a short road, bypassed the bamboo forest and went to the avenue, and ran for a long time to reach the riverbank.

By the light outside the car window, Teng Yuyi looked at the wound in his cousin’s palm, the blood stains were not healed, extremely fine and deep, originally thought to be a monster injury, the more he looked, the more he looked like an embroidery scissors.

“Auntie, you see.”

Madame Du held Du Tinglan’s hand and examined it back and forth, and said in a trembling voice, “When I went out in the morning, I was fine, most of it was broken by the demon.” Teng Yuyi was

full of doubts, the monster’s claws were as big as a fan, if he wanted to catch it, his cousin’s hand was already blurred with blood and flesh, how could he leave only a thin scar?

“Auntie, did Sister A tell you before she left that she was going to leave the nunnery?”

Madame Du said with tears, “Did you ever tell me?” I went to the front to watch a hundred plays, your sister is bored to stay in the Cloud Hall to rest, I think after watching a hundred plays to go back to the city, I did not force her, who knows this child turned his head out of the nunnery, but also bumped into such a strange thing.

She hesitated for a moment, grabbed Teng Yuyi’s hand and whispered, “Good boy, you and your sister exchange letters, have you ever heard your sister mention which little Lang Jun in the letter?”

Teng Yuyi had thought about this question a thousand times earlier, but at the time of the accident, she had not seen her cousin for more than half a year, and the two were separated by two places, with her cousin’s cautious nature, her heart would only talk to her in person, and she would never put it into writing at will.

“My sister sends me some novelties every three to five minutes, but I didn’t say anything about the side, but I want to ask my aunt if my sister has anything unusual in the house these days?”

Madame Du was shocked, thinking back and forth: “You don’t know your sister, she has always been steady, everything is thoughtful, even if you encounter something unpleasant, her face never shows, this time I see that she is a little depressed, intentionally pay attention to her living, stunned is not to see the inappropriate, a few days ago I heard that you are going to come to Chang’an, your sister moved your yin mattress quilt to her house, and all the food you mentioned to her will be given to you in advance. I saw that she was overjoyed and did not look like she had a heart, so I opened my hand.

She beat her chest in remorse: “I am also confused, the nunnery is mixed with fish and dragons, how can I leave her alone in the back garden!” If I can’t be saved, I won’t live.

Teng Yuyi grabbed Lady Du’s shoulder: “We have invited the QingXuzi Dao Chief, are you still afraid that your sister will not be able to save you?” The sister is now anxiously waiting for treatment, everything needs the aunt to make an idea, if the aunt is confused, how to deal with the next thing?
Madame
Du was stunned for a moment, wiped her tears and nodded, “Good boy, or do you understand, aunt is in a hurry.” Saying

that he had calmed down, he ordered his subordinates: “Send someone to the city to quickly send news to the old man and the grand duke!” The sooner the better!

Teng Yuyi thought back to the situation in the forest with a dark face, just as the carriage passed the Moon Lantern Pavilion, she subconsciously turned her head to look out.

The lights in the building were brilliant, and the feast for the soldiers was opened.

The guests were all seated, the attic door was closed, and from the outside was not to be able to see the hint, she looked at it carefully, and no matter how suspicious she was, she could only give up.

When they arrived at the Ziyun Building, an elderly old palace man greeted him and said, “The Head of the Dao First drank in the building, and when he heard that the blowing of the Moon Lantern Pavilion had begun, he immediately disappeared.” His Highness the King of the County, afraid of delaying his work, let the old slave wait here and go to the Moon Lantern Pavilion to find the Dao Chief.
Lady
Du couldn’t think about why a young and rare old Daoist leader was interested in fencing, and hurried down the lane: “Everything has His Highness the King of Laojun.” “The

old palace man asked him to carry a few cages;” His Highness the King of the County often remembered General Teng’s life-saving grace that year, and it happened that tonight he bumped into it, and it is the common sentiment of people to tie the knot, not to mention that these people in the palace are worried about their lives, that is, there is no friendship in the past, and His Highness will not sit idly by. At

this moment, the evening wind blew up the curtain in front of the cage, and Du Tinglan choked on the wind, and his face was covered with a layer of mad golden gray, and then his nose fluttered, vomiting out a mouthful of black blood.

