Herb Family [Rebirth]

Early the next morning, Lu Qi and Bai Heng set off for the capital.

Lu Qi didn't tell Bai Heng about the incident the night before yesterday, but Bai Heng didn't really know anything about it. After all, he lived in the same courtyard, and Bai Heng would know anything about Lu Qi's movements.

It's just that Bai Heng saw what Lu Qi didn't mention, so he pretended that he didn't know.

Although Mrs. Lu doesn't like Lu Qi, she never underestimates Lu Qi. In addition, this time Lu Qi's trip to Beijing is good for her, so the carriage arrangement for Lu Qi's trip is very delicate.

The exterior of the carriage looks inconspicuous, but the space inside is large, and the decoration and supplies are very careful. It can be seen that Mrs. Lu also spent a lot of money and effort.

After Bai Heng and Lu Qi got into the carriage, they didn't expect that the interior would be so comfortably furnished. No matter what kind of mentality Madam Lu started to please Lu Qi, Bai Heng was very grateful for her efforts.

After all, whether the carriage is comfortable or not is too important to Lu Qi's body.

It would take several days to travel from Tongcheng to Beijing. Bai Heng had already planned it out. If the Lu family gave them a horse-drawn carriage, he would have to find a way to change it after leaving Tongcheng.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lu even ordered the carriage specially. In this way, there is no need to worry that Lu Qi's body will not be able to bear the traveling all the way.

When Lu Qi and Bai Heng set off, the Lu family was still quiet, except for Mrs. Jian's mother beside Mrs. Lu and her maid to help arrange the cage, Mrs. Lu did not show up.

After everything was ready, Mother Jane personally helped Lu Qi into the carriage, and after she sat Lu Qi down, she said in a low voice: "Young master, don't blame Madam, Madam has many things to do, so I can't come to see you off in person. .”

"It's okay, go back and tell your mother, I'm leaving now, please take care of your mother." Lu Qi said lightly, and waved his hand to let Jane's mother back down.

Seeing Lu Qi's sensible appearance, Jane's mother could only sigh in her heart. Why wasn't such a good child born by the wife?

After Jane's mother got out of the car, Bai Heng got into the carriage. After Bai Heng got into the car and sat down, Lu Qi knocked on the wall of the car, and the carriage started to move slowly.

They arranged a total of three carriages, the first one was for Lu Qi and Bai Heng, the second one was for the servants serving them, and the third one was for luggage.

Just like that, Lu Qi and Bai Heng were ready to leave, but when they approached the city gate, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Lu You came to report that Mrs. Bai's carriage was waiting ahead.

As soon as Bai Heng heard this, he knew that his mother had come to see him off on purpose, and he was naturally very upset. Besides, he hadn't seen his mother for several days, and now that he was going on a long journey, he was actually thinking about being with his mother. say goodbye.

Just thinking about Lu Qi who was on the side, Bai Heng didn't dare to show that he missed his mother, because seeing Mrs. Lu and Lu Qi getting along, knowing that their mother and child have a weak relationship, Bai Heng would not show himself and his mother in front of Lu Qi. The look of deep love between mother and child, isn't this piercing Lu Qi's heart?

But he didn't expect that his mother would come to see them off in person.

Before Bai Heng could say anything, Lu Qi said, "Since the aunt is here, go and say hello."

Seeing a flash of envy in Lu Qi's eyes, Bai Heng grabbed his hand and said, "Third brother, come with me." After speaking, before Lu Qi could react, he pulled him out of the car .

Lu Qi was dragged by Bai Heng to Mrs. Bai's carriage. Mother Mo stood by the door, saw Bai Heng and smiled and said: "The young master is here, Madam is afraid that I will miss you, but fortunately there is still time. "

Mo's mother is Mrs. Bai's dowry mother, and Bai Heng is usually very close to her. When he saw Mo's mother at this time, he said, "Mom, I am leaving. If I am not by mother's side in the future, mother will leave it to you. "He said and bowed to her.

Seeing this, Mo's mother hurriedly avoided, and waved her hands again and again and said: "Young master, you are breaking the old slave. It is the job of the old slave to serve the wife. You should stop being so polite."

