C93 Chapter 93

The next morning, the team was ready.

Shihan pulled two horses over and gave one to Wang Zhi'er.

"Sister, you don't need a carriage?" Jiegeng wanted to enter the carriage. "Zhi'er is coming too. Otherwise, I would be so bored on the road alone!"

"You won't be bored. This carriage is for wounded soldiers. You're not the only wounded soldier here. " After saying that, Shihan looked at Duan Shuang who just came out of the inn.

"This carriage is so big. When we came here, didn't we come together?" Jiegeng was instantly embarrassed by Shihan.

"Today is different from the past. If I go up now, I will be courting death."

Duan Shuang looked at Shihan and gave her a rare benevolent smile. "You have good eyesight."

"Wu'er, let's go quickly." Shihan trembled and immediately pulled Wang Zhi'er forward.

Jiegeng hurriedly entered the carriage.

This time, there were no more accidents on the road and Jiegeng's group safely arrived at Anyang.

"So, where is my grandfather?" Jiegeng immediately asked impatiently the moment she entered Anyang.

"Don't worry, I will bring you there now." Duan Shuang comforted her. "You..."

"We'll go with you." Ouyang Lingfeng immediately returned.

"Right here?" Jiegeng looked at the inconspicuous small house in front of her.

Duan Shuang nodded.

Jiegeng mustered her courage and walked to the front of the house. She put her hand on the door but did not dare to push it down.

"What's wrong?" Duan Shuang gently placed his hand on the other shoulder.

Jiegeng shook her head and pushed the door open.

"Who are you?" As soon as they entered, a man immediately came out and asked.

"Excuse me, is Bai Qing here?" Jiegeng asked tentatively.

"I don't know. You have found the wrong place." The man immediately denied it.

"How could that be?" Jiegeng looked at Duan Shuang in panic.

At this moment, the door of a house suddenly opened and a white-haired old man came out.

"Grandfather!" Jiegeng saw the old man and immediately ran over with a crying face.

"Grandpa, why did you suddenly disappear?"

"Also, you hid here. Do you know how worried I was?"

"Can't you tell me first?" Jiegeng put on a crying face, blaming and happy.

"Silly child, can't you just stay in City L with peace of mind? Usually, you are quite impatient with me, this old man, why now..."

"Grandpa, you're my only family member. How can I not be anxious about losing you?!"

Bai Qing smiled in relief when he heard this.

"Grandpa, you are still smiling!"

"Grandpa, is this Jiegeng?" The man just now suddenly interrupted.

"Grandfather, he is?" Jiegeng touched her tears.

At this time, Bai Lan also came in. First, she gestured to Bai Qing, "Patriarch."

After that, he nodded at the man. "Young master."

"Grandpa, what's going on?" Jiegeng stared at the three of them.

"Everyone, don't stand outside. Come in and talk." The man called everyone into the inner chambers.

"Grandfather, can you say it now?" Jiegeng looked at the man and felt a sense of caution.

"As you have heard, he is the next successor of the Bai's."

"But, didn't Brother Bai Lan say that only the direct line of descent can inherit him? Then who is he?" Jiegeng pointed at this strange man.

At first glance, this man looked somewhat similar to Bai Lan. Unlike Bai Lan's tough contours, the man's facial features were softer. From a distance, one would think that he was a kind person. However, after carefully observing this man's eyes, they looked straight into each other's eyes. It was as if he could still feel the faint gloominess.

"Your father and brother. He has a son, Bai Ye." Bai Qing paused. He continued, "Your uncle was born with crippled legs. At that time, to prevent your grandmother from being sad every day. So kept at the branch. "

Jiegeng was skeptical, but she withdrew her hand and directly questioned Bai Ye, "Then what about my big uncle and aunt?"

Bai Ye said lightly, "My father died before I was born, and my mother remarried when I was one year old. I have no impression of them at all." To ordinary people, this was supposed to be an extremely painful thing. But to Bai Ye, it was as if it had nothing to do with him.

Jiegeng felt sorry that she had directly poked the other party's sore spot, but her vigilance towards Bai Ye still did not decrease. "I... I'm sorry. I don't know."

Jiegeng still had a lot of things she wanted to ask Bai Qing, but because there were too many people present, she was unable to ask.

"Bai Lan, where do we live?" Duan Shuang suddenly changed the topic.

"I have already arranged it. It is in the house next to us."

"If that's the case, please bring us there." Duan Shuang walked towards the door.

