old grace

When Xie Qinghe was infatuated, Chen Cong, the host of the enchanted world this time, kept yelling at you for cheating, I am not convinced.

"Like you and other narrow-minded villains, if you change your identity as a loving father and mother, you can live a safe and smooth life? I will let you exchange lives with Chen Jun, are you willing?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Chen Cong turned around in the void violently, and said unconvinced: "Why should I exchange lives with him? I am the emperor, and he will only be a third-class king until he dies! I hate him for being ignorant and lazy but taking all the favors. Is it because I am narrow-minded? He has his own parents and brothers, so why did he come to take my imperial father? I am the prince!"

"You also said that he is ignorant and lazy. If he is trying his best to seek credit for his favor, there is some reason for you to hate him. It is clear that your father is partial and does not love your son. He wants to love the nephew next door. How dare you hate your father?" Father, I also respect you as a hero. You are afraid of the strong and bullying the weak, and you only dare to make things difficult for your cousin. You are not only narrow-minded, but also dirty and shameless." Xie Qinghe waved his sleeves, "Shut up!"

Chen Cong's phantom was instantly restrained by the invisible round wall of runes in the sky, Xie Qinghe was too lazy to look at him, and flew into the world.

When I opened my eyes, it was the late spring and March of the seventh year of Tianxiang.

This is an era of war and chaos where the princes are fighting together. The Qin court is declining and the kings are bullying.

Among the noble families with ancient backgrounds, the Chen family in Xiangzhou was born in the grass, without real culture, and they were out-and-out barbarians.After the death of the old patriarch Chen Fu, he actually handed over all the family property and military power to the eldest son Chen Qi, and instead let his descendant Chen Ji pitifully live on the breath of his brother, which was made a joke by the princes and aristocrats.

However, the Chen family, ridiculed and excluded by the noble families, completely ended the troubled times and aspired to the top of the world after the Shuzhi Chen Qi took charge of the family for 30 years.

Chen Cong is Chen Qi's eldest son. He is only six years old this year, and he is still an ignorant naughty boy.

——His father, Chen Qi, had just completed the funeral of his grandfather Chen Fu and officially took charge of Xiangzhou.

Funerals in this era are very grand. After the death of the father, the filial piety period is 27 months, and the filial son has to build a grass shed next to the father's grave. He lives in the shed every day and guards the grave for his father day and night.

This matter is not unreasonable. In ancient times, wild beasts were everywhere, and people dug pits and buried them in the ground after death. If no one guarded the tomb, it was easy to be dug out by wild dogs and wolves and eaten.How can the family bear it?Therefore, let the strong son live in a hut next to the grave and guard the grave for the dead parents. After 27 months, the parents' corpses have been turned into mud, and the trouble of being gouged by jackals and wild dogs has just ended.

It's just that once the filial piety of children becomes a ritual, and it is stipulated as a discipline and morality that must be followed, many things are difficult to be formalized.

For a powerful family like the Chen family, Chen Fu was buried in the ancestral tomb, and his own family elders and orphans went to guard the tomb. In order to show his filial piety, Chen Qi, who inherited the family business, was still in Chen Fu's tomb. A grass shed was built on the side, and they lived there for 27 months.

For more than two years of observing filial piety, Chen Qi did not eat meat, did not enjoy dancing and music, and of course he did not approach women.

After the mourning period was over, the retainers tacitly arranged to change the mourning clothes for the Patriarch and resume eating.The most important thing is that the head of the family is in his prime, and there is only an only son like the eldest son, which is very unsafe in an era when children often die young.Therefore, the retainers had to select Ji concubines for the head of the family, and spread their branches and leaves.

Xie Qinghe's entry into the WTO at this time represents that Chen Cong's greatest knot and regret in his life happened at this time.

——Chen Qi took a concubine, was assassinated, and lost his fertility.

Chen Cong is Chen Qi's eldest son, but not Chen Qi's legitimate son, but the son of his concubine Mrs. Hua.

The Hua family was born in Donghu Lake. She was originally the daughter of a family in Donghu Lake. She married Su Jin, the prefect of Donghu Lake. After the Chen family sent troops to capture Donghu Lake, they killed all of the Su family. .Chen Cong's birth was purely an accident.Chen Qi didn't want Huashi to give birth to his own child at all, so he fed Huashi the tiger and wolf medicine to sterilize him, but he didn't know that Huashi was still pregnant.

Chen Qi's first wife, Jiang Shi, was infertile for a long time, and wanted to adopt Chen Cong, so Hua Shi had the opportunity to give birth to Chen Cong.

