Lan Congxiao

Chapter 149 Want to find traces

When Xun Fei was testing each other between Zongzheng's family and Zongzhengyue, he welcomed several distinguished guests in Weiming Villa.

Lin Qi hurriedly ran into the other garden, and shouted excitedly to Qiu Zhu who was reading by the fireside, "Master, someone from the Liu family is here. Master Liu said he heard that you are not in good health, so he came to visit."

Qiu Zhu looked normal, and said softly, "Changing clothes for me."

After being ill for a long time, Qiu Zhu lived in seclusion, lost a lot of weight, and the look of his eyes also dimmed a lot.

Lin Zhengqing was sitting in the main hall talking with Mr. Liu, when he saw a young man in a white brocade robe approaching with help from a distance, an imperceptible worry flickered between his brows.

When Qiu Zhu entered the door, Lin Qi swept the snow off his body for him, Lin Zhengqing hurriedly asked, "Don't you go and put the stove next to the second young master?"

Master Liu's expression was even more surprising, how could Qiu Zhu be so sick, his face was as pale as paper, coughing and wheezing after a few steps, it was obviously far from the radiant appearance before.

"Qiu Zhu has seen Uncle." The voice fell to the ground without any strength, and one could tell what the situation was like by hearing it.

"Qiuzhu, what are you doing..." Mr. Liu couldn't describe his surprise, Lin Zhengqing sighed, "I have been ill for a long time since the beginning of winter, Dr. Su's medical skills are well-known, but there is still no improvement."

"Doctor Su has superb medical skills, but there is nothing he can do?" Master Liu couldn't help worrying whether Qiuzhu's body might recover.

"Don't blame Dr. Su, he is not omnipotent." He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, but he never wanted to be choked on the water, and coughed even worse. Lin Qi was frightened, "Master, are you okay..." Hastily caressed his back.

"The last time you came to Liu's mansion, we still played chess, as if it was yesterday." Master Liu's expression was obviously not as good as before, and Lin Zhengqing saw the worry on his face.

"Brother Liu has been traveling all the way, and I ordered someone to prepare a feast of wine and vegetables to welcome the wind. This time, I will stay for a longer period of time, so that you and my brother can catch up." In fact, they knew well that the purpose of coming this time was to discuss the relationship between the two. The child's marriage was swallowed by Mr. Liu.

When Master Liu was resting, he walked around the villa casually, but he still couldn't let go of Qiuzhu's weak appearance, so he walked in the direction of Qiuzhu's Bieyuan after thinking about it.

On the road, I ran into two servants who were sweeping snow and chatting. I didn't intend to eavesdrop, but when I heard about the second young master, I stopped in my tracks.

"You think the young master is strange, and the marriage is not in a hurry. When he recovers from his illness, he will have plenty of time. Why do you have to find someone for Lin Qi to marry now?"

"I heard that it seems that the second young master feels that his time is approaching. He and Lin Qi grew up together. Naturally, he wanted to help Lin Qi plan well. Besides, something big happened in the second wife's room a while ago, and the young master actually Unscathed, the master has not been held accountable, it is obvious that the second young master's health is failing, so the elder master will keep it no matter what."

"Don't talk nonsense, the master and wife are very nervous about the second young master recently, if we are heard, we both will be finished."

The conversation between the two servants startled Mr. Liu, who was eavesdropping. It turned out that Qiuzhu was already terminally ill, and the medicine stone was ineffective. No wonder he was secretive when he saw Master Lin talking about Qiuzhu today.Thinking of him, but thinking of her daughter in her boudoir——Liu Qing'er.

Qing'er has been in love with Qiu Zhu for many years, and he is naturally delighted with Qiu Zhu's character and his deep intelligence, but with his current appearance, how could he be willing to let his daughter marry him? The eldest lady became a widow, and when this news spread, she would become the laughing stock of the whole city.

Sure enough, within a few days, Master Liu no longer had the intention to stay in the villa, so he talked about this matter with Lin Zhengqing straight to the point.

