Lin Gongzi medicine jar

The weather has officially entered autumn, and the withered and yellow autumn leaves in the yard have fallen one after another. When the wind blows, the ground is full of dead leaves, but no one sweeps them. It is desolate.

In the past few days, everyone in Lin's residence was like a frightened bird, not daring to breathe.The officers and soldiers came every day, and after searching extensively, they returned disgruntled.At first he was polite, but now he is getting more and more impatient, kicking, beating and scolding him for the slightest offense, during which time he didn't know how many good things were wasted, let alone how many were taken away.

The entire Lin Mansion became disorganized in just a few days, and many servants also took advantage of the calamity of the master's house to sneak away with their belongings, except that most of Mrs. Lin's companions were still there, and they all gathered in Lin Xi's house. This is almost the most complete part of the Lin residence.

Pei Xuan walked into Lin Xi's bedroom under the guidance of the servant, and suddenly a strong smell of medicine filled his nostrils with heat, and he almost subconsciously frowned.

I saw Lin Xi sitting at the head of the bed, leaning weakly on a blue soft cloth pillow. It was not yet late autumn, but her body was already covered with a thick quilt. The stove below was burning charcoal, and the room was very warm. .After not seeing each other for many days, Lin Xi's small face became thinner and thinner, her cheeks were sunken, and her face was pale, except for a pair of eyes that were still clear and bright, and her whole body seemed to be fragile at the touch of a touch.

Zhou's mother was sitting on the small round pier by the edge of the bed, holding a small spoon in one hand and a medicine bowl in the other, carefully feeding it into Lin Xi's mouth, her face full of distress.

Seeing Pei Xuan, Lin Xi got up and called softly, "Senior Brother."

Hearing this voice, Pei Xuan's nose suddenly became sore, his heart tightened, and he took a few steps to Lin Xi's face, and said regretfully, "Didn't you say that you are already recovering? Why did you become weaker after seeing you for a few days?"

Then he looked at Zhou's mother, "What did the doctor say?"

Mother Zhou was about to reply when she heard Lin Xi leisurely say: "What's the matter, brother, don't you know? Now father's life and death are unknown, and he doesn't know if he's suffering or not in that prison. The house is in a mess and the servants have no heads." Like a fly, I can't stand it even if my body is made of iron...cough cough..."

As he spoke, he coughed for a while, and Zhou's mother immediately blushed, patted him on the back, took the tea from Yuanyuan, and persuaded: "Young master, drink some water to moisten your throat first. If you are like this, madam will be in trouble." Why do you feel distressed, even the master has to worry, the young master must take care of himself!"

When Lin Qing was mentioned, Pei Xuan's eyes darkened slightly.

Lin Xi looked at him and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and then told Zhou's mother: "Brother likes to drink Biluochun, Zhou's mother will go and see if it is still there. I am afraid that something was stolen before, so I don't care about it. Pick it up. Come and drink."

Zhou's mother looked at Lin Xi, saw him nodded slightly, then pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and called out to the girl in the room, "Tuantuan, go and look at the medicine that is fried on the stove, those who are not worried I'm afraid the little hooves are gone long ago, but don't wait too long. Yuanyuan, are the snacks in the kitchen still hot? Young Master Pei finally came to the door once, so don't wait too long."

Tuantuan tucked Lin Xi's quilt, helped Lin Xi's pillow, and then left the room with Yuanyuan. Before Yuanyuan left, he blessed Pei Xuanfu and said, "Master Pei, you know that our young master is the most precious , I always don't care about things, if there is something, I don't do anything about the young master, you are his senior brother, you can't ignore him."

Pei Xuan nodded.

There was only the two brothers and sisters left in the room, but there was silence for a while.

After a long time, Lin Xi looked at the charcoal stove and said, "Senior brother is here today, I'm afraid they won't be able to wait."

Pei Xuan moved his lips, but did not speak, but acquiesced.

"Have senior brothers visited Dad? Has he suffered? It's cold in autumn, and the dungeon is even colder. Dad is a scholar, so I don't know if he can stand it."

Did Pei Xuan go there, and saw him almost every day, but his teacher knew that once he recognized the truth of death, even if he used severe punishment, he could scold you bloody first.The scholar is proud and unyielding, and the only thing that can make Lin Qing care about is... He really doesn't want to involve his most beloved junior brother, but since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuan held Lin Xilu's hand outside the quilt, looked into Lin Xi's eyes and said, "Xi'er, I know that you are the most transparent, and if the teacher persists until now, not only will you lose He himself, and you, the entire Lin family, do you think it's worth it? Dr. Min tried his best to save you, but God has eyes, and your cold symptoms are gradually disappearing. Don't you want to take a walk outside and see the mountains and rivers for thousands of miles? Yes, the imperial envoy will be here soon, but before that, the Lin family must have entered first. Xi'er, I want to protect you and the teacher. As long as I get the ledger, the teacher will be safe without threatening them. nothing!"

This is the other party's promise, and Pei Xuan really hopes that the Lin family can survive this festival.

Lin Xi's eyes darkened. He didn't know this truth. With his temperament, his own safety was naturally the most important thing. He had always admired this kind of sentiment of throwing his head and blood, and he didn't approve of it.But he couldn't stand that this was his father, and the moment before his death was vivid in his memory, he really couldn't drag Lin Qing back.

"Father trusts you, that's why he told you this time, but senior brother turned around and betrayed him."