Chen Qi finished the filial piety for his father, counting his age, he was already 26 years old.In this day and age, with his status and status, which family doesn't have wives and concubines everywhere, and groups of children?He only has a concubine to have children, so it's really not safe.Therefore, Chen Qi was also in a hurry to have children and extend his descendants.

In this year and month, the eldest son is very particular about inheriting the family business, Chen Qi also wants to have a son with his first wife, but the Jiang family is always not pregnant.The concubine had no hope, so Chen Qi wanted to have more concubines. The Chen family was born in a rough place, so they didn't pay much attention to the concubine. Chen Qi himself was the concubine who was in charge of the family, so he didn't have to have a concubine.

According to Chen Qi's experience, women from Donghu Lake are tall and straight, good-looking and fertile, and they are very suitable candidates for concubines to reproduce.The retainers hired seven or eight women from Donghu Lake for Chen Qi at one go, and waited for Chen Qi to plant seeds.

Then, something unexpected happened.

When the Chen family attacked Donghu Lake, in order to eliminate the power of the family, they never relentlessly killed and exterminated the family.

The Hua family and the Su family were married for generations. The Chen family killed all of the Su family, but they did not show mercy to the Hua family.There was a girl named Huachun whose father and mother both died. After fleeing, because of her outstanding temperament and beautiful appearance, she was robbed by refugees and sold to a wealthy family as a slave. was offered up.

Chen Qiming knew that this beautiful woman was definitely not raised by the farmers, but he didn't pay attention to the exiled woman at all.

——He has been fighting outside all year round, and often robs noble ladies and daughters to try his best. The more staunch women, the more he likes them.If it is a country woman, no matter how beautiful she looks like a flower, she will also smell like noble wax, and she will not be able to lift her spirits.

I don't know whether it was Hua Chun's tricks or Chen Qi's two years of filial piety, which caused a big problem this time.

Hua Chun bit off Chen Qi's two balls, and from then on, Chen Qi couldn't bear any more children.

The incident became very serious, Chen Qi was furious, and ordered the seven concubines and thirty female maids of Xinna to be murdered, and because Hua Chun and Chen Cong's biological mother, Hua Shi, were cousins ​​in the next room, In order to vent his anger on Hua Shi, he ordered someone to strangle Hua Shi to death with a rope.He originally wanted to execute Chen Cong together, but it was his wife Mrs. Jiang who hugged Chen Cong tightly and cried out: "My son is the only flesh and blood in the world, and it comes out of the Hua family's body cavity, just like pearls come out of clam shells, and lotus flowers Out of the mud, how can there be any reason to offend the pearl white lotus with the smelly mud?"

Chen Qi, who was in a maddened state, suddenly remembered that if he could no longer have children, Chen Cong would become his only blood, extremely precious!

From then on, Chen Cong became Chen Qi's only son. Chen Qi had to cultivate him, leave his family business to him, and hated him very much——Chen Qi didn't look like the Chen family, but more like his mother Hua's.Chen Qi hated Hua's daughter to the marrow because of the injury of Hua's daughter, and even angered Chen Cong.

Chen Cong felt that the tragedies in his life were caused by Hua Chun who assassinated his father.

As long as the father is prevented from being assassinated, the father will not anger the mother and himself, and there will be no troubles between father and son afterwards.

Xie Qinghe sat cross-legged on the couch, looking at the lonely sky outside the door, sorting out Chen Cong's emotional thoughts.

He had long since ceased to resolve his knots for the demons, and he didn't even bother to ask Chen Cong how much he thought or resented him.Originally, this identity involved too much and was very troublesome. Thanks to the little fat girl's careful selection, she directly stuffed Shangguan Shiyi into Chen Qi's pocket—otherwise, just getting rid of this powerful, cruel and tricky father, It takes a lot of effort.

After sorting out the current timeline, Xie Qinghe still doesn't quite understand the current situation, whether the master and the junior brother have come.

"Sugu." Xie Qinghe got up and walked to the door, and asked the nanny who was guarding the corridor, "Where is Dad?"

Su Gu was dozing off next to the pillar. Hearing this, she opened her eyes and said with a smile, "Xiao Langjun is awake. But are you hungry?" She expertly hugged Xie Qinghe, pulled open her skirt with one hand, exposed her chest, and was about to breastfeeding.

Xie Qinghe's mind was full of grievances and grudges from Chen Cong's adulthood. He really didn't take the current daily situation into his heart. Suddenly, he was hit by a violent blow on the head, his face was slapped, and he was stunned for a moment.

