humble minister
Chapter 42
It has been half a month since Shi Yu was poisoned. Because Shi Yu has been in a coma for the past half month, even though the Northern Dynasty won a big victory, everyone still did not return to the court and accept the so-called reward.
At this moment, Lian Ying was sitting beside Shi Yu's couch, brushing away the hair from Shi Yu's cheeks with his fingers, and at the same time wiping his face with a cloth towel moistened with hot water.Seeing that the face of the person in front of him has softened a lot compared to the previous days, even though Lian Ying has let go of his heart a little, he is still worried after all, maybe he is really afraid... that he will never wake up again.
Involuntarily, Lian Ying put down the cloth towel, leaned forward slowly, and gently brushed Shi Yu's deep facial contours with his slender and beautiful fingers. Resting his fingertips on Shi Yu's pale lips, close to his ear, Lian Ying's voice was low and hoarse——
"Shi Yu, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, wake up, okay?"
The only answer to him was Shi Yu's light but steady breathing. For a moment, Lian Ying's thoughts returned to half a month ago...
At the moment when the sharp arrow came, Lian Ying didn't feel anything in his heart, but when Shi Yu protected him, he couldn't help but think of a lot, for example, there was such a scene in Misty Ridge, for example, in the earlier There was a similar scene at his big wedding banquet, but none of them worried him as much as now.
The strength that came from nowhere supported him to stabilize Shi Yu's body that was gradually sliding down, and then he heard this person who was extremely indifferent even though he was poisoned and injured by arrows, catching up with him under the guard of soldiers. Li Qing ordered lightly: "Send a signal flare and tell Jiang Chongzheng that it's time to encircle and suppress."
Lian Ying heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the order. He thought that Shi Yu could still hold on, but unexpectedly, the man passed out completely as soon as he finished speaking, and then he felt the breath spraying around his neck getting stronger and stronger. Weak, it seems that Shi Yu's vitality is gradually disappearing.
Mr. Tingyun, who has always been casual and indifferent, panicked. The emotions of fear, fear, and worry were tightly twisted together, filling his whole heart and brain. He carried Shi Yu back to the main tent of the Northern Dynasty army camp under the cover of the Northern Dynasty army that suddenly rushed out from nowhere.
The confused brain gradually became clear when he saw Hua Zhuo sitting comfortably in the main tent, but at this moment he didn't want to think about why Hua Zhuo was here at all, he just made a decision before his body—he rushed In front of Hua Zhuo, scarlet eyes gripped Hua Zhuo's shoulders, his calm and steady voice carried a hint of madness and command: "Save him!"
He knew, knew that Hua Zhuo was the only one who could cure this incurable poison at this time!
Hua Zhuo glanced at Lian Ying with a complicated look, and then at Yao Li with a bitter face, and when Lian Ying's hand on her shoulder was getting stronger, he said calmly: "I will save him, you let go."
Lian Ying came back to his senses suddenly, and murmured as if he had received a guarantee: "Okay, okay, I will let go, let go, as long as you can save him."
Hua Zhuo looked at Mr. Tingyun in front of him, who was completely different from the legend and what he had seen before, and really sighed silently, but the word "love" is very strange, so why not for her?It's just that after suffering from the medicine, she will eventually taste the taste of lovesickness but not like her.
"Give me the silver ingot I gave you earlier."
Hearing what she said, Lian Ying quickly took out the silver ingot and handed it over, seeing that Hua Zhuo sprinkled something on it after taking it, and the silver ingot quickly melted away, revealing a small pill inside.
"This is 'Gold Corrosion Powder', which is specially used to corrode metals. It is one of the secret medicines of Yaowang Valley." Seeing Lian Ying's confusion for a moment, Yao Li explained.
Hua Zhuo didn't even look at the pill, then simply crushed the medicine bag, took out the real brown pill inside and gave it to Shi Yu who was lying flat on the bed, and then responded to Lian: "This is the medicine I refined. The innumerable life-sustaining pills that I have received can temporarily suppress the poison in his body, but this poison can be said to come from me, or not from me, so I am not very sure that I can cure the poison. However You don't have to worry too much, as long as I cooperate with my junior brother, I believe detoxification will be fine."
