Although Jiang Suzhou returned home late that day, he still couldn't make it in time for Pang Shao.
The servants of the Pang Residence waited anxiously in the Pang Residence. It wasn't until four o 'clock in the evening when the sky started to brighten that a servant from the gatehouse came to report that the master had returned from the palace.
Those who served him had never seen Pang Shao with such a gloomy face.
For a moment, no one dared to breathe loudly. They watched as Pang Shao walked all the way to the main hall, closed the door, and went straight to meet the officials who had been waiting in the Pang Residence until dawn.
The servants outside the door heard Pang Shao throwing a tantrum in the room.
The officials in the room didn't dare to breathe loudly either.
They all knew what Pang Shao was thinking. He had been trying to curry favor with Pang Shao for a long time. However, no one expected this person to be so daring. It was such a coincidence that he got into trouble on his way to the Pang Residence.
Pang Shao's father was one of Pang Shao's elder brothers. Although his position wasn't as high as Pang Shao's, he was his most capable right-hand man. Today, Pang Shao pushed his entire family out to clear his name. To Pang Shao, this wasn't like a gecko cutting off its tail. It was like cutting off one of his own arms.
Naturally, Pang Shao was furious.
However, he was getting older. After staying up in the palace for most of the night, he didn't have the energy to throw a tantrum. He smashed a teacup and reprimanded the people in front of him. Then, he sat down on the armchair and started to pant.
"I thought he was just a sick dog with only a few years left to live. I didn't expect him to have such sharp fangs and claws. I've underestimated him," Pang Shao said through gritted teeth.
An official beside him hurriedly asked, "Minister of the Prime Minister, could it be that someone deliberately did this?"
Pang Shao sneered.
"Could it be that he wanted to use the imperial robe to frame Prince Jing and came to me to claim credit for it? Could it be that his horse was startled and he fell to his death and the imperial robe flew out of his carriage?" He said. "If you don't think so, then it must be the deities in the heavens who want my life."
Someone beside him hurriedly said, "Lord Pang is right. This is indeed strange! But … how did you know who did it? "
Pang Shao looked at him.
"Who else in the imperial court needs to do this? Who else has the ability to do this?"
"This …"
For a moment, everyone looked at each other.
Pang Shao's.
"It just so happens that His Majesty likes to hunt. In a few days at the hunting ground, I'll give him a big gift to atone for my mistake."
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With Pang Zong's death, even Jiang Suizhou's work in the Ministry of Rites became much smoother.
In the morning, Pang Shao's day Shao..
It was almost summer, and the day when he would take the initiative to go to Tianping Mountain was getting closer. Jiang Suzhou rested for a few days and began to prepare for the hunting trip.
This was indeed troublesome for him.
He didn't know how to ride a horse. Before he transmigrated, the most he did was go to the racecourse and ride in circles on the flat racetrack. After coming here, he traveled in either a palanquin or a carriage. He had never ridden a horse before.
When he arrived at the imperial enclosure, it would take him a lot of effort to think of ways to avoid being lazy.
Gu Changyun and Xu Du were also worried about Jiang Suzhou's decision and came to persuade him several times.
They were worried because they didn't trust Huo Wujiu. Huo Wujiu was disabled and couldn't even walk. If there was any danger, they naturally couldn't count on him.
Jiang Suzhou was rather relieved.
"There shouldn't be too much trouble in the imperial enclosure," he said. "Moreover, Huo Wujiu is a prisoner of war, and I 'hate' him. Naturally, I have to watch over him. In this way, we can avoid going into the mountains to hunt. "
Hearing Jiang Suzhou's words, the two of them felt that it made sense. In addition, they really couldn't persuade Jiang Suzhou, so they could only give up.
At the end of the fourth month, the empress's ceremonial procession left Lin 'an.
Hundreds of carriages and horses majestically left the city under the protection of the imperial guards and headed north.
Tianping Mountain was more than two hundred miles northwest of Lin 'an, in the territory of Suzhou. This place was originally a beautiful landscape. It was famous for its strange peaks and steep cliffs. Maple trees covered the mountain, and when autumn came, the red maple trees reflected on the stream. It was very beautiful.
Before Jingdu moved south, this place was quite lively. There were often tourists coming and going, and there was even a Daoist temple on the mountain. However, in the second year after the capital was moved, Pang Shao took a fancy to this place and ordered people to surround it. From then on, it became a place for the imperial family. Even the Daoist temple on the mountain was razed and rebuilt into a palace.
This was also Jiang Suzhou's first time leaving Lin 'an.
He brought Huo Wujiu to the palace early in the morning and got on the carriage of Prince Jing's Estate.
The empress's mood wasn't very good these days, and she had a long face early in the morning. It wasn't until she saw Huo Wujiu that she revealed a rare smile and ruthlessly ridiculed him.
The empress's mood temporarily turned for the better, but she didn't forget to send an extra twenty to thirty percent of her troops to surround the carriage of Prince Jing's Estate.
Jiang Suzhou noticed it as soon as he got on the carriage.
He lifted the curtain to take a look, then said to Huo Wujiu with a smile, "Take a look, this kind of big entourage, only the emperor's side has it."
Huo Wujiu faintly looked out through the gap in the carriage window and laughed ambiguously.
"You're flattering me," he said.
For some reason, Jiang Suzhou only felt that this laughter was full of contempt, as if …
As if his leg was fine and he didn't care about these people watching over him.