He struggled to get out, and still remembered grabbing Su Gu's skirt and covering her chest: "That's... no need."

The nobles of this era used slaves and maidservants as livestock, and young masters and young ladies from aristocratic families would raise several wet nurses and nurse them until they were over ten years old.

After the age of ten, it is not weaning, but switching to a milk cup.There are milk houses in the homes of the nobles, which specially raise milk-producing nurses, milk the milk every day, and send it to the owner's house for drinking according to the time.Not only children drink, but also the lords, mistresses, wives, and even favored concubines can also drink human milk.Only the second-class people who can't afford a milkhouse eat cow's and goat's milk.

Being rejected by Xiao Langjun once, Su Gu didn't feel embarrassed.It's like a maid giving a cup of tea to the young master, and if the young master doesn't drink it, he won't drink it.

She straightened her clothes and asked with a smile: "Young man, do you want to eat yellow rice? Madam gave me a pot of sauced meat, and said that I asked him to dip it in honey. Su Gu went to get it for him?"

In the eyes of the nanny, the six-year-old little master can only care about two things, one is eating, and the other is playing.The rest doesn't matter.

Xie Qinghe asked again: "Where is Dad?"

Just now Su Gu faced up to his inquiry, and still coaxed the child, saying: "The master is busy, and I will summon the little man when I have free time. If the little man is bored, Su Gu will take you to the wife's room to play ?”

Xie Qinghe really doesn't know what the situation is now, it is also a good choice to go to Mrs. Jiang to inquire about information: "Okay."

Su Gu stretched out her hand habitually, wanting to hug Xie Qinghe.

Xie Qinghe took a step back, turned back to put on the wooden clogs, and landed steadily.Su Gu smiled all over her face: "Go slowly, don't fall."

As a non-cultivator, Chen Cong has very poor physical fitness.Chen Cong thought it was the sterilization pill that his biological mother Hua had taken that delayed him. Although Hua was lucky enough to get pregnant, Chen Cong had a bad pregnancy in the womb. Hua often fell ill and had fever during pregnancy. Weaker, the doctor once thought that he would not live beyond the moon, and Mrs. Jiang hugged him day and night and took care of him, so he miraculously survived.

Chen Cong hated his cousin and his own father, but he respected his aunt Mrs. Jiang, full of gratitude and admiration.

He liked to play in Mrs. Jiang's room since he was a child.

Chen Cong lived not far from Mrs. Jiang, walked through the Crescent Moon Gate, walked a few steps along the corridor, and turned around to see the main hall where Mrs. Jiang lived.

The servants and maidservants along the way saw Mr. Xiao Lang coming with his hands behind his back, and Su Gu carefully guarding his back. They all bowed their knees and saluted with smiles. One said, "Mr. Walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger", today Chen Cong didn't ask the nanny to hug Sarai, but walked to the main hall on his own. The servants and servants in the family were very surprised and very happy.

Mrs. Jiang was talking with several concubines spinning in the house, when she heard the servants talking, she quickly put down the spinning awl in her hand and came out to welcome her.

"My son." Mrs. Jiang knelt down at the door, reaching out to pick up Chen Cong like a toddler, "It's a good day, come and give me a hug."

Xie Qinghe: "..."

A six-year-old child can learn boxing and kicking at the outer sect of Fanghan Mountain, and he has walked two steps. As for mobilizing teachers so much?

Walking up to Mrs. Jiang, Xie Qinghe bowed his hands and saluted: "My mother."

Mrs. Jiang put him in her arms and hugged him up: "My son is promising!"

Chen Cong is jealous of his cousin Chen Jun all day long, thinking that his cousin is loved by his parents and is a spoiled child in the jungle. Since he took power, he has made orders to scold his cousin every day, and scolds him bloody when he has nothing to do. , Xie Qinghe really thought he had a miserable life when he was a child... Judging from the current situation, although Mrs. Jiang is not her own mother, how can she treat him very badly?

Xie Qinghe was carried into the house by Mrs. Jiang, and the concubines stopped working, and all moved to take him to warm up.

Although it is late spring at this time, the heat of summer has not yet arrived, and the cold spring is expected to be chilly.It just rained last night, and it's a bit chilly today.Mrs. Jiang's room burns charcoal, which can be used for cooking soup and ironing. Several concubines sit together and watch Mrs. Jiang tease Jiaoer.

——Chen Qi only has such a son, and in such a huge yard, this little trick is worth doing.

