First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 898 Long Yi takes action (first update)

Hour Xuanping didn’t expect to meet Long Yi here at all. Long Yi’s face was wearing the mask that he had hardly taken off since he entered the princess’s mansion.

 —Maybe it has been replaced, but it’s the same style every time.

Strange, didn't Long Yi follow Aheng to the Northeast to negotiate with Chen Guohe?

When he left Quyang City to look for medicine, Xiao Heng had not yet arrived at the northwest border, so he naturally didn't know that Long Yi had already separated from Xiao Heng.

 He subconsciously looked behind Long Yi.

 Endless wind and snow, not a second person in sight.

 This is even more strange. Long Yi appeared here alone?

Also, Long Yi seemed to have a different feeling for him.

Xuan Pinghou's brain has been frozen to the point of being dazed, and it is his limit to be able to think so much.

 Soon, he remembered business.

He spoke in a hoarse voice that was almost indistinguishable, but found that all the sounds were drowned in the howling wind and snow.

He was not sure whether Long Yi recognized him. After all, he had been wasted by the snowstorm for many days. He had already described himself as being in such a panic that even he could not recognize himself.

Long Yi stood on a piece of intact ice and did not come over immediately.

The direwolf beside him seemed to have the intention of stopping Long Yi. He stood on the edge of the ice and sniffed the looming cracks with his nose.

 Can't pass.

 Not even one step is possible.

　　Boom!

Horse Xuanping also heard the sound of the ice cracking beneath him. The ice was about to be unable to bear the weight of the glacier, and it wouldn't be long before he and the glacier would sink into the icy water.

His waist and abdomen were already crushed by the glacier and he lost consciousness. He raised his head and gasped twice to regain some strength.

 He stopped struggling and tried to keep the glacier and the ice beneath him stable.

"Long Yi." He finally had the strength to shout out, "Why are you here? Are you alone?"

 “Hmm.” Long Yi responded, which was considered to be the answer to his second question.

 He was nearby and heard the voice of Marquis Xuanping, so he came to take a look.

Xuanpinghou said weakly, and for a moment, his eyes trembled.

 Wait a minute, Long Fang just...squeaked?

 He spoke?

Xuanpinghou met Empress Dowager Zhuang and Gu Jiao, and learned some things about Long Yi from their mouths. He knew that he was not the Long Shadow Guard left by the late emperor to Qin Fengwan.

 He suffered from amnesia.

 But he thought he was the Dragon Shadow Guard and became unable to speak.

Long Yi’s eyes fell on Xuanpinghou and the glacier, as if he was thinking about how to save Xuanpinghou.

He took off the leather glove on his right hand and held the sword at his waist with his bony hand.

Hour Xuanping understood what he was going to do. He wanted to split the glacier with a sword and use light skills to rescue him.

 With Long Yi’s ability, he can naturally do it.

 But the force of this blow is too great, which will cause the water to surge rapidly, and countless ice fragments will pour into the water, completely washing away the small box.

 He doesn’t have time to make another round trip to Dark Night Island.

“Long Yi...leave me alone...go find that small box..."

 Long Yi's eyes swept around.

 He saw a small box floating slowly under the ice. The small box was covered with red paraffin, which was very eye-catching.

To grab the small box, the ice must be broken, and the ice in this area is already in danger. Once broken, Xuanpinghou will be pushed underwater by the glacier, and not even Long Yi can pick him up.

There was no hesitation or fear in Xuan Pinghou's eyes. He smiled and said, "Give Jiaojiao the small box...she knows what to do..."

 He is not Long Yi’s master, nor is he Long Yi’s partner.

 Long Yi can refuse to listen to him.

 “Long Yi.” He looked at Long Yi.

 As proud as he is, he has never begged anyone in his life.

But his tone was definitely not a commanding tone.

He suddenly laughed at himself: "Your master doesn't want to see me anyway. It doesn't matter whether I die or not. The box contains her son's medicine. If the son is gone... your master should be sad."

 …

 Quyang City in November is covered with white snow.

 A few days have passed since Xiao Heng and Shangguan Qing set out.

“It’s the middle of the year,” Gu Jiao said.

　　Marquis Xuanping set out in the early morning of October 16th, almost a month ago. I don’t know if he got the comfrey.

　　Although Shangguan Qing gave up waiting for the antidote, she did not give up. She was calculating the deadline in her mind.

She looked at the route map drawn in her hand and sighed: "If we don't get the antidote tonight, we really won't be able to catch up."

 Tonight, Marquis Xuanping did not return.