After Lin Qi eavesdropped, she came back to report to Qiu Zhu. In order not to make Qiu Zhu sad, she said it a little euphemistically, but Qiu Zhu smiled indifferently, "A girl from a good family, whoever is willing to enter the door, just guard her." Widow?"

"Nonsense, my lord, it's not like you're going to get better. Why do you think their daughter is going to be a widow?" Lin Qi was indignant about this, but Qiu Zhu comforted him, "Miss Liu is the apple of the eye of the Liu family, and no one can take away her daughter." Joking about the important event of life, I would rather miss it than make a mistake.”

"When this matter got out, wouldn't there be rumors about the Liu family retiring, young master, your face..." Lin Qi thought of those open mouths, chatting about their young master every day, and wanted to sew their mouths.

"But what I said is not false. I am indeed sick and will not heal for a long time. Besides, the mouth grows on someone else's body. What can we do? Come and help me grind."

Lin Qi looked at Qiu Zhu's increasingly irrelevant appearance, and didn't know whether to be lucky or worried about it.

On the day Master Liu left, Qiu Zhu stood by the window and looked at the winter scenery outside. Lin Qi brought in a bowl of soup and medicine, and continued to babble for a while, saying that Dr. Su's medicine was not effective and so on.

Qiu Zhu took it and drank it all in one gulp. Lin Qi always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain why, so he turned and left with an empty bowl.

Just walking halfway, I suddenly remembered what was wrong. In the past to deliver the medicine, Qiu Zhu always said "keep it" and "drink it later", Lin Qi always had to go again to take away the empty bowl, but today It's dry and crisp.

He held the empty bowl and thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what was so special about this anomaly.At this time, two gardeners came towards the other garden with two pots of flowers.

"You guys came to send flowers, didn't you just come here to arrange them a while ago?" Lin Qi didn't pay much attention to this matter. In the past, Xun Fei took care of the flowers and plants himself, so there was no need for a gardener to get started, but recently the gardener seems to be very diligent in changing flowers and plants.

"I don't know what method Xunfei used to take care of the flowers and plants in the past. Since we took charge, the flowers and plants have always died inexplicably or become unreasonable. Except for the few pots Xunfei planted in the past, which were taken care of by the second young master himself, everything else was done. Listless." The gardener complained casually, and Lin Qi suddenly straightened out his doubts.

While Qiu Zhu was reading in the study, he checked all the flowerpots around his room, searched everywhere, lowered his head and sniffed, and finally smelled a medicinal smell in several flowerpots that were about to wither.He has always been in charge of delivering the medicine himself, and the smell is already familiar, and it is clearly the medicine he delivered to the young master.

"My lord!" Lin Qi couldn't hold back anymore, rushed into the study and questioned Qiu Zhu, "Why did you pour out the medicine? If I didn't find something abnormal today, I'm afraid I would still be kept in the dark."

"You have the guts to follow suit." Looking at Lin Qi's angry look, he smiled instead of anger, put down the pen in his hand and smiled.

"These days, everyone is worried about you. Why don't you take it seriously and throw away all the medicine, and I'll tell you why you haven't gotten better. It turns out that you didn't want it to get better at all." Lin Qi stood with his arms crossed At the desk.

Qiu Zhu was a little sorry for this, and explained guiltily, "It's my fault for making you worry, but you must always be willing to do things."

"Why?" Lin Qi was at a loss.

"The Liu family is retiring. After much deliberation, I can't find a way to have both. It can keep Miss Liu's reputation and break the engagement. That's why I deliberately worsened my condition. Now that the marriage is approaching, how can the Liu family not know that they must do it for their own sake. Miss Liu's resignation from this marriage, although the method is a bit shameful, but it can be considered as a way to achieve both."

There was a smile on the corner of Qiu Zhu's pale mouth, and with a faint wry smile, Lin Qi suddenly realized why he had never thought about it.