Lian Ying pursed her lips and remained silent, but her face was extremely ugly.
For some reason, Yao Li couldn't see Lian Ying's sad look, and hurriedly assured him: "A Ying, don't worry, my senior sister and I will do our best to detoxify him, you trust me..."
Lian Ying's heart warmed when she heard him say that, but she couldn't laugh at all, and finally she could only make a smile that was uglier than crying: "Then I will thank you two."
It took a long time for Hua Zhuo and Yao Li to detoxify, and Jiang Chongzheng, who was not at all happy when he returned from victory, lost his temper, Li Qing spent a lot of effort to appease the reckless general Shi Shiyu Still didn't wake up; it was so long that he sat withered outside the tent for a whole night, and Shi Yu still didn't wake up; it was so long... so long that it was almost New Year's Eve, and Shi Yu still couldn't wake up.
However, after half a month, Lian Ying calmed down. In fact, a few days ago, Hua Zhuo had said that Shi Yu's residual poison had been cleared, as long as he woke up, he would be fine, and it would be a matter of time before he woke up, so Lian Ying started He forced himself to think about other things so that he would not be so tormented and worried. For example, he would think about how Shi Yu had calculated his strategy at that time, how he defeated Borg and the Northern Qiang Army.
These few days of mindless thinking plus Hua Zhuo and Li Qing's words were enough for Lian Ying to figure out what happened.
It turns out that Shi Yu never really thought that Hua Zhuo alone could protect himself from the very beginning, so he used some undercover agents placed in the Borg Army to assist secretly. He escaped from the ice coffin and came to Shi Yu's army, and it was Hua Zhuo's arrival that made Shi Yu guess what Borg was going to do next.
Then, just as Lian Ying saw, Shi Yu pretended to agree to the negotiation with Borg, but he had already let Jiang Chongzheng lead his troops to sneak to the only way Borg retreated, and then despite being poisoned and sharp arrows , but he still insisted on giving the order. In this way, he attacked back and forth, and finally caught Bei Qiang by surprise and won a big victory. It seems that Borg is really going to die of anger.
It's just about the poison and the medicine... Presumably, Shi Yu must have heard Hua Zhuo's reminder, did he take it without hesitation even though he knew that there might be no cure for the poison and medicine?It is a bit far-fetched to say that it is for the big plan to paralyze Borg, and more, it is for oneself.
Lian Ying thought about it, and the hand stroking Shi Yu's deep face became more and more gentle: Shi Yu, Shi Yu, what should I repay you for doing so much for me?It's just that this sincerity can't be shown. All I can do... probably really is to help you fight for the world.
When Yao Li came in, what he saw was such a scene, his heart sank, his eyes were astringent, after getting along for half a month, he was as dull as he knew that Lian Ying had a great relationship with the lying prince, In other words, Lian Ying should like him, otherwise how could he have been taking care of him in the past half a month?
I just knew it was the same thing, but I still felt sad and shy for some reason. It wasn't until the senior sister couldn't stand it and gave him a slight hint that he realized that he also liked Lian Ying.But looking at it now, could it be that he was late after all and had no chance?No, he didn't want to give up so easily, but...he also promised his senior sister to help her heal the brother Meiran in the ice coffin, so he won't be by Lian Ying's side for a long time.
Thinking about it, Yao Li was a little depressed and sad, but she still went to the table and poured a cup of hot tea to Lian Ying, and persuaded her in a good voice: "Drink some water first and rest for a while, he is fine, he will wake up sooner or later. "
Lian Ying was startled, but he didn't realize that someone came in, so he withdrew his hand stroking Shi Yu's cheek uncomfortably, and after recovering for a while, he took the tea cup that Yao Li handed over, and said lightly, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Yao Li looked at the faint blue-black under Lian Ying's eyelids, knowing that he didn't sleep well last night. Li himself was very angry, so he couldn't control himself and pointed at Shi Yu on the bed, but responded to Lian: "Even if you really want to take care of such a person, you have to cherish your body, right?! Look at these few How haggard have you become all day? Could it be that you are still sick and accompany him when he is not well?!"
