L'histoire destructrice de mari d'une impitoyable médecin légiste

Chapitre 68

A lifetime of love and hate, hard to understand, reincarnation begins again. Bamboo Stalker, unintentional, enters the world of martial arts with many twists and turns (Part 4)

Entering the Jianghu with Many Twists and Turns (Part 4) In Huaiyin City, in an ordinary house, west Le, dressed in simple poor man's clothes, paced back and forth in the hall with an uneasy expression, looking out from time to time.

Jin Yu, with a grave expression, slipped into the house, and west Le quickly greeted him: "What exactly happened?"

Jin Yu lowered his eyes: "Last night, almost all the doctors in the city were summoned, and the person being treated was indeed her."

After listening, west Le sat down silently in her chair: "When she was being held captive, given her stubbornness, she wouldn't have told anyone even if she was in excruciating pain. Was her injury life-threatening? Or did Dugu Xi Hui not know she was injured and tortured her?" west Le's voice was icy cold, as if she had become a completely different person.

"My lord, please do not worry. According to our scouts, she seems to have been drinking with Dugu Xihui, which is why she suffered internal injuries."

“Heh…good reason. It’s springtime, isn’t it?” Xile suddenly looked out the window and asked.

Jin Yu, puzzled, followed west Le's gaze to the window: "It's already late spring."

“Dugu Xihui has suffered from a chronic illness since childhood, which is most dangerous in spring. He dares not drink alcohol in the other three seasons. So why would he drink in spring, at this crucial moment, and in Huaiyin City? He must have seen her injury and did it on purpose. Ha... Dugu Xihui... He has been the one who can see through my thoughts since childhood. I'm afraid... He already saw how important she is to me that day, and this drinking incident was also something he deliberately wanted me to know.” west Le lowered her head, seemingly talking to herself, yet also seemingly speaking to Jin Yu.

Jin Yu stepped forward and said, "Master, you can rest assured. He will not dare to act rashly until he gets the person he wants."

"Has anyone noticed her injuries?" After a long while, west Le raised his head again and asked.

“Her pulse was abnormal, and no one could tell she was injured,” Jin Yu replied, bowing his head.

"How many more days until Qingyan arrives?" west Le asked coldly, his face hardening.

"Three days at most."

west Le slowly leaned back in his chair, a mysterious smile on his face: "For my brother's future, I raised Qingyan for five years. After Yu Luo appeared, I thought this pawn I had raised for five years was wasted, but I never expected it would be used on Dugu Xi Hui. Hehe... Some things... are destined." As he said the last sentence, a smug glint flashed in west Le's eyes.

"Jin Yu has something to say... but I don't know if I should say it."

"explain."

Jin Yu glanced at west Le's expression and hesitated before saying, "Na Ming Lou's spies are all over the place. If someone leaks information from Yue Kingdom and he finds out the truth..."

"Hehe... No one in the Moon Kingdom will reveal the truth. Those who overheard the conversation that day and are unrelated to it are probably forever silenced... The remaining ones must be those who want to keep this a secret... If they really wanted to reveal the truth, I'm afraid the first one to get the news would be you, brother. Zi Yingfeng secretly hid her for more than ten years, and she deserves to end up like this! Back then, she voluntarily followed me, and the old emperor of the Moon Kingdom would not, and dared not, disobey her... But whoever it is, they will keep the truth buried in their hearts and will not let anyone from back then know it." As west Le said this, a victorious smile appeared on his lips.

"What if... Dugu Xihui already knows what Yulu looks like, and Qingyan looks very different from Yulu...?"

"When Yu Luo fell into the Moon Kingdom, she was exceptionally low-key, and few people had seen her. When she returned to the capital with you, she wore a veil the whole way. Moreover... Dugu Xi Hui probably trusts his own eyes more." west Le's smile remained unchanged, as if she had remembered something interesting.

“But… what if His Majesty makes Yu Luo remove the ring again?” Jin Yu raised his eyes, saw that Xi Le still had a smile on his lips, and continued, “I always thought this matter was very dangerous. If His Majesty knew that you had deceived me like this, he would definitely not forgive you. You must think it over carefully.”

west Le played with her slightly long fingernails, glanced at Jin Yu casually, and then looked out the window.

Silence, suffocating silence.

