There were no lights in the courtyard of Taiping Medical Center, only the rising moonlight.

The sweat on Chen Ji's head evaporated into white mist in the cold air. The servants brought by Concubine Jing looked solemn, as if they were about to attack him at any time.

They stared at Chen Ji indifferently, and Chen Ji stared at them indifferently. Yu Dengke and Liu Quxing squatted at the door of the kitchen at a loss. Liang Gouer went out to drink wine and disappeared. Liang Maoer ignored the others and brought a bowl from the kitchen. He handed the rice to Chen Ji and said honestly, "You haven't eaten yet, so hurry up and take a bite."

Chen Ji looked at the white rice and bacon slices in the bowl: "You left it for me?"

Liang Mao'er smiled and put a pair of bamboo chopsticks on the bowl: "Master said that you would come back at noon, so I left it for you." Chen Ji breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Brother Mao'er."

He held the bowl and slowly plucked the rice in it. He leaned against the window outside the door of the main room and secretly listened to the sounds in the room. Concubine Jing's suppressed sobs could be heard faintly in the room, and Prince Jing's Talking and coughing sounds.

Gradually, the voices of Prince Jing and Concubine Jing became smaller and smaller, and they seemed to have fallen asleep again.

After a long time, Chen Ji heard Concubine Jing sobbing weakly through the white paper window: "Mrs. Yao, tell me the truth, what is the condition of the prince?" Old man Yao said casually: "Mrs. Concubine Jing, the prince just needs to rest for a while. You will be cured and you don’t have to worry too much.”

The sobbing in the room gradually stopped, and Chen Wei turned his head, looking through the white paper window at the shadow of the room illuminated by the kerosene lamp.

Concubine Jing seemed to be handing something to Old Man Yao, and then asked: "Mr. Yao, tell me the truth, how is the prince?"

Old Man Yao hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty's body is already weak. He was not able to cope with the cold before. Now it is even more exhausting for the prince and the princess. Judging from the pulse, it can take one month at the fastest and three months at the slowest time. Start preparing for the funeral."

Chen Ji's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously looked at the other people in the courtyard to make sure that no one heard the conversation in the room, and then he felt relieved. Prince Jing...is leaving?

Could it be that the other party insisted on going on patrol incognito because he actually knew that he didn't have much time, so he wanted to accompany his children to take a look while he could still move around. If it were normal, after the death of Prince Jing, the crown prince would naturally take over the throne, but Now that the Liu family is about to rebel, how can the prince cope with such a thing?

Concubine Jing was surprised and doubtful: "A month... wouldn't it mean that I wouldn't even be able to survive for a long time?"

Old Man Yao said softly: "If we can invite the 'Shengyu Pill' refined by the Yaoguan of Laojunshan Taoist Court, we might be able to delay it for another three years." Chen Ji was puzzled as to why the master wanted to use such a noble pill. The word "please".

Concubine Jing said doubtfully: "I only knew that the Shengyu Pill was a sacred thing of the Taoist court, but I didn't know that this thing was so magical."

Old Man Yao explained: "That was Yao Guanmenjing's lifelong elixir tripod, and there are only two of them in the world today. One was given to the current saint by the Huangshan Taoist Court, and the other was in the hands of the Laojunshan Taoist Court and was enshrined at the Jade Emperor's Summit. Gathering the essence of the sun and the moon. A Shengyu Dan lasts for three years, not one day more, not one day less. Even if you get a serious illness, you can live like a normal person for three years. "

Concubine Jing made a show of going out: "I'm going to ask for medicine for the prince."

Old Man Yao added behind her: "The effect of Shengyu Pill on prolonging life is just a side effect. Its real function is to help officials overcome tribulations. If Cen Yunzi, the Taoist leader of Laojun Mountain, wants to overcome human tribulations and break through to the divine realm, he must use this medicine." No."

Concubine Jing was in a dilemma: "Can the Taoist Court give such an important thing?"

"It depends on what price Madam is willing to pay," Old Man Yao then said calmly: "However, birth, aging, illness and death are human nature. What should come will come, what should go will go. There is no need to force yourself to change your destiny."

Concubine Jing was silent for a long time, then picked up her skirt and walked out: "Since the prince insists on staying in the hospital, I won't talk any more and ask Dr. Yao to take good care of him. As for the matter of giving birth to Yu Dan... I will think of a way. "

After saying that, Concubine Jing opened the door curtain with red eyes and came out, the green pendant on her earlobe swaying. She glanced at Chen Ji with an indifferent expression, and then walked out with the help of Chun Rong.

Chen Ji discovered that an emerald hairpin that was stuck in the bun of the other party's hair when he came was missing. He opened the door curtain with his rice bowl and walked into the house, where he saw his master holding a kerosene lamp and putting the hairpin into the cabinet.

He glanced at Prince Jing and asked Old Yao's back: "Master, even you can't save the prince?" Old Yao sneered: "I'm not a god."

Chen Ji felt sorry for a while.

Old Yao closed the cabinet and turned around to look at him: "Are you sad?"

Chen Ji shook his head: "No. I wasn't familiar with Prince Jing. I just thought he was pretty good. It's a pity that he died so young at the age of forty-five."

"It's really sad. I thought we knew each other very well."

