Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After Lu Ci urged the horse all the way, he rushed to the house as fast as possible. As soon as he took off his veil, he shocked the guards guarding the door.

Because the appearance of Lord Lu is so outstanding, it is unforgettable after seeing him. Even though those old servants who followed him to Beijing have not seen him for many years, they still recognized him at a glance without changing his face. come out.

Why did Lord Lang come back suddenly?

Lu Ci had no time to deal with the astonishment on their faces, nor did he have time to respond to those questions that came out of his mouth.

During the ten days on board, it was impossible for him to receive any more letters from Zhong Yuan.

Worried that his mother's condition would change in the past ten days, he directly pushed them away, stepped into the house, and strode forward under the surprised eyes of a group of servants and maids who had never seen him before, which had gradually increased in recent years. Go to the small hall.

But before he reached the small hall, in the delicately arranged small garden at the end of the path, he saw a person lying on a small bed in the pavilion, who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

——If it wasn't for being seriously ill, it would be absolutely impossible for my mother, who was poor and used to toil in her early years, not to go to her shop mats when the sun was just right.

When he saw his mother's appearance clearly, Lu Ci's expression did not change, but his pupils suddenly constricted.

Compared with the appearance of the smiling mother in my memory when she was parted last time, she was still handsome, fast-paced in doing things, full of enthusiasm for small accounts...

He almost couldn't believe that the deformed old woman in front of him was the same person.

Mother Lu's complexion was sallow, and even in a thick winter coat, one could tell from the exposed wrists and face that she was already skinny.

The chest covered by the thick blanket has only a very slight ups and downs.

——Even those who are ignorant of medical principles, after seeing this scene, can vaguely feel that the patient is terminally ill and will die soon.

Lu Ci's eyes fell on the slight ups and downs.

The heart that has been hanging all the time is also determined.

At least, people are still alive.

Lu Ci stepped lightly, sat down on the small slump that was obviously added temporarily in the pavilion, quietly staring at his mother, and did not touch her.

Even the female envoys were at a loss and wanted to approach, but he stopped them in time with gestures.

He just sat quietly like this, with his upper body slightly bent, which could not only block the cold wind, but also just allow the warm sunshine to fall on the sleeping person.

In the next two hours, Mother Lu fell asleep, but he didn't make the slightest sound, and his posture was like a sculpture repeatedly, without any change.

Only as the sun slanted towards the west, the orange color of the setting sun fell on Mother Lu's closed eyelids, coupled with the gradually passing temperature, it slowly woke her up.

When she slowly opened her eyes and looked blankly at Shang Lu Ci's smiling eyes, she was stunned.

"...Resignation?"

She couldn't believe her eyes, stared straight at it for a while, and then said in a daze, "You, why are you here?"

Without waiting for Lu Ci's answer, she sighed again, and replied clearly and reassuringly: "Fortunately, it's in a dream."

Lu Ci lowered his eyes slightly, and then gently held her skinny hand, and said with a slight smile, "Mother said such strange things on purpose, but she won't be able to drive me away."

Feeling the warmth from the back of her hand and the palm of her hand, coupled with a slightly different, more calm and powerful temperament from the dream, and looking at the familiar eyebrows, Lu's mother was stunned for a long time before realizing that this was not the countless things she had done before. One in a dream, but actually happened in reality.

Lu Ci came back without making a sound!

Mother Lu realized that she was sick, and wanted to pull her hand back, but she couldn't, so she whispered: "...Why is Ci Lang really here?"

Lu Ci smiled and said nothing.

He turned slightly to the side, and gave a wink to the female envoys who were waiting on the side. The latter immediately understood, hurried up, and opened the curtain to block the increasingly cold evening wind.

"It's getting colder here," Lu Ci didn't answer her question, he stretched his hand behind her thick quilt, and with a little force, he hugged his mother who was very light: "Go back to the house and talk about it. "

"No, no!" Lu's mother was shocked by his action again, coughed several times in a row, and then pushed him away in panic: "Don't do this! If I infect my eldest son with this deadly disease , that’s really not going to die.”

Lu Ci, however, ignored her useless struggle, and forcefully carried her back to the bedroom before sitting on the bench beside the bed. His face was so indifferent that no anxiety or fear could be seen, but his tone was unprecedented. He said coldly: "Mother should know at this time, how I felt when I learned the truth from Brother Zhong."

"That young man from the Zhong family... said that?"

The first thing Mother Lu did after she was put down was to quickly shrink back to the innermost part of the bed.

After she got a little far away from Lu Ci and felt at ease, she had no time to respond to what she just said.

It's just that she opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't say it.

She has been ill for a year.

At first it was just a small cough, but because of her accumulated labor in the early years, she had been suffering from minor illnesses all the time, so she just felt a little cold and didn't take it too seriously. She just asked the doctor to come and take a few medicines. After taking it on time every day, she went to the hospital as usual. went to the store.

As a result, after a month of decoction, she didn't see any improvement, so she had to change another doctor.

It's just that I poured countless soups and waters, and the name of the diagnosed disease was changed again and again, but the condition did not improve, and it was repeated repeatedly, and even became more serious.