After Bai Heng solemnly entrusted Mrs. Bai to Mo's mother, he pulled Lu Qi into the carriage.

In the carriage, Mrs. Bai was sitting upright, but her eyes were already red. She had heard the conversation between her son and Mo's mother just now. How could a mother be unhappy if her son is so caring and sensible?But such a caring son is leaving her today.

Whenever Mrs. Bai thinks that Bai Heng will leave his hometown at a young age and go to that place in the capital that eats people without spit out bones, she will feel pain in her heart. She wants to tell Bai Heng not to go, so let her go.

But she thought of her son's letters, and she couldn't bear to delay him. If she really left him in Tongcheng, she would cut off his son's wings and future.

So no matter how reluctant Madam Bai was, she still endured her heartache and reluctance, and nodded her head in agreement with Bai Heng to leave.It was only on the day when Bai Heng left that Madam Bai felt the pain in her heart.

So she said she wanted to come see off Bai Heng, so let her take one last look at her child, after all, we don't know when the next time we will see each other. ...

Bai Heng pulled Lu Qi into the carriage, and saw Mrs. Bai wiping her tears with a handkerchief. Bai Heng felt sore and his eyes turned red. However, he did not lose his composure in front of Lu Qi, but brought Lu Qi to the In front of Mrs. Bai, she said in a gentle voice: "Mother, don't worry about your son. This is the third young master of the Lu family. Third brother Lu has taken good care of me. Please forgive my son for being unfilial. He will not be able to serve his mother in the future."

When Mrs. Bai saw Lu Qi, her face was kind and gentle, but she had already looked at him carefully in secret. Seeing that his eyes were clear and his manner was good, she nodded secretly.

She also knew that her son's ability to enter Beijing was actually due to Young Master Lu's favor. Seeing that Young Master Lu was an upright and polite child at this time, she felt relieved a lot.

She told the two of them a few words, and then she sent them off the car so as not to miss the departure time.

Finally, Bai Heng saluted Mrs. Bai again, and then took Lu Qi out of the car and returned to the Lu family's carriage. After getting on the carriage, the Lu family's team left the city gate and headed towards the capital.

Madam Bai was sitting in the carriage, and the maid at the side lifted the curtains so that she could see the Lu family's carriage through the window. After the Lu family's motorcade was completely out of sight, Madam Bai sighed and said in a low voice: "Go back."

The carriage of the Bai family was ordered by Mrs. Bai, so she turned around and prepared to go back to the Bai family. Mother Mo also got into the carriage at this time. Mrs. Bai called Mother Mo to her side and asked softly, "Is the arrangement ready?"

"It's been arranged, Ma'am, don't worry, the old slave handed over the burden to Bai Zhong." Mother Mo nodded.

"That's good, I can't help Heng'er, I can only let him have no worries in this respect." Mrs. Bai's eyes were red again, which made Mo's mother comfort and persuade again. ...

On the other side, the Lu family's carriage traveled for half a day and arrived at another county town in the evening.Although this county is not as big as Tongcheng, it is quite large and can be regarded as a nearby big city.

After the convoy entered the city, they planned to rest here for a day and continue their departure tomorrow morning.Because of Lu Qi's poor health and Bai Heng's child, Mrs. Lu ordered before departure that the carriage should not go fast, and the two young masters should not be tired.

The person in charge of escorting Lu Qi and Bai Heng to the capital was the nursing home of the Lu family, and the leader was the son of Lao Bai Guanshi, known as Xiaobai Manager.Manager Xiaobai was originally a person close to the old man, but this time he was sent to Lu Qi's side, it can be seen that the old man attaches great importance to Lu Qi.

Furthermore, Chief Manager Xiaobai followed the old man all over the world when he was young, and his knowledge and vision were not comparable to other servants, so Mrs. Lu saw that the old man even gave up Chief Manager Xiaobai, so she didn't send any more people.

At this time, the manager Xiaobai was sending people to the inns in the city to do things. Fortunately, it was already winter and there were not many caravans coming and going, so there were still vacancies in the inns in the city.

After booking a room at the largest inn in the city, Manager Xiaobai led the team over there.