Several concubines wanted to play with Mr. Xiao Lang for a while, this one took off the hairpin and shook it in front of Xie Qinghe like a cat, the other took the dried fruit plate and peeled the peanuts, and showed Xie Qinghe the embroidery on the clothes : "Xiao Langjun, here, look at my mother's little mandarin duck..."

Only Chen Cong's biological mother, Mrs. Hua, sat beside Mrs. Jiang with a smile, as if she was Mrs. Jiang's personal maid, silent.

Xie Qinghe wanted to inquire about Chen Qi's current situation from Mrs. Jiang, and to confirm whether it was Chen Qi or the master at this moment, so he had to endure the teasing of these concubines.He couldn't help but make people see that it was abnormal.He couldn't cooperate too much, let the concubine mothers have too much fun and continue to work hard, so they had to grab the hairpin extended by Fang Shi with their hands, sit on the hem of Wei Shi's clothes, and grab the peanuts that Yao Shi peeled.

The concubines played around him for a while, seeing him lying in Madam Jiang's arms as if about to sleep, they all lowered their voices and changed the subject.

This group of women first talked about the banquet at the mansion, and then talked about eating, drinking and dressing.

Xie Qinghe originally thought that intrigues were unavoidable in the backyards of rich families, and that the first wife of the main family always put on a face to clean up the concubines. Who knew that the atmosphere of this era seems to be different, or it may be Mrs. Jiang's maverick. All in all, the descendants of the Chen family The house atmosphere is very special.

Mrs. Jiang is not only the hostess, but more like the mother and reliance of many concubines. What the concubines want, they can tell Mrs. Jiang that Mrs. Jiang will give everything she can. She also educates her husband’s concubines like an elder, almost With just a few words, Xie Qinghe discovered that Mrs. Jiang actually taught the concubines to read and write, and shared with the concubines the incense and recipes she married.

Xie Qinghe closed his eyes after a while, pretending to be asleep.

Mrs. Jiang asked the maid to bring a blanket to cover him, and let him sleep beside her, looking at him from time to time.

Now that Mr. Xiao Lang fell asleep, the concubine mothers talked more fancy, and talked about the new concubine room of the Lord Lang.The concubines naturally don't want their husbands to have too many new loves, and they will be sad if they have too many monks and too little food.However, not all concubines want to have children.

The Fang family who just teased Xie Qinghe didn't want to have a child: "Let's not talk about whether you can give birth smoothly, even if you give birth, your waist will be thicker, your shoulders will be wider, your body will not be as slim as when you were a girl, and it will be troublesome to wear clothes... If you give birth If you don't come down, that's bad."

The other concubines looked at Mrs. Jiang nervously, lest she get angry.

It is the duty of a concubine to give birth to a child for the lord.How dare you say such nonsense in front of the mistress?

Mrs. Jiang shot Fang a look, pointed to her nose, and said: "It's all right for us mothers to talk about it, don't talk nonsense in front of your husband. Now he only hopes to have a few more children, you are his lungs." Guanzi, be careful with this skin."

Xie Qinghe already knew that Chen Qi, who was keen on having children with his concubine, would definitely not be the right time to be an official.

Things get very troublesome.

If the time for Shangguan has arrived at this time, and Chen Qi doesn't sleep with his little wife, he won't meet Hua Chun, and he won't be bitten off his balls.At this time, the seven concubines and thirty maidservants collected by the Chen family's retainers were also preserved.

There is also Chen Cong's biological mother, Hua Shi, who is now in danger of being strangled to death.

Xie Qinghe is very passive in doing things now. Firstly, he is young and secondly, he has a large family business. Under such circumstances, whatever he does will be infinitely magnified, and it is easy for people to question his origin and identity.If you want to use force to defeat cleverness, that won't work either.Chen Qi still has to keep his skin for his master.

Just when Xie Qinghe was thinking about countermeasures, a female servant rushed into the door in panic: "Madam, something is wrong!"

Mrs. Jiang didn't like her servants to be so flustered. Just as she was about to teach her a lesson, the maid let go of a thunderstorm: "Morerell sent someone to report that the lord was bitten by the young lady who just came in, and the pain was unbearable. Stop wailing and tell Madam to go and have a look!"

Mrs. Jiang was taken aback, she got up quickly, walked two steps and came back, telling Mrs. Hua: "You stay here to watch Mr. Xiaolang, I'll go ahead to have a look. You're about to leave, don't hang around here."

All the concubines knew how powerful they were, so they agreed.After Mrs. Jiang left, several concubines also agreed to leave.