In the early morning, Gu Jiao got up early as usual and planned to feed the Black Wind King before going to the wounded barracks for rounds. As soon as she got out of bed, she kicked something with her right foot.

 She looked down and saw a small box covered with red paraffin.

 There is a thin layer of finely divided ice on the paraffin wax.

“Who put it here? I didn’t see this box last night? Did anyone come in during the night?”

 A series of question marks flashed through Gu Jiao's mind.

Gu Jiao picked up the small box and saw a familiar charcoal pen underneath.

 “Long Yi…”

 It’s Long Yi who’s here!

  He put the box here!

Gu Jiao walked out of the tent with the small box in her arms and bumped into Mr. Hu who came to bring him hot water.

 “Ouch!”

Master Hu quickly retreated, but unfortunately he couldn't.

Seeing that they were about to collide, Gu Jiao quickly moved to the side. Master Hu staggered a few steps, but managed to stabilize his body.

He turned back to look at Gu Jiao who suddenly rushed out of the tent, and asked with lingering fear: "Sir, are you in a hurry?"

 “Have you seen a person?”

 “Here…are all people…”

“So tall.” Gu Jiao gestured, “Wearing a mask and a long sword on his waist.”

Master Hu shook his head: "No, are you talking about an assassin?"

He is both a mask and a sword, and he is so tall, it makes people feel scared just thinking about it.

“Forget it, he didn’t even wake me up, he must not want to disturb anyone.” Gu Jiao lowered her eyes, turned around and returned to the camp with the small box in her arms.

Master Hu scratched his head: "Why do I feel that your master's mood is a little low?"

Gu Jiao sat down next to the small table and put the small box on the table together with the charcoal pens on the carpet. Only then did she discover that there was a piece of paper frozen in the ice on the top of the small box.

 She cracked the ice, carefully took out the paper, and slowly spread it on the table.

 This is a painting made with charcoal.

Since Xiao Heng decided to help Long Yi recall his memories, he started teaching Long Yi how to speak and read. However, Xiao Heng said that Long Yi preferred to draw.

 The painting shows a man trapped under a glacier in a snowstorm. The ice beneath the man cracks, and a small red box floats under the ice in the distance.

 Near the ice sheet is an endless mountain range.

 That is the Beiling Pass of Dayan.

 Seeing this, Gu Jiao understood everything.

The man trapped under the glacier was Marquis Xuanping. He walked across the harsh ice field and encountered a glacier break when he was about to reach the border of Yan State.

 He may not even know that he has arrived near the border.

 It is only one mile away from landing.

He was the first person to cross the ice sheet in the extreme weather of winter, and he created unimaginable miracles.

It’s a pity that he gave all the miracles to his son, leaving no chance for himself.

 Long Yi must have happened to pass by there, and Marquis Xuanping gave up his life.

In the dead of winter, even the bodies will not be salvageable after being pushed underwater by glaciers.

 The small box on the table suddenly became heavy.

 Aheng, will you be sad when you hear this news?

Last time it was a mudslide, this time it was a glacier. Why did I dream about it last time, but not this time?

Gu Jiao couldn't figure it out, but no matter what, she couldn't indulge in the emotions brought about by the incident. This was something that Marquis Xuan Ping brought back with his life, and she couldn't let Marquis Xuan Ping's sacrifice be in vain.

 Gu Jiao peeled off the paraffin on the outside, opened the small box, and found that in addition to whole comfrey roots, there were also a box of purple flowers and a box of white fruits, each about the size of a marble.

A letter is attached to the compartment above the box.

It is a letter written by Marquis Xuanping, which records the information he learned about Lithospermum from Dark Night Island.

Lithospermum rhizomes are highly toxic, and Lithospermum flowers are also poisonous, but are not as toxic as the rhizomes. Lithospermum berries can detoxify Lithospermum.

However, it is not known whether Lithospermum spp. is also effective against other poisons.

In addition, comfrey fruit is completely non-toxic and has no side effects, unlike comfrey, which has a narrow escape from death.

Gu Jiao said: "It would be best if it can detoxify Shangguan Qing. If not, you still have to take Lithospermum."

 Don’t miss any opportunity.

Gu Jiao hurried to the alchemy room, grabbed a handful of comfrey, extracted the venom from its roots, and boiled it into pills in a stove.

 She sealed the pills and called Wen Renchong: "I want to go out."

Wen Renchong smelled the faint fragrance of medicine on her body and almost understood what was going on: "Are you going to chase His Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson? I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up. The people from the Shadow Department just passed the news this morning. Come here, the waterway Huang Changsun and his companions are walking on was already frozen last night."

 (End of this chapter)