Teng Yuyi and Madame Du’s hearts trembled, and while wiping the blood with a towel, they said in a anxious voice: “I think it can’t blow cold wind, please ask gonggong to take us in.” The

old palace people only knew that they had bumped into the evil creature, and did not know that it was so dangerous, so they said busily: “Come with the old slave, the second lady of Dong County Ling of Wannian County was also frightened just now, and was going to rush back to the city for treatment, but I heard that His Highness the King of the County invited the Dao Chief, temporarily entrusted people to take care of it, and also entered the Ziyun Building.”
Madame
Du nodded, His Majesty usually only ordered more than three pins of senior officials to accompany him to drink, and if there was no nobleman to invite him, ordinary officials would not be able to enter the Ziyun Building.

In addition to the front building of Guan Da Shu, there are more than a dozen large and small annexes, covering a very large area, enough to accommodate a thousand people.

The old palace people did not take them into the main building, directly to the back of the annex,

most of the officials and female relatives in the front of the main building to drink and feast, but there are also many pearls in the annex, in the past, if the female relatives accidentally drunk and drunk, often take the cage to leave on their own, the old palace people in order not to hit the eye, specially prepared a few cages.

When passing through the atrium, the silk bamboo orchestra was magnificent, and nearly a hundred Lingyou danced into the courtyard and danced.

Teng Yuyi did not squint, and followed closely behind the old palace people.

In the blink of an eye, it is located in the northwest corner of the back garden, there is a rockery in front of it and a wall behind it, and everyone thinks that its scenery is not good, and often only drunken female relatives are willing to come here to circle.

The people of the old palace knew that this place was cleaner than other places, and they were left out to place the wounded.

The group was just about to enter the courtyard when someone suddenly exclaimed, “Why is there a man hidden in the cage?” Everyone

stopped their steps, and it turned out that the palace people had fallen down the steps, and accidentally turned Duan Fu’s leg upside down, and the boots on his feet were known to be a male servant at a glance.

Teng Yuyi and Lady Du glanced at each other, they were afraid that Duan Fu’s pocket cage would be tightly covered, and it would not show flaws, and they did not know why the palace people suddenly fell.

Speaking were several ladies with flowers and jade, and they came with drunken faces, and they looked like they were about to go to lanxia pavilion to rest.

“Duke Wen, how can Houyuan tolerate such a barbaric servant, and don’t you want to get this thing out quickly?”

The old palace man smiled and went forward to salute: “The old slave is disrespectful, this is the wife of General Teng’s family in Huainan Jiedu, this is the wife of Dr. Du, a doctor of guozi studies, accidentally had an accident on the way to the banquet tonight, and is now anxiously waiting for treatment, the king of Chun’an County heard that there were several people who were injured, went to ask the Dao chief first, and ordered the old slave to place the injured before leaving, because of the urgency of the situation, it was too late to notify everywhere, and I also hoped that several ladies would not blame.” The

women’s faces turned slightly pale: “As it is, I have always been timid, and suddenly I saw a rough servant hidden in the cage, and mistakenly thought that someone had trespassed into the back garden, so I was rude, and we were allowed to pay a loss.”

Teng Yuyi smiled and said, “I can’t afford it, there are many abrupt things when things happen, and it’s all our fault.” When

the women saw her delicate and gentle, they first had a good feeling in their hearts, and someone whispered, “A few days ago, I heard that there were demons and evil spirits, and several young ladies died one after another, only because there was no injury to the body, Fa Cao mistakenly thought that she died without disease, until there were more people who reported to the officials, and then it alarmed the Dali Temple.”

Teng Yuyi was shocked, before and after the murder of his cousin in the past life, Chang’an City had never heard of evil spirits, and there were obvious stranglehold marks on the neck of his cousin, which was clearly killed by people, why did he say that “the body was not injured”? Could it be that the one I met in the forest tonight was not the murderer of my cousin in a previous life?