Lian Ying didn't know what kind of anger Yao Li was angry with, so he had no choice but to remain silent, but when Yao Li saw him, he thought he was acquiescing, being stubborn and stubborn, so he couldn't help getting angrier, and said indiscriminately: "You just don't know what to say." So do you like this troublesome prince? You like it so much that you don’t even care about yourself?! Just because he treats you well? But I also treat you very well, and I like you too, why don’t you like me?!”
When the words fell, Yao Li saw Lian Ying looking at him with complicated eyes, and then realized what he said and couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect that he would show his thoughts so recklessly just now, but he didn't think so at all. He doesn't regret it at all, if he doesn't speak out at this time, he doesn't know if he will have the chance to speak up when he comes back.
After listening to Yao Li's confession, Lian Ying's mind became even more complicated. What Hua Zhuo had said to him before appeared in his mind. Yao Li has always been wholehearted to him, so is it because he likes him?
Originally, if Yao Li didn't pierce this layer of veil, even the response would probably be slow for a long time, or it would take a long time for Yao Li to give a positive and harmless answer.It's just that he has revealed it so completely and plainly now, so even Ying seems to be unavoidable, and there must be an explanation for this friendship.
Yao Li saw that Lian Ying's expression changed a few times, and then he seemed to have made up his mind to say something, he couldn't help covering Lian Ying's mouth nervously, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, you don't want to talk to me about anything. Said, I don't want to hear what hurtful things you say, you just need to remember that I like you, I won't give up easily, no matter what you are going to say."
Lian Ying is helpless, you cover my mouth so tightly, even if I want to say something, I can't say it.
"Hmm..." The two of them were in a stalemate when they heard a groan from the person on the bed. Lian Ying hurriedly looked over and turned around to see her thin lips brushing Yao Li's palm, but the bitterness in Yao Li's eyes became even more bitter. very.
This guy can only care so much about the prince.
"Shi Yu, how are you? Is there something wrong?" Lian Ying looked at Shi Yu who finally opened his eyes and asked hurriedly.
Shi Yu was still a little dazed when he first woke up, but soon came to his senses, sat up with Lian Ying's help, then looked at Lian Ying, with a very warm smile on his lips: "I'm fine, but you Were you not injured that day?"
"No, no, you protect well." Lian Ying replied softly, the tips of her ears turning red even more.
"Then how long have I been in a coma?"
"It's been about half a month. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I thought you wouldn't be able to wake up." Lian Ying sighed softly, his tone rough.
"How come? I still want to spend the first New Year with you." Shi Yu smiled slightly, and his handsome face, which never smiled, made people feel more affectionate because of this smile.
Yao Li was really annoyed seeing the two people completely ignoring his own warmth, but the doctor's parents felt that at this time, he still stepped forward to check Shi Yu's pulse, rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Ah Ying , this person is doing very well now."
Shi Yu listened to Mr. Yao Li's words with a hint of sarcasm, and then saw the embarrassment on Lian Ying's face, so he guessed the point, and at the moment it was rare to reply back: "Coma these days, but now there is nothing to do." Ah Ying must have taken good care of the big problem."
Lian Ying didn't blush anymore when she said that, it was just funny, I don't know when this paralyzed face will learn to hate others.
There is no reason why Yao Li didn't know the meaning of Shi Yu's words, his complexion darkened immediately, and he said with a flick of his sleeves: "Since you are well, you don't need to waste senior sister and my time, we have to go back to the ice room again Healing brother Meiran, I don’t have time to waste time here with you!”
Lian Ying directly ignored the dissatisfaction in Yao Li's words, but grasped the key point: "So you want to stay here, won't you go back with us?"
Yao Li's eyes lit up when he heard what Lian Ying said, and his expression became even more joyful: "Ah Ying, are you reluctant to part with me?"
Even when Ying was about to say it was not entirely true, he felt Shi Yu's hand holding his wrist tightly, and then heard Shi Yu's obviously indifferent voice with a hint of a smile——
"Sorry for delivery."
