withered prosperity

The first one to find out was Xiaoran, yesterday Yan Hai specially told him to stay with Xingmang, but when he woke up early, he found Xiaozhi hanged in an empty room, he was quite frightened.

There are more than 300 servants in the House of Commons, not to mention that self-destruction is not special to others, but the problem is that many people have confirmed that Xingmang in Beiyuan scolded her yesterday and said some cruel words, which made her suffer. The girl couldn't think about it.

After all, he was still a child of twelve or thirteen years old, and he didn't know how much he had been wronged to do such a stupid thing.

More importantly, this matter was stabbed to the cabinet.

The seven lower house stewards, including Yan Hai, were called to the flower hall where the chief steward Wang Taotao worked. A group of people crowded in the small hall, but no one spoke out first.

Wang Taotao sat there with a strong face, his face was not very good-looking.

"Let me tell you, most of you are good at talking on weekdays, how come one or two of you have become gourds at this time?" He slapped the table hard, and the teacups on the table jumped.

"Do you know what Li Heyuan said about me?" Wang Taotao is only 27 or [-] this year, and almost all the managers present are older than him, but he has been in the position of manager for five or six years, and he is quite powerful when he trains people: "He said that I didn't bring up well, and that I raised these good children in the Lower Court to be self-willed and arrogant. If things go on like this, I will destroy the foundation of Chaomu Pavilion!"

Everyone knew that he and Li Heyuan were not at odds, and the other party would naturally make a fuss about it, fearing that a fire at the city gate would affect the fish in the pond, so they couldn't help but secretly groaned.

"Damn! What is it!" His forehead was full of veins, "I usually keep my face upright and pretend to be upright, but it's very smooth when you're cunning!"

"Manager." Seeing that he had come to an end, Qiu Zhe hurriedly stepped forward, "I don't know, but the Pavilion Master was alarmed."

"I was sued by that kid in front of the Pavilion Master, and the main elders were all present. This time, I lost all face and lost my face!"

"Then... Pavilion Master..."

"The owner of the pavilion didn't say anything, let me check it carefully. Even though the girl said that she signed a death contract, she still has to give her an explanation." Speaking of this, Wang Taotao couldn't help but sigh: "You also know , Pavilion Master dislikes such things the most, if someone says a few words from the side later, maybe all of us will be implicated."

Everyone was very worried, but at this time they could only say a few more words of relief. Things are always like this, no matter how bad it is, after so many people talk about it for a while, they feel that it will not be too bad, and Wang Taotao's complexion improved. Some.

"Manager." Yan Hai asked, "I don't know how Master Xingmang is doing now?"

"Give it to Elder Qiu." Mentioning the culprit, Wang Taotao waved his hand: "That kid's aptitude is really good, but it can only be said that he was unlucky in this matter, what a pity!"

Elder Qiu is in charge of the punishment hall and is notoriously strict.

There were too many people, and it was difficult for Yan Hai to ask too many questions. He had to pull Qiu Zhe back when everyone dispersed.

"It's really that child's bad luck that this happened." Qiu Zhe also knew what he was going to ask: "I've already asked, and it was said that Elder Qiu was going to give him some medicinal herbs and send him down the mountain ahead of time."

Chaomu Pavilion uses a special kind of medicine to abolish martial arts, after drinking it not only loses all internal energy, but also cannot gather energy to practice martial arts for three years.

"His family..." Xingmang's surname is Li, and Li's family is a prominent family in Wanzhou, but his parents are both dead, and the family is controlled by his uncle. His grandparents were afraid that he would be bullied, so they tried to send him to Chaomu Pavilion. Now that his grandfather has passed away, if he returns to his family, his future is really uncertain... What's more, the child only wants to go to the court, so how can he...

"Yan Hai, let me advise you, you can't get involved in this matter." Qiu Zhe patted him on the shoulder: "At worst, I'll go back and ask Elder Hu to find a reliable person to bring him safely into the house. "

"That's all I can do. I'm sorry to trouble you." Yan Hai nodded: "After drinking the medicine, I will feel uncomfortable for a few days. I will tell Manager Wang later and take him to my room!"

"That kid is too high-minded, you should persuade him more."

Yan Hai and Qiu Zhe bid farewell, and took the frightened Xiaoran to get a few doses of calming medicine, and then went to the warehouse. The Qingming Festival was full of chores, and they didn't return to their courtyard until very late.

Naturally, there was no way to keep warm in the warehouse, and no matter how thickly he wore it, it would not help. After such a toss, he only felt that his hands and feet were weak, and he could not eat anything. After washing casually, he lay down on the bed in a dazed state.

He was drowsy but couldn't sleep well. When he woke up with chills in the middle of the night, he realized that he had a fever again.I got up and wanted to find some heat-clearing pills, but only found an empty bottle. Then I remembered that I had finished eating a few days ago, and I didn't have time to go to the Zhaixing Pavilion to get a new bottle back in the past two days. Who cares if you are a slave, it must be until tomorrow morning before Xiaoran can get the medicine.

Xiaoran drank the medicine and fell into a deep sleep, and didn't wake up after such a big movement.

He was wearing a robe and sitting by the bed, the charcoal fire in the room was weak, and he was dizzy from illness. He could only feel a dull pain in the gap between his bones, and he couldn't help but feel some uncontrollable hatred in his heart. Why did he suffer all these pains... But This hatred was suppressed in a blink of an eye.

When I came back to my senses, I even felt a little funny.

It's just a cold and fever, it's not a big deal, it's too uncomfortable to lie down, just sit for a while!

I slept in a hurry tonight, I didn't have time to close the bamboo curtains, even the fine rhombus lattice windows couldn't resist the bright moonlight and snow.

He was wrapped in a quilt and nestled on the couch in front of the window, his whole body was rolled into a ball, and it became colder and colder in the room in the middle of the night, which made him even have no strength to shiver.

There is a gilded corner beside the window, which is out of tune with his room, and his gaze has been fixed on this place for a long time.

This window is an old thing that was dismantled from the upper pavilion. The copper corners are made extraordinarily exquisite and beautiful. One side is chiseled with the word Chaomu, and the other side... He couldn't help stretching out his hand and rubbing it lightly.

Xiaoran fell into a deep sleep and didn't wake up until it was dawn.

He is already busy at this time on weekdays, and no one except Yan Hai would think that he was frightened. If he goes late, those guys who work with him will not only show him face, but maybe even play tricks on him. some.

"Steward, Steward Yan!" He yelled a few times while putting on his shoes, "Why didn't you call me?"

Did it go to the warehouse?

But in a blink of an eye, he saw that the coat that was placed on the bamboo smoker cage last night was still there, so he quickly tied the clothes.

"Steward Yan." When he walked around the partition, he was startled by what he saw.

Yan Hai was still curled up on the small bed with his eyes closed, his face was pale, and he looked silent.

Xiaoran had just seen the dead yesterday, and she hadn't recovered completely yet, her legs were so frightened that her legs went limp, and she staggered and knocked down the washbasin stand, making quite a noise.