Small Lingzhi

Chapter 44 Stay

What Xiao Yan said was definitely not false, he was indeed sick.

The mine collapsed due to heavy rain, killing many miners and trapping hundreds more.

This mine is the largest mine ever exploited by the Yan Dynasty. It is extremely rich in resources and is related to the fortune of the country.

The little emperor attached great importance to the mine, and entrusted this important task to Wen Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Punishment have very close contacts. Most of the workers sent to mine this time are death row prisoners and serious criminals who were transferred from their cells.

These prisoners were of low status, and most of them were sentenced to death. They did the hardest and heaviest work in the mine, and they were besieged by heavy rain for two days, and no one came to help them.

According to Wen Shangshu's original words, the commanding order was: If you don't save them, you will die if you die, and the trapped ones will continue to be transferred from the prison cell.

Unexpectedly, the criminals trapped in the mine escaped from the trapped mine. They soaked in the mine full of water for three whole days, cold and hungry. The newly transferred criminals made trouble, grabbed sharp weapons in the mine, smashed and injured people, and threatened a group of officials from the DPRK and China.

The Ministry of War dispatched soldiers to suppress the mine. Hundreds of criminals resisted on the spot.

Every time the rainstorm hits the sky, black clouds and thunder roll up.

First, the entire area of ​​the mine where hundreds of criminals and officers and soldiers gathered collapsed, and then a mountain torrent occurred. The flood flooded the mine, and the rocks rolled down like rain. Giant cemetery.

In just three days after the accident happened, the mine, which was related to the Yan Dynasty's fortune and lifeline, turned into a large cemetery where hundreds of people were buried.

The little emperor was furious, and first scolded Wen Shangshu for notifying the palace three days after the incident, punishing him with a reduction in salary and demotion, and discussing with the ministers present how to save the accident site.

Who should have the courage to take over this mess related to the country's destiny at this time.

Before the mine encountered natural and man-made disasters and became a large cemetery, no matter who took over, it would be a great happy event if it was completed.

At this time, there are natural disasters that cannot be stopped by man-made disasters, and hundreds of human lives are ruined. When the incident has come to this point, no matter who takes over, unless a happy ending is obtained, the anger of the emperor will not be extinguished, and the courtiers are thankless. You have to worry about offending the emperor and affecting your official position.

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally set their eyes on the two of them tacitly.

One is He Xiang, and the other is Grand Master Xiao.

He Xiang is under the influence of the former empress and empress dowager, and also has the influence of a group of old ministers. If something happens, he can protect himself wisely, and the little emperor will judge the situation and will not treat He Xiang.

Not to mention Grand Master Xiao, at the beginning when Xiao Ni's blood was splashed in the main hall to protect the succession of the little emperor, no one in the court could match this thunderous method.

Although the court has not stopped participating in the memorial to Grand Master Xiao for several years, such as his excessive centralization of power, formation of cliques for private interests, and cold-blooded ruthless disregard of human life, but the memorial was delivered to the emperor with little response.

One is that there is no real evidence to prove it, and the other is that the little emperor is very close to Grand Master Xiao, and the veterans know it well.

There was another time when the veterans knew that these excerpts that had participated in Xiao Ni would be sent to the Grand Master's Mansion for Xiao Yan to read, and they were even more afraid that anyone would read Xiao Ni's books in private, even if Xiao Ni really wanted to deal with someone, the little emperor estimated Will not say anything.

The officials who handed over the papers either belonged to Xiao's faction, or were sent out of Yancheng.

Therefore, the matter of the mine was put on hold for another day, and finally this important task fell into Xiao Yan's hands.

If the mining accident did not happen, it would be fine for He Xiang to take over this important task, but after investigation, the situation was even more serious than expected, plus the Ministry of War and Xiao Yan got closer, they didn't want to cause trouble, so if they didn't take over this task, they would just sit on the sidelines Be wise and protect yourself.

Xiao Yan took over the collapse of the mine and led people there as soon as he came down to court.

All the roads leading to the mine were flooded, and falling rocks blocked the only previously opened entrance.

Xiao Yan observed the mountain topography, estimated the rain period, and drew the design drawings on the spot, and ordered the people from the engineering department to cooperate with his dark guards to build the camp against the heavy rain.

There are frequent rains in summer, and such a majestic and persistent rain has not been seen for many years.