Only Mrs. Hua stood by Xie Qinghe's side, looking at her sleeping son, unaware of the imminent disaster.

Xie Qinghe heard the movement outside, and immediately opened his eyes and sat up, took Hua's hand, and said: "Mother, hurry up and pack up the gold and silver, take your confidants and escape immediately!"

Hua looked at him in surprise, but didn't find it strange that he spoke so swiftly and suddenly: "Why do you want me to run away?"

"If you don't escape today, you will die." Xie Qinghe said.

There are many legends of gods and ghosts in this era, such as animals suddenly speaking, cats and dogs suddenly turning into humans, a fish was fished out of the river, and it was written in the belly of the fish that so-and-so would become the emperor...etc.Hua was born in a family and educated, so she is not an ordinary girl.His son suddenly opened his mouth to persuade her to run away. She had read countless ghost novels and unofficial history nonsense, but she was not surprised or questioned.

She covered her son with a cloak, hurried back to her residence, packed up all the gold and silver rewards accumulated over the years, and brought her confidant maid and servants with her, and asked someone to hitch an ox cart.Mrs. Jiang is very lenient and kind to the concubines, and Mrs. Hua is the biological mother of the only young gentleman in the house. Usually, if she needs anything, she just asks her servants to go out to buy, and the mansion will allocate a car for her. goods.

At this moment, Mrs. Hua changed into the coarse clothes of the maidservant, asked her confidants to drive the carriage, and got into the carriage with her confidant maid.

"Xiao Lang going with me?" Hua asked.

Xie Qinghe shook his head: "Aniang, take care."

Mrs. Hua looked at him for a moment, her eyes were a little moist, and said: "You are the son of the Chen family, and you will be free only if you are raised in the mansion. If Mr. Chen's husband sins against you, you can seek asylum from Mrs. Jiang. She She is a good-natured woman who is born in a family and has a good reputation. My son is in the world, so I have to ask her a lot."

Xie Qinghe nodded: "I obey."

Mrs. Hua has always been dignified and respectful, but before leaving, she couldn't help but bowed her head and kissed her son's forehead, tears fell down.

Xie Qinghe didn't need to urge her, Hua Shi had already wiped away her tears, and told the servants who were driving the car: "Let's go!"

Seeing Hua's ox cart going away in the drizzle, Xie Qinghe tightened his cloak and hood, and hurried back.Chen Cong was weak since he was a child, Mrs. Jiang pampered him, he didn't even walk very much, suddenly ran back and forth in the backyard of the mansion, Xie Qinghe felt a little out of breath.Moreover, my young toes were so painful from the clogs, and now it was raining lightly, soaking my shoes and socks, and they began to slip when walking on the gravel road.

Chen Qixin's concubines were all placed in the Yixiang Pavilion, Xie Qinghe had to go through the Qinghe Hall and turn to the cornice terrace if he wanted to go there.

Chen Cong only knew that after Chen Qi was assassinated, he ordered the murder of all concubines and maidservants in Yixiang Hall, and sent people to the backyard to strangle Hua Shi to death.The specific time sequence, Chen Cong has been sleeping in his own residence, so he doesn't know clearly.

Sending Hua away secretly is easy to implement, but going to the Yixiang Pavilion to confront Chen Qi head-on, and save those dozens of concubines from the furious Chen Qi... Xie Qinghe also has a headache.But at this moment, the person has small steps and narrow steps, and even walking is very strenuous. When his foot slipped, he fell to the ground.

At this moment, the whole Chen family was in chaos. No one noticed that Xiao Langjun was running around, let alone that he had fallen.

Xie Qinghe's knees, elbows and hands were scratched, and he gritted his teeth in pain, got up and continued running.

He didn't go directly to the Yixiang Pavilion, but went to the east building where Chen Qi kept his counselors and made decisions.

There are clerical staff on duty all year round in the East Building. Chen Qi is also very generous to his advisers. There are always good wine and food, as well as dancing and entertainment, so that his subordinates like to play here, and he can find someone to ask questions at any time. Policy - now it is convenient for Xie Qinghe to find someone.

Xie Qinghe's goal is very clear, Qingxuan in the East Building, where his eldest uncle Zhan Xuanji often smells the fragrance and plays chess.

People come and go in the east building, but few people know Chen Cong. Because Chen Cong is weak, he is rarely taken out to meet guests.

Seeing Xie Qinghe trotting all the way in a cloak, this group of staff and advisers would smile heartily, thinking that it was a kid from some family or a relative of the main family, who ran to the east building to find the parents.Xie Qinghe found Qingxuan smoothly, and pushed the door suddenly.

