Bao Cheng stirred the bird's nest with a white porcelain spoon, raised his eyebrows and said, "Can this bird's nest be still drinkable?"
Yao Yao glanced at the bird's nest and said calmly: "Give me the tray."
Bao Cheng frowned, picked up the bird's nest, pulled out the ebony tray underneath, and handed it to Yao Yao.
Yao Yao held the tray, looked back and forth, pulled out the hairpin from his hair, and flicked the mortise and tenon of the tray back and forth.
There was only a "pop" sound, and the piece of ebony fell down, revealing a shallow card slot.
Her face suddenly darkened, she picked the hairpin in the card slot and pulled out a very tightly rolled paper roll.
Bao Cheng said "Ah", quickly covered his mouth, and muttered: "You, how do you know there is something in here?"
Yao Yao didn't raise his head or speak. Emperor Yong'an's method was to insert spies into every residence. These methods were pervasive. The Han Mansion, well, the seemingly impregnable Han Mansion was also vulnerable.
She unfolded the scroll and saw the words on the paper, and her heart suddenly sank to the bottom of her heart.
If you have any plans, it will be in vain.
She closed her eyes and stuffed the paper into her mouth.
Bao Cheng hurriedly shouted "you", but when he met Yao Yao's calm eyes, he watched her chew a few times expressionlessly, and finally swallowed the paper roll. He also swallowed the words. Pointing to the bowl of bird's nests, he asked, "Pour it out?"
Yao Yao shook his head: "Wait until Han Changmu comes back."
As she spoke, she put the disassembled tray back together.
For the first time, she felt that the long night was so dark and unbearable.
The bird on the tree outside the window called a few times, breaking the deep silence of the night.
Yao Yao heard the heavy footsteps outside, showing her tiredness. She froze, leaned against the bed, and closed her eyes slightly weakly.
With a chill all over his body, Han Changmu opened the door and hurried in. He saw Yao Yao getting up at a glance, rushed to the bed, held her hand, and asked hoarsely: "A Yao, are you awake?"
Yao Yao closed her eyes and felt the bed sink a little. She slowly opened her eyes and saw a pair of red eyes, as well as a stubble on her lower jaw that was faintly blue.
She was startled. She felt the tip of her nose was sore and there was a lump in her throat. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
This look fell in Han Changmu's eyes, as if he was weak and had lost his voice. He felt great grief in his heart. He immediately put his arms around Yao Yao's shoulders, patted her back gently, and whispered soothingly: "Okay, it's okay. , I brought the medicine back, it’s okay.”
Jin Yu walked in silently and placed the various medicinal materials in her arms on the food table one by one.
Bao Cheng coughed slightly and hurriedly avoided the dazzling scene. He looked up at Jin Yu's movements, feeling a little dazed.
He had no idea that Han Changmu would move so quickly. It only took him half an hour to find all the medicinal materials he could find.
Yao Yao was choked by Han Changmu and coughed violently several times.
Han Changmu was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand, held her face and looked at her, and said worriedly: "Ah Yao, Ah Yao, how are you?"
Yao Yao's face did not turn red, but his heart did not beat. He just shook his head slightly and said weakly: "Sir, did you ask someone to send you a bird's nest?"
Han Changmu frowned, not knowing what was going on.
Yao Yao pointed to the bird's nest on the small table and said feebly but doubtfully: "A maid just brought this in. She said it was sent by the master." She took a breath: "I felt something was wrong, so I didn't dare to eat it. ."
With these shocking words, Han Changmu stood up suddenly and planned to find the silver needle to test the poison.
Yao Yao seemed to know Han Changmu's plan, and said quietly from behind him: "It's not poisonous. I tried it in my humble position."
Han Changmu turned around, slowly raised his eyes and saw the silver hairpin in Yao Yao's hair, and nodded: "Do you still remember what that maid looks like?"
Yao Yao said solemnly: "He looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, thin, not tall, with a round face and very delicate eyebrows." She squinted and thought for a moment: "Qinggong is very good."
Suspicion suddenly arose in Han Changmu's heart, and he frowned slightly: "You are so good, why would you send me such a bowl of bird's nest?"
Yao Yao raised his hand helplessly, indicating that he couldn't figure it out either.
Han Changmu turned around and told Jin Yu sharply: "Go and check."
Jin Yu was actually stunned when he heard this. Although most of the people in this house were bought from outside, when they moved in, he carefully screened them several times, and the ones left behind were all without any problems. A clean person never expected that such a flaw would happen.
Hearing Han Changmu's words, he exclaimed, carrying the bowl of bird's nest, and walked out in a rather depressed mood.
Han Changmu then glanced at the idle Bao Cheng.
Bao Cheng immediately raised his head and chest, and moved to the food table. He seemed to be concentrating on it, but in fact he was flipping through it absentmindedly. The medicinal materials were complete, and they were old enough. It seemed that he had put a lot of effort into collecting them. What I don’t know is whether Han Changmu will be reprimanded by the saint tomorrow for having plundered all the elixirs in the Imperial Medical Office.
He coughed lightly, covering up his guilty conscience, and said in surprise: "My lord has actually found all the medicine, and there is still so much for the year."