“Since you have invited the Dali Temple and the QingXuzi Daoist, what exactly is doing what is causing you, and I think I will be able to find out soon.” Lady Teng, put this male servant outside and wait for treatment, why bring it to the hospital. ”

Madame Du smiled: “You can’t blow a cold wind, if you leave it outside, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to wait for treatment and it will be gone, it is said that it is also the protector who has been seriously injured by this, how to abandon it.” The

women hesitated, “But many of the ladies on the table were drunk, so they let this male servant lie in the courtyard, in case the female relatives came here to rest, how could it be good to be bumped by this person.”

Wen Gonggong said, “All the old slaves were not thinking carefully, only when the injured were all female dependents, when they went to the door to greet Lady Teng and Lady Du, they learned that a male servant was also injured, and the head had already placed the second lady of the DongXian Ling family in the Lanxia Pavilion, and for a while he could not move out of other courtyards, so he had to take care of it first.” However, please rest assured that the old slave has been picked up by the Zhaole Xuan next to him, and it can be placed in a quarter of an hour at most. The

women loosened slightly, and suddenly someone said, “What is this doing?”

A beautiful woman strolled lazily into the courtyard, looking around the crowd with a pair of smart and beautiful eyes as she walked, and the lady’s sideburns were attached to Cuidian, with grace and extraordinary demeanor.

The noble ladies stepped forward one after another to salute: “Lady An guo.” Teng Yuyi’s

previous life in Chang’an was not long, but the female relatives of the prince’s ministers had also seen a lot, and vaguely remembered that after the death of the original match, An Guogong, married the widowed sister of the Li clan of Zhao County as a continuation.

Li Nu is beautiful and beautiful, and has been proficient in music since childhood, and the old Lady Li regards this daughter as a pearl in her palm and listens to her play the piano every day.

Li Nu was also filial piety, and was safely raised at her mother’s knee until she was in her twenties before leaving the cabinet, which was a rare good marriage, and it was expected that her husband fell off his horse and died less than three years after becoming a relative.

Li Nu was unhappy to return to Chang’an to travel, and An Guogong met him by chance, and when he saw it, he was shocked by the heavens, and the next day he asked someone to come to the door to say goodbye.

In Teng Yuyi’s impression, The Duchess of Xiao’anguo was physically weak and did not like to travel, so she had never met with her in her previous life, and when she saw her tonight, she realized that Li Nu was so bright.

Someone told the matter of Fang Cai, and The Duchess of An Guo raised half of her eyebrows: “Tonight all the courtyards are occupied, but lanxia pavilion is idle, and we are not allowed to sober up here, where else can we go?” Earlier, they forced me to drink a lot of wine, and I was panicked in my heart, and I didn’t rest for fear of getting sick.

Wen Gonggong’s face was tight, tonight the wind was very strong, the light curtain of the cage could not block any wind, just now he had been taught, the Du family’s little lady blew the wind and her face was so frightening, if this male servant was lying in the wind outlet, it was estimated that he would soon die.

Madame Du went to visit Du Tinglan in the cage, her breath was like gossamer, her hands and feet were cold, she could not drag it on any longer, she must immediately carry it to the house to be resettled, but looking at the situation of Mrs. An Guo, how willing to let the courtyard out.

“What are you waiting for?” Throw him out, you won’t be able to die. But he is a rough man, but he is more dignified than his master. Madame An Guo seemed to be very drunk, and after saying these words, she put her hand on her forehead and walked slowly toward the courtyard.

Lady Du was burning inside and considering that she was going to speak, but Teng Yuyi smiled one step ahead of her: “Lady Guogong didn’t know that Duke Wen had placed the wounded in the same courtyard, first, to facilitate the Dao Commander to come and do it, and second, to find out the origin of the evil spirit as soon as possible.” This monster appeared strangely, and its mana was so powerful that if it had not been surrendered earlier, the next victim would not know whose wife it would be. The

faces of the women changed, and The Duchess of An Guo stopped and looked back at Teng Yuyi.