The author has something to say:
A little bit more, to make up for yesterday's mistakes... sins, sins...
At this moment, Lian Ying was sitting beside Shi Yu's couch, brushing away the hair from Shi Yu's cheeks with his fingers, and at the same time wiping his face with a cloth towel moistened with hot water.Seeing that the face of the person in front of him has softened a lot compared to the previous days, even though Lian Ying has let go of his heart a little, he is still worried after all, maybe he is really afraid... that he will never wake up again.
Involuntarily, Lian Ying put down the cloth towel, leaned forward slowly, and gently brushed Shi Yu's deep facial contours with his slender and beautiful fingers. Resting his fingertips on Shi Yu's pale lips, close to his ear, Lian Ying's voice was low and hoarse——
"Shi Yu, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, wake up, okay?"
The only answer to him was Shi Yu's light but steady breathing. For a moment, Lian Ying's thoughts returned to half a month ago...
At the moment when the sharp arrow came, Lian Ying didn't feel anything in his heart, but when Shi Yu protected him, he couldn't help but think of a lot, for example, there was such a scene in Misty Ridge, for example, in the earlier There was a similar scene at his big wedding banquet, but none of them worried him as much as now.
The strength that came from nowhere supported him to stabilize Shi Yu's body that was gradually sliding down, and then he heard this person who was extremely indifferent even though he was poisoned and injured by arrows, catching up with him under the guard of soldiers. Li Qing ordered lightly: "Send a signal flare and tell Jiang Chongzheng that it's time to encircle and suppress."
Lian Ying heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the order. He thought that Shi Yu could still hold on, but unexpectedly, the man passed out completely as soon as he finished speaking, and then he felt the breath spraying around his neck getting stronger and stronger. Weak, it seems that Shi Yu's vitality is gradually disappearing.
Mr. Tingyun, who has always been casual and indifferent, panicked. The emotions of fear, fear, and worry were tightly twisted together, filling his whole heart and brain. He carried Shi Yu back to the main tent of the Northern Dynasty army camp under the cover of the Northern Dynasty army that suddenly rushed out from nowhere.
The confused brain gradually became clear when he saw Hua Zhuo sitting comfortably in the main tent, but at this moment he didn't want to think about why Hua Zhuo was here at all, he just made a decision before his body—he rushed In front of Hua Zhuo, scarlet eyes gripped Hua Zhuo's shoulders, his calm and steady voice carried a hint of madness and command: "Save him!"
He knew, knew that Hua Zhuo was the only one who could cure this incurable poison at this time!
Hua Zhuo glanced at Lian Ying with a complicated look, and then at Yao Li with a bitter face, and when Lian Ying's hand on her shoulder was getting stronger, he said calmly: "I will save him, you let go."
Lian Ying came back to his senses suddenly, and murmured as if he had received a guarantee: "Okay, okay, I will let go, let go, as long as you can save him."
Hua Zhuo looked at Mr. Tingyun in front of him, who was completely different from the legend and what he had seen before, and really sighed silently, but the word "love" is very strange, so why not for her?It's just that after suffering from the medicine, she will eventually taste the taste of lovesickness but not like her.
"Give me the silver ingot I gave you earlier."
Hearing what she said, Lian Ying quickly took out the silver ingot and handed it over, seeing that Hua Zhuo sprinkled something on it after taking it, and the silver ingot quickly melted away, revealing a small pill inside.
"This is 'Gold Corrosion Powder', which is specially used to corrode metals. It is one of the secret medicines of Yaowang Valley." Seeing Lian Ying's confusion for a moment, Yao Li explained.
Hua Zhuo didn't even look at the pill, then simply crushed the medicine bag, took out the real brown pill inside and gave it to Shi Yu who was lying flat on the bed, and then responded to Lian: "This is the medicine I refined. The innumerable life-sustaining pills that I have received can temporarily suppress the poison in his body, but this poison can be said to come from me, or not from me, so I am not very sure that I can cure the poison. However You don't have to worry too much, as long as I cooperate with my junior brother, I believe detoxification will be fine."