Xiao Yan came to the battlefield in person, guided himself, and re-excavated a safe entrance in just two days. At that time, he had contacted dozens of palace doctors, and invited people from Meiyuan to come to the scene for treatment.

No one would have imagined that Grand Master Xiao, who has always been decisive in killing and attacking, would allow doctors to treat the wounded and patients equally in the mine collapse incident, arrange a rest camp for the doctors, and receive generous consultation fees.

Xiao Yanyi was busy for several days, almost without sleep with his subordinates. Their camp was flooded under the continuous pouring of rainstorms. Everyone's body was wet, and thick water could be squeezed out by twisting their sleeves.

After the new camp was built, Xiao Yan inspected the record of the mine collapse and the details of the injuries.

His brows and eyes were deep, and there were bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and his confidant tried his best to persuade the master to rest. Xiao Yan saw that his confidant's eyes were red, and then remembered that everyone was sleepless like him.

The general is incompetent, and the army is exhausted.But the general's ability is too strong, and the main heart does not rest, so how can the people below dare to rest.

Xiao Yan's voice was hoarse, and he smiled lowly.

"I will take a break, and deploy the plan according to the progress. Those of you who should take a break will also take turns to take a break."

The attendant brought hot tea, Xiao Yan leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes, gently blowing away the green mountain pine needles floating on the tea, took a sip, the whole person slowly calmed down, his heart was ups and downs, and he couldn't help but think of a small and weak man in his yard. people.

The subordinates will report the movement of the Jingsiyuan to Xiao Yan every day. Xiao Yan knows that Lingzhi has caught cold and fell ill, and hopes that he can take a good rest.

And since he is no longer in the mansion, Lingzhi will be extremely relaxed if he can't see him.

Thinking of the day when he quietly followed in the carriage, seeing him and Mei Ruobai swimming together with a smile on their faces, the tea was cooling in the cup, Xiao Yan didn't finish it, the highly concentrated thoughts couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The person he invited from Meiyuan to rescue the mine this time did not ask Mei Ruobai to come forward in person, but within two days, the owner of Meiyuan resolutely brought people to the mine disaster site.

Although Mei Ruobai has a disease in her legs, she cannot move as well as others in a wheelchair, but her rescue method is really clever. While giving treatment, she directed other doctors, facing a corpse soaked in mud and water under the heavy rain with a calm and dignified expression. His rescue is also considered a character.

After working on the mine for eight days to stabilize the situation, Xiao Yan just returned home.

He was thinking about Lingzhi in his heart, he hadn't changed his court clothes, and he hadn't had time to wash off the mud and rain on his body. He wanted to take a look at Lingzhi from a distance, but he saw that the young man who was as young as a bamboo shoot was going to the plum garden to see Mei Ruo white.

For just a moment, Xiao Yan's emotions that were suppressed in his heart were drenched by the rain outside.

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Xiao Yan spent eight days in the heavy rain. His blushing eyes were now lonely, his pupils were red and bloodshot, and his face was much lighter. Because of his blurted request, his fierce aura made people feel that the Xiao Yan is fragile.

Xiao Yan stands in front of Lingzhi, the young man is especially agile in his green clothes, if he is standing next to him in regular clothes, it should look like a crisp green Xiuzhu with a tender young bamboo shoot standing beside him.

He didn't like Lingzhi wearing white and standing with Mei Ruobai, so he privately re-made the clothes for him.

Looking at it now, it seems ridiculously naive.

Xiao Yan covered her voice with a low cough: "I'm sick too, can't you stay with me for a while?"

He lowered his figure in front of Lingzhi, his deep eyes almost caught Lingzhi's dodging gaze.

"Lingzhi, can't you?"

The young man drooped his eyes and said nothing, his jet-black hair hung softly on his cheeks, his posture was so obedient, so obedient that it made people want to embrace him in an instant, love him and love him, but Lingzhi still turned his face ruthlessly, and looked at Xiao Liang Don't even look at it.

Xiao Yan suppressed his throat and coughed a few more times. Manager Liu, who was hiding outside the door, couldn't bear it, and said: "Young master, the master has been busy outside day and night for eight whole days, and he is always thinking about your body. Can you... "

Xiao Yan said coldly: "Director Liu."

Director Liu sighed, the master thinks he is troublesome.

"Lingzhi," Xiao Yan held out his hand, gently holding a piece of green cuff with his slender fingertips, the young man was not as tall as him, so he bent slightly, staring at Lingzhi's avoiding black eyes, "stay in the mansion okay?"

