Li Zian sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Shen Tianshu, whose brows were still furrowed in his sleep, not to mention how distressed he felt.
Because she had an injury on her neck, when Mingyu changed her clothes, she left the collar buttons unbuttoned.
A day has passed since the incident, and the pinch marks on Shen Tianshu's neck gradually appeared, looking very scary and bruised.
There was also a long wound left by the dagger on her cheek. Fortunately, the wound was not deep, it was just a scratch on the skin, and it was already covered with medicine.
But as soon as Li Zian saw these scars, he wanted to cut Mr. Dong into pieces to relieve his hatred.
It's a pity that Mr. Dong has been buried in the flames now, and he has no one to vent his anger on.
Li Zian waited until Shen Tianshu fell asleep more deeply, then reached out and gently rubbed the center of her eyebrows, trying to smooth away her sadness.
"You really don't make people worry."
Thinking of the panic he felt when he received the news last night, Li Zian still has lingering fears.
After receiving the news, he immediately turned around and rode hard towards Tian'en Temple.
From a distance, I could see the black smoke rising from the back mountain of Tianen Temple, with flames rising from time to time.
Even though he knew that Shen Tianshu had been rescued, he was still anxious and kept whipping the horse under his crotch. .five
After beating the horse and galloping all the way back to Tian'en Temple, he suddenly reined in the reins, turned over and dismounted, and the horse immediately fell to the ground without any strength.
Li Zian ran all the way in from the mountain gate and rushed to the place where the fire was on the back mountain. Looking at the flames rising into the sky, his legs were so weak that he almost fell to his knees.
Fortunately, Xie Yun appeared in time and led him to the side of the meditation room...
Thinking of this, Li Zian couldn't help but close his eyes.
He couldn't describe how he felt when he entered the Zen room and saw Shen Tianshu lying on the bed in a miserable state, seemingly dead.
He stumbled to the bedside, and his first reaction was to reach out to test her breath.
After repeatedly confirming that Shen Tianshu was still breathing, Li Zian breathed a sigh of relief and found that tears were streaming down his face and his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
Fortunately, no outsiders saw it, otherwise he, the prince, would have lost his majesty in front of his servants.
But not long after Li Zi'an breathed a sigh of relief, his heart started to get excited again - Shen Tianshu started to feel hot.
Her fever was not an ordinary fever, but a high fever. In the second half of the night, she cried and yelled but could not wake up.
Li Zian stayed in front of the bed all night.
He changed the wet handkerchief and administered medicine. Apart from wiping himself to avoid suspicion, he never left Shen Tianshu's bedside.
It was not until that night, after Shen Tianshu's fever finally subsided, that Li Zian, reminded by Xie Yan, remembered that he should send someone back to the city to inform Shen Zhonglei of the matter.
So when Shen Zhonglei and his people quietly arrived at Tian'en Temple, it was already the early morning of the third day after the incident.
As soon as the sky turned white, Xie Yan was already waiting outside the side door and welcomed him in.
"You go this way." Xie Yan led Shen Zhonglei to the back mountain. "The prince has ordered people to seal the news tightly. Now the people outside only know that a fire suddenly broke out in Tian'en Temple and it burned until dawn and then gradually extinguished. They don't know The matter is related to Shen Mansion.
"The prince has told me that how to deal with subsequent matters will all be subject to your instructions.
Xie Yan took Shen Zhonglei inside and happened to pass by the place where the fire had been.
Looking at the several Buddhist temples that had been burned down to only the broken walls and ruins, Shen Zhonglei felt his scalp numb and his heart became more and more panicked.
Finally, we came to an independent and secluded courtyard in the back mountain. This is the place reserved by Tianen Temple for Prince Rui's residence.
Concubine Fengrong and Li Zian would occasionally come over to pay homage to the Buddha and stay for a while.
There is no one disturbing here. Once the gate is closed, it becomes more like a courtyard that exists independently of Tianen Temple.
After following Xie Yan into the main hall, Shen Zhonglei finally couldn't help but ask: "Master Xie, what's going on with my family now?"
The messenger from Prince Rui’s Mansion,
The words were vague, except that the Buddhist temple where the Shen family lived caught fire and some people were injured. Now the prince has led people to control the fire and the situation, and asked him not to disturb other people and rush to Tian'en Temple as soon as possible.
If he hadn't known the person who sent the message in the past, who was Li Zian's personal servant Qing Lin, Shen Zhonglei would have thought that he had encountered a liar.