"Let's go!" Shihan pulled Ouyang Lingfeng. "Leave some time for the grandchild."

After a while, only Bai Qing, the grandfather and grandson were left in the room.

"Jiegeng, what else do you want to ask?" Bai Qing looked at Jiegeng, his eyes full of love.

Jiegeng stared at Bai Ye.

"He is your elder brother and the next successor of the Bai's. There is no need to hide anything from him." Bai Qing tried to correct Bai Ye's name again and again.

Jiegeng once again glared at Bai Ye with dissatisfaction.

"Grandfather, why did you leave me and come here by yourself? Is it because of him?"

"This is only one of the reasons. After all, he is the next head of Bai's. There are many things that grandfather must handle personally."

"What else?" Jiegeng did not want to give up. "If it is that simple, why do you need to be so mysterious?"

Bai Qing instantly fell silent.

Jiegeng took out the jade pendant she found in the secret room and asked again. "Grandfather, why do you have this jade pendant of the royal family?"

Bai Qing's pupils trembled the moment he saw the jade pendant.

Before Jiegeng could react, Bai Qing immediately snatched the jade pendant from Jiegeng's hand and said sternly, "How do you know this is a royal item? Have you seen the things inside?"

Jiegeng knew that she had gone overboard in this matter. Just now, she had been arrogant and arrogant. Now, she immediately lowered her head and nodded her head in fear.

"At that time, I did not know what happened to you and I also did not know that the medical book could only be read by the family head." Jiegeng changed her tone. "That's why I memorized it at that time."

After Bai Qing heard that, wrinkles appeared on his forehead as he had expected. But after a while, Bai Qing returned to his original state. "Forget it, it's fine." Bai Qing looked at Jiegeng and sighed. For some reason, Jiegeng actually saw pity in her grandfather's eyes.

Was this an illusion? Jiegeng thought to herself.

Bai Qing did not pursue the matter of Jiegeng secretly memorizing medical skills. Instead, he focused all his attention on the jade pendant. He used his pair of withered hands to gently stroke the jade pendant that he had placed in the box a long time ago. He sighed deeply.

"Grandfather?" Jiegeng called softly.

"How do you recognize this jade pendant?" Bai Qing continued to ask the question.

"Because Big Brother Yun... No, Zhen'an King's jade pendant is with me." Jiegeng immediately changed her words.

Bai Ye looked at Jiegeng with interest.

"You called him in, right? He's the one who wants to know the most, right?" Bai Qing gently placed the jade pendant on the table.

"Oh, okay." Jiegeng immediately went out to look for someone.

Once Duan Shuang entered, Bai Qing pushed the jade pendant in front of him. "You should know who this belongs to, right?"

Duan Shuang glanced at Bai Qing, then picked up the jade pendant. "Princess Lan Yi?"

Duan Shuang put down the jade pendant and locked his eyes on Bai Qing. "That means... Are you really related to Qi Country?"

"Qi Country?" Jiegeng was confused. "What is the meaning of this?" Jiegeng immediately asked Duan Shuang.

"Princess Lan Yi is the youngest daughter of my grandfather. That year, my grandfather asked her to marry into Qi Country." Duan Shuang retracted his gaze from Bai Qing and looked at Jiegeng gently.

" Back then, we were still considered friends of Qi Country. The worsening of our relationship was also something that happened over the past ten years. After Princess Lan Yi was grafted to Qi Country, she gave birth to a son for the emperor of Qi Country at that time. It was also the Second Prince of Qi Country, Xing Jiang. However, eight years ago, the main culprit behind the internal strife in Great Yan was Xing Jiang. "

Jiegeng was stunned when she heard this.

"Before Xing Jiang's plot was exposed, he had a secret relationship with imperial physician, Bai Qing, and your grandfather." Duan Shuang continued to look at Bai Qing.

"So, you suspect that my grandfather has helped the Second Prince? How is that possible!? " Jiegeng immediately denied on behalf of her grandfather.

" I'm afraid that only you can explain this matter clearly. If you don't have any relationship with Xing Jiang, how could you have his mother, Princess Lan Yi's jade pendant? "

"This jade pendant is indeed Lan Yi's." As he talked about the past, a sentimental expression appeared on Bai Qing's face. "Even though Lan Yi and I had a relationship back then, we were still unable to match the Imperial Decree."