"You made this decision to get rid of the engagement?" Lin Qi never thought that their son had been waiting here from the very beginning, and everyone was kept in the dark, walking step by step according to his chess game. As Dr. Su said, the young master of his family is just indisputable, but in terms of mind, there is really no rival in this villa.

"Why did you even hide it from me?" Thinking of this matter, he was unwilling again, when he was an outsider in the young master's heart.

"You have to be real in acting. If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game. If someone finds out the clues, this matter will not end well." Qiu Zhu's expression is obviously much better than before. Only the candle knows.

"My son retired because he had a sweetheart?" Lin Qi was also puzzled, this Qiu Zhu had never met any woman, but he was the only one with Xun Fei, so there was no sweetheart at all.

"Doctor Su is probably coming soon. Prepare a pot of good tea to apologize for his sins. This time, he almost smashed his signboard. I really can't afford to offend him."

Dr. Su took out a silver needle and pierced the blood on Qiu Zhu's arm. Qiu Zhu frowned and pursed her thin lips, enduring the pain.

"You can get through this period of time, Second Young Master, you really have made it to the next level." Dr. Su spoke in a strange way, and he couldn't stop blaming him while administering the needles.

"Now you can be regarded as superb medical skills to heal a person who is dying." Qiu Zhu smiled a little guiltyly, "Besides, if you really blame me, why wait until today, how can your eyes see I don't know how my condition is."

"The wish is already made, so why continue to suffer? I think it's time to recover from your lovesickness, Second Young Master." Qiu Zhu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Doctor Su in a daze. , lovesickness is difficult to cure, the second young master's illness is three parts real and seven parts fake, it is precisely this three parts true lovesickness that has fooled everyone."

"When did you find out?" Qiu Zhu didn't want to hide it from them, but she didn't want to deliberately mention it, because after all, he and Xun Fei are quite special.

"Second Young Master, just pretend that Su has never heard of this matter. You must not tell others about everything, but everything can be said by others. You have already understood your thoughts. All Su can do is to continue to treat the second young master. "

Dr. Su acted as if he had nothing to do with himself, but on the contrary, it relieved Qiu Zhu from many burdens.Dr. Su has been around the world for many years, and his little tricks probably couldn't fool his medical skills, and thanks to his willingness to help him, otherwise Lin Qiuzhu would definitely lose this round.

I walked with Dr. Su in the garden for a while and then sent him away. On the way back, I happened to pass by the pond. Lin Qiusheng stood not far away with the snow on his head, in a daze.

Knowing that the situation in the villa is tense, Qiuzhu shook his head and turned around to leave. Lin Qiusheng suddenly called him, "Your younger brother doesn't want to chat with elder brother when we meet? Is it because you don't want to add insult to injury, or do you disdain to talk to me?"

"In this snowy day, elder brother should go into the house to avoid the wind and cold. Now that sister-in-law is pregnant, you should take good care of yourself." Qiu Zhu saw that the crutch Lin Qiusheng was leaning on was the one she gave him that day, and she couldn't help feeling a little strange. Qiu Sheng's leg injury is not so serious that it has not healed for a long time.

Taking a closer look, I haven't seen this elder brother for a long time, but he has lost a lot of weight, his clothes look empty, and his face is full of haggardness.

"For a long time when I was a child, I didn't dare to approach this pond, for fear that both of you would come out of the water." Lin Qiusheng reached out to touch the railing, and limped forward, "I hated you since I was a child, because you I'm the son of the legitimate son and I'm just the son of the concubine. You are the first in everything. Your mother doesn't like the big red dress, but my mother will never be able to wear that dress, because only the main house can use red. That night, I heard that you can disappear forever in the In this world, there is a tinge of joy in my heart, there will be no concubine in the villa in the future, and Lin Qiuzhu will not step on my head forever."

