Unparalleled Concubine

  Chapter 58: A Thousand Mile Embankment Collapses

   Li Xin's injuries were not light, but not very serious. The main reason was that he was exhausted from dealing with the two assassins, and he almost fainted due to blood loss.

   The cry of the little girl made Li Xin reluctantly wake up a little, and he finally staggered back into the room and lay on the bed.

To this day, it has only been a month since he came to this world, but the Pingnanhou Mansion has already attacked him three times. kill him.

   Fortunately, Li Xin did not die.

   He lay on his bed, rested for a while, and after regaining some strength, with the help of Zhong Xiao, he took off his coat.

   At this time, his cotton coat was almost stained with blood. Li Xin took off his shirt and saw the wound on his right arm.

   The wound was a half-foot long, nearly an inch deep, and you could almost see bone.

  The charcoal girl couldn't stop crying, she was so scared that she couldn't speak clearly. She took Li Xin's hand and choked up: "Brother, let's go..."

   A sharp pain struck, Li Xin saw sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice, "Where are you going?"

   Zhong Xiaoxiao cried and said, "It's good to go anywhere, there are bad people in the capital."

  Li Xin shook his head, stretched out his left hand and touched the little girl's head, and said softly, "If you can't escape, go and help your brother boil some hot water and bring some salt over."

  This kind of wound must be disinfected in time, otherwise it is easy to get tetanus. The medical conditions in this era are extremely poor, and they do not understand disinfection, so many people die of serious injuries.

Burning fire is her forte. The little girl wiped her tears and went to the kitchen to help Li Xin burn a pot of hot water. She staggered and brought it over. Li Xin told her to pour more than half of the pot, leaving only a small half of the pot, and then melted a piece of salt. went in.

  Boiled salt water can be disinfected. Although it is not as effective as alcohol, there is no alcohol in this era, so it can only be used first.

  Li Xin handed a clean cloth to the little girl and said softly, "Help me wash my wound with this."

  Zhong Xiaoxiao wiped her tears, took the white cloth, dipped it in a little salt water, and began to help Li Xin clean the wound.

   The white cloth dipped in salt water touched Li Xin's right arm.

   "hiss..."

   The taste of rubbing salt on the wound is really uncomfortable. Li Xin gritted his teeth, and the cold sweat on his forehead was not enough, and he almost collapsed.

   The little girl quickly stopped and started crying again. Li Xin gritted his teeth and said, "Continue."

   This is self-help, a little pain is nothing, if he really has tetanus, he will die in this yard in a month or two at most.

   His body is still very weak, and it is basically impossible to carry it hard.

  Zhong Xiaoxiao's face was pale, and with tears in her eyes, she helped Li Xin to clean the wound. Then Li Xin sprinkled the wound medicine left by Zhang Wei on the wound, and then asked the little girl to wrap the wound with a white cloth.

After a series of   , it was already midnight, Li Xin was half lying on his bed, gasping for breath.

   This day was the first day of the new year in the 18th year of Chengde, and he had a very bad year this year.

  After resting for a while, Li Xin patted the little girl who was standing beside him and said softly, "Okay, brother is all right, you can go back to the room and sleep."

   Although Li Xin and Xiaoya Gaitou are brothers and sisters, they are not related by blood after all, so they should pay attention to it, so after moving to the capital, they have always slept in separate rooms.

   The little girl shook her head.

   "I'm not going, I'm here to guard my brother."

   Her expression was resolute: "Otherwise, another villain will come to harm my brother."

  Li Xin shook his head and didn't say much, when a sense of weakness hit him, he closed his eyes slightly and fell asleep.

  …

The next morning, when Li Xin was still sleeping in the room, Zhong Xiaoxiao woke up early and went to the kitchen to cook a few white eggs for Li Xin. The little girl just turned six years old this year, and when she was busy in the kitchen , have to step on the stool to touch the stove.

  The sound of footsteps came from the gate of the courtyard.

   The little girl quickly ran to the yard to look at the enemy, only to see a noble boy in purple clothes at the door of the yard, frowning deeply at the wooden door that was knocked down at the door of the yard.

   Immediately, he saw Zhong Xiaoxiao with a few eggs in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face.

   "Girl, take me to see your brother."

  …

In Li Xin's room, when the seventh prince of the dynasty, His Royal Highness Ji Wen was sitting on the edge of Li Xin's bed, frowning at Li Xin, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, and sighed in a low voice: "These days, the New Year's Eve is closed. , There are many things in the imperial court and the royal family. This king is really inseparable, and he has no other energy to take care of other things. Last night, this king was by the father's side and watched those assassins make trouble with his own eyes. I didn't expect to escape to you."

  Li Xin half sat on the bed, closed his eyes slightly, and said softly: "Your Highness, what happened last night is definitely not a coincidence."

   "Nature is no coincidence."

  The seventh prince sneered: "With the presence of the young marquis of Pingnan Houfu, what could be a coincidence, what happened last night was just... an attempted murder."

  The matter is very clear, everyone can see it, but no one has any evidence, so the seventh prince has no way to take Li Chun.

  Li Xin took a few deep breaths and said softly, "Can Your Highness tell me in detail about the assassination of His Majesty last night?"

The seventh prince nodded and recounted what happened at the gate of the imperial city last night. When he said that Li Chun had rushed into the scene with his family to **** him, Li Xin coughed and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, this Li There is definitely something wrong with Chun, those assassins may be ordered by him!"

   "This is impossible."

The seventh prince shook his head: "Li Chun would never do it, and he would not dare to do so, this king thought about it, and it was probably a coincidence that he came across this incident, and then when he was rounding up the assassins, Li Chun started. I'm crooked, I want to use this thing to attack you."

   Li Xin snorted: "If those assassins weren't ordered by Li Chun, the timing of his **** appearance would be a bit too coincidental."

   Ji Wen still shook his head with a serious face: "Don't go into this matter. In any case, those assassins have nothing to do with the Pingnan Houfu, and they can't have anything to do with it."

   The seventh prince said with awe: "This is the momentum accumulated by the Pingnan Marquis Mansion for so many years. We can only suffer from a dumb loss and make up for it from other things. You are a smart person, and you should understand it."

   Li Xin was silent for a moment, then he understood what the seventh prince was talking about.

   The Marquis of Pingnan, Li Shen, has military power in his hands, so the Marquis of Pingnan will not plan an assassination, nor can he plan an assassination. If this matter is pursued, His Majesty will not be able to get through it.

  Because this incident will destroy the tacit understanding between the ruler and the minister between the emperor of Chengde and Li Shen, the marquis of Pingnan.

The seventh prince sighed softly: "The relationship between Li Shen and the royal father is too strong, this matter cannot shake the royal father's view on the Pingnan Hou Mansion, if there is no evidence, rashly bringing this up will only cause Father's disgust."

   This is the potential accumulated by the Pingnan Houfu.

  Li Xin nodded and said softly: "Your Highness put it down, I can understand."

  The young man was silent for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "We will not pursue this matter, but about my injury, Your Highness better find a way to let His Majesty know..."

   The Seventh Prince's eyes lit up.

  When the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the ant's nest, there will always be an ant that takes the first bite.

   If the royal father knew about this, even if it did not affect Li Shen's status, Li Chun, the young master of the Pingnan Houfu, would definitely arouse the royal father's dissatisfaction.

  The Seventh Prince glanced at Li Xin, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Brother Xin is so smart, so this is the way to do it."

   "Also, it's not all a disaster. Brother Xin, you killed two assassins, and this king will report it to the court when he returns, and try to find a way for you to find an errand in the court."

   (end of this chapter)