Teng Yuyi added, “You are not in the bamboo forest, I don’t know how ferocious that demon is, its claws are so big, one claw can kill people, when you pounce on people, there is no sound at all.” The

people in the court looked at each other, and the fear in their eyes deepened.

Teng Yuyi said, “Such a demon will not be removed for a day, and Chang’an will not have a peaceful day for a day, and the ladies will go out of the house and may collide with it at any time.” Now we can only hope that the Dao Commander can capture this demon as soon as possible, but even if the Dao Commander has the ability to reach the heavens, he still has to save this old slave first, why-”

Lady An Guo was intrigued: “Forgive me for my clumsiness, I really can’t see what this old servant can do, and you say, why did the Dao Commander come to save this old slave first?” Teng Yuyi smiled and squinted, “The

Dao Commander did not meet the demon, in case he failed to find out the details of the demon during the fight, it is very likely that the demon escaped by chance, this old slave is different, he not only sees the appearance of the demon, but also knows how it moves, just as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, to catch the demon, this old slave’s life will never be lost, not only can not be lost, but also have to find a way to let him wake up early.” The

noble ladies loosened, and the Duchess of Anguo’s face changed unpredictably, and it seemed that there was no intention of stopping it.

“Forgot to say a word.” Teng Yuyi added solemnly, “If it weren’t for this old slave sacrificing himself to resist for a while, the demon might have jumped to the Ziyun Building to cause chaos, corrupting the feast and drinking, and hurting people and people a lot.” The

crowd was already chilling their backs, and when they heard this, they almost shouted lowly, and Teng Yuyi’s gaze swept from left to right, and seeing that it was almost over, he naturally asked Duke Wen to carry the injured person inside, turned his eyes to the corridor, and turned back to bend his knees: “Thank you Madame for giving in.”
Mrs.
An Guo smiled lazily, “Whose daughter are you?” I’ve never seen you in Chang’an City. Duke Wen and Lady Du were

busy resettling the injured, and Teng Yuyi was bent on entering the house, and he smiled impatiently: “If you go back to Madame, the little girl’s surname is Teng, and Aye is Teng Shao, the envoy of Huainan Festival.” “It

turned out to be General Teng’s thousands of gold, just now I lost my attitude after getting drunk, if there is something wrong with my words and deeds, I will first compensate Lady Teng for it.”

Teng Yuyi pretended to be generous: “Madame’s words are serious, but it is just a misunderstanding.” Madame

An Guo covered her mouth and smiled: “I know that Lady Teng is still angry with me, now that I am drunk, I have figured out what is going on, so I will give you a good thing, and I will be at fault.”

She took off the purse from her waist and took out a small jade-colored pure porcelain bottle: “Last year, Grandpa Guo got it from the QingXuzi Dao, it is said that he can resist hundreds of poisons, I am the most timid person, after getting this elixir, I took it with me, it is also coincidental, a few months ago I went to Weiqu to play with the nursing mother, accidentally bumped into the evil spirit, the nursing mother was unconscious on the spot, not to say, the body is also like a layer of gold sand like a change of color, I am not lightly frightened, thinking of this elixir, In a hurry, he fed a pill to the nursing mother, and only half a column of incense work was seen.

Teng Yuyi was secretly shocked, listening to this description, it actually coincided with his cousin’s current symptoms everywhere.

Madame Du and the housekeeper of the Dongxian Ling family heard a few words in the house and hurriedly lifted the curtain to come out.

“I don’t know what evil spirit you bumped into, but the Qing Xuan Zi Dao is very advanced, and the medicine that is equipped with it should be able to drive away evil spirits, so you can use it for a while, or you can resist it for a while.”

Mrs. Du was overjoyed, her daughter’s life was hanging by a thread, the Qingxuzi Dao Commander did not appear for a long time, this elixir was undoubtedly Ganlin Yulu for them, she hurried down the steps, and then prayed to the head: “Thank you Madame.”

Teng Yu was full of thoughts about how to save his cousin and Duan Fu, and immediately put away the intention of promoting narrowness, and followed Madame Du to earnestly perform the ceremony.