After arriving at the inn, for the sake of safety, Lu Qi and Bai Heng were arranged to live in the same upper room. Manager Xiaobai led several skilled nurses to live in the upper room, and lived on both sides of their room. Protect up.

As for the three carriages of the team, they were placed in the backyard of the inn, and the servants also got a few servants' rooms. The maids lived with the women, and the servants lived with the coachmen.

After entering the room and settling down, the waiter at the inn just brought hot water up. After Lu Qi and Bai Heng simply washed up, they called for dinner.

Although the dinner was not rich, it was not shabby either. It could be seen that Mr. Bai had prepared it with care, so Lu Qi and Bai Heng had a great meal.

Not long after the meal, Lu Qi was invited by Manager Xiaobai. Bai Heng was alone in the room. At this time, Bai Zhong came suddenly. Seeing him holding a burden, Bai Heng raised his eyebrows and asked: "What's this?"

"Master, this was handed over to the younger one by Mo's mother in the morning. If you want the younger one, you must hand it over to you." Bai Zhong replied.

Bai Heng heard the words and said lightly: "Take it here." When he took the bag from Bai Zhong's hand, Bai Heng was slightly taken aback, because the bag in his hand was not heavy, and he didn't know what was inside, which made Mo's mother so solemn.

Bai Heng frowned, opened the bag, and saw a stack of papers neatly placed inside. Bai Heng picked it up and saw that it was a silver note in the amount of 500 taels. Nearly ten thousand taels, Bai Heng and Bai Zhong were shocked when they saw it.

Bai Zhong's hands and feet were weak at this time. Fortunately, he listened to Mo's mother's instructions and dared not let go of the burden all day, otherwise if the burden was lost, they would not be able to pay for it if they sold the whole family.

Bai Heng was startled at first, but soon realized that this must have been prepared by Mrs. Bai, and he felt sore and astringent. These bank notes were Mrs. Bai's wishes for him.

He put away the silver bills close to his body, and found that besides the silver bills, there were several silver ingots and some broken silver in the bag. He also put away the silver ingots, handed the broken silver to Bai Zhong, and finally found a letter from Mrs. Bai. letter.

Bai Heng opened it and saw that the letter was full of Mrs. Bai's earnest instructions. Mrs. Bai only vaguely mentioned a burden at the end of the letter. Besides, there was also a palm-sized jade pendant attached to the letter.

Mrs. Bai said that if you encounter difficulties in the capital, you can take the jade pendant and go to Lian's house for help.

Bai Heng knew that Lian's family was his grandfather's family, and it seemed that this jade pendant might be a symbol of Lian's family. Thinking of this, he carefully put away the jade pendant and Mrs. Bai's letter.

After he packed everything up, Lu Qi also came back. Seeing Lu Qi's return, Bai Zhong also left.Seeing that Bai Zhong had left, Lu Qi asked curiously, "What is he here for?"

"Mother has something for me, and I entrust him to keep it." Bai Heng said truthfully, but concealed the matter of the bank note.It's not that he doesn't believe in Lu Qi, but that they are away from home. In order to prevent the wall from having ears, he still knows what to say and what not to say.

Lu Qi could see that he was hiding something, but he didn't continue to ask. After all, it was related to Bai Heng's love. His mother gave him something, so how could he have the nerve to break the casserole and ask the end.

Besides, Bai Heng didn't say that there must be his reasons, so Lu Qi didn't make things difficult for the other party, but instead brought up something else to change the topic. ...

After Lu Qi and his party rested at the inn for one night, they continued on the road early the next morning.

Lu Qi and Bai Heng were lying on the soft couch in the carriage. Both of them were a little drowsy. After all, they went out and changed the environment.

Fortunately, the carriage was furnished very comfortably. There were not only soft couch but also bedding, even if you wanted to sleep in the carriage, it was also possible. So Lu Qi and Bai Heng leaned together and fell asleep peacefully in the slightly shaking carriage.

But when they were sleeping soundly, the carriage stopped suddenly, and there was a commotion outside the carriage. Both Bai Heng and Lu Qi were woken up by the movement outside. Lu Qi was a little annoyed to wake up, and immediately asked in a cold voice: "Why? thing?"