"But for so many years, I have always wondered if there is such a thing as retribution. At the beginning, I could have exposed and stopped me, but I stopped myself. The person I wanted to die was you, but in the end it was my sister who killed me. Mingming Niang wants to take us out to play, why did she go to Tinglanyuan to find you, everything is up to fate, not at all."

Lin Qiusheng's face was expressionless, but the sockets of his eyes couldn't stop turning red. When Qiu Zhu heard this, he wasn't angry at all, but felt ridiculous in his heart.

"Everything is up to fate, but I don't know if it's not up to anyone at all. Now that you are the young master of Weiming Villa, please act like a young master. After all, you don't have a mother to take care of everything for you. If you have No matter how sad the spring and autumn are, Xianxin thinks about how to go in the future." With a sneer, he snatched the crutch from Lin Qiusheng's hand and threw it into the river. The crutch broke the thin ice on the river surface and floated on the water. Lin Qiusheng frowned in a ridiculous way, but Qiuzhu looked meaningless, watching the good show, "It's really an honor to be hated by big brother so much, but it's a pity I didn't pay attention to it, because you are such a dude, I don't care about you." It’s a sight to behold on the street.”

"Lin Qiuzhu!" Lin Qiusheng stepped forward a few steps, and hit with a backhand, but Qiuzhu staggered and dodged, raised her head and hit Lin Qiusheng's calf, her legs were weak and half kneeling on the snow, "Brothers kill each other, It will damage your reputation if it spreads. Brother, please listen carefully. From tomorrow on, you will go to the winery to learn how to make wine, sell wine and distinguish wine from the beginning. When you go home, you are not allowed to mess with flowers. After a few months, you will learn nothing, your household income will be reduced by half, and you will not make progress within a year. From now on, there will be no young master in Weiming Villa, and there will be no Lin Qiusheng in the family tree!"

"You!" Qiu Zhu had never threatened him so bluntly before, and Lin Qiusheng was even more surprised that he didn't understand Lin Qiuzhu's intentions and forced him to study at the winery.

"Brother, please keep in mind what I said today. If you dare to commit a crime, don't blame my younger brother. I don't think of brotherhood, and I will drive you out! Erniang lost power. If elder brother lives like this again, Qiu Zhu really doesn't know how long elder brother can be at ease here." After that, Qiu Zhu walked away, leaving Lin Qiusheng alone in a daze.

It was also difficult to recover from Lin Zhengqing and the butler who were standing not far away. The butler looked puzzled. According to his understanding of the second young master, the second young master always pretended to be indifferent to people. I have never seen him come out to get involved in such a big event, obviously he has his own plan, but why did he do it like this.

"Qiu Zhu is so tolerant towards his elder brother?" Lin Zhengqing knew why Shuang Shuang died. He knew well that the two brothers had been at odds since they were young, and Qiu Sheng would sometimes act as a brotherly brother, and Qiu Zhu would even pretend to be willful. I don't want to lie to him either.

What's more, at this moment, everyone in the villa has already understood that what Lin Zhengqing cares about is not the eldest son, but Qiuzhu, the youngest son who has already learned a lot. How could he know that when he was about to give up Lin Qiusheng, Qiuzhu deliberately sent him to the winery? push.This nosy business is not about Qiu Zhu's past style.As a father, he can always guess how Qiu Zhu's temperament is, and he has suffered a lot of grievances since he was a child. This is not what Qiu Zhu did.

"The Eldest Young Master is not half as hardworking as the Second Young Master in doing things and studying, but now he is still like a naughty boy when he is married. It is really rare for the Second Young Master to have such a hard work." Injuries, such a situation was beyond their expectation, but such a good situation is really rare.

"Just do what Qiuzhu said. I'd like to see if my incompetent eldest son can leave a name on the family tree in a year." Without thinking too much, he turned and left.

"Yes, sir!"

I thought the turmoil in the villa had finally calmed down, but soon after, there was a commotion, because the second young master disappeared without a trace, leaving only a letter behind, and even the inseparable Lin Lin... Chess didn't know about it either.

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