Madame An Guo asked them to help them up, and self-deprecatingly said: “Who told me to be drunk and formless, the compensation is also deserved, this is not a fight or not acquaintance, the more I look at it, the more I think this child is likable, come, pick up the power fence for me to see.”

Teng Yuyi lifted up the soap veil according to his words, inadvertently glanced down, and his eyes suddenly froze.

Mrs. An Guo’s every move was full of charm, holding Teng Yuyi’s hand and saying: “‘The grandeur of the four sides, Chen Yu Guangling’, I have seen such a beautiful person as Teng Niangzi, I know where the fame of Yangzhou comes from, I wanted to go to Yangzhou to travel, why is my body not contentious, it is rare to be so lucky, Can Teng Niangzi be willing to talk to us about the local customs and customs?” ”

The women laughed: “Usually, I only know that the duchess of the country’s poetry and wine is a must, it is rare to see the lady so interested, and several wounded people in the horizontal and vertical have a life-saving elixir, it is better to go to the next room to sober up and talk, and it is not too late to leave when the Dao Chief comes.”

Having just received a gift from someone, she couldn’t say the word “no”, Madame Du was anxious to enter the house to take care of it, patted the back of Teng Yuyi’s hand, and whispered: “Go, aunt go inside to feed medicine, you first came to Chang’an, take this opportunity to get to know more little ladies, and it is convenient to walk around in the boudoir.”

Teng Yuyi stared at the hand that Lady An Guo was holding herself, her heart was uncertain, she thought about it back and forth, and squeezed out a smile.

Surrounded left and right, Teng Yuyi could only follow the women to the house, but unexpectedly just took two steps, snapped, and the belt around his waist fell down a thing, bone, bone, all the way to the feet of The Duchess of Anguo stopped.

It turned out to be a round and slippery silver silk hydrangea ball, teng Yuyi blinked his eyes: “I’m sorry, it’s my sachet.”

She separated the women and went forward to pick up the thing, and when she got up, she “accidentally” touched the right arm of The Duchess of Anguo, separated by a layer of light soft fabric, only to feel that the bottom was hard.

If she had been struck by lightning, she looked around the courtyard, the steward lady of the Dongxian Ling family was already in a hurry, Madame Du was anxious to distribute the pills to the woman, she stepped forward and grabbed the medicine bottle: “Slowly.” The

crowd was stunned.

Teng Yuyi looked at the medicine bottle, but his ears were paying attention to the movement around him, and he didn’t know when it started, Lanxia Pavilion became extremely quiet, and the music outside should have been loud, but he couldn’t even hear a trace of noise.

This situation was strange and inexplicable, Teng Yuyi suppressed the fear that surged in his chest, and calmly said: “Madam, I have a headache, I think I am also contaminated with the evil qi of that thing, I don’t know if it works to take this Dan medicine?” “Nature

works.”

Lady Du turned back to God and was busy coming over to check Teng Yuyi’s face: “Yu’er! Teng Yuyi comforted

her aunt: “Auntie don’t have to worry, I will take the medicine.”

She tried to twist the medicine bottle, and helplessly said, “I can’t open this medicine bottle, can you please ask Madame to take the handle.” “How

hard it is, take it.”

Teng Yu pointed to the right hand that Lady An Guo always hid in her sleeve: “Madam, I haven’t seen you lift this hand since entering the courtyard, is it hurt?” The

Duchess of Anguo suddenly changed color.

Teng Yuyi said earnestly, “I have learned some Hu people’s tuina techniques with Aye, if Madame doesn’t mind, it is better for me to help you see.” Saying

that she was about to go forward, The Taut Face of the Duke of An Guo burst into a smile: “Don’t bother Lady Teng, when the wine order was performed on the table, it was twisted, some of them could not make it, and they have also committed this problem in the past, so it is good to rest.”

Teng Yuyi quietly looked at Madame An Guo: “Madame’s piano skills are well known in Luoyang, and she is doing everything, and she wants to cherish her hands more than ordinary people, so why don’t you look for someone to see her when she is injured?”
Madame
Du was stunned, and everyone was puzzled.