Lu You outside the car heard the young master's voice, hurried to the side of the car and said in a low voice, "Master, there is another team's carriage broken down ahead, blocking the road."

"Bring more people to help move it away, don't delay the time." Lu Qi said lightly after hearing this.

Lu You heard the master's displeasure, and hurriedly agreed, and then went to the side of Chief Manager Xiaobai, and whispered the master's intentions.Manager Xiaobai also meant the same thing. After hearing this, he nodded and said, "Don't worry, it will be over soon."

After finishing speaking, Manager Xiaobai ordered a few people to help the convoy ahead and push the broken carriage aside in the middle of the road.

When the opposing team saw that someone was willing to lend a helping hand, they were naturally very grateful. After the Lu family's nursing home helped them push the carriage to the side of the road, the owner of the team had the cheek to ask the Lu family team for help.

It turned out that the owner of the motorcade was visiting relatives in the capital with his whole family, and the whole family went on the road together, but now a carriage broke down, what should we do?

It happened that Lu's family's motorcade came, and he saw that the other party's carriage was relatively large, maybe the other party was willing to let his family take a ride?

If it was only his family, it would be fine if they squeezed together, but he also brought his old mother and his niece who lived in his house, so it would be difficult for his niece and his son to squeeze into the same car.

So the owner of the team had no choice but to ask Lu's team for help.

It's just that Manager Xiaobai couldn't decide. After listening to the other party's request, he called Lu You and explained the other party's intentions.Lu You frowned, and said in a low voice: "I'm going back to my master, please wait a moment."

Lu You quickly walked to Lu Qi's carriage, and went to the window and whispered what Manager Xiaobai had said. Lu Qi was impatient and was about to refuse, when Bai Heng who was beside him suddenly asked Said: "I don't know where the other party is from? Since we want to go to Beijing together, it's not a problem to lend a hand."

As soon as Lu Qi heard it, he understood Bai Heng's meaning. The other party was also going to Beijing, so it's better to ask the other party's details first, so as not to complain after refusing to help, and it would be bad to be picked on by others after entering Beijing.

Lu You was also clever. Knowing what Lu Qi and Bai Heng meant, he immediately went to talk to Manager Xiaobai. After thinking for a while, Manager Xiaobai walked towards the opposing team.

The owner of the opposing team was waiting anxiously for the reply from Lu's team. He was very anxious but didn't show it on the surface. At this time, he saw the manager Xiaobai coming over, and the owner jumped out of the car to meet him.

Manager Xiaobai had a few polite words with the other party, and then inquired about the other party's background secretly. The other party was not a fuel-efficient lamp. After hearing the inquiry from Manager Xiao Bai, he still didn't change his expression, but he told the story generously and frankly.

It turned out that the owner of the team was surnamed Qi. The reason why he came to Beijing this time was because he wanted to take refuge in his uncle. The Qi family had lived in Lucheng for generations. Later, there was a relative who was an official in the family, and he was considered a prominent family in Lucheng. .

Speaking of Lu Chengqi's family, Manager Xiaobai had also heard of it, so he asked Lu You to go back and report.

After Lu You told the origin of the Qi family, Lu Qi said: "In this case, please help, you squeeze in the third car, and give the second car to the young master of the Qi family. "

Lu You responded, and Lu Qi said softly to Bai Heng in the carriage, "I didn't expect it to be the Qi family."

"Well, it seems that Mr. Qi is helpless, so he has to call his nephew to Beijing." Bai Heng didn't expect that they would run into members of the Qi family on the road.

Speaking of the Qi family in the capital city, it occupies a very important position in the relationship network they sorted out.Mr. Qi's official visit to the Minister of the Household Department is a promising time for the future.

It's a pity that he has been married for many years but has no children under his knees. Master Qi's family has many wives and concubines, but none of them is pregnant. The wives and concubines have seen many doctors and drank a lot of soups, but still no one is pregnant.

In fact, many people murmured in their hearts that since wives and concubines are fine, the problem should be Lord Qi, but who dares to say this, even Lord Qi's wives and concubines dare not say so, so they can only drink medicine obediently.

