Chapter 18 The Truth
Xiao Shiniang’s words were sudden, but they were also expected by Xiao Jinyu.
Xiao Jinyu just smiled: "It seems that the Tenth Lady is a smart person, but she is also quite stupid."
Xiao Shiniang's expression changed, and she heard her say: "Your illness was not caused by falling into the water a month ago. In fact, the cold illness in your body was brought by you from your mother's womb. You usually take gentle medicine." You used cold poison medicine to maintain your body. You took good care of yourself and your body was fine. But you jumped into the ice water yourself, causing the cold disease in your body to relapse, and the cold poison invaded the bone marrow..."
"You're talking nonsense. How could my wife jump into the ice water by herself? She was careless... No, she wasn't careless either. She was harmed by someone..." The maid You Tan was a little angry and stunned, and hurriedly interrupted.
Xiao Shiniang turned her gaze to her and suddenly ordered: "You Tan, get down!"
The maid felt resentful and hesitated for a moment before bowing and retreating.
After the maid left, Xiao Jinyu also signaled Fenghuang to guard outside the door.
After a moment of silence in the room, Xiao Shiniang asked: "How did you see it?"
Xiao Jinyu replied with a smile: "From the moment you entered the door, you didn't drink the medicine given to you by the maid. It's not that you can't drink it, but that you dare not drink it." At this point, he pointed to a pot of flowers in full bloom in front of the window sill. The yellowed Epiphyllum asked, "You like Epiphyllum very much, and your maid's name is also You Tan."
"Yes, there is a saying in the Buddha's words that the epiphyllum is an auspicious and supernatural flower, with a moment of fragrance and a moment of eternity."
"Destiny arises, conditions perish, and flowers bloom and fall. This is what you really want to say. You like the epiphyllum, but hate its short life. You feed this epiphyllum all the medicine you should drink every day. Do you want to save it, or do you want it to die early?”
Xiao Shiniang's expression changed again.
"Actually, this medicine is not poisonous at all, and it is sent by Mr. Xiao Qilang, who loves you the most in your house. The reason you don't drink it is not because you are too wary, but because you want to delay the illness."
Having said this, Xiao Jinyu looked at her again and said in a deep voice: "You are begging for death, or in other words, you are seeking revenge. To gamble with your own life on an uncertain future is not a wise move in my opinion." , but it is a very stupid behavior. An ant can live in vain, let alone a human being?"
Xiao Shiniang was a little unhappy.
"You don't understand my current situation, I am..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly paused again.
Suddenly he looked at Xiao Jinyu.
Although separated by a layer of gauze, Xiao Shiniang seemed to be able to feel the gaze of a fierce gaze. This gaze may contain cold criticism or compassion, but there is absolutely no mercy at all. Some just see the world. The indifference and detachment of all the prosperous and secular world are just like the temperament revealed in this person, lofty, mysterious, and a kind of detachment that does not follow the secular world and penetrates everything.
"Who are you? I feel like I have seen you before?" Xiao Shiniang suddenly asked.
Xiao Jinyu smiled.
"We are both fallen people at the end of the world. How can we meet each other before? You are right. I am not a real doctor. I do have my purpose here."
Having said this, she lifted up the veil covering her face, looked at Xiao Shiniang and said, "I'm here to ask you for a favor..."
Halfway through her words, she saw Xiao Shiniang's eyes were filled with surprise and suspicion, and her face changed with horror.
"You, you are?"
She pursed her lips, looking frightened when she saw an acquaintance.
"Have you seen me?"
Xiao Shiniang shook her head again and again: "No, I have never met him, I just think you look a lot like the same person..."
"who?"
Xiao Shiniang didn't answer again, she just smiled and shook her head and said: "I have only seen that person once from a distance. Maybe I saw it wrong. I just feel similar, not like him at all."
Xiao Shiniang's words were incoherent, as if she was trying to hide something, and Xiao Jinyu didn't ask why.
"Oh, by the way, what do you want me to help you with?" As if she wanted to change the subject, Xiao Shiniang asked instead.
Xiao Jinyu paused for a moment and replied: "I want to see your biological grandmother, Mrs. Zuo in the Xiao Mansion."
Xiao Shiniang's expression was startled again.
At this time, Fenghuang's voice came from outside the door: "Why, after you've been here for so long, does your wife suspect that the prescription prescribed by my brother Qing is poisonous?"
"No, no, what Mr. Young Master said is serious. I wonder what your master would like to eat. Madam, it's better to prepare meals early."
"There is no need for food. My brother Qing is not used to eating other people's food. What if he is accidentally poisoned to death?" How did this child speak?
Women Wei, who was still smiling in a flattering manner, suddenly turned livid with anger. As an old woman in her fifties and sixties, she couldn't argue with a child, so she had to hold her breath and say nothing.