Grand Master Xiao, who was feared by all the courtiers in Yan Dynasty, held the sleeve of a boy who was as tall as his chin, and begged hoarsely several times.

Manager Liu couldn't stand listening, so he picked a farther distance to wait.

Xiao Yan's thin lips were tightly pressed together, and their lips were pale.

He lowered his eyes and saw Lingzhi pulling out the sleeve from his palm bit by bit, he understood immediately and smiled weakly.

Xiao Yan's cool and moist breath mixed with a light and cold fragrance poured into Lingzhi's nose. He was at a loss, and his thin white fingers subconsciously grabbed the cuff, fearing that the person in front of him would be angry, and slowly pulled the cuff away. .

The young man's petal-like lips murmured, but before he could make a sound, his shoulders sank, and Ling Zhi was dumbfounded.

His arms were stiff in mid-air, struggling to support the man who fell in front of him, trying to push away, but no matter what he couldn't.

"Xiao, Xiao Yan..."

Lingzhi called the person's name clumsily and jerkyly, and he asked Manager Liu outside the door for help.

"Xiao...Xiao, he fainted."

Manager Liu sighed: "Oops."

He sighed, but he didn't take the master from Lingzhi's hand, as if he wanted Lingzhi to help him.

Ling Zhi blushed, he stood there blankly, the breath on his neck was hot.

"Director Liu, what should we do?"

Mr. Liu said: "Please, young master, help the master to lie down on the bed."

He said again: "The master doesn't want to disturb the young master, so please ask the young master to help the master to the Yage beside him."

Lingzhi lives in the main building of Jingsiyuan, and the house is not his, but he feels a little awkward to help Xiao Yan lie on the bed where he has slept for so long.

"Okay, I'll help him there, Mr. Liu, please go and ask the doctor to come over."

Mr. Liu responded, observed secretly, and found that the master was indeed dizzy, and was anxious, but he also knew that the master was rarely so close to people.

Especially when the body is weak, this is equivalent to exposing the weakness to others.

Whether intentionally or not, Manager Liu has been with his master for many years, how could he fail to understand the meaning.

Anyway... let Lingzhi go as slowly as he can, and just send the master back to the room slowly.

Lingzhi originally thought that Xiao Yan's room was so close that it should be delivered within a few steps.

Unexpectedly, just a few short steps made it difficult for him to walk. Xiao Yan was so tall and heavy that he couldn't even lift his neck, like carrying a huge beast with gorgeous fur.

The Yage Pavilion is only a corridor away from the main building, and it is only a few steps away on weekdays. Lingzhi's body is still weak, and she faints after walking for a while, staggering, fearing that Xiao Yan would fall, she stretched her arms behind the man's waist and hugged him tightly I'm afraid that this person will drag me down if I let go.

Strange to say, the servants who usually obeyed Xiao Yan's orders disappeared, and there was not even a single person who helped him.

Lingzhi was puzzled, and while struggling to help Xiao Yan back to the room, he dragged his voice and called, "Is anyone there?"

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In the end, it was Lingzhi himself who helped Xiao Yan back to the Accord, he dropped Xiao Ni, the hot potato, and when he turned around, he saw Director Liu just bringing the slaves and the doctor over.

Lingzhi: "..."

It seems that something is not quite right.

He straightened his slightly disheveled hair: "Mr. Liu, then I'll go to the Plum Garden."

Director Liu stretched his neck to check with the doctor about his master's condition, and when he heard that Lingzhi was about to go out, he immediately said: "My lord, you are still weak, and you have just done heavy work, and the humidity is heavy outside, and the doctor is inside the house." , wait for the doctor to read it for the master, and then give you a pulse to see if it is suitable to go out, if you get sick again, it is not worth lying in the room for a few more days."

Lingzhi's black eyes flickered: "But..."

Mr. Liu said: "Dr. Mei treats you wholeheartedly. If you come to visit with an unwell body, Dr. Mei may be angry. He is still sick. If your son is also sick, Dr. Mei will not bother to see you. La."

Lingzhi: "...Oh."

What Mr. Liu said is also reasonable, he can wait for the first doctor to check his pulse.

Lingzhi sat obediently on the pear-wooden stool, with her hands folded on her knees, and her tender white neck was hot with waves.