The dark fragrance in the room is light, agarwood and sandalwood are mixed with dragon brain, Xie Qinghe regained consciousness as soon as he opened the door, and the whole person calmed down.

Zhan Xuanji was talking with Bai Zhifeng, when the wind tightened and the door opened, they both turned their heads.

"Isn't this Mr. Xiao Lang?" Bai Zhifeng leaned back on the bed and said with a smile, "Why did you come here?"

Zhan Xuanji saw the dust stained on Xie Qinghe's cloak, got up and walked to the door, knelt down and asked, "But what happened?" Then he looked at Xie Qinghe's hand, "I need some medicine."

"Mr. Bai, please make it easier. I have something to talk to my uncle." Xie Qinghe said.

Bai Zhifeng hadn't seen Chen Cong for two years. After all, the old patriarch Chen Fu died, and the whole family had to guard the system. The patriarch Chen Qi was the bereaved master. He stayed in his hut for two years and guarded the grave. Who in the family would dare to dance, have fun and have a feast?Without the banquet, Bai Zhifeng naturally had no chance to meet Chen Cong.

I haven't seen you for two years, and Mr. Xiao Lang is two years older. He speaks clearly and has a calm attitude when meeting people, which is not surprising.

Bai Zhifeng stood up, cupped her hands, and retreated.

Xie Qinghe closed the door directly, and said to Zhan Xuanji: "Uncle, go to Yixiang Hall to save people."

Zhan Xuanji choked.Everyone in the entire family knew that the Yixiang Pavilion was the place where Chen Qi placed the beauties, and asked him to go to the Yixiang Pavilion to save people?Even if he is Chen Qi's brother-in-law, he doesn't have a reason to control the wife and brother's boudoir, right?

"Uncle is not only my father's brother-in-law, but also my father's mastermind. Uncle can't ignore this matter." Xie Qinghe said.

Zhan Xuanji asked patiently, "What happened?"

Xie Qinghe didn't know whether Chen Qi ordered to kill Concubine Ji, and it would be a great risk to reveal the specific situation at this time.But if Chen Qi hadn't ordered to kill Concubine Ji, there would be no reason for him to inform Zhan Xuanji to go to Yixiang Hall to save people.

When he was hesitating, there was a bang, spring thunder sounded, and the sound of rain gradually became more frequent.

With external advice, Xie Qinghe said decisively: "Father was assassinated, I am afraid that he will be too involved if he gets angry."

Zhan Xuanji was shocked when he heard the word "assassinated", picked up Xie Qinghe, and ran downstairs.

Seeing him coming down, Zhan Xuanji's servants downstairs hurriedly looked for the coir raincoat and umbrella, but Zhan Xuanji couldn't care less, pulled Xie Qinghe's hood over his head, and ran towards the Yixiang Pavilion.Halfway through the run, Xie Qinghe found that he had even lost his shoes.

Chen Qi's assassination couldn't be hidden from anyone, but the injury was so shameful, the family chose who to notify first, and there were many considerations.

Chen Qi's servant Moreleer panicked and went back to the backyard to tell Mrs. Jiang that it was right.Mrs. Jiang was busy looking for a doctor and taking care of Chen Qi, so she didn't think of passing a message to the retainers in front of her for a while.Xie Qinghe's decision to find Zhan Xuanji to rescue him was a deliberate decision.

Zhan Xuanji is Chen Qi's brother-in-law and also Chen Qi's mastermind. He is one of his own and an important representative of his retainers.

The most important thing is that Zhan Xuanji reads the books of sages and acts morally, and will not sit back and watch Chen Qi kill innocent people indiscriminately.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Zhan Xuanji could barely open his eyes. He could only hear the sound of crying everywhere. He asked angrily in the rainstorm, "Who is crying? Who dares to be presumptuous?!"

Chen Qi has already given the order to kill all the concubines and maidservants in Yixiang Pavilion.

The guards were ordered to arrest and tie up these dozens of girls. The girls were innocent and terrified, crying uncontrollably.Even the guards who captured them felt pity and sympathy. When they heard Zhan Xuanji shouting at the door, some guards immediately came to report: "Master Zhan, the Lord ordered these girls to be taken to Mount Tu and buried alive."

Zhan Xuanji was so angry that his hands trembled, but he breathed again and again, and said after a long while: "You guys wait a moment, I will go to see the Lord."

The guards bowed and agreed, with pleading eyes.