He rushed over as quickly as possible with fear, and finally couldn't hold back and asked.
Xie Yan sighed and said, "Master Shen, I'd better wait for the prince to tell you about this matter."
These words made Shen Zhonglei more and more confused. He really didn't understand why this matter was related to Li Zian.
"You sit down for a moment, I'll ask the prince to come over." Xie Yan said, turned around, knocked on the door, and entered the east room.
Shen Zhonglei couldn't sit still at this time, pacing back and forth anxiously, waiting for Li Zian to come out.
After a long while, Li Zian finally led Xie Yan out of the house.
Seeing Li Zian's haggard face and red bloodshot eyes, Shen Zhonglei's heart was in his throat.
"Master Shen, you don't have to be polite, please sit down." Li Zian didn't have the energy to worry about etiquette, so he sat down first and said, "I guess Master Shen already knows about the fire in the meditation room, right?"
"Yes, thank you Prince Master for sending someone to deliver the message. I just don't know where the official's family members are now? What's the situation? Why did a good person suddenly catch fire and get out of control like this?"
"I hope the prince will inform you." Shen Zhonglei cheered up, knowing that the important point was finally coming.
Li Zian suddenly asked another question: "Does Master Shen know that your brother has been secretly taking drugs?"
Shen Zhonglei's heart tightened when he heard this. He thought that few people in the family knew. Did the news reach Li Zian's ears so quickly?
Could it be that the eldest brother accidentally caused a fire when he was smoking?
Before Shen Zhonglei could figure it out, his body was already kneeling in front of Li Zian very consciously.
"Your Majesty, my brother is feeling unwell and in unbearable pain, so he secretly takes drugs occasionally, just to relieve pain...
"The lower official knew that meth is a banned drug, and he tried to persuade him many times after learning about it, but after all, he was a close relative, and he couldn't bear to see his brother suffer from pain and sleeplessness, so...
"It's all my fault. From now on, I will definitely..."
Li Zian waved his hand at him, interrupted him, and asked an even more irrelevant question.
"Then Master Shen, does he know why our government has listed drugs as banned drugs and strictly monitored them?"
Shen Zhonglei became more and more puzzled by his questions, and thought to himself, could it be that it was just a pretense to call him over, and that it was actually Mrs. Shen who was reported for trading sex with others in the temple?
Li Zian had no intention of waiting for his answer. He just said these words to let Shen Zhonglei relax a little.
I had come all the way and was still out of breath when I suddenly heard bad news. If the shock was too great, it would be bad if something happened again.
The Shen family really can't afford any more trouble now.
So Li Zian quickly asked and answered his own questions: "In addition to what most people know, there is actually another piece of information that the court has not disclosed to the outside world.
"Some people who have taken drugs will hallucinate and do many ridiculous things.
"Back then, in the Western Regions, soldiers were made to take drugs before going out to fight, saying they were invincible warriors.
"But in fact, many people have hallucinations after taking it and commit many tragedies of fighting and killing each other.
"There are even some veterans who have been discharged and returned to their fields. Because of their addiction, they continue to take drugs, and then murder their wives and children, and even kill their parents...
"After these people wake up, a big mistake has been made. It is generally difficult for the parties involved to accept the facts. They are either directly stimulated and go crazy, or they simply understand themselves after they wake up to apologize...
"So in the local area, *** was initially called a gift from God, but later it was increasingly called the seed of the devil by local people."
When Shen Zhonglei heard this,
My heart was already clenching tightly.
He said with a trembling voice, "So, it was the official's brother who did something to kill his parents and his mother?"
Li Zian shook his head slowly.
But before Shen Zhonglei could relax, he heard him say: "It's Mrs. Shen."
"What?" Shen Zhonglei was shocked, "Sister-in-law...when did she start using sex?"
"I'm afraid there's no way to know this." Li Zian sighed.
Seeing that Shen Zhonglei was almost mentally prepared, he revealed everything he had investigated after arriving.
"After Mrs. Shen took drugs the night before, she had a hallucination for some reason. She thought that Tianshu, who was called by Mrs. Shen to talk behind closed doors, was her biological mother. It seemed that she was confusing what was happening in front of her with what happened back then. together.
"Mrs. Shen first poisoned the tea and knocked everyone out, then poured a lot of lamp oil around the meditation room.