He stretched out his hand to wipe it, only then did Xiao Yan press heavily on his neck, his face was almost pressed against his skin, it was too hot.

Director Liu gave the doctor a few winks, and the doctor who had given the Taishi a pulse check early did not check Lingzhi immediately after he prescribed the prescription. Manager Liu, there are pills left by Dr. Mei in my room, so I don’t need the doctor to look at them.”

He was about to leave after finishing speaking, the doctor hurriedly caught up: "Young master, wait."

Lingzhi looked at the doctor fixedly: "I know how to take medicine myself,"

He lowered his eyes sadly: "Did you team up with Manager Liu to deceive me?"

Although Lingzhi reacted slowly, she was not a fool.He could see that Manager Liu was deliberately delaying time after watching for a while.

They don't want to leave the grand master's mansion by themselves.

Xiao Yan slept for two hours, the night and rain mixed together, and the humidity enveloped the entire Grand Master's Mansion.

He got up and leaned against the bed, and asked after a while, "Where is Lingzhi?"

Mr. Liu hesitated and said, "The young master went out for a trip and said he would be back later."

There was no blood on Xiao Yan's face, and no expression could be seen.

He smiled softly: "Go out anyway."

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plum garden.

Except for the boy who took care of the logistical affairs, everyone in the courtyard was exhausted and paralyzed.

When Lingzhi arrived in Meiyuan, the whole yard was quiet. The boy said that everyone, including their young master, went back to their rooms to rest after returning from the mine. The typhoid fever was severe, and they fell asleep after drinking the medicine.

Mei Ruobai saved Lingzhi, and has always treated Lingzhi like an elder brother. He wanted to visit Mei Ruobai.

The little boy wondered: "Young master, my son said that if you come to visit, you have to stop him, and see you after he recovers."

Lingzhi: "I'm fine."

The boy shook his head: "The wind-cold disease has a chance of being infected, young master, don't embarrass the servant. If the young master gets angry, it will not be enough to punish the servant to sweep the mountain for half a year."

Ling Zhi didn't see Mei Ruobai when he came to the Plum Garden, he didn't want to go back to the Grand Master's Mansion too early, so he asked the coachman to wander around the city, until several carriages with the Taishi Mansion's logo appeared around the carriage, and then he lowered his eyelashes , said softly: "Let's go back."

If he doesn't go back to the Grand Master's Mansion, these people from the Grand Master's Mansion will get off the car and respectfully ask him to go back.

The sound of pattering rain continued, and the servant carefully followed Lingzhi with an umbrella, and the young man in green clothes became a bright touch of color in the mansion.

He walked through corridors with fluttering veils, and as soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the slender and elegant figure of a man sitting upright.

The huge classical hall is dead silent and deserted, only the flickering lights.

Under the lamp, Xiao Yan's blue clothes showed a bit of coolness and softness, she looked at Lingzhi quietly with her deep eyes, and said: "I'm back, you can have dinner, let's sit down and eat together."

Lingzhi didn't eat, so he rubbed his stomach.

In the past, he ate in the room, and the servants were also used to delivering meals in the room.

He was shaking his head, Xiao Yan stood up, gently took Lingzhi into the hall, and closed his hands without a trace before Lingzhi jumped away.

Xiao Yan said: "Didn't I want to eat egg noodles in vegetarian soup a few days ago."

This kind of simple noodle is never made in the cave for the owner to make meals. When Lingzhi tasted it for the first time, it was because his life as a Ganoderma lucidum was simple and there were no ingredients in the cave, so Xiao Junqian could only make vegetarian soup from time to time. egg noodles.

Lingzhi sat on the chair in a daze, and opened his mouth.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Come and have a taste."

Lingzhi moved away the small porcelain-white bowl in front of her, and picked up a piece of gold beads and jade.

The glutinous lotus root slices melted between the lips and teeth. Ling Zhian ate quietly for a while, then put down the bowl and chopsticks, and whispered, "I'm done eating."

With a back that was as tender as a green bamboo shoot, she ran out of the main hall without looking back, Xiao Yan hid the smile on her eyebrows, looked at the small bowl of untouched egg noodles in vegetarian soup, and remained silent for a long time.

Xiao Yan brought the noodles to his hand and ate them slowly.

He laughed at himself: "You don't even want to take another bite of the noodles I make."

The author says:

To be fixed, thank you all! !

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Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 19 bottles of Pangbai; 5 bottles of TAEKOOK;