Lian Ying pursed her lips and remained silent, but her face was extremely ugly.
For some reason, Yao Li couldn't see Lian Ying's sad look, and hurriedly assured him: "A Ying, don't worry, my senior sister and I will do our best to detoxify him, you trust me..."
Lian Ying's heart warmed when she heard him say that, but she couldn't laugh at all, and finally she could only make a smile that was uglier than crying: "Then I will thank you two."
It took a long time for Hua Zhuo and Yao Li to detoxify, and Jiang Chongzheng, who was not at all happy when he returned from victory, lost his temper, Li Qing spent a lot of effort to appease the reckless general Shi Shiyu Still didn't wake up; it was so long that he sat withered outside the tent for a whole night, and Shi Yu still didn't wake up; it was so long... so long that it was almost New Year's Eve, and Shi Yu still couldn't wake up.
However, after half a month, Lian Ying calmed down. In fact, a few days ago, Hua Zhuo had said that Shi Yu's residual poison had been cleared, as long as he woke up, he would be fine, and it would be a matter of time before he woke up, so Lian Ying started He forced himself to think about other things so that he would not be so tormented and worried. For example, he would think about how Shi Yu had calculated his strategy at that time, how he defeated Borg and the Northern Qiang Army.
These few days of mindless thinking plus Hua Zhuo and Li Qing's words were enough for Lian Ying to figure out what happened.
It turns out that Shi Yu never really thought that Hua Zhuo alone could protect himself from the very beginning, so he used some undercover agents placed in the Borg Army to assist secretly. He escaped from the ice coffin and came to Shi Yu's army, and it was Hua Zhuo's arrival that made Shi Yu guess what Borg was going to do next.
Then, just as Lian Ying saw, Shi Yu pretended to agree to the negotiation with Borg, but he had already let Jiang Chongzheng lead his troops to sneak to the only way Borg retreated, and then despite being poisoned and sharp arrows , but he still insisted on giving the order. In this way, he attacked back and forth, and finally caught Bei Qiang by surprise and won a big victory. It seems that Borg is really going to die of anger.
It's just about the poison and the medicine... Presumably, Shi Yu must have heard Hua Zhuo's reminder, did he take it without hesitation even though he knew that there might be no cure for the poison and medicine?It is a bit far-fetched to say that it is for the big plan to paralyze Borg, and more, it is for oneself.
Lian Ying thought about it, and the hand stroking Shi Yu's deep face became more and more gentle: Shi Yu, Shi Yu, what should I repay you for doing so much for me?It's just that this sincerity can't be shown. All I can do... probably really is to help you fight for the world.
When Yao Li came in, what he saw was such a scene, his heart sank, his eyes were astringent, after getting along for half a month, he was as dull as he knew that Lian Ying had a great relationship with the lying prince, In other words, Lian Ying should like him, otherwise how could he have been taking care of him in the past half a month?
I just knew it was the same thing, but I still felt sad and shy for some reason. It wasn't until the senior sister couldn't stand it and gave him a slight hint that he realized that he also liked Lian Ying.But looking at it now, could it be that he was late after all and had no chance?No, he didn't want to give up so easily, but...he also promised his senior sister to help her heal the brother Meiran in the ice coffin, so he won't be by Lian Ying's side for a long time.
Thinking about it, Yao Li was a little depressed and sad, but she still went to the table and poured a cup of hot tea to Lian Ying, and persuaded her in a good voice: "Drink some water first and rest for a while, he is fine, he will wake up sooner or later. "
Lian Ying was startled, but he didn't realize that someone came in, so he withdrew his hand stroking Shi Yu's cheek uncomfortably, and after recovering for a while, he took the tea cup that Yao Li handed over, and said lightly, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Yao Li looked at the faint blue-black under Lian Ying's eyelids, knowing that he didn't sleep well last night. Li himself was very angry, so he couldn't control himself and pointed at Shi Yu on the bed, but responded to Lian: "Even if you really want to take care of such a person, you have to cherish your body, right?! Look at these few How haggard have you become all day? Could it be that you are still sick and accompany him when he is not well?!"