"Finally, she lit a fire and came to the Zen room where Mrs. Shen and Tian Shu were. She found that Tian Shu had not completely fallen asleep, so she wanted to strangle Tian Shu to death with her bare hands.
"Fortunately, at the last moment, Tianshu fought hard and pushed her away, but she also fainted in the sea of fire due to exhaustion.
"Fortunately, Bao'er is young and is the only one in the family who doesn't drink tea.
"The monks in the temple heard his hoarse cries and came over to check, only to find that the monastery was on fire. They hurried over to save people and put out the fire...
"Fortunately, Mrs. Shen, the two girls and Bao'er were all rescued.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen were both killed in the flames."
Shen Zhonglei was dumbfounded and dumbfounded, as if his soul had left his body.
"I think Mr. Shen will have a hard time accepting this. Please take a moment here." Li Zian stood up and said, "Tian Shu is in the east room now. He has been burning for a day and a night and has just retreated.
"Old Mrs. Shen is in the west room and has asked the doctor to come and take a look at her.
"Miss Shen San and Bao'er are both fine. They both live in the east wing and should not have gotten up at this time."
After saying this, Li Zian turned around and returned to the east room, leaving the main room to Shen Zhonglei himself.
Shen Zhonglei sat there blankly, not even bothering to get up and send Li Zian off respectfully.
Even after Li Zian left, he put his finger into his mouth in a daze and took a hard bite himself.
The heartbreaking pain and the deep tooth marks on his fingers made Shen Zhonglei finally believe that he was not dreaming.
But everything Li Zian said just now was like an absurd and weird nightmare.
Shen Zhonglei didn't know how long he sat here. It wasn't until the sky outside gradually brightened, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the door on his face, making him unable to open his eyes, that he finally stood up.
Looking at the doors on the east and west sides, he chose the east room without hesitation.
But when he walked to the door of the east room, he suddenly remembered that the prince came out from here just now and went in again after speaking?
If Tianshu recovers from his injuries here, then the prince...
its not right!
Shen Zhonglei's brain, which had been so frightened just now, suddenly started to move.
It seems that the person the prince called just now was not Miss Shen, but... Tianshu?
Shen Zhonglei suddenly felt that he had discovered something terrible again.
So he didn't dare to open the door directly and go in. Instead, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Please come in!" Li Zian's voice came from inside the house.
Shen Zhonglei opened the door nervously and went in, just in time to see Li Zian standing up from the bed.
Just listen to him whisper: "Master Shen, please be gentle, Tianshu is finally asleep now."
Shen Zhonglei: "..."
That seems to be my biological daughter, right?
But there is no way to say this.
Shen Zhonglei walked lightly to the bedside and saw Shen Tianshu Mo
At this moment, he clenched his fists in anger.
She was completely sunk in the quilt, with a bandana for ice compress on her forehead.
Only a pale face with wounds and a neck covered with intertwined finger marks were revealed.
Even though Li Zian stayed by her side to feed her water, Shen Tianshu still burned until his lips became chapped.
Not to mention how miserable it looked.
"How could it be so injured..." Shen Zhonglei's voice was trembling.
After listening to Li Zian's words before, he had already guessed what Dong's heart was.
She must have taken drugs and thought she had returned to the time when Liu Yaxuan was still alive.
When she saw Old Mrs. Shen calling Shen Tianshu over to talk, she thought it was her mother-in-law who wanted to persuade her younger siblings to spend more time with her husband.
The excitement and hallucinations brought about by *** finally broke away from her years of suppression and tolerance.
That's why she felt that instead of living in frustration like this, it would be better for everyone to die together.
Before that, Shen Zhonglei had always regarded Dong as a victim like himself.
But seeing Shen Tianshu's miserable appearance, Shen Zhonglei immediately no longer had the slightest sympathy for Dong, and even wanted to cut him alive.
Shen Zhonglei asked anxiously: "Can we invite the doctor? What does the doctor say?"
Li Zian said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shen. We have already asked the doctor from the palace to come over and show Tian Shu a prescription."
After hearing this, Shen Zhonglei froze and suddenly didn't know how to react.
The prince has made it clear that he doesn't intend to hide it, and is he going to make his attitude public?
But when did these two people get involved?
Shen Zhonglei felt that too much new information had been crammed into his brain in a short period of time.
The original ones are still stuck together and cannot move, but there are actually new ones that want to be added.
Let alone thinking, his head was about to burst just by staying still.