Mrs. An Guo tilted her head and looked at her right arm, adding a smile to her mouth, “Why do you say that?” Teng Yuyi

hardened his scalp and said, “It’s because I can’t understand it, so I have to ask Madame.” Madame

An Guo waved her left hand: “Come here, I will tell you why.”

Teng Yuyi glanced at the courtyard door and realized in horror that the warblers and swallows in the water pavilion corridor outside had disappeared out of thin air.

The doorway was as silent as a lonely grave, and the wind outside could not come in, nor could the sound of the sound inside be heard.

Instead of moving forward, she secretly touched the emerald sword in her sleeve.

Madame An Guo, sensing Teng Yuyi’s movements, grabbed a noblewoman beside her and smiled, “Go, bring me the things in her sleeve.” The girl was

first puzzled, and then as if she was stunned, for a moment, Mu Daze walked towards Teng Yuyi, and her joints stiffened when she moved, as if someone was manipulating behind her back.

Teng Yu was shocked and rushed to draw his sword, but unexpectedly, his shoulders suddenly fell with a thousand strange forces, which suddenly fixed her in place, and then no matter how she exerted her power, the sword sheath did not move.

She squeezed out a smile and said, “Madam, what are you going to do?” Lady

An Guo straightened the smoke-gray scarf in the crook of her arm, looking at herself calmly: “Lady Teng, I should ask you this, what is hidden in your sleeve?”

Teng Yuyi looked around, aunt and Duke Wen were not far away, but their eyes were empty, and they collectively launched a fear. She sneered, “The monster in the forest has chased after me, and I plan to cut off its left paw as well.” Madame

An Guo seemed to have been slapped by someone, and the anger in her eyes soared.

Dong County Lingjia Lady was too far away to see very clearly, only to know that after waiting for a long time, the life-saving pills could not arrive for a long time, and Lady An Guo was enthusiastic about giving medicines, and Teng Niangzi wanted to obstruct them.

She stomped her feet: “Lady Teng, the Duchess of Guo is kind, even if you don’t appreciate it, why do you have to say something rude?” Overheard

a man laugh contemptuously, “Because she’s not stupid yet.” Before the

words could be heard, a thing shot from above the courtyard, as fast as a spark, like an arrow, penetrating the thick night and hitting the front door of the Duchess of Anguo.

Lady An Guo was startled at first, and then a light color appeared on her face, and when the thing approached, she smiled and shook the drapery, and effortlessly brushed it off.

Teng Yuyi was greatly disappointed, the man was quite imposing, who knew that he was vulnerable, he thought that the Qing Xuanzi Dao Commander had come, and it seemed that there was someone else.

She glanced darkly to the side, under the bright moonlight, there was a person standing under the courtyard wall, that lazy and calm look, it was not like she had just suffered a setback.

Mrs. An Guo covered her sleeves and smiled: “I was a terrible magic weapon, it turned out to be a horse, and I often heard guo gong say that Shizi was greedy to play, did he send this thing to play with me?” The young man stepped

on the moon and smiled, “Are you worthy?” Lady An Guo’s

eyes were full of spring water: “Shizi came uninvited, he was brave enough to be a man, but unfortunately his skills were too poor, and he entered my house as soon as he came, whether he deserved it or not, is it up to you to decide?” The

young man laughed, and Mrs. An Guo glanced down at her feet, and her face suddenly changed dramatically, only to see that the inconspicuous horse suddenly split in half, and between the electric light and flint, a black insect sprang out of it.

The insect twisted her body against her five-colored cloud, and then swam around her feet.

Lady An Guo was stunned, this move was invincible, if it was attacked in the air, with her ability to jump out of the courtyard long ago, how could this person be surprisingly bad, and even used the blindfold method to confuse her first.

It was too late to escape again, and she hated it and went backwards.

Helplessly, the worm seemed to have a spiritual nature, she jumped up an inch, and the worm climbed an inch; Step back an inch, and the worm will bully an inch forward; Gradually elongated and thickened, suddenly turning into a chain that bound her from head to toe.

“Is it fun?” The teenager has a beautiful voice, and the laughter is extremely ironic.

[End of This Chapter]