Jiang Suzhou was shocked by his own thoughts. He curled his lips and thought that he was so eager to see Huo Wujiu recover that he thought everything was the same.
The sky was turning white, and the ceremonial guards slowly started to move.
Although the empress's empress was going out to hunt, she was actually looking for an excuse to go sightseeing. The carriages were surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs. Coupled with the ceremonial guards wearing armor and holding flags, the procession moved extremely slowly.
After leaving Lin 'an, they followed the official road all the way to the north. After traveling for half a day, they didn't seem to have gone far.
Near noon, Jiang Suzhou lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked Meng Qianshan, who was outside, "Do you know how long it will take?"
Meng Qianshan hurriedly said, "Replying to Your Highness, according to the current speed, it will probably be night by the time we reach Tianping Mountain. But just now, the imperial guards in front said that they won't stop to rest for the whole day. Otherwise, they will have to spend the night on the way and will only arrive tomorrow. "
Jiang Suzhou looked up at the sun hanging high in the sky. He responded and lowered the curtain of the carriage.
Retracting back into the carriage, he sighed.
"It's really troublesome," he said.
Huo Wujiu looked at him, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Suzhou leaned back. The Prince's carriage was naturally comfortable and luxurious. Even Huo Wujiu's wheelchair was more than enough to fit inside. The seat he sat on was also quite spacious and comfortable. There were teacups and snacks on the small table beside him.
But his body tended to suffer from the disease of wealth.
"After sitting for so long, my whole body feels uncomfortable," he sighed as he moved the soft pillow behind him.
"It'll take more than half a day," Huo Wujiu said.
"Isn't that so," Jiang Suzhou said. "I woke up early this morning. This carriage is giving me a headache."
Huo Wujiu looked up at him.
The man in the brocade robe with sculpted features sat in the soft brocade. He frowned, complaining that his body was sore and that his head was aching. He really was very delicate.
For Huo Wujiu, it was normal for him to ride a horse for days on end. If the situation was serious and he didn't have a horse to ride, it was normal for him to travel with injuries in the rain, snow, wind, and sand. He didn't have the energy to complain about this and that.
If this was a year ago in Huo Wujiu, if someone said such words in front of him, he would have thrown that person out of the carriage with one hand.
But now, he thought, "Indeed."
After traveling for four to six hours, the carriage was still jolting and didn't even give him a chance to catch his breath. It was really unreasonable.
He raised his hand and pulled out the two soft pillows beside him. He stuffed them next to Jiang Suzhou and said, "It's still early. You should sleep for a while."
Jiang Suzhou leaned against the soft pillows. He didn't feel sleepy. Instead, he started talking to Huo Wujiu, "To be honest, you've been sitting in a wheelchair all day. It's really tiring."
Huo Wujiu didn't know how tiring it was to sit in a wheelchair. But since he said it, he played along and said, "It's not that bad."
Jiang Suzhou continued, "The doctors who have been treating you these days are only so-so. Don't worry, Gu Changyun has been looking for a doctor for you. Although he hasn't found anything yet, he'll definitely find someone who can cure you in a year or so. "
Huo Wujiu was curious.
"How can you be so sure?" he asked.
Jiang Suzhou said, "What is it?"
Huo Wujiu said, "Cure me."
He paused, then continued slowly, "That day, it was Jiang Sunheng who personally witnessed my torture. He only stopped when the imperial physician and the executioner said that my leg was forever crippled."
He paused, then continued, "How can you be so sure that it can be cured?"
Jiang Suizhou actually choked on his words for a moment.
Knowing this was one thing, hearing Huo Wujiu describe it to him was another.
It was such a bloody and painful past, but Huo Wujiu was able to talk about it so casually. It was as if he wasn't the one who had endured the torture that day, and he wasn't the one sitting in a wheelchair now.
Jiang Suzhou didn't say anything for a while.
Just as Huo Wujiu's inquisitive gaze fell on him, Jiang Suzhou looked out the window and said calmly.
"This Prince said that I can cure you, so I can cure you." He said.
He didn't have much of an expression on his face, but Huo Wujiu could see a kind of determination in his eyes.
It wasn't a determination that he was determined to succeed, but a determination that he had to do something. Even if he had to pay a high price, he wouldn't hesitate to do it.
Huo Wujiu's hands on his knees couldn't help but clench tightly.
Jiang Suzhou continued.
"There are so many doctors in the world. Not all of them are from the Imperial Physician Institute, and not all of them know how to treat people. Moreover, Jiang Sunheng has done all kinds of evil. Not everything will go according to his wishes, "Jiang Suzhou said.
Huo Wujiu looked at him.
He wanted to tell him that he had already done what he wanted to do a long time ago.
If he hadn't sacrificed his own body to find a doctor for himself, Li Changning and Wei Kai wouldn't have found him so early, and he wouldn't have been able to cure his legs so early. He wouldn't have been crippled at all.
However, he couldn't say it out loud.
At that time, he thought that all of this had nothing to do with him. The two of them didn't have anything to do with each other, so there was no need to be honest.
But now, he wanted to have something to do with the other party, but because of that momentary thought, he began to worry that if he wasn't honest, it would fall under the category of deceit.
He had always been decisive, but now, even a simple sentence was suppressed by his lips and tongue. He hesitated back and forth, unable to say it out loud.
After a moment, only a faint "Mm" was left. It disappeared in a flash, covered by the sound of the rolling wheels.
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