Pei Xuan looked pained, "Is that what the teacher told you?"

Lin Xi nodded.

Pei Xuan laughed softly and sighed: "The teacher is too naive. Does he really think that Mr. He drowned because he got too drunk to go to the river in the middle of the night and fell into it when he walked unsteadily? And the king in charge of the granary Cang Shi, how could it be such a coincidence that he met a villain and lost his life without calling for help."

Isn't that right, Lin Xi smiled wryly, his father is so naive sometimes.

But Pei Xuan, knowing what kind of person his teacher is, still conceals and passes on the news secretly, which is even more embarrassing.

Lin Xi's expression was calm, but his eyes were instantly sharp. He raised his chin slightly, looked into Pei Xuan's eyes and asked word by word: "Senior brother, two adult princes, who are you loyal to?"

Pei Xuan was startled, and when he was about to speak, he heard Lin Xi's indifferent voice, "I don't know where Daddy keeps the account book, if you come here today and want me to persuade him, you have to let me know what role you played in it, you Can it be trusted behind the scenes?"

Lin Xi's cold and solemn face overlapped with that of Lin Qing's. Pei Xuan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he said, "The empress died young, and the queen is vacant, and the middle palace has nothing to do, so the elders should come first."

Lin Xi nodded, and immediately understood.

He said, "I want to see Dad."

Wrapped in a thick round-neck fox-fur cape, Lin Xi walked down the steps leading to the dungeon. The dungeon had no sunlight all year round, was dark and cold, and a few oil lamps were burning alone, so she could barely see the road ahead. It makes people feel gloomy.

With a sullen face, Lin Xi bit her lip and followed the head of the cell without saying a word, all the way to the deepest point.

Seeing the person moving slightly, the figure inside seemed to raise his head to take a closer look with the only oil lamp, but he heard the cell boss say: "Master Lin, the young master of your residence has come to visit you."

The iron chain on the cell door was pulled and made a sound as thick as a child's arm, echoing in the empty cell, before Lin Qing had time to call "Xi'er" the cell door was opened.

"Master Lin, you go in, the superiors have greeted you, you and Lord Lin have plenty of time to talk slowly. You, please speak carefully, persuade carefully, I have been in this dungeon for more than ten years, and I have seen too many iron bones Bone, but God outside, it still hasn’t collapsed, but people, after death, there will be nothing.” After speaking, he smiled and went out.

"Father!" Lin Xi hugged Lin Qing before the jailer left, and buried her face in it. The tears that had been silent for a long time finally came out of her eyes.After nearly ten days of worrying and struggling, he finally found a place to vent his fatigue and grievances.

I have never discovered how important my father is in the past ten days. With Lin Qing around, Lin Xi can be self-willed, lazy, and a young boy who has not grown up.

But Lin Qing just hugged his son and looked up at the dark prison roof, trying to force back tears.

The father and son embraced each other quietly for a long time before hearing Lin Qing's sigh, "Father still hurts you after all."

Feeling calm, Lin Xi let go of his hand and wiped his face, so that the father and son could look at each other carefully under the faint oil lamp.

Lin Xi touched the prison clothes on Lin Qing's body, and felt relieved when she saw that the white clothes did not have any blood stains.However, Lin Qing caressed his son's little face distressedly. He finally gained some flesh before and now he has lost weight again. He felt even more guilty towards Lin Xi in his heart.

Lin Xi talked about the current situation at home in detail, and Lin Qing listened quietly. Neither father nor son mentioned the key account book. After talking about Pei Xuan's visit the day before yesterday, Lin Qing fell silent again.

Seeing his father's resolutely apologetic expression, Lin Xi's heart sank little by little, and then a sadness filled his heart and melted away, as painful as if he had been injected with a needle again.

"Xi'er..." That cry contained thousands of words, and finally turned into a sharp dagger and pierced Lin Xi's heart.

Lin Xi's hands trembled, he clenched his fist into his mouth and bit his mouth, sobbing softly, unable to speak hoarsely, but his heart was broken.

He wanted to grab Lin Qing's collar and shake it vigorously, and asked him loudly, do you want your son?What do you want him to do!A child without a mother and without a father to protect him, how will he survive in the future!Will they let him go if the tigers are watching him outside?

But Lin Xi is not an ignorant young man after all, and in the end he just asked, "Father, don't you regret it?"

In the darkness, Lin Xi only saw the light in Lin Qing's eyes, and then there was no hesitation, and a sonorous and forceful "No regrets."

Lin Xi closed her eyes, stood up slowly, pulled the corners of her lips slightly, looked back at Lin Qing, and after a long time, said softly, "I will be proud of you."

For the integrity he didn't have, for the arrogance he lost, for his wavering faith.

Lin Qing burst into tears in an instant.

When Lin Xi's figure was getting closer and closer, Lin Qing rushed to the prison door and shouted: "Xi'er, since you were young, you have loved to read miscellaneous books, especially travel notes, bright moon and rivers, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. Father hopes that you will be happy and comfortable, and the world is vast. Where is it not a place to live, don't be an official like Dad! It's Dad who is sorry for you!"

Gradually sliding down from the cell door, Lin Qing muttered: "It's too difficult to be a good official..."

Lin Xi paused and turned around, his expression could not be seen clearly under the dim light.

Lin Qing's figure in the prison suddenly became sluggish.