After hearing that the medicinal materials were suitable, Han Changmu finally felt relieved and said calmly: "How about making the medicine now?"
Bao Cheng didn't know what Yao Yao was going to do, but he knew that as long as he could postpone her recovery time, she would have more time and her chances of winning would naturally be greater.
He shook his head and said: "It's not possible now. I have to wait until tomorrow to get the remaining medicinal materials from Qimen."
Han Changmu asked worriedly: "Then, will A Yao's injury change tonight?"
Bao Cheng waved his hand: "No, I just used a charm to protect A Yao's heart. Everything will be fine."
Han Changmu frowned and glanced at Bao Cheng. He really couldn't believe this half-empty statement, but he couldn't help but not believe it at the moment. He pondered for a moment and said: "I will guard A Yao here tonight, and you will return to Qi Qi early tomorrow morning." Find medicine at the door."
Han Changmu and Bao Cheng settled the matter in a few words without asking Yao Yao whether he would agree or not. She looked at Han Changmu and then at Bao Cheng, and gave a helpless smile: "I can't die for the time being, so I don't need anyone to guard me."
Han Changmu stared with cold eyes and refused decisively without any explanation: "No, I'll just stay by the side."
Yao Yao took a deep breath, forget it, just keep it if you like, she will just pretend that she is blind and cannot see.
Having settled the matter, Bao Cheng went to the guest room next door to rest.
Mrs. Liu brought people in and placed a soft bed in the room.
Han Changmu looked at Mrs. Liu's smiling face and felt something strange in his heart. How could he see the joy on her face?
He sighed helplessly and asked Ms. Liu, "What did you find while following Qing Qian today?"
Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment, looked over Han Changmu's shoulder and looked at Yao Yao with a somewhat difficult expression.
Han Changmu said calmly: "It doesn't matter, just say it."
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows. It turns out there is something wrong with Qing Qian. This Han Changmu is pitiful. At such an old age, Tie Shuhua finally found a confidante, but he actually had some ulterior motives. How could he let go of such gossip.
She didn't have any consciousness to avoid it. Anyway, she didn't take the initiative to eavesdrop. She was forced to, so she simply pricked up her ears and listened openly.
Mrs. Liu saw that Han Changmu was not shy about Yao Yao, so she said with a normal expression: "Qingqian went all the way to Jianfu Temple, offered incense and asked for fortune-telling, and everything was as usual. At noon, he went to the guest room to have a vegetarian meal. The maid watched in the dark. There were two vegetarian tables in the guest room, one table was occupied by Qing Qian alone, and the other table was occupied by two masters and servants. Qing Qian left after finishing the vegetarian meal without speaking to either of them."
Han Changmu frowned: "Didn't they have any contact?"
Mrs. Liu shook her head and said firmly: "My servant can see clearly. There is no contact."
Han Changmu suddenly became suspicious. He asked for a chance to leave the house. Was it really just to burn incense at Jianfu Temple?
He turned around and asked Yao Yao: "What do you think?"
After Yao Yao understood what he heard, he concentrated for a moment and asked in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law Liu, can you see clearly the appearance of the master and servant in the guest room?"
Mrs. Liu nodded: "The woman sitting at the table is in her thirties. She is pretty and dignified. She looks like the wife of a wealthy family. The person standing next to her is a maidservant. She is tall and thick, and she looks like a practitioner." She smiled slightly. After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, frowned and said, "That maid looks a bit like a barbarian."
Yao Yao increased his vigilance and asked doubtfully: "Hu man? How old are you?"
Mrs. Liu said: "Early 20s."
Yao Yao was lost in thought and said nothing for a while.
Han Changmu didn't pay much attention to this matter. The wealthy people in Chang'an City often took pleasure in having Kunlun slaves and Xinluo maids, so it was not unusual for them to take a few barbarian maids with them when they went out.
He looked at Yao Yao and said, "Many families in Chang'an City have barbarians. If we take this as an opportunity, I'm afraid it won't be easy to investigate, right?"
Yao Yao shook his head: "Sir, you don't know that there was trouble in Chang'an City because too many barbarians were bought into the courtiers' mansions. Later, the saint issued an edict and stipulated the rules for each mansion based on the rank of the courtiers. The number of Hu people available, and the purchase and sale of dead and escaped slaves must be registered in Chang'an County or Wannian County. Nowadays, the Hu people in the courtiers' mansions in Chang'an City are well-documented, and their backgrounds are all clean. The Hu people among the merchants are actually the most chaotic." She paused slightly: "If Qing Qian is really connected with these two people, then the people behind the scenes will definitely not dare to let the well-documented Hu people show up and act. ."
Han Changmu didn't know that there was such a rule in Chang'an City, so he felt relieved and asked quietly: "Sister-in-law Liu, did you see Qing Qian entering and leaving the guest room with your own eyes?"
Ms. Liu nodded heavily: "Yes, I made no mistakes at all."
Han Changmu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that even if Qing Qian really had a problem, it could not be found out for the time being. He said calmly: "Has Qing Qian been settled?"
Ms. Liu shook her head: "Not yet."
Han Changmu turned around and took a deep look at Yao Yao, which made her feel a little frightened and she could not help but shrink back into the bed.