Zhan Xuanji hugged Xie Qinghe and walked to the place where the crowd was densest. He saw Mrs. Jiang's confidant maid Qiangu, so he put Xie Qinghe down at the door, and said in a low voice, "Go yourself. I'm here."

Xie Qinghe felt that Zhan Xuanji was a very kind person.At this time, Chen Qi, who was in a rage against Leilai to persuade and remonstrate, everyone had to bear a great deal of responsibility.Xie Qinghe took him into the water, he still remembered to put Xie Qinghe aside, so as not to make father and son suspicious, this is a real gentleman.

Xie Qinghe has no power to protect himself right now, and he doesn't want to provoke Chen Qi, so he stepped forward and tugged on Aunt Laxi's skirt: "Aunt."

Seeing that he was drenched in water, Aunt Qian was shocked, whispered a few words of advice to the maid beside her, picked up Xie Qinghe herself, asked the maid to hold an umbrella, and carried him all the way back to the backyard.Su Gu has gone crazy looking for someone in the backyard, and Qian Gu has no time to scold her. All the maids look at the drenched young man as if he is facing an enemy. Here they boil hot water for a bath, and there they cook ginger soup to drive away the cold. , I'm afraid Xiao Langjun will get sick.

Xie Qinghe thought to himself, why are you so nervous?

After he took a bath, drank ginger soup, slept under the quilt, and felt his body float, he realized that the maids were definitely not joking.

It was just a rain, and he really fell ill...

Xie Qinghe fell into a drowsy sleep.

In the dream, I vaguely heard Mrs. Jiang's scolding voice, and a pair of very gentle hands stroking his hot and heavy forehead.The skin bag he wore was too small, so a hug easily wrapped him up, making him seem to be sleeping in a nest of clouds.

He even subconsciously thought that Thirteen Niang wanted Yun Duo to make a bed, so that should be the feeling of a bed made of clouds, right?

Thinking of this, he felt that the ignorant Thirteen Niangs were ridiculous, and he also felt that he was ridiculous.

I don't know how long I slept. When I woke up drowsy, my mouth was dry and my nose was stuffy, and my breathing was not smooth.Xie Qinghe sat up from the bed, Sugu woke up immediately, and asked: "Young Lord, you are awake. Are you thirsty? Hungry? Are you taking medicine?"

Before Xie Qinghe could speak, Mrs. Jiang had already brought Aunt Qian in. Sitting on the side of the couch, she touched Xie Qinghe's forehead with her hand: "It's not hot anymore, it's all right. Bring the medicine quickly."

Xie Qinghe felt a little thirsty, and drinking water and medicine could relieve it, so he didn't object.

The maid brought the medicine, Xie Qinghe smelled it, and knew that the prescription was too ancient and quite wrong.

Qihuang medicine is not as old as possible. For thousands of years, new medicines have been discovered, and doctors' understanding of diseases is gradually deepening.However, although this medicine is not suitable for the symptoms, it will not aggravate the condition, so just drink it if it is not bad - he can't say it right now, take a pen, and I will prescribe it myself.

After taking the medicine, Mrs. Jiang took another piece of candied plum and put it in Xie Qinghe's mouth.

Xie Qinghe would rather have a glass of water to rinse his mouth.However, Mrs. Jiang regarded him as a child, so he could only obediently hold Zuomei in his mouth.

"Would you like some bean porridge?" Madam Jiang asked.

Xie Qinghe wants to eat sour soup noodles.However, Xiangzhou in this era did not have sour soup noodles, and even sour soup could not be made.He had no choice but to nod. Mrs. Jiang fed him half a bowl of bean porridge and asked the maid to fetch water for him to rinse his mouth before letting him lie down and rest.

Xie Qinghe recuperated in Mrs. Jiang's house, stayed for four or five days, and found that Chen Cong was very familiar with everything in Mrs. Jiang's house.

In other words, Chen Cong often lived here when he was a child.

Xie Qinghe sorted out Chen Cong's memory and found that when Chen Cong followed Mrs. Jiang, he didn't crazily hate his cousin Chen Jun, nor did he feel much resentment towards his father Chen Qi.After Mrs. Jiang died of illness, Chen Cong suddenly changed his temperament and became cynical.

However, he didn't have the strength to think too much for the time being.

Chen Cong's body is too weak, and at the turn of spring and summer, the temperature difference between day and night is quite large. His illness is like spring rain, lingering and always dirty.Xie Qinghe didn't really want to live under Mrs. Jiang's nose, but Mrs. Jiang refused to let him live alone, so he had to squat in the main room to recuperate.

