12dz Chapter 388 Something is on my mind
Chapter 388 Something is on my mind
The head of the family was left in the magnificent hall by the eunuch to wait, and invited Wang Jinyi into the study alone.
The prince supported the desk with one hand, holding the crystal clear jade pendant, and looked at Wang Jinyi who came in with a faint expression.
He raised his hand slightly, and the eunuch beside him held the jade pendant in his hand and presented it to Wang Jinyi.
Wang Jinyi frowned slightly and looked at the jade pendant in the tray that was emitting a strange and beautiful glow.
Seeing that she was just staring, the eunuch handed the jade pendant to her. Wang Jinyi waved her hand and said:
"I'm just looking."
The prince raised his lips slightly with an ambiguous expression, looked at the girl's expression of facing a great enemy, and asked leisurely:
"Why not?"
Wang Jinyi didn't pay attention to his identity at this time, but focused all his attention on the crystal.
"Your Highness, may I ask where this jade pendant came from?"
The prince's eyes dimmed, and there was a barely perceptible sadness in his tone:
"This is a legacy left to me by my late mother."
A relic left by the late queen? Did she not like her son? Why did she leave something like this on purpose? As the saying goes, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. It's impossible!
Wang Jinyi made a quick judgment.
After the prince finished speaking, he looked deeply at the girl who had discovered salt mines and copper ore, without missing the fleeting doubt on her face.
He asked in a deep voice: "Is there anything wrong?"
"Your Highness, is this thing particularly heavy?"
"How did you know...?"
Wang Jinyi bit her lip and hesitated for a moment. The knowledge about minerals she had learned in her previous life flashed through her mind quickly. She said:
"Your Highness, I have heard that some minerals are radioactive and have adverse effects on the body. For example, some are yellow-green or dark green, and some emit a faint blue fluorescence."
She paused, her eyes falling on the things on the tray, "Your Highness, this green luster is somewhat special!"
The prince was slightly startled, and the confusion in his eyes turned into alertness: "Radioactivity? What is that?"
"To put it simply, there are invisible 'little devils' hidden in the ore, which emit special radiation. First they make people tired, then they affect their health, and gradually their bodies develop problems.
This kind of thing is carried close to the body for a long time,..."
Wang Jinyi finished his words and looked up at the prince's expression.
The prince had a blank expression on his face. He recalled in his mind the changes that had taken place in his body: fatigue, hair loss, coughing up blood, shortness of breath, and increasing weakness.
These situations seem very similar to what Wang Jinyi said.
He picked up the jade pendant from the tray brought back by the eunuch, "Are you sure?"
Wang Jinyi thought: How can we be sure without any instruments?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Highness, we can find a small animal to do a test. But it must be kept secret."
The prince nodded silently, and soon, a snow-white kitten was brought into the study.
The jade pendant was quickly tied around the kitten's neck. It cried out as if feeling uneasy and turned around anxiously on the ground.
The prince raised his hand to signal the eunuch to take the cat away. Wang Jinyi lowered her eyes and prepared to leave when she heard the prince's voice:
"Second Miss Xunyang, if your book 'Xia Ke Xing' has a sequel, one of your fans hopes it will have a happy ending."
"Yes, Your Highness, I have made note of this. If you have no other instructions, I will withdraw."
"What I'm asking you about today is of great importance. Please don't let anyone know. You should know how serious this is!"
"I appreciate your trust, Your Highness. I will keep it in mind."
Wang Jinyi remained serious and silent on the way home. The head of the Beining family only asked symbolically,
"Jinyi, is there anything wrong?"
Wang Jinyi smiled and shook his head without saying a word. Yuqing, who was accompanying him, was also silent. The head of the family decided to go home and report to the clan wife. Today was too strange. The person the prince wanted to see was not him, but this girl who was not even ten years old!
The clan woman listened to the report from her great-grandmother and hurried to Qinfangzhai. Yuqing had already understood the purpose of the clan woman's visit and asked her to leave the embroidery room. The two of them walked around the bare yard a few times in the chilly autumn wind.
When they entered the room again, both of them were filled with chills, but no one mentioned what the prince had said to Wang Jinyi...
In the following days, news came from time to time:
General Hu Yan and General Fu successfully intercepted the coalition forces at Quyang Pass in Beiyukou.
Hearing that it was an extremely fierce battle, the coalition forces originally thought that they could escape unscathed and even dreamed of attacking Beiyukou from both sides. However, General Huyan and General Fu predicted it in advance and had already set an ambush.
Yuqing went to the city gate to read the battle report. After returning, he described it vividly:
"I heard that General Fu led his men to destroy three mountain strongholds in Quyang, and also set up an ambush circle on the enemy's retreat route..."
Wang Jinyi thought about the deafening fighting in the forest...
The sharp sword wind came towards Chen Sanlang. He quickly threw the bag behind him, drew the short sword from his waist and blocked it sideways, while turning around and kicking the enemy in the neck.
Unexpectedly, two more soldiers wearing rattan armor with ferocious faces came towards him with long knives in their hands. There was nowhere to hide on the dusty forest path, so Chen Sanlang decided to give it a try.
He tucked the short blade into his waist, quickly pulled out a long knife from the scroll in the bundle, and threw the bundle at the person who came.
The man swung his knife and cut the bundle into two pieces. Before he could drop the knife, Chen Sanlang slid to his knees and stabbed him with the knife. Before he could even finish his look of surprise, he was knocked over. Before Chen Sanlang could pull out his knife, he heard the sound of a sharp knife behind his head.
He pulled out the short blade from his waist and raised it to his neck. The knife fell heavily, and almost unable to withstand the inertia, Chen Sanlang fell forward. The enemy soldier who was pierced by his knife also fell beside him. He rolled on the ground and hugged the enemy soldier in front of him.
He saw a long knife flash in front of him on the right, brushing against his sleeve, and the hem of his robe was cut off by the wind.
When the enemy soldiers saw that he killed his companion with one knife, they became more ferocious. They took two quick steps, jumped up, and swung their swords at him. Chen Sanlang swung his hand and the short blade went straight to his face.
The enemy soldier dodged quickly, his body slightly tilted. Before the soldier could stand firm, Chen Sanlang grabbed the dead soldier's long sword and swept it across. With a cry, the enemy soldier fell to the ground.
Chen Sanlang overturned the corpse, stood up, held the long knife tightly, took two steps back and stood firm with his back against a tree.
Only then could he see clearly that on the forest path he had chosen in order to save time, dust was flying in the distance, and a group of defeated coalition forces were running towards him.
Chen Sanlang wanted to hide but it was too late. The person had already run close to him. Seeing someone on the road, someone turned around and ran into the woods.
There were indeed more people, and when they saw that he was alone, they looked ferocious and attacked him viciously with their knives in hand.
Chen Sanlang took a deep breath and quickly came to the conclusion that being surrounded meant death. He had to attack before the enemy trapped him in the middle. He rushed out of the enemy soldiers rushing down the slope...