In a blink of an eye, the boy also ran into the house.
Wei Wei sighed in her heart: She has a face that everyone loves in vain, it is such a pity that she has such good looks.
Not long after, the man wearing a silk hat came out together with the boy.
"Xiao Shiniang's illness is not serious. Just follow this recipe and boil it in mugwort water for half an hour. Take it for a month and you will be completely healed."
Xiao Jinyu stopped and said.
Compared with that boy, the doctor's attitude was much more polite.
Wei Wei felt a lot more relieved, and immediately sneered in her heart: Even the doctor in the palace said that this is just the most common prescription for treating typhoid fever, which is not much different from what he prescribed before. This young man is quite good at talking. Big talk, or maybe she just said it casually and wanted to take this opportunity to leave.
Sure enough, when she was thinking this, Xiao Jinyu had already separated her sight from the boy and walked away.
"Wait a minute -" Wei Nuo hurriedly rushed over and stopped in front of them, "You two should stay in our house. Our lady has already prepared a place for you two. All the food and drink needs will be provided to you." If you send it as requested, your wife will treat you as a guest."
"We are free to leave. Do you, your wife, still want to put us under house arrest?" Fenghuang said angrily and displeased.
Wei Wei's face stiffened again: "How could this happen? The tenth lady's illness has not really recovered yet. My wife just wants to save the two husbands for some time."
"They say they are here to stay, but in reality they want to spy on us. Do you think we can't understand these back-house tricks?"
Hearing this, Wei Wei became angry and shouted: "Come here!" and called out some servants who had been arranged.
Seven or eight big-bodied and round-waisted servants gathered around them in a hurry, and it really looked like they had built a wall around them.
"I never thought that the Xiao family in Jiankang City, which is known as the Qingwang family, would do this." Phoenix clenched his fists angrily.
At this time, a man's voice came and said: "What are you doing?"
Wei Concubine turned around and saw that the person who came was none other than Qi Langjun, Xiao Xian, who was slumped in a wheelchair with inconvenient legs. A trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she hurriedly leaned forward and said: "Back to Qi Langjun, there is a man coming from the house." The doctor is here to cure Shi Niangzi's illness. This doctor has made an agreement with his wife in advance. If he can cure Shi Niangzi's illness, he will be rewarded heavily. If not, he will be sold as a slave and stay in my Xiao Mansion. Madam sent you, but now..."
Phoenix was unhappy: When did they say they would sell themselves into slavery?
Before the words were spoken, Xiao Xian asked: "If this is the case, can the illness of the Tenth Lady be cured?"
Wei Concubine said: "This doctor said that it can be cured, but who knows if they are lying? Before the ten ladies recovered from their illness, they wanted to take the reward and leave. How could such a good thing happen?" At this point, She added, "Oh, by the way, this doctor also said that you were the one who invited me, Qilang-kun!"
Xiao Xian then turned his attention to Xiao Jinyu. He also heard that someone in the mansion reported his name and came to see Sanniang, so he came over curiously to have a look. Unexpectedly, this visitor was the only one who had passed by in the teahouse today. An old friend by chance.
"Are you from the Lanling Xiao family?"
He still remembered that after the boy asked this question, the young man next to him immediately stood up to stop him. He didn't realize it before, but now that he thought about it, he felt that there was something unusual about it.
He was definitely not asking to be attached to, but simply wanted to know if he was a member of the Lanling Xiao family.
Thinking of this, Xiao Xian did not expose it and just said: "Yes, they are the doctors I invited to cure Sanniang's illness."
Wei Wei's face turned slightly pale, and she muttered in a low voice: "He is just a charlatan, even Mr. Qi Lang dares to..."
"Whether she is a charlatan or not, we have to wait until Sanniang recovers from her illness before we can make a conclusion. It's not up to you, a servant, to comment!"
Xiao Xian said sternly, and Wei Nuo said yes repeatedly, not daring to speak any more.
"Get down!"
Xiao Xian gave the order again, but Wei Concubine hesitated and refused to leave. She pursed her lips and wanted to say something else. Then she heard Xiao Xian say: "The visitor is a guest, and the guest's stay or stay is based on other people's wishes. Respecting other people's wishes is the way to treat guests." Dao, you have stayed in my Xiao family for more than ten years, don’t you even understand the most basic etiquette? "
Wei Wei's face turned red and she heard him say again, "Go back to the mistress. I will definitely invite this doctor again in the future. If anything happens to Sanniang, I will bear all the consequences."
"Yes, Mr. Qi Lang, the slave has withdrawn." After saying that, he hurried away, and the servants and wives also dispersed.
After the Wei woman ran away in despair, Xiao Xiancai looked at Xiao Jinyu and Fenghuang, stretched out his hand and said warmly: "If nothing happens to you two, please leave!"
(End of chapter)