These days, the concubines who often came to accompany Mrs. Jiang in the principal room disappeared. According to Aunt Qian, it was Mrs. Jiang who didn't ask them to come.

Qiangu said with a smile: "Who does Mr. Xiao Lang miss? The servant girl will invite you now."

What Xie Qinghe was concerned about was Hua's disappearance, and what the family thought.So many days have passed, and no one has heard of anyone chasing after her, and no one has mentioned the missing Hua Shi, as if Hua Shi didn't exist in the first place.However, he didn't know how to ask.

There was no news of concubine Ji being murdered at the Yixiang Hall, it was Zhan Xuanji who persuaded Chen Qi.Xie Qinghe was also slightly relieved.

Four or five days later, Xie Qinghe felt that he was almost better, and was about to ask Mrs. Jiang for instructions to move back to his small courtyard.

Chen Qi, who had been lying in bed for many days after being assassinated, also regained his energy. On this day, he was carried back to the main room.The maids were about to hug Qinghe and tell him to go out to greet his father, when Chen Qi outside had already roared at Madam Jiang: "What are you so worried about?!"

Mrs. Jiang was born in a great family, and she was usually a very respectable lady, but when her husband scolded her head and face, she couldn't bear it anymore.

"Why did your lord make such a statement?" Madam Jiang knelt down, "What's wrong with this concubine that I was humiliated like this?"

"The lady from the Hua family in Yixiang Pavilion assassinated me. You are my wife. You are not in a hurry to seek medical treatment for me. Instead, you are busy arranging for Hua Zheyun to escape from the house. You are sure that I will strangle her to death. Let her go on purpose!"

"Everyone in the east building saw that little bastard knocking on Qingxuan's door, kicking Bai Zhifeng out, and taking Zhan Xuanji to the Yixiang Hall—you not only want to save Hua Zheyun, but also those people in Yixiang Hall who harbor evil intentions." The slut also wants to save!"

Chen Qi swept all the lamps and cups on the table to pieces with a stick, and said with a grim expression, "Are you my wife, or the assassin's wife!"

Hua Shi was let go by Xie Qinghe.

It was also Xie Qinghe's idea to move Zhan Xuanji to the east building as a rescuer.

All this has nothing to do with Mrs. Jiang.

Xie Qinghe was about to run out when he heard the sound, but was hugged by Qiangu and pressed firmly in the inner room: "Little Lang, don't, don't go out."

Xie Qinghe couldn't even struggle.

Mrs. Jiang outside the door unexpectedly did not defend herself, she acquiesced in all the guilt Chen Qi said, and said after a while: "Everything I do is due to my husband's virtuous name. My husband has the heart to fight for hegemony and the ambition to aspire to the top, how can I do it for a mere one?" Assassin, get the reputation of killing and cruelty?"

"If you are thinking about my virtuous name, why don't you think of admonishing me, but instead act secretly? It's just a lie! Prevarication!"

In anger, Chen Qi swung his stick towards Mrs. Jiang's head and face, and the maid at the side helped to block it, but she couldn't completely block it. The pig-iron nail brushed Mrs. Jiang's cheek, and it snapped open. a hole.

Xie Qinghe didn't hear well, and the servant girl begged in panic again, and he was also anxious: "Let go of me!"

Aunt Qian didn't pay attention for a while, but felt her arm go numb and let go unconsciously.

Xie Qinghe rushed out: "Mum!"

Mrs. Jiang was taken aback. Seeing him running so fast, she really had no chance to push him back, so she had to hold him in her arms with her big sleeves and tightly protect her: "Why did you come out!"

"Come on, drag this little bastard out!" Chen Qi shouted.

The guards who followed Chen Qi were very hesitant, the only son of the Patriarch, the only young gentleman in the house, is this manipulative?

Chen Qi sneered and said: "The assassin is dead, Hua Zheyun has also escaped from Xiangzhou, and now there is only this one troubled spy in the house. Hurry up and drag him out and beat him to death!" After hiding the evil assassin, the guards had to step forward.

Mrs. Jiang hugged him tightly, and said the most impressive sentence in Chen Cong's memory: "My son is the only flesh and blood in the world, and it comes out of Hua's body cavity, just like pearls out of clam shells, and lotus flowers out of mud. , is there any reason to offend the pearl white lotus with the smelly silt?"

Chen Qi gasped for breath.

He was injured by the assassin at the root, whether he can be humane in the future, whether he can have any more children, the doctor can't say for sure.

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