Jin Yu lowered his eyes, his face full of self-reproach. He knew he had committed his master's greatest taboo.

After an unknown amount of time, Xi Le withdrew his gaze and sighed softly: "I am shrewd, I am talented, I am skilled in both civil and military affairs, I am full of literary and poetic knowledge and strategies for governing the country, I have everything that is unparalleled in the world, but... I will never use any of these on her, not before, not now, and not in the future."

Jin Yu suddenly looked up and stared at west Le in surprise.

west Le revealed a smile even more alluring than before: "Go and fetch those three human skin masks. I... will personally treat the little mute's illness and also meet with Dugu Xi Hui."

"Please reconsider, Master."

“Even if I send someone else, Dugu Xihui will know it’s one of our people, but knowing me as he does, he certainly wouldn’t expect… me to take such a great risk for the little mute. Now is the perfect time for me to go see my little mute; I’ve missed her terribly since I last saw her.” Xi Le smiled slightly and said gently, as sweetly as an ordinary woman missing her lover.

Lou Shuo entered the room with a happy expression. When he looked up, he saw Dugu Xihui leaning uncomfortably against the headboard with a smile on his lips and his eyes closed. He used one hand to hold down the corner of the blanket to protect Zi Jin, who was lying on his chest, to prevent her from slipping off. With his other hand, he intertwined his fingers with Zi Jin's.

Lou Shuo stood there, mouth agape, until Dugu Xihui slowly woke up. The first thing he saw was Lou Shuo's surprised, slightly flushed face. He subconsciously glanced at Zi Jin, who was sleeping peacefully against his chest, a faint smile appearing on his lips, one he himself didn't even notice. Then he looked up and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong that you're so flustered about?"

Lou Shuo awkwardly took two steps back, lowered his head, and said, "As expected, someone came to my door seeking medical help."

Dugu Xihui maintained his original posture, revealing a knowing smile: "It's much earlier than I expected. You really can't hold your temper." His tone was both reproachful and triumphant.

"This person is waiting outside the door..."

"Let him in," Dugu Xihui replied, concealing a smile from the corner of his mouth.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Lou Shuo turned and left the room, without reminding Dugu Xihui how inappropriate it would be for anyone to see him like this. When Lou Shuo re-entered the room, a woman in her forties with an ordinary appearance followed behind him.

As soon as the woman entered the inner room, she saw the scene from earlier. A hint of murderous intent flashed in her eyes, but she quickly lowered them obediently.

As the woman entered, Dugu Xihui gently sat up, holding Zi Jin in his arms. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he whispered, "Did your master tell you how to treat her?"

"Don't worry, young master. My master instructed me before I left that if anything happens to you, I don't need to go back." Although the woman kept her head down, her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant.

Perhaps because Dugu Xihui was sitting too upright, Zi Jin, who had been nestled peacefully in his arms, began to breathe rapidly, her face showing discomfort. Startled, Dugu Xihui reflexively pulled back, his hand unconsciously stroking Zi Jin's back—a practiced gesture suggesting he had been doing this all night. Sure enough, Zi Jin soon calmed down considerably.

The woman, who had been keeping her face down, now looked unusually gloomy. Without thinking, she stepped forward and said, "Please excuse me, young master. I need to check on the young lady's injuries."

Dugu Xihui's face hardened, his gaze sharp as a knife, piercing the woman.

"The young lady is breathing unsteadily and is in great pain; it's obvious she's injured in the chest. Men and women shouldn't touch each other. If my master finds out that you're treating my young lady like this..." The woman deliberately left her sentence unfinished, glancing at Dugu Xihui's expression.

Dugu Xihui's expression changed, as if he was about to get up, but then worried that Zi Jin would fall onto the bed. A hint of anxiety and annoyance appeared in his eyes.

Lou Shuo secretly observed Dugu Xihui's every move, silently lowering his head.

The woman seemed to sense Dugu Xihui's predicament and boldly stepped forward to support Zi Jin: "Please wait a moment, young master, in the outer room."

Dugu Xihui lowered her eyes, her ears turning slightly red, her expression a mixture of embarrassment and anger: "Tell your master that I was just... afraid she would die here with me, not... not intentionally disrespectful!"

"I understand," the woman said, supporting him without turning around.