"I have long heard that back then, Princess Lan Yi used her life to force me, but she was also unwilling to get married. But in the end, she suddenly agreed. Looking at it this way, it must be imperial physician mediating amongst them. "

"At that time, I wanted to bring her away. But... At that time, I had already taken over the position of the Bai family's Patriarch. I can't just abandon the family business of the Bai family that was passed down from generation to generation and leave with her. I still remember the last time I saw her. Her originally bright eyes were now empty. In the end, I, I, have let her down." At this point, Bai Qing still closed his eyes guiltily.

"Later, I only let her go after she had a good life in Qi Country and even gave birth to a prince."

"Then what happened between you and Xing Jiang eight years ago?" Duan Shuang glanced at the jade pendant. His focus had always been on the conspiracy eight years ago.

"Eight years ago, Xing Jiang came to me with this jade pendant. For Lan Yi's sake, I didn't put much of my guard against him. But it was because of that guilt from back then that led to the irreversible consequences." Bai Qing's eyes began to turn murky.

"You participated in the rebellion between him and the Third Prince?" Although Duan Shuang asked this question, he firmly believed that imperial physician and Bai Qing were not involved. What troubled him was the connection between him and Xing Jiang.

Hearing the word "rebellion," Bai Qing calmly shook his head. "Our Bai family has never interfered in the Imperial Court. How did Xing Jiang get any information related to the rebellion from me?"

Jiegeng had already become a listener and could not interrupt. Bai Ye also had a natural expression, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"I am here because of the timing." Bai Qing's chest heaved up and down. "An opportunity that is most beneficial to disrupting the Great Yan Imperial Court."

After Duan Shuang heard this, he thought for a moment and blurted out these two words. "Plague."

Bai Qing immediately raised his head and looked at Duan Shuang with a relieved smile. "Zhen'an King is really smart."

"Grandfather, could it be that the plague is related to you?" Once this matter was involved, Jiegeng could no longer hold back her temper.

"Jiegeng, since you have memorized the entire Bai's Medical Scripture, could it be that you do not have any doubts?" Bai Qing asked back.

"I..." Jiegeng was speechless. She already had doubts when she was in City L. However, this scary thought had been suppressed by her.

"The source of the plague came from the Bai's Medical Scripture." Bai Qing solemnly narrated this sentence.

"This is not true!" Jiegeng muttered to herself.

"In the past, Xing Jiang only discussed the local customs and customs of Great Yan with me. From time to time, he would also talk about his mother's recent situation. As time passed, I also put my heart at ease with him. Once, he came to find me for a drink, and after getting me drunk, he stole a few notes from the desk in my study. Those statements contained the cause of the plague. as well as the poison you were poisoned with " After saying that, Bai Qing raised his head and looked at Duan Shuang.

Not only did Duan Shuang not have any expression on his face, even his eyes didn't show any unusual expression.

"After that, he imprisoned me. Firstly, he didn't want me to cure the plague in the capital, and secondly, he had tasted the sweetness of it. He hoped to get the entire medical book from me."

" According to your conversation just now, this medical book should be a secret skill of your Bai family. How did Xing Jiang know about it back then? " At this moment, he could see the seriousness on Duan Shuang's face.

"Ghost Doctor." After Bai Qing said this name, he couldn't help but smile contemptuously. "This poison of yours was cured by him, right? You only appeared after you were poisoned for a few years?"

Duan Shuang nodded.

"The prescription of the poison is in his hands. It will take him a few years to crack it." Bai Qing did not hold back when mentioning this person.

"This despicable person wanted to join my sect to learn medicine a few decades ago. But his heart was evil, so I rejected him at that time. I didn't think that this person wouldn't give up and actually colluded with Xing Jiang to frame me."

" So, father and mother actually died in the hands of the Bai family. " Jiegeng asked Bai Qing in despair.

"Jiegeng..." Bai Qing did not know how to answer.

"Since there are so many records in that medical book about harming people, why not destroy that part? And let the Bai family inherit it for generations?" Jiegeng really could not accept such a reality.

"Because the Bai's Medical Scripture is not only the treasure of the Bai family, it is also the sin of the people of the Bai family." Bai Ye, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Sins? What do you mean?" Jiegeng suddenly turned her head and stared at Bai Ye.

"Cheeer!" Bai Ye wanted to say something, but Bai Qing stopped him. "This is a secret passed down from the patriarch. Have you forgotten it?" Bai Qing glared at Bai Ye.

"Yes, grandfather."

"Grandfather!!" Jiegeng unwillingly turned to Bai Qing.

"You have violated the family rules by secretly memorizing Bai's Medical Scripture. You cannot be willful anymore!" Bai Qing's tone suddenly became tough.