But after so many years, Lord Qi's wives and concubines did not have any good news, and Lord Qi knew it well, so he found the imperial doctor in the palace with the cheek, after a sneak peek, it turned out that there was something wrong with his body.

At this moment Master Qi was stunned, originally he still had a glimmer of hope, maybe he could have his own child before the time came, but the imperial doctor told him that there was something wrong with his body.

Mr. Qi suddenly felt that the world was about to collapse. He hunched over and went back to the Minister's Mansion, and soon dismissed all the concubines in the mansion. Originally, he also took concubines for the sake of heirs. Now that there are no more children, why should he Are there still so many women left?

After Mrs. Qi knew about it, she was also very sad. After the two couples hugged each other and cried, Master Qi cheered up again. It doesn’t matter if he can’t give birth. His nephew, he immediately wrote a letter and asked them to come to Beijing with their family.

This nephew is the owner of the team that Lu Qi and Bai Heng met.

Logically speaking, Mr. Qi's * Lu Qi and Bai Heng should not know about it, but Mrs. Lu's Xu family is not a decoration, and Mr. Qi sold the concubine's room in the mansion in a big way, and his mind is quick. I guessed the reason.

Besides, Bai Heng has a third uncle who works as an imperial physician in the palace.

Bai Heng had written a letter to ask his third uncle Bai Zhongxuan before, and it happened that Bai Zhongxuan was the one who saw Master Qi. Although Bai Zhongxuan did not disclose Master Qi's condition, it is still possible to give his nephew a little hint.

Ever since he knew that his nephew was going to Beijing, Bai Zhongxuan sent many news to Bai Heng one after another. It can be said that he was more caring than Master Bai.

Therefore, when Lu Qi and Bai Heng heard that the other party was Lu Chengqi's family, they generously agreed to take each other for a ride.

The Qi family was naturally very grateful when they heard that, Lord Qi's nephew Qi Lei is the owner of the motorcade, Qi Lei hurriedly called the two sons out of the carriage, gave them some instructions, and then let them get into the carriage with the other party's servant.

At this moment, a soft voice said: "Uncle, grandma is uncomfortable being squeezed in the car, please tell the other party, let grandma go."

As soon as Qi Lei heard this voice, his face turned black, but because Mrs. Qi loved this granddaughter very much, so he could only endure his impatience, and said lightly: "It's kind of her to help, how can we help?" Ask."

In fact, Qi Lei said that originally he also wanted his mother to go to the opponent's convoy, but later he dismissed the idea because of his mother's niece.

Besides, he heard from Manager Xiaobai that there were two young masters in the other party's motorcade, so he couldn't let his niece pass, so letting his son pass was the best arrangement.

But who knew that before he spoke, the niece made such an unreasonable request first.

She thought this was Lu City, and everyone had to give in to the Qi family?Even Lu Cheng didn't ask others for help, on the contrary, he had a reason to ask.

Therefore, he didn't care about his niece's reaction, and after finishing speaking, he went to arrange the rest of the matter.

In Mrs. Qi's carriage, Qi Lei's niece was blocked by her uncle and she immediately complained to her grandmother, "Grandmother, look at uncle, Xiang'er is thinking of you, but uncle blames Xiang'er for being ignorant."

Mrs. Qi patted her hand and said: "Grandmother knows your heart, but what your uncle said is also right, now we are begging others for help, how can we ask for this or that?"

Qi Lei's niece, Nie Wanxiang, saw that her grandmother was unmoved, so she didn't dare to say more, she just watched the carriage secretly from the window, secretly envious of her cousins ​​who could ride in it.

Although the carriage looked inconspicuous on the outside, the carriage was obviously much larger than the one she was sitting in, so it must be extremely comfortable to sit on.

It's a pity that my uncle was eccentric and let his cousins ​​sit there, and he didn't consider himself as a niece. It stands to reason that he is a girl and should be pampered and pampered.

But along the way, I have to squeeze with my grandmother and have to serve my grandmother. Thinking about Nie Wanxiang, I feel extremely unbalanced.