Chen Ji suddenly turned his head and saw that in the dark room, Prince Jing suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, and pulled out the silver needles from his chest one by one, saying, "...

It was acted.

Prince Jing smiled at him and looked at the half-eaten meal in the pottery bowl in his hand: "Give it to me, I'm starving to death.

Chen Ji silently handed out the bowls and chopsticks. Prince Jing didn't mind that they were the bowls and chopsticks he had used before. He finished the food in a few bites and ate it with gusto. "The bacon is a bit salty," Prince Jing said after finishing the meal. The bowl was handed to Chen Ji. Chen Ji lowered his head and saw that not a single grain of rice was left in the bowl.

He wondered: "You were vomiting blood earlier, why do you seem to be fine now?" Prince Jing smiled and said: "We don't know each other very well, why should we tell you?"

Chen Ji: "..."

Prince Jing stood up, closed his clothes, and patted his shoulder with a smile: "Fortunately, you caught me when I fell from the horse, otherwise I would have suffered a terrible fall. Young man, tell the truth, on the way back to the hospital while you were carrying me, there were Aren't you worried that after I die, no one will pay you the annual dividend of 2,500 taels of silver?"

Chen Ji replied honestly: "I'm very worried, otherwise I wouldn't have run so fast." Prince Jing smiled softly: "You are honest."

After saying that, he turned around and pulled open the bed in the room, revealing a deep tunnel under the bed. There were two-foot-wide stairs in the tunnel, and he didn't know where it led. Chen Ji looked at Old Man Yao and then at Prince Jing.

It turns out that there has always been a tunnel leading to the outside world hidden in this hospital. The reason why Prince Jing pretended to be dead and stayed in the Taiping Medical Center for treatment was precisely because he wanted to borrow the medicine on the eve of the Liu family's upcoming rebellion. The golden cicada sheds its shell in the tunnel.

And Master has known all this for a long time.

Chen Ji was confused: "Where do you plan to go, and will you come back? If you just leave like this, what will happen to the prince and the princess?"

Prince Jing was delighted: "I just went out to meet someone and came back soon. Why, you still think that I want to escape and wander around the world? Although the world is big, there is no place for me to hide."

Chen Ji suddenly realized that Prince Jing was going out to plot something with others to deal with the Liu family. But in Luo City, who else was worthy of a vassal king taking such pains to escape? The Secret Intelligence Department?

Or is it the big shot in Yichuan County who we had a private meeting with?

Chen Ji asked again: "Your Majesty, why don't you avoid me about this huge secret?" Prince Jing said meaningfully: "Because you will know sooner or later."

Chen Ji fell into deep thought.

At this time, Prince Jing took the oil slag lamp from Old Man Yao, picked up his clothes and walked down the stairs step by step. Before entering the tunnel, he turned back to look at Chen Ji and said with a smile: "Young man, guard the door, don't let anyone break in." Come in. Also, I want to have a bowl of corn porridge, a plate of fermented bean curd, and two steamed buns for breakfast tomorrow. I want the fermented bean curd from "Hutchison". Please go buy it for me tomorrow morning."

Chen Ji raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure now is the time to talk about this?"

Prince Jing walked into the tunnel happily, and a soft voice came from the tunnel: "The sky hasn't fallen yet, you have to eat enough, right?" The room became silent again.

Chen Ji looked at Old Man Yao and saw that the other man calmly took out a fire stick and lit an oil lamp. Old Man Yao raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Why are you staring at me?"

Chen Ji asked: "Master, why did you come to Luo City three years ago?

Old Man Yao said casually: "Are you taking care of me? It's not your turn to take charge of the Taiping Medical Center yet, so stop asking nonsense. I will tell you some things that you should know, but don't ask if you don't know.

Chen Ji took a deep breath: "Are you sick?"

The small main room was quiet until the oil slag wick crackled softly and Old Man Yao slowly said: "If I were a sick tiger, the first thing I would do would be to expose you as a Jingchao thief."

Chen Ji glanced nervously and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Anyone who knows my identity now will die. I'm no longer a Jingchao spy!"

Old Man Yao sneered: "Do you really think it is so easy to leave the Jingchao Military Intelligence Department? One day, someone who knows your identity will return to the land of Ningchao. How will you deal with yourself then and go on a killing spree again? ?

Chen Ji remained silent.

Old Man Yao said slowly and calmly: "You were too reckless this time. You shouldn't have offended those bald men just for the sake of the princess. If they were really easy to bully, the Buddhist Tongbao wouldn't have become the hard currency in the north and south. I have my fingers crossed for you. I don't mean to be polite to you, I mean to give you some leverage.

Chen Ji asked: "...Is all Buddhism like this?"

Old Man Yao smiled and said, "Of course not. The monks at Kujue Temple in Jingchao are real monks who hold full precepts and practice asceticism."

However, at this moment, Liu Quxing's voice came from outside the door: "Madam Yun Fei, the master has just given the prince acupuncture, and he has just fallen asleep." Concubine Yun's cold voice came into the room: "Get out of here."

Chen Ji and Old Yao looked at each other: "Master, what should I do?"

Old Yao curled his lips: "The prince told you to keep an eye on the door, but he didn't tell me." Chen Ji was dumbfounded: "Is this how you understand?"

Otherwise?

Without any time to think about it, Chen Ji turned around and lifted the door curtain and went out.
Chapter completed!