Lian Ying didn't know what kind of anger Yao Li was angry with, so he had no choice but to remain silent, but when Yao Li saw him, he thought he was acquiescing, being stubborn and stubborn, so he couldn't help getting angrier, and said indiscriminately: "You just don't know what to say." So do you like this troublesome prince? You like it so much that you don’t even care about yourself?! Just because he treats you well? But I also treat you very well, and I like you too, why don’t you like me?!”
When the words fell, Yao Li saw Lian Ying looking at him with complicated eyes, and then realized what he said and couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect that he would show his thoughts so recklessly just now, but he didn't think so at all. He doesn't regret it at all, if he doesn't speak out at this time, he doesn't know if he will have the chance to speak up when he comes back.
After listening to Yao Li's confession, Lian Ying's mind became even more complicated. What Hua Zhuo had said to him before appeared in his mind. Yao Li has always been wholehearted to him, so is it because he likes him?
Originally, if Yao Li didn't pierce this layer of veil, even the response would probably be slow for a long time, or it would take a long time for Yao Li to give a positive and harmless answer.It's just that he has revealed it so completely and plainly now, so even Ying seems to be unavoidable, and there must be an explanation for this friendship.
Yao Li saw that Lian Ying's expression changed a few times, and then he seemed to have made up his mind to say something, he couldn't help covering Lian Ying's mouth nervously, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, you don't want to talk to me about anything. Said, I don't want to hear what hurtful things you say, you just need to remember that I like you, I won't give up easily, no matter what you are going to say."
Lian Ying is helpless, you cover my mouth so tightly, even if I want to say something, I can't say it.
"Hmm..." The two of them were in a stalemate when they heard a groan from the person on the bed. Lian Ying hurriedly looked over and turned around to see her thin lips brushing Yao Li's palm, but the bitterness in Yao Li's eyes became even more bitter. very.
This guy can only care so much about the prince.
"Shi Yu, how are you? Is there something wrong?" Lian Ying looked at Shi Yu who finally opened his eyes and asked hurriedly.
Shi Yu was still a little dazed when he first woke up, but soon came to his senses, sat up with Lian Ying's help, then looked at Lian Ying, with a very warm smile on his lips: "I'm fine, but you Were you not injured that day?"
"No, no, you protect well." Lian Ying replied softly, the tips of her ears turning red even more.
"Then how long have I been in a coma?"
"It's been about half a month. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I thought you wouldn't be able to wake up." Lian Ying sighed softly, his tone rough.
"How come? I still want to spend the first New Year with you." Shi Yu smiled slightly, and his handsome face, which never smiled, made people feel more affectionate because of this smile.
Yao Li was really annoyed seeing the two people completely ignoring his own warmth, but the doctor's parents felt that at this time, he still stepped forward to check Shi Yu's pulse, rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry, Ah Ying , this person is doing very well now."
Shi Yu listened to Mr. Yao Li's words with a hint of sarcasm, and then saw the embarrassment on Lian Ying's face, so he guessed the point, and at the moment it was rare to reply back: "Coma these days, but now there is nothing to do." Ah Ying must have taken good care of the big problem."
Lian Ying didn't blush anymore when she said that, it was just funny, I don't know when this paralyzed face will learn to hate others.
There is no reason why Yao Li didn't know the meaning of Shi Yu's words, his complexion darkened immediately, and he said with a flick of his sleeves: "Since you are well, you don't need to waste senior sister and my time, we have to go back to the ice room again Healing brother Meiran, I don’t have time to waste time here with you!”
Lian Ying directly ignored the dissatisfaction in Yao Li's words, but grasped the key point: "So you want to stay here, won't you go back with us?"
Yao Li's eyes lit up when he heard what Lian Ying said, and his expression became even more joyful: "Ah Ying, are you reluctant to part with me?"
Even when Ying was about to say it was not entirely true, he felt Shi Yu's hand holding his wrist tightly, and then heard Shi Yu's obviously indifferent voice with a hint of a smile——
"Sorry for delivery."
The author has something to say:
A little bit more, to make up for yesterday's mistakes... sins, sins...
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