Up to the last six months, she had difficulty even walking, feeling weak and lethargic all day long.

After seeking medical advice everywhere but to no avail, she finally had a premonition that her life was approaching.

She should not live long.

It's just that she always thought that she could hide it for a while, so she saved up the only strength she had, and kept the handwriting on the letters to her only son every month, so as not to worry Lu Ci who was far away in Beijing.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuan, who came to visit him and had been avoided by her all the time, became suspicious, and he did not hesitate to climb over the wall to check and leaked the news.

Hearing her silence, she tried her best to stay away from him, fearing that the cough would harm him, Lu Ci, who was always eloquent, couldn't continue.

He knew why she was so reluctant, and how could he have the heart to question and criticize, or express his worries along the way, and then break her heart.

He sighed softly, and under his mother's apologetic, distressed, and worried eyes, he regained his relaxed tone: "Mother, rest well, and don't say anything if you drive me away."

"My son is getting older, so he must be very busy every day, and I can't help you with the things you are busy with except listening to the merchants from Qinzhou." Mother Lu still insisted on thinking, and said slowly : "The officials... value you so much, you should do your best to help me. This is just a minor illness for me. Even if you come, you will not be of much use. You really don't need to come here on purpose. It's better to use your talents to the right effect." place to go."

Although what he said was profound and righteous, Lu Ci didn't know, what she was most afraid of was delaying his future?

Seeing Lu Ci's silence, Mother Lu thought that he had listened to him, so she couldn't help being a little happy, and continued to persuade: "Get out quickly, you are very weak, but don't be infected with the sickness in this room. If you don't If I go out, not only will I not recover from my illness, but I will also be angry."

Hearing this, Lu Ci closed his eyes and didn't say anything to persuade him. He just followed her heart and got up and retreated to the door.

"I'll come back at night."

Lu's mother said anxiously: "Hey!"

After saying this, Lu Ci ignored her repeated persuasion and went to the front hall.

Waiting in the front hall was Zhong Yuan who was fidgeting.

After seeing Lu Ci, Zhong Yuan was neither surprised at the speed with which he came back, nor did he ask any other nonsense, he just stepped forward and said solemnly: "I have asked clearly, our mother's illness, there is indeed no cure. Few people have been diagnosed and treated, but there is no effect. I sent people to the surrounding counties to look for famous doctors the day before yesterday. If there are people who are good at lung disease, I will tie them back, you can rest assured."

Lu Ci didn't say a word, just hugged this friend from childhood whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and said solemnly: "Okay."

Zhong Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly hugged back hard, and then let go quickly.

After looking at Lu Ci from head to toe, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "You're not good at playing tricks, you've come all this way, I'm afraid you won't rest, but don't get tired and get sick Don't tell me, we have to make our mother die in a hurry."

Lu Ci nodded, and said kindly: "I'm going to rest now."

After these days of non-stop running around, the boat was very bumpy, coupled with the worries in his heart, he did feel a little unwell.

Thinking about Xiaomei for a while, she didn't intend to be brave.

"You know it in your heart." Zhong Yuan has been convinced by Lu Ci since he was a child. Seeing that he has a sense of proportion, he doesn't say much: "I heard people said that this time I came back in a hurry, and I didn't even bring anyone with me. I Thinking that it would be inconvenient to find servants temporarily, I decided to make up my own mind and call some from me for you to use temporarily, and look for them seriously when you have some free time."

Lu Ci nodded: "Okay."

Zhong Yuan looked at him with unconcealed worry, and choked back the rest of the words. Besides, it was really not a good time to reminisce about the old days, so he didn't even drink tea, so he just said "I'll come back tomorrow morning" and hurried away. left.

After Zhong Yuan left, Lu Ci seemed to let go of his thoughts. He stared at the teacup pattern on the table for a long time before suddenly remembering a fatal omission.

——After he declined the official's sending a horse to see him off at the post station, he forgot to ask the official to send an imperial doctor to accompany him to Mizhou to consult his mother!

Lu Ci's heart sank suddenly, he couldn't care less about his exhaustion, he stood up almost in a hurry, and went straight to the study on the second floor, after finishing the ink with his own hands, he wrote an article of grace begging the imperial doctor to visit him .

After sending someone to deliver the letter to the post office, he relaxed his tense body slightly, leaned his straight back against the back of the chair, and rubbed the center of his brows vigorously, not daring to relax in the slightest.

He couldn't suppress the lingering fear in his heart, he just thought about the scene when he came, and checked carefully to see if there were any omissions.

What he still doesn't know is that this omission is just a false alarm in front of the careful little emperor.

Although Zhao Zhen didn't realize that the little master was smiling gently as always, he was actually in chaos.

But after Lu Ci left, he stood worriedly in the position of the young master and thought about it for a while, and soon made the decision to ask the imperial doctor Qin who he relied on the most in the palace to visit him.

It is obviously impossible to catch up with Lu Ci who travels day and night.

However, knowing how much Lu Ci, an important minister in the court, is valued by the officials, and knowing that he shoulders a heavy responsibility, Qin Yuyi still hired a fast boat to minimize the time spent in various ports. Finally, on the seventh day of the lunar new year, they arrived at Mizhou City.